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THE MOKMXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, 3IAY 10, 13i8. 4 I O.S. STEEL VILL MAKE BIG GUNS industrial Corporation Will Do War Work for United States and Allies. DANES DISCOVER IGOTZ MENDI IS CAPTURED SHIP; AID REFUSED Eight Months Prisoner on Teuton Raider, Captain Cameron and Family Are Free aa Very Gates of German Prison Yawn. GARY ANNOUNCES PLANS Flint to no K-lablihrl in Interior f Conn try. tVlierc Cannon V and Projectile W ill Be . Manufactured. The interesting sea tale of Cap tain Cameron, whoae ship waa raptured and aunk by the Ger man sea raider Wolf and who witnessed many other captures and sinkings, l.i drawing to' a close. The Spanish steamer Igots Mendl, coal laden for a British port, now with a (ierman prize rrew aboard, la making for Kiel. She has run the British blockade In safety, but goes ashore on the !antsh coast. Captain Cameron Is a prisoner on board. Rose, the Herman commander, has sent for a tug to pull the ship Into deep water. KEW Tor.K. May . The United Stmt's fteet Corporation, at tlx request of the Government, will enter Into the manufacture of heavy artillery and projectiles In great quantities. In an announcement of the undertaking. El bert il. Gary, chairman of the corpora tion, said that a manufacturing plant for the purpose would be constructed as sneedilv as practicable at the ex cense of the Government on a site to taled in the Interior of the country. The vo'i will be In charge of com mitte of steel corporation officials, who will receive no compensation for their services. CeiffSMest e Meet CipesM. Chairman Garr'a statement made Dublic tonight follows: "At the solicitation of the Secretary of War. the I'nlted States Steel Cor poration, has undertaken to construct nd equip for and at the expense or ik Government. UDOn a alt 'to be located In the Interior of the country a plant for the manufacture of cannon md Drolectilrs of Ursa sixes and In srreat Quantities, and to operate the same when finished. -At best the time required will ex tend over a considerable pepiod and the cost will be large, but the work . will progress with all practicable speed and economy In the use of money will be Drac tired. It Is hoped and expected the results will bo creditable to the csuntrr. -The work wilt be In the Immediate chares of a committee consisting of a vice-president and the controller of the corporation and eight others deslg rated from the officers (presidents or vire-eresidentsi .of the various roanu lecturing subsidiary companies, and all selected because of their educational experience and peculiar fitness. Offerers Wave Pay. Thl committee will keep In close touch with the building and operat Ing organization which la being formed aad with the officers of the steel cor poration and with the War Depart ment. The officers of the corporation and of the '"subsidiary companies will re ceive no compensation for their aerv ices. -Accurate books of account will be kept, which, with all records, files and other documents tend papers, will be open and subject to examination by Government officials or other prop erly approved representatives. "General plana will bo rapidly pre oared and will soon be ready for ex- amlnatloa by the ordnance department or other bureau, and when approved the corporation will be given a free hand In construction and operation, holding Itself responsible for the faith ful performance of the duty imposed bv tha terms of tha contract. -The corporation. In consequence of the magnitude of Its business, most of which, directly on indirectly. Is in aid ef the military necessities of the Gov arnment and Its allies, had hoped to avoid the necessity of engaging In work of the kind bow ent red upon. but waa persusded by the War De partment that It was Imperatively re quired under existing conditions. BT CAPTAIV J. STANLET CAMERON. Cepyrtht. IBIS, by the Press rtrbllshlnc Company. The Nw York world.! X1L f-piHE manager of tha Danish sslvag lng Company, on arriving at the lighthouse and talking with the varioua people there, concluded that perhapa thlnga were not Just right with the Igots Mendl and that he had bet ter get In touch with the Danish naval authorities before doing anything. He called up the commander of the Danish cruiser Diana and stated tha case, say ing that things didn't appear to be Just right. The commander, a Lieutenant Na goni. getting In touch with the .au thorities, phoned the manager of the salvage company that he would come right down and Investigate. At about midnight the Diana arrived and Lieutenant Kagont. being a gen tleman and also a shrewd, wideawake officer, took bis chief officer on board the Jgots Mendl. telling him that ha. the commander, would keep tho cap tain of the Igots Mndt buay answering questions in the saioqn while the chief officer should have a good look around and gather what. information he could. Danish Commander Seaplrleas. Aa soon as the Danish commander arrived on board we were all pushed nd shoved into our rooms, and . th doors closed. When Rose Started to take Lieutenant Nagonl Into the- chart room above, the Lieutenant said: Oh. no, captain, let's go Into the saloon: It la not customary 'to enter tain the commander of a cruiser In the chart room. So they came Into tha saloon. Just as he came through the door he saw some of as being bustled out of sight- but said nothing. Shortly one of the ladles would shout down the allevwav un. airs, so and so, won t you come to my room for a minute? Don't be frightened." All thla