The Oregon daily journal., November 21, 1916, Page 1, Image 1

iVEROUil
Austro-German Legions Rush
Through Mountain Passes
; Onto' Plains and Threaten
to Entrap Defending Army.
INTENSITY OF FIGHTING
IN BALKANS INCREASES
Pressure Will Be Placed on
- Teuton Forces In the
Dobrudja.
Berlin, via Bayrllle, Nov. 21.
(U P,) Craiova was occupied by
German troops at noon today.
The official announcement
of
It
by
de-
the capture was very brief,
said: f. "
"Craiova occupied at noon
our troops.
The capture of Craiova is
clared by military experts to over
shadow the 'all of Monastlr. The
western part of Roumania is now
cut off. Craiova is only 120 miles
from Bucharest, the capital of
Roumania.
London, Nov. U. P.) Another
Russian offensive along the Une from
Constanza .to Cernavoda is now ex
pected to increaae the intensity of the
lighting in the Balkans. Military ex
perts here today agreed tms was me
only step which could be relied on to les.
sen the welsrht of General von Falken-
hsvn's tremendous pressure on the
Wallachlan frontier of Roumania a
pressure which It is now admitted con.
stltutes the Bravest menace to Rou
mania.
The Roumanian army Is in the great
. est danger of being outflanked, if the
German official statement specifying
near approach of the Teutons to Cralo
- ava is accural. The Roumanians are
being forced back from the valley of
the Jlul.
, , Xetreat May Be Cat Off.
Meanwhile Falkenhayn, with a force
estimated at 500.000 men, is sweeping
around their rear, steadily lessening
the gap through which they-rnst re
treat and circumsci'fnto.g that Jins of
retreat so that Its direction, t'appri
uuiTimuit be aesas-m--'-'-''''';:-..:'';
Unless there was a diversion some
where else in the Balkan campaign to
stop Von Falkenhayn's thrust it ap
peared; almost certain today that com
plete evacuation of the western part of
Roumania would be necessary- to save
the Roumanian army. This diversion,
it is admitted, can best be made by the
Ruaaians because of the ease of trans
porting reinforcements via the Black
f
rieelag Army Is Fur sued.
Hope was expressed here today that
the pursuit of the Teutonic-Bulgarlun
army thrown out of Monastir would
be sufficiently hot to halt Von Falken
hayn. Berlin official statements ad
. mlt .reinforcement .of' these forces.
Meanwhile General Barrall of the vie-
(Concluded on r(e Fifteen, Coin id n Two)
T
AT
FOR, SAY FOUR SAVED
Refugees Reach Nogales Af--ter
T Weeks' Flight; Fear
'for Other Foreigners,
;Nogale. Artsona. Nov. II. (U. P.)
Four Americans, employes of the
Alvarado,, Mining company, who fled
from Parral, Mexico, November 10,
when word reached them that Villa
bandits Were to attack that town, took
steps today to learn the fats of eight
. other Americans known to have left
ths ". vicinity before Villa entered the
: placs. ;
The "four arrived here last night
after a two weeks' flight which car
rid them from Parrel to Cullacan, on
the, west coast of Mexico. From that
place the Americans Journeyed to
Herraoslllo, Sonora, and came here by
railway. 7 The party Included T. Q.
Hawkins, , Bernard McDonald and L.
Webb of Kl Paso and W. A. Morris
of Los Angeles. .
Accodrlng to Hawkins, eight Amer
icans: who were with them at Parral
are yet ..unaccounted .for. . Fees .was
also expressed that a number of white
foreigners residing- atParraI may hav
Men- siaugnierea.
) The other eight Americans, accord
lng to the four refugees, are: Jacob
Meyer. B w. Palmer; 'William" Scott,
Henry Sehafer, R. P. Colwell, Dr.
Thomas Flannagan, Howard Gerard
ena u. c. smitn,
Torreon Reported Captured,
i t El Pasof Texas, Nov. 21 -(L N. S.)
Unconfirmed reports reached here
today that ths city of Torreon. seen
of Villa's recent , victory In his cam
paign against Huerta. has fallen Into
. .the hands of vuiistas.
: A tramioad jot refugees from the
Interior, ' arriving her, today reported
conditions of famine and panio In
Chihuahua City. Among the oartv was
Mrs. Soovtll, wife of the British consuL
Ths reru gees , said It was feared In
Chihuahua City that an advance s-uard
of Carransa troops sent from the city
or eania itosana ,nas been slaughtered
in
AMERICANS
PARRAL UNACCOUNTED
or baa deserted to tna ynustafc.
