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.1 SAFE AND SANE Liberty Bonds are a sound investment. Also, they will make de.ocrry safe. UNCLE SAM'S CALL The country is in war and wants money. Buy a Lib erty Bond. VOL. LVII NO. 17,G39. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS.' CAUGHTATFORGERY, LAD TRIES. TO DIE I TO BE TWO DIVERS FIRE ON AMERICAN SHIP MOON LIGHTS WAY EIGHTH ENGINEERS BEGIN MOBILIZING BOY IS DICTATOR OF CITY III REVOLT FOR BRITISH DRIVE DEATH IS PREFERRED TO TERM , IX .PENITENTIARY. TORPEDOES HIT KUOOXLAX1), BUT GliANCE OFF SAFELY. FIRST COMPAXV ARRIVES AT AMERICAN LAKE CAMP. PORTLAND TO PICK 3 FOR COKSIOfl 10 InlLLIO! LISTED TOMORROW Election Today Third Under Charter. 23 CANDIDATES ARE IN FIELD City Has 18 and State . Measures on Ballots. POLLS OPEN 8 A. M.-8 P. M. Efforts Will Be Made by Kigbt Boards to Complete Count so Day Officials May Regis tcr iu War Census. OIIECO.MAS ELECTION RETURNS. . Returns from the city and state election. today "will be bul letined to toe public by The Oregonlan on a screen at Sixth and Alder streets. The polls will close at 8 o'clock, and the first. . returns will be flashed as soon as the count is well under way. Al interested in the election may follow the result as the count progresses. A large squad of motorcycle messengers t.111 cover the Portland voting places keeping in touch with the office by telephone, and correspondents from all. parts of Oregon will telegraph in returns on the road bonds and other state measures. Join the crowd at Sixth, and Alder tonight and get the first election news. Portland will today hold its third regular city election since, the present commission government city charter became effective four years ago. A Mayor and two Commissioners are to be .elected. All three will take office on July 1, to serve for four:years. . The new Mayor will succeed H. R. Albee, who was elected in June, 1913, at the first city election following the adoption of the new charter. Mayor Albee is not a candidate for re-election. - Race Lies Between Two. The two Commissioners to be elected are to succeed Robert G. Dieck, Com missioner of Public Works, who Is a candidate for re-election, and Will H. Daly, Commissioner of Public Utilities, who is a candidate for Mayor. Running for Mayor are seven candi dates, though the race Is conceded to lie between two of then, George L Baker and Will H. Daly. Both Mr. Baker and Mr. Daly are members of the present City Council. Mr. Daly is completing his four-year term, and ' Mr. Baker has served for two years as Commissioner. Sixteen Seek Co mm 1m loners hip a. The other five contestants are B. S. Josselyn, former president of the Port land Railway, Light & Power Company; E. N. Wheeler, a business man; A. G. Rushlight, ex-Mayor; W. H. Warren, until recently private secretary to Mayor Albee, having resigned to make the race for Mayor, and George Menzel, Socialist candidate. In the race to fill the two vacancies for Commissioner are 16 . candidates. The contest for Mayor has largely overshadowed the race for Commis sioner, though several of the aspirants have done some lively campaigning. The 16 candidates for the two va cancies are, in the order that their names appear on the ballot, as fol lows: One Woman la Candidate. John A. McQuinn, an engineer; George Garrett, an engineering em ploye in the Department of Public Works; Archie Mason, an ex-contractor; John M. Mann, printer; Fred W. Jobelman, general agitator; K. K. Kubli, stationer and printer; Dan Kel laher, grocer and ex-State Senator; A. L. Barbur, present. City Auditor: Rob ert G. Dieck.- present Commissioner of f Public Works, who Is seeking re-election: Norman S. Richards, lawyer; L. M. Davis, a dentist: William E. Smith and Emilie Beyer. Socialist party can didates; William L. Brewster, lawyer and ex-City Commissioner; George W. Caldwell, lawyer and ex-Civil Service Commissioner, and Charles P. Church, a pioneer citizen, 'who formerly was active in business. The campaign which ended last night has been a particularly strenuous one. However, because of the war exxclte ment, which has detracted considerably from Interest in the election. It is not expected that a particularly large vote will be cast today. Light Vote Is Predicted. The number of registered voters in Portland, including both 'men and women, is 93,611. Few of those who have been following the campaign ex pect a larger vote than 60,000. The palls will be open for today's election from 8 o'clock this morning until 8 o'clock tonight. There are 341 polling places in- the city. - As War Census day comes tomorrow and the members of the day election boards are In most cases the war census registrars also.' there has been considerable conjecture as to the prob able effect on the counting of . thw ote of the taking of the war census. Of course, if the count is completed iCoucluutd on Pase S, Column l.j Son of Portland Contractor, After His Conviction and Sentence, Swal