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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1U17.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TEUTON DEMANDS
SPOILS OF VICTOR
Peace Terms Declared
by New Chancellor.
AMERICA'S ENTRY FLAUNTED
Faith Is Declared in Ultimate
Success of German Sub
marine and Fleet.
LACK OF FOOD ADMITTED
England Blamed for Causing
War and for Making Use of
Submarines Necessary.
COPENHAGEN, July 20. With the
statement that Germany's wish is to
conclude peace as combatants who
have successfully accomplished their
purpose, yet admitting the severity
of , the food situation, Dr. Georg
Michaelis, the new Imperial Chan
cellor of Germany, yesterday made his
first address before the Reichstag.
Dr. Michaelis declared adherence to
the submarine campaign as a means
of hastening the end of the war, and
looked lightly upon the entry of the
Unitet States into the war, asserting
the German fleet and the submarines
would master that situation.
Meager reports of Dr. Michaelis'
address, received yesterday, were sup
plemented today with more complete
versions.
England Blamed for War.
"Although," said Chancellor Mich
aelis to the Reichstag yesterday,
"English statesmen knew, aB shown
by their bluebook, that Russian
mobilization must lead to war with
Germany, they addressed not word
of warning to Russia against military
measures, while my predecessor, in
Instructions July 29, 1914, to the Am
bassador at Vienna, directed him to
say that we would willingly fulfill
our duty as an ally, but must refuse
to permit ourselves to be involved
in a world war through Austria-Hungary
disregarding our counsels. The
man who wishes to kindle a world war
does not write like this, but a man
who is laboring and has labored for
peace to the utmost.
"The concentration of the Russian
army compelled Germany to seize the
sword.
"There was no choice left to us, and
what is true of the war itself is true
also of our weapons, particularly the
submarine. We deny the accusation
that the submarine warfare is con
trary to international law and violates
the rights of humanity.
Confidence Is in Submarine.
"England forced this weapon in our
hands through a neutral blockade.
England prevented neutral trade with
Germany and proclaimed a war of
starvation. Our faint hope that
America, at the head of the neutrals.
would check English illegality was
' vain and the final attempt we made
by an honorably intended peace offer
to avoid the last extremity failed.
"Then Germany had to choose this
last measure as a counter measure of
self-defense. Now also it must carry
it through for the purpose of shorten
ing the war. The submarine war is
accomplishing all and more than all
it is expected to. It impairs England';
economic life and the conduct of the
war month to month in a growing de
gree, so that it will not be possible
to oppose the necessity for peace much
longer. We can look forward to the
further labors of the brave submarine
with complete confidence.
America Is Flaunted.
"We look without serious concern
upon the optimistic sentiment in the
entente countries caused by America's
intervention.- It is easy to reckon how
much tonnage is necessary to trans
port an Army from America to
Europe, how much tonnage is required
to feed such an Army. France and
England are scarcely able to feed and
supply their own armies without in
fluencing the economic situation still
further. After our previous success
we shall be able to master this situa
i tion also through our fleet, particu-
larly the submarines. That is our firm
conviction and assurance. We and our
allies, therefore, can look forward to
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GIVING CIGARETTES
TO GIRLS IS COSTLY
FIRST VIOLATORS OF NEW T. AAV
FIXED $50 EACH.
Judge Dayton Fails to Find Excuse
for Violation and Agrees Moral
Statute Should Be Enforced.
If all Jurists follow the lead of Dis
trict Judge Dayton there will soon be
a wholesale respect for Oregon's strin
gent antl-cigatette law, over which the
last Legislature wrangled so many
hours. "When Harry Maltby and James
Lane came before him yesterday on a
charge of giving cigarettes to two,
minor girls, aged 15 and 16. he fined
each $50, 25 on each count. The maxi
mum fine prescribed for the first of
fense by the new statute Is $100. This
is the first case of this kind under the
new law.
Attorneys for both offenders pleaded
for leniency on the score that the girls
had been addicted to the habit before
they went "joy riding," accompanied by
two more girls still younger, Tuesday
night. It was even testified that they
had been allowed to smoke cigarettes
with their mother present on a previous
trip.
"While the testimony shows that the
Juvenile Court should investigate the
advisability of removing the girls from
the care of their mother, it is the men,
and not the girls, who are on trial
here," said Judge Dayton. "The law
clearly sets forth that cigarettes must
not be given to minors, and the Legis
lature made this point so positive and
enumerated the punishment for each
succeeding offense that it is plain that
the law was passed to check a danger
ous moral menace. The fine is $50 in
each case."
LENINE IS GERMAN AGENT
Petrograd Authorities Find Evidence
in Radical's Office.
