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4 72 Pages Six Sections Section One Pages 1 to 18 VOL. XXXVI NO. 32. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. J KAISER IS BITTER IN TALK AGAINST U. S. "America Better Look OutAfter This War."' THREATS ARE MADE TO GERARD "I Shall Stand No Nonsense From America After War." SUSSEX BRINGS ON CRISIS Von Tirpltz Party, Favoring Ruth less Submarine War, Advocates Break With United States, . Which Is Hated, Despised. . BT JAMES W. GERARD. American Ambassador to the German Im perial Court. July 28. 1913. to February 4. 191 T. Copyright, 1917. by the Public Ledger Company. Atout March 1, 1916; it was reported that a grand council of war was held at Charlevllle and that in spite of the sup port of Tirpits bv Falkenhayn, the Chief of Staff, the Chancellor was sus tained by the Emperor and once more beat the propositions to recommence ruthless submarine war. In March, too, the "illness" of von, Tirpltz was announced, followed shortly by his resignation. On March 19, von Tirpltz birthday, a demonstration was looked for and I saw many police near his dwelling, but nothing unusual oc curred. I contemplated a trip to America, but both the Chancellor and von Jagow begged me not to go. Germany Divided In Two Camps. From the time of the Lusitanla sink ing to that of the Sussex all Germany was divided in two camps. The party of the Chancellor tried to keep peace with America and did not want to have Germany branded as an outlaw among nations. Von TIrpitz and his party of naval and military officers called for ruthless submarine war. and the Con servatives, angry with Bethmann-Holl-weg because of his proposed concession as to the extension of suffrage, joined the opposition. The. reception of our last Lusitanla note in July, 1915, was hostile, and I was accused of being against Germany, although, of course, I had nothing to do with the preparation of this note. . Chancellor Is Attaekes. The Deputies representing the great Industrials of Germany joined in Au gust, 1915. in the attack on the Chan cellor. These men wished to keep Northern France and Belgium, because they hoped to get" possession of the coal and Iron deposits there, and so obtain a monopoly of the iron and steel trade of the Continent. Accelerators of public opinion, undoubtedly hired by the Krupp firm, .were hard at work. These annexationists were opposed by the more reasonable men, who signed a petition against the annexation of Bel gium. Among the signers of 'this rea sonable men's . petition . were Prince Hatzfeld (Duke of Trachenberg), head 'of the Red Cross; Dernburg, Prince Henkel Donnersmarck, Professor Del bruck, von Hirnach and many others. Arable Settlement Enrages. The rage of the Conservatives at the Arabic settlement knew no bounds, and after a bitter article had appeared in the Tageszeltung about the Arabic af fair that newspaper was suppressed for some days a rather unexpected show ing of backbone on the part of the Chancellor. Reventlow, who wrote for this newspaper, is one of the ablest edi torial writers in Germany. An ex-naval officer, he is bitter in his hatred of America. It was said that he once lived (Concluded on Page 7. Column 1.) 1 CTOYS rf ?V&- OY CAR MEN STRIKE IN SAN FRANCISCO UNITED RAILROADS EJIPLOYES SAID TO SEEK 8-HOUR DAY. Walkout Comes Suddenly Affecting Three Lines Municipal Cars Are Not Involved. SAN FRANCISCO, Ang. 11. Shortly before 12 o'clock company officials hur ried to. police- headquarters and stated that they expected that 800 men would strike before the nla-ht was over. They naked police protection to prevent dis orders. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 11. A number of crews of three lines, of the United Railroads here left their cars late tonight, declaring that by mid night service would be suspended on the entire -system. Other crews re fused to leave their cars when ordered to do so by men calling upon them to strike. The employes who walked out ald they were "following instruc tions." . An eight-hour day and wage read justments were said to be the de mands of the strikers. They were formulating their demands late to night. Neither the company nor the men had any definite information as to how many men were out, or Just what lines were affected. Shortly after the strike reports be gan to come in, the Police Department ordered out all reserve policemen and stationed extra men in districts af fected. No disorder was reported, and the presence of the police, their offi cers said, was precautionary only. The United Railroads platform men of San Francisco have not been known to be organized, although agitation for organization