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; "rrs- ALL HERE, . Aj - s!S V its: all VOL. XV. NO. 200, PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING.. OCTOBER 31, 1916. EIGHTEEN PAGES ddtpp two ri?MTC oh ntacra avo anrt 1 rmvo avw wwiw stamtib tv etirra y . Walerly lad.., : f iiiiiiiiiiii 1 1 i i iitiiftiuiLUtni) FORGE AHEAD, WAGFS RAISER Willamette Iron & Steel Works Increases Pay Prac tically 12 Per Cent; Addi tional Business Secured. STEAMSHIP COLUMBIA BOUGHT BY LOCAL MEN Columbia Contract Company Figuring on Establishing Shipyards Here. Matin Reflects Prosperity. Employes of 'Willamette Iron A Steel Works granted increase in pay of 12 per cent. Portland firm buy steamer Colombia for 1460,000 and will put her In coastwise service moving grain from Portland to San Kranrlaco. Willamette Iron ft Steel Works receives contracts for three additional sulphite di rest ore from British Columbia mills valued at $100,000. Subscriptions for Maid of Douglas Motorship company ufflclently large that second motorship will shortly be or dered. Columbia Contract company considers plan to embark In shipbuilding game with plana for three vessels for immediate building. Portland interests forced by large orders to sublet Contract for- steamer to Seattle firm. Work on shipbuilding plant of William Cqrnfoot to start Immediately, council grants street permits. k Portland marine -men did business today estimated to involve the han dllng'Of over $3,000,000. ' ..-The employes of the Willamette Iron Af Steel Works were told this mornr tng -of an increase In wages amount ing to 12 per cent on the firm's total ttavmlL ftvar X0D men are at' B resent 1,l-nrIf"W' the if filanr hutldlnir , boilers and ' machinery - tor -teafwere. j . i . ... tj atatt -aod ) ,1a j- Columbia- paper mill, and ai-sg for iConcladed on Tit Two.' Colnnla TweV '.EngafiemenViNoVYeJ en'eral (j n(Je!ieved;io:.Efoit ;:to: Cover Withdrawal's 3Mffc?i e -ft, tear. ' Berlin,: ; tUPMacken sea'a puruiat;?forcea in Dobrudja are engaged' with tbe Ruaso i Roumanians for the ftrst time Salnce the" enemy re treated rota lbe--CttoiA-Constana railway line. ' X- '"' V.A' dispatch received -tier" today aald v at, the,' P.oumanlans ' have re-formed folr lUeeand are &ffertn .Teelatance 6n : a lin about, 55 mlleg north:' "bf rlht JratlVray," harp f lghtinr began Sunday fliSht teU hai? toot - yet" assumed (the ' f roponiOBt t a general engagementtjl la Pelteved ere that the enenvM - , iiwit, , . , n i f VM '( ; ' ; "rvic nu 'been in operation ' . 1 f 1 ' .Vf J jV ,HV f e eiuItsTlready i a.budaatlr lus- I I hfiri t fi.t1 if .Utltfn; , Mr, mineW -de- Mfli:KI-NKKifllMe,e.. Ill iWJ fc.i I WUI j i wi wm I STT ' '- ' ' - A- . '-lie.- : :. rDCCICTIMP D DC ICDC emy . :ilajioiiiiu iuiiouliiu i i- H atten jrtlng ei stubborn rear guard , action jtaoerr withdrawn of artti - -, Jery aerpM (the Danube. t n : On thTr1nVlvaBtaniret the Rou 'J ananlftJie itba-Ve vWOffered vliaactly in erlea of .opnte. attacks south, of Vul-' U ko paa,.XiUyskirrnXsh;eai'are r. J sorted ' otf' IBe iortliern itoumarilin f' rronu, i . -, J I I A''l.' '1-1 ' London? .MXtU-2tKP.i3nvt V j 3rtghMng;'ha KOhrn ot tonf nbe;Bua elan fronts wlil-?bai weather-la.ntr . . jeH)c operation. iMt'Krstf ht ; ' 1'The Russians are aUacklng-'Jn Itrong t , rc Hf' Voihyraav'.-wbli ;ihsvuyo ; V V aermar.relnfOToea)'bJ-Trklalt, W 7"v tachme-Rta," nav taken'the fffenalirsj'in , GHcla. JlattUai ooftClimed throur hout ;-. yeterd:y froaa the region west of the j Ja rtresaof v LMtsk into, the Carpatbiaa ,:s Iprttlu despite beery snowstorms, I The BuBBian1 ,wr otflce thi rte"r noon claimed the capture of jipatrdv , GeTia i treHches1 ?, west , r , LuUtlcj and vthe yTepjole-f ?uccesstve enemy T r attack rid ,GaUCla, !The(iermaa . , war - oftleei 'On v the - eoatrary. -c re s ported. lit f igittnar J os ..tbe-: Ltrts faeotor resulted, favorably to ;the !Teu I ton a4d" announced"!, the- ttajture bt n vn ,.ni. vm VSfIS f or ine Mara-yuvaa mr tn Oaliola. by the Turks.:,:-.'- r''v' f' i ? K Teuton Taker 10,000 rHM.mra s - . , jaeinn n V7 nvreiejs-.isfyyjiie, i. ,M i-.I.i, CK:CStfU1,J,)--aeneraJi yon Fal , kenhayti'e' iorces' haV. eapturedv 16$ Itoumstitaft- offjcsriit' .n4y 9929 nien - - f tob.r:)l.0bewar.oftf Rn . -tiro w : today". ty r includes- 37 ,. i enon,-47 machTnerjruns,,lrtlaB ihd .u a Otbcr .Var ntfr!al-" 'ii'V h '" '' '" : ' crnnne'' to driv. the s m'i-.,wrJ- In; the Jia 'Aust.ro-' p. id i ie I p n 3" . i. .T.rl.ir.r. 5 St ;'.