Morning Oregonian., July 19, 1917, Image 1

VOL.. IVU NO. 17,677.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
H REVOLUTION
IS
Acts of Agitators May
Prove Boomerang.
COUNCIL SHOWS AUTHORITY
Loyal Troops Held in Bar
racks While Social Demo-
crats Expend Force.
CABINET DISBANDS EARLY
Revolt Sweeps Into City From
Viborg District, Led
by Soldiers.
BY ARXO DOSCH-FLEUROT.
Conyr!ght, 1917, Press Publishing Com
pany, New York.)
PETROGRAD, July 18. (Special)
With the dead officially announced
as four as the result of a new "revo
lution," which began shortly before
t midnight Monday, this city this mortf
ing was again as normal as if nothing
had happened. ;
The chief agitators involved were
the Bolshiviki, as the majority of the
Social Democrats are called. The
Bolshiviki revolution, however, is
likely to prove a boomerang, for today
a resolution was adopted by the cen
tral committee of the national dele
gates, by which they joined the per
manent committee of peasants, took
the government into their hands and
issued a proclamation denouncing the
disorders as acts of traitors.
Council Takes Control.
A further demonstration probably
will result in a round-up of German
agents. The first outbreak really
ended at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Then came a lull, and yesterday after
noon more shots were fired. The machine-gun
troops that participated in
the rioting at first must be held also
to account for the later disorders.
Whila the "revolution" has had the
effect desired by the Bolshiviki to
force the council openly to take con
trol the night's work shows that the
council is a conservative power not
easily upset by factional demonstra
tions. The council let the Bolshiviki
have the night by ordering the troops
to remain in their barracks. Four
teen regiments obeyed, only small bat
talions of Grenadiers of the Moscow
Paviosky, with machine gunners,
taking part in the demonstration.
Revolt Ends Quickly.
The loyal forces could have swept
the city, but the government decided
to avoid bloodshed and act today. For
this reason the revolt ended quickly.
It is important that America be not;
disturbed by the news; the real gov
ernment is still in the same position
of power, the revolution simply fore
ing an acknowledgment of power at
the hands of the Council of Soldiers
and Workmen's delegates, which re-
peatedly has proved its ability to han
dle any situation. But there will bo
difficulty in avoiding an armed strug
gle if the revolutionists persist.
Revolt Unexpectedly Sudden.
The revolt was soon followed by an
nouncement that Cadet Ministers had
left the Cabinet. The Ministry met
, at the residence of Prince Lvoff, the
' Premier, but the members separated
each going to his own home and leav
ing the situation in the handt, of the
council of soldiers' and workmen's
delegates, whose central committee
was sitting in the Tauride Palace.
As usual, the "revolution" swept
into the city from the Viborg factory
district, headed by regiments of ma
chine-gun detachments, known to hold
Bolshiviki sentiments, ' and armed
workmen. The revolt I just heard
of it by telephone came with unex
pected suddenness.
Soldiers Start Disorder.
Late Monday soldiers numbering not.
more than 40 refused to go to the
front and made a demonstration be
fore the Tauride Palace. The city
filled rapidly with workers in the
neighborhood of the Troytsky and
Liteiny bridges, and they soon cap
tured the fortress of St. Peter and
St. Paul, thus obtaining that end of
the city. They had the assistance of
motor trucks filled with armed sol
diers and machine guns.
When I reached the street I found
X tps passing in front of the Ma
rinsky Palace, the seat of govern-
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QUICKLY
LI V E F!
REGIMENT FORMS
TO PROTECT STATE
IXFANTRY IN WASHINGTON NOT
SUBJECT TO DRAFT.
Apportionment Is Announced for
Unit to Be Exclusively for
Duty at Home.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 18. Adjutant
General Maurice Thompson today
ordered the organization of 16 infantry
militia companies, to be known as the
Washington State Guard, to take the
place of the'present state troops when
the latter are drafted " into the Fed
eral Army on August 5.
