VOL. L.VIII NO. 18,377
Kntered at Portland (Orefon)
Pontoffice an Second-flaps Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PETROGRADTAKEN
WILLIAMS' BLOW-UP
I INTOLERANCE IS
AVIATORS
PALE-FACED BELGIAN
CHIEF MEETS NAVAJO
LABOR CONFEREES
UNABLE TO AGREE
SIX CONES OF MAUN A
LOA BECOME ACTIVE
DDOCO niCACTDnilC
TAKE REST
FIRE KINDLED IX SENATE IS
BEYOND CONTROL..
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DON
ON MAY GET SECOND
DIGNIFIED GREETING EX
CHANGED AT GALLUP, X. 31.
LAVA FLOWING FREELY, AC
CORDING TO TOURISTS.
HONORS IN RACE.
INDIGESTION
NOW
FROM
BOLSHEVIK!
I
Fall of Old Capital Offi
cially Announced.
KRONSTADT ALSO GIVEN UP
Reds Reported Concentrating
for New Offensive.
ESTHONIAN GUNS ACTIVE
Artillery Engaged In Battle Raging
at Riga; Anglo-French Navy
Reported in Action.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 19. The fall of
Tetrograd and the occupancy of both
that city and the fortress of Kron
stadt by the Russian anti-bolshevik
forces has been reported officially by
the general staff of the Finnish army
to the Viborg representative of the
northwest government of Russia. This
information reached the state depart
ment tonight.
In making public tonight the de
partment's advices. Acting Secretary i
Phillips said that a direct dispatch,
dated today and received here tonight
from the department's representative
nearest the old Russian capital, re
ported that the Finnish official an
nouncement had not been corroborat
ed from other sources.
Decisive Struggle Coming.
The announcement crediting the
Finnish general staff as authority
was dated yesterday. It came from
Vibcrg and quoted unconfirmed re
ports to the department through
Swedish and Russian sources that
Petrograd and Kronstadt had been
wrested from the bolsheviki by the
beleaguering forces of General Tu
denitch, that with the fall of Gatch
lna fortress, 33 miles out from Petro
grad on the way to Berlin, the col
lapse of the old captal was inevitable
and that the bolsheviki were concen
trating all their troops for a decisive
struggle with General Denikine's
forces in the. south. .j. .'".'. "
LONDON, Oct. 19. Up to the pres
ent hour (6:15 P. M.) no news had
been received which would throw any
light on the Russian situation, except
a Helsingfors, Finland, dispatch dated
Saturday, reporting that the red flag
again was flying over Kronstadt and
that the batteries of Krasnaia Gorka
had been active Friday night.
Communication Reported Cat.
A Copenhagen dispatch, dated Sun
day said the report was still uncon
firmed and that the white forces had
cut communication between Reval and
Petrograd..
HELSINGFORS, Oct. 19. Advices
received here today say that the oc
cupation of Petrograd is expected to
take place this week, before Kron
stadt is entered.
A communication from the north
west Russian army received here to- i
day confirms the capture of Krasnaia
Gorka and claims that the railway be
tween Petrograd and Moscow has
been cut by blowing up a .bridge over
the Tosria river.
Hrd, Concentrate Troops.
The communication asserts that the
bolsheviki have concentrated 20,cO0
men at Gdoff, on Lake Peipus, and
10,000 near Petrograd, and declare
they will offer strong resistance.
The Tosna river crosses the railway
line at Tosna, 33 miles southeast of
Petrograd. Krasnaia Gorka lies on
the gulf of Finland to the west of
Kronstadt. .
Gdoff is on the eastern shore of
Lake Peipus, about 70 miles north of
Ptkov.
LONDON, Oct. 19. General Yude
nitch's troops have occupied the. sta
tion .of Ligovo," about eight miles from
Petrograd, according to a Helsing
fors dispatch to Reuter's. They have
also reached the railway junction at
Putitov, a suburb of the capital.
Counter Offensive Begun.
The red troops who retired from
Krasnoye Selo and Gatchina shortly
afterward reoccupied both towns and
the soviet army started a counter of
fensive which promises success, says
a wireless dispatch received here to
day from Moscow.
