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Newspaper Page Text72 Pages Six Sections f VOL. XXXVI NO. 28. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Section One Pages 1 to 20 I TAKES HUM'S PUCE Course of Grown Prince Forces Resignation. ; CHIEF OF STAFF POWERFUL Conferences Indicate Little Chance for Reforms Or- dered by Kaiser. AUSTRIA DESIRES PEACE General von Stein, Staunch Pan-German, Resigns as Prussian War Head. ' LONDON, July 14. Dr. von Beth-Inann-Hollweg, the German Imperial Chancellor, has resigned, according to messages circulated through the wire less stations tonight by the German government. Dr. Georg Michaelis, Prussian Un-der-Secretary of Finance and food ' commissioner, has teen appointed to succeed Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg. Rumors of the abdication of the Kaiser are still unconfirmed. General von Stein Resigns. A Berne dispatch says an official telegram has been receive! there from Berlin announcing the resignation of General von Stein, the Prussian Min ister of War. The importance ot his resignation lies in the fact that the Prussian War Ministry is in reality the War Ministry for the German em pire and that General von Stein is a staunch supporter of the Pan Germans, who are the bitterest opponents of peace without annexations or indem nities. General von Stein recently aroused the ire of the Socialists by taking part in the distribution of Pan German propaganda against peace ef forts. Resignation Presages Changes. The political turmoil which has been convulsing Germany ever since Rus sia's first startling success on the re sumption of her offensive- has cul minated for the present in the resig nation of the Imperial Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, but all indi AS cations serve to show that his resig nation, far from being the last act in the drama, is but the beginning of t far-reaching developments which are bound to affect the fabric of the Ger man empire and have momentous consequences on the progress of the European struggle. Resignation Is Unexpected. The resignation of the Chancellor came in the end quite unexpectedly, for Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, in the prolonged party discussions and heat ed debates of the main committee of the Reichstag, which have been pro ceeding all through the week, seemed to have triumphed over his opponents, who have been clamoring for his head, by making concessions which were Concluded on Page 4. Column 2.) 1 T WsnMMSsWMMmWMmMsssssssssssmmnnnmnmMm i ''''' clr Sn 4a bb, COOLEST CITY SPOT MARKS 91 DEGREES SUMMER SMILES AKDEXILY UPON PORTLAND. Rain Prophecies in Form of Clouds Routed Early in Day Hottest Hour Is at 5 o'clock. Summer smiled so ardently yesterday that the mercury was forced to reg ister one of the hottest' days of the season. At 5 o'clock, when the declin ing sun gave up the game, the registra tion was 9X degrees by the instrument at the Weather Bureau. Clouds crept across the sky at In tervals, giving occasion for rain prophecies, but they tarried just long enough to make the rigors of the sun more meltingly felt when, that enthu siastic party emerged. At the Weather Bureau it is predicted that tomorrow will be of the same sort. The temperature by hours yesterday was: r. a. M... 6 A. M. . . 7 A. M... 8 A. M. . . A. M... H A. M... U A. 11... . .63112 ..64 P. M P. M P. M P. M.... P. M P. M THE DALLES, Or., July 14. (Spe cial.) The city was sweltering in ter rific heat today. With yesterday at 99 and today 101 degrees It has been al most unbearable. . . South Dalles suffered most on ac count of retrictions placed on the use of water for sprinkling purposes. The use of water Is only permitted from 6 to 8 o'clock, morning and evening, every other day. RED FIRE ON HOOD SEEN Illumination on Mountain Is Visible l'rom Portland. Red fire blazed merrily from the top of Mount Hood last night at 9:40. The glow 60 miles away was seen dis tinctly from the West Side district of the city as well as from elevations on the East Side where the mountain's top could be sighted. The light appeared a trifle larger than a star and lasted for a little longer than a minute. From the heights to the west of the city it was promi nent in the eastern sky. The illumination was set off by Elijah Coalman, for .years guide to the mountain's summit, who is stationed in the fire lookout cabin on the peak. NEUTRAL