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THIRD OREGON IS
CALLED TO MS
Companies Assembling
All Over State.
WASHINGTON SENDS ORDER
Portland Troops Begin Re
porting Promptly at Lo
cal Armory.
COLONEL MAY COMMANDS
Further Mobilization Instruc
tions to Come From San
Francisco Officers.
t INFANTRY OF FIVE FAR-
WESTERN STATES ARE
CALLED OUT.
!SAN FRANCISCO, March 25.
Orders have been issued for
the mobilization . of National
2 Guard infantry regiments, one I
t each in Oregon, Washington, I
T Idaho and Montana, and three T
in California, immediately and J
at full war strength, it was an
nounced tonight at the head
quarters here of the Western
Department of the Army.
Oregon's Third Regiment of Infan
try has been called to the colors.
Orders came late last night from
Secretary of War Baker direct to
Governor Withycombe,'' who promptly
communicated them to Adjutant-General
White.
The Adjutant-General, anticipating
such a move, had the mobilization
well under way when the Governor's
order came.
At 10:55 P. M just 40 minutes af
ter the call was issued, the first com
panies of the Third Oregon had begun
assembling at the Armory. All com
panies in outside towns also had re
ceived their orders and had begun to
assemble.
Each of the 12 companies was no
tified before midnight. The men
were assembling at their respective
armories all night.
They are required to remain in
the armories for further orders.
Recruiting Stimulus Seen.
None of the 12 companies is re
cruited up to full strength. Governor
Withycombe and Adjutant-General
White had planned a rousing cam
paign this week to gather recruits.
They are confident thai? "the early
prospect of active service will stimu
late enlistments. .
The orders from the Secretary of
War came to the Governor by tele
graph in the following language:
"Having in view the necessity of
affording a more perfect protection
against the possible interference with
postal and commercial facilities on
the military channels and instru
mentalities of the United States in
the state of Oregon, and being un
able with the regular troops avail
able to insure the faithful execution
of the laws of the Union in this re
gard, the President has thought
proper to exercise the authority
vested in him by the ConstitutioA and
laws and to call out the National
Guard necessary for the purpose.
"I am in consequence instructed by
the President to call into the service
of the United States forthwith,
through you, the following unit3 of
the National Guard of the state of
Oregon, which the President desires
6hall be assembled at the place
designated to you by the Command
ing General of the Western Depart
ment at San Francisco, CaL, and
which said Commanding General has
been directed to communicate to you:
"Third Regiment, Infantry, Oregon
National Guard.
"BAKER, Secretary of War."
Message Sent to Governor.
The message was delivered to the
Governor at Salem shortly after 10
o'clock. The Governor submitted a
copy, by telephone, to the Adjutant
General in his office in Portland.
General White already had com
municated with many officers of the
regiment. .
Colonel John L. May, commander
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GERMANS FRAMING
NEW PEACE OFFER
indemnity and port ox chan
NEIj are demanded.
Belgium to Be Restored In Fart, but
Not Permitted to Have Army.
French Mines Retained.
BERNE, via Paris, March 25. Peace
negotiations were begun today, eay
the Journal de Geneve, which does
not reveal the source of Its Information.
but declares It Is absolutely reliable.
Germany would offer to restore the
territory she occupies In France, except
In the mining district of Brley, In ex
change for a channel port, Calais or
Dunkirk, and an indemnity of 15,000,.
000,000 francs.
"Germany would also offer," says the
newspaper, "to restore the territorial
integrity and the sovereignty of Bel
gium on condition that Belgium would
not be allowed to maintain a national
army and that Germany would be per
mltted to garrison Namur, .Liege and
Antwerp perpetually."
It is added by the newspaper that
Germany must have control of the
Belgian railroads and ports and be
favorably treated in an economic
treaty. This is not the programme of
Pan-Germans, but the actual terms of
the German government, says the
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EDGAR FRANK HAS CHANCE
Remarkable Vitality May Pull Ath
lete Through Illness.
CHICAGO. March 25. (Special.)
Edgar E. Frank, Portland athlete, who
submitted to a serious operation for
abscess of the . hip. Is displaying re
markabla vitality. Attendants at
Michael Reese Hospital did not expect
he could survive last night, but he was
still alive this evening.