The dispatch adds that the land bat
teries at Kronstadt repelled attacks
by a British fleet.
A Reuter dispatch from Helsingfors
dated Saturday says
"The report of the surrender of
Kronstadt and of the imminent fall of
Petrograd has caused great "ommer
cial activity here, and there has been
a sudden rise in the value of the
ruble. Contracts for deliveries of food
and other necessities have been hur
riedly concluded.
"M. Marguiyes, minister of com
merce for the northwest Russia gov
ernment, has arranged for 11.000,000
kilograms of rice to be rushei to
Petrograd as soon as the treaty is
ratified."
Ksthonian Guns Active.
No Esthoman troops have yet par
ticipated in the defense of Riga, al
though their artillery is assisting,
according to a statement made to the
Associated Press by the Lettish lega
tion here.
General Yudenitch, commander of
the Russian northwestern army, has
sent two guns to assist the Letts.
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Senator's Efforts to Check Confla
gration Started by Irish Speech
Make Matters Worse.
OREGONIAN NEWS B U R E A L
"Washington, Oct. 19. (Special.) Ef
forts of Senator John Sharp Williams
of Mississippi to put out the fire which
he kindled Thursday afternoon by his
sensational attack on the Irish prom
ise only to make the conflagration
worse.
Last night he. turned in his speech
for insertion in the Congressional
Record with most of the warm pas
sages eliminated and this threatens
to cause more fireworks. Several
copies of the original transcript of the
Williams speech are in existence and
the Mississippi senator may be con
fronted with the charge of having
changed the record.
Any one who heard his speech can
readily detect the missing parts with
out comparing - the corrected record
with the original transcript. The
move of the opposition probably will
be to read into the record tomorrow
the complete transcript of the original
speech because this speech is going
to figure in politics.
Senator Williams has gone so far
in personal criticism of senators op
posing the league of nations that it
is not likely that any mercy will be
shown. All of which means that the
Mississippi senator will make another
speech, while his party colleagues sit
fearful that more beans will be spilled
and the galleries look on with pleas-
ure at the high quality of the enter
tainment. YOUTH KILLED BY HUNTER
Centralia Lad, Mistaken -for Bear,
Shot by Member of Party.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Oct. 19. (Spe
cial.) Roy G. Perry, aged 19 years, a
Northern Pacific fireman, was shot
and killed yesterday by Palmer de
Chazzo, who mistook him for a bear.
The shooting occurred near Tono,
where a party of railroaders, the
other members of which were George
Palmer and Earl Riley, had gone on
a hunting trip. The bullet struck
Perry in the back and came out his
side with sufficient force to break
his elbow. Death was Instantaneous.
The body was brought, to Centralia,
late last night and taken to the New
ell parlors, where an inquest will be
held by Coroner David Livingstone.
Young Perry was the : on of Mr.
and Mrs. George D. Perry of this city.
Two brothers and one sister also sur
vive. U. S. GETS PAPAL MESSAGE
America Viewed as Promising Field
for Religious Development.
NEW YORK. Oct. 19. The Most
Rev. John Bonzano, apostolic dele
gate to the United States, who has
just returned from Rome, announced
last night that Pope Benedict had
sent through him the following mes
sage to the Roman Catholic 'people
of America:
"Many are looking to .the United
States as the center of commercial.
industrial, economic and material in
terests. We consider America in
stead as a promising field for the de
velopment of religious, moral and
charitable principles. Considering
the importance of the United States
the -realization of our hopes and de
.sires would bring to the entire world
an immense benefit."
"OUTSIDE" CALLER KILLED
Anthony, Kan., Boy Admits Murder
of One From Another Town.
ANTHONY, Kan., Oct 19. At the
preliminary hearing of Ray Quillan
on the charge of murder for the
shooting of Samuel Watson near here
last Sunday, Virgil Hickey confessed
on the witness stand to having fired
the shot.
The shooting, according to test!
mony, was the climax of antagonism
of boys of Harper, Kan., over the
action of boys from "outside" call
ing on Harper women.
As a result of Hlckey's confession
five young men were charged with
first degree murder.
MORESNET IS' ANNEXED
Belgium Gives Germans Two Years
to Declare Intention.
