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K 84 Pages SIX SECTIONS Section One Pages. 1 to 20 VOL. XXXV. NO. 42. PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15. 1916. PRICE FIVE CEXTSL V V HUGHES WOMEN WIN THRONGS BY VISIT Meeting Halls Are Jam med; Converts Many. TOUR IS SPLENDID SUCCESS Women With Votes Are Asked to Help Those Without. DISTURBERS ARE FOILED Factory Workers, Teachers, Xewly Arrlved ' and General Public i Hear Addresses and Accord Ovations to Visitors. Portland grave a rousing- reception yesterday to the campaigners of the women's special train for Hughes. One of the most fruitful days of their tour had Itn climax In the afternoon at a great meeting: at the 'Eleventh-Street Theater, where fiv of the women poke. The theater was packed to its utmost capacity and many were turned away by the police because not even standing: room was left. Though many men were present, by far the greater part of the audience was made up of women. Cheers Punctuate Talks. The speakers were Mrs. Maud Howe Elliott, daughter of the famous Jufla "Ward Howe, who wrote the "Battle Hymn of the Republic"; Mrs. Raymond Robins. Mrs. Rheta Child Dorr, Dr. Katherine P. Edson and Dr. Katherine Bement Davis. For two hours these noted women, every one of whom is widely known for her achievements in some phase of social or industrial welfare work, epoke their message to the big audience and the only Interruptions were cheers and applause. t Women Asked to Help. The meeting began at 3 o'clock and It lasted" until shortly after 6, when the women were whisked away to take their train, which left the Union Depot for California. with several stops scheduled en route, at 6:30 o'clock. And the message? Perhaps it was best summed up, in the fewest words, by Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr, school edi tor of the New York Evening Mail, when she said in the course of her in teresting address: '.We didn't come out here to tell you how to vote. We have come, we women, to ask you women who already have the ballot to help us remove the dis crimination against women that exists in so many states of the Union, and which we can remove only by getting the vote for women of the whole United States. Hushes' Record Is Open, She Says. "Help us to do this by voting for Charles Evans Hughes. And I am for Mr. Hughes not alone because he has pledged himself to work for a National woman suffrage amendment to the Fed eral constitution, but because he has always been a friend of women. He is tried and true. We know him by what he has done. "When he was Governor of New Tork, Mr. Hughes not only did much for industrial women through remedial legislation, but he treated all women as human beings and not as members of the ladies' aid societies!" Hearty Welcome Is Given. This afternoon's meeting at the the ator was one of seven meetings that filled a busy day. At them all the . interest in the women of the campaign train and their work was evidenced in many ways. A throng of enthusiastic people gave (Conclpucled on Page 4. Column 1.) . REPUBLICANS LEAD 2-1 IN REGISTRATION MULTXOMAH COUNTY HAS 64, 795 G. O. P. VOTERS. Grand Total Is 2189 Uess Than in 1914 Or Names Listed There Are ' 12,08 7 More Men Than Women. Is this a Republican year, or is It not? Republicans lead the field by more than two to one In the total registra tion figures completed yesterday, the only party in Multnomah County to show a gain over 1914. In the November election there are 94,257 men and women who may vote,, according to the official registration, a total of 2189 less than at the close of the books in 1914, when 96,446 were reg istered. The final announcement, which may need revision if duplications are discovered, is remarkably close to the figure estimated by The Oregonian the night the registration books closed. The estimate was 94,633, only 376 more than the actual figure. The Republican registration this year is 64,795. The Democratic is 22,479. The Republican gain since 1914 is 4707 votes, the Democratic loss 133 votes. Independent registrations are third in line, with a total of 3444. Prohibi tionists come fourth, with 1701; Social ists fifth, with 1108, and Progressives last, with 730. The Progressives dropped from 3898 in 1914. Of the total registration, the men lead the women this year by only 12.087. Proportionately, the women Democrats are more in evidence than the Repub lican. There are 11,803 men registered Democratic, and 10,676 women. There are 37,776 men registered Republican, and 27,019 women. The women Repub licans, though not proportionately as strong, are more than, double the women Democrats, it is seen. In 1914 the men who registered out numbered the women by more than 20,000. In 1912. before women had the ballot, the registration total was 51,967. The registration since women could vote has Increased by 42,200 names. Complete registration by parties this year, compared with totals for 1914 and 1912, is as follows: I 1D16 I 1016 I 1918 1914 1912 I Men W'men Res. I Res. Reg. Dem. ..111.803 110.878 122.479 22.612 8.450 Ind. ...I 2,004 1,440 3.444 4.4111 1,464 Pros. .. 