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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WILSON TO START
SENATE THREATENED
WITH CLOTURE TODAY
DEBATE SHUT-OFF RULE TO BE
ASKED OX LEASING BILL.
THEATER MANAGERS
SEIZE
POULTRY
GERMANY IS WARNED
OF .TREATY VIOLATION
SPRUCE POLICY
WILL FIGHT STRIKERS
OVER GERMAN LIFE
SILETZ ATTACKED
TRIP TODAY
SEVERAL HOUSES TO OPEN
PEACE CONFERENCE TO SEND
STRONG NOTE TO BERLIN.
WITH NONUNION TALENT.
CLOUDS
GATHERING
MARSHALS
STORED
LONG
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Labor Conference to
Called First.
Be
FARMERS WILL BE INVITED
Snjoot Serves Notice He Will Keep
Upper House in Session Until
Vote Is Had.
Meeting Believed Discussed at
Cabinet Session.
TOUR IS FULLY ARRANGED
President Resting Preparatory to
2 7-Day Swing 30 Writers
to Accompany Party.
"WASHINGTON. Sept. Z. Before leav
Itif Washington tomorrow night on hie
speechmakinir tour of the country,
President Wilson will Issue Invitations
to labor leaders, financiers, manufact
urera and farmers to attend a confer
ence early In October for consideration
of the problems of labor and of those
who direct labor.
The president, it also was learned,
plans to complete all arrangements for
the conference before, his departure so
that the meeting may be held Immedl
ately upon his return the last of this
month. The first session of the von
ference probably will be held at the
White House.
The entire labor situation and also
arrangements for the conference were
understood to have been discussed at
today's cabinet meeting. It waa pre
sumed that the plan to invite farm
ers representativea waa agreed upon
by the cabinet.
Arraasesaeafs Nearly Caatplete.
Final arrangements for the presi
dent's "swing around the circle were
about completed today. Accompanying
President Wilson will be Mrs. Wilson.
Rear-Admiral Carey T. Grayson, per
sonal physician to the president; Sec
retary Tumulty, a corps of stenog
raphers, ieeret service men and aome
30 correspondents representing the
press associations and leading metro
politan newspapers.
The president has scheduled 30 set
speeches in the principal cities In the
south and west and it is presumed he
will be compelled to deliver short plat
form speeches at smaller towns along
the route.
The first speech will be at Columbus,
Thursday morning, and the last at
Louisville. September 29. The presi
dent will return to Washington the
next day.
Safety Preeaatleaa Tak.ee.
The presidential train will be com
posed of the president's private car, an
other for the stenographers and secret
service men. and one for the corre
pondents. also a dining car and bag
gage car. Along the entire route a
pilot engine will be run ahead as a
precautionary measure against acci
dents and other eventualities. The
train schedule will not be made public
until it baa been fulfilled at city after
city.
Members of the party will live on the
train practically during the 27 days of
the trip, only a few overnight stops
being planned.
In preparation for the exacting task
before him, the president has made
only the most necessary appointments
during the past few days and haa apent
most of his time in resting and recreation.
PRETTY DANCER IS MISSING
Parents Seek Child Whom They
Think Movie Career Attracted.
Search is being made for pretty
little Evelyn Mack, aged 13, who ran
away from her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Mack. 692 Front street. August 23
to seek a career in the movies.
About a week ago the distressed
parents received word that the child
was working at a boarding house.
When thy arrived they found that she
had already gone, leaving no trace.
When last seen she wore a tan coat.
pink middy blouse and white shoes and
stockings. She has beautiful curia, but
her parents say she will "do up" h-er
hair so aa to convey the impression
that she is a young woman. The run
away lassie is quite talented, having
appeared several times in public aa a
ainger and classic danoer.
PERSHING BILL IS PASSED
Permanency of Rank as General
Now Rests With President.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2. The house
bill conferring the permanent rank of
general upon General Pershing in rec
ognltion of hia service abroad, was
passed by the aenate late today with
out debate or a record vote .
