Morning Oregonian., June 18, 1917, Image 1

VOL,. jLVII NO. 17,651.
PORTLAND, OREGON. MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
INTOXICATED CLERK ICflDCCT ODCC I AV
GENERAL RULES AS
DICTATOR IN CHINA
AMERICA CAN WIN
WAR WITH FLYERS
SKIPPER SWIMS
ASHORE WITH LINE
NONE WILL ESCAPE
RED GROSS APPEAL
lUIILul IIIILU Lttl
HOLDS UP 10 MEN
TOWNS IN WASTE
ATTEMPT TO RESTORE IMPE
RIAL POWERS SUSPECTED.
THREE PASSENGERS IX DANGER
OX YAQVIXA JETTY.
LOADED REVOLVER IMPELS VIC
TIMS TO STAY IX JLIXE.
H OFFENSIVE IS
ORDERED BY DUMA
Russian Troops Told to
Make Attack at Once.
PEACE DECLARED TREASON
Prolonged Inactivity Along
Battlefront Is Considered
Treason Toward Allies.
CONGRESS IS IN SESSION
Workmen and Soldiers Ratify
Expulsion of German Agent
and Face War Problems.
TETROGRAD, via London, June 17.
The Duma, in secret session, has
adopted a resolution for an immediate
offensive by the Russian troops.
The resolution declares a separate
peace with Germany or prolonged
inactivity on the battle front to be
ignoble treason toward Russia's al
lies. The first meeting of the Pan-Russian
Congress of all councils of work
men and soldiers' delegates, upon the
vote of which depends the immediate
destiny of Russia, both international
and domestic questions, was held
here today.
National Problems Faced.
Councils throughout the empire and
the armies at the front have sent
delegates.
The congress will organize a large
number of sections on the special
questions of labor, peasantry, finance,
industry, food, nationalities, the local
government, which will draft reports
for the consideration of the whole
congress. The vital questions are the
national attitude toward the war and
the relation of the revolutionary
democracy to the coalition govern
ment. It is expected the congress will
emphasize a demand for the cessation
of the war, but will declare against a
separate peace. The newspapers of
the Bolsheviki extremist wing are
clamoring for the congress to con
demn the government and proclaim
for the immediate transfer of all
power to workmen and peasants.
Socialist's Expulsion Approved.
The first act of the Pan-Russian
Congress was to ratify the expulsion
by the provisional government of the
Swiss Socialist, Robert Grimm, who
is reported to have been the medium
through which the Germans attempted
to arrange a separate peace with Rus
sia. Grimm's case was taken up when
the congress assembled tonight, im
mediately after the delegates had
elected as their president N. C.
Tcheidse, president of the Petrograd
council of workmen's and soldiers'
delegates.
Americans See Ministers.
Members of the American commis
sion devoted Saturday to informal
conferences with prominent Russians.
Elihu Root, head of the mission, met
Alexander J. Guchkoff, chief of the
munitions bureau. Ambassador Fran
cis is arranging small dinners and
luncheons to enable the members of
the American mission to meet the
Russian Cabinet Ministers.
The Americans are arranging for
visits to Moscow, Kieve and Odessa,
and possibly to Rumania. Rear
Admiral Glennon and other naval of
ficers will visit the Russian naval cen
ters independent of the commission's
movements. Major-General Scott and
the officers of his staff will make
independent, visits to military places.
GERMAN UNDER SUSPICION
C S. Agents Watching Supposed
Special Envoy to Mexico.
EL, PASO. Tex., Juno 17. .United
States Government agents are investi
gating the arrival of a German in
Juarez who was believed to have been
an envoy of the German government
on a special mission to Mexico City.
The roan registered at a Juarez hotel
under the name of Fritz Hinsh. of
'Bumenhaven. Germany." Ha told
Mexicans in Juarez he had come from
New London. Conn., to El Paso, having
made the trip from Germany on the
last cruise of the German merchant
submarine Deutschland.
He conferred with the German Vice
Consul in and left for Chihua
hua Citji.
Leaders at Canton Declare Tliey
Will Fight to Maintain Their
Constitntional Rights.
