K 78 Pages Six Sections Section One Pages lto22 VOL,. XXXVI NO. 39. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ' ' ') V V K V CONFEREES AGREE ON ALL WAR TAXES Excess Profits to Pay Billion Dollars. INCOME REVENUES TO BE BIG Measure Will Be in Effect as Soon as Signed. POSTAL RATES REVISED Motor Car Tax Pat on Manufactur ers and Importers IiCvy Put on Sporting Goods Stamp on Bank Checks Rejected. Tf ASHING TON, Sept. 29. Final Agreement on the $2,700,000,000 war tax bill was reached late today by the Sen ate and House conferees and the re port will be presented to the House Monday. Levies of approximately ?1,000, 000, 000 on war excess profits and SS42.000.000 on incomes were left unchanged, but a new. system of cal culating excess profits was adopted. The conference report provides that the graduate tax of from 20 to 60 per cent on excess profits of corporations, partnerships and individuals shall be levied on a basis of invested capital compared with invested capital of the three pre-war years of 1911, 1912 and 1913. This is a substitute for the Sen ate taxes bf from 12 to 60 per cent, based upon a similar comparison of pre-war and present profits. Surtaxes Are Rearranged. The Income tax section virtually was agreed, except for rearrangement of surtaxes on incomes between 115,000 and 140,000. The graduated surtaxes of from 1 to 50 per cent on incomes from $5000 to those of 1,000,000 and over were approved. The Senate Increase of from 2 to 4 per cent of the income tax on copo rations. Joint stock companies and in surance companies was approved,- to gether with the new normal individual tax of 2 per cent on incomes of un married persons In excess of $1000 and of married persons of more than $2000. Excess 'Profits Tantf' .' The graduated "excess profits rates are 10 per cent of the excess profits not in excess of 15 per cent of the Invested capital for the taxable year; 25 per cent on. profits in excess of 15 per cent and not over 20 per cent of such capital; 35 per cent on excess over 20 and under 25 per cent of cap ital; 45 per cent on excess over 25 per cent and under 33 per cent of capital, and a maximum of GO per cent on profits in excess of 33 per cent of cuch capital. In calculating war excess profits the term "invested capital of corporations said partnerships" was declared to in clude "actual cash paid in, actual cash value of other tangible property paid for stock or shares, at the time of payment, or January 1. 1914, but in no case to exceed the. par value of the original securities; paid in or earned surplus and undivided profits used. or employed in the business, exclusive of undivided fcrofits earned during the taxable year." Second-Class Rates Revised. The allowance for intangible assets Include "actual cash value of patents and copyrights paid In for stocks or shares at the time, of payment . . . good will, trademarks, trade brands, franchises . . . . if for bona fide payments not to exceed the cash value." , , It stipulates that such intangible as tConduded on Page T, Column 1.) X 1 I M U A 77 AS O- r- - . . m - y - COCKTAIL 25 CENTS, BUT WE DONT CARE H. C. OF Ii.'S LATEST MOVE NEED XOT DISMAY DRY OREGOX. For Devotees of Nineteenth-Hole Re freshment, News Is Bad; Scotch Highballs Are 30 Cents. CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 29. (Special.) The 25-cent cocktail made its bow to day. The 30-cent Scotch highball un veiled its plutocratic face. The 30 cent pony or liquor appeared upon the wine list. The 25-cent "slug" of rye and Bourbon, the 25-cent shot of native brandy, the 25-cent fizzes and the 20 cent rickeys likewise appeared, for the day of reckoning is at hand. The, Government has commanded the saloon men to inventory their stock, to report by Monday and to pay an addi tional tax of $2.20 a gallon on all spirituous liquors In their possession. This, on top of the alarms which have almost shattered the booze in dustry, comes as the crisis, or the be ginning of one. With the clamping on of the extra tax begins the last tilt be tween the "wets" and the "drys." Al though shrewd and affluent barkeepers have stocked their cellers, the best prepared of them today declared that two years was the limit of his endur ance. "After that, chaos," he said, -aiy supply will endure for the two years and then if the distilleries are not re opened, darkness. This tax Is going to hit the saloonkeepers unusually hard." Julius Smietanka, internal revenue collector of Chicago, declared today that within a month, whisky will be selling fo- 25 and 30 cents a drink in outlying saloons and 50 cents a drink in the more fancy places In the down town district. SENATOR AVOIDS OPERATION Mr. Chamberlain Advised to Have Appendix Removed Later. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept. 29. Senator Chamberlain continued to show improvement today and is thought by his physician to be on the road to recovery. No operation will be performed, but the Senator has been advised that later when he re covers his strength he should have his appendix removed, otherwise he will be liable to a recurrence of appendicitis. Senator McNary called on Senator Chamberlain this afternoon and found his colleague much improved and rest ing comfortably for the first time since he was taken HL Senator Chamber lain said he expected to be up and at his office before -the middle, of next week. . " . - ' Today Senator Chamberlain received a large bunch of pink roses from the "White House. ' . COLONEL SI-ADEN- LEAVES War Department Orders High Army Men to Capital for Duty. , SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29. Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick W. Sladen, com mander of the, reserve officers' train ing camp at the Presidio, todsy received orders to proceed to Washington. D. C. for duty. Similar orders were received by Captain Walter H. Johnson. Adju tant, and Major W. C. Potter, artillery instructor at the camp. Colonel O. W. B. Farr, senior In structor at the camp, will succeed Colonel Sladen as commanding officer and Lieutenant-Colonel William M. Morrow will become instructor. VETERAN FORESTER KILLED Falling Tree Crushes Skull of Man Who Spent 30 Years in Woods. TOLEDO. Or.. Sept. 29. (Special.) Columbus Strong. 56, a timber faller, was instantly killed today while work ing In the logging camp of Hawkins Bros., near Elk City. A large tree in falling struck a small dead tree, and as the latter rebounded a snag broke off the top, striking Strong on top of the head and crushing his skull. Strong had worked 30 years in the woods. SOME EVENTS OF OUTSTANDING INTEREST IN SLUSH SLUSH STRIKE FACTIONS: BROUGHT TOGETHER Men and Bosses May Confer Today. HOPE HIGH FOR SETTLEMENT Eugene Smith, City Mediator, Gets Results. EMPLOYERS APPOINT FIVE Sudden Tarn for Better In Ship yards Trouble Comes When Federal and Municipal Ar biters Get Together. - DEVELOPMENTS IX LOCAL SHIPYARDS STRIKE. Eugene E. Smith, ex-president of the Central Labor Council, is named city mediator by City Council. Mr. Smith accepts, joins forces with Federal Mediator Harry and arrangements are made for con ference between employers and employes. Conference may be held' today. The situation looks brighter than since the strike was declared. There was some picketing yes ' terday at shipyards and a f ew ar- rests, but no violence. Yards are all-tied "up with ex ception of two or three. Members of labor adjustment board will leave Washington this week for Portland and other cities of Coast in effort to adjust troubles permanently. Developments in the strike situation took - a sudden change for the better yesterday, through the appointment of Eugene 1 E. Smith; former president of tho Portland Central Labor Council, as a mediator by the City Council, upon recommendation of Mayor tslaker. . Immediately after accepting the post tion, Mr. Smith Joined forces with G. Y. Harry, mediator representing Secre tary of Labor Wilson, and the two arts working together. Employers and Men to Meet. Immediate results were had, in that already, as officially announced last night by Messrs. Harry and Smith, the employers have appointed a commit tee of five of their members to meet with the two mediators. At the meet ing, the employers signified willing ness to meet with the strikers' Icom mittee and it is likely such a meeting will be held today. This is the first time during the two weeks of the strike that there has been full co-operation between all parties and the first time that a formal com mittee of the employers has been named for the purpose of meeting; the strikers' representatives. ' Outlook Is BrlRht. This puts the most optimistic face on, the situation that has been seen since the strike was ordered and indi cates that,. In all probability, an end will be had of the tieup of the ship building industry. At least, that is what all parties concerned are hoping for and the meetings of the opposing forces may bring Just such a thing to pass. - Messrs. Harry and Smith last night issued this statement: "Saturday afternoon, as a result of solicitations by Federal Mediator Harry, the shipbuilders of the Colum bia River district appointed from their number a committee of five members l Concluded on Pag 8. Column 1.