The bill now goea to President Wilson.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. When fur
ther prolonged debate, particularly by
Senator La Follette. republican. Wis
consin, held up today ' for the fifth
I J.v a final vote on the
oil. coal and mineral land leasing bill.
Senator Thomas, democrat. Colorado,
gave notice that unless the bill was
disposed of tomorrow, be would seen
to invoke the cloture rule.
As soon aa the notice waa given by
Senator Thomas. Senator Smoot. re
publican. Utah, who is in charge of
the measure, announced that unless it
were disposed of sooner, he would keep
the senate in session tomorrow night
until a final vote was had.
The threat to Invoke the cloture
rule which would limit debate to one
hour for each senator came after
Senator La Follette had debated the
measure for two hours today, making
his total speaking time since last
Wednesday IS hours.
The senate waa able today to adopt
an amendment by Senator La Follette
prohibiting public land depoelta of coal.
oil. gas. phosphate or sodium being
controlled by combinations In restraint
of trade and authorizing the revok
ing of leaaea In such castes.
An amendment which would have
prohibited phosphates produced from
land leased under the bill from being
distributed and used outside the United
Elates or its possessions waa intro
duced by Senator La Follette, but waa
later withdrawn owing to the opposi
tion of Senators Smoot, Walsh, demo
crat, Mantana, and a number of other
senatora who cited atatistica to show
there waa ample phosphate rock now
in the west to meet this country's
needs for years.
People's Basic Necessities
Grow Scantier.
COAL SHORTAGE PORTENTOUS
Effects of Lowered Miners' Ef
f iciency Evident.
OLD GLORY STILL LURES
Militarist Party Continues Power for
Evil "Not Yet Beaten" Slogan
of Trouble - Makers.
LOST FIRE FIGHTER FOUND
Member of Lane Crew Subsists on
Berries and Roots.
EUGENE. Or., Sept. 2. (Special.)
Thomaa L. Plunkett, forest fire fighter
who wandered away from the creek at
work in the upper McKensie river dis
trict a few daya ago and became lost,
waa found today in the wilds of the
South Fork country by Professors Fred
C. Ayer, of the University of Oregon.
who is on a hunting trip to that section
of the forest. Plunkett said he-had sub
sisted entirely upon berries and roots
of plants for several days. Wien found
he was almost exhausted, but waa able
to keep moving and said he was sure
he would find a settlement or some
one in the woods.
Plunkett waa found near the Hardy
cabin between Walker and Rebel creeks.
IS miles from the place from which he
disappeared.
SOLIDERS' BONUS CARRIES
Wisconsin Votes 915,000,000 $10
for Each Month of Service.
MILWAUKEE. Wis., Sept. 2. The
Wisconsin soldiers' bonus bill provld-
ng approximately $15,000,000 to be
blalned through taxes, which passed
the recent legislature with a re fere n-
um amendment attached to ot, today
at a special election throughout the
state was ratified by a wide margin
ranging from two to one to ten to one
in different sections of the state, ac
cording to returns received up to 10
o'clock tonight.
Under the measure, soldiers, sailors.
marines and nurses who enlisted in the
world war will receive $10 for each
month's service, the minimum to be
30.
BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN.
BERLIN, Sept. J. (Special Cable.)
Over Germany's life.- become sunless,
new storm clouds are gathering. The
basic raw material which is almost
more Indispensable than grain, the
heat, power and light-dispensing coal.
grows scantier from moon to moon.
The coal miner, for years badly fed and
tired and sullen after the cruel dlsap
polntment of the war, no longer per
forma what he formerly did.
In other industries It is no different;
in German shipyards it has been as
certained that during the same period
of time in which formerly 450 rivets
were driven only 35 are driven now.