His mother arrived from Portland
today and his brother Is expected to
night or tomorrow. The arrival of his
mother encouraged the patient and he
seems to have a better chance, al
though It is very slight. '
CHICAGO, March 28. (Special) It
was reported at Michael Reese Hospital
at 1 o'clock this "morning that Mr.
Frank was still alive but In a very crit
ical condition.
DISLOYALTY IS ORGANIZED
New Hampshire Official Tells of
. . pro-German Propaganda.
- MANCHESTER, . N, IL- .March 25.
Charges that organized efforts are be
lng made to disrupt the patriotism of
the state were made by Hobert Pills
bury, Deputy Secretary of State, at a
public mass meeting at which the
New Hampshire League for National
Defense was formed last night.
"Pro-German propaganda has been
carried on In all the rural communities
of this state for five or six months,"
Mr. Pillsbury said. "There Is also a
pacifist propaganda that has obtained
strength through the granges in a
number of the towns."
RED CROSS TOLD: PREPARE
General Pershing Says War, Which
Is Coming, Calls for Action.
' LOS ANGELES, March 25. A letter
from Major-General John J. Pershing.
U. S. A., who has been here several
days, in which the Los Angeles chap
ter of the American Red Cross was
urged to "prepare," was read at a
meeting of the chapter here.
"When war comes upon us, as come
It will, we shall find It difficult to
carry on Red Cross work," General
Pershing wrote. "We must prepare
beforehand so as to be ready to save
our wounded men and succor, the
widows and orphans of soldiers who
lose their lives in battle."
CERMANY TO SEIZE GRAIN
Secreted Foodstuffs on Farms to Be
Confiscated by Military.
BERLIN. March 24, via. London.
March 25. The German government
announces that all grains and legumes
still in the hands of consumers above
limited quantities will be seized for
the benefit" of the public This is a
result of the recent census which re
vealed a shortage from the expecta
tions of last Fall.
Special committees accompanied by
military aid will visit all farms. Se
creted grain will be confiscated and
paid for at the rates In th$ Berlin
district in 1916. This means a price
of 220 marks a ton for rye and 260
marks a ton for wheat.
AUT0ISTS PLAN AIR SQUAD
Race Drivers and Mechanics Con re s
"With Aviation Commander,
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NEW YORK. March 25. Formation
of an aerial squadron to be composed
of prominent automobile race drivers
and their mechanics was considered to
day at a conference between Captain
W. G. Kilner, commanding the aviation
field at Hemps.tead Plains, and E. V.
Rickenbacker.
Under the plans proposed the squad
ron would, be composed of 12 airplanes
and 133 men.
Niagara Falls Plants Guarded.
ALBANY. N. Y.. March 25. ;The re
quest of the Buffalo Chamber of Com
merce that the power plants at Niagara
Falls be guarded by National Guards
men was granted tonight by Governor
Whitman. The request was made after
rumors of plots against Industrial
plants were circulated.
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PREFERRED TO MEN
Allies Do Not Need Un
trained Soldiers.
DIPLOMAT OUTLINES VIEWS
War Without Profit Would Be
Practical Help.
WILSON CONSIDERING PLAN
Similar Assistance Extended to
Straggling Colonies at Time of
Revolution Recalled Chance
to Repay Is Offered.
BT JOHN C ALLAN O'LAUGHLIN.
WASHINGTON, March 25. (Special.)
The plan to advance 31,000,000,000 to
France or Great Britain or both, with
out profit to the United States, is de
clared by allied diplomats to be the
best suggestion of service yet offered
In connection with American participa
tion in the great war.
Moreover, if the plan should be adopt
ed, it will establish an historical foun
dation for mutual relations in the fu
ture which would be of Inestimable
value for the peace of the world after
the present war shall end and will lead
to commercial Intercourse far more
profitable than in the past.
Untrained Hen 2Vot Wanted.
"The greatest need of the allies,"
said one of the ranking allied diplo
mats, "is money. They have plenty of
men. Certainly they do not want the
United States to send untrained sol
diers to Europe. They will be a greater
handicap in that condition than a help.
What we want is the sinews of war-
money. .Give us that and there Is no
doubt of the result."
The extension of a billion-dollar loan
by the Government of the United States
would be of great value not merely be
cause of the money itself, but because
of the support which the American
action would give to the credit of the
allies. That credit naturally is be
coming strained by the huge loans
that have been : floated. The strain
would be instantly relieved if the
United States were to hand over a
billion dollars.