took place about IS months ago. The United Railroads Compan has not recognized any union or other or ganization of its employes. Local labor leaders professed Ig norance of the cause for the strike to night. The United Railroads Company has of the carlines in San Francisco and Interurban lines down the peninsula. None of the municipal lines -were af fected by the strike move so far as could be learned tonight. DR. LIEBKNECHT IS DYING German Socialist, Weighing Only 84 Pounds,. Released From Jail. PARIS, Aug. 11. Dr. Karl Liebnecht, Socialist leader in the German Reich stag, who was arrested in connection with the May Day demonstrations in Berlin in 1916, was liberated a fort night ago by the- Uerman government through fear that he might die in pris on. He is said to be suffering from tuberculosis and weighing only St pounds. , ' . The authenticity of the above seems certain, says the Temps' Geneva corre spondent, although the- German news papers, in obedience to orders, have kept silent regarding it. PORTLAND MAN IS OFFICER H. F. Cabell Commissioned Second Lieutenant at Fort Meyer. CHICAGO. Aug. 11. Commissions Is sued at the officers' training camp at Fort Meyer,. Virginia, .were, officially announced today. They include the following: ' ' Oregon Henry F Cabell Portland, Second .Lieutenant. Montana Inman, P.- - Crutchfield, Hamilton, Second Lieutenant. Idaho G. Ainslee Nugent, Boise, Sec ond Lieutenant. FAIR WEEK IS PROMISED Normal Temperatures Predicted for J Pacific Sattes. . WASHINGTON1, Aug. 11. Weather predictions for the week beginning Sunday, Issued by the Weather Bureau today, are: - - Pacific "States Generally fair, with normal temperatures. jjij HEW YORK CALLOUS . TO DEATHS BY HEAT Scant Notice Given to Victims in Streets FOUR DAYS' TOLL IS 878 Murders and Suicides Ascribed to Temperature. MANY SLEEP IN STREET Whole Families Spend Night In the Sands of Coney Island Board of Health Estimates 9 55 Died Week Ending August 4. . NEW. YORK, Aug. 11. (Special.) New York has Just struggled through the worst heat wave that has struck the city in 40 years. For five days the 'sun 'appeared to be- occupying a new position somewhere near the back of a man's neck "and the etreet ther mometers registered 105 and 107 de grees Fahrenheit with a painful regu larity. People succumbed in appalling num bers an old lady here, an infant there, and factory workers by the doz ens in various places until by the. end of the fourth day 878 deaths from the heat ere recorded. Heat Causes Suicide. -Several of these were suicides. Mad dened by their futile attempts to get cool, a few sought a more comfortable end in the river, while others, in de lirium, leaped from their windows. At least two murders, according to the police department, were attributable to the heat. For the most part New Yorkers ac cepted the heat calamity with the same sophisticated urbanity that they ac cept any and every event. Where lifeJ is plentiful It is not valued very highly. Interest In Victims Slight. The first day a slight interest was exhibited in persons who flopped over in the streets. A crowd usually gath ered and .occasionally one heard a sym pathetic remark if it happened to ,be a fairly pretty girl or a feeble old lady, but by the end of the second day a man could lie face forward on the pavement for five minutes without at tracting the attention or assistance of the hurried pedestrian. Then some one would say "There's another poor nut send for a cop." ' . ' . . , Eventually an overworked ambu lance would arrive and cart the victim away.' ' Families Sleep on Beach. Unfortunately, at the beginning of the hot spell the city's supply of elec tric fans ran short. and an emergency call to the factories revealed the fact that . for some . mysterious reason probably the war there were aone. Curiously enough, the East Side reg istered fewer deaths than any of the other crowded sections. This is prob ably because -most of the .population slept In the street, while those who had enough energy add enough money went to Coney Island and slept,. on the sands. "? Here; whole families were found spread out on the beach tired fath ers with gaunt, haggard cheeks; wan .mothers with nursing babies and hordes of small progeny, who dug themselves in the sand. Most of these night visitors did not attempt to cool off in the ocean. They had no bath ing suits and the stern rule of Coney Island prohibits a plunge without clothing.' ' The weekly bulletin of the Board of Health estimates the deaths from heat for the week ending August 4 at 955. NEWS OF THE DAY PORTRAYED IN PEN AND INK r's scje INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS War. Russians drive Germans across Punta River. . Section 1, page 4. British gain around In face of assaults. Section. 