for the benefij of me isanian oiiicer in tne saloon. In the meantime the Danish chief of fleer was wandering around the Jgots Mendl taking notice of all ho saw. W bile strolling through the bunkers, where our -temporary" warm place waa, he noticed Mu't "Kewpie" doll lying where she had dropped it. There were men standing around all through theae quarters. Suddenly the officer turned on a nu standing there and said: You're not a German." Wlreleea Plant Disabled. man answered, saying: "No, CITY PRESS IS LAUDED LIBERTY LOA SPEAKERS HOSTS AT fiOO LITXCIIEOX. Maate Coaaaaltteo aad Papers Are Given Credit far Maklag Third Drive a Great Saeeeee. Mutual felicitations and general Jol lity were tho order of the day at the liberty loan lurheon held yesterday noon, wnen the speakers and music committee entertained members and In i vited guests at a luncheon held In the znisabethan. room of tha Hotel Im perial. ' As chairman of the committee, Edgar B. Piper presided, and called upon vari ous members and guests for brief talks relative to the campaign, among them Edward Cooklngham. chairman of the state liberty loan committee. Mr. Cooklngham complimented the cemmlttea highly upon Its participa tion In tho campaign and declared Its work tn have been Indispensable to the magnificent accomplishments of Ore gon In the liberty loan race. Particu larly did Mr. Cooklngham pay his re spects to tho newspapers of Portland. "I am grateful." said Mr. Cooking- , ham. -for the great work dona by the newspapers of this city. Every one of the papers haa responded with the most Invaluable service throughout the en- I tire campaign, and I am fully con ations of the Important part they played In the tremendous success at tained. The publicity work and tha work of tha speakers' and music com mittee formed the connecting link be tween the pat riot to dollars of Oregon and tha patriotic Impulse. The whole secret of the magnificent results we hsve obtained rests with tha work of the publicity and speaker commit tees." Mr. Cooklngham charged his hearers with the Importance of maintaining the efficient organization that has car ried the third liberty loan to pre-em-laent success In Oregon, and of con tinuing the enlistments they have made la the array of liberty loan workers. Among the several speakers was Robert E. Smith, executive campaign manager for the state, who announced that Oregon yesterday morning had at talned a total of i:7.:i7.0S. with 151. 44 subscribers, or an oversubscription ef more then 54 per cent. Mr. Smith declared that no small amount of the consequent credit was due to the untir ing work of the speakers and musle committee. Among the specially Invited guests at the luncheon were: Edward Cooklng ham. chairman of the atate committee; Jtohert E. Smith, state executive cam paign manager: II. L. Ptttock. General Reebe. Adjutant-General Williams and othera who have lent Invaluable aid to tie work of the committee. Tha sir: I am a Dane.' Well, what are you doing here?" was the next question. ' The Dane. Jensen, told him hs waa from the Wolf and was working here on the Igots Mendl, and that there were American and British prisoners on board. Including some women and children. After completing his rounds. tho Danish officer went on deck and told Lieutenant Nagonl that he waa ready, and. calling him aside, told him what ha had found. Lieutenant Nagonl then gave orders to disable tho wire less plant and told Rosa that the tug could not assist him off the beach, and that at the end of 24 hours the vessel would bo Interned, providing she was still under the German flag. He advised him to land any prisoners he had. Of course, during all this talk, we prisoners knew nothing at all of what was going on. and when wo saw the Danish officers leaving wo came to the conclusion our case was lost, and as there was an armed sentry pacing back and forth in front o the two doors leading from the cabin to the deck, it looked black indeed, and I for one felt very, very disappointed. Attempt to Float Ship Vala. The strain was beginning to tell on my wife again, so we both lay down on the bunk with our clothes on and listened to Rose on tha bridge, ring ing tho telegraph and working his engines In a vain attempt to get his vessel off the beach. As I lay there thinking, I could not but pity Rose, realizing bow ho must have felt. Juat Imagine what hla feeltng-i , must have been on realizing that after spending 15 months on a raiding and mlnelaying crui.se. and always evading his enemies, he had run his vessel aground almost at the gates of Germany, and In place of re ceiving the Jron cross, first-class, there was the possibility of his facing a courtmartial on hia arrival home, providing, of course, ho was lucky enr.URh to escape Internment. Thinking thin, I fell asleep, and at 6:30 A. M. of February 25 (will I ever forget the date!) I was awakened by one of the German seamen named "Hans" knocking at my door and saying: "Kapltalne, Kapltalne, wake up and get ready to go ashore In the boats." I'll bet we broke all speecf records getting on deck. Rose asked me to get into the life-saving boat first, as the Danlth crew couldn t speak tng lifch. and then I could help the balance as they. Came down the ladder. I got Juanlta' firmly on my back and climbed- down Into the boat. There waa a large sea running, and as the Igots Mendl was stationary on the bottom and the lifeboat was riding on the sess, one moment the boat would be even with my feet and In another would be IS feet below. The Idea was to Jump at the instant the boat