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VOL. XIV. NO. 142. ' s PORTLAND, ' OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST? 21, 1915. TWO vSECTIONS--14 PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS VriJn,5T2 t
TAKES
UP ATTACK ON
U.S. CITIZENS
He and Secretary of State
Lansing Go Over All Re
ports on Torpedoing of the
Arabic in White House.
Explanation will be
ASKED, IT IS PROBABLE
officialdom Hopes for a Rea
sonable Excuse From
Germany.
Wah!ng;ton. Aug. 21. (I. N. S.)
JPreeident Wilson summoned Secretary
pt State Lansing to the "White House
hl afternoon to discuss the sinking
f the White Star liner Arabic. lean
ing took with him copies of all reports
eeelved at the state department. While
anslng would not discuss the mat
er, it was believed he carried with
m some,, important dispatches, the
ext of which have not yet been pub-
ished.
rThat Ambassador Gerard probably will
be directed to call -the German govern
ments attention to the sinking of the
bite fetar liner Arabic and invite an
planation was announced at the state
apartment today.
rw Dispatches Received.
Government officials were convinced
today that behind the curtain of cen
sorship, which seemingly has been
thrown over the detailed stories of the
sicking of the White Star liner Arabic,
te a 'matter of supreme importance. It
may have to do, it is believed, with
the circumstances surrounding the
sinking of the Dunsley to whose re
lief, survivors said, the Arabic - was
going when she was hit by the Ger
man, torpedo.
The censorship could not be applied
to American diplomatic communica
tions which are sent in code. But Sec
retary of State Lansing has made no
efforts to explain why , only four
meager dispatches have ben received
ttpta ., Queenstown, and only oa from
American Ambassador Pagfc 8 r t ,
: The state department has no doubt
but that the censor is interfering with
press dispatcher Until final consular
reports are in no. action will be taken
by this government. The connection
between the Dunsley and the Arabic
is of the utmost Importance.
y Many Details Missing.
"The Arabic," said the legal expert
Of the navy department 4 today, "had a
perfect right to proceed to the relief
of the passengers and members of the
crew, of the Dunsley if it had received
an appeal for aid. The attack by the
German submarine was not permissa
ble under the terms of international
laWj unless the diver resorted to the
(Concluded on Page Five. Column Fire.)
IS
7 FROM BEATEN FOES
Treasurer Helfferich Tells the
. Reichstag So; New War
. Loan of $2,500,000,000.
'- Berlin, via wireless to Sawille, L.
X, Aug. 21. (U. P.) The Reichstag
today passed unanimously the war
loan of $2,500,000,000.
1 Dr. Liebknecht, the Socialist leader,
remained silent as the vote was
taken. Some members. Including So
cialists, hooted Liebknecht.
' Germany will impose heavy indem
nities against her enemies if vic
torious in. the war office. Secretary
of the Treasury Helfferich declared
In a speech in the Reichstag today.
He estimated that the war is costing
the belligerents a total of $75,000,000
dally.
Helfferich declared Germany's fi
nancial condition was excellent as
compared with that of the allies. He
said it was no time for waste, how
ever. The new war loan will act as
a guarantee against aggression, the
financial secretary said.
Warmer Today
'i Than Yesterday
Thermometer Kecords Tour Degrees
Higher, But . Cooler Weather Is
i Promised for This Evening.
Temperatures today are ranging
f rbm one to four degrees higher than
yesterday but the weather bureau pre
dicts that it will be cooler tonight.
. Reaching a maximum of 91 at 2:30
o'clock yesterday afternoon, the -mercury
stayed : at that , mark until 5
o'clock, when it began to fall a little,
j'' The oppressiveness of the heat was
Increased by smoke from burning
slashings and the city factories. .
" All who could, sought the parks,
bathing resorts and open spaces and
secured temporary relief.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the
mercury stood at 78 against 82 at the
same hour this morning. Temperatures
of last night and today follow: ,
. p. m... 88
9 p. m 82
12: .midnight 77
3 a. m. . . . ...... . .72
6 a. rn.. 69
7 a. m ...... .............. ..,70
8 a. m.. . ........................ . 74
9 a.: m.... 78
10 am............................
1 P. m 93
mi nnn
JILOUIV
GERMANY
COUNTING
INDEMNITIES
Gotton Made
Contraband by
British Order
British Take Step Shutting Off Any
Shipment of Cotton That
Could Reach Germans.