- Woman Hits Passing Men With Umbrella Apparently, Insane, She Startler Portland Heights People by Her Screams and Actions. Portland Heights was wildly excited this afternoon by the actions of a woman who. when arrested, gave the name of Diana Dill Pickles. The woman was first noticed by Mrs John QUI of Vista and Springs streets. She was standing across from the Gill home, shrieking at the top of her voice and waving her umbrella, Mrs. QUI notified the manager of the Red Craln pharmacy. He passed the woman, who was then quiet, when she attacked him with her umbrella. While the police were being notified, two other people were attacked by the woman. At the county Jail the woman said she had been advised by her physician to wallt around Council Crest every morning. TO OF U. S. T Commissioner General of Im migration Tells of Plan to Help Women and Girls. Through a plan being developed by the federal department of labor, and meeting indorsement everywhere by public and voluntary organizations, work Is to be found for the Jobless, workers for the employer and busi ness opportunity for the man with capital. Already the plan, only par tially in force, has resulted in great accomplishment. What its- later ac complishment may be was explained today by Anthony Caminettl, commissioner-general of Immigration, who Is making a tour of the United States, securing tbe cooperation of the public. Of Immediate concern is the estab lishment of a women's and girls' di vision of the new federal employment service, and Mr. Caminettl addressed a large meeting of Portland clubwom en this afternoon at the library on tl. j subject Two Branohee Contemplated. ' To produce tbe results anticipate! two branches "t thla dlvWo.r. in- t'. wv.nerK1 anJL'risVwei-r thaferd. j mi vve iaier.f v -. eriTe aa- Vice algng 3 pcatloaa .educational lines to persons nder thai'age. -AJ similar plan with. respect to men. working m similar lines. Is also part . of, the program. iThe employ- UirBandits Are Without Guns i EI Paso. Texas. Oct. 31 (TL T.S ! Several Americans reaching the border I during the night brought confirmation i of the .capture of the town of Bant a Rosalia by 'iVllllata bandits. Villa is now moving: on Parral and JJminez, the Americans alated. -: . . . ; . -. : - Alt the ybanditer tmmertng 'nearly 4000, .-ar now mounted -on horses, mulea'and Jtarros, thourh many still are unann(fc i Reports reached here today from two prtvatesuxxrfces that a train .from. Chi huahua City, on the Mexican Central railway, was wrecked last night by bandits, between Chihuahua city and Juarez! ; CarranzUta. officials dented t hi report. i -- . - .f' f - , Two Villa ChJefi Execnted. Kt -Paso. Texas, Oct. N. sV Carranmit-4roops-nnder General Tre rain n&v nrr liniart Rn1a vuiu Amca. C1INETTI COMES BOOST WORK EMPLOYMEN BUREAU tratef by tbViliUtaa without a figi)t.iubmarine aeeordrnr'' t announcement.- of Mex-1 emme'bt lean ' ponsnix , Brav today., "i. ' ToVtrHsta chiefs,. Areadav Jtrmen dartnd Ilosario-'Garcia, were. caVff .m:t. J f . ,V-.r Y:-',i-, -r waanlogtfl Oc t.taiJS W.' Pi )Mexf icanCAmbaesdor Arredoado today fori mil ente4to Betsretaf &fttati Laasin the authenticity an Intr4 Wan rfletra Buau liere-(laV8tardayr.1 Seeretarr .Insina? -accaDted.tlie.ez. Sanation ht -jncldentr .ana amid -"he c taeJdered It closed. ' : . . 5 ' Upen-iJtruct1ons from General Car ranta, Ajtedoio also told ' Lansing mtUtaiinterylews .withrCarrans. General Obregohrt foreign . Been tmry TAgulla apVearlng in the Oittlbo tbis Teek, were iota-lTenh the toff I. rials quoted. The. mly interview wMcK w jnuKooa, repreaentauve ,-oblaiaed, ArrednndotoM Laaelng. waa one wii OeneTal; Gosalsvj and tbatf he said, the OaiaooJt printed oarmfly&gi' Seveti; hundred .boys eroMdyed by. the' Western V n ' onaji4 Postal Telegraph comranies formed. a rbenetlcJii c.!ation":and .walked out.Jtoday.i1 Thei I We te rn X"s Un admitted, tJ! a t ao'ma :f their; enjpidyea were ea stne.Vbut-the Pasta t comranyjiat ;Jf i not 'af rl'-ii.-t!" x iv a rked the'StrlSe.' This'afte .- ; . - - ,;-'..; nobn. '1 1 to '-hundredSatrikrK-chased t-nd t . 