CARRIES COPPER Contraband Seized on Steamer Leaving New York. NEW YORK, July 14. A United States torpedo-boat destroyer over hauled and brought back to this port today the Norwegian steamship Conrad Mohr, aboard which the Federal au thorities seized 10,000 feet ' of copper cable, contraband of war, found secret ed in an oil tank. The captain, Peter Flnarsen. and his chief engineer, John Larsen, are charged with conspiring to defraud the Government by filing a false manifest. LIBERTY BONDS DROPPING Several Sales Made at 99 4 and One Goes at 9 9 at Close. NEW YORK, July 14. Further sell ing of liberty loan bonds on the stock exchange today brought their price down to a new low record. Lots of $200, $300 and $400 sold at 99 25-50ths or a depreciation on a $100 bond of SO cents. At the close of the market, a $500 bond sold at 99, a loss of one per cent from par. FAIR WEATHER PREDICTED Eurean Expects No Decided Tem perature Changes This Week. WASHINGTON, July 14. Weather predictions for the week beginning Sunday, Issued by the Weather Bureau, are: "Pacific States fair. No decided tem perature changes." TEUTON INSURANCE IS BARRED III U. S. President Forbids Ma rine or War Risks.- INFORMATION LEAKS STOPPED Move Is to Block Knowledge of Movement of Ships. ORDER EFFECTIVE AT ONCE Payment on Existing Contracts Is Suspended During War Except in Case or Vessels Now at Sea Edict Is Sweeping. WASHINGTON, July 14. President Wilson today issued a proclamation prohibiting German Insurance compan ies from doing further business In marine or war risk insurance in the United States and forbidding American insurance companies from reinsuring with them. Payment on existing contracts Is sus pended during trie war except in case of vessels now at sea. Enemy Get Valued Information. The President's proclamation con tains the first official acknowledge ment that valuable Information may be Betting to Germany through German insurance companies. "The nature of marine and war risk Insurance is such," it says, "that those conducting it must of necessity be in touch with the movements of ships and cargoes and it has been considered by the Government of great importance that this information should not be ob tained by alien enemies." State Supervldlon Superseded. The proclamation reads: vvnereas, certain Insurance com panies incorporated under the laws of the German Empire have been admit ted to transact the business of marine and war risk insurance in various states of the United States by means of separate United States branches es tabllshed pursuant to the laws of such states and are now engaged In such business under the supervision of the insurance departments thereof, with assets In the United States deposited with insurance departments or in the hands of resident trustees, citizens of the United States, for the protection of all policy holders in the United States; "And Whereas, The nature of marine and war risk insurance is such that those conducting it must of necessity be in touch with the movements of ships and cargoes, and it has been con sidered by the Government of great im portance that this information should not be obtained by alien enemies; Order Im Kar-Reachlng. 'Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the powers vested in me as such, hereby declare and pro claim that such branch establishments of German insurance companies now engaged in the transaction of business in the United States pursuant to the laws of the several sttaes, are hereby prohibited from continuing the transac tion of the business of marine and war risk insurance, either as direct insurers or reinsurers; and all individuals, firms and insurance companies in cor porated under the laws of the states or territories of the United States or of any of the foreign countries estab lished pursuant to the laws of such states and now engaged In the United States in the business of marine and war risk insurance, either as direct in surers or re-insurers, are hereby prohib ited form re-insurlng with companies incorporated under the laws of the Ger man Empire, no matter where located. (Concluded on Pace CARTOONIST REYNOLDS COMMENTS INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAYS Maximum temperature. 