THE MORNING OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, SEPTE3IBER 2S'. 1018.
15
II1EHIE HOUSE
SURVEY IS SOUGHT
I Government Asks Portland for
r Report on Available
u a Home Resources.
r NEW INDUSTRIES MAY COME
Intimation Is That Something of
Importance Awaits City If It
Js Found Able' to Provide
Ample Accommodations.
The United States Government,
'. through the Department of Labor, yes
terdav called upon officials aud rep
resentatlve men of Portland to aid In
making; an immediate and speedy
" survey of housinar resources now avail-
' able. The aim of the survey is to de
termine Portland's ability to handle ad-
' ditional war industries.
, In connection with the survey the
Government will ask people with
.' single rooms to rent them to war work
ers and urge home owners to rent
' available premises. Landlord.! " who
now bar children from their houses
' will be asked to remove the barrier
tor the duration of the war.
Two Comnlltm Merged.
The request for aid in the survey by
' appointment of a committee was made
at a meetlnar of the more homes and
housing committee in Mayor Baker's
! office yesterday by W. A. McClatchy
and Stark C. Cohn. of the Bureau of In
dustrial Housing and Transportation of
the Department of Labor.
; Because of the immediate need of the
survey a committee was formed by
merging the more homes committee and
the housing committee and the addi
tion of several other persons. The
committees winch will conduct the sur
vey under auspices of the Government
will be known as the United btates
homes reelstration committee, and Is
comDosed of the following:
Mayor Baker, chairman; Ira F.
Towers, vice-chairman; J. C Alnsworttif
James B. Kerr. F. K. Taylor, Lllis m
Lawrence, Eric Hauser. John 1L But
pard. W. F. Smith, C. B. Waters, John
F. Daly, E. W. Sleeman. Otto Uartwig,
Miss Ida V. Jontz, E. J. Stack. H. E.
Plummer, James J. Sayer, H. B. Beckett,
Lloyd J. Wentworth. Henry L. Corbett
and William F. Woodward.
Borrai ta Be Established.
A permanent placement bureau will
be established with a manager in
charge lor the purpose of constantly
keeping in touch with the housing Bit
uation in Portland for the Government.
This bureau will co-operate with the
employment service of the Department
of Labor.
Intimation was made that something
places handling' merchandise for sale
are included.
Such was the announcement made
yesterday by Chairman Koilock, of the
State Council of Defense, who ex
plained that the programme was to. be
observed rigidly and to remain In ef
fect until the end of the war.
At a recent meeting of the State
Council of Defense, resolutions were
adopted, setting forth the requirements
of that organization as a war measure,
and notice has been given that the or
der for Sunday closing will be .en
forced to the letter for the duration of
the war.
The resolutions follow:
Resolved. That on and after October 1.
1918. all sales of merchandise at any point
within the state of Oregon, on the first day
ot the week commonly known as Sunday, at
any time after 9 P. M. on Saturday, and at
any time after 1 P. H oi any other day of
the week should be discontinued during the
continuance of the war; provided, that sues
ales" may be made at any drugstore until
g P. M. of any day of the week except Sun
day, and that the foregoing prohibition shall
not apply in the case, of drugstores In the
filling of prescriptions, sale of medicines or
sickroom necessities, any or all or wnicn
may be sold on any day at any hour; pro
vided, further, that the selling of meals or
articles of food In restaurants, hotels, lunch
counters and eating rooms shall not be
deemed the sale of merchandise under the
terms of this resolution: and, provided. fuiJ
ther. that the sale of gasoline, distillate aniM
lubricating oil at garages and public filling
stations, except In the supplying of motor
trucks actually emfaged directly or indl
redly In war industries, shall be deemed the
tie of merchandise and subject to tne terms
and conditions of this resolution.
BALLOON ON WILD FLIGHT
LIBERTY BAG BREAKS AWAY AND
NIGHT ATTACK FAILS.
Automobile Party Reports Seelasj Craft
Several Miles West of St. Helena,
' Couriers Are Seat Oat.
Portland was denied the experience
of a liberty loan attack by air last
night.