1. 1. hey deltverinii a rness a STi T lie filkcrs' "argurnents'r wi t the boy BULLETINS To Investigate Car Shortage. Washington, Oct. 81. (U. P.) The Interstate Commerce Commission's first step in a country-wide Investiga tion of the freight car shortage will be taken November 3, when a two-day hearing on the question will be opened at Louisville, Ky., It was announced today. Commissioner McChord will pre side. State railway commissioners of southern states and shippers and rail ways of the south and of parts of the west and east will attend. Commissioner McChord, in a tele gram to Shippers and roads today, stal ed there are charges that railways touching the Atlantic coast are accept ing goods for export when there l no assurance of water transportation. Railways, he said, will be asked to explain all delays In moving loaded cars and returning "empties" to roads owning them. Socialist Want Armistice. Paris,' Oct. 31. (I. N. S.) "We started the war, but are unable to finish it," declared Edward Bernstein. Socialist leader, in a debate at the ses sion of the Reichstag today, according to a dispatch from Berlin. Bernstein attacked the Pan-German policy. He said that the war's toll so far was four and a half million dead, three and a half million mutilated and eleven million wounded. "We ought to declare ourselves in readiness to accept armistice immed iately," he said. Swiss Documents Seized. New York, Oct. 31. (I. N. S.) Jules Metzger, courier for the Swiss govern ment, who arrived here today on the Holland-American liner Noordam, eald that British officers boarded the Kirkwall and seized from him two packages filled with official docu ments, one addressed to the legation at Washington and the other to the Swiss consul general at New Yo.k city. Blacklist Reply Withheld. Washington. Oct. 31. (U. P.) Eng land's reply to the American protest against the British blacklist will not be published this week. Secretary Lansing said today. Veteran Baseball Official riead. Washington, Oct. 31. (I. N. S.) Nicholas E. Young, aged 78, president of the National Baseball league from 1885 to 1902. died at the home of his son, Robert H. Young, today, after an illness of several years. v SSSlrtfl of ; JtJTsh:' Frelgtiier 'WitlTAmefjSans'- omBdard ; Under Investigation. Only 13 Voir XUaiaf, , m m i London. Oct. 3t.-(I. 3. S ) Fifty-two more survivors of 4t 'the British freighter t-Marlna, torpedoed and sunk by a Oer- . man submarine, have-been land- ed. . - - Wesley JFrost, American con- & sui at Queenstown, today re- ported to the American embassy as follows: " "Fifty-two more survivors of the Marlna-have been landed at Castletown pier. Only 13 ? are now missing. They are be- lleved to be dead. Not less than 36 Americans -were aboard the Marina of whom 1 are known . 4( to-' hav. been saved. There probably will be some fatalities $ among Americans. Survivors it ; sayi the ship was torpedoed without warning. The sea waa- heavy at the time and the ves'- sel sank within 10 mlnutea." - 4 Washington Oct, 31.-1(0; P. j--If the Brittsh. ships Marina and Rowanmore were snk.. by & Oerman .abtnarine commander or commanders in Vtcla- iiott or-wi-many pledges regarding wjirfare the.XJefmatt x'ov- wilf disavow .the'acti-ioffer reparation, and punUh.tba commander r, commanders, 'German bttHttetm 1 Waahtegton said tody. Oermao. officials 'rotated out tkt In U case-erf te if ama, which war re 11 "f" oeen sutacgea xirst oy gunftret wUhut Earning, -the methpd of AttacIT trf lnHtselT a warning-, and sfjrrw tfcatOf th.iral was Cewsrted 0 Page. Skies. Colauw y.nr(. r 4 f' f . ' -i 1 'i v p PflPTQ r l4TQTin mVtTS - r JJlQA OT4UU: UrYr ; f ,TI Tij fpTT, . v . - "Two secret indlptmant .im.ln h. TalU term oCI tbvXdrat grand"Jury yesterday, and lt was dlschargixi - Its report s ho w4 5 eases considered' ,aqd tb examination tit more tnan.30Q( wit nesses. Bootleggers -eame, in for' -considerable attention and many of them iu7 oeen awaisnea ,od sentenced, ; ffS&Eiblution iEeaderiliekiiig: !'. --t. " r '' 1 Vf iyT Peking;: 6c.- llAtr. N; S.