81 a eg reel ; minimu in. 04 degrees. TODAYS Unsettled ; probably showers: not o warm; moderate northeasterly winds. Wr. London and Paris fear America, may be taunted into colorless peace. Section 1, Georg; Michaelis succeeds Bettamann-Holl- weeiff as Premier. Section 1, page 1. Geors Michaelis, new Premier, typical Prus sian ueaureucrat, Section 1, page 4. l Sforeivn. Three Americans wounded In battle for Pektn. Section 1. page 4. National. Land grant bill to benefit Oregon counties is opposed. Kevtion l. page X. House passes bill appropriating $t40. 000,000 , for construction of -1!,U00 airplanes, bee j tlon 1. page 4. I Senate next Saturday will hold final vote on ! . food bill. Section 1, page 3. - ! Courteous suffrage demonstration at White House falls as upectacle. bectlon 1, page 5. Teuton war and marine Insurance Is barred in United States. Section 1. page 1. Domestic. Censorship at Blsbee expected to result in criminul suits. Section 1, page -. Mrs. Matlack denies support by husband. Section 1, page fi. Blsbee exiles camp In Army reservation at Columbus. Section 1, page 7. Butte electricians return to work and strike is about over. Section 1, page 3. Los Angeles welcomes Belgians. Section 1. pa ge u. Students at training camp at the Presidio undergo hardening process. ' Section 1. page la. Flat Hiver mob expels foreign miners. Sec tion 1, page 6. Pacific Northwest. A. E. Voorhles elected president of State Press Association. Section I, page 0. Idaho Sheriffs confer on plans for harvest. Section 1, page 7. One million dollars In road work Is out lined in Oregon. Section 1, page 8. Railways to carry State Fair exhibits free. Section J, page 9. Rev. Robert Booth, Oregon pioneer. Is dead. Section 1, paga 10. Farmers' League organized In Idaho. Sec tion 1, page 10. "Live right" is law of centenarian. Sec tion 1, page 1 1. - Reglstra tlon of men and women In Oregon shown in Blue Book. Section 1, page 11. Chautauqua epenker makes plea for Mexico and Mexicans. Sectloti 1, page 12. Camps near Hoqulam-afire; telephone wires cut; I. W. W. active. Section 1, page 1. Sports. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 3, San Francisco 0; Vernon W, Oakland 1 ; Salt Lake, 4. Los Angeles 2. Section page 1. Oulmet wins Western golf championship by close margin. Section 2, page 1. Seattle fans anxious for AA baseball. Sec tion 2, page 'J. Ty Cobb is batting at .375 clip. Section 2. page 2. Continuation of Coast League teams Is ques tion. Section page 2. Traps tourney will be held here July 22. Section 2, page 2. Marshall Allen, of Seattle, defeats Paul Stef fen in juniors tournament. Section 2, page 3. Red Cross tennis tourney to open at Salem. July li. Section 2. page 3. Many boxers seek matches with Pete Mltchle. Section 2, page 3. Commercial and Marine. Oregon wheat crop suffers severely from lack of rain. Section 2, page 13. Corn averages higher at Chicago despite setbacks. Section 2, pago 13. r.nothi' order commandertng vessels building takes many in Columbia Kiver yards. Section .:, page j. Annual report shows depth of 41 feet on Columbia bar. Section 2, page 5. Eight wooden ships are contracted. Section 2, page Portland and Vicinity. N". E. A. to hold next meeting at Milwaukee, section 1. page 1. Thermometer of weathef bureau registers 01 degrees at 3 P .M. Section 1, page 1. j W S-araon. press agent of N. K. A., re " murkable man in many ways. Section 1. oatre 0- Sheriff will be ready to handle any L W. W. uprising. Section 1, page 11. Chamber debt is wiped out. Section 1, Daise 12. American soldier, of Greek birth, shows value of naturalization school. Section 1, page 12. Oregon's historic places are forgotten by many. Section 1. page 13. Chehalis coal can be delivered In Portland at $2.1to a ton. aecnon 1, page i-t. Home defenders will Berve during war. Sec tlon 1. page 14. Cornerstone of Moose Lodge laid. Section 1. page 14. Portland will extend warm welcome to Ore pnn pioneers this week. Section 1, page 10. Pioneer reunion will be held here Thursday Section 1. page 15. Millers consider reorganizing industry for war. section J. page 10. Portland boy writes of life In French trenches. Section 1, Page 16. Widow of Major S. P. Hensley dies In Mon tana, section 1, page lb. . Nearly all Oregon Guard will mobilize July 'J'k Section 1, page 17. Emily Griffith is head of Denver's famous opponuiiuy bliiooi. oecnon l. Page 17. Movie film made here. Section 2. page 4 Canning expert gives lecture on behalf of Luuofrvaiiuii. ceciiuu page 4. Portland's hospitality wins JsT. E. A. Section Muzzey's history defended by