Allies Credit Strengthened.
That investment would pledge this
Government to see the war through and
the allic t would be able to float further
loans without difficulty and perhaps at
a lower rate of interest than that now
required.
Congress alone, under the Constitu
tion, has the power to authorize a loan
to France. It will act only upon the
recommendation of the President. Mr.
Wilson !s understood to have given con
slderatlon to the practical ways In
which the United States can assist the
allies. One of those ways, he feels.
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SECRETARY DANIELS AP
PEALS FOR RECRUITS
FOR THE NAVY.
Editor, The Oregonian, Port
land, dr.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March
25. The President last night
signed an executive order direct
ing that the authorized enlisted
strength of the Navy be in
creased to 87,000 men. He was
authorized by Congress, in case
of emergency, to direct such in
crease in enlistment. New ships
and ships in reserve are being
fully commissioned as rapidly
as possible, and the need is im
perative for a larger enlistment
to man them. There has been
a net increase of over 6500 in
enlistment since Congress re
cently authorized an increase,
but many more men are needed,
and needed now.
Will you not emphasize the
need by giving special promi
nence Monday on the first page
of your paper, to the President's
order, and also by making an
editorial appeal for new recruits
for the Navy?
The Navy offers exceptional
advantages to young men of
stuff and ambition to serve in
the first . line for National de
fense. In this emergency you
ave the opportunity and the
privilege of performing this pub
lic service, and I am confidently
appealing to you for your cordial
and helpful co-operation.
JOSEPHUS DANIELS,
Secretary of the Navy.
AVIATOR'S BODY IS FOUND
French Cavalry Come on American
In Devastated Territory.
PARIS. March 25. The body of Ser
geant J. R. McConnell, the American
aviator who was killed last week in
an engagement with two German ma
chines, has been found by French
cavalry, the Herald says today."
With the body was wreckage of Mc-
Connell's. machine. It was found in
the devastated zone of the German re
treat. The identification was delayed,
it 'is said, as McConnell's" papers and
other articles that would have served
to Identify him had been removed.
AMERICANS OUT OF CUBA
Last Men of Landing Forces at San
tiago Are Withdrawn.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA. March 25.
Relying on assurances of the ability
of the Cubans to maintain order, the
American' commanders withdrew today
the last men of the force landed two
weeks ago. The city is quiet, although
skirmishes in the outskirts are not in
frequent. '
It is announced a vigorous campaign
against the rebels will be inaugurated
immediately. The rebels are continu
ing their campaign of destruction.
HAVING THE TIME OF HIS LIFE;
PARTIES III
RUSS
E
Nation Is Determined
to Prosecute War,
EVEN RADICALS SEE LIGHT
Danger of Too Rapid Reform
Is Generally Conceded.
NEW GOVERNMENT STRONG
Ability to Get Together Admirably
Exhibited AH Are Agreed That
Country Must Be Rid of
German Invaders.
BT ARNO DOSCH-FLEUKOT.
(Copyright. 1917, by the Press Publish
ing Company, New York World. Pub
lished by arrangement.)
PETROGRAD, March 24, via London.
March 25. The two parties which
worked together on a broad basis to
bring about the success of the Russian
revolution are now attempting by
mutual, concessions to bring the coun
try safely through the war.
The council of workmen's deputies,
which appealed to the Duma to. recog
nize a state of revolution when the
revolution started, is the radical wlnsr.
In it are the labor bodies, the Socialists
and numerous radicals of various
shades In the country and the cities.
They are designated as the ."Reds."
ihey Old the actual work of developing
the revolution once the revolt of he
army against the police gave the op
portunlty.
Dnm Party Is Conservative.
The more conservative wins: is ' the
Duma party, unmoved by the sweeping
ideas of social reform espoused by the
Reds. They do not desire to upset the
existing social order, but only wish an
effective government along ordinary
democratic lines.
They had an effective national or
ganlzation in the semstvos capable of
undertaking the dlfflcuK task of or
ganizlng the Interior of the country.
The industrial war commltees are also
In the hands of the same type of men.
l.ong before the revolution there wa
open opposition to the government by
the Duma and the zemstvos committees
which thereby prepared a groundwork
tor its overthrow.
Both Wings Important.