But work underground is harder, and
the coal miner feels in himself more
than does the factory worker the pow
er of bringing to a standstill all wheels.
all sources of light, heat, motive pow
er, and is even more accessible to the
siren call warning him against fur
ther "plaguing himself for the profit
of the producers and their stockhold
ers."
Warkera Effleleaey Itaweted.
The weakened condition of the body
and the rebelliously toned soul together
lower working efficiency. The strikes,
following one another In close succes
sion, have prevented the accumulation
of coal supplies. Already 'gas. (dear
and bad) Is only to be had within close
ly limited hours.
' The limitation and redaction of rail
road traffic are already officially an
nounced, and In the east of Prussia al
ready in many a town there are no
street cars any more. The Saar basin
is lacking and the partnera in the
peace treaty :an demand coal supplies.
On the lower Rhine and In Westphalia
roal production can be increased; but
the necessary prior condition would be
bat the miner should have a very con
siderable participation in the profits
of the mines and that decent dwellings
are built for the new oncoming army
of miners.
The increase In the number of min
ers mvst equalize the diminished ef-
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Open-Shop Choruses to Be Heard in
New York Ads Bring Many
Girls for - Places.
NEW TORK, Sept. 2. (Special.)
That at least three theaters closed by
the actors' strike will be reopened by
the producing managers this week or
early next, with nonunion stage hands
and musicians and with Fidelity league-
actors or strikebreaking chorus girls.
became definitely known today. The
managers have decided, it is under
stood, to defy the striking actors, stage
hands and musicians and to make
determined fight to operate their the
aters, extensive police protection hav
lng been arranged for.
Advertisements In theatrical magra
sines and in newspapers all over the
east have brought hundreds of girls to
the offices of producers planning to
create nonunion choruses. "Ziegfeld
Follies," will open Saturday night, it
was stated, and George White's "Scan
dals of 1919" will open at the same time
or early next week. "East Is West'
will also reopen, as will Cohan & Har
rls' "The Royal Vagabond" within i
few days, according to the word passed
along today, although the producing
managers would make no formal state
ment.
CHICAGO. Sept. 2. Threats to dis
figure Miss Laura Hope Crews, leading
woman In "On the Hiring Line," are
contained in a note turned over to the
police today by her manager. The note
was slipped under Miss Crew's door at
her hotel. It purported to be from a
member of the Actors' Equity associ
tion.
MURDER TRIAL ATTRACTS
Curry County People Will Camp to
Hear Chenowith Case.
MARSH FIELD, Or., Sept. 2. (Spe
cial.) So intense is the interest among
a large proportion of Curry county's
population over the approaching trial
at Gold Beach of George Chenowith,
world war veteran and former Oregon
legislator, charged with killing George
Sydnam, 20-year-old youth, that large
numbers are going to the scene
equipped with camping outfits, hotel
space being Inadequate to house them
all.
The trial is scheduled to open Sep
tember 8. .Owing to the prominence
of the defendant, widespread interest
attaches to the case. Sydnam was shot
by Chenowith in a dancer!! at Lang-
lots, being accused of'Ihi ruin of
the slayer's daughter. The county is
divided in sympathy. .
RENCH LOSE ONE IN FOUR
6 Per Cent of Men Mobilized In War
Are Reported Casualties.
PARIS, Sept. 2. Captain Andre Tar-
ieu, speaking for the government dur
ing the debate in the chamber of depu-
es this afternoon on ratification of
the German peace treaty, said the
French war losses constituted 26 per
cent of the men mobilized. Fifty-seven
per cent of all men with the colors
nder 31 years of age. were killed.
92,000 Pounds of Food
Taken at Spokane.
FOUR WAREHOUSES RAIDED
Goods Held Too Long, Charges
Federal Attorney.
MILK FIRMS FACE CHARGE!
Prosecution Under Excess-Price Act! reads:
Fortnight Given to Suppress Article
Giving Austria Representa
tion in Reichstag.
