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DOUBTFUL BY PAPER
SUPPORTING HUGHES
'Chicago Tribune's Chief Polit
ical Writer Sizes Up Situa
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CHANCES FAVOR WILSON
raUure to 9rfals Womni aad Co.
, easstoa of XAbor Tot by -UcaaaCaaajeirs
Mala seasons.
.- Chicago. Oct. a, The reat state Of
Illinois la no longer safely Republican.
It la now In the doubtrul column, so
'Juted by the highest Republican au
thority in the- middle -weak, ,
Tha Chicago Ttibuna, tha moat .ar
dent supporter of Hughes, through Ita
chief political writer. E. O. Phillips,
who haa Just returned from a weelc'a
tour with the Re pa bl lean nomine for
governor, la a column article Sunday
'.morning sizes up the situation.
'''"-"Illinois la a doubtful state. At thla
moment the chances are even that Wll-
son will carry It. These are facts, and
J the Republican state leaders know them
and they have been told to-the Repub-
' llcan national committee. uv tnoir-
man Wlllcox and those with him re
sponsible for the conduct of the cam
paign have not been stirred to any no-'
. tlceable degree. Two things stand out
impressively: - ,
, v - Two Bsasoas frta&A, Out. ':
The Republican' failure to; or-'
ganlzlng the Republican women voters
down state.
"2. The apparent concession, with
out any objection by the Hughea man
agers, that the labor vote down state
In Industrial centers la for Wilson.
"When, to this pair of circum
stances, Is added the determined bat
tle made by the Sullivan organisation
of Cook county. It Is realised by the
- Initiated that there Is real basis tor
- Republican worry over the . national
ticket.
"The women vote haa been ne
glected. "Alio, In railroad ana industrial cen
ters, railroad men and their affiliates
are disposed to be for Wilson on ac
oount of the Adam son bill." '
Worn em Are for Wilson.
Republican down state and political
writers recognize the drift. The Trib
une admits that Republicans have
failed utterly so far to block the Wil-
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-the future. The Wilson sentiment I
'evidenced in the moving" picture
houses. Thunderous applause greets
: Wilson's oountenance and but little the
., portralta of Hughes. Yesterday was
the first registration In Chicago. ' Of
the 471.000 put on the books, 154,000
were women. If this ratio is-maintained
throughout the state, more than
-800,000 women will vote for the presi
dent, and polls thus , far taken show
. Wilson favored two to one by the
. women ana by a majority of the men.
The admission against Republican
success by th Chicago Tribune is con
sidered here of the greatest signifi
cance. -..( ." y 1 .. ,' 11 J ' i ,
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FIRE PREVENTION DAY
I IN SPECTACULAR WAY
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At nine o'clock the school lessons n
fire prevention begun.
At the same hour Ladd school proud
ly received the Jaeger trophy for hav
ing made the best fire drill record
among grammar schools. frincipai
Klgglns received the beautiful cup on
behalf of the school from Mayor .Albee
as the representative of the city and
of the public safety commission.
Vaka Bemaxkable Record.
Jefferson high school students at 10
O'clock clipped pne second from the re
markable fire drill by which they won
the publio safety commission cup for
the second time ast week. The time
required this morning to empty the big
school of more than 1600 students was
but 61 1-5 seconds.
Principal Hopkln Jenkins presented
H. P. Coffin, chairman of th publio
safety commission, who in turn pre
sented Ouy Talbot, a member of the
commission, who Introduced the mayor.
A storm of applause greeted the ap
pearance of Fire Marshal Jay Stevens,
who brought with him a gift for the
school, an enlarged picture of Jeffer
son's prize winning fire drills In ac
tion, with the pictures of the principal,
the fire squad and himself, all dedi
cated to what he declared is "the
greatest high school in the world." .
Boats' Evolutlqns Spectacular,
The exhibition given by the fireboats
on the Willamette between Morrison
and Burnslde bridges beginning at half
past ten was equal in effectiveness to a
Fourth of July fireworks display.
The boats, transformed Into great
fountains by the streams playing high
about them, the water catching the
glint of the sun and breaking the
rays Into rainbows, were a beautiful
sight, as well as a forceful demonstra
tion of their power to handle water
front fires.
Members council noon meeting at
the Chamber of Commera.ce was de
voted to fire prevention and speakers
announced were Governor Wlthycombc,
Mayor Albee and Fire Marshal
Stevens.
The contests at Sixth and Pine
streets, beginning at 1:30, included net
Jumping, a water battle and aerial lad
der climbing.