"J -y , - r ,f 3 , -t, ', ,.' ,
Machinery and
Fittings Taken
From Sir, Bear
Salvaged Part Will Be Stored;
wir Liwi v ill ureas, i p
. Cause for Action.
Eureka,, Cal., Nor. 21, (P. N. S.) R.
C Poiter of San Francisco and a crew
of eight men today began stripping the
wrecked steamer Bear, stranded on a
sand bar near Cape Mendocino for over
four months. - The Plan 1 to land the
machinery and all movable fittings
and store them in temporary ware
houses until spring when road condi
tions will permit hauling to the rail
road. Additional men will be put to work
on the vessel to rush the stripping be
cause it is feared that a hard storm
would be liable to break up the craft.
LUMBER SUBSTITUTES
CAUSE DEPRESSION IN
Lumbermen Told That Is Real
Reason for Falling Off Ui
Lumber Consumption,
Visit Sows River Mills.
For sn inspection of the log-
glng camps and mills of the
lower Columbia river, the party
of visiting lumber association
officials that has been holding
meetings here for the last two
days went by train to Astoria
this morning.
After looking over the slt-
uation, the members of the
party will return this after-
noon in time to take the 8
o'clock train for San Francisco
tonight
E. B. Hazen of Portland and Bridal
Veil outlined at the lumber banquet
last night what he considered the
contributing causes for the great de
pression In the lumber industry of
recent yejfrs.
Mr. Hazen deplored the backward
ness or tn lumoer interests in put
ting before the public the advantages
of wood. Contrasting this policy with
the aggressive policy of the men who
have substitutes for lumber, he said
that millions are being spent In advertising-
- aad- cooperative selling
methods. He felt that much of the
lumber footage lost by the encroach
ment of other materials may be re
gained by a proper exploitation or the
advantages of wood,
. Hop Xs By-Products.
In lumber , by-products Mr. Hazen
sees one sign of hope, what with
dyes and wood alcohol and artificial
silk, charcoal and other materials yet
to be extracted.
He hoped that through cooperative
work the lumbermen could retrieve I
much of their losses and put the in
dustry on a stable basis.
He said:
X.niber Use rails Off.
Lumber consumption has fallen off
regularly and constantly since 1900,
(Concluded an Page Four. Column One!
Miss Gordon Heads
National W. C. T. U.
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 21? (I. N.
8.) Miss Anna Gordon of Evanston,
III., was elected president of the Na
tional w. C. T. U. here today. Other
officers elected were: Vice-president,
Mrs. Ella A. Boole, Brooklyn; corre
sponding secretary. Mrs. Francis
Parks, Evanston, 111.; recording secre
tary, Mrs. iiinaaDeih Anderson, Fargo,
N. D.; treasurer, Mrs. Margaret C.
Munns, Evanston, 111.
Telegraphers to Go
On Strike in Mexico
Galveston, Texas, Nov. 21. (U. P.)
All the rallwsy telegraphers in
northern Mexico are to walk' out at
$ o'clock this evening. In sympathy
with striking trainmen, according to
reliable Information received here.
The trainmen struck to force payment
of their wages In Mexican gold or
American coin instead of Carranza
currency
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INDUSTRY
SAYS H AZEN
LATE NEWS
Powder Storage Places Provided.
Washington, Nov. 21. (U. P.) Ad
ditional storage facilities to the value
of $1,300,000 to accommodate the $13.
000,000 worth of powder recently or
dered by the navy, will be provided at
the following yards. Admiral Strauss,
chief of ordnance, announced today be
fore the house nsval committee: Fort
Mimtn, Pa., 1142,700; lona Island, near
West Point, $50,000; Lake Denmark. N.
X, $100,000; Keyport, Wash.. $16,000;
Mare Island. $16,000; Newport, $47,000;
Charleston, 8. C. $35,000, and Puget
sound, $49,600.
Idaho Wing First Prize.
North Yakima, Wash., Nov. 21. (P.
N. 8.) The University of Idaho car
ried off first prize today in the Cas
cade International Stock Show with a
score of 2243 out of a possible 2600,
with their student team. Oregon Agri
cultural college won second prise with
2117 and Washington State college was
third with 2061.
Swiss to Withhold Recognition.
