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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. JULY 3, 1917.
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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-
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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
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"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
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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.)
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