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Section One Pages lto22 78 Pages Six Sections PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL,. XXXVI NO. 41. CARMEN GET RISE AND 8-HOUR DAY Twenty Cents a Day In crease Awarded. BOARD COMPLETES LABORS Announcement of Results Is 'Not Yet Official. " -STRIKE CRISIS AVERTED Company and Employes Alike Ac cept Arbitration. Award in Ac 1 cordance with Agreement Previously Reached. The platform men of the Portland Ttailway, Light & Power Company, by findings of tne board of arbitration, have won their fight for increased wages and the eight-hour day. The board at 8:30 o'clock last night adjourned, after having completed its findings, to President Griffith's office where the final articles will be drawn up. The increase and the eight-hour day go into effect Monday. The increase is 20 cents a day ap proximately, varying between 38 and 45 cents an hour, according to the length of service. The company and the men are pledged to accept the Board of Arbitration's ruling. The results were not officially jtriven out last night at the conclusion of the. sessions, but It was announced by one of the officials interested that the Board's results were approximately as asked. The findings avert the strike. A. "Walker, president of the Carmen's Union and A. II. Stein, vice-president, expressed elation when it became unofficially known that the Board had completed it labors and had adjourned to President Griffiths office to make the final draft and get the signatures. On the board of arbitration were: Otto Hartwig, J. P. Xewell and Thomas Roberts. Issue Rained Weeks Asso. The- issue of the eight-hour day and increased -wage schedule was raised between carmen and company shortly after the organization of the carmen's union, several weeks ago. A general advance in wages, amounting to 20 cents a day, was demanded by the employes, with a further request for the adoption of the eight-hour day. President Griffith, of the company, readily admitted the justice of the de mands made by the men, but was pos itive in his assertion that the rev enues of the company were wholly in adequate either to meet the wage in crease or to incur further expense by the adoption of the eight-hour day. Several meetings were held by the carmen's union, but at no time was talk of striking general among the men, or even hinted at by their lead ers. The executive committee of the union was in frequent conferences with President Griffith, but no solution was arrived at. Six-Cent Fare Denied. As a means of relief the 6-cent fare was advocated, but met with consider able popular disapproval. The issue was referred to the Public Service Commission by the company, praying that the right be granted to increase the fare in order to comply with the demands of the carmen. In a recent ruling the Commission denied the pro rosed increase of fare, although ad mitting that the company's finance? and revenues were not adequate to meet the schedule proposed by its employes. The Commission, in its findings, sug gested that the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company curtail its tConcluded on Page 16, Column 1.) I , i w", 2 j VANCOUVER SEES 13 MARRY ON 13TH RECORD IX MARRIAGE LICENSE BUREAU IS ESTABLISHED. "Good-night!" Shonted One Soldier When Informed by Urbane Clerk That License Costs $4.5 0. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 13. (Spe cial.) Thirteen couples, on the 13th day of the month, today embarked upon the smooth and laughing waters of the matrimonial sea. This is a record in Vancouver since history first began, nearly 100 years ago. for 13 couples to be married on the 13th of the month. Seldom a Friday passes without sev eral couples being married, but the 13th that Is a different matter, or has been until today. The couples started good and strong early today, several soldiers bringing brides, and by noon half a dozen pairs had been made ones. Then, after din ner, two or three more strolled in and out again, possessed of licenses costing $4.00 each. Then, finally, 11 couples had secured licenses and it was 4 o'clock. It looked as though sl record would be broken. At 4:30 the 12th couple came in, and Frank W. Blaker, first aid to Cupid, kept eyeing the clock, nervously, hoping that the 13th couple would come. And, just about 5 o'clock, they did. They secured their litnse, the 13th on the 13th of the month, but they did not seem to care and said they would fool the jinx. A soldier, a young girl and several friends entered the Auditor's office to day and approached the marriage