It was planned that between 6 o'clock
and midnight a great "blimpf," of the
tvoe used for observation purposes on
the western front, should sail through.
the skies from the north carrying with
It a great banner bearing the words
Are You Pledged?" But the balloon
broke loose and now is many miles
away. Late last night it nan not Deen
heard from after passing men, over
Forest Grove and St- Helens.
Joseph M. Rieg. owner, was donating
the bag and Its services to the. fourth
loan and was personally supervising
Its Inflation at Llnnton. The balloon
was filled and ready for its trip to
Portland when It broke away from the
launch which was to have towed it to
the Morrison bridge.
The local liberty loan organization
immediately sent out couriers and tele
grams trxlng to ascertain the posi
tion of the airship.
There is a forest firs near Banks
and Buxton and if the bag dropped
there it will be a total loss. How
ever, wltn tne east wind ana me nevy
chares of cas which it carried, the
bag may have passed beyond the fire
zone.
An automobile party coming down
the Columbia River Highway said they
had seen the balloon several miles west
it
DEPUTY SHERIFFS
STOPTRAIN SEARCH
War Emergency Squad Pre
vented From Entering
Pullman Coaches.
UNITED STATES HAS HAND
Sheriff Hurlburt Says Deputies Not
Legally Commissioned and May
Have Stars Taken Away
Froai Them.
United States District Attorney
Haney, William Bryon of the Depart
ment of Justice, and Lieutenant Harvey
Thatcher of the War Emergency Squad,
locked horns last night with the deputy
sheriffs In the employ of the Pullman
Car Company, at the Terminal yards.
The deputies refused admittance to the
coaches Thursday night, of officers of
the War Emergency Squad when they
appeared at the station to search the
trains for liquor.
Lieutenant Thatcher complains that
four of his officers were blocked by
Deputy Sheriff W. H. Souser who, it
is declared, said he would use force
to keep the officers from entering the
r,r sr Uaiani Prom the Highway
awaits Portland If the city is found in appeJlI.e)i many miles to the south and
could hardly be discerned in tne naze
of smoke.
a position to handle it. because the two
Government representatives told the
committee they had been Instructed to
make an immediate survey in Portland
and report by telegraph on the results
to Washington.
At the icquest of the Government
rfficlai. Mayor Baker also named a
comm ttee to be known as the "fair
rental committee," for the purpose of
Dvtting an end to profiteering in rents.
In all cases affecting war workers fail
ure to adjust disputes over rents be
tween this committee and the landlords
will result in commandeering of the
houses in question by the Government.
Portland's Aetlom Praised.
The Fair Rental committee is com
posed of H. B. Beckett, of the Emer
gency Fleet Corporation, B. F. Sleeman,
representing organised labor, and .
K. Taylor, representing property
owners.
OREGON CALLS DRAFT MEN
State) Will Furnish 653 Selects fof
Entralnment October 7.
Ore con stats selective service head
quarters had received no instructions
at 7 o clock last mgm postponing "
trainment of selectives called lor UCIO-
ber 7 because of the Spanish influensa
epidemic- It was thought possiDie mat
if conditions remain satisfactory at
Coast camps delay of the entrainmenta
mav not be effective here.
Proceeding on this tneory me oiiico
announced Quotas of class 1 white reg
in
intrants to be sent to Camp Lewis
Portland was nralsed for the manner I the Deriod of five days, starting Octo
in which the housing problem thus far I ber 7. The aggregate of this call in
has been handled. Both Government of- Oregon Is 652. and it is so apportioned
rf.-TarH that Portland had done I A a to take Virtually all men sent to
much to solve its own problem. I class 1 from registrations of June, 1917,
June. 1918. and August, lain
Quotas of Portland boards are: bo.
no. 3, 3u. iso. e, a; to.
No. 7. ; No. , 12
FAIR CROWDS ARE URGE C&s'--'
BIXSIO BY CAMPBELL'S BAXD ONE
FEATURE OF SHOW.
Striking? Soag-a oa Kalaer and Liberty
Ltas Thrill Visitors Saturday's
Riclsg Card to Lare.
BT ADDISON BENNETT.
SALEM. - Or, Sept. S7. (Special.)