PEKIX. June 15. General Chang
Hsun now is dictator. President LI
Yuan Hung being little more than a
figurehead. The insurgents are calling
a convention at Tien Tsin to form a
provisional government headed by the
dictator.
General Chang Hsun's motives are
obscure, but it is believed he is en
deavoring to obtain from the former
leaders of the Manchu dynasty an
agreement for restoration of the em
pire. He has urged the President to
form a Cabinet, suggesting that a pro
visional council similar to that In'
Russia be established and that a dec
laration of war against Germany be
then made.
Southern leaders who are congre
gating in Canton assert they will fight
for maintenance of constitutional
rights.
WHITLOCK FILM AT STRAND
"The Field of Honor," by Minister
to Belgium, Is Stirring Drama.
"The Field of Honor," a Red Feather
photoplay from the pen of Brand Whit
lock, Minister to Belgium, and well
known writer, claims much attention
at the Strand on the new bill that
opened yesterday. It is a stirring
drama of Civil War days and the story
it tells is compelling.
Eccentric comedy and whirlwind
dancing is the consist of the act of
West and Boyd, a man and a girl, both
of them clever.
Class shines in the act of George and
Lillian Dawson, with a revue of songs
and dances that include considerable
novelty.
Surprises and unexpected turns are
featured by Waldo Brothers with a
novelty act. Applause greets these per
formers who are consistent favorites.
A winning prima donna, with a de
lightful personality, is Dorothy Ray
mond, who sings popular and classical
numbers to the delight of all her hear
ers. Today and tomorrow "The Voice on
the Wire," a thrilling photoplay, will
run at the Strand as an extra feature.
UNION GIVES QUOTA IN DAY
Red Cross Gets $1500 at Joint
Meeting in Church.
UNION", Or., June 17. (Special.)
Union raised its quota of $1500 in the
great Red Cross drive at a union meet
ing in the Methodist Episcopal Church
tonight.
The amount was raised wholly by
the following organizations: City of
Union, 500; sale of Red Cross tags,
$165; Masonic Lodge, $150; Stock Show
Association, $100; Oddfellows' Lodge,
$100; Knights of Pythias Lodge, $50;
Woodmen of the World, $50; Royal
Arch Masons, $50; Morman Church, $50;
G. A. K., with nine members, $50;
Women's Relief Corps, $25; Pythian
Sisters, $25; Rebekahs, $25; W. C. T. U.,
$25; Women of Woodcraft, $25; Eastern
Star, $25; Home Guard, the balance,
$S5. making a total of $1500.
GERMAN ATTACK REPULSED
Violent Artillery Fighting Occurs
Near Hurteblse.
PARIS, June 17. An attempted Ger
man attack north of Corny, on the
Alsne front, was broken up by the
French last night, the War Office an
nounces. Violent artillery fighting occurred
near Hurteblse.
Progress of the War.
NOTHER Zeppelin airship and its
Xa. entire crew has been accounted for
by a British aviator during a bomb
dropping raid over the Kentish Coast
of England.
Little fighting, except by the artillery
wings, is taking place on any of the
various war fronts. On the front in
France held by the British, aside from
v. artillery duels, there have been
only minor operations in the nature of
raids, and a continuation of the aerial
activity that has been so pronounced
for weeks past.
Near Hurteblse the Germans In a
night attack seized, portions of trenches
held by the French, but later were
forced to give back most of them In a
counter-attack. Considerable artillery
activity continues in Belgium in the re
gions of Steenstreate and Het-Sas.
In Macedonia the artillery duels that
have been in progress for several
weeks are still going on. but the ex
pected infantry attacks have not de
veloped. Meanwhile the entente forces
continue to throw their troops into
Thessaly, the occupation of various
towns haveing been accomplished
without untoward incident. French
cavalry now has reached Pharsala and
Domokos. south of Larissa, while
Demirili has been occupied by the Brit
ish. Former King Constantine of Greece
is reported to have arrived at Messina,
Sicily, on his way to Switzerland.