London, Aug. 21. (I. N. S.y Cotton
tonight was officially declared abso
lute contraband of war by the British
government.
Naval Engagement
Is Costly to Both
Germans and Russians Both Ziose Sev
eral Small righting Craft In En
gagemeat in Gulf of Blgl.
Berlin, Aug. 21. (I. N. S.) In a
naval engagement in the Gulf of Riga,
one Russian and one German torpedo
destroyer were sunk, one German de
stroyer beached, three more German
destroyers damaged and two Russian
destroyers seriously damaged. Offi
cial announcement of the battle and
its results was made here tonight by
the German admiralty.
The announcement added:
"We penetrated the Gulf of Riga,
forcing a passage of the mine fields,
but the operation required several
days.
"The Russian torpedo boat destroyer
Emir Bucharsky was destroyed during
the preliminary fighting and the gun
boats Seiwulsch and Koiejetz sunk
during the Russian retreat on August
19. The Narwick and a larger ship
were also damaged on August 19."
Vessels Only Small Ones.
Petrograd. Aug. 21. (I. N. S.) The
Russian admiralty today announced
that the main Russian fleet was not
at Riga, as had been supposed, and
that the vessels there were only small
ones.
Two Gunboats Sunk.
Berlin, Aug. 21. (L N. S.) In a
naval engagement off Riga yesterday
two Russian gunboats and a Russian
destroyer were sunk and two other
destroyers badly damaged.
An announcement from the German
admiralty today regarding the battle
admitted that the Russians were
partially recompensed, the ', Germans
losing one destroyer, sunk by a mine,
and another beached in a sinking con
dition. A third German destroyer
reached prfrt in a badly damaged con
ditlon. - . . ;
German Torpedo
Sinks Oarterswell
Paris, Aug. 21. (L N. S.) The Brit
ish steamer Carterswell, registering
4000 tons, has been torpedoed by a
German submarine, according to ad
vices received here this evening. The
crew was picked up by a fishing boat.
The Carterswell sailed from America
for Havre on July 26 with a cargo of
grain.
Belgian Oiler Sunk.
Paris, Aug. 21. (I. N. S.) The Bel
gian oil steamer Dagheetan has been
torpedoed by a German submarine, ac
cording to advices received here. The
Daghestan sailed from Philadelphia
for Rouen on August 6.
Big Standing Army
Plan of Garrison
Washington, Aug. 21. (I. N. S.)
President Wilson now has before him
the recommendations of Secretary Gar
rison, the general staff and the army
war college for the proposed increase
in the mobile army.
Secretary Garrison has proposed
that the regular army be increased to
220,000 men; that a reserve army of a
similar number be made up, and that
sufficient pay be given the state mili
tia organizations of the country to
bring their available fighting strength,
in case of war. up to 200.000.
If these recommendations are adopt
ed, the United States will have an
army of at least 600,000 and probably
more than 700,000 ready Tor any emer
gency which may arise. After six or
eight years of the new system it would
be possible to raise in a brief time an
army of more than 1,000,000 trained
wen.
Charlton's Trial Set.
Como, Italy, Aug. 21. (U. P.) The
trial of Porter Charlton, the young
American charged with the murder of
his beautiful wife, formerly Mary
Scott, of -San Jose, Cal., will open here
Octobec 6, it was announced today
Federal Reserve
Statement
San Francisco, Aug. 21. (P. N.
S.) Following . is the statement of
the Federal Reserve bank of San
Francisco at the close of business Au
gust 20:
Resource!
Gold coin and gold certificate! '
in own vuuita a T.iso.ow
I'l Cold settlement fund - Mfi.flOO
Iii gold redemption fund 21.000
L.esai termer notes, surer, etc.... .OO0
Tntfti mwnM t fi 171 ivvi
Ccirmercial paper (rediscount). . . 1.57i,')
us scOTptauciss .................
United States bonds 1,001,000
Municipal warrants 1,131.000
Federal wrt.
AU other renuurpea . 2,OW5.0Ot
Total
...818,442.000
...8 3,831.000
... 1XMI.OU0
Liabilities
Capital paM la
Uepumlt, met ...
Total llabllltiea
Memorandum
$, 442,000
federal reset notes received front
federal reserve agent f S.O40.000
Federal reserve notes in hands of
bank 1,919,000
Set federal
standing; .
reserve notes oat
. . A. nr. .