As the State Fair is drawing to a close
it ought -to be said that one of ths
outstanding features of this year's
meetings has been the music furnished
by Campbell's American Band and the
SPEEDERS HELP WAR CAUSE
Judge Bossman Conducts Liberty
Drive In Police Court-
Seven defendants In ths Municipal
Court yesterday availed themselves ot
Judge Rossman's offer to "Buy a bond
and go free." John ti. jones, a negro,
charged with violating the prona
tion law, was one of them, but his pa
triotic purchase won only a ugntening
of the sentence. He was fined only
tl50 on condition that he Duy a siut
liberty bond.
Six men arrested on cnarges oi
kinging to the band accompaniments of ra witk.f fir...
. . , T . j , I aramblina were released without fines
Monta Austin. He has rendered some 8f. vL- w.j .l...ih.j - Rn
striking songs on the Kaiser and the
liberty loan each day, but his hits to
day were more warmly received than
on the preceding occasions, perhaps be
cause he was in better voice and
showed more versatility as an actor
than heretofore.
It is said by the managers that the
attendance on Thursday. Portland day.
was 13.000. That Is not a record at
tendance, but considering the condi
tion of the country, it was surely a
mighty flattering turnout. That many sheepherder and ex-Pollc Member
uwursssuB wa, lllb v ivikwi a aujX7 j J aut J I
mobile for that day only is evidenced I Held at Pendleton.
bond each.
A total of 1516 was collected yester-
dav from 25 speeders who appeared be
fore Municipal Judge Rossman. The
lineuD Included one woman. Miss Elsie
Jones, who was fined 10 for driving
30 miles an hour on Corbett street.
TWO DECLARED DISLOYAL
by the fact that on Thursday afternoon
there were 2141 autoa parked on and
adjoining the grounds while the num
ber today was perhaps a third of that.
The attendance today was far short
of Thursday, but It was a good crowd
for Friday, which has never been one
of the bumper days. Tomorrow will
probably show a better attendance be
cause of the big races scheduled for the
afternoon. Big fields are entered for
both ths free-for-all trot and free-for-all
pace, and the fair commissioners
have offered an extra purse of $100 for
ths breaking of ths track record In
either race.
If the management does not come out
with a big surplus, there is no use try- j
log to do so during war conditions, for
everything this year has been favor
able save only those conditions.
POBTLAND CLOSED TOWN
SELLING OP MERCHANDISE) S TO
DAYS I XDER BAX OCTOBETt L
Draar Stares, Partly Exempt FVorn Late
Order. Restricted Headline
Prescriptions aad Medicine.
Portland is to be a "closed" town on
Sundays after October 1.
Every establishment handling mer
chandise, except drug stores, will be
required to keep its doors locked, snd
drug stores may engage only In the
disposal of medicine and the filling of
prescriptions. Cigar stores, soft drink
bouses, Xrult stands, bakeries, and other
PENDLETON. Or.. Sept. 27. (Spe
clal.) Two men are held here by the
military police to be taken to Portland,
wnere tney win do tnea tor aiiegea
violation of the espionage act. They
are Thomas Fretwell, a sheep herder,
and Elmo Sheldon, former member of
the military police.
Fretwell was arrested at Pilot Rock.
He has worked around here as a sheep
herder and is fairly well known. It
is charged that he has been making
remarks that savor strongly of L W.
W. radicalism.
Sheldon, given a dishonorable dis
charge from the service, is ""hot only
charged with sedition but also with
mutiny. He, it is alleged, after his dis
charge, railed at the Government.
G. MEUCKE PASSES AWAY
Ex-Austrian Consul at San Francisco
Dies at His Aurora, Farm.
G. Meucke, of 205 East Sixth street,
died Thursday while on a visit to his
farm at Aurora, Or. He was born in
Hungary 77 years ago. and went to San
Francisco when 20 years of age. at
once making America his adopted
country. For several years he was the
Austrian Consul at San Francisco,
where he was engaged In business until
1888. when he went to Aurora and en
gaged in the farming business.
A widow and four children survive
him: Edward Meucke. who recently re
turned from Chile, where ha was Amer
ican Consul for a number of years;
Hugo and Karl Meucke, of Aurora, and
Clara Meucke, who is married and liv
ing, abroad. ,
coaches.
United States Takes a Band.