Although quiet still prevails on the
Russian front, there seemingly is an
indication that hostilities soon will be
gin again there. The Russian Duma, at
a secret session, has passed a resolu
tion calling for an immediate offensive
and declaring that a separate peace
with Germany would be treason toward
Russia's allies.
A report received in New York from
an incoming steamer says that a Ger
man submarine has sunk the French
steamer Mississippi off the coast of
France. One member of the crew per
ished. A reconstruction of the Italian Min
istry is reported to have been proposed
to Kins Victor Emmanuel by the Pre
mier as a result of the crista which
developed last night.
Marconi Says 100,000
Would Mean Vic'
TASK PUTUPlt STATES
Foe Must Be Blinded by Over
Whelming Force, He Says.
WIRELESS DEVICE DENIED
Inventor Asserts He Knows of Xo
Way to Conquer Submarine by
tJse of Radlo-War Science
to Be of Value In Peace.
CHICAGO, June 17. (Special.) An
immortal entered the reception-room of
the McCormick residence today and
genially inquired: "Which is the gen
tleman with whom I am to have the
pleasure of an Interview?"
A reporter answered the call, thrilled
at standing face to face with Marconi,
despite the effort of the illustrious sci
entist to place him at his ease. Signor
Marconi was not 'well, and it was
possible that he might not be able to
continue through the whole tour of the
Italian committee. Tall, slender, more
French in appearance than Italian, the
inventor of wireless telegraphy stood
as straight as an arrow.
100,000 Planes Needed.
Speaking oficlall: on the part that
science has played in the war. he said:
"The airplane is an enormous factor
in this conflict and will, I believe, grow
even more decisive. The United States
will be looked to for this contribution
in a great measure. It will require an
hundred thousand flying machines to
subordinate the other methods of war
to the air fighting; 10,000 would help
mightily, but they could not settle the
war; 100,000, 1 think, would.
'If an overwhelming force' of air
planes could be mustered so that the
enemy fliers would be driven from the
air, they would be helpless in ranging
and directing artillery, and would, of
course, be at an incalculable disadvan
tage. Allies Must Be Supreme.
"But to be decisive by fliers, one side
must be supreme and alone above the
earth; otherwise flier will fight flier
and the surface warfare will go on
about as it would otherwise. "
"It is not true that a method has
been found to combat submarines suc
cessfully by use of the wireless. A re
port that I had perfected such a de
vice was unfounded. I have not even
attempted one, knowing of no way
whereby it could be accomplished.
Submarine Foe Worked On.
"It is true that we have labored for
a means to destroy the power of the
submarines, and some progress has
(Concluded on Pace 5. Column 4.)
Transfer Launch Pounds Holes in
Bottom on Rocks When Lost
in Fog: Early in Morning.
NEWPORT. Or.. June 17. (Special.)
When the launch Mud Hen, lost In
a dense fog on Yaquina Bay at 2 o'clock
this morning, struck the rocks at the
inner end of the south Jetty, George
Harwig, the skipper, sounded distress
signals and then swam for shore with
a line. Receding swells repeatedly car
ried him back, but he finally effected
a landing 'and saved his passengers:
Miss Florence Gray and Harry Smith,
of Newport, and V. F. Smith, of Port
land. The launch Is used in transferring
passengers from Newport to the south
beach, and, lost in the fog as it was,
would have been swept out to sea if it
had not lodged against the Jetty. The
passengers were taken from the ex
posed position by the Coast Guard crew
and the launch was towed to Newport
by the schooner Mirene. The whole
bottom of the Mud Hen was stove in
by the pounding on the rocks.
APPLE CROP FALLS SHORT
Heavy Bloom of Early Spring Was
Deceiving.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. June 17. (Spe
cial.) A severe drop is being reported
by all Lower Valley orchardists, and
from present indications the crop of
the coming Fall will be far below esti
mates made at the time of the heavy
bloom. The total crop for the season
will probably fall below 750,000 boxes
of fruit.
In the Upper Valley, where the bloom
was later and more sunny days pre
vailed during the blossoming period,
the drop of fruit is -not so severe.