lows Poison. MEDFORD, Or.. June 3. (Special.) Immediately after receiving sentence Saturday night of from one .o five years in the penitentiary for forgery, Irving Oehler, son of a Portland con tractor, took poison in his cell at the County Jail and was only saved by the immediate action of County Physician Malmgren. According to the Jail authorities Oehler had the poison con cealed in his clothes and apparently planned to commit suicide when he found escape from the Penitentiary im possible. The young man was heartbroken that his attempt failed and a close guard will be kept over him to see there is no repetition. Oehler married Nan Smith, a Talent girl, and it was. largely through her acquaintance here that he was able to obtain a motor car' and several valuable articles by pass ing fraudulent checks. Irving Oehler is the son of Phillip J. Oehler, a contractor, residing at 624 East Twelfth street. He married Miss Nan Smith, of Jacksonville. Or., in this city about the first of this year. Shortly afterward he went to Southern Oregon, where his arrest on the forgery charge occurred. ' , At the time of his son's arrest, Mr. Oehler admitted that the youth had been involved In . a bad-check opera tion in this city, which was straight ened out. . TROUSERS STOLEN AT FIRE Marshfield Man Escapes Blaze, but - ." Not Thieves. MARSHFIELD, Or., June 3. (Spe cial.) Fire originating in the. kitchen, where - a kerosene lamp exploded, at midnight last night, destroyed the Dan Campbell building on Front street and its contents. - The structure was used as a residence. ' Mr. Campbell, the only occupant of the building, was asleep, but escaped with only one suit of clothes of all his belongings- and somebody, stole . his trousers and vest, which were placed at one side while he searched for other attire. CAPTAIN LIBBY.. MARRIES Miss Flora E. Griggs Is Bride la Wartime Wedding Here. At a war-time wedding yesterday in Portland, Miss Flora E. Griggs, of 329 Mill street, was married to Captain Eugene C. Libby, of Company F, Third Oregon Infantry. The ceremony was performed In the chapel of the First Presbyterian Church by Major Gilbert, Chaplain of the Third Oregon, before a small gathering of close friends and immediate relatives. Mrs. J. Pederson, of 831 Mill street, was bridesmaid, and Lieutenant Alex ander Davidson, of Company F, was best man for the Captain. PENDLETON BANKER HURT Fred E. Judd Said to Have Fainted While Driving Car. PENDLETON. Or.. June 3. (Special.) Fred E. Judd. vice-president of the American National Bank, is in a Walla Walla hospital seriously injured. It is reported here. According to the meager reports that are available here. Mr. Judd was seized with a fainting fit between this city and Walla Walla. His car swerved from the road, crashed into a telephone pole and threw him to the ground, where he was found unconscious later. RADIO TO REACH GERMANY Installation of Buenos Aires Plant Virtually Authorized. BUENOS AIRES, June 3. Virtual au thorization to Install a wireless station in direct communication with Germany has been granted, according to the view in official circles here. .Before making the authorisation di rect and official, however, the report of the naval officers who have been investigating the project is awaited by the government. RUSSIA TO SAVE SUGAR Order Is Also If sued That White Bread Cannot Be Baked. PETROGRAD. via London. June 3. The provisions committee has decided to reduce the sugar allowance to one half a Russian pound monthly. Only black or brown bread may be baked hereafter, according to an an nouncement, under penalty of IS months' imprisonment, or a fine of $10, 000 rubles. v ENVOY'S PASSPORT STOLEN Ambassador Elkus Baggage Is Ran. Thieves. sacked by BASLE, via Paris, June 3. Vienna dispatches report that the baggage of Abram I. Elkus, the former American ambassador to Turkey, now on his way to Switzerland, was ransacked and that the ambassador's passport was stolen during a brief stop at a railroad sta tion. The thief was not arrested, , Preparations for War Census Completed. SOME TROUBLE IS EXPECTED Slackers Will Be Punished and Forced to Register.. RETURNS TO BE RAPID Eligible Men Are Declared to Be Loyal, but Sonic May Be Influ enced by Families Who Are Fearful of Danger. WASHINGTON, June 3. Final prepa rations tor tne registration or more than 10.000,000 young Americans next Tuesday for war service and for the prosecution of the disloyal who at tempt to interfere with the registra tion,' went forward today at the ' of fices of Brigadier-General Crowder, Provost-Marshal-General, and Attorney- General Gregory. Into the office of General Crowder will come the reports of the state offl cials who are conducting the military census. Registration to Be Enforced. Probably by midnight Tuesday it will be possible to state with approxi mate accuracy the number of men who have presented themselves in the course of the 14 hours "of registration. A week later the lists of