Lieutenant Thatcher immediately
placed the facts before the United
States District Attorney and Mr. Bryon
who say that they will back un the
War Emergency Squad in searching the
trains, as a result of this conference
Lieutenant Thatcher has been empow
ered to arrest and detain a denutv
sheriff who attempts to thwart his
officers in catching the bootlecrrers
and other offenders of the "suitcase"
brigade.
This action la the result of a recent
circular letter addressed to the police
department by the General Manaerer of
tne ruiiman uompany of August 12, in
which it instructs its employes to stop
at nothing short of force to keep the
officers from searching baggage and
suspected bootleggers on the trains.
This policy, it Is alleged, has greatly
Interfered with efforts to apprehend
ooouee;gers It Is alleged that Pull
man company employes in some in
stances have aided bootleggers to es
cape tne vigilance of the officers and
have received money for such aid.
Bootleggers Evade Law.
The Pullman Company has advanced
the argument that officers nnnriinr
to Inspect baggage for contraband
liquor must have a specific warrant
naming the persons whose baggage is
to be searched and describing the bag
gage. Lieutenant Thatcher says he
will send his officers hereafter to meet
ths trains from California and that
they will be instructed to arrest and
detain any deputy sheriff who at
tempts to interfere with their search
of the coaches. ,
As a result of the Pullman car com
pany's notice to the police force of
August, startling methods have been
revealed whereby bootleggers have
evaded the law, say the officers. It i;
alleged that bootleggers have entered
trains carrying contraband liquor at
Oregon City and that confederates
have placed torpedoes on the track and
flagged the trains near Mllwaukle sec
tlon so that the bootleggers on board
could drop off and disappear with the
liquor.- -
LIqnor Shipped North.
Ths officers are not authorized to
search trains In motion. It Is only
after the trains have arrived at the
terminal station that they cease to
be trains. A through sleeper to Seattle
which arrives from the south at nigh
Is immediately switched to 'the Seattle
train and the officers say they believe
a large amount of Illicit liquor has
been shipped north by this method.
As a result of the alleged continued
opposition of the Pullman Company,
W. H. Souser. deputy sheriff for the
Terminal Yards, was in conference
last night at the police station with
Lieutenant Thatcher of the War
Emergency Squad.
Sheriff MaVes Statement.
Sheriff Hurlburt last evening, when
the situation was called to his atten
tion, made the following statement:
Those men are merely acting aa
watchmen in ths employ or the full
man company as I understand it, and
Deputy Sheriff badges were lent them
to aid them in their work. They have
not been legally commissioned as Dep
uty Sheriffs and had no legal right, .
think, to deny regular officers admis
sion to the ears in performance of their
duty. If I had been there I would have
been Inclined to arrest them and pro
ceed with the search.
'I shall call those men In in the
morning and it is probable, after an
investigation, I shall take their Deputy
Sheriff stars away from them."
LOGANBERRY TAX HEAVY
Administration Told Revenue)
Will Wipe Out Industry.
Bill
Representations were made yesterday
by Oregon business interests to William
B. Lamb, of the United States Food Ad
ministration, that the passage of the
war revenue measure now pending1 be
fore the Senate would wipe out the
loganberry Juice industry, and Mr.
Lamb was asked to use his influence
to prevent the placing of a prohibitive
20 per cent tax on that article.
Mr. Lamb was present at a confer
ence held in the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday afternoon and received sug
gestions as to the effect the proposed
tax would have on the loganberry juice
business.
The bill has passed the House and
now is before ths Senate.
IRES SPREAD IN FORESTS
Logging Companies Send Out Em-
ployes to Fight Flames, -
C. J. Conover. forest ranger, who
had been assigned to duty In the Bridal
Veil section ot the National Forest, re
turned to Portland yesterday and re
ported that a number of bad fires were
raging In the Larch Mountain section.
The brisk wind of yesterday and
Thursday served to spread the flames
at all points, and some of the logging
companies found it necessary to send
their crews into the forest to prevent
ths fire communicating with their
plants.
The worst firs reported by Mr. Con-
over is in the Larch Mountain district,
and is a serious one, although not In
the National reserve. On both sides of
the river, he said, fires are in progress.