ANTI-WAR SOCIETY FORMED
Socialists and Pacifists Will Resist
Conscription.
PHILADELPHIA. June 17. A reso
lution to resist conscription was
adopted last night at a meeting of
delegates representing 31 Socialist and
pacifist societies in this country which
have formed an organization known as
-the People's Council for Democracy and
Peace.
The present plan is the launching of
a1 campaign against forcible military
service by the distribution of literature
and public weekly meetings.
JAMES L. SINGER IS DEAD
Oldest Mason in Washington State
Passes at Age of 93.
WALLA, WALLA. Wash., June 17.
(Special.) James L. Singer, the oldest
Mason in Washington, both in years
and in Masonry, died here this after
noon at the age of 93. He was initiated
into Harmony Lodge, No. 2, of Cincin
nati, O., 72 years ago. He was born in
Ohio in 1824 and came to Walla Walla
30 years ago.
His niece. Mrs. Harry Carnes, lives in
Walla Walla.
LEST WE FORGE
ij
Every Nook of City to
Be Canvassed.
LOST MOTION IS ELIMINATED
Drive Will First Seek Men of
Means in Portland.
CLOCK TO MARK PROGRESS
Last Instruction to Solicitors Will Be
Given Tonight Canvassers Will
Meet Daily to Xote Suc
cess of Campaign.
In three great phases of the patriotic
cause. Army enlistments. Navy enlist
ments and liberty loan subscriptions,
Portland was a leader among the cities
of America. Today she stands at the
threshold of another task.
"She must be a National leader in
the Red Cross cause." Such is the ral
lying cry of the men and women who
will work for the subscription of the
city's $200,000 quota during the week
of the Red Cross drive, June 18-25.
Campaign Carefully Planned.
By one week from today the workers
trust that theirs may be the privilege
of announcing that the city has not
proved laggard in her duty toward th
boys who will come back from the
trenches and the gored plains of No
Man's Land.
The plan of campaign is concise. It
has been carefully wrought out. In
the briskness of that first assault on
Tuesday, and the continued assaults
that will follow through the week, to
culminate in victory ,and the winning
of the last trench, there is no . lost
energy, no working at mixed purposes,
no room for the blunders of mistaken
zeal.
Churches Hear Mfmgc.
Testerday, in hundreds of Portland
churches, laymen or clergymen told
the congregations of the merciful pur
pose of the Red Cross drive and the
urgent necessity that It shall not fall.
That the day was the anniversary of
the battle of Bunker Hill seemed an
omen of especial significance. The
talks in Portland churches brought re
sponsive enthusiasm and assurances
that many wished to be numbered
among the subscribers.
Just as officers and men receive in
structions before they clamber from
the trench at a signal. and race to the
charge, so the field workers of the
Portland campaign committee will be
given the final word tonight. They
will meet at the Portland Hotel at
6:15, where General Chairman W. B.
Ayer will hold counsel with the 20
team captains and their recruits, num-
Conrluded on Pnffe 4. Column 2.J
C. L. Amsbary Is Arrested After
Attempting to Force Men In
Walters' Club to Buy Whisky.
"Bootleg" whisky contains more than
a good kick, as Clarence L. Atnsbary,
clerk in the Employers Association of
Oregon, can testify.
Testerday morning at 3:15 o'clock
Atnsbary was arrested In front of the
Manchester building. Fifth street near
Stark, by Patrolman Frank Collins for
being drunk and disorderly. He had
eight or ten men lined up against the
wall and had them all ""covered" with
a fully loaded revolver. He exhibited
a deputy sheriff's badge and told them
they were all under arrest.
Previous to his arrest Amsbary had
spent an hour in the rooms of the Walt
ers' Club, in the Manchester Building.
After being there for some time he
tried to sell them what whisky he had
left, part of a pint. When no one would
buy, according to Patrolman Collins' re
port, he jumped to a chair, brandished
his revolver and told them he wanted
$2.60 from each one present. He then
said he would "settle" for $100 and
finally named $50 as his price. The
keeper of the soft drink establishment
at the Waiters' Club succeeded in ca
joling Amsbary out of the place.