Parts. Nov. 21. (I N. S.) A wire
less dispatch from Berne today says
that the Swiss government has decided
not to recognize the kingdom of Poland
at this time.
t "
Franz Josef Is Worse.
Berlin, via wireless to Sayville, Nov.
21. (U. P.) Vienna this afternoon re
STATE IS EXPENDING
E
More Than $50,000 Annually
Spent on Orphans', Found
lings' and Girls' Places.
Oregon is spending at the rate of
more than $50,000 -a year, or more
than $4000 a month, in aid of private
institutions established for the care
of orphans, foundlings and wayward
girls.
The total of the legislative appro
priations for these purposes to cover
1915 and 1916 was $105,500.
The amount was, of course, in ad
dition to the appropriations for the
exclusively state maintained and con
trolled elemosynary institutions. The
appropriations for institutions caring
for orphans and foundlings for 1915
and 1916 aggregate $85,500, and for
institutions caring for wayward girls,
$20,000.
The Institutions, the amounts of
(Concluded on Page Fourteen, Column roar)
, . t , : ;i
Final Plan Beady to
Be Presented Today
Statement to Accompany It to Effect
Administration Expects Mexico to
Accept Zt Without Wrangling.
Atlantic City, N. J.. Nov. 21. (U. P.)
A final plan of border patrol and
withdrawal of the American punitive
forces now in Mexico, backed by Presi
dent Wilson's approval.' was to be pre
sented to the Mexican numbers of the
American-Mexican commission today,
with the statement that the adminis
tration at Washington expects it to be
accomplished without further wrang
ling. The plans are contingent upon
several concessions by General Car
ransa, which have not yet been made
public.
It is understood President Wilson
expects to put into operation plans of
his own regarding bandit operations in
Mexico unless the suggestions of the
American commission are adopted.
Americans Appeal to President.
El Paso, Texas, Nov. 21. (U. P.)
Americans in this district having prop
erty interests in Chihuahua state have
forwarded a petition to President Wil
son detailing conditions in northern
Mexico and asking that some steps be
taken to protect their property.
Local Call Accepted
By Spokane Pastor
Acceptance of the call of the First
United Presbyterian church to Rev.
II. F. Given of Spokane was received
here yesterday. Mr. Given will as
sume his new pastorate about Decem
ber 15. The church has been without
a minister since the resignation of
Frank DeWltt Finley a short time ago.
Rev. Mr. Given is spoken of very
highly and his Spokane pastorate has
been very successful.
$10,000 Offered for
Each Diver Put Out
' London. Nov. 21. (I. N. S.) Rob
ert P. Houston. M. P.. of Liverpool
has written to the Times offering the
British master of any merchant ship
$10,000 for every German submarine
he sinks between now and May 31.
The offer is limited to 50 submarines
or $500,000.
Mrs. Boissevainxls
Better, Report Says
" Los Angeles. Cal., Nov. 21. (P. N.
g.) Hope for the recovery of Mrs.
Ines Milholland Bolssevaln. eastern
suffrage, leader, who has been lying
critically 111 here for several weeks,
were raised today, following a state
ment last night that she is out of im
mediate danger.
Postal Savings Gains.
At the close of business yesterday
depositors of the postal savings bank
Of the Portland postofflce had to their
credit $1,280,751, according to figures
complied by Postmaster Myers this
morning. This is a net gain for the
first 20 days of November of $37,586,
or. mors 'than $2000 for each business
day. u t",v.rr
BIG SUM ON PRIVATE
HAITABL
HOMES
BY WIRE
ported the condition of Emperor Franz
Josef as worse. His temperature in
creased this afternoon.
Hughes' Home Is for Rent.
Washington, Nov. 21. (U. P.) The
Washington home of Charles Evans
Hughes, Republican presidential nom
inee, wss advertised for rent today.
Hughes bought tbe residence at 2100
Sixteenth street shortly after hi ap
pointment to the United States su
preme court bench.
It was reported last week that Louis
Lombard of Switzerland had rented the
house, but this was denied.
Brotherhood Heads Are Sued.
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Nov. 21. (P.
N. S.) Suit in equity was filed here
today in the United Gtates district
court by the Northern Pacific railway
against the heads of tbe tig four broth
erhoods of Its system and James L.
McClear, United Stu .es Oistrlct attor
ney, asking for restraining orders to
prohibit anyone from authorizing suit
of any kind based on the Adamson
eight-hour law.
