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THE WEATUEa "ITS 'ALL IIEHB :a f Xv, V Tonight and to JptUXX morrow fair; EWTJONC colder; , easterly VT IV inds. Humld- , itr. S4. and VOL. XV. NO. 220. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 23, 1916 TWENTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS 0 TIAKI AITS VKW1 " TAKE riTE CCMTS TROOPS IN JIOL HEY TO Reports From Bucharest In dicate That Roumanians ' Attacked by General Falk ! t cnhayn Have Escaped. LONDON FEARS PART OF ARMY CAPTURED Roumanian War Office Ad - mits Retirement From ' v Craiova. J. Bucharest. Nov. 23. (IT. P.) In Its Second official statement of the day, ' the war office today declared Rouma nian troopa, after powerful artillery preparations, had attacked and occu pied Mount Toaca and Polana'Marcme, capturing an enemy machine gun and repulsing a counter attack. Bucharest. Nov. 23. (U. P.) "We Tttlred westword from Craiova," today's- official Roumanian war of rice ' alstenent announced. :; Retirement from points in the Jlul . valley to old positions was ulso stated. In the Alt valley, the statement de clared that Roumanian troops were ' maintaining their positions. S T-nnrinn Kftw "3 flT. P.) TllO Roumanian official statement, Issued ! today after two days' silence at Bucharest, In the face of sleeping German clalmB of "bottling uj" f the ' Roumanian army, served to increase , the hope here that the forcea of the Balkan kingdom In the Jlul valley at least has ducked from under .the en circling arm of General von Falken ', liayn's troops. The Roumanian statement did not i concede Iobs to the Germans of Crai . ova, but it did announce a retirement westward from the Wallachlan city. Of more Interest here was the state ' ment that the Roumanian forces had withdrawn from the Jlul valley to "old positions." The Jlul-. valley forces were among those at; which Falken hayn's encircling sweep was most di rectly aimed, If they have escaped, as indicated. In the Roumanian statement, they may he iW to create a suffl- (Cpuehidi'4 -en rff Thirteen, Column Fire) T7i Man Suspected of Attempting k Lives of Banqueters Held in Spaulding, Neb, ' '" Chicago. Nov. 23. (IF. P.) A man believed to he Jean Crones, whom the police are hunting in connection with .' the poisoned soup Incident at the Uni versity club here several months ago, .was arrested In Spaulding, Neb., today. Crones, employed as a cook at the University club, Is said by police to have. poisoned the soup at a banquet at Which Archbishop Mundelcln was ,th, speaker. Scores were made ill. but no one died. Arresting Officer Positive. ':' Omaha. Neb., Nov. 23. (U. P.) Marshal William Burns, of Spajrdlng, Neb., who identified a suspect as Jean Crones, waa so sure today that he had the right man that he was afraid to .keep the. prisoner In the city jail, and took him to the county seat at Barlett. ' Barns identified the mn Jrom a photgraph while the suspect was play ing pool Met night. The man under arrest ia 5 feet 8 inches-tall, 30 years of age, has light hair, .talks with a foreign accent, is welTwresaed and wore a soldier's cap. - He la" said to have dome to Spaulding yesterday. Will Not Recognize J Poland's Autonomy .Rome. Nov. 23. (U. P.) Replying tc the central powers, the Holy See , has stated Its inability to consider the Austro-derman pronunclamento as to Poland's autonomy before conclusion ?f peace proceedings, it was announced day. Want a Job? ' Well, don't worry. At some i ' time In life this la true of the best of folks. .Make up your mind that your next position will be the BEST you've ever . had.. - Here's How to -Find One v Insert a little "Want Ad" In " the "Situations Wanted" col ' omn of The Journal which is : ,. read by practically every buel ., ness man in Portland. , In this way you lose no time In reaching those who might ', v :.; have Just the position open' which will suit you. lSe will pay for a 10-word ad. vWrllsan ad today and leave It with The Journal. ORSOVAFORCES JEAN CRONES SOUGH AS SOUP POISONER BELIEVED DISCOVERED Dispatch Says Armenians Are Turks' Victims Special Agency Reports That Be tween 6000 and 6000 Have Been Massacred. London. Nov. 23. (U. P.) A pedal agency dispatch from Baku, Asiatic Russia, via Petrograd, de clared the Turks have massacred between 6000 and 6000 Armenians at Sivas, Turkey. AGREMENT REACHED AS TO PROCEDURE IN TESTING 