'the-big tare prevention paraae De
gan at 3:30. A mass meeting will be
held in the Chamber of Commerce to
night and illustrated addresses will be
delivered by Ben H. Williams of the
University of Oregon and Fire Marshal
Stevens.
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HOLDS SHIPS FLYING
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Lines Make No Changes. ,
Mayor Albee presenting cup to children.
It was the opening feature Of Fire
Prevention day. Fire Prevention day
l being observed throughout tha fcoun-
try. . '.'''.-.
It Is occupying here the chief in
terest of publloi officials, schools, ln-
Liner Frederick VIII Reports.
. JJew York, Oct. 9. (U. P.) The
Scandinavian-American liner Frederick
VIII, bearing American Ambassador
Gerard of Berlin, will dock here at 8
a. m. tomorrow, according to a wire
less from her captain today.
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Federation Special
Leaves for Seaside
The Federation special, the train
which is carrying" the Portland women
to Seaside for the annual meeting of
the Oregon Federation of Women's
clubs, left the North Bank depot this
afternoon at 1 o'clock. There were
about 17 5 women on the train,, and
delegates frodi otner parts of tha
Btate will bring the attendance up to
over 200. The delegates were given a
happy surprise on entering tne train
this afternoon, each car having, been
profusely decorated with" flags and
bunting and -presenting a gala appear
ance. On the rear of the last coach
was attached a shield bearing the
words, "Oregon Federation of Wom
en's Clubs."
The sixteenth annual session of the
Federation will open this evening with
a reception, for which the;. Seaside
club women have made "iextensive
plans. A convention of interest and
Instruction Is promised.
British Take Three
Macedonian Villages
CaTdarmah, Onnanll and Kaznatar Ar
Oocnpied, zt Is Announced Cavalry
Pursues Bnlgars.
London, Oct. . (U. P.) Pressing
their advance on the allied right wing
in Macedonia, the British have occu
pied the villages of Cavdarmah, Orm
anll and Haznatar, It Vas officially
announced today. V
British cavalry has Joined In the
pursuit of the Bulgarians and has
reached the line of Kararaska-Salman-Homondos.
Greek College Head
To Frame Ministry
SL Andxeadis, President of Anglo-Xel
lenle league. Will Probably Be Stem,
tor of Latest Greek Cabinst.
Athens, Oct. 9. (I. N. S. Spyridion
P. LvnbroB, professor of history of the
University of Athens, has consented to
form a new Greek .cabinet. It 4s
understood it will include M. Andreadln
president of the Anglo-Hellenlo
league.
SIGNIFICANCE IS
SEEN
IN BERNSTORFF VISIT
.WITH THE PRESIDENT
Peace Rumors and Latest
Submarine Raids Lend
Color in Opinion of Some.
Killed Wife, Is Dying,
Result of Jealousy
Philadelphia. Pa.. Oct. 9. (I. N. S.)
Enraged by Jealousy, William Howell
Ellis, member of a well known Phila
delphia family; early this morning shot
and killed Ma wife and then fired a
bullet into bis own brain. Ha is in a
dying condition at Chestnut hospital.
The tragady occurred at tha oountrv
place of the couple between Fort Wash
ington and Ambler.
Two Are Killed in
Raid by Mexicans
Presidio, Texas, Oct. 9. (I. N. S.)
A French ranchman named Flotte and
a Mexican boy were killed on the
Flotte ranch, IS miles from Lajitas, In
trying to repel a band of Mexican cat
tle thieves, who attempted to raid the
ranch.
The Mexicans crossed to tha Ameri
can side near San Carlos, and later
recrossed near the same point.
Frederick Bertram Well Known.
Dayton. Or., Oct. 9. About four
months ago Frederick Bertram of this
city suffered a paralytic stroke, and
went to the Portland Surgical hospi
tal a few days ago. The reports dally
were encouraging, and when the news
came that he had died Thursday it
wu a shock to thts -entire community.
He wts born in Monroe county, Ohio,
January 19, 1865. . He was married
October 28, 1876, to Miss Elizabeth
Echrader. He settled on government
land just outside the limits of this
city, where h had ever since resided.
The funeral was held from the
Evangelical church Batmday. Rev. C
P. Gates preached the sermon and the
Masons, took charge at the grave. Ha
was also a member of the German
Lutheran church. He leaves an aged
father, bis wife, two sisters, Mrs. Kate
Schenck .of McMldhville and Mrs.
Elizabeth Knoch of Cambridge. Ohio,
and two brothers, Henry and Jake, of
this plaoe. and three daughters. Mrs.
