76 Pages
Six Sections
Section One
Pages 1 to 20
VOL. XXXVII NO. 28.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PORTLAND TO TURN
OUT MORE VESSELS
$200,000,000 Mark
Set by Schwab.
1919 PACE TO BE FASTER
Industrial Leader Inspects
Shipbuilding Activities.
INFORMATION IS GATHERED
Distin-rnlfehcd Government Official
and Parly Pass Busy lay, In
cluded in Which Is Viewing
of Great Workers' Parade.
Through the arrival in Portland yes
terday of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration officials, led by Charles M.
Bchwab, director-general. It was de
cided that the Oregon district should
produce during the next year a fleet
of steel and wooden steamers with a
contract valuation of $200,000,000.
The conclusion followed a partial
inspection of Portland plants, after
which a general check was made of
the estimated tonnage each establish
ment could deliver.
The enlargement of some plants and
the duplication of at least one steel
yard is depended on to produce much
of the extra tonnage, while established
yards are to be given all contracts they
can complete through maximum pro
duction. Besides making such head
way in a survey of the construction
possibilities here, Mr. Schwab made a
most favorable impression among those
lie met personally at shipyards and at
luncheon.
Buir Days Ahead.
And he has just started. Mr. Schwab
and Mr. Pies only really sketched the
situation, for today they are to be
.busy preparing for tomorrow, and to
morrow they are going over the re
mainder of the plants with their char
mainder of the plants.
They both went on cord yesterday
for keeping both steel and wooden
plants crammed with orders. They
also pointed out that any laggards in
the plants would find themselves with
out business or means of assisting in
the war. It is a business trip. Any
who have other impressions of the pur
pose of the tour need only to trail the
party for a few hours.
Mr. Schwab brought with him his
happy smile, his utterances that' grow
mirth and his generally magnetic de
meanor, and Mr. Pics is exhibiting the
came smile Oregon builders found when
t hey went to Washington to talk ships.
Optimistic Spirit Noted.
But they are not on the Pacific Coast
to scatter cheer alone. They are opti
mistic about the final outcome of the
war as regards the ability of the Amer
ican shipbuilders to meet the 100 per
cent demands placed on them for ton
nage, also they tell that every ounce
of muscle and energy now devoted to
the cause must be doubled if possible.
With them it is an open season on
ships as well as Germans, only they
are scoring every ship floated as win
ning a percentage of the war just as
every German put out of combat is
credited as a loss to the Kaiser.
Visitors' Day Is Full.
The Schwab party arrived at 7:30
o'clock yesterday morning after having
spent the fore part of the month in
California. From the time breakfast
was served at the Hotel Multnomah
until good night was said to a large
concource on Multnomah Field last
night, there was not an idle moment,
the only respite allowed the party be
ing for meals.
Mayor Baker was on hand to wel-
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F0RD-ST. BRIDGE
MENACED BY FIRE
FLAMES BREAK OUT AT ELEVEN
DIFFERENT PLACES.
Fire Marshal, After Making Inves
tigation, Concludes Lighted Cig
arettes Caused Blaze.
Lighted cigarettes carelessly thrown
along the right of way of the Portland
Railway. Light & Power Company
across the Ford-street bridge is be
lieved responsible for fire which early
last night broke out simultaneously at
11 different places on the bridge. This
was the verdict of Fire Marshal Roberts
after an investigation of the blaze. The
bridge spans the Canyon road at the
foot of Jefferson street on Portland
Heights.
Possibility that the fire had been
caused by a hot box from a passing
streetcar was dismissed when it was
disclosed that no car had reported an
overheated journal.
Residents in the district and eye
witnesses of the fire are inclined to be
lieve that the fire was of incendiary
origin.
"We have had a great deal of trouble
lately from fires on bridges caused by
carelessly thrown lighted cigarettes.
and measures to abate the evil will be
adopted," said Fire Marshal Roberts.