The, new state militia organization
will be of a strength equal to United
States Army standards for infantry or
ganizations in peace. The troops will
not be subject to Federal draft and
will not constitute a. part of the pres
ent National Guard, which is recog
nized by the Government. The new
troops will be exclusively state troops
and will be subject to the laws and
regulations of the state of Washing
ton. The Washington State Guard will
consist of peace strength companies in
the following cities:
Seattle and Spokane, two companies
each, with one company each at Taco
ma, Everett, Centralia, Raymond,
Ellensburg, Colfax, Bellingham,
Snohomish, Aberdeen and North Yaki
ma, Wenatchee and Walla Walla.
WHISKY DRAVM FROM BOND
Prospect of Government Seizure
Stimulates Revenue Receipts.
WASHINGTON, July 18. Liquor
dealers, alarmed at the prospect of the
Government seizing, under the terms
of the food bill, the vast quantities of
distilled spirits in bond, are withdraw
ing whisky from bonded warehouses
at a rate never before equaled, approx
imately 1.000,000 gallons a day.
The whisky thus withdrawn Is placed
largely, revenue officials state. In re
tall establishments.
As a consequence of the scare. In
ternal revenue receipts have risen this
month to a point higher than ever be
fore, the total for the first 17 days
being approximately $7,500,000 more
than in last July.
FARM LOANS APPROVED
Total Associations 4 32, With Aver
age Membership of 18.
WASHINGTON, July 18. Five per
cent loans to farmers under the Federal
farm loan system are being approved
by the Federal Board here at the rate
of $800,000 a day. the Board announced
today.
More than (100,000,000 affected by
applications for loans are still await
ing issuance of charters to the organi
zations of which the borrowers will be
the members.
There are 432 associations with an
average- membership of 18 farmers
each, the average loan to the individ
ual farmer being $2250.
COURTESY TO BE REQUIRED
Water Office Work Also
Is to Be
V
Facilitated.
Courtesy has been established as the
r.-.otto for the City Water Bureau. City
Commissioner Mann yesterday posted
large notices in the water office asking
the public to report discourtesies or in
attention on the part of employes. Also
he sent a letter to the employes notify
ing them that courtesy shall be the first
consideration in every case.
"You will arrange to keep a sufficient
number of windows open lr. tl. office
so that the public will not have to wait
a long time in line," says Mr. Mann's in
structions.
GARDEN, WARNING ISSUED
Sprinkling Must Be in Prescribed
Hours to Keep Permits.
A warning was issued yesterday by
City Commissioner Mann to amateur
gardeners who have obtained free gar
den sprinkling permits, not to sprinkle
outside the regular hours set for gar
dens. The hours are daily from 4 A. M.
to 8 A. M. Violations will be followed
by revocation of the permits.
Lawn sprinkling is confined to the
regular hours of 5 to 8 A. M. and 3 to 11
P. M. each day. The same permits and
payments for lawn sprinkling are re
quired this year as in the past.
IDAHO CALLS FOR LABOR
At Least 40 00 Men AVI 11 Be Needed
to Harvest Crop This Year. ,
LEWISTON, Idaho. July 17. (Spe
clal.) The S. O. S. call has gone out
from Idaho for labor. Governor W. J,
McConnell, inspector in charge of the
United States (employment service, says
at least 4000 men will be needed to har
vest Idaho's crops.
Northern Idaho will have to have 2500
men. Wages will not je less than $2. SO
with board.
SOLDIERS WANT STOGIES
Americans in France Desire Variety
From Pipe and Cigarettes.
CHICAGO, July 18. Letters received
here from American soldiers In France
indicate that a few stogies would be
much appreciated gifts by the men at
the front.
Pipe tobacco and cigarettes are avail
able, but, says one letter, "we are really
suffering for good old United States
nickel cigars.".
WOOD SHIP PLANS
STILL BAUSE SPLIT
Goethals and Board Fail
to Agree Fully.
CONFERENCE RESUMED TODAY
Rumors That Goethals May
Resign Are Discredited.
POLICY IS POINT OF ISSUE
Denman Board Objects That Type
of Wooden Ship Ordered by Gen
eral Is Too Slow of Construc
tion; Other Differences End.