li cense clerk. " Said the soldier: "How much does it cost to get a marriage license?" Replied Mr. Blaker: "$4.50." The soldier threw up both hands and shouted, "Goodnight!" and the wedding bubble had burst and the sad party, not able to raise the 14.50, wended its way out into the cruel, cold world. And Mr. Blaker locked up the office for the week. SOLDIERS ORDERED SOUTH 3 000 Men at Camp Lewis to Go to California Camp. TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 13. (Special.) Orders have been received at head quarters of the 91st Division, National Army, at Camp Lewis, to send 3000 California and Nevada National Army men to Camp liearney, iinua vista Cal., near San Diego. This movement of troops is not ex pected to result in reducing the num ber at Camp Lewis to less than 47,000 as it is understood that a colored regi ment of infantry is to be sent here. CHICAGO IS SHORT OF COAL Illinois Appoints J. E. AVilliams State Fuel Commissioner. CHICAGO, Cct. 13. City retailers of coal are unable to fill orders for fuel that are pouring in as the result of the first touch of Winter. A general shortage of all grades is reported. Illinois coal is said to be scarce. J. K. Williams was appointed state fuel administrator today and given au thority to call on the Federal fuel administration for any amount of coal to meet the needs of Chicago. RAIN ON COAST PREDICTED For Pacific States Generally Week Promises to Be Pair. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. The weather forecast for the week beginning Sun day, announced today by the Weather Bureau, follow: Pacific States Generally fair, except occasional rains on the Washington and pregon Coast about Wednesday. Normal temperature. Archbishop Ireland 111. ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. . 13. Arch bishop John Ireland, of the St. Paul diocese, has been confined to his home for three days, suffering from a cold, it was announced tonight. TO ASK FOR HIGHER RATES Carriers sported to Be Facing Crisis. EARNINGS ARE FALLING OFF Conference With Commerce Commission Granted. HEARING TO BE PUBLIC Operators Submit Resume Showing Serious Increase in Gross Oper ating Expenses, While Net Revenues Decline. WASHINGTON. Oct. 13. Eastern railroads, seeking relief from condi tions which their executives assert are rapidly approaching the point where they can no longer operate with profit. Indicated today the form their efforts will assume in a letter to the Inter state Commerce Commission asking for a conference to consider rates not. in cluded in the advance allowed by a decision in the 15 per cent rate ad vance "case last June. Indications are that the railroads have in mind filing applications for increased rates on a large number of commodities not already raised, if it should develop at the conference that the applications might meet with any measure of success. Conference Date Set. The Commission, replying to the re quest for a "short Informal conference, notified the roads that it would be glad to hear them at "a public session" next Wednesday afternoon. Following is the text of the railroad executives' letter sent from New York yesterday and made public by the Com mission today: "The trunk line traffic executives, after a discussion today, desired me to try to arrange for a short Informal con ference with .the. Commission next Wednesday or Thursday (Wednesday preferred) to talk over the rates on traffic not favorably acted upon in the recent decision of the 15 per cent ad vance rate case, some of which are now covered by suspended tariffs and hearings arranged for; others covered by tariffs which carriers canceled at the suggestion of the Commission, and possibly other matters germaine to se curing all the results originally asked for. Carriers Much Concerned. "The thought arises fronrthe carriers' keen necessities as shown by the re sults since the case was presented and was encouraged by the language of the Commission to amplify its order if the necessity became apparent. "If a few of us could have the priv ilege of such a conference on next Wednesday it Is thought it would be of great assistance at the present time, reaching a prompt conclusion as to future action." To this letter the Commission re plied as follows: "Pursuant to your request by letter dated yesterday, the matters there re- Lferred to may be presented to the Com mission at a public session October 17 at 2 P. M. Notice is being given ac cordingly." Hearing; W ill Be Public. The Commission's decision to bold a public session will give, the shippers and all others