375 3oo 7ol 3.b98 419 Prohlb. I 042 1.109 1.7U1 3.708 074 Repub. 1 37,778 27,019 64,795 6U.088 39.S92 Soc. ...I 672 436 1.1 US 1,599 1,16$ 1 53.17a 41,085 84,257 86.448 51.067 WIFE HELD FOR SHOOTING Sandy Woman, Seeking Divorce, Fires at Husband, Is Charge. OREGON CITY, Or., Oct. 14. (Spe cial.) Catherine Fisher, whose suit for divorce from William Fisher was set for hearing next week, was arrested tonight and charged with firing two shots at her husband at his home at Sandy tonight. Mrs. Fisher apparently had been brooding over the pending separation from her husband. She was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Peaton at Sandy and brought to Oregon City. In her com plaint for divorce she alleged cruelty. BURGLAR GIVES UP $25,000 $100,000 Stolen In Two Years by Chloroforming Victims. CHICAGO, Oct. 14. Avlam Prochow ski, chloroform burglar, whose opera tions under the guise of a physician are believed to have netted him $100, 000 in the last two years, today led the police to a. safety deposit box . in a West Side bank and returned Jewels valued at $25,000. Prochowski carried a physician's grip when he entered a house and ad ministered chloroform to its inmates so he could work without Interruption. Wheat Shortage Is Marked. OTTAWA, Ont. Oct. 14. The wheat crop of Canada for the present year will be only 159,123,000 bushels, as com pared with 376,303.600 bushels in 1915. An official estimate issued today con tained these figures. CARTOONIST REYNOLDS PENS IN PICTURES HIS IMPRESSIONS OF BEVERIDGE SCORES -WILSON SURRENDER Passage of Adamson Act Condemned. FOREIGN POLICIES WEAK Country Must Prepare for Post-War Crisis. TARIFF ONLY SALVATION Great Need of Protection Empha sized by Speaker Who Makes Masterful Address Federal Regulation Is Urged. "Were I inclined to vote for Presi dent Wilson on other issues, I certain ly should be forced to vote against him for his miserable surrender of Amer ican rights when he forced Congress to pass the Adamson high-wage bill." This was the emphatic declaration at the Armory last night of Albert J. Bev eridge. ex-United States Senator from Indiana, one of the pioneer Progressives of the country, and chairman of the Progressive National Convention that nominated Theodore Roosevelt for President four years ago. "If It were a Question of hours or of wages," he continued, "there would be no question of my position, and there should be no question of the position of all right-thinking Americans. "No man working for wages gets too much money, and most of them do not get enough. Eight-Hour Principle Rleht. "The eight-hour day is right and Just; it is inevitable and will be a boon and a benefit for employes and employers alike. "But the Issue in the Adamson bin Is not one of hours or wages. It is the question whether any element within this Goveryient is more powerful than the Government. ."Our Government, if it is to exist, cannot be the whining slave of any fac tion, or the pliant tool of any cabal." His was one of the most powerful addresses heard in Portland in the pres ent or in any other campaign. Address Is Masterful. For three hours he held the close attention of his audience, which filled the capacity of the great hall. His ad dress was a masterful effort. It was a serious discussion of the campaign issues, clear, concise and couehed in simple, but -effective language. He insisted that he is out of politics himself and that had President Wilson's official behavior Justified it he would readily have supported him in this cam paign. "I have no party string's tied to me," he asserted, and explained that his sup port of the Republican nominee is in spired purely by what he believes to be the best interests of the country. He took occasion, too to commend Representative C N. McArthur for his record in Congress and appealed to his constituents to re-elect him. . ."He has the nerve and the patriot ism." he declared, as he stepped back onto the platform, pounding Mr. Mc Arthur vigorously on the knee, "to vote his convictions. He Is a good Congress man, and you ought to keep him In of fice." Mr. McArthur Presides. Representative McArthur presided over the meeting and Introduced the speaker. Senator Beveridge was con ducted to the hall from the Portland Hotel by the white-uniformed Multor por Club, led by a brass band. A big (Continued on Page 14, Column 1.) ' " " i i - . - INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS The Weather. TESTKRDATS Maximum temperature. 