Railroad Will Release Cars.
Lexington. Ky.. Nov. 21 (I. N. S.)
The Louisville & Nashville railroad
. . u vu.o , j c K M . j . uic iniiiunu
this afternoon annonnporl it wntilrt lift
the embargo on coal cars, which will
liberate thousands of cars loaded with
goods for various parts of the coun
try. - - - I
SAYS DISTINGUISHED
OF
Other Great Roads of World
"No Good" Compared to
Columbia Scenic Route,
The most important things Nicholas
P. Melnlkoff. the distinguished Rus
sian engineer, has seen on the Pacific
coast up to now are the Columbia
river highway and the automatic
telephone system.
Mr. Melnikoff, who arrived from
San Francisco yesterday on a etudy
tour of the Industries and engineering
skill of the I'nlted States, is spending
a busy day In Portland visiting indus
trial plants under the chaperonsge of
Samuel Hill.
At a luncheon given at the Arlington
club today by Mr. Hill. Mr. Melnikoff
was the guest of honor, meeting about
20 of the city's prominent citizens
Mr. Melnikoff la chief engineer of
the cabinet of the Emperor of Russia,
(Concluded on Page Fourteen. Column Six)
Manufacturers Want
Lower Water Rate
Commissioner Daly Is Appealed to by
Itaalty Board Committee; Ho Belief
Is Promised Them.
Arthur Callan, W. H. Mall and E. A.
Clark, a committee from the Realty
Board, appeared before Will H. Daly,
cemmissioner of public utilities, this
morning, asking that in tbe adjustment
of water rates for 1917 the rates for
manufacturing concerns be reduced.
Commissioner Daly told the members
of the committee that the water rates
charged manufacturing concerns had
been reduced within the pat two years
and that they were on the same basis
as the rates for domestic consumers.
He explained that to reduce the rates
for the manufacturing concerns would
mean an increase In the rates for the
domestic consumers.
The- committee is to make a report
of its conference at a meeting of the
Realty Board to be held Friday noon.
Mayor Declares. He's
Winning Bread War
Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 21. (U. P.)
Mayor Fawcett, who started out last
week to bust the bakers' trust, an
nounced today he would appoint a
committee to study the food price i1t
uation, devise economical menus and
otherwise promote- household effi
ciency. Mayor Fawcett declares his wir on
the bakers has been won. The 15
cent loaf, he says. Is meeting with al
most no sale; the 5-cent loaf has
been restored and both it and the 10
cent loaf are larger.
At the mayor's urging, hundreds of
housewives have been boycotting the
bakers and making their own bread.
Safety Methods in
Car Service Topic
Educational meetings of employes
of the Portland Railway, Light &
Power company will be resumed, the
first to be held tonight at the Pied
mont car barns. The general safety
campaign will be pursued. B. N.
Boynton, general claim agent, being
the principal speaker. Application ot
safety methods to general car service
will be explained by City Superintend
ent Fred Cooper and .Division Super
intendent J. Q. Mann will explain the
situation from the standpoint of the
Piedmont division.
Peace Gaining Allied
Ends Alone Desired
New York, Nov. 21. (U. P.) Only
a peace that Is conclusive In gaining
the ends of the allies will be accept
able to Canada, the dominion premier.
Sir Robert Borden, declared in a
speech to ths Canadian club here.
He said that Canada, having sacri
ficed her men and money. Is In the
war to- the same end that prompted
Jier entrance, on August 4, 1914.
HIGHWAY HAS NO PEER
ENGINEER
RUSSIA
Adamson Law
Is Involved In
Private Action
Decision May Be Rendered on
Important Question at Early
Date.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 21. -(U. P.)
Frank Hagerraan, acting as special
counsel for the federal government,
took a short cut here today, in an at
tempt to get an early decision on the
constitutionality of the Adamson law
by the United States supreme court
Proceedings for immediate action were
filed in the federal court.
If the plan undertaken by Hager
man goes through without a nltch the
decision can be had from the high
court before January 1, when the law
becomes effective, it was said here to
day. The proceedings filed by Hagerman
was not an answer to the Injunction
asked by the railroad direct, but was
hrnntrht in the recelvershiD case Of the
o - - - - -
Missouri, Oklahoma & Oulf rallroaJ.
. . m
The road Is now in tne nanus or a re
ceiver. The petition asks that the court give
a forthwith decision on the injunction
asked by the receivers against the
Adamson law and then for an order
directing the receivers to Join with
the government in getting the case ad
vrnced before the supreme court hlch
convenes December 4.