1. pass 4. . Industrial exemptions to be mads more Section 1, page 2. foreign. Kaiser In personal interview with Gerard makes threats of "after the war." Sec tion 1. page 1. Arthur Henderson. Laborlte, quits English cabinet. Section 1, . page 5. German admits .'invasion of Belgium not necessary. Section 1. page 0. Arthur Henderson. -'Laborlte, resigns from .British, war council. Section 1, page 5. National. Shipping Board will ask Congress for another half billion dollars for ships. Section 1, - page 2. Senator Simmona concludes discussion of war tax bllL Section 1. page 8. ... Two members of New York exemption board arrested. .Section 1. page 3. Western states petition Senate to take action against L W. W. Section 1, page 8. Domestic. Japanese mission soon to visit America. - Section 1. page 3. New York calloused to sight of dead heat X'ictlms In street. Section 1, page 1. Arrangements complete for opening of nautical training school in Portland and Astoria. Section 1. page 1. Presidio graduates master rudiments of war fare. Section 1, page 14. Streetcar men strike - in San Francisco. Section 1, page 1. Pacific Northwest. Bible records tampered with to avoid reg istration. Section 1, page 1. Tax. equalization Idaho issue. Section 1, - page 8. Tacoman returns home from Navy after convoying troops to France. Section 1, paje 8. Interstate realtors elect Fred Jones, of Spo kane, president and will go there for . 11)18 convention. Section 1. page 6. Clarke County seeks credit for all enlist- ' ments. Section 2. page 6. Administration back of appeal for'eight-hour day in Northwest mills. Section 1, page 1. Sports. , Second annual tennis tourney of Laurelhurst club opens. Section 2. page 4. Bathing girls' parade attracts 15,000. Sec tion 2. page 4. Hunters blamed for forest fires. Section 2, page 1. O. J. Hosford wins three-mile marathon swim. Section 2, page 4. Harness events for Washington State Fair close. Section 2, page 4. Cobb raises batting average during week. .. Section 2. page 2. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 4, Salt Lake 0? Los Angeles 3, Oakland 2: San Francisco 1, Vernon. 4. Section 2, page 2. Walter A. Hummel " keeps up training at American Lake. Section 2. page 3. Otto C. Mauthe named new physical instruc tor at Multnomah Club. Section 2, page 3 Western tourney at Chicago September 12 ' 1 1 big golf feature. Section 2. page 4. 'Bird -refuge act will be enforced. Section 2, page 1. . Stat;. golf tourney to begin at Gearhart to- sjvorrow. Section 2. page 3. Anevican handicap shoot to be held in Chl- cagj, Augu.t 20-24. - Section 2, page 2. Play Wuhd sports .are active. Section 2, SIle a. 44 (events scheduled at St. Louis A. A. U. . Championships In. St. Louis, August 31. I -bectlon 1, page o. Deer eason opens August IS. Section 2, patee 4. Commercial and Marine. Wage Increase asked In shipyards by Metal Tradea .Counait," Bectlon 2. page 14. ' Plans made for commencement of nautical . school. Section 2, page 14. Northwest wheat trade waiting for Federal . announcement. Section 2. page '13. Spot corn prices break sharply in Eastern markets. Section 2, page 13. Motor shares and steels are heavy on stock market. Section 2. page 13. Oregon asked to Increase Winter wheat acreage iXi per cent. Section 2, page in. Portland and Vicinity. Dr. Robert Holt, of La Grande, surprises . State Board by announcing- he is new health officer. Section 1, page 4. New officers of' Engineering Corps enjoy farewell banquet. Section 1. page 6. Master plumbers and jobbers -and employes hold Joint picnic. Section 1, page . Columbia Highway' ' trip closes successful - Buyers' week. Section 1. page 0. Weather report, ' data and forecast. SectlonJ 2. page 14. , ,, , . Oaks has new. bill. Section 1, page 17. Committee appointments of State Council of Defense approved by Governor. Section 1, pager 17. Broadway . bridge damaged by fire. Section 1. sage 16. Civil and military honors await General W. A. White, of British army. ' Section 1, page 6. ( Brief civil war in China described In letter. Section 1, page IS. . - r . Girl climber haa skull fractured near sum mit of Mount Hood. Section 1; page 14. Exemption denied young dentist with wife. Section 1. page 14. ,. i-' Portland boy writes of experiences in French army. Section 1. page 13. , .. . Airplane pictures will be shown tomorrow. Section 1, page 13. Maeor plans to standardize bread loaf and price. Section 1, page, 12. , Police shakeup to begin tomorrow. Section 1. page 11 ' ' Talk of Increasing salaries sets cfty em ployes all agog: ' Section 1. page 10. Industries crying for labor 5000 working men are needed. Section 1. page 10. Von Alvenslehen's career romantic. Section 1, page 10. - - Aliens, not I. W. W.. worry Western Gov ernors. Section 1. page 1. 