WASHINGTON, July 18. Members
of the Shipping Board and Major-Gen-eral
Goethals, manager of the board's
fleet corporation, who are at odds over
the Government's shipbuilding pro
gramme, at a lengthy conference today
went over the General's, proposals for
constructing Government shipyards
and for speeding up tonnage now
building.
Another conference will be held to
morrow. The Shipping Board, Chairman Den
man said, wants more information be
fore it approves the general manager's
programme, but General Goethals said
he thought he had submitted most of
the information asked for.
Questions Concern Policy.
Neither side would say what are the
points of difference over the pro
gramme. Chairman Denman Intimated
that all disagreements would be set
tled satisfactorily.
"There are no personal differences,"
he said, "only one of policy. I know
of no . difficulties that could not be
adjusted between two rational per
sons, each willing to concede to the
other an intelligent difference of
opinion."
Goethals Wooden Type Opposed.
. The only question, it is understood,
on which the board and General Goet
hals are now tar apart la that of
wooden construction. Although Gen
eral Goethals has let contracts for
many more wooden ships that he has
steel, the Shipping Board, it is said,
will insist that the type he intends to
build is too slow of construction.
Reports that General Goethals will
resign unless given the fullest author
ity to carry out the programme he has
announced were discredited tonight.
The General himself, asked about
rumors of his resignation, merely said,
"I am a soldier, and. a man in my posi
tion, appointed to a place, virtually is
under orders."
Goetnala Not to Be Asked to Quit.
At the Shipping Board it was made
clear that, despite differences, there is
no Intention to ask General Goethals
to quit.
The Shipping Board, it is understood.
demanded of General Goethals full ln-
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MYERS WINS AGAIN
DESPITE SENATOR
POSTMASTER RENAMED ' FOR
FOUR YEARS MORE.
T hough Not Consulted by President,
Chamberlain lias Power to Defeat
Appointee, but May Not Do So.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, July 18. President Wilson to
day sent to the Senate the renomina
tion of Frank S. Myers to be postmas
ter at Portland for another four years.
The appointment was made in ac
cordance with a custom which has
grown up under this Administration of
reappointing presidential postmasters
whose records are satisfactory to the
Postmaster-General without consulting
the Senators from the state in which
the office is located.
As this office is democratic patron
age Senator McNary would not have
been consulted in any event. Although
Senator Chamberlain will not shout
with Joy over the fact that Myers has
been renominated it is not believed he
will prevent confirmation though it
is within his power to do so if he is
willing to assert that the retention of
Myers in office is personally offensive
to him.
The postmasters at Burns, Canyon.
City, Enterprise, Jacksonville, Lebanon,
Newberg, Oakland, Salem. Springfield.
Union, Weston, Woodburn, Wasco, Cen
tral Point, Condon and Echo also were
reappointed. The President also made
new appointments as follows:
Oregon Lucius L. Hurd, Glendale;
George II. Lettellier, Mill City; Grant
L. Grant, Riddle; James W. Thompson,
Westport.
Washington Tyrah D. Logsdon, En
dicott; Otto Holmberg, Molson; John M.
Jones, Morton; Henry It. James, Roch
ester; Michael Reisonauer. Uniontown;
Michael J. Murphy, Oakville.
Idaho Mike A. Hogan, Avery; Elmer
C. Lightfoot. Fairfield; Samuel J.
kinder, Ilo; Frank'Il. Langford, Roger-
son.
ROBIN P0TPIES COSTLY
Mount Tabor Man Fined $2 5 for
Shooting: Birds in Cily.
Charles Moulton, plumber, who lives
out Mount Tabor way, at 82 Kast Seventy-fourth
street, had a clever scheme
for beating the high cost of living. He
shot robins that came questing to his
neighborhood for worms and made the
birds into succulent potpies. Neigh
bors said he has been shooting robins
for a long time.
In Judge Dayton's court yesterday
Moulton paid a fine of $23 -after, he
pleaded guilty to a charge of shooting
birds within the ci.ty limits. Deputy
Game Warden Clark brought the
charge and arrested the plumber-
sportsman.
