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-1 . . g"r T:" VOL. LVII- NO. 17,663. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. JULY 3, 1917. rRICE FIVE CENTS. .r-:- - ' ' rr . , ar" i , iti si iu ii . u ii l : s rm - hi ri ,n IIEGB BURUED Hi HOMSBY MOB Many Others Shot Fleeing East St. Louis Flames GERMANS PLOT TO WRECK LAKE SHIPS CLOTURE TO BE TRIED Ifl FOOD BILL FIGHT PLEA FOR SAFE AND SANE FOURTH MADE CHIfiESE EMPEROR PLACED Ofl THRONE 6000 ELECTRICIANS TO VOTE ON STRIKE 'ACCIDENTS" SOW FOTTXD TO BE DEEDS OF EXEMES. FIRK MARSHAL WEIXS ASKS CITIZEN'S TO CO-OPERATE. CACSE OF "HELLO GIRLS" IS CHAMPIONED BY DELEGATES. RUSSIANS GAIN GREAT VICTORY DEAD ESTIMATED AT 250 Fire Reaches Business District and Damage Is Put at $3,000,000. 500 WHITES ARE ARRESTED Blacks From Nearby Town Said to Plan Invasion; Mili tary Rule Proclaimed. EAST ST. LOUIS, 111., July 3. fires were burning in five sections of East St. Louis at 1 o'clock this morn ing and at least 20 dead negro bodies and crowded hospitals testified to the terror that reigned here last night while mob after mob swept the streets seeking negroes whom they might slay. At this hour it was impossible to make an accurate estimate of the number of dead. But this was known: Five negro sections of the city were fired by mobs, terrorized negroes fled from their burning homes only to meet bullets from the guns of the rioters, four other negroes were shot by snipers and two were lynched. More Than 100 Dead. One white man was killed by a negro sniper, and before the burning began tonight four negroes and one white man were killed. This included the detective sergeant, whose death at the hands of a negro mob late Sunday night was the direct cause of the out break Monday afternoon and Monday night. Estimates of the number of dead run up to 100 and higher, but these estimates are purely conjectural. The exact number slaughtered probably will never be known, as it is thought that' many bodies were consumed in the flames. Troops Scattered Over City. Adjutant-General Frank S. Dickson nrrived shortly after midnight and took charge of the situation. He said the troops would be distributed in small groups throughout the city to day and that they would be instructed to disperse every gathering of per sons for any purpose whatever. "We intend to see to it that crowds do not have opportunity to gather to day," said Adjutant-General Dickson. "In this way it will be possible to nip any disturbance in the bud." At 1 A. M. the fires were under con trol. Rioters for the most part had dispersed. Five Hundred Leaders Arrested. In answer to a question as to why the troops on the ground when the trouble developed did not use force to put down the rioting, General Dickson said the purposes for which the sol diers were sent here had been gained without firing a shot and that whole sale bloodshed would have been the result of any firing on the part of the troops. "Five hundred ringleaders of the mob, I am informed, are now under arrest," said General Dickson. "This was accomplished by surrounding the rioters and forcing them to submit without shooting or employing the bayonet." General Dickson said after the 500 were taken into custody the dis turbance at once took on a less seri ous aspect. At 8:30 o'clock tonight a mob of SOO armed men charged into a negro district on Third street. Nearly every member of the mob carried a flaming torch. Before they could start a. new blaze, however, 200 guardsmen charged with fixed bayonets. The troops fired a volley over the heads of the mob, which then dispersed. Soldiers Stop Battle. A battle between whites and blacks broke out at the east entrance to the St. Louis municipal bridge. Guards men hurried there in trucks and ended the combat. One of the white men killed tonight was Tom Moore, of Granite City. He was standing be side a soldier when a bullet struck him. The shot aparently was intended for the soldier. The mob obtained ghastly amuse- 4Con.ciud.ed on Pag 4, Column 4.) Three Vessels Sunk, One Burned, One Disabled and Channel Buoys Changed by Conspirators. WASHINGTON, July 2. Secret In vestigation by Government agents has disclosed the existence of a conspiracy to destroy or hinder shipping- on the Great Lakes and thereby delay organ ization of American war armies and check the flow of food and munitions material from the Western states to the Atlantic Coast. This plot, engineered by Germans, assisted by sympathizing American cit izens, is believed to have been respon sible for the succession of "accidents" to lake shipping-, especially In the neighborhood of Sault Ste. Marie Canal, which began about a month agro. Three vessels have been sunk, one burned and another disabled.. All of these