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Section One
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VOL. XXXV. NO. 42.
PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15. 1916.
PRICE FIVE CEXTSL
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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
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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
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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
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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"
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