the registrars will have been reported to Washington and further analysis will be possible. Reports to the - Department of Jus tice today gave further proof of the strict enforcement of the law forbid ding Interference with the process of registration. Twelve Arrested for Circulars. At the request of an Army recruit ing officer a man was arrested in Hagerstown. Mi, for distributing lit erature urging opposition to the jiew army law. Eleven others were taken into custody on similar charges yester day at Cincinnati by Department of Justice agents. "T anticipate no resort to force to prevent registration," Attorney-General Gregory said in a statement tonight. "If any individual should attempt it he will be promptly dealt with. Some Trouble Expected. "In almost every community there will be persons who will attempt to evade registration. One class will con sist of weaklings, who lack the physi cal and moral courage necessary to face the possibility of a fight, and another of those under the influence of men and women beyond the conscription 'Concluded on Page 4, Column 2.) STATE BALLOT YES NO i '- " . ' i 300 3 05 10H- 101 . ! I 30 8 3 07 1,6 103 I 3 2 311 118 107 ! . SI 120 109 . T J ZZ 113 I iSPjfl 1Z6 1Z? I m' 7 3' 2' 131 ......., ... . , . mmm . s . ........ .....4 It' ' " - Naval Gunners Open With Volley of Explosive Shells, but Arc Not Able to Score Hits. NEW YORK, June 3. Two German submarines made a concerted attack on the American line steamship Kroon land on her last outward voyage from this port, firing four torpedoes, two of which hit the liner glancing blows but did not explode, according to & report brought here today by an American recently in .cngiana. wno said he was told of the attack by an officer of the ship. The torpedoes were fired from oppo site sides of the vessel. Naval gunners on the Kroonland opened fire at the unseen target, send In explosive shells Into the water at the point where It was judged the sub mersibles were when the torpedoes were launched, but no hits were re corded. RUSSIANS SHELL 147 SHIPS Squadron Bombards Four Along Anatolian oCast. Ports PETROGRAD, via London, June t. A Russian squadron in a cruise along the Anatolian Coast on May 29 bom barded four ports and destroyed 147 sailing ships loaded with supplies, says the official statement Issued by the War Department today. In the region of Krevo, southeast of Vllna, German artillery bombarded Russian positions. The town of Brody, Galicla, also was bombarded by heavy artillery. PRESENT STATUS OF LIBERTY BOND CAMPAIGN. Total Portland subscriptions to date, $2,018,750. - Total up-state subscriptions to date, $1,238,150. Mass meeting at East Side Business Men's Club tonight. Nathan Strauss, chairman of retail and wholesale merchants' committee, starts systematic can vass of West Side districts. More than half of O.-W. R. & N. Company's employes subscribe. ' Albers Bros, credit each en 'ploye who subscribes for $100 bond with $25 gratuity. Hundreds of employes of Wil lamette Iron &- Steel Works of- -fer to subscribe after hearing ad dresses by C A. Miller and II. R. Blauvelt. Noonday meeting scheduled at Northwest Steel plant today. North Bank Railroad employes offered bonds on installment plan. Two banks of Eugene subscribe $100,000 each. Faculty of Oregon Agricultural College arranges for Individual subscriptions. N State headquarters at 203-4, Northwestern Bank building to remain open today and Tuesday, despite bank holidays. DONT FAIL TO VOTE ON MEASURES. CITY YES Long Lull Broken By Desperate Fighting. BIG SHELLS FALL IN TORRENT Fiercest Part of Struggle Rages Around Chimneys. ENEMY LOSSES ARE HEAVY Cas Shells Rained on Yprcs and Bombardment of Bullecourt Is Continued Germans Routed and Dead Left on Field. (From a Staff Correspondent of the As sociated Press.) WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, via London, June 3. The in intry iuii or several weeks was broken last night, when under the light of a nearly full moon, the. British made an attack southwest of Lens and In the direction of that besieged city. The point of attack was due west of Avion, which Is one of the southern suburbs of Lens, the latter being the center of a mining district which sprawls for miles along the valley of the Souchez River. British Take Power Station. Most of last night's fighting was south of the river although an ad vanced post was established north of that stream. The British by early dawn had captured all the intended positions and were still fighting to day along the Lens-Arras road. They had captured the electric power station Just south of the river where the Germans had been established for many months and which was fairly stiff with machine guns. The station had been pretty well blown about by artillery fire, but was still a formida ble fortification. Brlolc Chimneys Captured. Further south the Urltlsh captured some Lrlv.it chimneys which had been transformed into a strong point. . These objectives