vessels had been or were about to be taken over by the Navy Department and what were believed to have been accidents are now consid ered the acts of conspirators seeking to hamper the Government In the pros ecution of the war. The official Investigation has made it certain that some of the acts of sabotage committed upon American shipping and misplacement of channel buoys and tampering, with the canal locks have been done by persons who found refuge when pursued behind the famous islands and in the narrow wa terways on the Canadian side of the border. DOG GOME, CONSTABLE SUED Xew State License Law for Canines Is Attacked. ROSEBUKG, Or., July 2. (Special.) Constable Howard Church today had his first roundup with the new state dog license law, when Roy Bellows, a prominent Roseburg merchant, refused to pay the license and sued to replevin his dog and recover $50 damages. The complaint charges that the law is unconstitutional and provides for double taxation, as dogs are personal property and subject to tax. Judge Hamilton will hear the case Thursday, and it will probably be taken to the Supreme Court. The law became effective yesterday. BUSINESS MEN HELP BOYS Roseburg Scouts Are at Work and Cannot Hoe Beans. ROSEBURG, Or.. July 2. (Special.) Forty husky business and profes sional men displayed patriotism this afternoon clearing weeds from three acres planted to beans by Boy Scouts of this city. The laborers with hoes and other implements went to work in automobiles. At 6 o'clock a luncheon was served by the Red Cross Society and Honor Guard Girls. The adults did the work because most of the boys have ac cepted employment In the country and cannot care for the beans. SPANISH UNREST GROWING Suspension of Constitutional Guar antees Ineffective. PARIS. July 2. The situation in Spain appears to be going from bad to worse. The gravity of the crisis is confirmed by such news as reaches Paris. The Madrid correspondent of the Petit Parisien. telegraphing Sunday, says suspension of constitutional guar antees by the government has not re moved the unrest in Spain. PAROLED MEN EARN MONEY Former Oregon Prisoners Make Fine Showing as Good Citizens. SALEM, Or.. July 2. (Special.) Pa roled prisoners from the penitentiary earned J165.102.24 since July, 1915. and $14,879.50 during May, when 216 re ported, according to the report of Parole Officer Keller, Just filed with Governor "Withycombe. The average monthly earning was $52.03. U. S. FLYERS IN 14 FIGHTS Lafayette Corps in Week Also Makes 2 2 Iteconnolssances. FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE. July 2. (By the Associated Press.) During the week ending June 24, the Lafayette flying squadron made 22 reconnols- sances over the enemy's lines, a total of 7S machines participating. The flyers brought back important Information and fought 14 aerial com bats. FIVE ROBBERS GET $15,000 Cashier of Tea and Coffee Concern Is Held Vp. CHICAGO. July 2. C. Beard, cashier of the National Tea & Coffee Company, was held up by five men and robbed of between $15,000 and $20,000 today. The men escaped in an automobile. Airplanes Attack Venice. ROME, July 2. Venice has been at tacked again by Austrian airplanes. the War 'Office announces. The Italians raided Tricst in re prisal. AdministrationLeaders to Force Vote. ACTION THIS WEEK IS PLAN Control Extended to Fuel and Many Other Necessities. BONE DRY IS CHIEF ISSUE President Is Reported Willing to Accept Rule Over Manufacture of Beer and Wines Quorum Is Unlikely July 4. WASHINGTON. July 2. Controversy in the Senate over the food control and its prohibition feature reached such an acute stage today that formal steps were taken by Administration leaders to limit debate and force a final vote this week by Invoking, for the first time, the Senate's new cloture rule. Within half an hour many more than the necessary IS Senators' signatures to a cloture motion were secured. Senator Chamberlain. In charge of the bill, announced to the Senate later that he would offer the motion tomor row and ask for a vote upon it Thurs day. Two-Thirds Vote Required. Its adoption would require a two thirds vote and thereafter would limit each Senator's time upon the bill and all amendments to one hour. Many Senators say that until the pro hibition issue Is settled the necessary two-thirds vote for cloture cannot be obtained. Others point out, however, that the vote on shutting off debate at least "will show up" on record those not in favor of expediting the bill as desired by the President. Control Is Extended. The movement for use of the cloture rule came after the Senate had adopted the section by a vote of 42 to 16 ex tending Government control, in addi tion to food and fuels, to iron and steel, copper, cotton, wool, hides