L. A. Roaner and Mrs. E. E. McDonald
of Dayton and Mrs. G. E. Nichols of
romana, all or whom attended the fu
neral aervlcea axcentlnr tha mtmtmr in I
Ohio.'
Asbury Park, N. J., Oct. 9. (U. P.)
President Wilson was still without
official word early today on the Ger
man raids off New England, hence
withheld any indication of his attitude.
He was slated to talk with German
Ambassador von, Bernstorf f at 2 p. m.
for the. first time In many months.
The conference was arranged some
time ago for the purpose of discussing
Polish relief.
Bernstorf Ps .visit Is assumed to be,
as stated reliably, for the purpose of
dellveripg Kaiser Wilhelm's answer to
the president's . personal appeal for co
operation by ' European iulers to help
starving Poland. :
Nevertheless' "some' see In the visit
an extra Significance) in view of ru
mored peace- moves by Germany, as
well as the tact, that German raiders
so spectacularly saflk ships off the
American coast.
Officials hers attach little impor
tance to the letters delivered by .the
U-63, pointing out a special German
messenger would have forwarded these
naa tney Deen vital, instead of having
them Intrusted to an ordinary Ameri
ca& citUen. v
As for a pew peace move, officials,
including tha president, profess to have
no information.
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Peace Proposals Not Impossible.
Cologne. Oct 7. (Delayed.) (U. P.l
It is not impossible that Ambassa
dor Gerard is conveying peace pro
posals to America. Before departing
from Berlin he held most important
conferences with Chancellor von Beth-mann-Holweg,
Foreign Secretary von
Jagfow, Dr. Solff, secretary for tha
colonies, and several leading members
of the reichstag. .
It is believed here that now is the
time for Washington- to make peace.
Only Washington can do this, because
she possesses such great Influence
with London and Paris.
New la the -.psychological moment,
for if peace is, not made now the war
nuat last another year as the winter
campaign Iflu now prepared. .
An armistice. Is not mentioned, but
It' is' belleveds thaj President Wilson
can appeal id the powers, and ask them
to send special Representatives to
Washington to negotiate peace.
In the meantime, the war can go on
and these-negotiations -may form the
basis of a durable peace..
New. York. Oct. 9 (I. N. S.) Tha
International Mercantile Marine has
held all Its ships, now at Baltimore.
Boston, Philadelphia, Portland, Maine,
and Montreal, flying the British flag,
in ports until further notice. Most of
the liners have announced that vessels
armed to protect themselves will sail ( 0
as scheduled.
The order, signed by P. A. 8. Frank
lin, vice-president, stops all sailings
of the White Star, Atlantic Transport.
Leyland, Dominion and Red Star lines
from American ports, and tha White
Star and Dominion lines sailing from
Montreal and Quebec. I
This order will not interfere with j
the sailings of the American line
steamships or any of the company's
vessels under the American flag.
To Biseuss Insurance Kaises,
Marine insurance agents said today
It was probable that orders would be
sent from Liverpool cancelling sailings
of all British steamships from Ameri
can ports until further notice, They
said that Mr. Franklin was the pnly
shipping official who had the power
to act on his own responsibility with
out waiting to consult the head offi
cials abroad.
The question of Increasing the rates
on insurance will be considered today
at a meeting of the New York Fire and
Marina, underwriters.
An official of the Cunard line said
that no changes would be made In the
sailing dates of the steamships of the
company from this side until instruc
tions were received from the head of
fices in Lverpool.
Many Tassels Are Armed.
All the Cunard vessels were armed
with 4-inch rapid fire guns similar to
those on the Alaunia. which sailed on
Saturday for London. Thus far the
German submarines, he said, had
avoided steamsmps carrying guns.
One of the officials of the Frencn
lines said the French vessels would
sail as usual. The liners were all fit
ted with three half Inch guns, he said,
and the cargo boats carried S-lncif
rapid fire guns. Orders to change
sailing dates, he said, would have to
come from the head office in Paris.
Officials of the Italian lines ap
peared to share the opinion of the Cu
nard agents that, as their vessels
were armed with three-Inch guns aft,
they could take care of themselves in
case of submarine attack. The Dante
Alighieri, which sailed for Genoa, car
ried many passengers. The captain
will go south to Bermuda Instead of
ttking the northerly course for Gibral
tar by Nantucket.
Sailing of User Postponed.
The sailing of the Italian steamer
San Gugllelmo. due to leave this morn
ing, has been Indefinitely postponed.
Keen anxiety is felt regarding sev
eral ships. No news has been received
regarding the Japanese steamer Tiarga
Maru. chartered to the Anchor line,
due here today from London, or the
British steamer Belgier, chartered to
the French government, also due today.