Amsbary asserted, so says the arrest
ing officer, that the Waiters' Club is a
bad place, and that he was sent down
by Governor Withycombe to clean it
out, since the Portland Police Depart
ment refused to do so.
Amsbary is an ex-convict, having
served time In Wyoming and San Quen
tln. He was tried for murder at Oregon
City in connection with the linemen's
strike, but was acquitted. He was also
a familiar figure when the longshore
men were on strike.
PEOPLE FLEE FROM RIVER
Melting Snows Cause flood That
Suspends Railroad Traffic.
CASPER, Wyo.. June 17. Flood wat
ers of the Pathfinder dam caused the
Platte River to overflow today and
homes along the lower levels near here
have been inundated. The people in
the flooded district are moving their
belongings to higher ground.
The water is rising between one and
two inches an hour and has covered the
tracks of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad. Traffic on the line
through Casper has been suspended.
Melting snow In - the mountains
caused the high water.
PRUNE CROP TO BE LARGE
Yield Third Bigger Than Last Year
Is Indicated.
SALEM. Or.. June 17. (Special.)
County Fruit Inspector Constable, who
has returned from a trip over the
county, says that present prospects in
dicate a third larger prune crop than
last year, or a considerably better crop
than early reports presaged.
Other fruits also are said to be in
good condition, including the logan
berry crop.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTRRDAT'P Maximum temperature. 73
iegTta; minimum. M UeiTffi.
TODAY'S Fair ad continued warm ;
northerly winds.
War.
nuian Duma decide on Immediate of
fensive against derm any. Pane 1.
Berlin professor declares food shortage tn
Germany la most critical. Page 4.
Marconi says America can win war with
ltrO.OOO filers. Pane 1.
American enlisted men dine well In France.
Pane 4.
Crowd In nighties watch battle In air.
Page o.
Foreign.
General rules as dictator In China. Pace 1.
National.
Helm board urges submarines and aircraft
for Pacific Coast. Pase 3.
Herbert Hoover calls upon housewives to
enlist in food conservation campaign.
Pace 2.
Government estimate loan subscriptions
now at 1 2.600.000,000. Pace 4.
Iomefitic.
Forest fires lay towns In waste. Pare 1.
Electricians to strike at Butte, but mines
are quiet. Page 2.
Archbishop Ireland makes strong appeal
for Red Cross fund. Page 3.
Former Mrs. J. Mclvor Tyndall Issues state
ment on morality. Page 3.
Sport.
Pacific Coast League results: I-os Angeles
4-5. Portland 1-1 : an Francisco 3-1.
Oakland 1-2; Vernon 2-6, Salt Lake 0-1.
Page 10.
Southpaw Malls Jumps contract with Bea
vers. Page 10.
Wolverton Is released by Berry. Page 10.
Portland nimrods hold practice ahoot.
Page 10.
Junior tennis players warmly praised by
VC. A. Goes. Page 11.
Pacific North went.
Launch wrecked on Yaquina Jetty; passen
gers saved. Page 1.
Douglas County Sheriff and deputies catch
yeggmen redhanded. Page 0.
Xew plans call for 1300 buildings for Ameri
can Lake. Page 5.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland Red Cross drive will move with
precision. Page 1.
Intoxicated clerk holds up 10 men at early
hour. Page 1.
Dr. Bavln preaches upon "The Unbridled
Tongue." Page 8.
Daily food waste of Portland estimated at
11.59 tons daily. Page 8.
Dr. W. O. Eliot talks at Unitarian Church
of "Giving and Spending." Page 8.
Farmer accused of uttering ten bad checks.
Page 9.
Oregon's Incomes will pay million to Gov
ernment. Page .
Liberty loan campaign educates Oregon peo
ple to buy bonds. Page 11.
Election of O. M. Plummer as president of
school Boara forecast. Page 14.
Perfect weather lures many to river trips.
Page 8.
14. pleasure seekers visit The' Oak a
Page 14.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver C. Tocum celebrate
golden wedding. Page 7.
Swarm of bees settles on lamppost In Alder
street, near Broadway. Page 11.