--Huang Sung,, eowmandor of; the" rebel, army that, overthrew the lAonarchlal govern mt in China, and formertyvlee-presl-4ent of .tha reDublio pf Qiinai, died here ifUndeh JKilsoH : ' October anfe clcarins In Portland showed the heaviest gains made wlthfa rcefttyeara wlthaotal f 7.so5,3t r,tp'w jwtio a,Bi,4t 'lor, .tne kctoo month 4 year a sow - y 'y t - A. . -Wly bank leartogator Portland 4rs tiH refiectlh Improvcmont- and? luf- tiier gains noted CompareiJ vith a year GRAVE QUESTION IS FACING DIPLOMATS ..JilHLllME. E I Members of Resolutions Com mittee That Drafted Chi cago Platform in 1912 Is sue Statement. ATTENTION CALLED TO GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS Administration Recognized as in Full Accord With Principles. New York, Oct. 31. (U. P.) "With out a candidate of our own for presi dent, we are unalterably in favor of the retention in office of President Wilson, under whose guidance and leadership more progressive princi ples have been enacted, into law than we believe might have .been accom plished had the Progressive party been in power." The above indorsement of President Wilson was contained today in a state ment signed by 11 of the 19 members of the Bull Moose resolutions commit tee that drafted the Progressive plat form in Chicago. Five of the remain ing members were said by Democratic managers to be in accord with the sen timents cf the full statement, but they refrained from naming a presidential choice. The statement taid: ProgTesslTe Measures Enacted. "We, the undersigned members of the resolutions committee that framed the platform of the Progressive party on August 7, 1912, do hereby reaffirm cur unswerving allegiance to the pro gressive principles embodied in this platform and do herewith call the at tention of the American people to the unparalleled achievement of progres sive legislation secured during the last four years. "Of 33 planks In the Progressive platform of 1912, 22 have been wholly or partly enacted into laws. Of SO propositions embodied in these planks, more than half have been carried out by administrative acts or by laws." Signers Are rxogresslres. Then, the statement names some ex WU IB RETAIN THE PRES DEN are gressiveswnPposting'JohnM.X-- veri?rfh iVn ' - i Parker Louisiana tot vice -iLTfIS l;i dent." the statement ends with, the in dorsement of Wilson. - The raignerst- are.:, , John ,M. Parker, ex-GoTerno- Xc3os. St ... C. Garvin, Rhode Island; exGovernor Carey. Wy oming: Judge NAlBert 3Etr NortonL- Mis souri; . Hughf ;T4V Halbert; Minnesota; Frank N. Howard. Vermont; .t M. C. Baca, .'NewJ Mexico; James M. Inger soll, Idaho; Arthur G. Wray., Nebraska; Clarence B. Strouse, Virginia; J,.W. McCormlck. ' The lire eald .to be indorsing it' but not signing it were William- Allen White, - Kansas; George- B. Hynson, Delaware; "Andrew J. Stone, West Vir ginia; William R. Fairley, Alabama, and Isaac Newton Stevens, Colorado, Stevens signed a separate statement praising Wilson's record. FIRST CLASH OCCURS E Several Soldiers Wounded; f Latter AttackeoBehels"i IITheirWay toSalonHcl, i. f . a-. r---iT.i. b$id ROYALISTS m Ji Calnttflrl - assM w i ill a n 1 " . a. 1 tyoop. and riiTdlntlonarr forces at-f tacbedr to . tbe , Venlsellai government. h VMIultil rnvurtim.nf aeteraLdler-rer -wwobd d. ' W,- battaUonof revoimipnary' troops 'ere proceeding1 to Salohikt-wlwn they were attMked'brrtWallstfreeaaf' ?afd t&etoplleateti a ; paUoniwide arson" -ringi- Clud. Pima? and -his wtfet Joyia Fearinart, . ami, Sherman WhUaker, AT,'- a blacksmith, and -hi Wile are all under' police harge bare !-; Angeles.: but detectives Claln,. tbelr prtsoners are only the Jlrat of a I swe-who will be arrested if or incen enrry Tire an. over in eounxryc - -1 -It 1 Is alleged the :accxiaad -rented houses far removed f torn fire bydrants arid aTter;JalUng outhsyte seU flrq to them. 'sxingage m. -Fatal Shootin fray Ssn Francisco, Oct 3i.T. NS:)--"klchael Karen, a Bulletin nwsb9 lei dylnr at rth1 Central Ernergoncy nospitalr. Kdward . Qalnones,jiefWsboy foe tbesamevpapr,i was sta. -4 trough the' -left a.rjn. ' and .PaolV. Gavlatir- lr ulator for tfie-ntvls; inUe city prison -fchargedAwiflkassaulC -wlth a deadly weapon--all a the jresult tM cllmait last night fn the shooting in the mailrodnr1 of the CaU, i Gaviati rsays he-shoC In. stlf defensoj w T t . t vv. .,-,u. .... TOWTOI.-.WU1 do allowed t. romp- at first -tdashi between Greek, fsstUfla .Batr-t, . Rich Women Put Money in Hughes Fund Wives of Millionaires Give Liber, ally in Hope Their Nomi nee Be Elected. Washington, Oct. 31. 