Gold deooaltsd ' with federal rsserm
...... I,
: aaj't to retire fedaral ressrre notes 3,040.000
rbtt asset i aeouat federal reserve
- nous L91B.000
This statement ' condition at . close of ttwl
nets ABtTUSt 20, U1. . .
2 OFFICERS OF
U.S:ARMYDRINK
GERMAN TOASTS
Captain L. 17 Waldron and
Lieutenant H. L. Gardiner
of Fort Stevens Drank, to
"Deutschland Uber AUes,"
WERE IN UNIFORMS OF I.
UNITED STATES' ARMY
Charges Against Men Filed
With Sen. Chamberlain;
Incident in Astoria.
Charge that two officers of the Unit
&f S.tates army in the uniform of the
fjnited States . drank to the toast
"Deutschland Uber Alles" (Germany
over all) and "Germany Forever,' at
the Imperial prill in Astoria yester
day evening, was filed with United
States Senator Chamberlain last night
by George S. Shepherd, Portland attor
ney, j
Senator Chamberlain is chairman of
the senate committee on military af
fairs. He stated that Shepherd's let
ter, witnessed by K. W. Wright, man
ager of the Port of Portland commis
sion, would be at once forwarded -to
the secretary of war.
The two officers mentioned are Cap
tain Leonard T. Waldron and Lieuten
ant Harold L. Gardner of the Ninety
third Coast artillery, stationed at Fort
Stevens.
Violates Army Regulation.
"Such an act, if committed, is in di
rect violation of the regulations of the
United States army and in the teeth
of the policy of this administration."
Concluded on Page Three. Column Two.)
E RECORDS
Wins Auto Contest of 300
Miles With Average Spe-ed
of 77.25 Miles Per Hour.
Elgin, 111.. Aug. 21. (I. N. S.)
Breaking all course records. Gil An
derson, driving a Stutz car, today won
the 300-mile road race for the Elgin
national trophy at ' an average speed
of 77.25 miles per hour.
Earl Cooper, also driving a Stutz.
finished second and Eddie O'Donnell,
in a Duesenberg, third. De Palma was
fourth.
Cooper's average speed .was 76.25
miles per hour, O'Donnell's 75.78 miles
per hour and De Palma's 75.69 miles
per hour.
The race was worth $2000. to the
winner; $650 for second place and $350
for third.
Cooper, who finished second today,
was the winner of the Chicago cup
yesterday.
Anderson drove a remarkable race
over the famous Elgin course, which
was heavy with mud from the heavy
Conclnded on Page Thres. Cotama Three i
RAL
'SCENE IN JUDGE BEAN'S COURTROOM JUST
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17: --i rM'i
Jurj-roen in the backgrouiid nd immediately in front, exhibit of machines nsjd dnriuj Luo long trial. Ranged along the table, front to
back, are Robert BXasulre, attorney for O. E. Gercert, A. P. Dobson, attorney for F LeMonn; John Beckman. assistant United
States attorney, who assisted in the prosecntioa, and United States Attorney I!ames, nbo h&mlled Uie caw from besioaliig to- end.
TTiLASHUGHT picture taken last night by Woodruff,
Jy The' Journals staff t photographer 't ! of wreck on -i
- Southern Pacific railroad at Riverdale. Conductor,
H, P. Best and Brakeman Hi E. Potter, vaho were sitting
in the caboose of the inbound train, were' killed. The ac- .
cident occurred on the steep bank of the Willamette, and '
the trains, were only prevented from being hurled into the
river by a small embankment. Arrows show where bod
ies were found. -I Diagram how accident occurred.
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ABE RUEF NOW FREE
TS Hi PAROLE
Former San Francisco Boss
Must Remain Away From
po!is Three. Months.
, f San Quentin, Cal Aug. 21. (U. P.)
Abe Ruef, noted politician, was
paroled "from the state's prison here
today on condition that he would not
return to San Francisco for a period
of three months. Ruef was exiled to
Mendocino county during the first
three months of liberty.
The order sending Ruef to Mendo
cino was in response to a suggestion
made by the prisoner, himself. In his
appeal for parole, Ruef said:
"In the event "that my application
for parole shall be granted, I respect
fully request that you fix my abiding
piace ior au cays in some county of
(Concluded on Page Five, Column Five.)