and skins, lead, aluminum, fertilizers, farm imple ments, hemp, and other binding twine materials and their products. A skirmish on prohibition occurred Just before the Senate recessed tonight to meet an hour earlier than usual to morrow. The "wets" and "drys" clashed when Senator Penrose, oppos ing any attempt at cloture, suggested that prohibition's friends had been de laying action. Senator Jones of Wash ington vehemently denied the charge and asserted that the delay had been caused by prohibition opponents. Committee Reopens Fluent. Senator Sheppard asked unanimous consenc lor a vote tomorrow on the liquor question, but Senator Penrose objected. The dispute over prohibition was Concluded on Page 5, Colubn 2.) "Make Oregon Free From Fatali ties and Fires," Is Request of State Official. SALEM. Or, July 2. (Special.) TJn- I der a heading. "The Fearful Fourth," State Fire Marshal Wells today issued the following bulletin: "Six years ago careless handling of fireworks and other explosives used In celebrating the Fourth of July result ed in the death of 215 persons and the injury of S092. Statistics show a steamy progress for the idea of a safe and sane celebration In 1918 but 30 persons died from injuries received from fire works and like explosives and only 820 were injured. Of those Injured 463 received their burns from giant crack ers and toy cannon; 243 were injured by lighting fireworks. There were 11 vic tims of fatal burning from sparks ig niting their clothing and many hun dreds of thousands of dollars of prop erty was destroyed by fire. t "What is going to be the toll of the fearful Fourth this year? The State Fire Marshal Department Is hoping that each citizen will do his 'bit' In preventing persons from being injured by handling explosives of any kind or nature on the Fourth. The citizens of this state can celebrate without tak ing the chances of Injuring those dear to them and the destruction of prop erty. " "In addition to the loss by the use of explosives many will drive Into the country to spend the Fourth In the open. A reduction of speed will pre vent accidents on the usually traveled road. "The State Fire Marshal Department is again importuning the citizens of this state to make Oregon free this Fourth from fatalities and fires." SENATOR ACCUSES JURY Crowd of Thirsty Await Liquor Ships That Do Not Arrive. MARSH FIELD. Or.. July 2. (Spe cial.) Senator I. S. Smith last night. In addressing a meeting called to con sider the bootlegging situation at the Baptist Church, declared the county grand Jury was lax in its methods, as he understood It refused to bring in dictments against bootleggers who had been convicted in the Marshfield Mu nicipal Court. He criticised the custom of taking liquor from vessels and mak ing no arrests. There is a marked shortage of liquor on d'oos Bay. although there Is a large crowd here, many of whom expected to be supplied. WRONG MAN IS PICKED Dan Ferris, I. W. AV., Mixes With ' Marine Officer to His Sorrow. CENTRALIA, Wash.. July 2. (Spe cial.) Dan Ferris, an I. Wv W., who has been arrested before, was taken into custody by the police Saturday afternoon . after he had attacked Ser geant Percy Plzor, local marine re cruiting officer. Ferris boasted that he had at one time been heavyweight champion of the marine corps. He picked the wrong man on whom to prove his claim, however, as he was taken to the City Jail in an unconscious condition fol lowing the encounter. ACH! THERE GOES THE KAISER'S BEAR . President Li Agrees to Resign Seat. PEKIN IS TAKEN BY SURPRISE Civil War Between North and South Regarded Likely. AID TO ENTENTE UNLIKELY Monarcblal Coup d'Etat Comes as Peace Is Being Restored Among Factions Army Believed to Bo Against President. TIEN TSIN. July 2. Ilsuan Tung, the young Emperor, according to reports from Pekln today, has taken posses sion of the palace occupied by Presi dent LI Yuan- Hung and is Burrounded by prominent military leaders. A demand was made upon President LI that he resign in favor of Hsuan Tung. The President replied that he would resign in favor of the Vice-President, as he was unable to resign in favor of the Emperor. The first Intimation that foreigners In Pekln received of General Chang Hsun's coup was the appearance In the streets of the capital of strong bodies of troops. The boy Emperor was taken Into the palace at S o'clock in the morning under guard of Chang Hsun's soldiers. According to some reports, the Emperor was crowned Immediately, and, according to others, there was no ceremony. President Thought Prisoner. President Li Yuan Hung is believed to be a prisoner in the hands of the military leaders. Pekin telegrams and letters are sub ject to censorship and all government offices