By this shortcut proceedings the
government hopes to get a favorable
decision frdm the supreme court be
fore the railroad brotherhoods carry
out their threat.
The proceedings today will be the
first in the United States to be tried
out. and much of the future action,
both of the government, the brother
hoods and the railroads, will depend on
the outcome.
REALTY ASSOCIATES
TO CLOSE DEAL FOR
T(
N.J. Upham Will Be Here in
Few Days to Complete
$1,000,000 Transaction.
Westover Terraces, under option to
the International Real Estate sesocl
ates. will be transferred to the new
owners some time next week, accord-
.j lag te- 4lsram received here last
evening by F. E. Taylor, preaiacni or
the Portland Realty board, from N
J. Upham. of Duluth. president of the
association, which will purchsse the
property at a price said to 'be little
short of $1,000,000.
The telegram stated that Mr. Up
ham would arrive in Portland early
next week to close the deal, and ar
range for the sale of lots through the
Portland Realty board. F. N. Clark,
vice president of the National Realty
board, who engineered the deal for
William H. Lewis, owner of the prop
erty, also stated that he has received
information that Mr. Upham would
probably arrive next Monday.
President Taylor is arranging a spe
cial meeting of the local Realty board
a week from Friday, to be given over
to the representatives of the Interna
tional Real Estate associates, who
close the deal. At this meeting the
question as to the disposition of the
property will probably come up. The
general arrangement will be that when
the property is placed pn the market
again. It will be under the' name of
the Portland Realty board.
At present the property is not on
the market, and according to Mr.
Upham, it will not be put on sale
before February, 1917. While here
Mr. Upham took an option on the
property, which contains 308 lots of
choice residential sites. The option
closes December 1, but t is thought
that the deal will be concluded be
fore Thanksgiving.
PortlanclShippers
Seek Lower Rates
Washington. Nov. 21. (I. N. S.)
The Interstate Commerce commission
today received a petition from the
Portland. Or., Traffic and Transporta
tion association for lower freight rates
on general merchandise from Oregon to
California.
The i ates complained of are the
class rates from San Francisco to
j-olnts In northern California and the
Klamath Falls region of Oregon, which
the Portland association holds to be
disproportionately lower than the rates
to these points from Portland.
The association had prepared the
complaint more than a year ago, but
postponed filing it with the commls
plon because a similar complaint was
pending before the Calif ornia state
commission. The California commis
sion notified the association yester
day that it had adjusted the rate dif
ferential so far as California is con
cerned.
Nine Racing Horses
Perish in Big Blaze
Bowie Race Track, Md., Nov. 21.
(I. N. S.) Nine horses pertshed when
fire razed the racing ' stables at this
track this afternoon. They were all
widely known racers. Among them
were Booties' Baby, Chelsea, King
Box, Father Riley, Corsican. Joyland,
Yellowstone and Running Shot.
Explosion in Eussia
Kills 341 Persons
Petrograd. Nov. 21. , N. S.)
Three hundred and forty-one persons
were killed and 600 wounded In an ex
plosion at Balarltxa, it was officially
announced today. , , . .
m
1R TERRACES
ZONERS, FREED
BY COURT, WILL
OPERATE CURS
Drivers Win Sweeping Victory
in Municipal Court This
Afternoon and Will Con
tinue in Taxi Business.
DRIVERS ARE WARNED
PASSENGERS' WILL LAW
Must Be Carried Wherever
They Wish in the 5-Cent
Zone, Court Holds.
"loners" They Are Howy
They ar not Jttneymen or
ex-jitneymen or taxi-jits now
but "soners."
That's the newest name for
the men who drive automobiles
for hire at 5 cents the hire.
It was sprung by attorneys in
the municipal court this morn
ing. "We will try all these soners
this afternoon then," said At
torney Arthur I. Moulton. The
name stuck and probably will
be used henceforth.
The new crop of for hire
drivers object strenuously, to
having the name Jitney con
nected with their business in
any way.
Taxi-Jit drivers Bcored a sweeping
victory In their battle with the city-
to remain in business as a result of
the trials in the municipal court this
afternoon.
In every case the defendants were
acquitted and in seven of the eight,
the city, as represented by Deputy
t.lty Attorney Stadter conceded that
no case lay against them. These were
the charges made of drivers of cars
for hire operating without having
their clocks and speedometers tested
by the city sealer of weights and
measures.