interested an opportuni ty to present their views. In denying the railroads' petition for a general 15 per cent raise in rates, the Commission last June dismissed the proceedings without prejudice to their Concluded on Page 7. Column 1.) RA ROAD EVENTS OF THE WEEK PICTORIALLY INTERPRETED BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 69 degrees; minimum, 51! degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds. War. Official Germany alarmed at recent turn events have taken. Section 1. puss 4. German dreadnoughts silence Russian bat teries at entrance to Oulf of Higa and troops are landed. Section 1, page 4. Foreign. Insults and indignities offered Nicholas and family by soldiers. Section 1, page 3. Crisis In Germany expected to force retlre ' ment ot Chancellor Mlchaells. Section 1, page u. National. Kitchin's joker in revenue bill makes Con gressmen irate, feectlon 1, page Representative Johnson, of Washington, cas tigates I. V. W. organization, bectlon l. page 6. 1 Tardiness of country in responding to sec ond liberty loan call causes deep concern in- Washington. Section 1, page 7. Domestic. Bostonian claims to be able to generate en ergy from air. Section 1, page -. Mrs. James Whitcomh Brougher painfully Injured in auto crash in Los Angeles. Section 1. page 5. Fire destroys grain to value of $1,000,000 In rsew YorK naroor. section i. page j. Eastern railroad operators expected to ask for increased rates. Section 1. page 1. Additional unit transferred to Oregon forces at Camp Greene. Section 1, page i. Taciflc Northwest. Vancouver marriage licenses issued on 13th number 1.;. section l. page i. Strong opposition to Senator Borah develops. but he will run. Section 1. page . New rules made for rural schools. Section 1, page 10. Monument unveiled in honor of Oregon City pioneers. Section 1. page ti. Public Service Commission Investigates threatened car shortage. Section page 8. Eugene realty dealer indicted as forger. Section 1, page 1". Sports. White Sox defeat Giants. 8 to 5, despite six errors, section 1. page 1. Oregon eleven defeats Multnomah, 14 to 7. Section 2, page 1. Giants mart to crumple In Bixth Inning. Section page Fall meet of Hunt Club attracts large at tendance. Section -. page Five former roast Leaguers help White Sox win. Section 'J. page 2. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 1. San Francisco : Oakland 3, Vernon o Salt Lako 8, 1.ob Angeles 0. Section -page . American Association magnates plan new salary limit. Section , page II. Army of hunters go duck hunting. Section . page ". Boxers prepare for bouts here. Section 2 page a. Army teams help football. Roctlon 2, page 4. Officers and Pullman elevens play scoreless tie. Section 2. page 4. O. A. C. defeats iot Hospital eleven, 34 to 0. . Section 2. page 4. Washington eleven's prospects not bright Section 2, page 5. - Semi-finals of club rhampionhip billed at Portland golf links. Section 2. page Marines have powerful eleven. Section 2, page 5. Several tourneys scheduled at Waverlcy links. Section 2, page Zk Real Litate and Building. Three big Oregon ranches sold. Section page 6. Three residence sales aggregating $:0,000 reported in week. Section 2, page u. Commercial and Marine. Heavy sales of wool held In storage In Portland warehouses. Section 2, page l."i, Ideal weather for crop causes break in Chicago corn market. Section 2, vage lo. Local cattle prices firm in face of larger receipts. Section 2. page lu. First graduate of Portland Nautical School has berth. Section 2. page 10. Beaver and Rose Ctiy go under control of Shipping Board tomorrow. Section page 1 0. Portland and Vicinity. Liberty loan campaign half over, with l suits yet far from satisfactory. Section 1, Carmen get eight-b,-;irv day and 20 cent dully rise in pay. section 1, page 1. Women will make but drive to cell liberty bonds. Section 1. page 11. Half-loaded cars blamed for inability railroads to handle traffic. Section page 11. Day nursery is merry place. Section pace 12. Films showing Oregon's National Army troops to be exhibited at Auditorium. Section 1, page 12. Largo delegation from Portland to attend congress of Mothers convention, section 1, page l:t. Rev. George W. Izer. cx-Pontland man, dies in East. Section 1, page 14. Tuberculosis conference opens in Portland tomorrow. Section 1. page 14. Reed extension course lectures cover many subjects. Section 1, page l-. Labor Adjustment Board expected in Port land tomorrow. Section 1. page 1H. City offers free space in market to all but ter producers. Section 1. page 17. John W. Thornton leaves letter