LARGE LABOR DAY
GATHERING PLANNED
Portland Celebration at Oaks
to Be Biggest of Kind
Known in Northwest.
BABY SHOW IS FEATURE
Vrogramme or Sports, Music and
Other Numbers WU1 Continue
From 10 A. BE. to M o'clock
Midnight, September "
That the picnic of the labor forces
of Portland at the Oaks Amusement
Park on Labor Day. Monday, Septem
ber 7. will bo the greatest gathering
of labor unionists the Northwest has
ever known, has been asserted by
members of the committee represent
ing everv labor organization in 1 ort
land. which has the plans for the day
In charge. . ' . . -
"Every citizen of Portland is invited
to Join with us and take part in the
great festival," said President Bur
chard. "We have assurances from the
commercial bodies that they will be
represented by large delegations, and
our plans have already advanced suf
ficiently so that we can say with con
fidence that Labor Day will be the
greatest gathering cf citizens Portland
has known for a long time. The em
ployer and the employe will meet to
gether. It is gatherings of this kind
that makes progress possible."
Baby Show to Be Held.
The latest addition to the programme,
which will begin at 10 A. M.. and end
at midnight, is the holding of an enor
mous baby show. The plans for this
part of the labor festival are largely
In the hands of Dr. F. H. Dammasch
who expects to have between 200 and
300 entrants. The judging will be on
the basis of eugenics.
A mammoth silveV loving cup has
been donated by Julius L. Meier of
the Meier & Frank Company. This
will be presented to the most popu tar
woman present who is affiliated with
unions in Portland. This means that
she must either hold a labor union
card herself or else be the sister, wife
or daughter of a trades unionist.
Since the announcement in The ure
gonian last week of the athletic pro
gramme, this feature has been largely
increased, with more prizes to be of
fered These contests are open to all
visitors to The Oaks on Labor Day
and not alone to the members of the
labor unions.
Music to Be Continuous.
There will be continuous music by
a large band under the direction of
President Burchard. of the Central
Labor Council, who Is also a member
of the Musicians Mutual Association.
The members of the Labor Day com
mittee are: O. D. Forte. Brewery
trades section; A. T. Edwards. Build ng
Trades Council; W. F. Otto, Printing
Trades Council; M. W. Peterson. Cen
tral Labor Council; Henry Harder,
Glenn Harris, Central Labor Council;
Eugene E. Smith, chairman: C. G. Ock
wig Label trades section; Ben Os
borne president Building Trades
Council; A. H. Karris, editor Labor
Press- C. H. Greathouse, Metal Trades
Council; Harry Hlllibush, Labor Tem
ple Association: Ben Rich. Theatrical
Federation, and J. E. Brown. Water
front Federation.
ILLNESS LAID TO SPRAY
Dysentery Cases Traced to Eating
Unwashed Fruits.
Tou won't make a mistake if you
wash all fruit before eating it these
daThose who have investigated a pecu
liar malady that has affected a num
ber of residents in Oregon the last few
weeks believe the illness has been
caused from a spray poison carried by
unwashed fruit. The long dry spell is
responsible, they aver, for the reason
that there has been insufficient rain
to wash off the spray. This poison
has caused a number of dysentery
cases, it is believed.
W. M. Killlngsworth has made an
Investigation following the illness of
several members of his family and said
yesterday he believed the ailment was.
caused by unwashed fruit which had
been marketed while retaining some of
the spray. He consulted several doc
tors and learned the ailment was trace
able to fruit In all probability. He also
discovered red castor oil In generous
quantities proved a good remedy.
H0LTZ STORE WILL CLOSE
Big Dry Goods Concern Plays Losing
Game.
It is announced that the Holtz store,
occupying a prominent corner on 5th
and Washington streets, will close its
doors on Sept. 12.
The store, which occupied a seven
etory building with basement and mez
zanine floors, has been In process of
liquidation since last March. Consid
erable effort has been made toward
effecting a reorganizaion and continu
ing the business on a new and substan
tial financial basis. The depressing
effect of the European war has. how
aver, caused a failure in these plans.