are under guard. General Chang's action was unexpected and most of the foreign diplomatic repre sentatives were away from the capi tal for the week-end. All the military movements are reported to have been carried out with the greatest precision. WASHINGTON, July 2. General Chang Hsun's sudden coup d'etat to destroy republicanism in China and re store the ilanchu dynasty has produced a discouraging shock among officials here who believed China's Internal troubles were at an end. Open civil war is feared between Chang Hsun's followers andr the Manchu supporters on the one hand and the northern republicans and the united south on the other. The north ern military leaders, whose attitude Is not clear, are considered to hold the balance of power, for it Is felt that if they Join Chang Hsun he will be able to obtain control of North China and perhaps subdue the south. The official . dispatches show that Chang Hsun, instead of having cast (Concluded on Pas 2, Column 3.) STEAKS! Telephone Communication of Coast Would Be Crippled ir Workers Thursday Decide to Quit. TACOMA. Wash.. July 2. (Special.) Whether a striKe of 6000 electrical workers and sev-ral thousand girls, telephone operators, which would com pletely demoralize telephone communi cation on the Pacific Coast. Is to be called, will be decided Thursday night. A conference held by delegates of the 10 locals of Washington In Tacoma to day called for a strike vote in every local on the Coast for Thursday. The strike talk has been In the air for some weeks anC started with the strike of 28 telephone operators In Aberdeen. The girls, it Is said, want ed the right to unionize and certain changes in wages. The demands were refused by the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company. Vice-President Crasser, of the Inter national Electricians' Union, went to Aberdeen and made an exhaustive in vestigation of the situation. He called the meeting In Tacoma, which resulted In the order for the strike vote. Members of the Tacoma Electrical Workers' Union refused to talk regard lng the re-ult of the meeting, saying that the officers -rrere the only ones authorized to s; :ak. Officers of the union could not be located. From other sources, however. It was learned that electrical workers have been quietly organizing for the strike for the past two weeks. Local officers of the telephone com pany said that they did not expect any trouble, and that, bj far as they knew, no action had yet been taken by the local union regarding a strike. Tacoma electricians took no action on the telephone strike question at their meeting tonight, and denied that they had given out a report regarding a proposed tie-up. Union officials in timated that the strike rumor must have emanated from the telephone com. pany. SHIPS MAY BE TAKEN SOON Business to Be Warned to Prepare for Requisition. -WASHINGTON, July 2. Secretary Redfield is preparing to warn business that the Government may find it necessary to requisition shipping ton nage within a short time. Industrials will be told they should adjust their affairs accordingly. 25 MILLION LENT BRITAIN Total Loans by United States Are Now $1,043,000,000. WASHINGTON, July 2. Twenty-five million dollars was placed to the credit of Great Britain today by Secretary McAdoo. This brings the loans to that nation up to $585,000,000 and the total loaned all the allies to 11,043,000.000. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 62 decrees ; minimum, 57 degrees. TOD A Y S Tuesday fair. "War. Russian win great victory with mighty smash Into Ausiro-German line. Page 1. American Army quickly settled In France. Page 0. Foreign. Chinese Emperor Is placea on throne. Page 1. MatlonaL. President's draft rules exempt few. Page 3. Eleventh-hour engineering report fatal to jetty completion. Page 14. Cloture rule to be tried in Senate food bill fight. Page 1. Insurance companies advise Government to write own policies xor soldiers. Page 5. "Accidents" to shipping on Great Lakes are work, of Germans. Page 1. Domestic. Many killed in East St. Louis riots. Page 1. Chicago honors Belgian mission. Page 6. Student officers learn to dig fine trenches. Page 6. r-ports. Pacific Coast League players accept salary cuts. Page 8. Frank Chance. leader of Los Angeles team. says he Is through with baseball. Page 8. Sport plays part In world war. Page 8. Pacific Northwest. Public Fervice Commission announces dates of hearings on proposed rate advances. Page 4. Brilliant racing and high-class bucking char acterize opening day at Albany round-up. Page 5. Thounandfl of telephone employes on Coast talk strike. Page 1. State Fire Marshal Wells makes plea for safe and sane Fourth. Page 1. New law about salmon caught at sea goes to Supreme Court on test case. Page T. Official canvass of state election complete and Governor Issues proclamation. Page 7. Formal opening of Lake Washington water way to be big feature of Seattle's Fourth of July celebration. Page 14. Commercial and Marine. "Willamette Valley fruit crop prospects are good. Page 17. Hogs and cattle higher at local stockyards. Pago 17. Buying by distillers sends corn up at Chi cago. Page IT. Stock market sags with trading tn profes sional hands. Page 17. O.