PARIS, Sept. 2. The supreme council
of the peace conference decided today
to send a note in forceful terms to th
German government pointing out th
contradiction with the Versailles treaty
of the provision in the new German
constitution providing for the repre
sentatton or Austria In the frerman
relchsrath.
The council demands the suppression
of the articles within a fortnight, de
claring that otherwise the allies will
be compelled to undertake a further
occupation of the left bank of the
Rhine. The article objected to is ar
ticle 61 of the German constitution, as
in conflict with article 80 of the Ger
man peace treaty forbidding German
interference in Austrian affairs.
Article 80 of the Versailles treaty
Threatened at Taooma Packers
Are Fined at Milwaukee.
"Germany acknowledges and will re
spect strictly the independence of Aus
tria within the frontiers which may
be fixed in a treaty between that state
and the principal allied and associated
powers, she agrees that this indeDen
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 2. Acting dence shall be inalienable, except with
under orders of the United States dis- the consent of the council of the league
trict court here. Deputy United States of nations.
marshals this afternoon seized 92.000 The text of the note to Germany will
pounds of cold storage poultry, which be handed to the German delegation at
the district attorney, in a libel action, Versailles this afternoon and will be
charged had been held an unreasontable made public tomorrow.
length of time.
"The seizure was made as a result
oi ine imamgs or tne ieaerai grana pai rrt VI CI 11 C PDIMO
jury that the food had been held In cold UMIL.CUIi I ICLUO L-UII.O
storage an unusual length of time,'
Pieces of Eight" Among Spanish
Silver, Taken From Deep
said District Attorney F. A. Garrecht.
It was declared that it will be sold
by the United States marshal to the
highest bidder. Today's action was the
first in this district as a result of the
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub
lished by arrangement.)
LONDON, Sept. 2. (Special Cable.)
fight of the department of justice on I The salvage operations on the Spanish
alleged food profiteers. galleon which sank long ago off Tober
Four Finns Raided. mory, Scotland, have been partly sue
According to information at the cessful during the last few days. Span-
United States marshal's office, seiz- lsn silver coins, recovered from the
ures were made from the following deep; nave Deen treated with acid, and
firms: oi rive suomuiea to an expert, three
Armour & Co., 1382 pounds; Henning- nave been declared to be "pieces of
son Produce company. 21.941 sounds: r'6"1-
Packina- House market si .738 nnunili' Aa American nas orieren to My all
Commercial Creamery company, 17,000 plates and sa'vers that can be recov
Dounds ered f rom the galleon and pay 150
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TVn snrl IS r.ntl fn- Tnn4 nri " uunuo wr mem it iney are
pound-and-one-half loaves respectively. ' goA Preservation. Should any of
wrapped once, was declared a fair "cash , " " p.ecea usca oy tne
n a r.nnrt moH. ,,MI h. I " " ia lirtp.tu lu
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hrea H nrfiA hArA Volv whn,cala
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prices were declared to be 8 and 11 UtAIM Wl I il Wirt brlUdtl.
cents for pound and pound-and-one-
half loaves,- respectively, unwrapped, Chicago Man Unable to Rescue Wo-
and half a cent more for wrapped! . , ,
loaveg man, Lets Train Hit Him
Flour Prices to Be Probed. CHICAGO, Sept. 2. "I'll stay with
The committee recommended that the you Mary." With these words William
United States district attorney lnvesti- f" Tanner, a cashier in the office of the
gate the local cost and prices of flour Baltimore & Ohio railroad here, closed
and mill feed, to determine whether hls eyes- embraced his wife, whose foot
or not they were in accord with the was cau&ht in a railroad frog, and was
rules of the United States grain cor- ked with her when a limited train
poration.
TACOMA, Sept. 2. Federal prosecu
tion of Tacoma milk distributors who
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FARMER CRUSHED BY LOG
6 CHILDREN BURN TO DEATH
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Home Destroyed During Absence of
Parents, at Gcnsen, Sask.