LONDON, Oct. 19. Belgium has
annexed the Moresnet district to the
province of Liege, according to an
announcement received in a wireless
message from Berlin.
. .The inhabitants of Moresnet, with
the exception of those of German
origin, become Belgians, the an
nouncement says, while citizens o
Germany are given two years to de
clare for Belgium or Germany. If they
decide for Germany they must leave
the district.
MERCY FOR REBELS URGED
Painleve Asks for Clemency for
Mutineers of 1917.
PARIS. Oct. 19. In the chamber of
deputies yesterday M. Painleve urged
clemency for' those who mutinied in
the spring of 1917 after the failure
of the French offensive.
It was brought out that 150 death
sentences had been Imposed and that
25 of the mutineers had been ex
ecuted. . .
BANE OF EUROPE
Political Situation Not So
Bad as It Seems.
NATIONS ARE NOT GENEROUS
Common Sense Great Need in
Settling Difficulties.
POLES GAINING STRENGTH
Peace Conference Liberal In Caring
for Bohemia Crops in
Russia Are Bis.
BY ARNO DOSCH-FLEUROT.
(Copyright by the Xew York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
PARIS, Oct. 19. (Special Cable.)
The political complications of central
Europe are not half so bad as they
look. They are also easy to solve if
the people will use a little common
sense and treat one another anywhere
near recently. Unfortunately, they
have not behaved very generously, and
some of our allies, those we have been
the most favorable to. have been the
least generous of all.
The Roumanians have acted the
wcrst in their conduct toward Hun
gary, but they have not been alone
in applying the principle of loot
while the looting is good. In the
good old days, just after the armi-
tice, when every country went and
tcok all the land and all the freight
cars it could grab, the Serbians moved
into a part of the Banat that was
more Roumanian in population than
anything else. At least, eo the peace
conference decided and ordered the
Serbians to get out.
So the Serbians went, taking with
them everything movable. They took
the livestock, of course, and the agri
cultural implements, as well as every
thing to eat. But not satisfied with
this, they included the kitchen stoves,
the chromos on the walls, the car
pets, the knickknacks on the what-
ots. Thty had such a mass of loot
they co"J ! n.ot,-load. it, all. into f retell t
cars. A large part of it had to go
by canal boats.
They thought they were getting
away very neatly, when the water
began to sink under the canal boats.
In a short lime, they were aground.
The Roumanians, who heid the terri
tory from which 'the water came, had
cut it off. So there lay the canal
bt.ats, loaded up like Noah's Ark. and
a commission from the peace confer
ence had to have them hauled back,
so the cook stoves, chromos and
knickknacks could be redistributed.
Selfish Spirit Rules. -
Most of the troubles in Central
Europe are not of much more serious
import. The chief difficulty is that
with the break-up of the Austrian
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WHEN GRANDPA
Other Fliers at Control Stations in
Various Parts of Country to
Resume Trip Today.
CHICAGO, Oct. 19. Flyers trailing
B. W. Maynard. first to finish the
army's transcontinental airplane race,
rested today at the control stations
they reached before sundown Satur
day and made preparations for con
tinuing the cross-country contest at
sunrise tomorrow.
Barring accident, second honors
will go to Captain J. O. Donaldson,
ho reached Bingharnpton, N. Y.. only
142 miles from Mineola. N. Y-. Satur
day evening. He will resume his
flight to Mineola tomorrow.
Car.tain Donaldson's closest compet
itor is Lieutenant Earl H. Manzel
man. who spent Sunday at Rock
Island, 111., 985 miles from Mineola,
Captain Lowell H. Smith and Lieuten
ant H. E. Queen, flying westward,
were at Cheyenne, Wyo., 1005 miles
from San Francisco. Close behind
them was Lieutenant E. C. Kiel, who
spent the week-end at Sidney, Neb.,
1098 miles from the western terminus.