8 HOUR LAW Government and Railroads to Jointly File Bills Covering Points at Issue, Washington, Nov. 23. (I. N. S.) Attorney General Gregory and coun sel for the' railroads have compro mised their differences over the pro cedure to be followed in testing the constitutionality of the eight-hour law, the department of justice an nounced this afternoon. Under the agreement reached the government and the railroads will file Jointly a num ber of bills covering all points of the law, some of which could not be tested In the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf case. Besides the suits of the Union Pa cific and Santa Fe, those of the Kan sas City Terminal company and the Kansas City Southern were set for this morning. Two Salts Kay Form Test. In the office of Special United States Counsel Frank liagerman in Kansas City. Mo., in conference with him, were representatives of the Santa Fe add the Burlington. Word from Washington said Attorney General Gregory waa conferring with representatives of the New York Central, Pennsylvania and Burlington. The railroad attorneys asked that one other case, or preferably two. ono based on an injunction suit by an eastern road and one by a western road, be carried to the supreme court. It was suggested that the eastern road be either the New Yok Central or the Pennsylvania and that tho west ern, road be either the Santa Ke, ibe Burungton or the Union Pacific. Mr. Hagerman, acting for the gov ernment, countered with a proposal that all the points the railroads con tend for, not covered In the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf case, be incorporated ir. it and certified up to the supreme court along with the transcript of the record of yesterdays nearlng before Judge Hook. A. II. Harris of the New York Cen tral and Chester M. Dawes of the Chi cago, Burlington & Qulncy were uloset ed with the attorney-general for hoars today In an effort to reach an agree ment on the case. JC, O. fc O. Case Called "Unfair. Th government would be satisfied to appeal the case of the Missouri, Oklahoma & fiulf railroad, in which Judge Hook at Kansas City yesterday declared the Adamsqn measure uncon stitutional. The railroad representa tives declare such a course would be unfair because: The M., O. & G. is a short road which has wage agreements with its men which are not typical of trunk lines. The business of the road is of auch a nature that the effect of the law on all classes of traffic would not be given a fair tesv. The number of men employed does not bear a sufficiently proper pro portion to the value of the property. The road is in the hands of re ceivers and therefore is not under normal operating conditions. Immediate Injunction Denied. Chicago. Nov. (I. N. s.) An im mediate injunction restraining the gov ernment from putting the Adamson eight-hour law into effect was denied the Pennsylvania lines and the Pan handle railroad by Judge Carpenter In the United States district court here today. Judge Carpenter set a hearing on the road's petition for December 4, when the hearings of other railroads come "P. Seek Continuances In All Cases. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 23. (U. P.) Government officials in conference hero with representatives of all the tig railroads of the country sent telegrams today throughout the mid dle west instructing district attor neys to secure continuances on all suits brought to test the validity of the Adamson elght-lfbur law. It is said the continuances are asked with the consent of the railroads. Hearing Is Postponed. Kansas City. Mo., Nov 23. (U. P.) Hearing of the Santa Fe's Injunction suit against the Adamson eight hour law, set for today before Judge John C. Pollock in the United States district court here, was postponed Indefinitely, pending the result of a conference be tween railroad officials and govern ment representatives. The hearing will probably come up tomorrow, Another Railroad Sues. Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 23. (I. N S.) The Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific railroad today filed an injunc tion suit In the federal court here ask ing that the provisions of the Adamson eight-hour law b not put into effect. Southern Pacific Files Suit. San Francisco. Nov. 23. (P. jf. S.) The Southern Pacific Railroad com pany this afternoon filed a suit here In the United States district court to have the Adamson eight-hour law de clared Illegal. ; I). S. RELATIONS TO RAILROADS GALLED WRONG Flat Demand for Revolution ary Change Made by Coun sel in Hearing Before the Newlands Joint Committee. FEDERAL OWNERSHIP IS CALLED ALTERNATIVE Limiting Without Giving As sistance Basis of Attor ney's Attack. Washington, Nov. 23. (I. N. S.V The railroads of the countrfcr toc'.ay made a flat demand for a revolution ary change In the relations of the gov ernment to the railroads. General Counsel A. P. Thorn, of the railroad executives' committee, told the Newlandg Joint congressional com mittee, invehtigating interstate com merce conditions, that unless the pres ent system o" railroad control is re formed, government ownership of the entire railroad system of the country is inevitable. Mr. Thorn opened the testimony for the r..llroads with an outline of the position the railroads take concerning railroad regulations. He declares the present system has almost completely precluded new railroad construction, and has endangered the credit of all railroads. Government Aid JTeceosary. "The growth of the country Is de pendent upon Increased railroad facil ities," be said. "The government must aid in securing the funds necessary for expansion." He declared that the government has limited and restricted the service and incomes of the railroads without tak ing any steps to help them meet the Increased experues. Counsel Thorn referred to the recent freight embargoes imposed by the rail roads and the present shortage of freirnt cars to prove that the railroad facilities of the country are far from adequate to care for the needs of the people. He declared "the cost of liv ing is dally advancing, owing to a shortage of . supply which might be remedied by securing access to new areas of production," and said less (Concluded on .Page Elgbtsen Co lama six) A. F. OF L. CHARTER OF RONWORKERS TAKEN Bitter Fight, With Chargesof Bias and Frame-Up Pre cede Suspension, Baltimore, Md., Nov. 23. (U. P.) The American Federation of Labor to day adopted an amended resolution suspending the charter of the Inter national Bridge & Structural Ironwork ers. This followed a bitter fight cn the floor in which charges of bias and frame-up were hurled. The fight was over the dock build ers and plledrivers of New York. It Is charged that when a strike was on the ironworkers organized the strikers into a separate body under their Juris diction. This brought protests from the carpenters, with whom the strik ers were affiliated. The carpenters introduced the reso lution to ask the convention to revoke the Ironworkers' charter. With only two days remaining for the convention to transact business there is a noticeable "speeding up." The last day of the convention is generally given 'over to the election of officers. When there are no contests In the election of the heads of the federa tion this work occupies but a short time. This year, however, there will be at least one contest, as John W. Hays of the International Typograph ical union is after the post of Frank Morrison who, for more than 20 years, has been secretary of the organization. A resolution before the convention asking for the appointment of another vice president will probably pave the way for another contest. While the delegates are reluctant to make a contest against the present officers, there are any number who are willing to test their strength in a contest for a new office. State Capital Going Bone .Ilry' Before Legislature Meets Salem.l Or.. Nov. 23 Salem and Marion county will be $ 4 "bone dry" Immediately after Governor Withycombe pro- $ claims the result of the vote on 4 the constitutional amendment, j 4 District Attorney Bingo an- 4)t nounced today.. . 