In the case of A. J. Lee, who was
charged with operating a Jitney with
out a franchise. Judge Dangguth held
that his mode of carrying on the bust
ness was Justifiable under ths for hire
ordinance and an acquittal was again
regis tared- -ever ths violent protest of
Mr. Stadter.
&aaggath Waras Drivers.
Kven as he discharged the defendant
though, Judge Langguth issued a
broadcast warning to the new flock of
for hire drivers, who until last Fri
day were Jitney chauffeurs, that they
must obey the law in letter and spirit.
They must not only adhere strictly
to its qualifications in regard to the
sone system, but they must carry pas
sengers anywhere that the passenger
desires, and at the rates prescribed on
their cards, the court said.
"Let it go forth that I will he
mighty hard with the driver who
comes before me in violation of this
for-hire ordinance," said the court.
Vo Excuse' to Go.
"You must carry your patrons any
here they direct, even if the haul
costs but S cents and it costs von
$50 to get out of a mud hole. You
have elected to operate under this law.
and now you must obey it to the let
ter, i he law not only protects you,
but It must protect your patrons."
it wa the contention of the citv In
this case that A. J. Lea followed a
fixed route Instead of distributing his
passengers to their homes. City De
tectives Tichenor and Moloney and Pa
trolman Whitehead followed Lee from
Third and Washington streets, across
the steel bridge, and out Williams av
enue to Killingsworth avenue, they
testified, and Lee, they asserted, fol
lowed the exact route formerly pur
sued by the Jitneys on that line. He
een waited, they asserted, until a
Williams avenue car came around the
corner at Killingsworth. then started
off down the street ahead of the car.
tuning up passengers, on the next
trip, the officers asserted, Lee went
out the route followed,? the Alberta
Jitneys, duplicating Ms tactics of the
former trip.
Tollowed Direct Scutes.
Lee, in defense, said that he carried
out the for hire law to the letter. He
discharged his passengers where they
requested to be let out. he said. He
went on three different routes. South
Portland, Alberta and Williams avenue,
he asserted, taking passengers to their
desired destinations every time. He
said he followed tbe old Jitney by-ways
because they were the most direct
routes.
He picked up his loads, he said, at
Third and Washington streets, where
Ihe passengers were assembled by a
solicitor in the employ of the chauf
feurs' union.
A. A. Thlelke. president of the union,
was the next witness. Thlelke said
three solicitors, licensed by the city,
assembled business for the hire cars'
They are stationed at Third and Mor
rison, Third and Washington streets,
and at the Meier & Frank company
store. The four 6 cents cones, as print
ed on the zone cards and accepted by
the city, he said, cover the business and
residence district thoroughly, and the
districts covered by hourly charges
are outlying and furnish the for hire
cars with a very small amount of busi
ness. . JTnst Within the &aw.
Deputy City Attorney Stadter admit-
ted that there' was no queston that Lee
had the proper qualifications as de
fined by the ordinance, to operate a
car for hire, but insisted that Lee fol
lowed a fixed route In violation of the
for hire ordinance.
Judge Langguth held that Lee was
technically within the law, but inti
mated that he was Jut inside.
''He Is clothed with the authority of
a permit and be has fulfilled the for
hire law, so he Is not guilty, said the
court.
In ths ' odometer, - speedometer . sod
Deutschland Is
On Her Way to
the Fatherland
Merchant Submarine Is on High
Seas Beyond Three Mile
Limit.
New London, Conn., Nov. 21. (U.
P.) The German submarine freighter
Deutschland with daring Captain Koe
nlg in command, is somewhere on the
high seas this evening homeward
bound.
After leaving her pier here this aft
ernoon the Deutschland passed out be
yond the three-mile limit a couple of
hours later and was well away on her
dash, during which she must evade
allied warships patrolling the Atlantic.
The tuga Alert and Beckwlth re
tumrH tit New i .ondon late this after
noon after escorting thtt Deutschland
out beyond Race rocks.
They reported the big vessels did
not submerge immediately tha three
mlle limit was reached. The last they
saw of the Deutschland she was plow-
ihe straight eastward on the surface.
The Deutschland made her second
start for her home port of Bremen at
2:36 this afternoon.