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S .Maximum temperature. 70 degrees; 'minimum. 5:2 - degrees. ' TODAY'S retain; winds becoming; southerly. , ... War. U-boat captain overcomes qualms of con- - science and glories in butchery. fiec . i 'Hon 1, page 10. Air- attack on England, repulsed. Section 1. page 4. Mlchaetls denies any offer to evacuate Bel- . slum. Section 1. page 7. German planes again raid London. Section 1. Page i. Foreign. Kerensky answers challenge of Democratic Congress. Section 1. page 3. National. Conferees agree on war tax provisions. Sec tion 1. page 1. Demands for impeachment of La Follette reach Senate. Section 1, page 1. C. B. Altchlson named on Commerce Com mission. Section 1. page Japan's "Monroe Doctrine of Far East" Is unveiled at New York banquet. Section 1. page 1. Hoover reiterates appeal to conserve food. Section 1. page 3. U. S. Treasury officials announce apportion ment of second liberty loan bond issue. Section 1, page 0. Domestic. Cocktails are 2S cents, but who cares? Sec tion 1. page 1. Student officers at San Francisco Innocu lated against typhoid and paratyphoid. Section 2. page 6. Ten thousand crimes laid to I. W. W. Sec tion 1. page 2. Pacific Northwest. Allen Eaton, whose dismissal from Univer sity of Oregon is demanded, returns to face accusers. Section 1. page 4. State Fair closes most successful week. Section 1. page 10. Ten thousand steel metal workers In Seattle walk out. Section 1. page 6. Non-partisan League in Idaho agitated. Sec tion 1. page 8. Methodists In session at Springfield have busy day. Section 1. page 3. Sports. Pacific Coast" League results: Portland 4-2. Vernon 3-1 (first game 10 Innings): Salt . Lake 1. Oakland 8; San Francisco 5, Los Angeles 1. Section. 2. Page 1.- Four teams to be In . hockey league. Sec tion 2, page 4. Boxlnr CommlFSlon will Investigate Rose City Club's fiasco. Section 2. page 4. Two-score players to share world series money this year. Section 2. page 2. Sportsmen In doubt as to law regarding pro tection ot pheasants. Section 2. page 4. Portland Qolf Club course hums with ac tivity. Section 2. page 5. Cody optimistic about swimming prospects of Multnomah. Section 2, page 5. Washington State eleven has best outlook. Section 2. pate 3. Pheasant and duck seasons open tomorrow. Section 2. page 4. Scholastic football season opens " with big scores. Section 2. page 3. Gridiron prospects brighter In East. Sec tion 2, page 3. Sporting writer favors White Sox. Section 2. page 2. Evans says he will make boxers sign con tracts for bouts, section a. page u. Portland and Vicinity. Cost of operating city bureaus to be held down despite salary Increases. Section 1, page 1. . . Oregon woman - tells' of -sad scenes ' among ' returning wounded soldiers. Section 8, page 1. Official pictures of war shown for benefit of British relief fund. Section 1. page 10. Judge 6. A. Lowell teils of need for real - economy. Section 1. page 10. Tobacco fund of The Oregonlan keeps grow ing. Section, 1. page It.' - Need of books at Camp Lewis Is tpld.- Sec-' tlon 1. page 12. v ' . " '- - Tuesday. October 9, will be Fire Prevention day in Portland. Section 1, page 14. Gerard to address mass meeting tuuiortw. Section 1. page 14. Life at trout detcribed by ambulancier. Sec tion a. pate 15- - 1 Extension work along many lines for benefit of Portlanders provided . by university. Section 1, page 17. . -. Mrs. George E. Jackson tells of wonderful trip to verge ot Arctic Circle. Section 1, page- 18. - Reed college opens tomorrow. Section .1, page. 18. . W. C. T. U. to hold- state convention In Albany this week. . Section 1, page 18. Payment of $l5.Afto by-county held u. Sec tion 1. page lit. - Milk distributors unwilling to accept rec ommendations of Mayor s mult wmmls sion.' Section !, page- 10. , . War Library Fund drive ends In whirlwind. Section 1, page ID. , Lumber cut being increased. Section 1. page 20. District Attorney Evans' asks Federal aid In combating shipment of whisky into Portland. Section 1. page 21). Portland adds talented educators to -high schools' staff. Section 1. page 20. Grain corporation .now In market for wheat. Section 1, page 21. Orpheum- opens with matinee today. Sec tion 2. page 6. : Circus given -by Irvinglon youngsters nets S.AO for Oregonlan' tobacco fund for - soldiers. ' Section 3, page 0. Nort hwestern farmers' wheat sales exceed - millers' 4-eouirementi. Section 2, page 15. Food conservation' campaign plans to be made Monday. Section 1, puge 14. Troops at Camp Greene well cared for. . Sec tion 2. page 6. Strikers, shipbuilders and bosses brought to gether conferences may begin today. Section 1. page 1. Fiancee of Frank Ratlslau believes he was murdered. -Section 2, page in. City's night schools open tomorrow evening. Section 2. page 6. Weather report, data, and forecast. Sec tion 2.