More U. S. Troops
May Go to Haiti
Washington, Aug. 21. (I. N. S.)
An artillery battalion, three companies,
comprising 350 men. stationed .at An
napolis, today was ordered to hold
itself in readiness to 'depart.-
Halt! probably is the destination of
the battalion, giving Rear Admiral
Caperton, In command, 2300 men avail
able for use in wiping out bushwhack
ers and supervising customs.
MAN
PARDON
BOARD
GRAN
FIVE BIG LINERS ARE
IN SUBMARINE ZONE
FRIENDS ANXIOUS
.Red , Star - Liner Lapland Is
Biggest of These 'Boats
Reported Xost Make Port.
Liverpool. Aug. 21. (I. N. S.) The
White Stare liner Lapland arrived to
day after an. uneventful voyage. Re
ports were current yesterday that the
vessel had been torpedoed and sunk by
a German submarine in the Irish sea. -
New York, Aug. 21. i(U. P.) Five
passenger carrying liners en route .to
European ports from the United States
are believed tobe,approfa.ching,or pass
ing through the submarine war zone
about England today. -
These vessels, include the Red Star
Liner Lapland with naore than 300 per-
(Concladed on- l.'age Tire. Column Foor.
French Deputies to
Hear Joffre Case
Paris, Aug. 21. U. P.) The cham
ber of deputies today decided to dis
cuss secretly charges brought against
War Minister Millerand and General
Joffre by a group of socialists. The
decision was reached after Millerand's
defense ot himself and the French
commander-in-chief was heard. It was
held that making the incident puolic
would not serve the best interests of
France.
AFTER U. S. CASHIER VERDICT WAS GIVEN IN
" r" - y "
EX-PRESIDENT TAFT
TO
Committee Will; Escort Him to
the Multnomah Then Attend
Press. Club Breakfast.
x-Frasldent Taft In Boise.
Boise, Ida., Aug. 21. For
mer President William H.
.Taft spent a quiet day here today-
as the guest of Calvin
Cobb, publisher of' the Idaho
Statesman. His only ."public
appearance here during the day
will be at a reception thla af
ternoon, in the Commercial club
rooms.. He will 'leave tonight
for Portland.
4 "' 4
: Ex-President Taft will reach Port'
land tomorrow at 12; 15 o'clock. Cir
cult Judge George N. Davis, and At
torneys C. H. Carey and A. B. Ridgway
will meet him at the depot and escort
him to the Multnomah hotel, where he
will make his headquarters. A com
mittee from the Portland Press club
wllLfneet him there and he will be
escjbrted to the Benson hotel, where
tnd 1'ress Club breakfast-luncheon in
his honor is to be given.
Following the breakfast the ex-presl
dent will be guest of County Road
master YeOn and S. Benson in a. tour
of the Columbia - river highway, re
turning, in time for the distinguished
guest tot attend a dinner in his honor
, (Coo(luded on Page Five, Colntnn Five.)
REACH PORTLAND
TWO FREIGHTS CRASH'
KILLING CONDUCTOR
AND
Extra Trains on Southern ' Pa
cific Concealed by Bluff j
One Running Out of AJmits,
Hidden from each other by a high
rock bluff that marks one side of ,a
curve ; - near Riverdale, two extra
freight trains on the Southern Pacific
collided In a - cut on the river bank
about 6 o'clock last night. Two men
were crushed to death in the caboose
of one. of the trains and a brakeman.
who -leaped for safety from the cupola
of the name caboose,: suffered a broken
leg and probable Internal injuries.
The dead men are IL P. Best, "con
ductor of the transfer .train that works
between Brooklyn and the Jefferson
street , station, and II. E. Potter, a
. (Concluded en Pas Two. Ootns&a Two.
$2,000,000 Damage
Done in St. Louis
Ten Bodies Sseovsrtd Troni ' Snlai
Caused by Terterdays Torrential
Balns-Bsoue Work Procdlnr
St. Louis. Mo.,- Aug. 21. (I. N. 8.)
With the floods, caused by yesterday's
torrential rains receding today, rescue
work proceeded rapidly, , most
of the 500 or more persons marooned
in the upper, stories of their homes
escaping. ' "
Ten, bodies, have - bee" t recovered.