REGI.VA. Sask, Sept. 2. Six children
belonging to two families living In one
house at Gensen, Sask., were burned to
death when the house was destroyed
by firs, recently, according to word
Just brought here.
The parents of the families were
absent at the time.
Crook County Man Killed While En
gaged Sawing Wood.
FRLNEVILLE. Or, Sept. 2. (Spe
iaL) R. H. Kincald, a young farmer
residing 12. miles north of Prlnevllle,
waa crushed and Instantly killed by a
rolling log while sawing wood on his
homestead Monday. Kincald and a
neighbor boy were sawing the top off
a large fir log which was lying on a
steep hillside, causing the main log to
start rolling. The boy dodged, un
harmed, while Kincald waa tripped by
a limb and felL
Kincald ia survived by his widow and
child, his parents, two brothers and
two sisters.
HOUSE TO SJAY IN EUROPE
Colonel Soon to Return From Lon
' don to Paris Conference.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. Colonel E.
M. House, who is in London, conferring
with officials there on the organiza
tion of the league of nations, will re
turn to Paris to resume his work as
a member of the American peace dele
gation as soon as his present mission
Is completed, according to an an
nouncement today by the state de
partment.
Reports that Colonel House soon
would return to the United States were
denied.
BAN ON HUNGARY LIFTED
Virtually All Trade Restrictions Are
' Taken Off by America.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. Practically
all restrictions against trade with Hun
gary were lifted today by the war
trade board.
It was announced that license for
the export of American-made goods to
that, country would be Issued freely on
II commodities except those '. of a
strictly military nature and that Im
ports to the United States would be
practically unrestricted.
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of the Chicago & Northwestern rail
road crashed into them last night.
John Miller, a flagman, in attempting
to rescue the couple, lost his left leg
and sustained a fracture of the right
arm.
Three little children are orphaned to
day because of the fateful decision of
Tanner to die with his wife.
GERMAN DYES TO COME IN
Six Months' Supply Will Be Admit
ted for U. S. Manufacturers.
WASHINGTON Sept 1. Importation
of a six months' supply of dyes from
Germany for American manufacturers
will be allowed under a ruling an
nounced today by the war trade board.
Manufacturers hav.e been requested
to file statements with the board show
lng the total quantities of dyes needed
for the six months period beginning
October 1.
Manner of Tapping Basin
Timber Ridiculed.
ROADS TERMED EXTRAVAGANT
Practical Lumbermen Give Ex
pert Testimony.
COSTS FOUND EXCESSIVE
Committee of Inquiry . Told That
General Disque Ignored
Experienced Men.
POLICE UNIONJS WARNED
Members in District of Columbia
Must Quit Federation.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. The local
governing authorities of the District
of Columbia today notified the police
that unless they abandon the affiliation
of their recently formed union with the
American Federation of Labor by mid
night next Monday, individual members
who remain members of the union after
that time will be dropped from the
force, on the ground of disobedience
of orders. .
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 80
degrees: minimum. 48 degrees.
TODAY'S Probably rain; cooler; moderate
southeast winas.
Foreign.
Storm clouds still gathering over German
life. Page 1.
National.
Cummins railroad bill introduced in senate.
Page 3.
Congress Is asked for $2,500,000 to help wage
tight on lorest nres. rage i.
Palmer is branded German apologist. Page 2.
President Wilson to start today on long trip.
Page 1.
Domestic.
Japan replies to Senator Phelan's charge
against Dr. Sidney uuiick. rage (.
Prohibition party refuses to limit its mem
bers activity to America, rage o.
Pacific Northwest.
Food seizures and promised prosecutions fea
ture of war on high costs, page 1.
Hoart.
Pacific Coast league results: Vernon 6. San
Francisco 4. Ito other games scheduled.
Page 12.
Appointment of city boxing commission
clears way for early bouts. Page 12.
Harry Morrison, Moosejaw pitcher, will not
join Beavers until spring, rage IZ.