- page 15. THE WEEK'S NEWS i . JAPAU'S MONROE DOCTRINE UNVEILED Ishii Warns Nations to KeepHandsOffChina. INTEGRITY TO BE RESPECTED German Intrigue Blamed for Rumors From Far East. DOOR OPEN TO AMERICANS Full and Fair Competition for Trade Welcomed Envoy Recalls Pact Regarding- Territorial Rights on Shores of Pacific. NEW YORK, Sept. 29. Proclaiming a Monroe doctrine of the Far East. Viscount Ishii, head of the Japanese mission to the United States, warned the nations of the world tonight that his country will not tolerate aggres sions against the territory or inde pendence of China. At the same time he pledged Japan not to attempt simi lar aggressions on her part. Speaking at a formal dinner in honor of the imperial envoy's visit to New York, the Ambassador of-Emperor Yo shihlto outlined publicly for the first time since he set foot on American soil the policy of his government in rela tion to China. Japan Seeks No Territory. "Circumstances for which we were in no sense responsible gave us certain rights to Chinese territory," Viscount Ishii said, "but at no time in the past and at no time in the future do we or will we seek to take territory from China or to despoil China of her rights." " ' ' Then with dramatic earnestness he expounded the "hands off" policy of his government. Japan Stands as Defender. "We wish to be an always to con tinue to be," he declared, "the sincere friend- and helper of our neighbor, for we are' more . Interested than ...anyone else, except Chini, "In good "government there. Only we must at all times, for self-protection, pre.Ve-nt othert' nations from doing what' We have no right to do. "We not. only will not seek to as sail the Integrity or thoj, sovereignty of China, but will eventually be pre pared to defend and maintain the in tegrity and independence . of .China against any aggressor. For we know that our own, . landmarks would be threatened by any outside invasion or interference in China." Trade Not to Be Hindered. While he boldly warned the world against any attempt to invade the rights of the republic of the Far East, Viscount Ishii promised with great earnestness that the door to legitimate trade in China never would be closed by Japan. This declaration was cheered by the 1000 public men, bankers, mer chants and captains of industry who heard him. "The door is always open; it always has been open; it always must remain open," he said, "to representatives of these vast commercial interests repre sented so well in this great gathering of kings of commerce. Advantage Given by IVaturv. "We went to China, where the door was open to us as to you, and we al ways have realized that there nature gave us an advantage. There was no need there is no need to close that door on you, because we welcome your fair and honest competition in the mar kets everywhere. We are trading there where we have a natural advantage (Concluded on Page 3, Column 1.) ARE ILLUMINED BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS SENATE ASKED TO OUST LA FOLLETTE MINNESOTA GOVERNOR SIGNS ONE PETITION. Senator Is Branded as "Teacher of Disloyalty and Sedition" by Public Safety Body. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. A commu nication from' the Governor of Minne sota and the State Public Safety Com mission requesting the expulsion from the Senate of Senator La Follette, of Wisconsin, was presented in the Sen ate today by Senator Kellogg, of Min nesota, and referred by Vice-President Marshall to the Senate privileges and elections committee. Four other communications, one from the Washburn Loyalty League of Washburn, Wis., and . three from In dividuals, demanding the Impeachment of Senator La Follette were received by Vice-President Marshall - and pre sented to the Senate in the usual routine way. Characterizing La Follette's speech in St. Paul on September 20 before the Nonpartisan League as "disloyal and seditious." the resolution declares the utterances already have served to create treasonable sentiment in Min nesota and petitions the Senate to be gin proceedings to expel La Follette as "a teacher of disloyalty and sedi tion, giving aid and comfort to our enemies and hindering the Government in the conduct of the war." U. S. FOREIGN TRADE JUMPS August Gold Exports Nearly Three Times as Great as Imports. . WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. American foreign trade increased during August, the Department of Commerce an nounced today, approximately $160, 500.000 over July. Exports increased $115,500,000 and imports $-15,000,000. Gold exports, $46,049,306, were nearly three times the volume of imports in August. BLOCKADE TO BE TIGHTER England Prohibits Exportation of Certain Articles to Neutrals. LONDON, Sept. 29. A still more vlg orous blockade of Germany Is to be enforced by ' the entente allies as result of the conference of Lord Robert Cecil, British Minister of Blockade, with the French Minister of Blockade. Today the King signed a proclamation prohibiting the.