During the next two weeks a sale
will be conducted, during which time
It is expected that a large proportion
of the present stock will be disposed
of at retail.
All remaining stock on hand Sept. 12
will be assorted into convenient lots
and the merchants of this and adjoin
ing states will be asked to bid on each
lot or the stock as a whole. Adv.
TELLER ISHORT $13643
Bank Employe Confesses and Bonds
men Make Loss Good.
DENVER. Aug. 29. Officers of the
United States National Bank of Denver
said today lhat George L Weaver, a
receiving teller under arrest, had con
fessed a defalcation of $13,643 of the
bank's funds. The loss to the bank
has been made good by Weaver's
bondsmen.
Weaver has been admitted to bail by
the United States Commissioner.
"Rationalists" Meet Tonight.
Charles T. Spradlng will be the
speaker at a meeting to be held in
Scandinavian Hall. Fourth and Yamhill
streets, tonight, under the auspices of
the National Rationalist Association.
A feature of the meeting, which will
be free, will be the exhibition of what
is said to be a duplicate of the famous
miracle picture called "The Shadow of
the Cross," which has been exhibited
In Portland. The experiment of mak
ing a cross appear and disappear will
be shown. Mr. Spradlng promising to
make clear the seemingly miraculous
by the aid of modern chemistry.
COMMITTEE REPRESENTING EVERY PORTLAND ABOR ORGANI
ZATION PLANS FOR LABOR DAY CELEBRATION AT THE OAKS.
-i S '-1
Jfjf
I, C. H. Greathous. Metal Trade- Council; , Harry Hllllbush, Labor M
is.oclatlon; 3. A. T. Edward Bull.UnK Trade- Council; 4, Glen Harris.
cZZtrnl ?-bor Council, 5, EuR-ne E. Smith: , W. . Pet. Ce-ral La
bor Council; 7, Ben O-borne, President Building Trade- Council; 8. A. H.
Harrl" Editor Labor Pre-; , Ben Klcb, Theatrical Federation: 10 W. 1 .
Otto Printing Trade. Council; 11. Henry Harder. Central Labor Co-aeH,
1 " C. " o"kte Label Trade- Section, 13, J. E Brown, W aterfront Fed
eration; 14, O. I). Forte, Brewery Trade- Section.
WIRELESS CHANGES
MILITARY STRATEGY
Important Stations of Hostile
Nations Enable Communica
tion Despite Enemies.
WORTH IN WAR IS PROVED
Such Work Opens New Field for Sig
nal Corps and Scouting Activities.
Foe Is Unable to Interfere
With Any Messages.
am ti,rnhv is the new force
. ,.- rf; r,- which has changed
all the old problems of communication.
Formerly the aim was to capiu.
destroy the enemy's telegraph lines or
submarine cables. Nowadays lib i..-..
ter is not so simple, for the wireless
zones cover Europe, and ships at sea
may be in touch with the war offices
their capitals. Professor Frank
: . . ua Rnston Tran-
waiao, wrmiiB " T, ',,,
script, gives an interesting description
of war-time uses ui " :
gether with a map of the European sta-
""The usefulness of wireless in war
.. T-, Wolrfn "has just
time, says nun. --. ; .
been proved in the recall of certain
ships after tney nan ic.l n"
j in th meantime. One
lne ueen ucvmi ... i
shtp was recalled to New York after
proceeding over ouu u"' " , , -
... iiintir- nd the wireless
across lii ,n..-.t....-,
has been active in reaching ships from
the European stations eitrie.
poses of recall or nouuv"
war is on. . . ,
"The stopping of all telegraphic and
telephonic communication between the
. ,,f ... rt hreathines of
DeillgereiiLa av. . i
war. and the partial stopping by control
and censorsnip oi u..i
from nations at war to non-belligerents,
has rendered invaluable messages by
wireless across and around the regions
controlled by the belligerents and espe
cially at sea and across the seas. But
the bottling up of any place so that it
cannot hold communication with the
outside is a thing of the past. The fact
that a wireless apparatus cannot Be
easily hidden prevents the surreptitious
use which might be made of it in re
gions under control of the belligerents,
although for short-distance communi
cation, such as along frontiers or be
tween close-lying countries as In West
ern Europe, a small wireless receiving
apparatus might be secretively used,
especially if it were temporarily strung
under cover of the darknesB, and taken
down before daylight. In such work
there will be a new field for signal
corps work and scoutings.