The rule providing that flyers who
had not conpleted the first lap by
sundown Saturday would be Ineligible
to make the return trip eliminated all
but 29 contestants. This number had
completed the first lap, but only It
started the return flight. Of the 11,
Lieutenant Maynard finished Satur
day and Major Harry Smith was out
of the race, following the wreck of
his plane at Fernley, Nev.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19. Eleven
transcontinental army fliers spent
the week end here making prepara
tions to start on their return journey
to Mineola. but only one, Lieutenant
Colonel H. C. Hartney, No. 41, an
nounced definitely that he would de
part tomorrow. Lieutenant J. B.
Wright. No. 46, and Lieutenant D. B.
Gish, No. 10, were making repairs to
their planes and did not expect to be
ready before Tuesday. The other fli
ers were taking advantage of the
stopover . time limit and postponing
their departure until Tuesday or later.
Lieutenant H. W. Sheridan, No. 40,
who started east Friday, spent Sun
day at Salt Lake City, expecting to
resume his flight tomorrow.
ALIEN RETURN OPPOSED
Americans, in Manila. Demand Re
TJeporla lion : of "Enemies.""''" ""
MANILA, Oct. 19. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Resolutions protesting
against the return to the Philippine
islands of enemy aliens, who were de
ported during the progress of the war,
have been adopted here by members of
the American Legion and Spanish war
veterans.
One enemy alien. It is said, not only
has been permitted to return, but has
been given employment in the insular
service here. Copies of the resolution
were sent to various members of con
gress in Washington and Governor-
General Harrison has been asked to
re-deport such men. The two official
organizations also have pledged them
selves to boycott all firms employing
' enemy aliens.
HAS HIS OPERATION FOR INTERSTITIAL. GLANDS.
Crt- im
. II- -iv;;i.
King Albert Gravely Shakes Hands
and Shows Respect foe Bronzed
Native of America.
ALBUQUERQUE. N. M.. Oct. 19.
The pale-faced chief of the Belgians
was gretted by the chief of the
Navajos at Gallup today. They shook
hands gravely and each showed his
respect for the other. The aged In
dian bore himself with a dignity
equal to that of the king. There was
no condescension In Albert's manner,
nor in that of the chief.
The sun had not yet banished the
chill of dawn when the royal special
stopped in the New Mexican village
of Gallup, but there was a crowd of
several hundred at the station. Many
of them had ridden a score of miles
to greet the Belgians. As the train
stopped the band of St. Michael's In
dian school swung into the strains
of the Belgian national anthem and
then that of the United States.
Braves Give Dance
A little band of braves, mounted on
mustangs, sat waiting and watching.
their faces expressionless, as the
king, queen and crown prince de
scended from their car. After one
war dance his majesty expressed a
desire to meet some of the Indians
and several of them were presented
to him and his consort.
Then Chief Silagotio. tribal judge,
better known as Pete Price, stepped
forward with the gift of the tribe.
some Navajo blankets, which he
gravely handed to Albert, who In turn
pinned upon the old warrior's breast
a silver medal of his house.
Therewas no lack of color in the
scene which greeted the Belgians.
Braves in shirts of the gaudiest hues
and squaws wrapped in blankets of
many colors were grouped in an open
space near the station, some of the
women carrying pappooses. The
daughter of the chief was mounted on
a Mustang. When the braves had
filed past Queen Elizabeth, who stood
beside her husband to the place given
their squaws by the Indians, asked
to De presented to the Indian women.
Then she requested them to pese be
fore her camera and they complied,
although somewhat sullenly, for they
view picture-taking devices with su
perstitious awe.
Indian Church Visited.
The Belgian monarchs worshiped
today for the third time in the United
States at the quaint Indian church
jvtUch has stood foe, three-centuries
on what is now the Pueblo Indian
reservation at Jsleta, 1J miles from
Albuquerque. A venerable Spanish
priest celebrated the benediction with
the king, queen and Prince Leopold
In the sanctuary with Governor Lar-
razolo and his wife. The prfest. who
spoke French fluently, welcomed the
Belgians to the ancient edifice which
stands today as it did when it was
built, although it was many times
captured by the Indians and then re
taken by the Spaniards. One of the
priests was an Indian and the choir
was composed of Indians.
Ajfter the service the visitors were
treated to a real western show. Pic
turesque Indians danced their native
dances, while cowboys and cowgirls
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Column 4.)
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Workers' and Employers'
Groups Wide Apart.