5S decrees; minimum, 48 degree. TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds. Hughes Special. Visit of Hughes "apecial to Portland Is big success. Section 1. page 1. Mrs. Dorr says Hughes for women, while Wilson shows lack of esteem. Section 1. page 12. Women answer fling- about "Golden Spe cial." Section 1. pae 12. Women's appeal found convincing. Section 1, page l'X Wilson forces try to break up street meet lng. Section 1. page 13. Mary Antin talks In own tongue to other Immigrant-, Section 1. page 13. Many Democrats desert Wilson when mob disturbs speakers. Section 1, page 14. Protest by Wilson supporters against Hughes special train noisy. Section 1, page 4. Polities, Interest in California election Is split three ways. Section 1, page 2. President Wilson says America is ready to fight for things American. Section 1. Page 2. Mr. Hughes takes stand for peace. Section 1. page 3. Carranza is Wilson's master, says Roose velt. Section 1, page j. Roosevelt cites instance of strike arbitration. Section 1, page o. Wilson's errors exposed by ex-Senator Bev eridge. Section 1, page X. War. Anglo-French losses on Somtne placed at 1, OOO.OOO. Section. 1. page J. jKo reign. Japan and Russia contest China's conces sions to American railway builders. Sec tion 1. page 5. National. Omnibus public building bill Is full of Democratic pork. Section 1, page 6. Presiden t says emergency still exists on started. feectlon 1. page 7. British reiterate right of searching mail a Section 1, page 1. Mexico. Oregon and Washington cavalrymen equal regulars at drill. Section 1, page Is. DomMtle, Episcopal Church rejects plan to change laws relative to -emarriage ot aivorceu persons. Section 1, page 1. Probe of alleged vice ring in Chicago .1 started. Section 1. paae 4. Bear abandoned to elements. Section 1. page 1. Henry Miller, cattle king, dies. Section 1. page 3. . Sports. Stanford prepares for hard rugby game with Santa Clara. Section 2. page 2. Nebraska eleven to play Oregon Aggies here next Saturday. Section 2. page 2. Coach Bezdek putting men through stiff practico for California. Section 2. page 2. Ban Johnson urges lower prices for seats at world series tfamea. Section 2, page 4. Pacific Coast League results Portland 1, Salt Lake 10; Los Angeles 5-3, Oakland 1-1; San Francisco 2-b, Vernon 1-3. Oregon trounces Multnomah Club, 26 to 0. Section 2. page 1. Fulder Jones, manager of St. Louis Browns, returns to Portland. Section 2, page 3. Resta wins automobile racing classic at Chicago. Section 2, page 3. Oregon Aggies defeat Pullman. 13 to 10. Section 2, page 1. Harvard stages great comeback, defeating North Carolina, 21 to U. Section 2. page 3. Pacific Northwest. Herman J. Rossi, of Wallace, acquitted of murder on first ballot. Section 1. page 0. Mrs. Kent reaches Eugene ori campaign tour. Section 1. page tt. Albany Round-up ends. Section 1, page 7. Parent, Congress drops Portland parental school proposal. Section 1, page 7. Judge Lowell scores Democrats in Salem speech. , Section 1. page 5. Washington Republicans face predicament. Section 1. page S. Idaho declared safe for Hughes. Section 1. page 8- Merglng of Pacific University and Albany College urged by Oregon Congregational conference. Page 9. Commercial and Marine. Chicago wheat market lower, owing to fear of submarine activity. Section 2, page 15. Broader demand for International bonds. Section 2, page 15. Early gains in stock market are- not main tained. Section 2, page 15. Davit, invented by local man, passes Gov ernment testa Section 2, page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Portland tax levy may be same as for 1916. Section 1. page 15. Campaign to raise funds for. Christie Or phanage is started. Section 1, page 16. Business men to assist farmers In solving problems. Section 1, page 17. Republican have 2-to-l lead In Multnomah registration. Section 1, page 1. r irst cut In city budget to be $275,000. Sec tion 1, page IS. Florist's messenger who leads race at 60 miles on streets is Jailed. Section 1. page 18. Boy Scouts hold rally at ball park. Section 1. page 18. Homeopathic physicians hold sessions in Portland. Section I, page 1L Excursionists return from Coos Bay much better informed. Section 2. page 16. Weather report, data and forecast. Section page 7. French Take New Lines. PARIS, Oct. 14. South of the Somme the French captured a first German line on a two-kilometer front east of Belloy-En-Santerre