" s regards the more powerful land
stations, those which will keep up com
munication 500 miles and upwards,
these can be easily kept under govern
ment supervision; but the use of wire
less on ships for sending messages up
to from 250 to 500 miles and receiving
them at still greater distances from
nowerful land stations will be subject
only to such artificial interference as
may be put in operation by the bellig
erents. There can be no doubt that
the experience in the present war will
result In the closer governmental con
trol of private and amateur wireless
installation.
"Austro-Hungary has four importan
government wireless stations: Castel
nuovo Tola and Sebenico, with a nor
mal range of 250 miles by day and 500
by night, and Trieste, with a day range
of 150 miles and a night range of 300.
"Germany has 17 wireless stations,
of which eight are lightships with
small range of from 20 to 60 miles.
The remaining stations are at Bark
urn range 100 miles; Bremerhafen,
range 200 miles; Bulk (Kiel Bay),
range 110 miles ;Cuxhaven, day range
110 miles, night range 170 miles; Dan
zig day range 330 miles, night range
60o'miles; Heligoland, range 110 miles;
Norddeich. day range 420 miles, night
range 830 miles; Sassrutz (Rugen).
range 110 miles; Swinemunde. day
range 330 miles, night range 660.
"France has 18 stations: Boulogne-sur-Mer.
range 100 miles; Bonuscat,
range 160 miles; Brest, range 350
miles' Cherbourg. range 350 miles;
Dieppe range 65 miles; Dunkerque,
ran-c 350 miles; Eiffel Tower, large
ran-c Ouessant. range 380 miles; Port
Vendres ; Rochefort, range 350 miles;
S Marie de-la-Mer. range 350 miles;
Toulon. ; several other stations are
on the 'African coast. v
"Russia has i!8 stations, of which the
following are on or near the Baltic Sea:
Helsingfors, range ; Kronstadt, range
; Libau. range (170 miles); Preste,
range ; Reval, range 170 miles; Riga,
range 160 miles; Rouno, range 70 miles;
Wlborg, range .
"Great Beitain has 68 land stations.
Literally thousands of ships are pro
vided with wireless outfits and those
on board men-of-war usually have a
range of 300 miles or more and are thus
equal to a good land station. Servia
has no land stations."
A wireless expert, writing in the
London Chronicle, also gives in an il
luminating way the realization of what
the new telegraphy means and how it
is made use of in war. He says:
"Through the medium of the Eiffel
Tower regular communication should
be maintained with the wireless tele
graph station at Moscow or St. Peters
burg and France and Russia should
therefore be able to keep in continuous
communication, despite any interrup
tion of the ordinary telegraph service.
The danger of interference with the
wireless service by stations of the op
posing nations is practically non-existent.
To commence with, each sta
tion would be too busily engaged in
dealing with its own correspondence to
attempt to prevent another station
from working and at best they could
hope to overhear communications.
"In wireless telgraphy the adjust
ment of one circuit to another in such
a way that the 'time-periods' are the
same throughout the system, so that
electro-magnetic waves possessing a
different time-period will produce lit-
n. rr- t-i offtmt n n thi svstpm. rnnsid-
erably reduces the danger of tapping I s
erably reduces the danger of tapping
messages while the provision of secret
messages Wiethe provision of secret
fragments of messages as are over-
. . . .....uj
neari uniniemgioie iu an uulsiuc
pariy.