was even with me. Landing la Surf Perilous. This was easy enough with myself and wife, who understood such things snd had had previous experience, but to the balance of the passengers It was hard to make them go at the right time, they all having a tendency to hang on until the boat had atarted to go down again. Then, If they should let go. the drop was so great that the men -In the lifeboat could not hold them when they tried to catch them. In some cases it was necessary ab solutely to tear the passengers off the ladder by main force. However, we finally got all the women, children and men Into the boat and we started for the beach. When we got Into the breakers' and the seas would wash clean over us, many thought that It would be a case of swim or drown, not reckoning on the kind of lifeboat we were In or on the class 'of men that manned It- Old Danes Great Bailors. v I have seen various life crews at their drill and I spent a season on the beach at Cape Nome, where everything Is surr work, but these old Danes, aver aging 60 years, were In a class by themselves. On entering the breakers they dropped a kedge anchor with long line on it and literally Blacked the boat through. A gigantic comber. one of those curling ones, just -com mencing to break, would rush upon up. up would go the stern of the boat and .lust at the Instant that I would expect her to go end for end, the old "Sin bad" tending the anchor line would check her and in another instant we would rush for the beach. Just aa the Kanakas ride the surf on a board at Honolulu. When w finally rroended the men from the beach ran out and seized the women. The balance then ran the boat higher up the beach. The natives must have thought we were a bunch of rav ing manlaca the way we carried on on getting our feet on Eood terra flrma again. We danced. We shouted and cheered and made damn fools of our selves generally. But to my mind the situation warranted It. High Praise for Daaes Given. What a fitting climax to an adven ture of this kind eight months a pris oner on a Teuton raider and to be set free at the very gates of Germany at the 11th hour and 69th minute. It is hard to realize Just what this meant to us all, possibly the very lives of my wife and kiddle, as I feel sure that they could not have stood much more. and at tho best there was a chance of from one to a possible five years of being burled alive In a German Intern ment camp and living under the con ditions that I now know to exist in that country. Wo were taken to the nearby light house, where the keepers and their families did everything possible for us, drying our clothes and giving us hot coffee. About midday we went 'Into Skagen, two miles distant, and sepa rated, going to different hotels. My family and I put up at -the Sailors' Home and were excellently taken care of by our host, Borg Hansen. I wish to go on record here as saying that at no place that I have ever been In have I met a more whole-souled, more hospitable or a more likable class of people In any life than these Danish people of the little town of Skagen. met peoplo there who were the quint essence of courtesy and hospitality In fact, they were "regular Danish ladles and gentlemen. "Here at Skagen our various Consuls took us In charge and ent us on to Copenhagen, where we separated, each golng.our own way. (To bo concluded tomorrow.) GRAYS TWE NTY Any man who works for the money he spends can't afford to spend his money for clothes until he has investigated Gray's Profit-Sharing Cash Policy. A few months ago we adopted this new selling plan with the idea of developing a big business, then giving our customers the greatest Values possible. To do this we cut off just one-half the profit we had been charging and that other stores charge now. - . " Our business has simply been revolutionized in eight months; we are today doing three times the clothing business without increased Expense. Net result of new pol icy, mutual benefit to store and customer. When 1 say 1 11 save you half the profit you pay other stores 1 11 prove it to your satis satisfaction. Compare Gray's Suits and Overcoats With Those Other Stores Sell for $25.00 and $30.00 Compare Gray's Suits and Overcoats With Those Sold by Other Stars for $35.00 and $40.00 Values Will Tell 366 Washington E GRAY At West Park 1 Army. He had never shown-an inclina tion to shirk. The vounr msn had reported 10 nu board three days ahead of time. He was a gardener and as Mr. Ross wished some garden worn aone i nis uums, j gave Peterson the work, we aia mis well and made a good impression. Thorough Investigation by the ponce and Federal authorities failed to yield a trace of the young man after he left the hotel. Tho others with wnom no should have traveled left at 1 o'clock Friday night but Peterson was missing. That he weakened at the prospect of goins- to war and either fled or took his life is the theory of the officers. If alive, he is now a deserter. A message f Inquiry was sent yewternay to nis father, N. S. Peterson, 2833 Tenth ave nue, Seattle. Peterson is 26 years old, S feet 10 Inches tall and weighs 163 pounds. He has gray eyes and brown hair. At the time of his disappearance he wore a brown coat and hat and new khaki trousers. DRIFTING AVIATORS SAVED Hydro - Airplane Rescued After Floating 18 Hours .on Ocean. AN ATLANTIC PORT, May 9. Their hydro-airplane adrift at sea and tn danper of sinking from a leaking pon- toon. Ensign Arthur Laverents, naval aviator, and C. C. Cotton, observers, were rescued by a coastwise steamship 35 miles off Miami, Fla, Monday