"Last week we put out four fires on
the Madison-Street bridge caused by
carelessly thrown cigarettes. "We are
having large placards printed that will
be displayed on all the bridges in Port-
rand, forbidding the throwing of lighted
cigars or cigarettes on any of the
bridges."
Engine 15 responded to the alarm and
put out the fire on the bridge before
it had assumed large proportions. The
fire was spreading rapidly when it was
discovered. The Fire Marshal says that,
owing to the extremely dry weather
recently, pedestrians and motorists
should be very careful about throwing
anything upon the bridges that may
cause a conflagration.
MEXICANS SEIZE PRELATE
Archbishop Francisco Orozco y Jim
iucz Arrested at La Gos, Jalisco.
EL PASO. Tex., July 13. Archbishop
Francisco Orozco y Jlminez, of Guada
lajara, Mexico, was arrested by mili
tary authorities at La Gos, Jalisco, July
5, and is now held as a prisoner, ac
cording to a courier who reached here
today with a request for Bishop A. J.
Shuler to assist In obtaining the arch
bishop's release.
Telegrams were Immediately sent by
Bishop Shuler to Monsignor Bonzano,'
apostolic delegate to Washington, and
Monsignor Kelley, of Chicago, report
ing the arrest.
NOVA, NEW STAR, IS FADING
Astronomers Say Luminary Bright
est Since Keppler's Star.
WASHINGTON, July 13. Nova, the
new star which suddenly appeared in
the eastern skies early in June, is now
fading, the Naval Observatory an
nounced today. As yet it shows no in
dications of bursting again as a star of
the first magnitude.
Astronomical observers, who have
been watching the visitor nightly, say
it is the brightest star that has ap
peared since Keppler's star in the con
stellation Ophiuchus, first seen on Oc
tober 10, 1804, and which vanished in
March the next year after reaching a
brilliancy equaling that of Jupiter.
SWISS HONOR AMERICANS
Soldiers Lose Way, Village Turns
Out to See Them, Give Fruits.
GENEVA. Switzerland, July 13. Four
American soldiers stationed at the town
of Mouthe, in Eastern France, lost their
way while on leave and wandered across
the neighboring Swiss frontier into the
valley of Joux.
The entire village of Soullat turned
out to see tfca Americans, loaded them
with flowers and fruits, and then the
Americans returned to France.
SIX HUH-DEFIERS
SLIP INTO WATER
Total of 21,000 Tons
Added to Fleet
RECORD TRIBUTE TO SCHWAB
War Fleet Builder Witnesses
First Wooden Launching.
STANDIFER YARD IS SCENE
Every Launching Blow at German
Militarism, Asserts Steel Wizard
in Complimenting Men Who
Constructed Craft.
Six wooden hulls floated by one ship
building organization in a single day,
adding 21.000 deadweight tons to the
15,000,000 to 20,000,000 tons of shipping
the American people will construct to
back their Army abroad. Is a United
States record, established yesterday In
honor of the presence In the city of
Charles M. Schwab, director-general of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation. The
half a dozen carriers were the products
of the G. M. Standifer Construction
Corporation.
And it was. Indeed, an honor to Mr.
Schwab, for these were the first wood
en vessels he had seen launched. He
has seen steel carriers without number
take the water, has been interested
in the material with which they were
constructed and concerned In their
building, but never before, until he
stood there in the beautiful sunlight
yesterday afternoon, when the hull of
the Moosabee left the ways, had he
witnessed the debut of a ship con
structed of material from the forests. -
Jaly 4 Record Approached
The launchlngs were within one in
number of all that took place in the
Oregon district July 4, a day set apart
throughout the country for such exer
cises to demonstrate to the Germans
with what intense sincerity Americans
had gone into the war with the Allies.
That day seven ships were floated and
the six yesterday will no doubt prove
an equally straightforward answer to
the Huns that America is In the conflict
heart and soul. The 21,000 tons of
ships will support 10,500 soldiers.