9 i ) SECRETARY OF WAR URGES 8-HOUR DAY Basis for Settling Mill Strike' Suggested. LABOR CALLS OUT MORE MEN Tie-Up May Extend to All . Northwest Mills. PATRIOTIC APPEAL MADE AVelght of" Administration Behind Flan to Fut Sawmills of Pacific - "Northwest Again Into Operation. SEATTLE,. Aug. 11. Receipt of tele grams from Secretary of War Baker urging the acceptance of the eight hour day as the. basis of settlement of the mill strike In the Northwest, and the call for a general strike" in the saw mills, of Oregon and Washington, were today's features, of the efforts being made here to effect a settlement of the strike which has tied up a number of the Western Washington mills. Representatives of the mill owners and the striking millmen, meeting under the auspices of the State Council of Defense, continued their delibera tions today, but were not able to break the deadlock which began yesterday. Telegrams Are Received. Identical telegrams were received to night by Henry M. White, United States Commissioner of Immigration;" Edgar C. Snyder, his special assistant; Cap tain John F. Blaln, Northwest repre sentative of the United States Shipping Board; Dr. Henry Suzzalo, chairman of the State Council of Defense, and Dr. Carlton Parker, his assistant, from Secretary of War Newton Baker, act ing for the National Council of De fense, urging acceptance of the eight hour day as the basis for an agreement between the lumbermen and the em ployes in this state.. ' Thu Defense Council is composed of cabinet members and others, and Sec retary Baker's message thus throws the weight of the Administration in favor of the eight-hour day in the lumber industry. The telegram fol-' lows:' Freedom Is at Stake., "Your telegram received. Democ racy and freedom are at stake in the winning of the present war. A for eign autocrat has wantonly destroyed the lives of our people while engaged in their usual and legitimate avoca-. tions at sea. He has sought to turn friendly nations against us in order that our Nation might be dismembered and our great Western and Southwest ern country placed under the jurisdic tion and control of an alien govern ment. " "He has sought to rule over by order what we should and should not do to the minutest detail. The German uov: eminent must not be permittetd to carry these. designs into execution. Our first duty as patriotic American citi zens, having the future welfare and freedom, of our people at heart, is so to- compose our personal and Industrial difficulties as to enable us to use the highest efficiency of our man power for the National defense. All Lumber I Pfeeded. "Every foot of lumber that can be produced is necessary for the prepara tion for the contest. Every impedi ment that is placed in the wly of its production gives aid and 'comfort to the enemy. "The Council of National Defense would, therefore, strongly urge the (Concluded on Page 2. Column 2.) BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. (lookT r PEACE SS HEA RECORDS IN BIBLE ' USED FOR EVASION OREGOX CITY aiAN ADMITS HE , KNEW DATE WAS CHANGED. Jefferson New Automatically Joins Army and Will Have Hearing in Portland on Tuesday. - OREGON CITY. Or.. Aug. 11. (Spe cial.) -When Jefferson New today ad mitted that he knew hat the records of the family Bible had been changed to show his age-vo be more than 31, thus permitting hm to escape the Fed eral draft, he laid himself liable to. imprisonment for one year,, and auto matically projected himself Into the Army. New's home is at Jennings Lodge. Last night Sheriff "Wilson, accompanied by Special United States District At torney Earle C. Latourette and Deputy District Attorney Thomas Burke went to his home and seized the family Bible, brought it to this city and examined it under a microscope. It was found that the record of Jefferson New's birth had been skillfully changed from March 22, 1887, to March 22, 1S86. New's mother, Mr. Mollis Abbey, told ; conflicting stories this morning, and New was brought to Oregon City, where he was submitted to. a grilling cross-questioning. He" became hope lessly tangled in his stories and finally confessed that he knew off the change having been made. The Federal officials at Portland were notified and this afternoon a deputy from the office of United States Marshal Montague took New to Port land, where his hearing will be held Tuesday. i . EXCURSION BOAT IS HIT V. S. Submarine Caves Hole in Boat, Endangering 1500. BOSTON, Aug. 11. A United States submarine collided with the Nantasket Beach excursion steamer Mayflower, in Boston Harbor, during a thick fog late today. The Navy Yard' officials said the material damage to the sub marine was slight, but that' the May flower had. a hole stove in her port side near the paddleBox. One seaman on the Steamer suffered a broken leg. Fifteen hundred passengers on board were transferred without accident to the steamer Rose Standish and brought to this city. - , -. s RECKLESS PRINCE CURBED Guardian Appointed for Fricdrlcli ' . 