"Eiffel Tower station possesses the
further advantage that interference is
practically impossible, owing to the
it buuuhu ui m ,6 . ' ; I
in uermany ine pnncipa.1 aiauuii ia
Norddeich, which has a range of about
Neuen station, near Berlin, might also
be of considerable service.
"An incident during the recent 'Bal
kan war Illustrates the remarkable re
liability of wireless telegraphy. ' Dur
ing the siege of Adrianople all com
munication betwoeen the city and Con-
CHART SHOWING IMPORTANT
GERMANY.
(Range full
Circles.)
1. Borkum.
2. Bremerhafen.
3. Danzig.
4. Norddeich.
5. Sassnitz.
I 'a .1 r V -V. .1
FRANCE.
(Range Short Line
Broken Circles.)
1. Brest.
2. Cherbourg.
3. Dunkirk.
4. S. Maries de-la-Mer
6. Swlnemunae.
Concerning the range of the main Russian government states no information is available,
tThree other Austrian stations of small range are on the Adriatic.
Special for Music Students
and Music Teachers
Thirty-seven used pianos to
be rented or sold first thing to
morrow. Chickerings, Kimballs
and others. Fine Baby Grands
also included. Extraordinary
offer for cash buyers.
In preparation for some very far
reaching plans we wish to rent some
37 used pianos, uprights and some
grands, upon extraordinarily low terms.
Preference will be given to students or
will sell for cash.
There are excellent Chickerings, Kim
balls, Deckers, Knabes, Webers, and
nearly every other make included in the
list. Some will be rented for as low as
$2 a month, and only one-half the usual
cartage charge will be in effect tomorrow.
Any of these pianos will be sold at a
special discount of 20 per cent for cash.
Call Monday, Eilers Music House, Eilers
Building. The Nation's Largest Piano
Merchants.
stantinople was stopped. But shut up
in the beleagurea c.iy "V "
prisoned garrison was a one and one-half-kllowatt
Marconi wireless tele
graph station of the portable type ani
Brapu . ..nr. alone en-
stantinople. where is in.w
Marconi station.
"At no time did the station fail and
during the time the city was invested
over 450,000 words were transmitted
?:iad,uarter?withoUtamtc.,Ths.
too, m spue Ul orMt(l bv Dlacing
of Adrianople ana
-nrrf so tnat mey nu&"-
w It possible in a direct line between
the Adrianople and Constantinople
stations As soon as the latter corn
men ed calling up Adrianople or vice
versa, the allies hammered awaj at
their two stations in a vigorous , but
vain attempt to 'Jam "TuVk-
signals. " SIul and the calls
were entirely success wiUlout
were 'and received without
the slightest I0"""
"Thonka to Air. Marconi .
slightest inconvenience.
Thanks to Mr. Marconi's genius and
argely to his company s en
portable Jlre"-a Tl" han like-
.ortable wireless "V'v-'.C i;
able tor neiu uoc- " .nratus will
ly that ""S.
is mum I,,,,
his apparatus wil
o tionia rlv trou
Kr;r form of warfare guerruu
blesome form o wa
fighting. An ""''' . the pres-
touch with all its units and reconnoi
terins ard flanking movements could
be carried out with greater safety than
hitherto possible.
"Portable military stations are de-
ill!
ned to be carried in cams, aumiuv
WIRELESS RATIONS AND THEIR RANGE FOR THE COUN-
i r-. i ir &
RUSSIA.
(Range Short Line
Broken Circles.)
1. Helsingfors.
2. Libau.
2. Additional station.
3. Reval.
4. Kronstadt.
OUeS, Oil puv atiuu.co civ, uj
Lliey cue iv,, w " t
and airships, the range of communica
tion oeing oetween anu oou miio
or more, according to the type em
ployed. The Marconi stations are in
VAnAnlw rlacfo-nMl trt inRllTA HhSOlut
fiCIHUUOtJ 1 . CT . . v. - -
secrecy, tne memoa oeius 10 cuaufic
the wave length of the transmitter at
frequent Intervals from one fixed wave
length to another in a fraction of a
second.