Marriage Licenses Issned.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Sept 27. (Spe
cial.) Marriage licenses were granted
by the county Auditor yesterday to
Harry B. Oatman and Leah Alice Welch,
of Portland, and to Jatses N. Murray
and Mary; H. Kambo, of Tacoma, i
(GaseSke for Sale 6 A.!., to
' attfal MksaTaTaw ' aaaal
6P.M.
ctooer
The Pacific Coast Director of the Oil Division of the
Fuel Administration has requested that the sale of Gas
oline and engine Distillate be limited to the hours be
tween 6 A. M. and 6. P. M.
The Standard .Oil Company is glad to comply with
this request and, beginning October first, will serve the
public between these hours only.
This request is made for the purpose of conserving
man power, and we know that our patrons will patriot
ically co-operate with the Fuel Administration in carry
ing out this important measure.
Standard Oil
Company
(CALIFOENIA)
MILL FEED IS HEED
Scarcity of Vetch, Clover and
Other Crops Serious.
HERDS OFFERED FOR SALE
Head of Dairy Division of United
States Food Administration De
clares Condition in Onegon ,
and Washington Are Acute.
Conditions in Oregon and Washing
ton, relative to mill feed for dairy
cattle are worse than in any other
state of ths Union visited, according to
William B. Lamb, head of the dairy
division of the United States Food Ad
ministration, who was in Portland
yesterday, and who conferred with
local officials and dairymen at a meet
lnr held in the Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Lamb heard testimony from
dairymen of Washington County, who
last week- adopted resolutions asking
the Government to have Northwest
wheat milled In the Northwest, and
also secured data from M. H. Houser,
of the grain corporation: W. B. Ayer,
State Food Administrator for Oregon;
J. D. Mickle. State Dairy Inspector, and
others.
These sneakers . pointed out that
drouth and the aphis had robbed Ore
gon dairymen of vetch, clover ana
other roughage, and that idleness on
the part of the mills had so reduced
the supply of mill feeds that it was out
of the question tor proaucers or aairy
nroducta to remain in business.
H. O. Wells, f ood Aamimsirsior
Washington County, exhibited a num
ber of advertisements mat nan ap
peared in papers, to show that the
dairy industry was threatened, ana
that many owners of herds ara en
deavoring to dispose of their property,
if was estimated that 75.000 to 100,-
nno tons of mill feeds will be required
to carry the state through the winter
aoasoii. and Mr. Lamb was asked to
use his innuence lowaru nanus un
milling allotment Increased during the
Fall and Winter months, when there
is no pasture, rather than keeping the
mills in operation on a iimuea output
fnr tho entire year.
Thv suere-ested that- ths mills be
closed in the Spring, and showed Mr.
Lamb the Importance of running at
full canacitr this Winter.
At the close of the conierence, jur.
r.amb assured those present that ne
would report the true condition to Mr.
Hoover, and would make sucn recom
mendations as he felt were Justified.
1T hud heen to Seattle for a similar
conference prior to coming to Portland,
and found the dairy industry in the
sister stats badly demoralizes jjrouin
conditions there, combined with aphis
and other pests, had so reduced the
alfalfa and other hay crops that the
supply was Inadequate, and they, too,
were appealing for ths milling of
Mnrth western rrain. in order that by
products might be utilized in relieving
the situation.
AUTO CRASHESJNT0 HOUSE
Driverless Machine Surprises Fam
ily Eat lag Dinner.
A driverless automobile started down
the hill on Nineteenth street in Port
land Heights last night and after run
ning lour blocks la the center pt thej
street jumped the curbing and ran
across the lawn anlt crashed into the
residence of Mr. Van Duzer, of 681
Jackson street.
Mr, Van Duzer reported to the police
that he and his fanjily were eating
dinner at the time.
The machine is owned by the Sher
man C,lay Company.
ALL VANCOUVER TO MARCH
Patriotic Parade to Boost Fourth
Liberty Loan Bonds.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept 27. (Spe
cial.) The demonstration and parade
to stimulate more interest in the
fourth liberty loan, will be held to
morrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The
parade will be led by the band of the
Signal Corps cutup plant. Employes
from all of the industrial plants will
march.
One section will be given over to the
Red Cross, another to the wives, moth
ers and sisters of boys over there and
another to the minute women of
Clarke County who tonight reported
they had secured pledges for nearly
$70,000 worth of liberty bonds. The
Honor Guard Oirls will be in line and
it is expected to make this event the
biggest of its kind ever held in Van
couver.