National baseball commission calls off draft
. -o minor league players in vjiv. rage u.
Direct attack on the policy of the
spruce production corporation in locat
ing its two roads in Lincoln county to.
tap the Siletz basin and Blodgett tract
areas of spruce timber was made yes
terday by witnesses before the con
gressional committee of Inquiry, which,
resumed its sittings after a three-day
Inspection of the projects under examination.
The committee was told by practical
lumbermen that both lines were of ex
travagant construction, when compared
with average logging road costs, and
that at least one of them, the 12-mlle
line north of Yaquina bay along the
coast, was entirely unfeasible and un
necessary from the standpoint of men
who have spent their lives in actual
lumbering operations.
Expert Advice Ignored.
Acting against conclusive demonstra
tions that another route was the only
practicable one to the Siletz basin,
the witnesses testified. General Brlce
Disque and his associates in the
spruce production corporation set aside
the advice of loggers of the Toledo dis
trict and chose the coast route north,
which would have necessitated a 12-
mile towage up Taquina bay to the
government's spruce mill at Toledo.
Chairman James A. Frear of Wiscon
sin and Representative W. W. Magee
f New York directed the majority of
questions, seeking to show that the rea
sons for selecting the coast route north
ward were obscure and unsatisfactory,
while Representative Clarence F. Lee.:
of California came frequently to the
defense of the spruce corporation. In
ross-examinatlon Representatives Lea
sought to elicit evidence that the wit
nesses were prejudiced by personal in-
erest and the differences of opinion as
the route were such as might
naturally arise among practical log
gers.
Comparative costs of private logging
roads were again entered into, as they
were when the Olympic peninsula line
was under discussion. W'tnessea In
formed the committee that Lincoln
county logging roads could be con-.
structed at a cost not to exceed $15,000
mile, at which juncture Chairman
Frear invited attention to the previous
testimony that the Lincoln county l'nes
f the government, built on cost-plus
contracts, had cost $70,000 and $110,000
per mile, respectively.
General Dlaqae Obdurate.
That citizens of Toledo and county
fficials, as well as experienced log
gers, sought to persuade Oeneral
Disque of the advisability of another
route to the Siletz and that their at
tempt was shelved without proper in
quiry, was the testimony of A. W. Mor
gan, lumberman and cruiser of 25 years'
experience, who appeared before the
subcommittee yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Morgn's statement to the com
mittee bore in particular upon the re
jected proposal that the government '
line be built to connect with the for
mer Miller line, now the Fisher-Story
road, running north from Toledo, to
cross the divide and enter the Siletz
basin in the vicinity of Dewey and
Jaybird creeks, a total distance of six
miles to be constructed.
The witness was emphatic, as had
been James B. Miller, former owner
of the road, who testified at the morn
ing session, that this route to the
Siletz ,-as the only, feasible one to
move the giant mass of spruce timber
there available. Like Mr. Miller, he
asserted that the coast line was al
most wholly without purpose, and was
of such location that experienced log
gers laughed at it.
Route Mlaaea Moat Spruce.
From his information as a timber
cruiser, Mr. Morgan informed the sub
committee that approximately 700,000,
000 feet of spruce timber is available
in the Siletz basin, north of Toledo.
Of this stand, he estimated that 550.
000.000 feet is on the east slope of the
basin, the remainder being across the
divide on the ocean slope. It was this
major stand of timber, the witness '
testified, that the spruce corporation
could have tapped at once, and with
little difficulty, had it built a short
extension from the Miller line over
the ridge.
After you get over the ridge," said
Mr. Morgan, "you run into the main
timber belt. It is very, compact from
there on."
Continuing, Mr. Morgan Informed the
committee that a survey over this gen
eral route had been made in October,
1918, by Andrew Porter, employed by
the port of Toledo, for the purpose of
showing that the Siletz spruce was
naturally tributary to Toledo via such
route. The witness said that this
survey showed conclusively that the
logical way to log the Siletz basin waa
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