'Leopold, of Prussia. BERLIN. Aug. 10, via London, Aug. 11. According to an announcement in the Official Gazette, the youngest son of Prince Frledrlch Leopold, of Prussia, who bears the same name as his father, has been placed under interdiction by the Count von Eulenburg, minister of the. royal house. The Trince. who is 22 years of age, is charged with extravagance, and has been placed under, the guardianship of Captain von Heyden, his military escort. KAlSEfc UNDER' INDICTMENT Grand Jury in Mississippi Charges rive Crimes Against Monarch. MERIDIAN, Miss.. Aug. 11. Upon the sworn testimony of Representative W. W. Venable, of the Fifth Congres sional District, the Lauderdale County grand jury today returned an indict ment against William, Emperor of Germany, charging robbery, arson, mur der, plotting, bribery an'd' conspiracy, "all against the peace and dignity, of the state of Mississippi." San Salvador Volcano Active. SAN SALVADOR, Salvador, Aug. 11. The volcano which early In June laid waste the region around the Salvado rean capital continues to spout burn ing lava. Thousands of persons, na tives and foreigners, daily visit the scene of the eruption, which offers a unique spectacle. ALIENS, NOT I. W.W., WORRY GOVERNORS Foreigners Fail in Country's Crisis. INDUSTRIAL PROBLEM ISSUE Stern Measures Are Advocat ed for Agitators. HOOVER PLAN DISAPPROVED Executives of Six Western States, Here for Conference, Protest "yearling Lamb Idea. Discussions Secret. The Governors of six Western states Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Nevada and a per sonal representative from the Gov ernor of a seventh, California, attend ed?" a war council in Portland yester--. day. At this council they discussed war- , time problems common to all their states and agreed to certain matters of policy in which they will co-operate during the period of the war. While It was by no means the prin cipal topic of their discussion, nor the reason for the calling of the council, the I. W. W. situation, particularly in the Northwest, came in for much con sideration. I. W. W. Trouble Magnified. The I. W. W. trouble, the Governors declared, has been considerably exag gerated. While recognizing that It is a problem, and one that requires firm handling and stern repressive meas ures, they emphasized the belief that It by no means is a problem of the magnitude the public has come to re gard Jt. ' As one means of dealing effectively with the activities of the-I. W. W., and one useful in handling other local emergencies that may arise in . the course of the war, the Governors favored, the establishment of-state con stabulary forces in their respective states. No resolution to this effect was adopted, nor was their stand reduced to writing, but as a general thing, it was explained, the Governors at yester day's council all favored the constabu lary plan. Its workings in Nevada where he declared it had proved a great success, were explained by Gov ernor Boyle, of that state. Special Sessions Discussed. In connection with the constabulary plan the Governors talked over the advisability of calling special sessions of their state Legislatures to enact , this and . other war-time measures. But it was unanimously agreed that no special sessions should be called unless it becomes absolutely necessary. The Governors attending the war council were Governor Ernest Lister, of Washington, president of the West ern Conference of Governors, who called it; Governor James Withycombe. of Oregon; Governor Moses Alexander, of Idaho; Governor Samuel "V. Stewart, of Montana: Governor Simon Bam berger, of Utah, and Governor Emmet D. Boyle, of Nevada. Governor Stephens, of California, was represented by S. J. Lubin, presi dent of the Commission on Immigra tion and Housing of that state. Gov ernor Boyle, of Nevada, was accompa nied by George B. Thatcher, Attorney General of the state, who was pres ent at the council. Aliens Serious Problem. The Subject that took up more time than any other at the council was not that of curbing the I. W. W., nor of producing more foodstuffs, but of deal ( Concluded on Page 5. Column 3.)