today, and also the hamlet of Genermont and the sugar re finery near Ablaincourt. according to the official communication issued tonight. REITERATE TOF Correction of Abuses Promised in Reply! NOTE CITES PLOTS IN MAILS America Assured of . in Censorship. Speed MONEY ORDERS BARRED Lincoln's Proclamation and Atlautu Case Are Cited as Precedents for Inspection of Matter That May Assist Enemy. WASHINGTON. Oct. 14. In their latest reply to American protests against interference with neutral mails, made public tonight By the State De partment, the allied governments re iterate the'r right to Intercept and search all genuine mail found on-neutral vessels on the high seas or in al lied ports, but they promise to remedy any lauits. abuses or serious mistakes' in censorship that may be brought to tneir attention. They declare unjustified by facts the American charge that illegal JurisUic tion has been gained by diversion of neutral ships from the high seas into uie territorial waters of the allies. The next move of the American Gov ernment has not been determined. Encroachments Declared Unintended. The note, transmitted Jointly by the British and French governments, was aeuverea to the State Department by fh. - ... K 1 1 - r. ... jiai .inursaay. nut was not made public until tonight. It makes reply to becretary Lansing's memor.n aum or May 24, in which the United states aeclared the allies had been Buuiy or -lawless practices" in. their mall censorship methods and that "only a raaicai change, restoring t the united States Its full riehts . tral power, will satisfy ti Govnf. ment." It is maintained by the allies that they are "sincerely endeavoring to avoid any encroachment- on the legiti mate exercises of the rights ,of inof fensive neutral commerce." Delays Found Unavoidable. Delays and annoyances are unavoid able, it is pointed out. in the exercise of full belligerent rights, and a long list of precedents are cited to support the validity of th allied censorship methods. It Is suggested that The Hague convention quoted in the Ameri can memorandum is not binding be cause it has not been ratified by sev eral belligerents. In an informal memorandum sub mitted some time ago Great Britain pointed out at length the changes made In censorship methods to expedite mail examination. These changes are only referred to briefly in the present com munication. Time 1. Re Reduced. The note is nearly E000 words in length. It argues that the United States and the allies agree that the postal union convention does not apply and that postal packages may be ex amined to see if they contain contra band. That being so, the note contends, it is necessary to open postal bags, and examination cannot take place at sea without delay and inconvenience Ar rangements now have been made to carry on the examination with the least possible delay. Although The Hague convention of 1907 has not been accepted by some of the belligerents, the note says the allies are prepared to accept the principle in the preamble as to "guarantees due to (Conclud on Pag. 4. Column 5.) SOME NEWS EVENTS OF BRITISH RIG SEARCH SALVORS ABANDON BEAR TO ELEMENTS BATTERED III I.K OF STEAMER IS . LEFT TO WAVES' MERCY. $100,000 Spent In Vain Effort to Remove Coaster From Rocks. Hole Opened in Side. EUREKA. Cal., Oct. 14. The battered hulk of the Portland & San Francisco Steamship Company's coaster Bear was abandoned today in the rocky cradle on the Humboldt County coast north of Cape Mendocino wnere she was wrecked on June 14 with a loss of five Uvea After having expended more than $100,000 in vain endeavors to remove the stranded vessel from Sugar Loaf Reef, the wrecking steamer Salvor left the scene of the wreck today for Van couver, and Captain H. H. Logan, who superintended the work for the British Columbia Salvaging Company. also reached Eureka on bis way north. According to Captain Logan, the en tire starboard side of the Bear has been torn open by the actton of the waves, while constant pounding on the rocks has worn a large hole in the stern and a 60-foot opening in the bottom of the! hull. Shifting sand proved an Impassable barrier to the salvage operations. Cap tain Logan said. Once during the work, he said, more than 26.000 tons of sand, which had been pumped away from the vessel's sides after seven days of strenuous work, slid back in a few hours as the result of an unfavorable tide. The Bear is S80 feet long and 47 feet wide and had accommodations for 273 first and 300 second-class passen gers. Her gross tonnage was 4507. She was built at Newport News in 190S and was valued at $1,000,000. NEUTRALITY TO BE PLEA U. S. Attorney Who Prosecuted Con spirators to Take Stamp. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14 John W. Preston. United States District Attorney for Northern California, announced to day he would take the stump for Pres ident Wilson, devoting much of his time to discussing the neutrality of the United States. Preston brought about indictments by the Federal grand Jury here against Franz Bopp. German . Consul-General here, and others charged with con spiracies to blow up railroads, steam ships and munition plants here and in Canada. WEATHER RECORD MAY GO Fall Spell or So Fine Da j Only Six Days Behind 1895 Score. If it doesn't rain by next Friday the record for' Fall drought in Oregon will be tied and if it holds off until next Saturday a new record will be established. Anything less than .05 inch of rain isn't counted by the Weather Bureau as constituting a break in a dry spell. In 1896 the dry spell ran for 42 days. In 1873 there was a stretch of 40 rainless days in the early FalL The achievement this season is 36 dry days to date. UNITED STEEL CO. SOLD Bankers Pay $16,000,000 and Will Put $4,000,000 In Improvements. CANTON. O., Oct. 14. The United Steel Company here was sold to Horn- blower & Weeks. New Tork bankers, today for $16,000,000. The buyers will spend $4,000,000 on improvements. The change, which was approved at a stockholders' meeting here today, will take effect at once, but there will be no immediate change in management. Colorado 23, New Mexico O. ALBUQUERQUE. N. M.. Oct. 14. The Colorado School of Mines won its first big football game of the season today. defeating the University of New Mexi co. 23 to 0. Fumbles at critical mo ments ruined the chances of New Mexi co to score. THE PAST WEEK. MARRIAGE LAW NOT CHANGEDBYGHURCH Proposal Rejected by Episcopalians. LAYMEN OUTVOTE CLERGYMEN Bar on Remarriage of Divorced Persons Not Absolute. DEBATE LASTS SIX HOURS Honse of Deputies Turns Down Amendment, Which Now Goes to Bishops, but Only for Expression of Opinion. ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Oct. 14. The house of deputies of the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church here today rejected the proposal to embody In Its canons a provision forbidding itj clergymen to solemnize marriages for a person divorced from living spouses. The six hours' debate which preceded the action Indicated wiae difference of opinion among members of the church. The recommendation was contained In the report of a Joint committee com posed of five bishops, five clergymen and five laymen appointed three years ago to study matters relating to matri mony. By its action today the lower house of the convention placed in abey ance for at least three years further consideration of any such amendments. The present canon provides that a cler gyman of the church may remarry the "innocent party" to a divorce granted on statutory grounds. Bishops t Vote Tuesday. The proposal, however, is pending in the house of bishops, the upper house, and will be brought to vote next Tues day. Such action will be merely for the purpose of indicating the attitude of the bishops, for no change in the can ons can be made without concurrence of both houses. ' Balloting on the amendment was by dioceses and the line between the cler ical and lay delegates was clear-cut. the clergy voting to adopt the proposal and the lay delegates rejecting It. While the fight on the floor for the proposed innovation was led by Rev. Leighton Parks, of New Tork. and op position headed by the Rev. Dr. E. H. McKlm. of Washington, perhaps the most spirited objections were voiced by the Rev. John Howard Melish. of Brook lyn. Defiance Is Expected. "If you pass this law. there are men in the church who will, defy it and take the consequences," he said. "I should favor his resolution if it were merely a question of legislating for the rich." Dr. Melish said there are many in stances, of some women with children, abandoned by their husbands, who would be driven to extremities for a livelihood unless they could remarry. Dr. Parks urged that the passage of the resolution was necessary to pro tect the children. "In this corrupt and adulterous generation let us go on rec ord as setting the standards of our church in accord with the ideals of Jesus Christ." he said. Ritual Is Quoted. Richard H. Dana, of Cambridge, Mass., opposed the proposal, on ritualistio grounds, quoting from the Episcopal marriage service, "Forsaking all others and cleaving unto thee only until death do us part." He described this phrase as a contract, and said that if any part of the contract is broken it renders the whole void, and that if either the man or woman does not "forsake all others" Concludea on Fsse 6. Column 5.)