Two Dutch ships should be nearing
New York, these being the Veendyke,
from Capetown, with a $2,000,000
cargo, and the Kijwljlt from Rotter
dam. The Caledonia, chartered by the
Anchor line. Is due tomorrow, and the
Espagne late today.
German-Americans
Opposed to Attacks
UQlwankea Banks la Interview Says
Steal germ an. Americana So sTot
Sympathise With Xypaemlsed Aota.
New Tors, Oct. 9. That tha real
German-Americans of this country do
not sympathise with the hyphenlsed
attacEs on President Wilson Is the
declaration today of Oscar Kasten,
vie president of tha First National
bank of Milwaukee, in an interview in
tha New York Herald.
"If the Staats Zietung stands spon
sor for the idea that tha contrary is
true, though 1 cannot speak for New
York, ft makes a grava mistake so far
as concerns this part of the country,"
says Mr. Kasten. "Such utterances as
that voiced by Jeremrah O'Leary in
his message to the president aroused
no sentiment here, so far as I am In
formed, ether than one of disgust or
contempt." .
S. P. Mexican Line to
Be Reconstructed
six xears of Bavolntlon Xavl
aged 800 MUh of Soad to tha Xxtant
of ta,51Ctar, It Zs Assarted.
Los Angeles, Oct. 9. (P.N. S.) Re
construction of the 8outhern Pacific
line between Nogales and Teplo, Mex
ico, a distance of 800 miles, will put
the road In shape for through passen
gers and freight within a few months,
according to announcement hare. In
tha revolutions since 1910. the road
has suffered property damage amount
ing to $2,610,278, It was said.
Stolen Car Wrecked.
Ashland. Or., Oct. 9. An automo
bile belonging to W. D. Hodgson, a
prominent real estate man, stolen from"
bis home here last night, was found
this morning in a field near the Pa
cific highway, below town. It had
gone through a ditch and fence and
ran Into a tree. The car was much
damaged. There In no trace of the
thieves, except a bo-' cap.
Masons to Hold Convention.
San Francisco, Oct. 9. (P. N. 8.)-
Masons from evry section of the Mate
are gathering In San Francisco today
for the sixty-seventh annual rnnv.n.
tion of tho grand lodge of Masons of
California, which will onen tnnmrrnv
at the Masonic temple. Tlio grand
lodge will remain in session until Friday.
Park Laborers Laid Off.
Twenty-seven laborers of the munici
pal park bureau were laid off by Park
Superintendent Convlll this morning
because of a decrease in park activities
and shortage of funds for labor service.
The men have been employed in the
various parks in construotlon work.
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us Dorne resigns as
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- Buffalo. Nl .'T, Oct, (U. P.)
Thomas Mott Osborne, philanthropist,
reformer and "Golden Rule" warden
Of Sing Sinsr prison, has resigned as
warden. Stats v : Superintendent of
Prisons James M. Carter announced
here today. The resignation will take
effect October 16. Ths resignation waa
voluntary, carter aaaed.
Line Agents Are Uneasy.
Boston, Oct. 9. (U. P.) Grave fears
are felt here today for tha steamer
Great City, which sailed from Boston
late yesterday, before the agents of
her line learned of the submarine
activities off Nantucket shoals.
The Great City is bound for St. Na
salre, France, with a big cargo for the
French government. She is carrying
about 7000 tons of steel, 600 horses
and several hundred tons of feed and
grain.
Stephano New Vessel.
New York. Oct. 9. (I. N. 8.) The
Red Cross liner Stephano sunk yester
day by German submarine U-5J, was
engaged in passenger service between
this city, Halifax, N. 8., and 8L
Johns, N. F.
The Stephano was a new steamer,
especially built to carrv passengers
between this port and Newfoundland.
She was commanded by Captain Clif
ford Smith. She waa built In tha
yard of C Connell & Co., at Glasgow,
in 1911, and though employed on this
side of the Atlantic is registered in
Liverpool. She Is of 3449 tons net
register. She is 326 leet long, 46
foot beam and 19 feet deep.
, The vessel was equipped with wire
lees and submarine signaling ap
paratus. f ,
Roumanian Troops Withdrawn.
Bucharest, Oct. 9. (L, N. S.) Rou
manian troops have been withdrawn
from Hermanstadt and Brasso to the
Carpathian front, according to an offi
cial communication issued by tha Rou
manian general staff. This was to
Insure better defense of the frontier
passer, it is claimed.
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Teutons Retake Kronstandt.
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standt, the leading Industrial and com
mercial center of Transylvania, haa
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the Austro-German force; according to
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