4t The proclamation is expected ift about December 7. Ringo will 4 instruct the county clerk to ft 4ft issue no more affidavits to ex- Ht 4t press companies and will insist that the "bone dry." amendment be enforced to the letter. . In taking this stand, the dls- trlct attorney disagrees with y Attorney General Brown, who Ht held that the bone dry amend- ment would not become effect- ive until the legislature pro- vided penalties, . , 4t . r--.i.: ' AWAY BY CONVENTION New Record In Municipal Bonds Made City Will Receive Several Thousand Dollars in Premiums as Result of Sale This Morning. Municipal bonds aold by C. A. Blge low, commissioner of finance, this morning brought the highest premiums ever received for municipal bonds in the history of the city. The highest price, the record breaker, was $10M7 for a $20,000 block off an issue of 1:45,013.97 in improvement bonds. The record breaking price was offered by John E. Price & Co., bond buyers. Of Seattle. Three issues of Improvement bonds totalling $414,013.97, and a block of $20,000 In crematory bonds, were sold to the highest bidders. All of the prices were high, and the city will receive several thousands of dollars in premiums as result of the sale. Awards and prices on Improvement bonds were as follows: John E. Price & Co., $20,000 at 108.47, $25,000 at 108.17. $50,000 at 107.87, Lumbermen's Trust company, $50,000 at 107.69; John E. Price A com pany, $85,000 at 104.06; United States National bank, $5000 at 104.68; City Treasurer Adams for sinking fund in vestments, $145,000 at par: Charles E. Walters & Co., $34,000 at 102.80. The $20,000 in crematory bonds went to City Treasurer Adams at par for sinking fund investments. There were nearly 20 bidders. For mal awards are to be made by the city conucil tomorrow. The money derived from the sale of the bonds Is to be ued toward redeeming water bonds falling due the first of the year. ELIMINATE HAZARDS OFGRAD CROSSINGS SENTIMENT OF MEET Railway Men, Business Men and Farmers Agree on Ne cessity of Precautions. Elimination of the hazards of grade crossings of railroads and highways met universal Indorsement today at a conference called by the public ser vice commission of Oregon at the court house, with representatives of city, county and state government present, besides officials of the rail roads and th members of the com mission. , . After-setting- fortBi. of ' t-be conference. CohffcafssDner Frank J. Miller declared the meeting open trd virtually turned it over to those attending, to do with as they saw fit. He even suggested that someone out side the commission be called upon to preside at the deliberations, but Judge C. H. Carey, representing the Hill railway lines, nominated Mr. Mll- (Cooclnded on Pige Ten, Column Tiro) Brittanic Struck 1 Mine, Says Cable White Star Hew Tork Office Secelves Beport From the Office in London; Twenty-Tour Beport Lost. New York, Nov. 23. (U. P.) The White Star liner Britannic, operating as a hospital ship for the British gov ernment was sunk by a mine in the Aegean sea, with a loss of 24 live", according to cables received by the local White Star offices this afternoou from the company's London office. "The captain, all officers and en gineers saved. Twenty-four dead or missing," read a cable received by the line shortly before 5 o'clock this aft ernoon. Another cable from the Lon don office received this afternoon read : "Regret to Inform you Britannic sunk in Aegean sea by m,ine." Two Die in Hospital. Athens. Nov. 23. (U. P.J The Brit ish hospital ship Britannic sunk in 3y0 feet Of Water in thn 7.i rlnnnd an cording to reports here today. Two of the injured, brought here for atten tion, died in the hospital today. Fire This Afternoon Destroys Automobile Fire this afternoon most completely destroyed the automobile of L Gurl. 869 Williams avenue, a rent car." Gurl was driving toward the Broadway bridge on Williams avenue, when his engine stopped. When he cranked the motor a blaze of flame enveloped the car, and before the fire department could reach the scene, ruined every ruinable part. The loss was about $900. British Freighter Armed for Defense San Francisco, Nov. 23. (U. P.) The war tone was brought nearer to San Francisco today, when the British freighter Potomac arrived with two four-pounder guns in her hold. These had been mounted on deck during the Potomac's trip from Mollendo. for fear of German submarines n the Pacific, The Potomac carried copper ore. Gresham Cannery , Burned to Ground Gresham. Or.. Nov. 23. Fire of un known origin about 1 o'clock this after noon totally destroyed the Gresham Fruit Growers' cannery, located in the eastern part of the city. No one was at the plant when the fire started. It had been closed down for about a month after having finished one of its largest seasons. The loss Is not known. PANGHO VILLA BEGINS ATTACK ON CHIHUAHUA Message Flashed to Juarez Says Fight for Possession of City Started at Eleven o'Clock; Consul Reports. GENERAL