Thus both wings played important
roles In the revolution, though the
Duma party alone was organized to
take over the government. But min
isters, notably Kerensky (Minister of
Justice), were chosen In recognition of
the part taken by the radical nariv
During the revolution, when the Tau
ride Palace was Its hot center, the labor
deputies and the Duma committees sat
in separate rooms, com In a- to tarma
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CONCESSIONS
FRENCH -CONTINUE
ADVANCE IN WEST
HEAVY GERMAV LOSSES IN BIT
TER FIGHT IXG REPORTED.
Important and Extensive Position
. Taken In Movement on Forti
fied Town of San Qnentin.
PARIS, March 25. Another Important
advance has been made by the French
in their movement against the strong
ly fortified town of St. Quentin, the
War Office reporting 'tonight that
the position embracing Castres and
Essigny-le-Grand. extending over a
front of about two and a half miles,
has been taken.
Heavy fighting has been In progress
In various sectors and the French re
port large German losses.
' The earlier official report issued to
day said that further progress was
made last night by the French toward
St. Quentin from north of Grand
Seraucourt. as weiras on the east bank
of the Allette, south of Chauney and
north of Solssons, the War Office an
nounced today.
In the Verdun region the French cap
tured parts- of German trenches in the
Malancourt Wood sector and repulsed a
German attack near ApremonL
BERLIN, March 25. (Via wireless to
Sayville, N. V.) German rearguards
engaged with hostile forces near Beau
mets and Roisel and east of the Crozat
Canal on the front In Northern France
have fallen back, according to orders,
after inflicting losses, army headquar
ters announced today. A French at
tack near Vregny, northeast of Sols
sons, was repulsed.
The British and French lost 17 aljr
planes, the statement reports.
GERMAN HARBOR IS CLOSED
Public. Not to Be Admitted to Wil
helmshaven for Fortnight.
LONDON, March 26. A dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph Company from
Amsterdam says the Wilhelmshaven
newspapers announced that the harbor
of Wilhelmshaven will be closed to the
public for the next fortnight and that
a special permit from the Admiralty
board will be necessary for admission
to the docks. The reason for the order
is not given, the correspondent adds.
Wilhelmshaven is one of Germany's
strongest naval stations. It is situated
on Jahde Bay, 33 miles northwest of
Bremen.
MR.- PUTNAM IN HOSPITAL
Governor's Secretary Undergoes Op
eration for Appendicitis.
SALEM, Or., March 25. (Special.)
George Palmer Putnam, private secre
tary to Governor Withycombe, and
publisher of the Bend Bulletin, under
went an operation for appendicitis at
the Salem Hospital this morning.
Although Mr. Putnam has been a
sufferer from this trouble for some
time, it developed seriously only within
the past few days. Reports from the
hospital Indicate that he is rallying
wel frost the operation.
ARMY CORPORAL SUICIDE
Soldier, Native of Hungary, Dies
Rather Than Guard Germans.
FORT OGLETHORPE. Ga., March 25
Corporal Frank E. Zellmak, of L.
Company, Seventeenth United States
Infantry, shot himself, his companions
said, rather than stand guard over
German interned sailors here.
He was a native Hungarian.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TBSTE RDAT'R Maximum temperature, 49
degrees; minimum. 30 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; frost In early morning;;
westerly winds.
War.
Germans frame new peace offer. Page 1.
Chairman Hoover on way to devise means of
continuing; Belgian relief work. Page 2.
Austria-Hungary ripe for revolt. Page 1.
French continue advance in west. Page 1.
Petrograd fears attack by Germans. Page 8.
Russians getting together to push war meas
ures. Page 1.
Allies would prefer American financial help
to untrained army. Page 1.
National.
Fourteen regiments of Xatlonal Guard called
--out for police duty. Page 8.
Immense reabsorptlon of foreign-held Amer
ican securities mown, rag z.
Congress leaders conferring on war legis
lation. .Page t. .
United fltatrs divided Into six military de
partments, rage a.
President putting Nation on war footing.
Page 5.
Sport.
Beavers murder hall and beat Spokane, 14
to S. Page lO.
Corvallla relay carnival promises to be great
event, rage iu.
UcCredles turn Bouth worth over to Pittsburg
ror trial. rage iu.
McOredle plans big switch In batting order.
rage iu.
Pacific Northwest.