Three others are missing. The dead
include nine, negroes and a white wo
man. The damage sustained in St.
Louis .and. surrounding , territory . will
reach $2,660,600.
The river, in the vicinity of Alton
has overflowed its bank and is im
perilling the lives of scores. No
deaths have been reported there yet,
however." ' " " j"'
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ALL SIX ARE
GOtllJD
FRAUD CASE
Jurors Return Verdict of ,Guil.:
r ty Against Menefee. Camp-'
. bell, LeMonn, . Gernert,
Bonnewell arid'Todd ln trie
Federal Court. "1 1
TIME TO MOVE FOR
NEW TRIAL GRANTED
Defendants, Except-LeWbnrt
1 Released on $2500;Baif
Each Leniency 4 Re'corhr .
mended for Campbell A'pf
peal Regarded Likely. I t '
A.
1
- - The Feaslty. ,",'! V"'
The penalty ' for using the Df
malls to defraud under which '
U. 8. Cashier officials and sales- V
men were convicted pr'Hvldes:; '
ror imprisonment of not wore ,
man two years, or'a fin ot
r BAcceaing sio.uui; or DOtn.! ' .
Six defendants in the United States
Cashier fraud case were found jguiity
by- the Jury in . federal' court ;, today'
after iV hsd put' in all of .yesterday,
afternoon iind all the night in de-'
liberating on Jthe 'evidence In " the;
noted case, - The ' seventh , defendant,,
Thomss BUyeu. Inventor of the com-.
panys. original' machine models, was
found not j guilty on Instructions ' or
Judge' Bean. Ten days has been grant
ed them to- file motion f or a new
trial and thers is little doubt ' but
that alt will appeal to the United
States circuit .court of appeals. ?The
Jury was out almost 21 hours., 3
Frank Menefee,-president. ' .
, Oscar Campbell, vice-president; '
F. M" LeMonn, former stock sales
manager, - , . , ,
O, K. Oemert. salesman.
e B. F. Bonnewell. salesman,
H.:M..Todd; Salesman.
Xsnlsaoy for Campbell. '
. Leniency of . the court .was hecom--mended
in Campbell's case.
On motion of United States'Attof ney
Ream,s,r who prosecuted ; the' esse, alt
(Conrlud.H on Mr. Olamq Tares
SEVERAL FAMILIES .
MADE DESTITUTE BY
HRE AT SCAPPDOSE-
Sufferers Have No Means tol
Reestablish ' Homes V arid
Employment Is Scarce.. -
Several families were made destitute
by the fire which destroyed a large
part of the town of Bcappoose Thurs-
day night. " f,- s; .j:v. ,
Four families escaped with little but
the clothes they had on. , . , . .
More than clothing is, needed, how
ever, for some of those who suffered
no mean to reestablish homes.
The relief committee is composed of
nev. C. H. Johnston, J. o. "Watts, D. W.
Price, Dr. Ben Blatchford, WE. Stran
ser and O. M. Washburn.
All contributions may be sent to O.
M, Washburn, Farmers' Stats bank,
8cappoose,Or. : ..v .
. Rr- C M. Johnston, of Bcappoose,
writes as follows to The Journal; f.,
Scappoose.NQr.. Aug. 20 To the Ed-"
Itor of The Journal-I have been asked
to write you with regard to the com
mittee appointed to look after the cases '
of distress needing Immediate atten
tion, which have arisen from the dis
astrous fire which . occurred hers
Thursday. , Any -. help will be greatly
appreciated by us.. There-are three,
and probably four, families who es
caped with little but theidothesnhey
had on.J Clothing, however, is a mere
detail Just now. There is very little
employment to be had. and the prob
lem Is the getting of a home together
before winter,".
Big German -Light,
Burns Away Foes : -;
Barb Wire Fences
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London. -Aug. 21. CI. N. 8.) ,
The - Morning Post - corres-
pondent at Petrograd sends the
following dispatchf
. I hear, that ,the Germans .
; have some ' mysterious . device
for clearing , the way throuah 4
k wire entanglements from a in
4 considerable distance. ' The lni
strument has all the -appear- '
ance of what is known as a
Ht projector that is. a search-
light. ,No specimen yet has
been captured and nothing is m
Hr, known about it, except that it' s
disposes of wire entanglements
from a distance of a mils by s
, some means at present incom- a
, prehenslbls to the lay mind." m
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