TREVIN0 HAS RECEIVED ASSISTANCE General Murgia Said to Have Forced Bandits Into Engagement. El Taso, Texas, Nov. 23. (U. P.) Pancho Villa began his attack on Chi huahua City at 11 o'clock today, ac cording to a message flashed to Juarez. The message said fierce fighting was In progress at noon. Consul Soriano Bravo made official announcement of the attack. "We have Just received word that the attack has begun, and there are no details," said Bravo. "We do not know how many troops Trevino has in the garrison." Villa with strong forces was on the outskirts of Chihuahua City last night, according to official announce ment made by the Mexican de facto government officials today. An of ficial bulletin stated that Gencnl Murgia with his division was at Mapula, only 14 miles south of the state capital "driving Villa toward Chihuahua City." The garrisons at Villa Ahmunda and Sauz were drawnlnto Chihuahua City last night as reinforcements for Tre vino. Villa Kas 4000 Men. Leading 4000 men. Villa approached the city from the south. Three hours after the attack began, the wires Vj Juarez had not been cut. At last re ports General Trevino commanded 5000 men and had 20 heavy guns, both 75 and SO millimeters. The hills to the north and east of the city were fortified and had gun em placements. Other earthworks and trenches extended around the city, and barbed entanglements had been placed In position. i An incident, pointing to preparation for evacuation of the city by Carran- r.iBias was aiferoraer given py mo ae At ttof Mm yesterday" " ttaf, - all empty cars - in Juarez yards be sent south immediately. A peremptory or der was given a mining company to unload 25 carloads of ore so that the empty cars could be sent to Chihuahua City. Carranzlsta officials assert that Villa is in a tlghtplace. They claim that General Mugla, south of Villa, has 6000 men, while Trevino's garri son is estimated at B000 men. Bandits Enter Heart of City. After two hours' fighting, the Vil Ilstas had penetrated into the heart of Chihuahua City in hand-to-hand fight ing. Artillery positions southwest of the city were stormed and taken and the pieces put out of commission by the bandits. Officials at Chihuahua City kept in constant telephone communication with General Gonzales, Carranzlsta commander at Juarez. At 3 o'clock Consul General Andres Garcia declared that three attacks had been made by Villa, but the results were not yet known. Republican Leader Gives His Reasons for Delaying Note of Congratulations, Hughes Sends Congratulations. Lake wood, N. J., Nov. 23. (L N. S.X Charles E. Hughes for- warded to President Wilson a jjt telegram of congratulations on his reelection to the presidency last night. He said: "President, White House: Be- cause of the closeness of the vote I have awaited the official count in California, and now that it is virtually completed, permit me to extend you my congratulations upon your re- election. I desire also to ex- press my best wishes for a most successful administration, Signed) "CHARLES EVANS HUGHES." New -York, Nov. 23. (U. P.) Hav inj acknowledged defeat, and President Wilson having replied to the message of Congratulations from Charles K. Hughes. Republican -National Chair man Willcox today declared It wa now time for every one to get behind the president and give him undivided support. "I would have expected the bemo crats to take the same action we took had they been in our position,' said Willcox. commenting on the delay marking the dispatch of Hughes' mes sage. "But, now. that it Is all over, it Is time for everyone to get behind the president. "I know of no 'irregularities In th vote In California, though I have h-ard some talk along this line. We waited until the official count was practical ly completed because we felt tha, otherwise, the people who voted for (Concluded on Page Thirteen. Column Two) UNDIVIDED SUPPORT OF WILSON URGED BY CHAIRMAN WILLCOX Governor Sets Next Thursday Thanksgiving Pause From Labor, He Urges, and Consider Bounties and Bless ings of Commonwealth. Salem, Or., Nov. 23. Declaring that "The year 1916 has brought to the people of the state of Oregon the mul titudinous blessings of peace and pros perity, In which our good fortune Is doubly notable because of its contrast with the unfortunate conditions pre vailing in so many other portions of the war ravaged world," and