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VOL.. XXXVI XO. 40. ' ' PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY 31QKXIXG, XOVE31BEK 18, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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MAXIMALIST FORCE
GAINING STRENGTH
Defeat of Kerensky Is
Explained.
PREMIER FLEES IN DISGUISE
Formation of Democratic Con
gress Is Now Proposed.
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED
Moscow Sccno of Great Disorder,
, With Hunger Kiots Reported.
Catcliina Occupied by Fin
nish Regiment.
HAFARANDA, Sweden. Friday, Nov.
16. Information reaching: Haparanda
from Petrograd indicates that the de
feat of Premier Kerensky came In con
sequence of intervention of Lettish
forces amounting; to 30.000 men on the
eide of the Maximalists. The power of
the Maximalists at Petrograd Is said
to have been strengthened.
PETROGRAD, Thursday, Nov. 15.
The formation of a democratic congress
of workmen's and soldiers' delegates, to
which It Is proposed that all Socialist
government shall be responsible, is un-
i der discussion by the railway men's
union, the committee on safety, Bolshe-
Vlkl leaders, and the town Duma.
Maximalist headquarter- has received
from Colonel Muravleff, the commander
Df the Bolshevik! troops, the following
( telegram dated at Gatchlna:
j "Gatchina has been occupied by' a
Finnish regiment. The Cossacks are
retiring. It Is reported that ' General
Krasnoff . and Kerensky's staff have
1 been arrested."
Martini Laiv Proclaimed.
Martial law has been declared In
Petrograd. A telegram to the Railway
Men's Union reports that Moscow is the
scene of great disorder and that hun
ger riots have occurred there.
Deserted by most of his officers and
virtually ordered to surrender to the
Bolshevlkl, Premier Kerensky evaded
the guards sent for him and has dis
appeared. General Dukhonln has re
sumed temporarily the post of commander-in-chief
of the Kerensky forces
recently defeated at Tsarskoe-Selo.
General Krasnoff, former commander
under Kerensky and who was arrested
with other members of the Premier's
staff, has been released on the ground
that he was only obeying the orders of
his superior. General Krasnoff's re
port concerning the disappearance of
Kerensky confirms th.-.t he fled in dis
guise. Kerensky Disappears.
Premier Kerensky, when told that his
j officers were against him and that his
! men were on t'.a point of deserting,
agreed to come to Petrograd. but while
a guard was being arranged he dropped
. out of sight.
j "At 3 o'clock on the afternoon of No
J vember 1 (old e' le; November 14, new
i style), I called at the quarters of the
i commander-in-chief," said General
. Krasnoff. "He appeared nervous and
, excited."
" 'General,' said he, "you htve be-
trayed me. Tour Cossacks say they
! will arrest me and give me up to the
j sailors.'
! " 'Tes,' I answered, 'such a discussion
Is now going on. There appears to Le
, little sympathy for you."
j " 'Do the officers feel the same way?
he asked. '
' " 'Yes."
""What shall I do? Will I have to
commit suicide?
' 'If you are an honest man you will
(Concluded on Page 10, Column 1.)
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LAMB IS AS MEEK
AS NAME IMPLIES
NEW YORK GIAXT IS ARRESTED
WITHOUT STRUGGLE.
Martin Sheridan, Widely-Known
Athlete, Disappointed - Because
Husky Braggart Didn't Resist.
NEW YORK. Nov. 17. (Special.)
John J. Lamb, 25 years old, is slightly
over six feet two inches in height,
broad in proportion and with fists that
look like uncovered hams in repose,
and a notorious bruiser.
The lionlike lamb was drawn early
in the selective draft. He. announced
grimly through his teeth that he
would like to see any policeman come
and get him.
"Is that so?" commented the man in
charge of the first branch detective
bureau. "We'd better give this world
beater the oiice-'over before we call out
all the reserves."
Thereupon, he called before him a
young man who walked right up to the
longshoreman, asked hopefully if his
name was Lamb, and followed with the
announcement that if it happened to be
such, he. Lamb was expected up at
headquarters immediately. Every other
longshoreman joyously waited for the
explosion.
It never came. After a prolonged
survey,' Lamb suddenly collapsed in the
middle section and replied as meekly as
his name. "All right, mister, I'll come."
Come he did, subsequently going to
Governor's Island, where the Federal
authorities will deal with him.
The detective in charge of the bureau
had cruelly sent down to that pier one
Martin Sheridan. somewhat widely
known as a world champion all-around
athlete, specializing on hammer-throwing
and other such lightsome pursuits.
Tonight Sheridan seemed to be labor
ing under some grievous disappoint
ment. COAST SALMON SENT EAST
.
Thousands of Young Humpbacks
Planted in Atlantic Streams.
. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Many thou
sands of Puget Sound humpback salm
on, collected by the Government two
years ago, entered Pembroke, Dennys,
Penobscot, St. Croix and other rivers
in Eastern Maine this Autumn as part
of the Fisheries Bureau plan of stock
ing" the Kast with the pride of the Pa
cific Coast catch.
The bureau's investigation shows that
the humpback in its new environment
retains its Pacific Coast habit of pro
ceeding to the ocean shortly after it
begins to swim and returning to the
rivers to spawn and die when two years
old.
SALEM MEN GO ON STRIKE
Complaint Made Electricians Being
Sent to Other Cities.
SALEM. Or.. Nov. 17. The local
union of the International Brother
hood of Electrical Workers went on
strike at noon today. The organiza
tion has 30 members.
The complaint is that the Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph . Company, by
whom the men were employed, has
been sending men from here and other
Willamette Valley points to take the
places of striking employes in other
cities.
GOVERNOR CUTS BANQUET
Xew York Executive Urges Self
Denial During War Period.
NEW YORK. Nov. 17. Governor
Whitman has announced that he will
not attend public dinners or banquets
for the duration of the war.
"I wish to say," he declared, "that I
think It is wrong to have elaborate
dinners and banquets at this time.
While others are making such sacri
fices for the country, it seems to me
the least the rest of us who stay at
home can do is to deny ourselves un
necessary pleasures."
THESE IMPRESSIONS WERE PICTURED FORTH BY
V1G.A.G0AL RAKED
TO .i.o'tllLLI
Minimum Quotas Are
Already Assured.
NEEDS NEWLY DEVELOPED
Portland on New Basis Should
Give About $300,000.
CITY'S RECORD IS $184,736
Total Contribution of State at Large
Stops Just $1 Short of $90,
000, in Figures Compiled
Last Night at 6 o'clock.
Achievements recorded yesterday in
the canvass for the Y. M. C. A. war
work fund gave complete assurance
that state and city minimum goals will
be exceeded, but every energy is now
being concentrated in a grand "push"
to lift the pledge totals to an oversub
scription as large as possible.
"The Western Division quota is no
longer II, 250,000, but 12,000,000." came
the message from the Pacific States
headquarters at San Francisco. This,
General Secretary H. W. Stone points
out. Is an Increase of 60 per cent in
goals. Message after message has come
from National and divisions drive of
ficials urging the public to give
enough more than the 133,000.000. orig
inally fixed many weeks ago as the
amount needed, in order that the newly
developed needs in Europe may be met
and that further calls for support of
this work may be postponed until next
October.
((uota V3O0.000.
Portland's quota, on the new basis.
would approximate 1300,000, and that
of the state outside of the Rose City
would be more than 1150,000.
At the "clock - punching" ceremony
yesterday this city's total was recorded
as 1184,736.25, an advance of 142,000 be
ing thus marked, off. School students
of the city are given a generous share
of the credit for -the day's atainment,
returns from their campaigns account
ing for 113,122 of the aggregate.
In 'the, state at large some slacker
failed to hand over his II contribu
tion and, as a result, the state total
stopped short of 190,000 by just this
insignificant amount. Compiled at 6
o clock the sum of contributions out
side of Portland was exactly 189,999.
"Of course our goal of 1100.000 will
be exceeded, but we feel now that we
cannot be satisfied with anything short
of 1125,000. was the word given out
irom state headquarters.
Honor Counties Increase. - ,
The roster of counties which have
achieved or passed their goals was
largely augmented yesterday. To the
old list of Sherman, Josephine, North
Jackson, Hood River, West Washing
ton and. East Yamhill units, whose
goals were attained early In the cam
paign, were added Wasco, Grant
Union, Linn, Gilliam. Baker, West
Yamhill, Benton and Marlon.
Marion County has the 110,000 quota
and Is out to make it 115,000 for. good
measure. West Yamhill has 14000 in
sight, passing its quota of $2500 on
the run. It is believed that other
county ' units have unquestionably
passed their allotments, but slow re
turns from them or from some of their
subdivisions did not permit announce
ment of the fact last evening.
Subscriptions Are Cash.
A gratifying feature of the campaign
In many sectors of the state has been
the fact that subscriptions have been
practically all In cash. Josephine
County has its check 'for 12000 already
In the hands of the state drive leaders.
(Concluded on Pase ItJ, Column 1.)
UNS
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, GO
degrees; minimum, oO degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; moderate easterly winds.
War.
Maximalists are gaining strength in Petro
grad. Section J, puge 1.
Lord Northcllffe's predictions about war
situation In United states come true.
Sectlou 1, page 'Z.
American Congressmen narrowly miss death
on Belgian front. Section 1, page 3.
Americans share In lively action on west
ern front. Section J. page a.
Italians make heroic and successful stand
against Invaders. Section 1. pag J2.
l""o reign.
Hope of Irish unity springs from continuity
of convention. Section 1, page. 1.
New French Premier generally well re
ceived. Section 1. page 6.
Famous French sculptor. Augustl Rodin,
dead. Section 1, page 5.
National.
Important changes made In Army draft reg
ulations. Section 3, page '2.
IometIr.
Funeral services held at camp for Lieu
tenant Bradshaw, of Portland. Section 1.
page 5.
Two men1 arrested In connection with plac
ing tif bomb in Chicago theater. Sec
tion 1. pae .
Department of A gr (culture to study Oregon
egg storage problem. Section 1, page 7.
Presidency of Kansas Agricultural College
Is offered to Dr. Kerr, of O. A. C. Sec
tion 1, page i.
Sports,
Oregon eleven defeats California, 21 to 0.
Section 1, page 1.
Washington and o. A. C. elevens play score
less tie. Section -. page 1.
Oregon team far superior to California. Sec
tion page '2.
Ohio State wins "Big Ten" honors. Section
2. page 2.
Camp I-ewU elevan defeats Multnomah Club.
Section page 2.
Pullman defeats Montana, 28-0. Section
page 2.
Crucial Interschotantlc football games this j
week. Section 2, page 3. j
Oregon-Oregon Angle football game will be i
played as usual. Section 2. page (. j
Athletics aid youth In physical development.
Section 2, page 4.
Portland Golf Club to elect directors. Sec
tion 2. page -4. -
Trap shooters will Instruct soldiers. Section
2. page 4. .
Seattle hockey stars to be missing. Section
2, page 4.
Hockey league plans undecided. Section 2,
page 4. "
New cruiser of Portland man lacks name.
. Section 2, page I.
Boxers work hard for bouts November 23.
Section 2. page 5.
Bowlers make good scores. Section 2.
page S.
Philadelphia Marines want Mare Island foot
ball stars. Section 2, page 5.
' Pacific - Northwest.
Copco dam finished. Section 1. page 3.
Major Washburn expects to tee Kussla. re
vivified. Section 1, page 4.
Girl students' at Agricultural College knit
for soldiers. Section1 1 page 7.
Linn and Benton teachers to hold Joint In
stitute at Albany. Section 1, page 7.
Mrs. Kliza "Warren, first white child born
west- of Rockies, celebrates 80th birth -duy.
Section 1, pa ge 8.
Paul flagstone is new political power la
Idaho. Section J, page 8. .
African " missionary returns to spend year
in CasOe Kuk. Section L- pae 8.
Carap Lewis privates predict Federal con
trol of industries. Section 1. page 0.
Mount Angel celebrates opening of 2 miles
of road. Section 1, page 11.'.
Commercial and Marine.
Oregon wool holders turn down repeated of
fers. Section 2, page 15.
Schooner. S. I. Allard arrives here with 163S
tons of copra. Section 2, page 10.
Schooner Diria loads lumber for Ban Salva-
dor. Section 2, page 10. ,
Vancouver adds to activity In shipbuilding
Industry. Section 2, page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Y.' M. ' C. A. Western division quota raised
to $2.OUO.00O. Section 1, page 1.
Red Cross shop moves to larger quarters.
Section '1, page 12..
Red Cross cost of operation declared cut
to minimum. Section 1, page 12.
Reed College gets 30 volumes for library.
Section 1, page 1-1.
Portland man invents flre-flnder. Section 1,
page 14.
Northwest wheat sales will be resumed.
Section 1. page 14.
H. J. Pierce, president of Columbia Valley
Reclamation Company, says water power
is greatest need. Section . page 17.
Tag day sale to be held for Waverly baby
home. Section 1, page 14. .
12 big real estate companies menace city
credit. Section 1. page IK. ,
Livestock' Show opens tomorrow. Section 1.
page 10.
Spruce 'campaign fully planned. Section 1,
page 2U.
Diseased women to be Isolated at Kelly
Butte. Section 1, page 2U.
Oregon boys make record qualifying as
wireless operators. Section 1, page 21.
Senator Calder pleased with patriotism of
West. Section 1, page 20.
Final episode of British war pictures will
be shown at Orpheura today. Section 1,
page 21.
Appeal made for $10,000 grant in addition
to library tax. Section 1, page 21.
John Helnrich held on charge of violating
draft law. Section 1. page 21.
Mrs. Ida M. Jones killed by collision of auto
and streetcar. Section 1. page 23.
Dairy day at I-and Products Show attracts
crowd. Section 2, page 7.
Dairymen's League will work for high milk
standard. Section 2. page 1
CARTOONIST REYNOLDS AFTER HE HAD SCANNED THE WEEK'S NEWS.
IRISH
com
MAY BRING UNITY
ContinuedSessionHeld
Good Augury.
PREJUDICE BEING OVERCOME
Absence of Outbreak Inspires
Confidence in Result.
FISCAL PROBLEM IS GRAVE
Arnold Bennett Says Delegates Are
Men or Note Who Would Not AVaste
Tbelr Time if There Is Not
Reasonable Hope of Success.
BY ARNOLD BENNETT.
(Copyright. 101T. by the Press Publishing
Company. Published by arrangement.)
LONDON. Nov. IS. The convention
to find a way out of the Irish question
la meeting regularly at Trinity Col
lege In Dublin and elsewhere, either in
full session or In committees. Its pro
ceedings are secret and. very wisely,
no shorthand notes of them are kept.
Nevertheless a considerable number of
outside people In Dublin, London and
other places are necessarily familiar
with the broad outlines of what is go
ing on, with the progress made, if any,
and with the general temper of the as
sembly from week to week.
In Dublin you may easily have the
luck to meet on the pavement a mem
ber of the convention just emerged
from a meeting and. though he should
chat about the price of eggs, you can
not fail to derive from his conversation
some reliable Inkling of the conven
tion's tendency and prospects. As a rule
however, he will not chat about the
price of eggs. Moreover, you can de
duce some fairly Important things for
yourself.
Reconciliation Ik Apparent.
Visualize the convention. Political
and religious opponents, divided by the
most ferocious mutual hostility, are sit
ting and talking amicably together in
one room. Many of them had over and
over again declined to even meet each
other, but they are sitting talking to
gether In one room. They were sep
arated by profound, desperate opposing
convictions, but they are sitting talking
together In one room. Many had pro
claimed that any compromise between
the two parties was utterly inconceiv
able: but they are sitting talking to
gether in one room.
They have been doing so for months,
and nobody has yet assassinated any
body; nobody has walked out of the as
sembly in disgust crying that it was a
shame and a farce.
Delegates Are Representative.
They are in the main people of pub
lic position and reputation. They are
people with responsibilities, people
whose time Is valuable. They are not
professional comedians nor complete
idiots. But unless they are professional
comedians or complete idiots, why do
they continue to meet and talk?
It Is obvious that the only answer Is
that they continue because they are
making progress toward a mode of set
tlement or because they hope to make
such progress.
They may, of course, ultimately
reach the conclusion that the desired
goal is unattainable. And when they
do reach that conclusion they will
cease to sit.
Hope la Increasing
In - the meantime there is hope and
the hope grows dally; and so in assert
ing positively that the outlook is hope
ful I cannot be accused of indiscreton.
-I can safely go further. Two con
clusons can be ruled out and are ruled
out. The convention will not propose
DR. KERR, OF O.A.C.,
MAY GO TO KANSAS
PKKSIDEXCY OF FIRST AGRI
CILTIKAL COLLEGE OFFERED.
Salary of $9000 a Year Is Regular
Pay and m Insistent Arc Regents
That Evcu More Is Assured.
OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Nov. 17. The presidency of
Kansas Agricultural College, paying a
salary of 19000 a year, has been offered
to President William J. Kerr, of the
Oregon Agricultural College, by mem
bers of the Kansas board of regents,
now in Washington.
They have been most insistent that
Professor Kerr accept this offer, and
have gone so far as to assure him tiiat
if the present salary is not adequate
they will guarantee a satisfactory fi
nancial agreement.
Professor Kerr, before leaving for
home today, told the Kansans he would
take their offer under advisement, but
ga them no definite promise. Ho
said he was deeply interested in the
work In which he is now engaged in
Oregon, and at the same time appreci
ative of their offer, as the Kansas col
lege is rated first among the agricul
tural colleges of the country. Oregon
being rated third.
AUSTRIAN PREMIER FLAYED
Criticism' Severest Ever Heard in
Rcichsrath, Report Says.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 17. Uncensored
reports of the debate in the Austrian
Keichsrath November 9 on the govern
ment's Tolish projects show that the
Austrian censors deleted some remark
ably savage criticisms of the govern
ment by the Slav deputies.
Never in the history of the Reichs
rath, it is said, was such strong lan
guage used In protest against the Ger
man and Magyar hegemony. A Ruthe
nlan delegate, Fotruszokicz. accused
Count Czernin. the Premier, of having
committed through his Polish project a
great crime against liberty and the
rights of nations. He declared that
Czernin had promised that no decision
would be made upon the Polish ques
tion before the meeting of the interna
tional conference.
HOOD RIVER YOUTH KILLED
Floyd Gramps, of Engineers Corps,
Meets Death la France.
HOOD RIVEP, Or., Nov. 17. A letter
from "somewhere Ih France" to Mrs.
J. W. Copper, from her son, John,
brought news today of the death of
Floyd M. Gramps. of the 18th Engi
neers, the first Hood River soldier to
lose his life. Young Gramps was killed
by a train on October 17, according
to the letter.
The youth is survived by a brother.
E. V. Gramps. chief inspector for the
Fruit Growers' Exchange, and his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Gramps, of
Minneapolis. Minn. He was a member
of the company recruited last Summer
by Captain Homer, of Portland.
CHINESE CABINET RESIGNS
Former Prime Minister Is Expected
to Form Coalition Government.
PEKIN. Nov. 16. The entire Cabinet
resigned with Premier Tuan Chi-Jui
today and it is considered probable that
President Feng Kwo Chang will accept
the resignations.
Hsu Shi Chang, former Prime Minis
ter, is expected to be named Premier to
form a coalition cabinet, giving South
and Central China representation.
POLICE SCATTER PACIFISTS
Several Persons Wounded in Dem
onstration in Zurich.
ZURICH. Switzerland, Nov. 17. The
police were obliged to use their sabers
to break up a pacifist manifestation
here last evening. Several persons
were wounded.
Numerous arrests were made.
OREGON
HUMBLES
CALIFORNIA, 21-0 .
Green Eleven Outplays
Veteran Southerners.
STEERS AND MEDLEY STARS
Aerial Passes Dazzle Sluggish
Berkeley Bears.
NORTHERNERS FAR LIGHTER
Eugene Men, Under Coach Hczdck
and Trainer Hayward, In Superb
Condition, While Ms Cali
fornians Uo Out of Game.
EY JAMES J. RICHARDSON.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene,
Or.. Nov. 17. (Special.) Hugo Hpi
dek's University of Oregon young
gridiron warriors stepped on Califor
nia's tail today on Kincaid Field and
stopped the onward march of the
Berkeley giants to the Pacific Coast
intercollegiate conference champion
ship, defeating the Rears 21 to 0.
It was one of those wild and woolly
pass games, in which Hill Steers. Ore
gon's great field general, staged the
aeriul toss whenever it was deemed
necessary to make yardage. Oregon
made its first two scores in the second
period, and just to show the 2500 fans
that the initial scores were no fluke
the Oregonians shook the bottle well
for the Californluns and repeated the
dose in the third quarter with aikotber
touchdown. which Steers converted
into a goal.
Hears Outweigh OrrRonl.BN.
California sauntered onto the field at
2:13 o'clock. It was 13 minutes later
when the Oregon rooters made known
the appearance of the Oregon warriors.
The fans felt sorry for Oregon's mid
gets when compared to the towering
giants of California. Maison. the great
little Oregon end, resembled a dwarf
when opposed to Richardson, Califor
nia's kicking star; but the difference in
size of the teams was offset by the
fighting and peppery methods of Ore
gon's eleven, which battered the Cali
fornians during the entire four quarters
of today's battle.
It was a perfect, nippy day that
greeted the players, quite different to
the beautiful sunshine of the Golden
State. A heavy fog hung over the field
during the morning. but when the
crowds started piling into the grand-
tl'oncluded on Iage 3. Column 1. )
HII..ltM'S TRAGIC STORY TO
BE TOLD AUTHORITATIVE
LY IX THE OREt.oSlVN.
Hugh Gibson was secretary of
the American Legation in Brus
sels, Belgium, when the great
world war broke out. He saw the
Kaiser's cohorts make their Ini
tial Invasion of that hapless
country. He watched in detail
every step of the Hun's ruthless
progress. He saw cities laid In
ruins, a fertile country turned
into a desert waste, a gallant
little army annihilated while de
fending its native land, and a
people slaughtered, overrun and
carried into slavery In foreign
lands. Step by step, he saw Ger
man Kultur wreak its will on
Belgium. He has written a book
telling of what he saw. The
story is to be printed serially In
The Oregonlan beginning at an
early date, which will be an
nounced soon. It Is heralded as
being "as great a story as Gerard's."