1. N. S.) -The women's committee 6f the Na tional Hughes Alliance filed its cam paign expenditures with the clerk of the house of representatives yesterday. Mrs. Charles C. Ramsey, as treasurer, reported contributions of $101,944 and expenditures of $95,303 up to Octo ber 23, Among the largest contributions were: $10,000 each. Mrs. Daniel Gug genheim and Mrs. Harry Payne Whit ney; $7500, Mrs. Wllliard D. Straight; $5000, Mrs. E. H. Harrlman; $3500, Mrs. Felix M. Warburg; $2600, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt, Mrs. Alexander Smith Cochrane, Mrs. W. H. Crocker, California; $1475, Mrs. Walter Rosen; $1000, Mrs, E. T. Stotesbury. Mrs. Cole man Du Pont. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, Mrs. John D. Archbold, Mrs. A. A. An derson, Mrs. Gifford Plnchot, Mrs. Tif fany Blake, Mrs. Charles B. Wood. Mrs. Livingston Beekman and Mrs. Helen Frick. Mrs. Collis P. Huntington has pledged $10,000 and so has George F. Baker. The national Prohibition party filed its finance statement. Receipts were $18,709 and disbursements $41,709. The League for World Peace re ported that It had received $27.55, which was contributed by George P. Shibley, of Washington, D. C. SAYS RIGHTS AS NEUTRAL 'SHOULD NOT BE SURRENDERED Favors Maintenance of Right to Travel and of Right to Ship Munitions, By Perry Arnold. Columbus, Ind., Oct. 31. (U. P.) Hackled by a spectator, who said he was a "personal admirer," Judge Hughes today declared in answer to a question of whether he would favor or oppose an embargo against shipments of munitions. .or the passage of the .V ' -iV: VkStT - - - tV m6rjot Uftajatenauce travel -and th rigbt f ablpments. It is a very important, right that we have as a neutral nation and It la verv im portant at. thia time. When he 'great wa Is raging- w should vmaicate neu tral rights and maintain the integrity of international law. Biff&ts Shosld Be UalatalaeO. To my m tod it Is a very tbought ess policy that would -surrender any of these Important right because of any sentimental consideration, , whan we have, the vast necessity of neutral commerce and tbe importance of the rights of neutrals to consider with re spect to .the future , of the1 United etales. . . Candidate Hughes made his second swing Into Indiana today. He was due for four speeches, winding up at Evansvllie tonight, and-, tomorrow con tributes five addresses. While exceedingly confident of the Hoosler state. Republican campaign (Coneladed eg pg ElTen. Column Two) Big Stick Eeady for ! neck Ghosts I' you are a. respectable ghost, but!'' soy, aonvt .1 arraia that the poUcewlll disturb your ventsres Interthe" streets tonleht ' . " a HUGHES taiter ctaru, y a special decree thlsLB?Pr But.GIulle front, today's state- rtklM. Ki.auJ . 1 4 . . . F'M.w.a JUi tt.ll 1. mt. . iiorsing, ordered Ms cpfl-to leave the vVvaM V.A-. . til. A . . - ghtosts, ghostesses, irobllna and otherf creatures of like fil: alono In their cele " ration r -lM Hiioweo. The ram pant small boy. with , his can and - rs. . -a : H who vturo. forth witk k.a Iw A- ... . . T. : " y aijieaK .wiaowc wttft tools to carry aw2: cte andwlth. intentions VX2:fl01iaglKur beware, Every policeman Df the SSOvwin be en .x&t lwdte4:6f.thise will be in plain clothes,- Scattcrel through tfee reaWf nc district. ; j. Wptirbank? lndianapoiiaIad Ocl,n:4-(D. RV Charles W. sirbenks. Republican nom inee for vice-prosidorrt, will arrive hone today to" attend the. , funeral of hie mother. Mra. Mary Adelaide Bmitfc rairbanks. 8T, who died sudden! v" at rbaaksr was earapanlng at Rocc- fora. hi weeswora.waa ent te him of flis mother's death. "Halramedlkt. canceled all speaking engagements and started for Indianapolis. ' , iri.vuu4i n noniiDW Was aiana oeiere novemDer 7, but plans for these have been abandoned. . 0 Workers Is Dead nJew Tprkvpcfc 'i K. S.Jt- Thorns i CarroiU f president of Btereotypers' nfiion of, Kew Tork 'and prominent labor1 leader. Is 4ead at Bath Beaeh.'.N r...