written by Lincoln. Section 1. page lit. Fifty-dollar prize to be awarded to county making best thrift record. Section 1, page 19. Dan Malarkey denounces slackers before Civic League. Section 1. page 20. Reed College gives physical training course. Section 1. page 20. Food Administrator Ayer"s organization gets results. Section 1, page 2p. Weather report, data and forecast. Section 2. page lf GH 106.2 DRIVE HALF OVER; RESULT IS SILL More Energy Needed in Oregon Campaign. MANAGER MILLER IS HOPEFUL Many Banks in State Have Made No Report Yet. ' IDLE ONES TO BE ROUSED From Xow on Every Effort Win lie Made to Interest All Citizens in the Success of Great Liberty Loan. LIBERTY LOAN CLIMBS ABOVE :i.400,000 MARK. Portland Banks. Previous J2.472.050 Today 54,950 Total . .$2,533,000 882.840 71,800 Outside, previous Today Total 954.640 Grand total $3,487,640 .. - With the liberty loan drive half over and the minimum state total fixed at $16,500,000, but $3,487,640 has been en listed in Oregon. There are only i business days left and C. A. Miner, slate manager of the drive, says Oregon will have to show some speed between now and October 27. Manager Miller believes the total -will be subscribed, but he says the present rate of progress will have to be in creased to a great extent. He points to the need of getting everyone interest ed and is casting about to get Oregon banks more actively in line. Mr. Miller yesterday looked dubiously over a list of 100 banks throughout the tate, from not one of which has a sin gle report come to-lieadquarters giving progress of the liberty bond sale. Prominent Banks Recreant. TVi ava n re nsomlnent banks in the list. too. and while they may be sell ing bonds, Manager Miller knows nothing about it. This state of affairs exists, too, despite urgent appeals from ctt beadouarters for advice, and the banks are furnished with special blanks to facilitate making reports at the close of each day's business. Blanks in triplicate are .supplied by the Government, and even the. carbon naoer is also furnished. An envelope for each daily report, bearing the Gov ernment frank, is given the bankers, so that not a cent of expense is involved In making the reports. ' One copy should go to the Federal Reserve Bank at San Francisco, one should be sent to state headauarters at Fifth and Stark streets and the other copy ii for the bankers' files. The failure to make reports is a dis couraging feature in dealing with the state banks and Manager .Miller says the time has come for the banks to get busy and go after their customers to place liberty bonds. Drive Is Too Slow. "The drive is progressing too slowly to be entirely satisfactory," said Mr. Miller yesterday, "and it is high t,ime that every banker in the state turned in and did his share. The bankers must get in touch with their customers and make a showing." It is likely the Clearing House As sociation wilbe called together-Mon day and Mr. Miller will appear before the members and appeal to them to do personal work with their depositors. There are some big subscriptions in Concluded on Page IS, Column 1.) GRAIN FOR EXPORT MILLIOX DOLLARS' WORTH OF FOOD IS BADLY DAMAGED. Worst of 4 6 Waterfront Fires in Xcw 1ork Harbor Declared to Be Work ot Incendiaries. NEW YORK, Oct. 13. Grain intended for export and valued at more than $1,000,000 was damaged to the extent of $700,000 today in a fire in elevators owned by the New York Dock Company In Brooklyn. The Are was one of the worst in the history of the New York waterfront. Reports of incendiarism in connec tion with the fire were revived tonight when Fire Chief Kenton issued a state ment saying the cause of the blaze would be rigidly investigated. The property loss was estimated at more than $1,200,000. "There have been 56 waterfront fires in New York City lately, and it is im probable that all resulted from natural causes," Chief Kenton said. The grain consumed today was in tended for export, according to officials of the New York Dock Company, own ers of the elevator. Superintendent Tommlins in charge of the elevator, declared the fire was caused by an explosion inside the structure. He said the nature of this explosion warranted the suspicion of bomb "planter" being responsible. This theory was scouted by Fire Marshal Brophy, who, after a preliminary in vestigation, said he believed an ex plosion of "grain dust" had occurred. Kach said the cause he assigned would account for the blowing out of a por tion of wall where the fire originated. MINISTERS PROVIDED FOR Council of Congregational Churches Adopts Pension