TESLA'S TOWER DYNAMITED
Government Would Prevent Use of
Apparatus by German Spies.
RIVER HEAD, N. Y., July 18. De
struction of a wireless tower erected
here several years ago by Nicola Tesla,
the Inventor, for experimental pur
poses, has been completed by Govern
ment order to prevent it being used by
German spies to transmit information,
it became known today.
Charges of dynamite were placed un
der -the foundations and the tower was
blown over. It was about 100 feet in
height and was abandoned some time
ago by Tesla.
FIGHTERS
PORTLAND
Veterans Wonder at
Growth of State.
OREGON HISTORY IS RECITED
"We Once Dodged Red, Now
We Dodge Auto," Says One.
OFFICIALS PAY TRIBUTE
Commissioner Holmao, Mayor Baker
and Others Welcome Visitors
and Tells of State's Debt
to Early Day Heroes.
OFKIl'ERS ELECTED BY IN
DIAN WAR VETERANS
YESTERDAY.
Grand commander, Ed Ross of
Portland.
Senior vice-commander, Cyrus
Walker, of Albany.
Junior vice-commander, John W.
Cullen, Portland.
Grand adjutant. Otto Kleeman.
Assistant adjutant, T. S. Bene
dict. Grand paymaster, Charles Cham
breau. Grand chaplain. Dr. Luther Dy
ott. Captain of the guard, W. R. Mc
Cord. Relief committee. Otto Kleeman
and Charles Chambreau.
"We used to dodge Indians; now we
dodge automobiles."
These laconic utterances by Cyrus
Walker, veteran Indian fighter at the
reunion of the Indian War Veterans at
the Masonic Temple yesterday morn
ing, gave unconscious expression to the
growth and development that Oregon
has experienced In the years spanned
by the lives of these sturdy men and
women.
Yes, there were women Indian fight
ers, too. They shared the dangers of
battle with the men, at times, and they
were in evidence yesterday.
Veterans Here With Pioneers.
The Indian veterans, in sadly dimln
ishing numbers, paid Portland th
honor of their presence, as they always
do on the day prior to the annual
gathering of the Oregon pioneers.
Their business meeting was brief, but
inspiring. Most of the time, as invari
ably Is the rule on those occasions,
was devoted to reminiscences and re
newal of old-time acquaintances.
Rufus C. Holman, County Commis
sioner, who is an inveterate student of
early Oregon history, spoke briefly In
welcoming the veterans. He pointed
out that all the remarkable develop
ment of recent years could not have
been accomplished without the vision
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H 0 1 AN
CAMP IN
SEATTLE GIRLS ON
HIKE REACH CITY
TRIO FROM NORTH WALK TO
PORTLAND IN ONE WEEK.
Maids Carry One Revolver Between
Them and Sleep Out Dog
Escort Killed.
Three girls walking from Seattle,
leaving the Sound city one week ago,
arrived in Portland yesterday.
They were equipped with a knap
sack and a blanket, each, and between
them one revolver.
The girls are: Betty Roger, Ruth
Holmes and Jean Poulson. They reg
istered at the Hotel Portland. They
will remain here until tomorrow, when
they will proceed to San Francisco
and further, if they make it without
accident.
"We met with but one misfortune."
said Ml-s Roger. "When near Chehalis
last Sunday morning an automobile ran
over our shepherd dog. Injuring him so
he had to be shot. While all of us
girls are pretty good with the re
volver, our hearts failed us when it
came to shooting our pet and we got
a farmer to do it for us."
When the girls started out they
thought they would put up at some
ranch house each night, but on sev
eral occasions coming from Seattle
they slept out In the open, wrapped in
their blankets, "and no one standing
guard, for we are all pretty brave,"
said Mis.i Roger.
Miss Roger is- a dancing teacher in
Seattle and Miss Holmes and Miss
Poulsen are stenographers. The three
live at the home of Miss Roger, with
her mother, Mrs. A. B. Roger, 1726 Fif
teenth street North.