Guy M. Standifer, head of the Cor
poration, had met Mr. Schwab and Mr.
Pies at San Francisco. He had been
acquainted with them before, but as a
result of the San Francisco visit, when
so much was done for Mr. Schwab and
Mr. Piez, he determined to afford them
a real treat, so not only caused to be
set afloat more ships than any other
yard had launched in a day, but ar
ranged the exercises so that Mr.
Schwab was on hand when the fifth
carrier went overboard.
MImm Boachke. Sponsor. Complimented.
"I'm glad it is the men of the Stan,
difer Corporation and those at the
head of it who have made the launch
ing programme such a success," he
said, and he not only complimented
executives of the organization, but
congratulated Miss Elizabeth Boschke,
sponsor for the Moosabee.
The first ship, the Arvonia, left the
ways at the North Portland yard at 9
o'clock in the morning, Mrs. Jackson,
nurse at the plant, being the sponsor.
At 10 o'clock the Montezuma was
launched. Miss Elizabeth Boschke chris
tening the ship, and at 11 o'clock the
Umatilla took the water. Miss Vera
Saunders, daughter of E. E. Saunders,
a marine architect at the plant, chris
tening her. At noon the Belding was
put into the water, with Miss Katherine
Durham, niece of James F. Clarkson,
general manager of the North Portland
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IMPRESSIONS BY CARTOONIST
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum ternperature. 88
degrees; minimum, o4 decrees.
TODAY'S Unsettled wratber probably
showers; gentle . westerly winds.
Schwab Celebration.
Schwab party visits local yards. Section 1,
Page la.
Six ships, totaling 21, 000 tons, launched.
Section 1. Page L
Mr. Schwab ssys Portland wilt turn out
more ships. Section 1. Page 1.
Mrs Schwsb would rather knit than be in
limelight. Section 1. Page 18.
Hundreds pack Chamber of Commerce to
bear Mr. Schwab and aides. Section 1.
Page 17.
Charles Schwab Isuds shipbuilders' patriot
ism. Section 1. page Is.
Thousands of shlpworkers march In review.
Section 1, page 18.
War.
French continue gains. Section 1. page 5.
LT. S. has 1, 100.000 troops tn France. Section
1. psge S.
Official casualty list. Section 1. page 6.
First war throb shakes Psrta Section 1,
page 7.
Foreign.
Kaiser threatens to harness sun. Section 1,
page 1.
Germans quarrel over Roumanian loot. Sec
tion 1. page 2.
Von Hlndenburg's reported death laid to
row with Kaiser. Section 1, psge 3.
Great Britain dl. patches troops to Siberia.
bection 1, page 6.
Lloyd Ueorgs snnounces all dominions of
Britain shall pass on peace terms. Sec
tion 1. page 6.
National.
Senate adopts telegraph, telephone control
resolution. Section 1, page 1.
Borah. In Senate speech, advocates U. S.
mllltsry action in Russia. Section 1.
Psgs 2.
orririal Washington Ignores German peace
offensive. Section 1, page 8.
China will build ships for U. s. Section 1,
page 4.
Domestic.
New Investigation to start in German plot
rase. Section 1, page 4.
Criticism blamed for Increased freight rates.
Section 1. page 4.
America to celebrate fall of Bastlle. Section
1. page 8.
Pacific Northwest.
Secretary of War Baker gives out details
of military training in colleges. Section
1, psge 7.
Development of Oregon Industries urged by
Governor. Section 1. page 9. -Oregon
Nation's best fire risk. Section 1,
page 10.
Christian Church heads named at Turner
convention. Section 1. Pace 13.
Washington editors denounce Kon-Partlsan
League. Section 1, page 6.
Dr. Yamamoto pleads Japan's case. Section
1. Page 10.
Knorts.
Minor leagues glsd to quit. Section 2. page 1.
Army-Navy games draw thousands when
Dug-dale's team could draw only hun
dreds. Section 2, page 8.
