.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