sound rather strange, but most of the bitterest righting In the world-war on a vast front has, from time to time, swirled about sugar factories, windmills, farm buildings, cemeteries, breweries, slag heaps, unimposlng mounds like the Butte Warlencourt, churches, mona steries and even asylums for the in sane. Artillery Duel Keeps I p. Nearly 100 prisoners had been count ed this morning from the nocturnal operations about Lni ana there was every Indication that heavy losses had been inflicted on, the enemy. Artillery activity continues unabated, first one Concluded on Page 5. Column J. ) BALLOT NO .llovenTent of Troops to Continue Daily Until Regiment Is As sembled for Training. TACOMA. Wash., June 3. (Special.) The first company of the Eighth Vol unteer Regiment of Engineers from San Francisco arrived at American Lake today. There were 150 men in the com pany, which was commanded by First Lieutenant Cresswell. More companies are expected to arrive dally until the entire regiment is on" the ground and in training. A battalion of engineers Is to come from Portland and Seattle shortly., probably within the week. The regi ment is under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Cavanaugh. of Seattle." The regiment comprises some of the best engineering talent of the Pacific Coast, men who have been Identified with railroad construction bridge work, road building and Irrigation Jobs all over the VVcst and In Alaska. Even the non-commissioned officers and men in the ranks arc experienced railroad builders and capable of taking charge of construction crews. Captain Kenneth Hauser, for Instance, is construction superintendent with Grant, Smith & Co., one of the biggest railroad builders and contracting con cerns in the United States. Lieutenant Albert Chittenden is a great Northern Railroad engineer and Lieutenant John Thomas Dovey is president of the Se attle Engineering Company. BOY, 6, PURCHASES BOND $30 Drawn From Savings Account and Given to Government. EUGENE. Or., June 3. (Special.) Bobby" Goodrich, 6-year-old son of Luke L. Goodrich, cashier of the First National Bank, is going to help Uncle Sam win the war. Yesterday he took $50 of his savings account of $60 and purchased a liberty bond. Many Eugene people are buying bonds in small amounts, in addition to subscriptions made by those who can afford to invest heavily. PRIVATE NORTON IS DEAD Woodburn Guardsman Succumbs to Attack of Blood-Poisonlng. MEDFORD, Or., June 3. (Specie I.) Evertt-Norton. 20 years old, of VTood burn. Or.,-private in Company I, Third Infantry, died Saturday night at the Sacred Heart Hospital from blood poi son ng following an attack of tonsi- litls. The body was sent north tonight with full military honors. This Is the first death to occur among the enlisted men In Southern Oregon since the declaration of war. Belgians in Artillery Duel. BERLIN, via London. June 3. "In the Wytschaete Bend (Belgian front) there has been a very intense artillery duel,' says tonignts army headquarters re port. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 08 degrees: minimum. -48 degree.. TODAY'S Fair .with rising temperature: northwesterly winds. War. American mission I on Russian soil. Fare S. Moon lights way lor British drive near Lent. Page l. Mere youth Is dictator of Russian fortressj -"J in i c'iiil. rase I . Two divers fire at American liner, but tor pedoes glance off. Page 1. Departure of Americans not hindered, de clares Berlin. Page 4. John Barrett predicts all Americas will be in war within year. Page 5. National. Registration of 1O.0O0.0O0 men for war serv ice take place tomorrow. Page 1. General Goethals orders 140.000. OOO feet of Southern pine for ships. Psge 4. Herbert C. Hoover urges American people to est more vegetables. Page 3. Domestic. "Tailor-made" cigarettes disappear from training camp. Page Shipyards directed not to tke private con tracts, page ll. Sport. Pactfie Coast League results: Portland 4. Vernon .1 M4 innings): San Francisco 2-4. Ios Angeles l-O: Oakland 6-4. Salt Lake 5-0. Page 14. Slem-la Grande tie delays awarding of trap-shoot trophies. Page 14. Helnrich Schmidt defends new anti-stymie rule. Page 14. Giants and Red Sox In lead. Page 14. Pacific Northwest. Irving Oehler. son of Portland eontrsctor. convicted ot forgery, attempts suicide. Page 1. Seven state measures on ballot today. Page . Twenty at University of Oregon enlist In Ambulance Corps. Page. 7. KiKhth Reserve Engineers begin mobilising at American Lukt', Page 1. Warden Murphy appeals to voters for peni tentiary appropriation, page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Warrants out for arrest ot- tongmen. Page 10. Portland today holds third election under commission charter. Page 1. Schools close June 1.1. Page 6. Red Cross leaders arrive for big conference todsy. Psge 4. Major Gilbert orator at Fraternal Patriotic day celebration. Page 11. America ready to list Its war strength to morrow. Page 6. Bishop Sumner gives Darting address to St. Helen's Hall graduates. Page 12. Sunnye'de Congregational Church and pastor observe 25th anniversaries. Page 12. Bishop Sumner, speaking at Reed College, pleads for united church. Page 13. Summer train service to Clatsop Besch will atsrt Saturday. Page 7. Good roads urged as means of flthtlng high living cost. Page 13. Chamber will hear plea of railroads Tor In creased freight rates. Pipre 11. Funeral of Tom Richardson to be held to day. Page IS. W. H. Eccles. lumberman, attempts suicide at hospital. Page IS. Dr. Eleanor Rowland and Harry tVem bridge to wed. Page 11. Motorshtp City of St. Helena is launched. Page 13. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 15. Kronstadt Rebels Led by Chemistry Student. PRIVATES COMMAND ARMIES Lieutenant Put in Charge of Entire Naval Force. DRUNKS SENT TO FRONT, Strong Local Governments but Weak Central Authority Is Plan Ad- i .vanced by Voutliful Ruler for AH of Russia. KRONSTADT. Friday, June 1.. via" London. June 3. The hero of the new Kronstadt revolution which yesterday deposed the Petrograd provisional gov ernment Is a youthful chemistry student of the Petrograd Technological College. Anatole Lamanoff, who by his elo quence and his flaming enthusiasm and his unexampled energy recently made himself president of the local council of workmen's and soldiers' deputies and, virtually Kronstadt's dictator. Island Fortress Quiet. "When the Associated Press corre spondent arrived today at the Island fortress he found everything quiet, the soldieiz and the townspeople waiting patiently the beginning by Lamanoff 'of negotiations with the Petrograd Coun cil of Deputies, which is the only au thority Kronstadt now recognizes. Kronstadt's master is a smooth faced, dark-haired, soft-eyed man in a student's uniform. He is magnetic and ready of speech. He gained fame- be fore the revolution by the delivery of striking lectures to workmen in which he gave vent to bitter satire and daring innuendos against autocracy. Congress Would Have Little Power. Lamanoff, who alms at being a Na pojeon and a Rousseau at the same' time, combined a resolute government with the propagation of novel political . and social ideas. His programme consists of the sub division of Russia lnt innumerable petty centers, ruled by local groups of soldiers' and workmen's deputies and united only In the loosest way by a congress of representatives of the local councils sitting in Petrograd. Clash Not Expected. Asked whether Kronstadt expected a collision with the provisional govern ment. Lamanoff answered: "No. On June 14 there will meet the Pan-Russian Congress of delegates of the councils of deputies from allquar ters. This congress. In my opinion, provides the nucleus or skeleton for Russia's future administration. Until it meets the Petrograd ministers will hardly venture to take measures against us. Remember that independ ent Kronstadt does not stand for the complete dissolution of the empire; but the bonds must be extremely tenuous. Locally, our programme Is a strong government. Here is the first instance." Drunks Sent to Front. Lamanoff then produced a decree signed by himself on Wednesday or dering the immediate arrest and dis patch to the front of every male found intoxicated. "I have already arrested several men i Concluded on Page 2. Column 3. Liberty Loan Facts No. Where Will the Money Go? The $2,000,000,000 raised by. the present issue of the liberty loan is designed to bo used by our Gov ernment In payment for its pur chases from our various Industries. These industries are quickened by the new demand, employ more men than ever, and the money paid to them is transferred to their em ploye, who. in turn, use the money for living expenses, savings, etc. Thus the money returns In time to the same sources from which it originally came. The special feature of war time Is that the circulation of credits is faster than in peace times and idle funds are more generally employed. Each expenditure by the Oovern ment makes possible greater pros perity for us all. If you buy a $1000 liberty bond your $1000 is transferred by your bank from an account in your name to an account in the Government's name. The Government gradually draws down this $1000 to pay for its purchases from all kinds of indus tries. You are directly or indirectly affected by this increased activity. You will receive this money in wages, or salary, or dividends, and will benefit by this quickened ac tivity in your business. Probably before the entire $1000 Is drawn down by the Government from the bank you will have deposited & part of your income again In your bank. You will then hold a United States Government bond worth par and be the richer by the amount you have saved. It is a fact worthy of note that the deposits in savings banks are now larger In the belligerent Euro pean nations than ever before in times of peace. Subscribe today for the liberty loan.' Its success will make prosperity for you. t