-W. R. & N. consolidates Its various boats under one bead. Page 14. Lloyd J. Wentworth says building of wooden ships will be limited only by ability of contractors. Page 14. Portland sad Vicinity. Fuel Is abundant, but not In Portland. Page 8. Attitude of educators to war not forecast. Page 9. Only 60 in Oregon are arrested for failure to register for draft. Page 13. May Dearborn Schwab to realize dream of singing again In Portland. Page 18. Four Oklahoma land locators arrested and probe is scheduled. Page 12. Counties at war over Interstate bridge prof Its. Page 11. Portland celebration of Fourth of July all for Oregon's soldiers and sailors. Page 2. Portland Italian factions stirred up by meet ing condemning Consul at Seattle. Page 2. Mayor Baker declares Portland must be made clean. Page 4. Textbook is cause of worry to School Board. Page 2. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 14. War Minister Leads At tack in Person. 10,000 PRISONERS TAKEN Big Guns Also Captured, De spite Traitors' Unfolding of Plan of Attack. TURKS ARE DEFEATED, TOO Ottomans Are Routed in Cau casus and Pursued by Cavalry Force. PETROGRAD, July 2. Russia has resumed the offensive. More than 10,000 prisoners, many guns and other articles of war material and sev eral strongly fortified Austro-German positions in Galicia prove it. They bear testimony to the mighty smash delivered July 1, the precise time set for an offensive by War Minister Kerensky several weeks ago in a com munication to the tmited States Gov ernment. The brilliant Russian advance, the news of which has sent a wave of re joicing through the entire country, was led by War Minister Kerensky in person. Action Replaces Oratory. For the last four days the War Minister has been continuously at the front, spending every effort to urge the troops to' advance. He finally rode to the front-line trenches, and, placing himself at the head of the troops, gave the order to advance. The spectacle of the popular War Minister on the firing line accom plished what oratory had failed to do, and the Russian line swept forward into the German trenches. , The heretofore lethargic, monstrous army punished the forces of the enemy Kaisers most severely. The attacks were as vicious as the recent fraternizing with the foe had been foolhardy. Turks Routed, Too. The Turks, too, felt the strength of the reorganized arms of the revolu tionary army. The Ottomans, in the Caucausus, were routed, and at last reports from headquarters Russian cavalry was pursuing them unmer cifully. The Turkish stronghold of Kalamirivan, southeast of Lake Deri bar, was stormed and the village of Engidja, north of the lake, was oc cupied. In the assault on the Austro-Germans in Galicia the Russians occupied the strongly fortified position south west of Brezezany, and also Koniuchy, on the river of the same name. Russians Lose Heavily, Too. At the latter place more than S500 Teutons, including 164 officers, were taken prisoner, seven heavy guns were captured and the victors ad vanced to the river. Late reports said prisoners continue to come in from this sector. In the Brezezany sector nine offi cers and 1700 German, Austrian and Turkish troops were captured. , The victories were costly to tha Russians, the loss among officers being extremely heavy. Soldiers in Excellent Spirits. Up to the hour of telegraphing, tha advance of the Russian army in Galicia was still in progress. A dis patch received by the War Minister says that the staff of the Russian army in Galicia is more than satis fied with the progress made. Never was an offensive so auspi ciously begun. The local army staff was pleased with the speed of the ad vance, aa the operation which the staff had expected would take two days was executed between the hours of 2 and 9. All of the latest telegrams to the War Ministry agreed that the soldiers are in excellent spirits, and the Min istry authorizes the statement that preparations as regards munitions and equipment are in better shape than in any preceding period of the war. Lieutenant Perun, chief of the War Ministry information department, has just returned from the front, where he witnessed M. Kerensky's crusade in favor of an immediate offensive. (.Concluded on . Column 1.) 1,