Weather report, data and forecast. Pace IX.
Flames Still Defy All
Efforts of 500 Men.
1000 REFUGEES FROM OJAI
Three Women Die From Shock
and Fire Threatens Boys.
LADD PROPERTY IS SAFE
Visitors at Summer Resort. Are
Hurried to Safety and General
Call for Help Is Sounded
From Towns In Danger.
SANTA BARBARA. Cat- Jane 17. At
10:30 It m the report here that the
brash fire which started yeaterday at
Carpentaria, IS mllea east of here, had
extended to Casltas Paw and was belag
carried by the wind toward Ventara.
LOS ANGELES, June 17. The resi
dence section of one town has been
wiped out, crops over a wide area have
been destroyed, three persons are dead,
about 1000 persons have been made
homeless and several small settlements
and resorts were in peril at last reports '
from two brush fires which for tho
past 24 yours ha. been burning furi
ously in the Santa Barbara National
forest. Neither fire at latest reports
was under -ontrol.
The greatest damage so far has been
done in tlto OJai valley. Only the busi
ness section and a few isolated dwell
ings in the town of OJai. about 15 miles
north of Venrura, Cal.. were left stand
in)? by a fire which swept through the
valley last night.
School and Tlllaa Gone.
The big foothill school, recently re
built, was destroyed and many large
and expensive country villas, the homes
of Eastern business .and professional
men, were burned.
The second fire. Trhich started yes
terday near Carpenteria. Cal., and for
a time threatened that town, changed
its course and was reported to be
sweeping toward Stanley Park and
Shepard's Inn. two Summer resorts,
when telegraph communication be
tween Los Angeles and Carpenteria
failed.
The last report was that a general
call ior help had been sent out from
two threatened communities and that
visitors at Shephards Inn were .beinjr
hurried away in automobiles.
Women Die of Shock.
Three women died at OJai today from
shock and prostration due to the forest
fire which yesterday swept through
this valley.
The dead: Mrs. John Warner, Mrs.
Frances Marroquin and Miss Sawyer.
All of the women lived In the portion
of the valley devastated by the fire and
were not reported by the rescue parties
which took most of the residents of
this town to Ventura and Santa Paula
Miss Sawyer was a nurse in the Lor
ing Farnuni home which was destroyed
last night.
After burning SO sugar mills and.
causing damage estimated to be in ex
cess of $300,000, the flames were re
ported burning fiercely on the htgli
ridges north of Ojai. and still beyoi.U
control of the 500 fire fighters.
Wind Drives Flames On.
The flames swept down on the town
from the Matlllija Canyon before a stiff
breeze with the army of fire fighters
slowly retreating before it. Women ana,
children began leaving in automobiles
for Ventura and Santa Paula as soon as
it was seen that the flames would reach
the village.
Two hours later the town -was prac
tically deserted except for the little
army of fire fighters.
The flames entered the town on the
north and east sides and steadily te
their way toward the business section.
Here the fire brigade made Its last
stand.
Fine Homes Are Lost.
Ojai had no pressure water sys
tem and the men were forced to op
pose the flames with shovels, hoes,
buckets and wet sacks. One building
in a solidly-built-up block caught fire
but the flames were extinguished be
fore they gained headway and thus tho
entire business section was saved.
Walnut, orange and almond crops
also suffered severely. The total dam
age to residence property was said to
approach $250,000; crop damage,
$60,000.
Red Cross Cares for Refugees.
Most of the 1000 residents of the
town are being cared for by the Ven
tura branch of the Red Cross at Ven
tura and Santa Paula, whither they
were taken In automobiles last night.
Ventura, 17 miles distant, reported
that ashes fell all day in that city.
Fire fighters found their way late
last night to Wheeler Springs, where
100 persons from Los Angeles had been
reported trapped by the flames, and
found the resort party out of danger.
Several explosions of gasoline were
reported to have occurred In Ojai early
last night, and added to the spread of
the flames. The town was practically
depopulated.
Among the country homes added late
last night to the list of those reported
destroyed were the following: W. II.
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