"The operator can therefore change
his wave length or 'tune' after every
three or four words to any of the
waves to which his switch has been
adjusted by sending a code letter in
dicating to which 'tune' he was about
to change. The operator at the sta
tion with which he is communicating,
and whose receiver is similarly fitted,
would be able to follow him without
difficulty. The wireless service of an
s,rmv. nroDerlv organized with such
stations as these, makes it lmposslbl
for any station not informed to
messages transmitted."
read
Evidence of Theft Is Eaten.
Police detectives are investigating a
-...et..lnna thAft fri.m the clerk of
Municipal Court office. "Who ate up
the evidence?" Is the reported title
of the case. Neil Crounse, clerk,
complains that some one ate the
evidence in the case of city against
Earl Stewart. Stewart was arrested
for stealing tobacco and a plug of
chewing tobacco was held as evidence.
"I noticed that the plug kept getting
smaller and smaller," said Neil yester
day, "but before I could catch the
guilty party the whole plug had been
chewed up." ,
ENGLAND.
(Range Long Line
Broken Circles.)
1. Land's End.
2. Cullercoats.
3. Poldhu.
4. Seaforth (Liver
pool).
t AUSTRIA.
(Range Double
Circle.)
1. Pola.
te ALLEGED HIGHWAYMEN EXPERT
CROOKS. SAYS DEPUTY SHERIFF.
One Held a. Troutdale Robber Served
Time Thrice and "Pal" Also I.
Listed aa Had Man Gana Found.
Tht .Inms Wnlsh 'and James Curtis.
alias Burnie, held at the County Jail
on a charge of highway robbery, are
"good men," such being the term ap
plied by detectives to experienced out
laws, is declared by Deputy Sheriffs, who
have examined their records. It Is be
lieved the two 'have a long criminal
mil an lbvestiuatlon Into their
past is being made.
The men were arrestea near iroui
dale Thursday by Deputy Sheriff Mon
ahan. A search of the vicinity later
by Sheriff Word and Deputy Kulper
revealed two revolvers and an electric
flashlight evidently belonging to the
two prisoners
ro piiauncio.
nrni.k for aa bnnwn Vina Iilie;kc1v
, , a.,.,, OV . mm -" " " - - -"
served time In the penitentiaries of
Oregon. Washington and California.
With thugs named Brooks and Bltner,
he was arrested for highway robbery
in Portland in 1899, and was sentenced
to serve eight years at Salem, although
his two companions were sentenced to
14 years each. Welsh was released
after serving live years, It being the
belief that he was seriously ill with
tuberculosis. In Spokane last Jan
uary he was fined $100 for carrying
concealed weapons.
Curtis, alias Burnie. is believed to be
a Middle West crook with a long
criminal record. He is regarded also
as a holdup man, with probably even
more experience than Walsh.
T-,- ..... m,Va la -
rying on the Inquiry into the records
or the two, Deneves tney are ino men
WJIU IX 'I INC VrtlllJ, V. ,.,. v. ..
the Columbia Highway recently, enter
ing the tents wniio tnc men siepi ami
taking their money. They are also
thought to be the men who have com
mitted manv deoredatlons lately in and
around Troutdale.
TRAIN SCHEDULE INTACT
Canadian Pacific Agent Says War
Causes Xo Interruption.
In spite of the fact that thousands
of soldiers are being transported
through Canada to go to the front in
Europe. J. V. Murphy, general agent
nt th rtHRsenfirer department of the
Canadian Pacific, who recently suc
ceeded F. R. Johnson in tne ottice in
Portland, has received a statement
from the general passenger agent in
Vancouver to the effect that the
schedule on the line has not neen de
moralized in the least, and that the
trains are running without interrup
tion. Although the company has issued
permission to any of its employes who
desire to enlist to have hiB position
held for him with no interruption of
pay, and with pension in case of dis
ability, Mr. Murphy says that as yet
not a great number of the employes
have left their work.