Instructor. Weather report, data and forecast. Section -. page 0. Exemption bulletin received by General White for publication. Section 1, page 19. Eight persons are injured in series of four accidents. Section 1, page 19. IN PICTURES ON SOME I1W. BUSY; CAMPS AFIRE; WIRES GUI Blaze Near Hoquiam Is Kept From Timber. WOMEN ARE MOVED TO SAFETY Loggers Go on Strike and Cut Is Stopped by Plants. LABOR IS INTIMIDATED Special Officers Are Sworn In in Grays Harbor District and Sher iff's Force Is Increased to Handle Emergencies. HOQUIAM. Wash., July 14. (Spe cial.) Fire started about 7:30 tonight in the -works of the Lester Logging Company and within a. short time spread to the works of ' the Schaefer Brothers' Camp near by. Telephone messages said as far as could be learned no great damage had been done, as both companies had crews of men fighting the fire, attempting to keep it away from the green timber and the camp buildings. Following the discovery of the fire It was found the telephone wires had been cut. Officers and members of the two companies believe the fire was started by Industrial Workers, al though they have no absolute evidence. A party of 20 T. W. . W. has estab lished a camp along the Olympic High way, east of Montesano, a short dis tance from the scene of the fire. Wom Moved to Safety. At one time today it appeared there was danger of trouble at the Clem mons camp, south of Montesano, and the women and children at the camp were put in an automobile truck and sent to Montesano. Things were quiet ed, however, without any serious dis turbance. From 2500 to 3000 loggers are out and several hundred men in the mills of Hoquiam and the Grays Harbor district as a result of & general In dustrial Workers of the World strike called last night and effective today in the logging camps and mills of this district. Practically all of the logging camps of the harbor district are closed down and the mills worked today, short handed. Camps to Close Tomorrow. Reports received tonight from mill operators and loggers indicated all of the mills and camps would be closed Monday by the operators. No definite statement of concerted action could be obtained, but several of the operators announced they would not open their plants Monday. Thus far no disturbances of a serious nature have occurred, though a few arrests have been made of individual cases.-- In one Instance the charge was aiding an enemy by hampering an in dustry of this country. A large number of special Deputy Sheriffs have been sworn In all parts of the' county and the Sheriff has In creased his force to ' meet possible emergencies. Intimidation Campaign Made. It Is impossible to tell how many of the men out are actual strikers, al though it is believed the percentage is small. In the camps, the Industrial Workers of the World went out and then began a campaign of intimida ton and agitation which resulted in enough of the men quitting to stop work. This policy has been adopted by them generally in their present strike propaganda. The only demand they t Concluded on Page 4. Column 4. EVENTS IN THE PAST WEEK'S NEWS BILL TO BENEFIT OREGON OPPOSED TWO DEPARTMENTS OBJECT TO LAX 1 GRANT PENALTIES. Attorney-General Says Secretary of Interior May Dispose of Prop erly, Letting Counties Sue. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, July 14. The Attorney-General today sent to the House public lands committee an adverse report on the Chamberlain bill recently passed by the Senate giving the land-grant counties of Oregon, in addition to accrued taxes, certain penalties, interest- and costs, which now exceed $400,000. The accrued taxes alone amount to 11,346,192. The Interior Department is known also to oppose the bill, and this com bined opposition probably will prevent its passage througn the House. The Senate committee did not refer the bill to the department for opinion. The Department ot Justice holds that the original act did not intend to pay anything but accrued taxes and it ob jects now to Increasing the allowance to the counties. The Attorney-General further holds that the Interior Depart ment may dispose of the grant lands and timber, regardless of any question concerning the amount due the coun ties for taxes. If the counties decline to accept the payments offered and in sist upon the payment of Interest, costs and penalties also, the Attorney-General says, they may go Into court and sue for