Exposure of labor graft on North Bank
road is promised. Page 7.
Child welfare committee named from uni
versity faculty. Page 6.
Washington appropriations 2,618,0S0 higher
than in ibis, rage o.
Marine. .
Salmon fleet fs being prepared to go to
Alaska., Page 11.
. Portland and Vicinity.
Navy sends out to Nation emergency call
for 18,300 men. Page 5.
Last regular symphony concert brilliant
event. Page 9.
Junior League girls will sell aprons today.
Page 14.
Every citizen of state urged to show loyalty
this week. Page 4.
War sermon theme In many pulpits. Page 11.
Boy Scouts almost sent out to find two little
window-shopping girls. Page 5.
Sir Ernest Shackleton. Antarctic explorer, to
visit Portland. Page 4.
Oaks Park Is on amusement circuit, says
J. P. Cordray, back from- East. Page 14.
Young Lutherans urged to be loyal to the
church. Page 11.
Third Oregon Is called out by President.
Page 1.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page lL
AUSTRIA
HU GABY
RIFE FOR REVOLT
Reformed Russia Gives Im
petus to Movement,
GERMANS DOMINATING ARMY
Discontent, Therefore, Likely
to Take Form of Pressure
to Conclude Peace.
KAISER'S PLANS FEARED
Ambition to Put Favorite Son
on Hungarian Throne One
Cause of Distrust.
(Copyright. 191T, by th. Tritons Associa
tion. Registered In accordance with th.
copyright acr. .Canada, 1917. by th. Tribune
Association. Published by arrangement with,
the New York Tribune.)
BT CARL W. ACKER MAN.
NEW YORK, March 25. It is
Austria-Hungary, not Germany, that
is today ripe for a revolution. The
liberty-loving Hungarians, the Rus
sian loyal Slavs and the oppressed
Bohemians, who are in the majority,
in the Dual Monarchy, will be the
first to be inspired by the "new
Russia."' -
These people hate the Germans.
For nearly a century they have tor
mented the Hapsburg dynasty and
kept Austria-Hungary in a whirlpool
of uncertainty. At every great crisis
in the war the country has been on
the verge of a collapse.
Germans United in Purpose.
It is not so in Germany. Germany
as a nation 'is young, and its inhabi
tants are mostly Germans. While
there are dissatisfaction, discontent
and distress, there is a unity of pur
pose and a national ideal. The Ger
man people t believe the world is
leagued against the German race.
They believe all Germans must "stick
together." They believe Kaiser Wil
helm will be able to get better Ger
man peace terms than a divided na
tion under a reformed government,
rand as long as they believe this po
litical changes in Germany are likely
to be evolutionary not revolutionary.
Germany will be affected by a re
formed Russia chiefly through her
neighbor and biggest ally.
Reforms Promised Socialists.
The German Socialists will demand
liberalization and will probably get
it, because the Kaiser and Chancellor
von Bethmann-Hollweg know that
Germany's greatest task now is to
hold Austria-Hungary together. A
revolution there would shake the po
litical foundations of Germany, break
the solidarity of Central Europe, and
make it impossible for - "almighty
Germany" to continue the war.
Therefore "the Chancellor may be ex
pected to promise the German So
cialists extensive reforms in return
for their support.
The German people lack a militant
leader. No man with influence and
the confidence of the public is will
ing to take a chance in starting a
revolution. Philip Scheidemann, the
powerful Socialist member of the
Reichstag, could lead a revolt against
the Hohenzollerns, but he will do so
only when he is convinced he can
succeed. Unlike Russia, Germany has
no "Duma , party" and no political
organization which is prepared to
lead.
Revolution in Germany Improbable.
The Kaiser and the Chancellor
know this. They know, too, that their
peace note of last December and the
entente reply to President Wilson
solidified Germany's political organi
zation and convinced the people that
the government was waging a "de
fensive war." A revolution in Ger
many at this time is not probable
unless it begins in Austria-Hungary.
If the people overthrow the Hohen
zollern dynasty they would do so with
one purpose to make peace. While
the people long for peace, while they
talk about nothing else, still they
are not ready to accept peace through
defeat.
When German statesmen began to
realize they could not conquer Europe
and establish an iron hold upon world
business they turned their attention
to the Balkans and Turkey. They
saw the vision of a great nation
called Central Europe, made up of
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