-'Ia t J91 Carroll Jwas chairman of 5lie.'terotjpers' conven tion neja in - can ranctsco, and lso waa -president nt n Allied Printers of New Tort,eUy-presldent of the Allle4 Printing" Trades Council 'of. New Terk state nd'a mrtnbfr ortln boar J' of education o.Jew Tork city, "v , - -:v 4 T E TELLS UNTRUTH Wilson Issues a Statement Concerning Charge That He Suggested a Postscript to Second Lusitania Note. FLAT DENIAL IS MADE TO RECENT ACCUSATION One Cabinet Member Made Suggestion, but It Was Not Entertained. Asbury Park. N. J., Oct. 31 (T. N. 8 ) President Wilson laaued a state ment last night denying the charge made by Senator l.oOge that .the Lusi tania note carried any ametidatcry post script nullifying the purport of the text. Joseph Tumulty, secretary to the president, also denied that he knew of any such Individual as George C. Warren, Jr., of No. 94 Kensington ave nue, Jersey City. Thia was In reply to information made public by the Republican national cor.imitteo that Warren could corroborate Senator Lodge. This report intimated that Tumulty had been Warren's Informant. "It can be said for me that I never atproached Secretary Garrison about this matter," declared President Wil son's secretary. John -Temple Lloyd Jeffries, men tioned by Senator Lodgo as another corroborating witness, is not known here, according to Tumulty. President KWilson's statement was in the form oi a telegram addressed to Walter Llppman, editor of the New Republic it follows: "in reply to your telegram let me say that the statement made by Sena tor Lodge la untrue. No postscript or amendment of the Lusitania note was ever written or contemplated by me, except such changes as I myself inserted, which strengthened and em phasized the protest. "It was suggested, after the note was ready for transmission, that an intimation be conveyed to the Ger man government that a proposal for aroitrauon would be acceptable, and one member of the cabinet spoke to me aboot it, bnt iVTJxeyer dlsiaigiedinj Mst MteKnsajedni Teigwtfxm, ma" A ioe;iaiea a page rpor,- txii Germany Looks to wjigon to San Francisco, Cb.1.. Oct. 11. P. The war may last anywhere from 1 to 10 years more. In the -opinion of John D, Barry, Ban Francisco newspa per man,' who returned here today after o year's -absence In Eurone, where he went as a, member of tho Ford peace party." ."The duration or. the" war !Hprob lematlca.l." he sold. "The league na tions may,' tyl.elpiag each other out. contlrfue 'the war lndetioitelyy making it really a war of exhaustion." Recanljy Barry spent a " month In Berlin. , ' . "ip, Germany." he said. "Maximilian Harden, the great journalist, declares they have created an Imaginary tnon step and called it President WHeon. Kut they are counting o Wilson to efld tbe war." k . AustrdHiinganait ; m.' . rn i a aroop grains axnve Rome, Oct. SI. (I. . N;? &-nHeary artillery' da els are reported-oa the ment frond the IUUan war otflce says. The atatement adds' that an. unusual number of troop trains are arriving at Opclna, Nabrasinaand potpogliano. be- fending Trtesta.. CncaiiBr' Wtbet tialts Ftgtitfns. Berlin (Via 6ayvttle.iW1relea),. Oct. tL-KVm P.)-Activftlea In the Italian ynr theatre- were leas yesterday and last night. trmn oa the preceding days, 4ue- t6t "untannx- Weather,, hostile 'tm fight ing.", Aoetro-Hungaiian headquarters-re pored today, ;f President to Leave for Buffalo , iAiburr ParaN. J.. ,OetJ tL fL, 5t 84 President WUaon will leave. 'Shad ow lawn at lO JI-CclocK "tonight for Buffalo., where Ae .wlll mike at least two epeeehee tomorrow,. He will , ad Cress the ICllicott clot af lancheorr and speak at a meetlng.lathe aodifnrlum in the evening, -l-.. ""From Hobotcea the trip will be made over the Lackawanna road..- Tomorrow morning' 1 stops will be made..v. . ' - The prestde&ra party will leave But. fala at r -tomorrow evening and arrive-' in 'New. York, city at .Thurs day morning. There, will be a big Democratlo .rally at 'f adjson' Square Garden - Thursday ' evening. . The1 final speech of the -campaign will be'deliv ered at 8hadow Lawn on Saturday,, . -' i - i i i' &mcfr Troops Take lYiaceaomaii .xown PW' Oct.- ' V i- khVnhch troops, have occupied Sinlnga ow the Macedonian 'front. today's sUtenront from the Vrfwh- wr -office on Baikaa operations- said. ' a v . - On f ha Tcbern river front, the e Mans made f wrther ; progress in ihclr drlve; on iHorlastlr but are meeting with stiff resistance, - . - ( .