-exportation;- f . contain articles to Sweden and Holr&rtd. ARABS IN SYRIA HANGED Nationalists Are Ordered Executed - by Turkish Commander. PETROGRAD. Sept. 29. Reports from Turkey show that DJemal Pasha, commander of the Turkish forces in Syria, has caused to be hanged all the members of the committee of Arabs In Syria who before the war were en gaged in directing the Arab national movement. FAIR WEATHER PROMISED Only Rain of Week on Pacific Slope to Be Along Northern Coast. WASHINGTON. Sept. 29. Weather predictions for the week, beginning Sunday, announced by the Weather Bureau today, are: Pacific states Fair weather, except that there will be occasional rains on the northern coast. BILL GOES TO PRESIDENT Trading With Enemy Measure Soon to Become Law. WASHINGTON. Sept. 29. The trad ing with the enemy bill passed through the final stage in Congress today. It went to President Wilson, to be come a law with his signature. - COST OF OPERATING CITY IS DECREASED Budget Is Cut Despite Salary Increases. POLICE WILL GET MORE PAY Advance in Price of Supplies Makes Reduction Difficult. 1500 MORE LIGHTS LISTED Saving Promised In Police, Munici pal Court and Incinerator 15 u- . reaus Much New Work in Water Bureau Is Necessary. Material decreases in the cost of op erating some of the principal branches of the city service next year In spite of salary Increases and the increased costs of supplies, are proposed by some of the City Commissioners in their 1918 budgets which will be filed with City Auditor Funk tomorrow. ' Not all the budgets are complete, but , will be by tomorrow. Mayor Baker has his figures completed. In the police bureau a decrease of' $8053 is shown in the salary roll as compared with that for the present year. Supplies will cost $4723 more., making a net reduction of $3330 in the police cost for next year. Increased Pay Proposed. Mayor Baker proposes to grant in- creases to policemen in the ranks. All men with salaries ranging around $100 a month will be entitled to a 10 per cent ' increase, according to the Mayor's plan. , In' the park bureau the budget shows an increase owing to the cost of sup- ' plies, materials and equipment as well , as additional money next year for la borers and other workmen for park improvements. In addition to his regu lar park-budget the Mayor is present ing'supplementary budget of $172,051 to care for appropriations voted for by the people at the last election and aXed for by the City Council. The supplemental budget includes $114,051 tor the South Portland or Marquam Gulch playground; $40,000 for the pav ing of the north half of Terwilllger boulevard; $10,000 for lighting Mount Tabor Park and $8000 for comfort sta tion purposes. Auditorium Fund Desired. The Mayor proposes an appropriation of $27,000 for the public auditorium, which will cover all operating costs. This amount the Mayor wants appro priated, but it does not represent the cost to the taxpayers because a. large amount will be taken in from rental of the building, which will reduce the amount the taxpayers will have to provide. In his own office the Mayor Is proposing no increases. A reduction is shown -in the cost of conducting the Municipal Court. The city's legal bu reau shows a slight increase. Commissioner Mann proposes a ma terial Increase in the cost of street lighting, owing to the request he is to make for 1500 additional street arc lights. He has about 2100 applications for lights on Hie. Water Bureau to Raise Pay. In the Water Bureau Mr. Mann is proposing a material list of wage and salary increases, but still is asking for $$601 less than the cost for employes during the present year. A material Increase is shown in the request for supplies, materials, etc., because of the plan to do considerable development work next year.- Among other things, request is made for considerable new pumping machinery, money to complete improvements at Bull liun Lake; money for a new trunk main to St. Johns to i .Concluded on Pa 1, Column 3.)