HOLE BURNED IN BRIDGE
Flooring of Broadway Span Catches
Afire From Beneath.
Fire, believed to have started from
a spark from a river steamer which
lodged In a pitch-laden crack in the
flooring of the east end of the Broad
way bridge near the draw, burned a
hole through the bridge flooring and
called out fireboat No. 2 and engine
No. 17 at 7:30 o'clock last night.
The heat of the day apparently had
left the wood blocks in a particularly
inflammable condition, and the spark
took hold readily under the light
breeze and spread the fire, which
started from beneath the flooring.
Traffic was interrupted, but -only for
a brief time, and the blaze attracted
a good-sized crowd. The damage was
slight.
MAN BLOWN THROUGH ROOF
Storekeeper Is Near Death as Re-
snlt of Explosion.
MOSCOW. Idaho, July 18. (Special.)
Joe Blalock. of Cornwall, east of
Moscow. Is in a Moscow hospital at the
point of death. He was blown through
the roof of his store last night by the
explosion of a charge of powder or
dynamite, and officers are hot on the
trail of the perpetrators of the crime.
The store building was completely de-
monsnea.
The officers are silent, but sensa
tional developments are expected. Bia
lock can make no statement.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
87
oeKren; minimum, tit degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and continued warm, mod
erale northwesterly winds.
War.
German artillery fire around Leni Increases.
f-age s.
New German Chancellor will address Relchs
tag- today. Page 5.
British sea raid makes German blockade
runners cautious. . Page 6.
Arno Dosch-Fleurot tells of latest "Revolu
tlon" in Russia. Page 1.
Foreign.
Anarchy forecast If Finnish independence
Diu is passea. Page .
Petrograd quiet after street fight. Page 4.
National.
uenman ana coethals still at outs over
wood ship programme. Puge 1.
Senate begins to vote on food bill amend
ments. Page 5.
Army draft lottery likely tomorrow. Page 2.
Atlantic fleet Is to be reorganized. Page 5.
Domrwtic.
Wilson reappoints Postmaster Myers with-
out consulting Senator Chamberlain.
Page 1.
Federal fuel Inquiry may be made In Ore
gon. Page 3.
Strikers at Globe drift to other fields.
Page 14.
Mrs. Mooney's case Is expected to go to Jury
baturuay. page 3.
Snorts.
Pacific Coast league results: Portland 3,
Vernon 2: Salt Lake 3. Oakland O; Los
Angeles 8, San r ranclsco o. Page S.
Ridgemark wins Ohio stake in Grand Circuit
meet. Page 8.
Major clubs are playing close to schedule
number of games. Page 8.
Pacific Northwest.
Washington regiment formed to protect
state. Page 1.
"Billy" Sunday landed for Chautauqua lec
ture Sunday. Page 7.
Seattle Council asks receiver for street rail
way company. Puge u.
Grays Harbor I. W. W. disregard ruling of
Supreme Court barring picketing. Page 4.
Commercial and .Marine.
United States Shipping Board representative
opens offices in Oregon buliding. Page 14.
Salmon run starts again In Lower Colum
bia. Page 17.
Wheat and com higher at Chicago on un
favorable crop reports. Page 1 7.
Stock list depressed by bear selling. Page 17.
Portland and Vicinity.
Tong war breaks out again; one killed, one
wounded. Page 1.
Indian war fighters pitch camp In Portland.
Page 1.
Northern Pacific president visits Portland.
Page 13.
Eiempt'on boards warned of plots of poli
ticians. Page 13.
Jitney drivers must file bonds by tomorrow
night, or quit. Page IS.
Three Seattle girls walk to Portland.
Page 1.
George Ade Mack says 13 Is his lucky num
ber. Page 11.
Jitneys must file bonds tomorrow r quit.
Page 18.
Pioneers are guests of city today. Page 6.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17,
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WAR
BREAKS
CLEAN-UP STARTED
One Dead, One Hurt in
Late Outbreak.
MEN ARE SHOT FROM AMBUSH
Grand Jury Ends Close Inquiry
Into Tong Methods.