--BrtUsh ;- aviators v bombarded n the Orcek city of Uemirvjllssar.heldby the Bulgarians - I . PRESIDE SAYS SENATOR LODG Ddta Tim ; 'I V I,.)' I L A S CHRISTOFFER- SON, who lost his life in fall at Redwood aviation field at noon today. PROGRESSIVE LEADER RALLIES FOLLOWERS Ringing Indorsement of Pres ident Made by Chairman of the Progressives. Emmet t Callahan, chairman of the Progressive party for Portland and who waa elected in the recent prima ries as a presidential elector on the Progressive ticket, today, in an open letter, urges all Progressives not to vote for him, but to vote for Wilson presidential electors. He says he him self will vote for Wilson electors. How ever, he points out that under the law, his name will appear on the ballot His letter is as follows': To the Progressive Voters of Ore gon At the- primary election, held in April. 1916. you elected me as a Pro gressive presidential elector. When one is elected, to any office in thj state of Oregon, and the vote can vassed', and the result announced, It Is then the duty of the governor of thie state to sign and issue a certificate of election, and the secretary -of. state must place tho name of the success fui candidate on the ballot. The gov ernor and -secretary of state have no othej'jeiylla.-r. apMpn. taybatenyil cats etevioa to- an- onive muse accept tha ant.. The law' Is cemDuiaorv. and he covld "not resign; 'even though h jo aesireo.- ; v , I attended the natlonalProgressive (Concluded on Page Eleven, Column TbreeK Nomegian-U-Boat " Eeplyls Forwarded Copenhagen; ? Oct- II.- JW. Norway's long expected reply .. to Ger many's note of protest 'regarding treat ment Of German submarine itf Norv wegian territorial, waters, hag, been for warded tot Berlin, according .to' a dis patch xecelyedl here today from Chrls tlanis. ' ' w. X'Wt la Relieved that there 1 -morej than alight possibility that Norway may enter the-war aga'.nst- Gernany although the note Is -said to contend that Norway. is according . Germany the same treatment as other balllgerenU in barring hr submarine f sotn jor wegian watera- In the iat .10 days af. leasts 16 Norwegian vessels' have Jea sunk and t 4s reported (hat Norway has inquired of EnglaivT.what .aid she may expect Ifebostilltiea, break. out.-. e -9 .' 1 i i -, ... ; . i Paper Charge Unneaftality - Berlrn, Oct. .tL 1. 8.J-Charge thgt Norway is unneutral are. being freely ' wade by German" newspspers. The - Hamburger' Fremdenblatt today says: -"' s f ' V- .--. "arway for 'her own - good' should be strictly neutral. If she Is on the side of . the enteate anies ahermust 1 SsLivestockBate;' iGaserMDi - .Washington?; 6cC Jl.(WA8HIKd TON BUBJBJAU OF TILS JOURNAL)'-' The Ipterstate Commerce commission today . dismissed coftipJainta , sgaimd Southern Pacific ,i rates on r livestock front Oregon and .other stetea e San Francisco, based on Increased herg for" valuation .above released rates. The commisston- finds cQnditions have been ; Utile changed toy tnew, railroad rules -except, that legal, rates for In creased valuation, were not collected, a ahof IdrfcaTf been, ontil June of af -The -retesT vndev attack 'before the commlselon evidently are the rate from the Klamath Falls "terrftory to San Francisco ons1derble movement of livestock emanating from that por tioti of tbe stale. .. .Local traftVcuoffl c?rs of the Southern Pacific explained that inasmuch, a .their iurladiotlon doe not include .the - Weed-Klamatb Falls branch the- rate complaint was not brought ,to their at tentlon. , f- CroTOiPfince of :fs x Sweden IsTathe; Paris,"OcL ILIL-N, 'aonhasr been born to- tho crowa'-prJoceof 'gwe den, a dispatch tromt, Stockholm, re ceived her this, afternoon stated. . t - .. r '. -.".. JoHnWEsof. ; :0hicagoIs tpead ' af v ; '.' ' i'J'.i'r f c Chicago Oct llCLX -t"y.John W.- Klser, aged , -ravlti-DMlllonalre president "Of. the - Phoenlgilorsesboe S Uv:' III TO WILSON S SUPPORT company, oa atre today iinTrn MiiiiTrtnll NUItUAVIHIUn. KILLED IN FALL ' III CALIFORNIA Silas Christofferson Dies of ImiIIMaa nAAauiAJ sRft4' iiijuiicd ncueivcu yviicii - New BiDlane That He Was V Testing Plunges to Ground ATTRACTED FAME HERE FIRST AS-AUTO RACER His Wife, a Hillsboro Girl, anil Brothers See Aviator Dash j to His Death. "f S San.FranclKco, Oct. 81. (rt N. S.) Silas Christofferson, pioneer aviator, Of -.. . '' San Francisco, and a national figure -in aviation, was killed today in 1IIK, foot fall in a biplane which he was testing over the aviation. field at Red-- r wood City. . 