Plan. COLUMBUS, O.. Oct. 13. An annuity plan providing for a $5,000,000 "Pilgrim memorial fund" for aged and disabled nisters of the Congregational Church and their dependents was adopted to day by the National Council of Congre gational Churches. Ministers from the age of 30 to 6 will contribute 6 per cent of their sal arjes to the fund, and at the pension age will receive annually one-half of the sum of their annual salary. FL0URMAKERS RETRENCH Production in Minneapolis Cut and Salesmen Withdrawn. MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 13. John S Plllsbury. head of one of the larges local flour mill companies, said today that Minneapolis flour mills would withdraw their salesmen from the road and decline to book further orders until those on hand have been filled This action is due to yesterday's de cision by tho milling division of th food administration to curtail opera tions to 60 per cent of capacity. AMATEUR RADIO SEIZED Two Plants at San Francisco Dc stroyed by Officers. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 13. Tw amateur wireless plants were destroye by a raiding party of United State Deputy Marshals, under the leadershi of Lieutenant H. D. Hayes, of the Goa Island Naval Radio Station, here today. Their owners. Leon Mentzer. a 16-year-old boy, and William Scheppler, were not arrested. ' Mentzer's receiving outfit was not connected up. GERMANY HAS POTATOES Denmark Can Have Supply if Will ing to Trade cither Things. COPENHAGEN, Oct. 13. Germany has offered to supply a certain quan tity of potatoes to Denmark. In exchange, however, Germany will expect Denmark to supply her with ar ticles of which she is in need. cny UIM 0 Tf C III SPITE OF 6 ERRORS Brilliant Rally Turns Tide for Chicago. SALLEE GRUMBLES IN EIGHTH :aber Checks Giants After Pitchers Are Felled. :RUCIAL GAME IN GOTHAM Contest at Chicago Runs Gamut of Baseball, From Plays Sparkling in Caliber to Misplajs of "Town Lot" Variety. CHICAGO, Oct. 13. In a game that thrilled some 27,000 spectators today the Chicago Americans scrambled into the world series lead again by defeat ing the New York Nationals, 8 to 5, and swinging to the fore, three games to two. It was a contest that ran the gamut of baseball, from sensational and bril liant to mediocre, but never during tho two hours and 37 minutes of battle did it lose Its intense hold on the spec tators, and at its conclusion the fans were almost as exhausted as the play ers. Rooting: Is Intene. For more than two hours the adher ents of the White Sox roared and chwered without a moment's Intermis sion, while the players, once the Chi cago team went into the lead, became frantic with Joy and performed antics in front of their dugout that would have caused a college cheer leader to despair. For the first time during the present struggle for the honors of the baseball year the game developed both con certed and sustained rooting, and so keen was the rivalry between the two combination that iiyeral times- it "ap peared as though the participants would allow, their feelings to get tho better of their judgment. Game Full of Krrom. While the enthusiasm and thrills en veloped the contest with the glamor that had been missing in the preceding games, the fifth meeting of the White Sox and the Giants will not go down, in world series history as a diamond battle of either outstanding skill or baseball perfection. It abounded with errors of both omission and commis sion, and was marred by misplays. which would have brought scorn on schoolboy competitors. All this was forgotten, however, whet the American League combination finally wrested the lead from Its rivals and gained a position of advantage nearly as commanding as the two straight victories at the opening of the) series had given it. Natlonnl Commission Fronts. The two clubs tonight again started to the Polo Grounds at New lork, where the sixth game will be played on Monday, and the seventh, if neces sary, on Tuesday, the Giants having1 won the toss and the privilege of nam ing the place of the deciding contest should each team win three games. While the players of both teams have ceased to participate in the financial proceeds of the contest, the rivalry is none the less keen, for there is more than $1000 difference between the in dividual shares that will fall to the wining and the losing combinations. The club owners and the National Com mission profited handsomely, however, as the result of today's receipts, for the official attendance was 27,323 and the gate receipts $69,403. Of this sum (Concluded on Page 6. Column 1.)