Soccer football talked of here. Section 2,
page 8.
Municipal golf growing popular. Section 2,
page 2.
Perry's start In baseball far from notable.
Section 2. page 2.
Portland women divers train. Section 2,
page 18.
Templeton may rompete In great American
handicap. Section 2. page 16.
Pacific Indians to meet in Washington. Sec
tion 2, psge 16.
Shipbuilders plsy out of town today. Sec
tion 2, page 1.
Tennla tourney beglna July 22. Section 2,
page 8.
Many Mount Angel College athletes In serv
ice. Section 2, page 4.
Troops use traps. Section 2. psge 4.
Commercial and Blarine.
X-ar flour quotations Issued based on Gor
- eminent wheat price. Section 2, page 14.
Vetoelng of wheat bill ciuwm break In coru
at Chicago, election 2. page 15.
Wall street dealings fsll to smallest total
of year. Scctlou 2, psge 15.
. Portland and Vicinity.
Ford-street bridge menaced by fire. Section
1, page 1.
Superintendent Alderman to fight for posi
tion, section l, page l.
County Engineers of Pacific Northwest ask
Legislatures to change laws effecting pro
fession. Section 1. psge 3 4.
Five hundred volunteer for farms. Section
1. page 14.
Prisoners to work on Oregon farms. Section
1, page 15.
Housing workers serious problem. Section
4, page 12.
Play grounds form Red Cross classes, ejec
tion 4, psge 12.
Liberty loan machine is made ready. Section
1, page S.
One-family farm home plan approved. Sec
tlon 1. page 19.
Dr. Lincoln L. Wirt to speak here. Section
1, page ID.
Farmers urge city men to aid In harvest.
Section 2. page 14.
South Americans said to be deaf to call of
war. section 2. page 14.
Weather report, data and forecast. Section
2. page 14.
PACIFIC T0J3ET FAIR DAYS
Weather Indications for Week Point
to Normal Temperature.
WASHINGTON, July 13. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday, issued by the Weather Bureau
today, are:
Northern Rocky Mountain and Pla
teau regions Occasional local thunder
showers during the week with nearly
normal temperatures.
Pacific states Fair, with normal
temperature.
REYNOLDS OF SOME RECENT EVENTS IN THE NEWS.
SCHOOL HEAD WILL
FIGHT FOR POSITION
Board of Educators In
formed of Decision.
REMOVAL DEEMED ILLEGAL
Superintendent Declares He
Will Continue on Job.
LEGAL BACKING OBTAINED
Attorneys Contend That Board In
Conferring Mr. Alderman's Duties
on Another Has Not Acted Le
gally; Ouster Case Expected.
Superintendent of Schools' Alderman
announced yesterday that he would re
sist the action of the. Board of Educa
tion in seeking to remove him as ad
ministrative head of the public schools
of thia city by assigning him to the
duties of acting superintendent of war
work, a newly created position.
Mr. Alderman based his decision on
the advice of his attorneys. Veaxle. Mc-
Court & Veazie. and F. S. Senn. who
contend that the attempted action of
the directors was Invalid.
Situation la Summarised.
After a thorough inquiry, counsel for
Mr. Alderman, In a written opinion sub
mitted yesterday, sura up the situation
as follows:
1. You are elected and employed for a
definite term to expire July 1. 1910.
2. Bntlrely aside from any question of
power to do so, the board has not attempted
to remove you, but Inferentlally it has at
tempted to confer your duties on another.
8. Your title and Incumbency of the of
fice carry along with them Its duties and
f unctiona
4. While you remain in office you are en
titled, and the School Board has the right
to expect you, to perform Its duties and
functions; and they cannot be conferred on
another while you are in office and on the
ground ready and willing to perform them.
5. The apparent Intent to limit your func
tions as Superintendent to the supervision
of "war work" Is not valid.
Board la Notified.
Fortified by this legal opinion, Mr.