after noon and brought here today on the steamship.. Tha men had been floating on the plane IS hours without food or water after an engine breakdown. The captain of the rescuing steamer said that a heavy squall was coming up when the aircraft, in distress, was sighted and high seas had begun to break over it. The hydro-airplane, which weighs 2200 pounds, was hauled aboard the steamship and brought here with the aviators. Read Harley's article, page 8. Adv. IMPORTANT NOTICE! No matter how many hurrah sales you may attend, you will wind up at Blank's Sample Shop, because better goods, lower prices and your money back If not satisfied, on all Suits. Dresses, Coats, Skirts and Sweaters. Blank's Sample Shop, 360 Morrison St., corner Park. door, supposedly to report to draft board No. 2 to be sent to Fort McDowell, Cai. Then he disappeared. Did something sinister happen to Peterson or did ho merely turn coward at the last moment and run awayr Ross, clerk of No. I board la asking. The puxxllng fact about Peterson's disappearance Juat as he was to be in ducted Into military service Is that he had always professed to look forward DRAFTED MAN IS MISSING John F. Peterson Disappears, LttT Inj No Trace. John F. Peterson bade ro4-nye to Dobs Hotel attaches at 3 o'clock Fri day aCcrnooQ and strolled out of the That Is the question. J. Thorburn with eagerness to his entry Into the V'V' Health demands that yoa wtOc on 1 be I I 1111 a 1 because they hare the most resiliency , therefore make your walking more buoyant and less tiresome. SLIPKNOTS are made of better material to ensure longer wear;, Special Cuban and French styles for' women. Never ask for rubber heelsjust say SLIPKNOTS save words and money.; MamifactunJ hy Plymouth Rubber Co. Canton, Mas: Let's Get at the Facts , . ..'. No. 9 Why a Six-Cent Fare in Portland? (Continued) rSJ PM ea at aa Staa Sees I Shortly after our Company filed application for an increased fare, seven of the leading business organizations of the city appointed special com mittees to investigate the local streetcar situation. These organizations were: Chamber of Com merce, Ad Club, Rotary Club, Progressive Busi 'ness Men's Club, Realty Board, City Club and East Side Business Men's Club. A . joint committee, made up of these seven . special committees went into every possible, detail of the whole local transportation situation and at the end of three months reported the result of their investigation in the following set of resolu - tions: - . - "Whereas, The investigations of our several sub committees have established; "1. That on the present basis of revenues and operating expenses the. Portland Railway, light & Power Company is not earning sufficient to pay its operating expenses, depreciation, taxes and fixed charges; "2. That during the last three and 'one-half years the company has paid no dividends to its stockholders, but on the contrary the stockholders have been called upon within that time to pay $2, 500,000 into the treasury of the company in order to maintain its solvency; "3. That the value of the street railway prop erty has "been determined by the Public Service Commission to be $18,233,000, and that said value includes no property except that used and useful in the operation of the street railway. "4. That there has been a considerable increase in street railway revenues during the last six months, but that the revenues of the street rail way are still on a basis somewhat lower than the revenues during the year 1912; that the year 1912 was the last year in which the street railway earned 6 per cent net on the value of the street railway property, as determined by the Public Service Commission; "5. That wages of employes of the street rail way were fixed by arbitration on October 15 on a basis of hourly rates 50 per cent higher than the , hourly rates of wages paid in 1912; that the pres ent cost of materials required for the maintenance of the street railway now averages approximately 100 per cent more than the cost of, such materials in the year 1912; "6. That on the present rates of streetcar fare it does not appear to be possible for the company to give adequate service and meet the very greatly increased operating expenses to which it is sub jected, - "7. That the need for relief is immediate and urgent 'THEREFORE: Be it resolved, that this special committee, representing civic organizations of Portland, recommend to their respective bodies. That they urge upon the Oregon Public Service Commission that the Portland Railway, Light &, Power Company be granted such relief as is neces sary to justify the maintenance of present wages, hours and working conditions, and discharge the legitimate financial obligations of the company. "AND, Be It Further Resolved: That the chair man of this general committee appoint a special committee of seven to further investigate the sub ject of street railway regulation and report back to this general committee recommendations as to a plan whereby streetcar fares in Portland can at all times be regulated in such a manner as to pro vide fair and equitable treatment of the interests of the public, street railway employes and the com pany, to the end that the best possible service be secured at the lowest practicable rate, including profit-sharing to the city." (PaM Advertise We submit the foregoing set of resolutions as expressing the views of the representative busi ness interests of Portland on the question of the justice and fairness of our position. PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY.