Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, November 06, 1916, Page 4, Image 4

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THE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAN, arONDAY, NOVE3IBER 0, 191G.
SECOND BARALONG
E" IS
CAS
CHARGED
German Admiralty Says Brit
ish Warship Ran Down
Submarine's Survivors.
PRISONERS KEPT HIDDEN
Orders Said to Have Been Given to
Exterminate . Crews of Undersea
Craft Xeglect of Wounded
Men Also Asserted.
BERLIN, by wireless to Sayville. N.
Y.. Nov. 4. The German Admiralty
has furnished to the Associated Press
correspondent the details of what Is
characterized as a second Baralong
case. In which a British patrol ship, fly
ing American colors, it Is declared,
after destroying the submarine U-41.
deliberately ran down a rowboat with
the only two survivors of the under
sea boat in an endeavor to remove the
only witnesses and has since prevented
the interned victims, who were almost
miraculously saved, from communicat
ing the news to their own government.
The incident, according to the Ad
miralty, occurred on September 24,
1915, and has only just been learned
of through an invalided prisoner trans
ferred to Switzerland. The submarine,
according to the Admiralty account,
had halted in the neighborhood of the
Scilly Isles for examination of a steam
er under the American flag, apparently
An innocent merchantman.
Fire Opened With Hidden Guns.
The steamer ostensibly prepared to
lower a boat, but when the submarine
had approached to within 300 yards, the
supposed merchantman suddenly op
ened concealed ports and began firing
from two cannon, and also with rifles,
the American flag flying the whole
time, the account continues.
The submarine, irreparably damaged,
went under, but was able to come to
the surface later for an Instant and
Lieutenant Crompton, severely wound
ed, and Petty Officer Godau managed
to crawl out through an open hatch
before the submarine sank forever.
The survivors ultimately managed to
ewim to an empty boat. The steamer,
observing this, according to the Ad
miralty details, headed full speed for
the boat not to save, but to ram it,
placing a lookout in the steamer's bow
to facilitate accurate steering.
Germans Finally Picked Up.
The Germans, at the last moment,
(prang from the boat, and clung to
the wreckage of it for a half hour,
when the steamer finally picked tifaem
up.
The wounded Lieutenant Crompton
and his comrade were left without the
slightest medical attention in a small
cage on the steamer's deck until her
arrival at Falmouth the following day.
It is declared, although the lieutenant
had a double fracture of the jawbone,
a broad wound arms. thn rnu. nnri
cheek, wounds In the left temple and
on the finger, and an eye shot out. It
was not until September 29 that the
lieutenant was transferred to a shore
battleship, clad at the time only In his
underclothing, being transferred on
November 6 to the military prison in
York Castle, whence the officer, whose
wounds were still open, and who was
threatened with the loss of the other
eye, was sent in mid-December to Iyff
ryn, Wales, the account says.
Drastic Order Reported.
An Admiralty officer, recalling the
newspaper reports of some time ago
that the British Government, having
been forced by German retaliatory
measures to abandon drastic treatment
of capti-.es from submarines, had given
orders to take no submarine prisoners,
but to send them to the bottom with
their vessels, declared to the corre
spondent this case, with that of the
Baralong, should be considered as fur
nishing all necessary proof that the
undenied story regarding the govern
ment order was true.
JOB COMES AFTER DEATH
riace as Mailcarrier, Sought for 11
Years, Won at Last.
ELTING. N. T., Oct. 31. News that
John H. Edwards, of Stony Point, had
been appointed as a rural mailcarrier,
a job he had been after for 11 years,
reached his family 24 hours after he
had died from heart trouble.
Edwards had failed in taking the
examination several times. Finally he
won out and the letter announcing his
appointment was on" its way to him
when he died, while hurrying to the
hank to deposit some savings.
HEAD AND SHOULDERS OF TEUTONIC ARMIES.
Ever Tug
and Pull
at a non-skid tie, and end up
by starting the day -wrong?
If so, drop into our store
today and ask to see those
new, easy-sliding, non
stretchable Four-in-Hands.
If you don't happen to have
a charge account with us bet
ter bring along a dollar or
two, because it's sure to get
away from you when you see
the attractiveness of the ties.
Yes, thank you, Sixth st.
is better for us than Morri
son, and our fifty-odd feet of
window display is a big ad
vantage over our old 26 feet
of glass.
Consequently we are grow
ing and, you know, choice de
signs in Furnishing Goods
has' always been our big
hobby.
Beautiful new neckwear in
exclusive designs at
50 to $3.00
Good time to begin to
think about the holidays, too.
Buffum &
Pendleton Co.
Clothiers, Hatters and Hab
erdashers. ,
127 Sixth Street.
30 Easy Steps From Wash
ington Street.
F. N. Pendleton. '
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KAISER WILtlAJI A?fD MARSHAL VOX HIDEBVRG.
By these two men will Germany and Austria stand or fall. In their
hands lie the future destinies of the two empires. Germany's need for her
strongest man has brought Von Hindenburg to the front and placed him
next in authority to the supreme war lord.-
U-BOAT RIDES GALE
Captain Rose Describes Voy
age Across Atlantic.
EVERY DIFFICULTY MET
Commander of U-53 Regards Feasi
bility or Transatlantic Round Trip
as Established Under Most
Trying Conditions.
BERLIN, Nov. 5. (By wireless to
Sayville, N. Y.) Captain Hans Kose, of
the German submarine U-53, today gave
an Interesting account of the voyage of
the submarine to American waters and
his impressions of Newport and of the
activity of the submarine off Nan
tucket. Despite the seriousness of the
mission of the submarine, said Captain
Rose, the voyage was marked by many
touches which relieved the tedium and
the dispiriting effects of the men's
confinement for several weeks clamped
down in their cockle shell.
The weather conditions during the
trip, said Captain Rose, were at times
bad, but the submarine surmounted
them so. successfully that the practica
bility of making the trans-Atlantic
round trip not once, but under virtu
ally 11 conditions, might be regarded
as having .been demonstrated.
Heavy Stormn Hidden Oat.
Storms were faced, said the com
mander, which would have tested the
stoutness of surface boats even of the
greatest dimension. Once off the Grand
Banks the submarine hove to like an
ordinary steamer. Mountainous seas
were running, but the underwater boat
rode them superbly, without taking
water on her conning tower or bridge.
When the submarine left the Gulf
stream, some of the crew suffered se
verely by the drop of 25 degrees" in the
temperature within six hours.
The American naval authorities, sala
Captain Rose, received the U-53 with
the greatest cordiality, but the com
mandant at the Newport station was
so evidently relieved when he learned
Captain Rose did not desire to replenish
his fuel or provisions that Captain
Rose received the impression he would
have encountered difficulties if he had
desired supplies.
Americans Do Xot Interfere.
The American officers, and particu
larly their wives, and daughters, said
Captain Rose, visited the submarine in
large numbers and were deeply inter
ested in her.
The submarine began her commerce
destroying activities after leaving
Newport.
Sixteen American torpedo-boat de
stroyers were assembled in the vicin
ity. Captain Rose said, but did not in
terfere in any way with the subma
rine's military measures.
POWERS PROCLAIM KINGDOM
(Continued From Firet Page.)
tiers of the kingdom of Poland shall
be outlined later.
Guarantees Are Fromlaed.
"The new kingdom will receive the
guarantees needed for the free devel
opment of its own forces by its inti
mate relations with both powers. The
glorious traditions of the, ancient Pol
ish armies and the memory of the
brave comradeship in the great war
of our days shall revive in a national
army. The organization, instruction
and command of this army shall be ar
ranged by common agreement.
"The allied monarchs express the
confident hope that Polish wishes for
the evolution of a Polish state and for
the national development of a Polish
kingdom shall now be fulfilled, tak
ing due consideration of the political
conditions prevailing in Europe and of
the welfare and the safety of their own
countries and nations.
"The great realm which the. West
ern neighbors of the Kingdom of Pol.
and shall have on their eastern fron
tier shall be a free and happy state,
enjoying its own national life, and they
shall welcome with joy the birth and
prosperous development of this state."
"Hour of Fate" DUcnmcd.
The semi-official Norddeutsche All
gemeine Zeitung prints a leading ar
ticle, entitled "Poland's Hour of Fate."
and says:
"The . Poles now are free from Rus
sian domination and have an opportun
ity to form a national state, to estab
lish connections with the central pow
ers, and, protected by relations to pro
mote their political and economic life
and develop their national civilization.
"For these purposes during the near
future the Poles will need our help.
Under Russian domination no Polish
administration, no Polish schools nnd
no Polish army were admitted. Tn
Russians neglected the construction of
railways and waterways. Everywhere
a basis of public life and admin'stra
tion must be created out of nothing,
and the reconstruction of a Polfoh na
tional life has to proceed etep by step.
"It was not the "protectors of small
nations' that restored Poland to its
own national evolution, but those two
powers against which the enemy ap
pealed to the hatred of small nations
of the world. The Western powers
showed only their sympathy for Poland
In words.
"If, today, a different decision had
been reached in the war if Russian
arms were victorious in the East then
for another hundred years the popula
tion of Poland would have to drag its
chains from promise to promise with
out any protest on the part of the
Western powers."
G A LI CIA TO GET AUTONOMY
Austrian Emperor Orders Premier to
Prepare Legislation.
AMSTERDAM, via London, Nov. 5.
Emperor Francis Joseph has addressed
an autograph letter to Premier Ernest
von Koerber saying that it is his will
when th new state of Poland comes
into existence to grant Galicia the
right independently to manage its own
internal affairs.
The Emperor charges Premier von
Koerber to prepare measures for the
legal realization of this command.
LOANS REACH BILLIONS
EUROPE NOW HEAVILY I' DEBT TO
t lTITED STATES.
LINES DRAWN BACK
French Patrols Penetrate Far
' Beyond Fort Vaux.
BIG . GUNS GET REVENGE
Fifty Millions Just Obtained by Rnasla
to Be t-"ed In Part In Paring for
Hallway Equipment.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5. Completion of
negotiations with the Russian govern
ment for a $50,000,000. five-year. 64
per cent loan by a banking syndicate
headed by the National City Company,
which is controlled by the National City
Bank, brings the total borrowings here
of foreign countries, with the exception
of South America, to more than J2.000,
000.000. Negotiations for the present Russian
loan covered a period of more than
three months and at one time, it is said,
a loan of as high as $150,000,000 was
considered by American bankers. The
former Russian loan established a cred
it in this country for $50.000,000,. which
was to run for three years. Simulta
neously the Russian government estab
lished in Petrograd a credit of 150,000,
000 rubles in favor of the banking
group at a fixed ratio of three rubles
to one dollar.
Part of the present loan. It is un
derstood, will be used in paying for a
portion of $50,000,000 railroad equip
ment order placed with American
manufacturers about two months ago.
Associated with the National City
Company in the negotiations are J. P.
Morgan, the Guarantee Trust Company,
Kidder. Peabody & Company, and Lee
Higglnson & Company. The loan will
be a direct obligation of the Russian
Imperial government. Among the de
tails yet to be completed is the price
at which the loan will be offered to
the public. The yield on the last loan
was a little more than 614 per cent.
German Magazine Exploded After
150 Hours of Bombardment With
16-Inch Shells Ammunition
Depots Then Searched Out.
WITH TH"E FRENCH ARMY AT
VERDUN, Nov. 5. (From a staff cor
respondent of the Associated Press.)
The French patrols have penetrated far
beyond Fort Vaux into the lines former
ly held by the Germans, but were not
able to get in touch with the former
defenders. It appears probable that the
Germans have retired their lines con
siderably in the rear, their artillery
positions being untenable since the
French drove them from Douaurtiont
after silencing 90 of their batteries.
Military observers point out thathe
Germans were forced to withdraw 'from
Fort Vaux within eight days after
Douaumont fell, whereas the French
held Fort Vaux four months after the
Germans had captured Douaumont.
The same observers regard the Ger
man assertion that they were prepar
ing to withdraw to stronger lines be
fore the battle of Douaumont as unten
able unless the Germans are ready to
admit that their withdrawal was one
of the most unsuccessful operations of
the campaign, as it cost them more
than 6000 prisoners and the annihila
tion of 22 battalions.
Signs that the Germans are prepar
ing for a counter stroke are entirely
lacking.
PARIS. Nov. 4. The abandonment of
Fort Vaux is regarded by the French
military critics as a fitting revenge for
the French heavy guns on the famous
German 17-inch mortars. The heavy-
calibre "French guns at Verdun began
concentrating their fire on Fort Vaux
on October 24, gradually increasing
their intensity, hour after hour, until
at the end of the 150th hour one of
the German magazines blew up.
The great -projectiles then began
searching o"ut their ammunition depots.
One French 16-inch shell, weighing a
ton, struck a magazine filled with hand
grenades on All Saints' day. Many thou
sands of grenades exploded, causing the
earth to. tremble.
BATTERY GIVES DRILL
IMPERIAL. VALLEY FOLK SEE REAL,
THING AT BR1WLEY.
Whole Exhibition Executed at Trot and
Gallop with Thundering Salute
as Fitting Climax.
WITH BATTERY A., Brawley. Cal..
Nov. 5. (Special.) In spite - of. wind
that blew 40 miles an hour. Battery A
gave an exhibition drill today. There
may have been a few natives who did
not see the drill, but judging from th
hundreds of automobiles parked on
either side of the road Jor a mile, 'no
body stayed home.
On account of Insufficient drill space.
Captain Helme ordered out only four
sections, and to give the people a touch
of the real thing he executed the whole
40 minutee of the drill at trot and gal
lop. Before the show was over the four
sections dashed madly across the lots,
the horses plunging through the shoulder-high
brush at a full gallop, ani
when the battery reached the east end
of the grounds the four guns swung
about, and first thing the thrilled spec
tators knew each gun belched forth a
streak of fire and. a thunderous roar.
As a farewell salute all the guns
roared at once.
The return to Calexlco will be made
tomorrow morning. Because the pay
master comes only once a month and
having come does not return until an
other month has passed, the wire'?ss
section company A of the Second Wash
ington left today. The radio squad will
stop at El Centro tonight and will be
on hand when the pay checks are hand
ed around.
Sunday's War Moves.
FRENCH troops have again smashed
the German lines hard. North of
the Somme, between Les Boeufs and
Sailly-Saillisel, to the east of the lat
ter place and on the St. Pierre Vaast
Wood sector, important gains were
made Sunday, according to the French
communication. The attack on the St.
Pierre Vaast Wood netted the French
three trenches on the northern side
and the entire German positions on the
southern outskirts of the wood.
The British over a front of 1000
yards captured the hills In the neigh
borhood of the Butte de Warlencourt.
In - the Verdun region the French
have takenvVaux entirely, and also the
town of Damloup, east of Fort Vaux.
Violent fighting marks the operations
in the region south of Gorizla. while
the Italians are endeavoring to advance
to Triest. Fresh gains have been made
by King Victor Emmanuel's men on
the Carso plateau.
Italians are alternately bombarding
Austrian positions at Jamiano and
throwing heavy Infantry effectives
against the town. Vienna says all at
tacks have failed.
In the Transyl-fanian Alps the Aus-
tro-Germans and Roumanians are etlll
Election Returns at Baker.
Election returns will be read be
tween the acts of "The Eternal Mag
dalene," at the Baker Theater tomor
row night. Don't stand around the
streets to read bulletins, but get tickets
to see this great production and enjoy
the returns in comfort. No advance in
prices. Performance start i 8:20. Adv.
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Last Call!
That $3000.00 prize for the best Eveready
title closes tomorrow. Get a coupon in our
Electric Dept. (Basement) today. We've
every new and warranted useful electric de
vice for lessening work and expense in the
home, from lamps to vacuum cleaners.
Every article we sell works from your lamp
socket.
MAZDA "SUNBEAM" LAMPS Every size,
color, shape and voltage.
COOK WITH JUICE Grills, Broilers, Boilers,
Toasters, Roasters, Bakers, Chafers, Coffee Percolators.
HEAT WITH JUICE Handy little Heaters for
the bath or bedroom ; quick and safe.
Never Leaks, Burns or Breaks Electric Warming
Pads for the bed. Quick, clean, efficient. A sub
stitute for the hot water bottle.
ELECTRICITY FOR THE HEALTH Home
Medical Batteries, Vibrators, Hair Driers and
Curlers.
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VOTE X 312 YE:
REPEAL A BAD LAW
FIFTY YEARS OUT OF DATE
Amusements are necessary for workingmen
and women.
VOTE X 312 YES
ANTI-BLUE LAW LEAGUE
510 Oregon BIdg., Portland, Oregon
(Tald AdTcriUtneat.)
at deadly grips, with both sides claim
ing successes at various points. Berlin
records the capture by the Teutonic
allies of positions in the Prahova .Val
ley, while Bucharest asrerta that the
pursuit of the Teutons in the Jlul Val
ley continues.
In Macedonia fighting continues
along the Cerna River, but no impor
tant changes have taken place.
, Small gains for the Germans on the
Russian front south of Dvinsk and in
Galicia. and in the Carpathians for the
Russians are recorded in the Berlin and
Petrograd ofllcial communications.
There still is no news from the Dob
rudja region of R o u mania.
SIX HAVE INFANT PARALYSIS
Three Salem Schools Fumigated and
Playmates Are Quarantined.
SALEM, Or.. Nov. 4. (Special.)
Six cases of infantile paralysis among
the school children of Salem caused
stringent precautionary measures to
be taken today by Dr. David N. Roberg.
of the State Board of Health, who
placed the afflicted children under
quarantine. .Playmates who had been
exposed to the disease also were
quarantined.
The children affected with the mal
ady were pupils at the Grant. High-
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land and Garfield schools. These schools
were fumigated today.
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES HIGH
Germans tSay Enemy Has Killed
Many Behind Lines.
BERLTV, Nov. 5. fBy wireless to
Sayville. N. Y.) Entente allied artillery
ilre and bombs dropped from aeroplanes
have caused S34S .casualties among
civilians in the districts of France and
Belgium occupied by the Germans since
the war broke out. according to a
compilation made by the Overseas News
Agency.
In the month of October, ihln year.
Anglo-French artillery and aeroplane
killed 37 men. 16 women and 11 chil
dren in the occupied territory, and
wounded 67 men. Si women and 4.1
children.
Th rrufuinn ovfrnmr.t i pIsnMrs
the construction of m Irydock large enougn
to hoM the greatest ocesn liners.
Reduced Rates
New Perkins Hotel
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Where the City Life Centers.
PORTLAND. OREGON.
Taxes in Oregon
Have increased 370 per cent in ten years.
WHAT WILL THEY BE IN
TEN YEARS MORE?
Whatever your business, you know the state
can't stand this increase much longer. .
The Time to Call a Halt Is Now
The State Taxpayers' League offers a remedy
in the
STATEWIDE TAX AND INDEBTEDNESS
LIMITATION AMENDMENT
Vote 320 X Yes
(The last measure on the ballot)
STATE TAXPAYERS' LEAGUE
By Robert E. Smith, Sec, Roseburg, Or.
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