them. Representative Stnnott is sending the Attorney-General's re port to Governor Wlthycombe and ask ing that he get from the State Attorney-General a brief In reply to the Government's report. POWER PLANT ATTACKED Big Window Smashed in Electric Building by Xight Miscreant. One of the big windows on the Broad way side of the power plant in the Electric bulld.'ng, at Broadway and Al der streets, was smashed at 1:15 this morning. The damage evidently was done with a heavy hammer or crowbar as the miscreant had to reach some distance between the bars of the grating that protects the glass. The attack was without warning and by the time the workmen had reached the street there was no evidence of any disturbance. The police were no tified and immediately began a search. DRY LAW WILL BE TESTED Government Orders Prosecutions Under Reed Amendment. WASHINGTON. July 14. In making public today instructions to District Attorneys to prosecute under the Reed amendment all persons transporting by common carrier, on their person or otherwise, beverage intoxicants Into "dry" states. Attorney-General Greg ory also announced that a test case would be selected to determine the ap plicability of the law to shipments into "dry" localities of local option states. JITNEY DANCES ABOLISHED Palo Alto "Cleans Up" Before Army Camp Comes. PALO ALTO. Cal., July 14. Five-cent public dances were abolished by an ordinance adopted today by the city of Palo Alto. Cal., site of the Twentieth National Guard Divisional Encampment, as the first step in protecting the morals of the soldiers, it was an nounced. CAVALRY QUELLS RIOTING I. W. W. Resist Police Force and Troops Arc Called. MIAMI, Ariz., July 14. Assistance of two troops of United States cavalry was necessarj; to quell a riot which started in Miami tonight when the lo cal police force was unable to break up an I. W. W. meeting. H. E. ft. WILL MEET IN MILWAUKEE NEXT Headquarters to Be in Washington, D. C. PORTLAND CONVENTION OVER Numerous Vacancies on Direc torate Are Filled. NATIONAL COUNCIL NAMED Transfer of General Offices to Cap ital Is to Be in Position to Co operate I'uIIy With Gov ment During War. CRABTREE TO SICCEED SPRINGER AS SECRETARY OK X. E. A. It Is probable that J. W. Crab tree, president of the Wisconsin State Normal School at River Falls, Wis., will be the next sec retary of the N. E. A., to succeed D. W. Springer, of Ann Arbor. Mich., who has held the office for the last four years. It is understood that Mr. Springer's private affairs will not permit him to move to Washing ton, D. C, where permanent head quarters are to be established, and that he expects soon to re sign. The election doubtless will be made by the board of trustees within the next few weeks and Mr. Crabtree, who was a con spicuous figure at the recent con vention, is virtually sure of the place, which carries a salary of $5000 a. year. Washington, D. C, was designated as the permanent headquarters of the N. E. A. at a special meeting of the executive committee yesterday morn ing. At the same time, the board of di rectors met and tentatively selected Milwaukee, Wis, as the 1918 conven tion c"Ity. Establishment of permanent head quarters a.t the National capital grows out of the desire, in this time of Na tional stress, to be in the closest pos sible touch with the Government. The articles of incorporation of the asso ciation provide for a main office there. Ann Arbor Now Headquarters. For many years the headquarters were in Winona, Minn., but more re cently have been at Ann Arbor, Mich., the home of D. W. Springer, the sec retary. The brief business session of the board of directors at the Multnomah Hotel yesterday brought the conven tion to a successful close. Agnes E. Doherty. of St. Paul, was elected to succeed herself as a mem ber of the board of trustees for a three year term. George B. Cook, of Little Rock, Ark., was elected to succeed himself as a member of the executive committee for one year. Milwaukee Is Favored. Other members of the executive com mittee, by virtue of their respective of fices, are: Mrs. Mary C. C. Bradford, president; R. J. Aley, first vice-president: A. J. Mathews, treasurer, and Carrol G. Pearse, chairman of the board of trustees. A test vote of the directors favored Milwaukee, Wis., as the place for hold ins the convention of 1918. although the final selection will not be made (Concluded on Pag ::, Column 1.)