'y The biplane, of a new design built by Christofferson for Henry Anderson, ' wealthy rancher of Reno, Is the ttia--i chine in which Anderson met his death last Saturday. -', jC Christofferson, who won a Piece 1n the fore of American aviators by ' feats of daring and ingenious m -1 : chanical advance in his craft, waa consulting engineer of the Chrlstoffer- 7 son Aircraft Manufacturing company, ' . which maintains an aviation school'., and factory five blocks from the heart' : of Redwood City's business district. : - Shortly before 11 o'clock today, ' Christofferson arose in the biplane t . a height of several hundred feet, then .. something went wrong. Cause of Tragedy Uakaown. " 'SXX The cause of the tragedy may ..never X: be known. The controls of the new 'X biplane fashioned by Christofferson !-v worked directly opposite to those Of i ordinary machines. Whether the controls refused to f work or It the engine went dead Is not ' known. H-4'xi:"' The machine was seen to drop. -Christofferson tugged at the controls ; and within sight of his wife, twai.vv brothers and many pupils, volplaned to ' an altitude of 100 feet, seeking o ' make a regular landing. . r .Then .the., biplane crashed to the -ground, overturning, Christofferson r Ut it tpnXi MLut,Vere tie' Wife. two b'rollM-ra; liftrrtf . , nM,u sen unnstoxrersen,. odre" xJuft$ . trQm faihlonabl home pf I enln-- ) ' slila, who have -betnA attanuilg th ' school... : i- : ; - ; "yuyt - X a -' Miss.Eugenia-Boty of thU city. W ; among 4h pupUs to give first. aid. "l . taa";an4airiewj foaled.';.-?:' -4Chritofferso waa 'ciert -jo Vti." wood, City hospital, where U was fonnd ' that hi Injuries rontiatait -Of a f tmc - -taredirigbt leg, four, broken fibs -nd internst injuries,. Dr.f.J, . K,-, Chapln waa called. Th. Aviatof 4led tklloon, ' Chrlstoff erson moved -i: f o WstsonVitl wlthWhl lamfly-at th at t 1 year. Ha 'got' big first tatrvittior .h -ll,ywhen h saw Latham fly.oon: afterwards he -built a. moaolae. or . hla own ,delgn jamt t brek-oauM tha i. P-r Wi ilMOalt daHrfg? featsl X the tne which, won him. national fame, waa Ms "flight tron.8jv- Fini-li!o to r Lost Angeles, g flying evr .v.Theerl i. waa j.n; - tirstil acgomi ., , pUsr tbtwlet,'4 X'i-X', 1 7'? When he became interested la hydrq . MroplaiiesjMjvfstilflylnrltheljp eoni . atructioniut together water-boat 'at? l-ortland of bis own design, lie wa ' Lone t the first, to fly, across Sah Ytri-(-' X circa bay lp a hydroaeroplane. .During- . the exposition ha was oeeti often flying- . oyar :th f ItatlniC ; sometinles dipping -4 into thrwajers an then HsIbt'Jlk a; WrtveaeoTfcdsirf,!' vVrtf.;,'f -v-About a year-agd ha tntreier arriiy -of floera. with aj new, mijrtary'vW piano, " mad n seetlons,. and "so' oonstricteif .- -tbat.lt could, be- telescoped, canted, in. 4 gmall oiveyahce,k3rrr put" together in gborter ilroa lliaa an thee flying: machine. j,- ,;:.,.X . -.i,.y . HI lnventiorf was said to giVprom-r la af f jvolMtJoiUaihg;tndyiairytavia-vl tlon. ' ' Vf.ijl fi '.'.'. '"..,...-!'.'-; fZ:--- Vntir a year r teor ago'He con M i ducted a factory in Van Ness avenpe. The ceplttllots, lnter6stetf th ht work, .' formed the Aircraft .v eompany, ' of which he wasymad'coii.itlng'engl-r . -neer. - i Th fatai:fght .today waa ):'firt In many weka,:4 r- V, ' ' christ6ffersoi.vas:" r -PORTLAND PRODUCT - ..v.AViAtiprTiELi) - Bllas .Christofferson-. waa distinctly 1 a - PorfUnd product of tha aviation - neia.' aunougn he won his St (CcwlBSd W Ptff Svntwfl, f oltimn SI 14 T S250f00a;P6rtIarid;-, j: , -.. r ft 1,. r- . naturally want that,-"waat ad",;, "Jlo be read by. Portland people." It I with Portland people you . ' are moat -. likely to . do 1 bust- " 't -'ne, whether you 'want to sell ' an automobile, tmy a.' type ' "writer 'or rent a room,'" t ;. KYOt theXJSO.000 reader' of Tha' j,.Journat ai live in-Portland ' and Immediate. euborba v .. Thai' dally .circulation of i,Thi- Journal in -Portland -and trad-' " ;fng radius eaeeed that af any - ' 4 ether l PeftUnd dally. nrs. - . , - Taper, .'-. .., t v' . Pmi jronr -; wsnt sd .wfcei-4 u U tw - will reach ' the most yortlaad aaadars. .-, ; . f -1 T7.:;' r s.x-