Alderman proposes to continue the oc
cupancy of his office, as superintendent
of schools and continue In the perform
ance. of the duties of the office. He has
accordingly so notified the Board of
Education in the following letter, which
was mailed yesterday:
PORTLAND, July 13. To the Board of
Directors, School District No. 1. Portland.
Or.. Gentlemen:
No official notification has come from
you, but I was present at your meeting on
July 5. when a report of the committee on
educational affairs wss adopted, by whlcn
action you attempted to give me the title
and duties of Superintendent of War Work,
and you named one of my asslstsnta as act
ing Superintendent. I have asked legal ad
vice and a copy of letter from my attorneys
la submitted herewith.
Contentions Are Set Forth.
In brief, they say that (entirely aside from
the question of power to do so) your action
evidently was not intended to remove me
from office, but expressly leaves me still the
Superintendent: that the office was created
by the Legislature and has duties and pow
ers which arise out of the meaning of the
word "superintendent," as well as duties de
fined by your rules; that Inasmuch as I am
still In office and ready to perform Its
duties, there Is no room for an acting Super
intendent; and that the attempt to limit my
duties to war work and to taka away my
powers and duties as Superintendent of the
schools of Portland, while 1 still retain the
office of Superintendent, is Ineffective.
As long as I retain the office I feel that
I am under legal and moral obligations to
perform its duties.
Contract Declared Blading.
I am bound to assume that at no time, and
least of all when almost the entire clvl-
tConcluded on Psge 15, Column 1.)
KAISERT0R0UNDUP
AND HARNESS SUN
PRESS AGENT BREAKS NEWS TO
WAITING WORLD.
Ros-ncr Writes Another Piece for
Paper Emperor Has Acute At
tack or "Flight or Fa or 7."
AMSTERDAM. July 13. How the
German Emperor pictures the future of
Germany la recorded by his favorite
press agent, the faithful Karl Rosner.
of the Lokal Anzelger.
One evening the Emperor, chatting
with the entourage, predicted far
reaching advances in the technical
domain.
The emperor thought that all of Ger
many's needa in nitrates would be cov
ered by extracting nitrate from the air.
He then described how purified waste
waters from metal works would serve
to fertilise the fields so that deserts
would blossom like roses and nrake arid
regions self-supporting as regards food.
"With daring flights of fancy." con
tinued Koaner, "the Emperor predicted
harnessing the rays of the sun.
"This will all come to pass," the em
peror assured his hearers, "once Ger
many secures the 'strong peace' for
which she Is working."
HOUSE MAY OUST SULZER
Committee Vrges Keating of Wick
ersham as Alaska Delegate.
WASHINGTON, July 13. A report
recommending that Charles A. Sulzer
be unseated as delegate from Alaska In
favor of James A. Wickersham was
unanimously agreed upon today by the
House elections committee at the con
clusion of an Investigation extending
over a period of many months.
The report will be aubmitted Monday
but probably will not be acted upon
until the end of the three-day recess
period late In August. Mr. Sulxer was
declared elected after the courts had
thrown out seven precincts whose
votes gave Mr. Wickersham a ma
jority. The committee decided that
Wickersham, who was the Alaska del
egate in the last Congress, was legally
re-elected.
BARK IN LUNG; BABE DIES
Operation Fails to Save Child
Neppel, Wash., Couple.
of
WENATCHEE. Wash.. July 13. (Spe
cial.) 5 Barl-ura, the- 11-months-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Schnelrla, while playing on the floor
at their home in Neppel. got hold of a
small piece of bark and before her
mother could extract It from her mouth
had sucked It into her lungs. The child
was .taken at once to Wheeler for med
ical attention, but the doctor could do
nothing.
The distracted parents drove to
Ephrata and took the midnight train
for Wenatchee. The physicians, while
giving no hope, consented to an opera
tion. An incision was made in the
throat and the bark located In the
lungs. It was removed, but tha little
one died before regaining conscious
ness. JACKSON MAN IS DROWNED
Lord Boussum Perishes in River
When Boat Overturns.