Workman Killed by Kxplosion.
ASTORIA. Or., Sept. 27. (Special.)
James Gallagher, a rancher, living at
Elsie, was instantly killed today by the
premature discharge of a stick of dy
namite while clearing right-of-way for
a county road. He was about 70 years
of age and his only known relative is
a sister, Mrs. David Keefe, of John
Day.
Cose Against Master Set.
ASTORIA, Or.. Sept. 27. (Special.)
The case against the master of the
purse seining craft President Lincoln
III. on a charge of malicious den true
tion of personal property, Is set fori
Important Schedule Changes
Oregon Electric Railroad
In Effect Tuesday, October i
SALEM-EUGENE LINE
Trains Leaving Portland
No. 1 will leave Portland 6:40 A. M. instead of 6:30, make local stops
to Garden Home, and be discontinued Tualatin to Eugene
No. 5 will leave at 8:15 A. M. instead of 8:30, arrive Salem 10:15,
Eugene 12:30 P. M., making local etops Tualatin to Eugene.
No. 7 will leave at 10:40 A. M. instead of 10:45, make local stops to
Garden Home, and be discontinued Salem to Corvallis.
No. 21 will leave at 11:30 P. M. instead of 11:45, and be discontinued
Wilsonville to Eugene.
ARRIVING PORTLAND
No. 2 will be discontinued Eugene to Wilsonville; leave Wilsonville
5:30 A. M. instead of 5:35, arrive Portland 6:45 A. M. in-
No.
stead .of 6.50.
6 will arrive 9:20 A. M. instead of 9:25, running slightly earlier
than heretofore, Tualatin to Portland.
No. 12 will arrive 2:25 P. M. instead of 1:20; leave Salem 12:15 P. M.
instead of 11:10 A. M,
No. 14 arriving 3:55 P. M., will ba- discontinued Eugene to Portland.
No. 20 arriving 7:40 P. M. will make local stops Garden Home to
Portland; will be discontinued Corvallis to Salem.
FOREST GROVE LINE
Leaving Portland
Nos. 31, 35, 45 and 47 leaving 6:50 A. M., 10:25 A. M., 7:45 P. M., and
$ 11:00 P. M., will be discontinued. '
No. 33 will leave at 7:45 A. M. instead of 8:15.
No. 19 leaving at 9:20 P. M., will connect at Garden Home, 9:55, for
Orenco, arriving there 10:15.
Arriving Portland
No. 30 will arrive 7:35 A. M. instead of 7:40, leaving Forest Grove 6:10
instead of 6:20.
No. 34 will arrive 10:30 A. M. instead of 9:35; leave Forest Grove 9:15
instead of 8:15.
Nos. 48, 36, 38 and 42 arriving 11:00 A. M. (Sundays), 11:50 A. M.,
2:20 P. M., and 7:65 P. M., will be discontinued.
No. 44 arriving 8:50 P. M. will be discontinued Garden Home to Port
land; leave Forest Grove 8:35 P. M. instead of 7:35, arrive
Garden Home 9:15 P. M., connecting with No. 22, arriving
Portland 10:00 P. M.
No. 46 will arrive 11:15 P. M. instead of 10:45, leaving Orenco at 10:20
P. M.; will be discontinued Forest Grove to Orenco.
, Portland time shown above is at North Bank Station; time at
Jefferson-Street Station is fifteen minutes later on trains leaving the
city, and" fifteen minutes earlier on trains arriving.
trial In the Circuit Court next Thurs
day. The defendant Is accused of run
ning over and destroying a fishing net.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
AMf SEMENT8.
t, . N
Last Chance
TONIGHT
To Hear
"The Doug Fairbanks
of Song"
f I , ' i
OjX :
MONTE AUSTIN
in the Big Pavilion at
COUNCIL
CREST
PARK
Closing Dance of the
Season Tonight
Hear Austin sing, "It's a Long
Way to Dear Old Broadway,"
the aong that Elsie Janis is sing
ing to the boys in the trenches.
Austin will sing seven farewell
numbers - with the dancing to
night. Hop a C C. Car to One Last
Grand Good Time at
COUNCIL CREST PARK
Social Dance
TONIGHT
APOLLO TEMPLE
- 231 Vi Morrison