CONCILIATION EFFORT IN YASN
Resolution Recognizing Col
lective Bargaining Revised.
COMMITTEE IN DEADLOCK
Secretary Asserts Labor AYIII Go No
Further Than to Indorse Rus-sell-Endicott
Provision.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 19. Solution
of the difficulties threatening the life
of the national industrial conference
seemed more hopeless than ever to
night after the conference's central
committee in a three-hour session
failed to conciliate the differences
between the labor and employer
groups.
The tentative agreement reached
late Saturday on the vital question of
collective bargaining was shattered
at the committee meeting today "when
the employers' group insisted on add
ing to the substitute resolution a
clause declaring for the right of "em
ployers and employes to bargain in
dividually." This clause was rejected
unequivocally by the labor delegates.
Previous to the introduction of the
"individual bargaining" clause an ap
parent solution to the problem before
the conference had been reached.
Provision Is He vamped.
The original Russeli-Endlcott reso
lution, providing for recognition of
the right to collective bargaining and
the right of employers to choose
their representatives at will, was le-
vampea, divided into four sections
and amended to read: "The right to
organize into trade end labor unions.
snop and other industrial associa
tions"; the, section granting to labor
organizations the right to choose rep
resentaUvea without restriction was
amended to read: "By representatives
chosen by a majority of their own
memDers."
The compromise measure as amend
cd met with the approval of the labor
and public groups and some members
of the employers' wing when brought
before the committee. Later, how
ever, me employers Insisted on the
addition of a fifth section, the indi
..!.).. 1 a .- . .
uargainmg Clause, which was
promptly vetoed by the labor group.
This left the central committee dead
locked Just as it was when the con
ference adjourned late Friday.
Labor Declines to Yield.
In outlining the position of the la
bor group before the central commit
tee today. Frank Morrison, secretary
of the American Federation of Labor,
asserted that the representatives of
the workers did not enter the con
ference with any intention of at
tempting to obtain concessions, but
rather with a desire for a better un
derstanding between capital and la
bor; that the workers had made every
concession thus far and that his
group could not yield further than to
Indorse the provisions of the original
Russeli-Endlcott resolution.
Tmo resolutions on collective bar
gaining were before the conference
when adjournment was taken Frioay
and unless a compromise is reached
before the conference is called to
order tmorrow, each will be brought
up for a vote.
Labor May Defeat measure.
The first proposition In order will
be the Wheeler resolution, sponsored
by the employers' group, recognizing
the right of collective bargaining by
employes but reserving to the em
ployer the right "to deal or not to
deal with groups of men who are not
his employes and chosen by and from
among them."
All elements of the conference are
agreed that the labor wing will de
feat the Wheeler measure if it comes
to a vote.
Should this measure be defeated or
withdrawn the Russeli-Endlcott
measure would be next in order. The
resolution would pledge the confer
ence to recognize the right of em
ployes to bargain collectively and to
; select their representatives without
j restriction. The employers" group
has repeatedly voiced emphatic oppo
sition to this proposal, which has the
support of public and labor delegates.
Unless the present deadlock can be
broken many of the delegates were
outspoken tonight in their belief that
the conference may as well adjourn.
At a meeting tonight of a portion
of the central committee It was de
cided to submit a modified version of
the Russeli-Endlcott resolution to the
labor and employers' group, with a
plea that the measure be accepted
tentatively and get to the floor of the
conference for a vote. Both Elbert
H. Gary and Samuel Gompers. who
i have been in New York, are expected
tc be present when the conference
convenes tomorrow.
SAMOA MANDATE TAKEN
Bill Passed by New Zealand House
of Representatives.
WELLINGTON. . N. Z., Oct. 19.
The house of representatives has
passed the bill whereby New Zealand
4 acceola tixe mandate lor Samoa,
longest Stream Eight Miles From
Government Huud, Moving
Slowly Toward West.
HONOLULU, T. H.. Oct. 19. (By the
Associated Press.) Six cones of the
volcano Mauna Loa are active at an
elevation of 7150 feet, according to
parties returning here today from
the source of the lava flow.