MEDFORD, Or, July 13 (Special.)
Lord R. Boussum, 45 years old, of Med
ford, was drowned in Rogue River this
morning when a canvas boat In which
he was fishing with his brother-in-law,
E. O. Walden. capsized. Neither Mr.
Boussum nor Mr. Walden could swim,
but the latter fell into shallow water.
Mr. Boussum fell Into a deep hole and
the swift current took him rapidly down
the river. The accident occurred at 8
A. M. and the body was recovered by
George Fisher, of Trail, two hours
later.
Mr. Boussum owned a home on North
Riverside, where he lived with his wife
and child.
WIRE
LDILL
ADOPTED
SENATE
House Measure Wins by
Vote of 46 to 1 6.
DEMOCRATS ALL IN FAVOR
Resolution Provides Telegraph
and Telephone Seizure.
PERIOD OF WAR SPECIFIED
All American Radio and Cable Sys
tems Included In Legislation
Which Gives Sweeping Powers
to the President.
WASHINGTON. July 13. Congress
tonight granted President Wilsun's re
quest for authority to take over and
operate telegraph, telephone, cable and
radio lines.
By a vote of 4S to Is the minority
all Republicans the Senate adopted,
without amendment, the House resolu
tion granting such power for the pe
riod of the war.
The resolution will be signed by pre
siding officers of the Senate and House
and transmitted to the President Mon
day. All attempts to amend or modify the
Administration measure, which passed
the House July 5 by a vote of 221 to
4, were defeated at a session lasting;
until 9 o'clock tonight.
Press Aaaendsaeat Falls.
Amendments by Senator Watson, of
Indiana, to except telephones and press
wires from the resolution were defeat
ed, respectviely. 41 to 20 and 39 to 21.
An amendment by Senator Gore, of Ok
lahoma. Democrat, to limit action re
garding telephones to long-distance
wires was voted down, while an amend
ment by Senator Reed, of Missouri, de
signed to insure unrestricted public us
of facilities, was twice rejected.
The roll-call on final adoption fol
lows: for adoption;
Democrats Athorjt. Bar.khead.
Benet, Fletcher. Henderson. Hitchcock.
Jones (New Mexico). Kcndrlck. King.
Lewis, McKellar, Martin. Myers. Nu
fcent. Overman, Owen, Fhelan, I'ome
rene, Ransdell, Reed. Saulsbury. Shaf
rotb. Sheppard. Shields. Simmons.
Smith (Arisona). Smith (Georgia),
Smith (South Carolina), Swanson.
1 comas. Thompson. Trammel!, Under
wood and Vardaman. Total 35.
Republicans Colt. Curtis, Johnson
(California), Jones ( Washington). Ken
yon. Knox, Lenroot. Nelson. Norr.
Foindexter and Sterling. Total 11.
Total for the resolution 4C.
All Democrats For Xleaaarc
No Democrats opposed the resolution
and those lined up against It were:
Republicans Borah. Brandegee, Fer
nald. France. Frelinghuysen. Hal
Harding. Kellogg. . McCumber. New,
Penrose, Sherman. Smith (Michigan a,
Smoot. Wadsworth and Watson. Tots,
18.
Of Senators absent and paired it was
announced that Senators Beckham,
Johnson (South Dakota), McNary.
Walsh. Gerry, Gore favored the resolu
tion and Senators Caldcr and Suther
land were against adoption.
Votes That Favored A mead meat.
Senators voting for the Watson
amendment to exempt telephone wires
from the operation of the resolutions
were: Borah. Brandegee. Curtis, Fern
aid. France, Frelinghuysen. Hale. Hard
ing, Kellogg, Knox. Lenroot, McCum
ber, New, Penrose. Sherman. Smith, of
Michigan, Smoot, Sterling, Wadsworth
and Watson.
Those voting to except press wires
were: Senators Borah, Brandegee, Fern-
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