27 LEADERS ARE INDICTED
Inquisitors Learn of Plots to Mur
der Tong Foes, of Distribution
of Ammunition and Payment
of $20 to Euch Gunman.
CASUALTIES IN OREGON TOXG
WARS IN 1U1T.
February 9 M. Len killed; T.
Hoklra (Japanese) wounded, in
Portland.
February 24 Ham Quong killed
in Portland.
March 8 Fong Hong killed;
Leong Quong shot through the
leg. in Portland.
March 13 William Eng killed:
Mrs. George (white) accidently
shot through leg. In La Grande.
March 27 Joseph Gue killed,
in Portland.
March 29 Lura Sun killed. In
Astoria.
June 2 Chin Hong and Chung
Chow killed; Louie Him badly
wounded; W. Rigglns. James
Hussy (white) and Yuo Horie
accidentally wounded, in Port
land. July 18 Back Yee killed; Jung
Hue Wing wounded. In Portland.
An echo of the tong war which in
termittently snuffed out lives up and
down the Pacific Coast last Winter and
Spring sounded at Fourth and Everett
streets shortly after 4 P. M. yesterday.
Back Yee is dead with a soft-nosed
rifle bullet Just under his heart and
Jung Hen Wing is at the Good Samari
tan Hospital in a precarious condition.
One bullet, of the same type and cali
ber as that which laid Back Yee low,
fractured Jung's spine and came out
on his right side and another lodged
in his right arm near the wrist.
Victims Are Hop Slnars.
Both the dead man and his Injured
countryman are known to be members
of the Hop Sinsrs. actording to the po
lice, md the official assumption is that
they were shot by either Hip Sings or
henchmen of the Bing Kong-Bow
Leongs, who are allied In war against
the Hop Sings and the Suey Sings.
""This oflice is determined to clean
out these Chinese tong troubles and
put a stop to the war so far as Port
land is concerned," declared Chief
Peputy District Attorney Collier last
night. "Starting Thursday morning,
we are going to arrest every Chinese
in Portland who Is unable to give a
good account of himself. Even If we
are compelled to fill fhe jails to over
flowing, we are determined that these
killings must stop."
A conference is to be held in Mr. Col
lier's office thtis morning, at which
time complete plans for rounding up
all Chinese tong members will be
agreed upon.
Xlne Chlnene A Treated.
Xine Chinese were arrested In Port
land last night and two were held In
other Coast cities under secret indict
ments returned by the grand Jury
Tuesday, charging second-degree mur
der. The raids, which started yester
day afternoon and continued until mid
night, were conducted jointly by
Sheriff Hurlburt's force and city de
tectives under the direction of Deputy
District Attorney Collier. Several Chi
nese were found in hiding in houses
on the outskirts of Lents, while others
were picked up at or near the tong
headquarters In the Chinese section.
Those arrested are all either officers
or wealthy members of the Hop Sing
and Suey Sing tongs. Lev Soon, the
Chinese Hop Sing, who is said to have
been one of the leading instigators of
the June 2 murderers, was arrested at
Tacoma, according to information re
ceived by Mr. Collier late last night.
Quon Sam, who, it is said, is the
'brains" of these allied tongs, was
placed under arrest at La Grande.
Two Gathered in at Lenta.
In the Lents raid Ching Jung Hin and
Gong Woo, president and secretary,
respectively of the Suey Sing tong.
were found in hiding. Those arrested
yesterday likewise include Lee Yin,
who was acquitted of murder by a re
cent Circuit Court jury. Although there
was no indictment against Lee Yin he
is being held for further investigation
in accordance with the policy adopted
by Mr. Collier of arresting all Chinese
who might have any knowledge of the
killings.
Others arrested in the raids con
ducted last night are Moy Hem, Louis
Yuen, Harry Gong. Lee Fong, Harry
Wong, Charley Joe.
Those taking part in the raids in
clude Deputy Sheriffs Phillips, Beck
man. Christofferson, Flaherty, Day.
Rector and Franklin, and Detectives
Craddock. Goltz, Howell, Coleman,
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