that "There Is much in the lives of each and everyone of us for which to be grateful, and for which to render thanksgiving unto him who presides over the destinies of Indivduala, atates and nations," Governor Withycombe to day proclaimed November 30 as Thanksgiving day. "I call upon the people of the state of Oregon, on that day, to pause from their labors and render fitting thanks for the bounties and blessings be stowed upon them and our common wealth," he said in conclusion. INJUNCTION ASKED IN FEDERAL COURT HERE AGAINST 8 HOUR ACT a Northern Pacific and Oregon Short Line Attack Law as Being Unconstitutional, The Northern Pacific company and the Oregon Short llne this morning filed suits in the United States dis trict court attacking the constitution ality of the Adamson eight-hour act. The United States in the person of United States Attorney Keames, and representatives of the four brotherhoods employed by each road, are named as defendants. Writs of Injunction arc asked by the roads on the ground that the act Is unconstitutional in that it inter feres with the right of contract and that it takes property withoutdue pro cess of law. Suits Are Uniform. The suits in their general conten tions are uniform and are in line with the general plan of attack being made on the Adamson law by the railroads of the country. In the Northern Pacific suit H, C Buckley, a conductor, and A. M. Drum, a brakeman, are named eodefendants with .the, -govemmt - iiiih Oregon Short Line suit R. J. Malone, a conduc tor; Charles E. Stuart, an engineer; E. M. Baker, a fireman, and H. R. An derson, a trainman, are the eodefend ants. Both complaints recite that before the end of March the roads nad wage agreements with their employes based not on the number of hours per day, but on conditions peculiar to railroad industry. Beclte History of Grievance. On March 29 the employes of the four brotherhoods asked for certain changes, principal among them an eight-hour day. Inasmuch as a material increase in costs would have resulted, say the roads, it was asUcd that the dispute be submitted to arbitration under the Newlands act. The story of the negotiations leading up to the Adamson bill is told and euch company gives wage scales, fig ures and statistics to show that it is Impossible for it to comply with the terms of the act. Wages vary among the different classes of employes, say the roads, and the wages of one road differ from those of another. The act, if enforced, they allege, would require an arbitrary Increase in wages without reference as to whether existing wages are high or low. Similar Cass Just Sodded, If the roads are compelled t pay for eight hours work that now pay for more hours, they recite, they will have to pay hundreds of thousands of dol lars in excess of existing conditions. Objection Is also made that ware legislation is not properly a Question of interstate commerce subject to regulation by congress. Carey & Kerr. George T: Reld and Charles A. Hart appear as the attor neys ror the Northern Pacific com pany, and W. W. Cotton, A. c. Spen cer and C. E. Cochran as solicitors for the Oregon Short Line, with George II. Smith. J. V. Lyle and B. S. Crow as counsel. Federal Judge Hook of Kansas City passed on a complaint similar in na ture yesterdar. declaring the Adamson law unconstitutional. The case will be immediately expedited to the su preme court. While temporary injunctions may be granted in the local federal court It is not probable that the case will come to trial here, as the Kansas City case will serve as a test case for he entire country. Raid on Zeebrugge Proves Successful - " London, Nov. 23. (U. P.) A suc cessful air raid against German hy droplanes and naval forces at Zee brugge was announced in an admiralty statement today. . Yesterday, it was declared, naval aeroplanes dropped bombs over the seaplane sheds at the Belgian port, row held by the Germans, and also on German destroyers anchored alongside the mole. A destroyer was hit and the sheds damaged by the bombs. New York Building Falls; One Man Dies New Tork. Nov. 23. (U.'P.) One man was killed and six injured when a three-story building, in course of con struction at Sixty-fourth street and Third avenue, collapsed. - BULLETINS Three Steamers Are Sunk. London. Nov. 23. (I. N. S.) A dis patch 'received here from Hull states that the Dutch steamer Hellna, bound from Rotterdam to New York In bal last, was sunk by a mine in the North sea. It is also reported that the Brit ish steamer Grenada and the Norwe gian steamer Mexicano have been both sunk. Ice Maker Takes Own Life. Chicago, Nov. 23. (I. N. 8.) W. L. Kroeschell, wealthy ice manufacturer, shot and killed himself late this after noon in the library of the Illinois Ath letic club In the presence of a number of other prominent members. 