HISTORY OF PORTLAND
Call Today Shows $91,833,
575; Volume of Loans
Takes Big Jump Also,
Portland bank deposits are now the
greatest In the history of the city. The
government call Issued today for a
statement of the condition of the
banks on November 17 showed total
deposits in Portland banks of $91,833,
75.40, or $8,932,294.45 greater than
the previous statement of September
12.
On June 30 the deposits in Portland
banks totaled $72,687,261.52, which
means that since then the totals have
Increased $19,146,323.88.
Total loans and discounts of Port
land banks on November 47 showed a
smaller Increase than the deposit is.
Totals show $56,646,763.13. or $5,862.
611.37 greater than the previous call.
The figures show in detail for the
November 17 statement:
Dppofttp
rittt Ktlonl....$t4,b;7.008.41
Aiheiy EumHo VD6.1W.09
bk. of California 'S,MT.1T0
U. S. Nitlou.l... 13,S.S4tf.ei
Ctoo. Dates... m.2W.83
Cltlaen 87 H. 74.1.65
Lsdd Til too lS.O24.BMj.0O
Can. Bk. of Com. 6 B54.Wl.T7
N. W. National.. 10.U40.29l.70
Ixwna
fl6.OK2.8tt9.S1
lft0.ttO6.17
: ',Atto,H00.r
6,4tM,833.0S
452.01. Ml
8WH.559.4S
,604. 1X8.69
8,666,076.80
6.410.S2W.23
157,720.01
44.004.72
4,fiH2,N7.67
Wo, 4117. 22
2.12,877.72
245.876.90
278.47S.02
611.881.34
107,048. 6
261.201.01
126.478.67
211.700.77
221.820.21
Ilarlmaa A Tpon 2IM).6I'I.80
Multmim'b St. Bk
no.VDi.no
0,706.176. 3
1.742.W&.04
3.0:ti.744l.70
&X3.474.4S
3W.757.84
7B1.3-S1.Z7
141.70C.73
R WK5.97
1O0.70U.81
3M.5aJ.77
248.WM.73
55,422.23
Lumberm'na Nat'l
Scan-American . . .
Hlbernia SaT ga..
Knat Side Hank
Hank ot Kenton. .
S-urUy S. A T. .
Klrat Natl. U'ton
Peninsula Natl...
MonUTllla 8Tga..
First Nat.St.Jobna
Bank of Hellwood
Hrat T. A
80.182.82
Totala
..$91,883,675.40 $55,646,733.13
$30,000,000 Placed
To Purchase Grain
Winnipeg. Man., Nov. 21.- (U. P.)
The Canadian government, today placed
tin 000.000 with chartered banks for
purchasing grain for England.
clock case. Deputy City Attorney 8taJ
ter admitted that the taxi-Jits were not
subject to inspection under the for hire
law. The inspection, he said, applied
only to the taxicabs. His recommenda
tion was for dismissal of the cases. The
defendants were W. E. Coovert, H. ti
Une. Peter Berides, John George, M
Wnltann W. 11. WhitlOCk and C. 8.
King.
Mayor Albee charges that the jit
nv ooersting as for-hlre cars sre
vadlns- the law and that Commls
sloner Daly has sanctioned the plan.
TTp to Klssoaer, Bays Daly.
"The only reply I have to make to
the mayor's statement," said Daly
this morning. "Is that If the Jitneys
sre evading the law and It can be
shown that they are violating a city
r-rdinance. it is the mayor's duty to
have them arrested.
Mayor Albee says thst he Is not
trying to put the Jitneys out of busl-
kml but is oniy trying to see mat
they obey the law.
"I am of the same opinion now as
I always have been," he declared
"I believe that they should give
transfers and that they 'can operate
at a profit on streets where there
are no car lines. I do not believe
that they should be allowed to dupli
cats the streetcar system, but that
they should assist in giving service
to the greatest number."
naif Works on Jf ew rraacblsa.
Commissioner Daly Is still working
on a new franchise draft and expected
to have It in, shape to be submitted
to the council within a few days. He
says that he believes the Jitneys
should be permitted to operate but
that they can not operate under the
franchise proposed by Commissioner
Baker.
"The provisions of Commissioner
Baker's franchise are too drastic." he
said. It Is impossible lor the Jit
neys to operate two miles or more and
then give transfers that passengers
may ride for two more miles on the
same fare.