JAPAN SENDS NEW CONSUL
Mr. Id Hecnlled and K. Kumazaki
Named as Successor.
K. Kumazaki, Vice-Consul for Japan
at San Francisco, has been appointed to
succeed Morlzo Ida, Japanese Consul
for Portland during the last three
years, and will arrive in this city In
September. Mr. Ida was to have gone
to Berlin as secretary of the Japanese
embassy there, but because of the dec
laration of war has been recalled to
Tokio.
The change will not be made until
Mr. Kumazaki arrives, and he will not
leave San Francisco until the arrival of
his successor, who must come from
Mukden, Manchuria.
Howth Sails Tor England.
Agreeing with his owners that
chances of capture were not so grave
as before. Captain Perry took the Brit
ish bark Howth to sea last evening,
the vessel being reported puMlnj. out
POSTCARDS ONLY ALLOWED
Germans Stop All KM Will Mi In
German, Young Woman Writes.
Americans living In Germany, from
preference or necessity, since th. wr
has begun cannot communicate with
friends In this country except upon
postal cards, and those must be writ,
ten In German, according to Informa
tion received on a postal yesterday by
William Hrosche from his daughter.
Alene. Miss Grosche lias been studying
music and German In Marburg. Ger
many. The postcard says that, though tha
writer had previously dispatched a pos
tal in English, II probably had not been
received, owing to the fact that the
German government wae refusing to
transmit cards unless written In Ger
man and would not accept letters In
any language.
Mli-s Grosche Intended to remain In
Germany three years, and has already
been there a year, but writes that If
the war continues she probably will
try to come back to the United States
this Fall.
AYER CUTOFF SOON READY
Branch to Ixsen Dlstam-c on O.-W.
It. A IT. to Spokane II MUea.
The new Ayer cutoff on the line be
tween Spokane and Portland will be
opened to traffic about September 14
and will lessen tho distance from here
to Spokane via the O.-W. R. & N. about
.12 miles. For a time only one through
train dally In each direction will be
run over the new line. The Portland
train will leave at 7:30 o'clock at night
and will reach Spokano 12 houra later.
The Spokane train will leave for Port
land on about same schedule.
a- ,t,., n, i, n nf th oDrnlnc of the
cutoff the new union terminals, ot tha
O -W. R. A N. ana in. liiki". "-'-..1
. u. riil will hr onenrd. Th.
waimoB .... - ,
new cutoff runs almost parallel to the
Spokane. Portlana t nem
through the l'alouse Canyon.
STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE
University Ranger to Entertain
Roundup Vlaltora.
PENDLETON. Or.. Aug. . (8pa
v i .. r.n . iiidants and gradu
ates of the State University In Pendle
ton met tonight ana organis.a .....
.. ". .... u.nr.r fnf the DUrPOS of
university ...- - - -
providing a proper reception for the
Eugene people wno w..i
Roundup on the special train bringing
the Radlatora.
.... will have entire
charge of the entertainment programme
for the Kugene special
tended to show them th. blgg.st time
of their Uvea.
GOING TO RAIN?
When it doea rain you will need a
good raincoat. I have them, ana save
you tho high ground floor WJgt prett
Jimmy Dunn. Oregonian building, third
floor. Adv.
Divorce Suit Allege Desertion.
That her husband met her on tha
street and told her he was off to
: T . i . th ah. haa not
seen him alnce la the basl. pf a . suit
for divorce filed yesteraay uT ...-
in.. Fdwarri K. r.arllnghouae. Th
alleged desertion occurred In 1911. Th
two were marricu m noscuui .v.
Funcrul of Ufa Mary Xkhols Held.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Nich
ols widow of Dr. Clarence L. Nichols,
we're held yesterday from the realdenc.
of Dr. A. S. NlchoK IM Vtstn avenue.
Pallbearers were Dr. H. C. Jefterda. J.
Frank Watson, E. C. Meara. Jess
Stearns, Charles C. Smith and U. at.
Trowbridge.