1 Potash riant to Be Erected. Washington. Nov. 23. (I. N. S.) The department of agriculture will erect a plant costing I1T5.000 for ex perimental work on the production of potash from kelp near Santa Barbara or Long Beach, Gal., it was announced this afternoon. Football Player Is Dead. Elginf 111., Nov. 23. (U. P.) Cyril Pritchard. fullback of the Elgin high school light eleven, died today as ttyt result of an injury received In a game two weeks ago. Eddie Collins Is "Papa." Philadelphia, Nov. 23. (U. P.) The stork paused at Lansdowne. a suburb today and left a baby boy at the home of Eddie Collins, one of Connie Mack's former fencebreakers and now of the Chicago' White Sox. He will be nam-:d Edward Trowbridge Collins, Junior. McDaniel Prosecution Rests. St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 23. (I. N. S.) Without warning at 4 o'clock this aft ernoon the state rested Its case against Oscar D. McDaniel, charged with the murder of ills pretty wife, mother of his three children. Archbishop to Officiate. Vienna, Nov. 23. (IT. P.) Arch bishop Plffl will officiate et the fu neral of Emperor Franz Josef which will be held November 30, it was an nounced this afternoon. Navy Would Provide Giant Fuel Oil Tanks Washington, Nov. SC. (I. N. S.) Rear Admiral Harris, chief of the naval bureau of the yards and docks, this afternoon asked the house naval affairs committee to recommend that congress give 11,000,000 to provide protection for giant underground oil tanks holding 58,000,000 gallons of oil to be stored for use by the American navy. The tanks are planned to be con structed at Guantanamo, Cuba, Narra gansett bay. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Puget sound. Mare Island and San Di ego. caL . , 4w' ;.- ilectioiFEepeaters, ' Affidavits Secured Kansas City, MJo No. 23. (U, P.) Affidavits, said to b confessions of men who "repeated." some as often as 30 times, in the recent election In Kan sas City, were placed in the hands i f the United States district attorney, Francis M Wilson, and the npt-lnl agent of the department of Justice, Ar thur T. Bagley, this afternoon. The cases have been laid before the dis trict attorney because the election in volved presidential electors, a United States senator and a congressmen. Oregon to Purchase ' Oregon Made Goods Supplies for the state Institutions are to be purchased hereafter, when ever possible, from Oregon manufac turers. This information was received this morning by the industries and manufactures bureau of the Chamber of Commerce from R. D. Goodin, sec retary of the state board of control. The bureau had asked the board for an expression of Us intentions in re gard to the use of Oregon brands, both for materials and supplies, dur ing the coming blennlum. Mr. Goodin stated that special attention would be given, in advertising for bids on quarterly supply allowances, td the products of home Industry. Wilson Will Deliver Message in Person Washington, Nov. 23. (U. r.) The president's annual mesHage to congress Is to be delivered personally before a Joint session Tuesday, December 5, and is being printed at the government printing office today. It is expected to be ready for mailing tonight or early tomorrow. ' Carstens Packing Plant Is Fireswept Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 23. (P. N. S ) Fire starting late this afternoon at the plant of the Carstens Packing company threatens to destroy the en tire plant with a probable loss of over $100,000. 3 , Special Train of S. P. Chief Goes Off Without Him El Centro. Cal.. Nov. 23. (I. N. 8.) President William tJproule of tn Southern Pa- ctfic today has a new expert tr ience on record, that of having his own special train run away without him. Sproule got off the train during a short stop here, and took a walk. Nobody noticed his absence until the special was 15 minutes out of Kl Centro. When It returned for him Sproule was on the oepot piatiorm calmly waiting. a t "' y SCENIC CRATER LAKE HIGHWAY PLAN LAUNCHED United States Commissioner Will G. Steel Announce Project, Destined to Form Attractive Loop for Tourist. STATE AND FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS AIM Stretch From Medford to the Lake Not to Exceed 3 Per Cent Grade. Aroad 70 miles long, with no grade exceeding 3 per cent, from Medford to Crater Lake National Park! Will'.G, Steel, United Stales commissioner for the park, announced yeaterday ' the launching of a campaign to secure runds for Ha construction. The grading will cost 1700,000, he es timated. Both to grade and pave the highway would cost 11,600,000. Oregon's appropriation would be matched by a government appropria tion. If the state highway department and Jackson county together could set aside $350, 00d, an equal amount may be expected from Washington. Mr. nteel 1 before the state high way commission today urging that It approve a tate appropriation of 23 per cent of the amount needed this year. Jackson county, he says, will furnlsl) 75 per cent of the amount. Tomorrow he will leave for Washington to inter est government authorities In the pro ject. Grade Zs 3 ror Cent. The Mrdford-Crater Lake hljhway, outlined Mr. Steel, will connect with the Pacific highway. It will furnish a 3 per cent route to within 1000 ftet of the park boundaries as substitute for the present route, which haa rradea as ateep as 20 per cent. The remaining 1000 feet to the park boundary would have a grade of 4 per cent. The gov ernment built road within the park has no grade exceeding 10 per ent. The (Conclodod on Page Two, Column riror.l . W. W:'S HOOKED ON PASSING FREIGHT JUS LIKE FLIES TO CEILING Police Respond to' S, 0, S, of pailroad but They Can't Make "Wobbies" Walk, Empl'r'Ivss of the Southern Pacific at the Brooklyn yards this morning sent a call of distress to the police that abfrnt 40 members of the I. Vf. , W. had piled into a box car of a train that was about to leave for the south, and refused to get out when ordered by the trainmen. , Pri(ce Hergeant Robson and Patrol- , meoolgelow, Gustafson, Stone, Trout adiGjceen were sent to the scene. Just" SihMf the labor agitators were found, cfetPAflRfably established in the empty 1,oh vfr. At the command of the unl loiffsjid officer they grumblingljr de scenid to the ground. , "You fellows will have to clear out of town, and you can't clear out on this freight," Hobson told their leader, es he began marching the motley crow south toward the city limits. The men continued for about five blocks, then began halting. Finally the whole dele gation stopped. They were ot usd to walking, and they didn't know how far It was to the city limits, and they wars not going to "hoof" it any farther. "We don't want to go to Jail, snld the leader. "We've nothing against Portland, and we're trying. JLo get out. , But rather than walk out, you can tAirow us all in the Jug." vAbout this time the whistle of tse freight train was heard. It was pull ing out of the yards for the south. "Do you care if we take this train?" the leader asked. "I dont' care how you get out, just so you go," said Robson, Right then the six policemen were given the best exhibition of train "flip ping" they had ever seen. At least half of the "wobbles" had blanket and packs on their backs. As the 'engine . came along the engineer saw the Inten tions of the men and steamed up. The long freight shot oy at better than 10 miles an hour. By this time the labor agitators had spread themselves along the track for a couple of hundred yards and in pairs they began reaching for the grab irons. Some "hit" the rods be neath, but most of them took to the ends of the cars, and before the train was half way past all were aboard for California. Not on had to maks a second try. Most of these fellows were the men who were lined in front of Municipal Judge Langguth yesterday morning. They were taken from a train that came from Tacoma. ( German Artillery Bombard British. London, Nov. 23. U. P.) General Sir Douglas Haig reported, German , artillery firing during the night on ' bth aides of the Ancre and also In' the neighborhood of Hebuteme, In to day's statement. ' Ill Ss i j . .- - Parts Reports Quiet Right.' Paris. Nov. 23. (L N. 8,wTh night passed quietly on , the entire ' " western front." says the war aXflcs- statement today. v : . -.. . i