"I am firmly convinced that the
council will agree to a more reason
able franchise and shall do my best to
drsft one. I am still of the belief
that the franchise plan is the proper
one to regulate ths Jitneys but do not
believe that a franchise should be so
stringent as to prohibit operations
Even as City Attorney La Roche
wss delivering his opinion . to ths
mayor this morning that ths taxl-Jlt
drivers were not violating any law
in not having their speedometers and
(Coseloded a Page Seventeen. Coiaats leves)
BANK DEPOSITS SHOW
BIGGEST
REAE
BROTHERHOODS
TO WORK FOR 8
HOURS FOR ALL
American Federation of Labor
Hears Addresses Delivered
by Heads of Railroad Em
ployes' Organizations. '
SOLID SUPPORT IS
PROMISED IN FIGHT
President Wilson Praised in
Connection With Adam
son Measure.
By George R. Ilolmes.
Baltimore. MJ.. Nov. 21. (1. N. L
The full force of all tne organlted '
labor of the nation was, thrown today
squarely behind t?ie movement for av.
universal eight hour working day.
Amid scenes of wildest enthusiasm,
five men, who in a measure control ths
destinies of millions of workers, mu
tually pledged themselves to get their
"undivided efforts to the securancs of
an eight hour day for an who toll,"
The men '.ere President Samuel
Qompers, of the Amerl?an Federation
of Labor, and the heads of the four
grat brotherhoods of fallroad train
men W. 8. Stone, . S. Carter, W. 0.
Lee and L. E. Shepard.
Kach of the Brotherhood chiefs ad
dressed the convention, recounting ths ;
fight for the Adamson taw, and their
determination to first let the govern
ment try to beat the railroads at their
own game in tne courts, ana ir mac
falls, then to resume tho fight for ths
eight hour law, "so lo.ig as there Is
breath left in us to fight."
Croxnpera Vledges Support.
At the conclusion of their speeches,
Oompers took the platform and pledged
to the brotherhood enters ' tne undivid
ed and unequivocal support of every
man and woman in the organised labor
movement."
"They have thrown down ths
gauntlet and we 'accepted the chal- f
eng-e," cried oompers. "Ana in ins
language of Immortal Shakespears
Lav on. MacDuff, and damned ds ns
who's flrat. to cry enough.' " ' ''
, pandemonium oroxe loose as uom
pers finished, snd mutual handshaking-
followed. A delegate, above th
confusion, yelled a motion to glfe a
rising vote of thanks -and confidence
to the brotherhood chiefs, and tt was
given with every man on his feel and
cheering.
Fair warning wss given ts national
legislators that the railroad workers
will permit no compulsory arbitration
legislation, by W. a. Lee of ths train
men. "We're going to work for an tight
hour day for every man who tolls, and
if he can't get it we'll fight for it."
he shouted. "And we'll fight compul-
(Concluded on 'at Nine, Column Three)
E
Lifeboat Crews Take Forty
Persons From Ship After
Fight With Waves,
Portland Man Was Cook. ,
Among those rescued from
W Btblrla was a Portland man.
Kdward El well. 35 years old.
Elwell shipped with ths .
steamer as steward snd cook Hf
and. as far as his Portland
relatives know, was with ths ;
steamer when she wss
stranded.
Elwell is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. P. L. Elwell, 681 East
Fourteenth street, and brother;.
ot W. P. Elwell, 711 East - 4
Fourteenth street. He wrote
about two months ago as tho;,,
)t ship was leaving New York for
France and expected at the
time to spend ths holidays with
his family here. '
"
Deal, England, Nov." Jl.rU. P.)-
Lifeboat crews from the Deal and Wal
rner stations today succeeded In rescu
lhg all passengers and members of the
crew of the stranded American steam
er Slblria.
The Biblrla struck the Goodwin
Sands late yesterday. All through
the night the wsves mercilessly pound'
ed the vessel, passengers and crew
(CooclndVe oa lJg Fourteen. Colocuo Sli
a. m . a fe' '
lierman steamsnip :
Blows Up in Baltic
-Y,.ix':
London, Nov. St. (I. N, 8.) Ths
German steamship Frits Hugo has
been wrecked In ths Baltic by a
boiler explosion with the loss of
seven lives, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen
STRANDED
AMERICAN
SBMER'SCraD
PASSENGERS R
SCUED
A dispatch received here from Ath
ens states that the steamship .Sepet
sal has been torpedoed by subma
rine. At least one life was lost," '
The Greek steamship Marls N.
Roussous Is reported to have been
sunk in a gale off ths English coast
with the loss of part of tier crtw.
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