The active cones are on a line run
ning from cast to west for a distance
of a quarter of a mile. The main cone
is 200 feet in diameter, it is reported,
and the lava is flowing freely. The
lava from two of the cones is flowing
toward Opihale; from another it is
running in the direction of Punokeo
keo, and from still another toward
Honomalino.
The longest flow of lava is still a
distance of eight miles from the gov
ernment road, moving slowlv due
west toward Kaapuna at an elevation
of 5S50 feet.
ROAD NEARS COMPLETION
Macadamizing Work at Divide
to
Be Finished in Week.
EUGENE, Or., Oct. 19. (Special.)
Another week of favorable weather
will allow the state highway commis
sion to complete the macadamizing of
the highway at Divide, according to
E R. Spencer, county commissioner,
ard the highway will then be in good
cordition as far south as the over
head crossing.
The old road south of the crossing,
for a oistance of half a mile or more,
will be used this winter.
It is planned to open the Walker
Cottage Grove section of the highway,
for traffic next Saturday, said Com
missioner Spencer. This section has
been closed for several months on
count oi reDuuding the highway to
eliminate several dangerous railroad
ciossings.
LONG TRIP MADE IN VAIN
Law Spoils Plan for Wedding at
Klamath Falls.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Oct. 19.
(Special.) After coming all the way
from Santa Cruz, Cal., to gratify a
cheerished wish to be married in the
home of her grandparents, the house
in which she was born. Miss Ivy Pearl
Martin found that the Oregon law
prohibited her marriage here to Wes
ley Hv-"GlbHqn of San Francisco, be
cause neither was a resident of this
state.
A partial solution was reached by
driving to Yreka. Cal., obtaining a
license and marrying thero and then
returning here for a wedding dinner
at the home of the grandparents.
Judge and Mrs. R. A. Emmitt.
AID GIVEN "FLU" VICTIMS
Buildings Turned Over for Use of
Alaska Indian Children.
NEW YORK. Oct. 19. All the build
ings and recreational equipment of
the Knights of Columbus at Fort
Davis, Nome. Alaska, have been turned
over to 1000- Indian children, whose
parents were victims of the influ
enza epidemic last year, it was an
nounced tonight.
A large quantity of supplies in
tended for the soldiers, who have
been withdrawn for the winter
months, has also been turned over
to the children.
BOAT DISABLED; AID SENT
Two Tugs Answer Call of American
Craft orf Can so, N. S.
SYDNEY. N. S.. Oct. 19. American
Eagle boat No. 41 was reported to
night disabled off Canso. N. S., and to
have asked for assistance.
Two tugs were reported sent in an
swer to the call.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Forrliro.
Intolerance Is bane of central Kurope, Arno
losch-Fleurot writes. rate 1.
Fall of reds in Russia Is matter only of
weeks. Page 2.
Petrosrad officially reported wrested from
txlshevlkl. Pace 1.
Proposed Japanese concession on Shantung
opposed. Page 4.
Six cones of volcano Mauna Loa become
active. Page 1.
Anxiety filters into Plume. Page 11.
National.
Fresider.t Wilson suffers attack of Indi
gestion. Page 1.
Irish fire started by Senator Williams be
yond contiol. Page 1.
Fight on treaty nm.ring final phase.
Page 2.
Railroad teplslatlnn expected to delay con
gress adjournment. Page 4.
Labor conferees unable to agree. Page 1.
Domt ntic.
Canadian railroad competition considered
unfair. Page 3.
Belgian king greet chief of Navajos.
Page 1.
Eonaldson may get second honors in air
race. Pae 1.
Paclflr orthnpftt.
Culver wanders out of woods. Page 11.
Sports.
Ross's victories give prominence to Amer
ican crawl stroke. Page S.
Washington eleven to" clash m-tth James
John tomorrow. Page S.
Mascott to fight here. Page 8. .
Racing rule changes proposed. Page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Limousine r-Iigion rapped by Rev. Robert
Murray Pratt. Page 18.
Prises awarded for southern Oregon ex-
tiblts. Page lO.
Strike on St. Johns tanks may be settled
today. Pice 7.
Portland to be on route of world's air
dirby. Page 10.
A. J Ger. well-known river captain, dead.
Page 10.
Rtv. K. B. Lockhart returns from Franca.
Page U.
Oregon's wealth revelation to Portland
business men. Page 4.
Livestock show needs 11K.000. Page 13.
i'lour mills, now ia full operation. Page 15,
TROUBLES WILSON
Condition Otherwise Un
changed, Say Doctors.
RESTFUL NIGHT REPORTED
Prostatic Ailment of Patient
Held Relieved.
PHYSICIANS ARE HOPEFUL
Pres-ident's
That Dr.
' Called
Improvement Such
Grayson Is Not
During Night.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 19. Having ob
tained relief from the prostatic con
dition which retarded his recovery
last week. President Wilson was the
victim today of slight digestive trou
ble. His condition otherwise through
out the day, Rear-Admiral Grayson
announced tonight, was unchanged.
Ir. Grayson issued the following
bulletin from the White House to
night: "The president had a slight diges
tive disturbance today. Otherwise his
condition is unchanged."
The president's general condition
was regarded as satisfactory, notwith
standing the flight attack of irdiges
tion. Until midday Dr. Grayson and
the phy-sir ians assisting him found in
the examination of their patient every
evidence that Mr. Wilson was more
than lidding his own and the devel
opment after noon was not regarded
sa serious or as any indication that
the president's general condition was
wcrse.
It wa said, however, that any in
cidental ailment tended to Increase
nervousness and to that extent retard
ed a recovery.
Nervous Attack Disappearing.
Further progress by the patient in
recovering from his attack of nervous
exhaustion was indicated by his physi
oi ins, Although- the jriid-db. bulletin
fnm the White House was a con
servative statement, saying that the
president had rested well and that
there had been no material change in
his condition, it was learned from
members of the president's official
family that Rear-Admiral Grayson and
other physicians consulted in the case
were greatly encouraged.
Dr. Grayson, who had spent the
rt'ghts at the white house ever since
the president returned from his
speaking tour three weeks ago today,
was not called to the patient's bedside
at all last night. It was the first time
in two weeks that some phase of his
patlent'scondition had not made it
necessary for him to attend him after
he retired for the night. Dr. Graj-son
spent much of the morning with the
president and. after visits by Drs.
Ruffin and Stitt, the following bulle
tin was issued:
"There is no material change in the
president's condition. He slept well
during ths night."
Physicians Are Encournsred.
The encouragement manifested by
the president's physicians and others
of his household was understood to
be due not so much to any marked im
provement, but to success of efforts
made to allay the effects of the ail
ments Incident to Mr. Wilson's gen
eral condition. Great importance has
been attached to the elimination of
the p-Qiidary ailments, because with
then curbed the physicians believe
tl.e neurasthenic will gradually re
spond to the treatment being admin
istered. The president has been permitted
to sit up occasionally and has in
sisted at times that he be permitted
to attend to some work. His physi
cians have Insisted that for the time
being he must be content to wait.
Callers are not permitted to iee him,
but numerous reminders of their vis
its are sent' to his room, one today
being an armful of chrysanthemums
delivered at the White House by
three enlisted men of the army and
navy.
UPROAR HALTS PRAYER
I. W. W.s' Shouts Mark Stormy
End to Church Meeting.
DES MOINES. Ia., Oct. 19. A mem
ber of the Industrial Workers of the
World, mingling his shouts for the
proletariat with the benediction as the
pastor, marked the close of a stormy
meeting of the Equality league, called
to discuss the street railroad situation,
et the First Baptist church here today.
The party was shouted down and
n.ade his disappearance, amid cries
from the audience of "We don't want
any I. W. W. In this church'."
Another dramatic incident occurred
earlier when D. C Wymer, deputy in
ternal revenue collector, who had per
sisted in interrupting the speakers,
marched down the aisle to the pulpit
and, in mounting the platform, was
grappled with by one of the officers
of the league, when a woman's trem
ulous appeal for "conduct as ladies
and gentlemen in the house of God"
in a manner quelled the uproar during
the exodus of the audience.
American Squadron at Lisbon.
LISBON. Portugal. Oct. 19. An
American squadron arrived here to-
day Irom. Brest.
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