PETROGRAD, July 20. The mili
tary authorities Thursday morning
searched the offices of Nikolai Lenine's
newspaper Pravda. Among documents
discovered was a letter from a German
at Haparanda, Sweden, expressing sat
isfaction over activities of the Max
imalists and the hope that they would
succeed in obtaining a predominating
nfluence in Petrograd. The writer
also expressed the conviction that Ger
many would be victorious in the war.
but maintained it was indispensable to
hasten everything toward the conclu
sion.
Shortly after the official search, i
party of wounded soldiers raided the
office and destroyed copies of the
newspaper.
DOG BIG MONEY-MAKER
Curry Canine Locates Coyote Den
and Brings Home $129.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. July 20. (Spe
cial.) J. C. Hill, of Curry County,
credits his dog with increasing the
family bank account by $129, as as re
sult of the animal locating a coyote
den and killing six pups. The den
was found on Bald Mountain, where
coyotes have been troublesome of re
cent times.
On account of desiring to rid the
county entirely of coyotes, which make
havoc in sheep herds, the authorities
were paying $20 per head when the
animals were killed. The state pays
$1.50 each and the total received for
the dog's work was $129. The mothe
of the pups escaped.
NAVAL OFFICERS HOSTAGES
Revolutionists Imprison Men to In
timidate Russian Government.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20. Impris
onment and servile labor is the por
tion meted out to 200 Russian naval
officers, who with their families are
held in the naval fortress Kronstadt,
at Petrograd, by revolutionists who are
defying the provisional government.
This news was brought here by three
naval lieutenants who arrived here
yesterday.
The officers are Lieutenants Chrep
tovicht, Chitoff and Bialokoz. They
say the officers are held by the an
archists as a threat over the estab
lished government.
CAMP GETS FIRST ANIMALS
15,000 Are to Be Used at American
Lake Cantonment.
TACOMA. Wash., July 20. (Special.)
The first carload of 15,000 animals
to be used at the Army cantonment
when the 46,000 men are in training
arrived last night from Fort Keogh,
not far from Miles City, Mont. The
shipment had been on the road 12 days.
The animals will be brought to the
camp from many places in the United
States, but the . major share of them
will be gathered at concentration
points in the West, such as Miles City,
Mont., and Twin Falls. Idaho.
GERMAN DROWNS IN LAKE
Man Paddling About Gets Into Deep
Water and Sinks.
Ludwig Schmidt, a German 26 years
of age, was drowned at 8:20 last night
in a srua.lt lake on the east flats of
the. river below the new O.-W. R. & N.
Co.phops in Alblna. The body was re
covered.
Young Schmidt could not swim, but
was paddling around in the back
water slough, wearing a pair of water
wings. Ben Schiewe, who lives with
Schmidt at S02 Michigan avenue, was
with the young man at the time.
:ggs are ruined
on seattle gars
Windows Are Broken
and Cars Plastered.
SOFT FRUITS ALSO HURLED
Twelve Policemen Refuse to
Guard and Are "Fired."
"COPS" FORMING UNION
Automobiles, Owned by Sympathiz
ers of Strikers, Block Tracks
and Streets Are Jammed
Most of Route Taken.
SEATTLE, "Wash.. July 20. Two cars
that left the North Seattle barns of the
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power
Company this afternoon encountered
trouble from the start and in a few
minutes all the windows of the cars
were smashed and the sides of the cars
plastered with eggs and soft fruits.
In an attempt to run its streetcars to
comply with the order of the Superior
Court entered Thursday and giving
the Puget Sound Traction Light &
Power Company 24 hours in which to
restore its service or show cause why
receiver should not be appointed, a
near riot resulted which carried with
it the smashing of the windows of two
cars, sent out about 3 P. M. today, the
arrest of seven disturbers accused of
interfering with the operation of the
cars and' the summary dismissal 'of 12
policemen who refused to obey the
mandate of Mayor Gill, and accom
pany the streetcars.
Mayor Let Police Oat.
The Mayor declares that the police
men are fired for good and, when in
formed that they were organizing a
policeman's union, he declared that he
would not oppose It, but asserted that
as public officials every officer would
be compelled to-do his duty whether he
Joined the union or not.
Since only four of the squad of police
sent to the barns to accompany the cars
responded to the order of the sergeant.
the other 12 men refusing to follow" the
mandate of their superior, the number
of cars the company announced it would
operate was diminished.
The two- lone cars proceeded down
Second avenue, and south of Stewart
met with considerable interference
most of which for the first part of
the journey was due to pleasure auto
mobiles, somehow informed of the at
tempt, and which had congregated in
large numbers in the main thorough
fare.
An automobile load of police headed
each of the two cars, and the officers
were frequently forced to alight and
summarily order autoists out of the
path of the cars. After reaching Madi
son street the situation became worse
for south of this cross street numbers
of delivery trucks and wagons had
congregated and the drivers of these,
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2 AMERICANS SEEK
LIFE OF WAR LORD
REPORT TELLS OF FUTILE AT
TEMPT ON JULY 3.
Men. Seized and Shot Near Great
Headquarters 2 4 Hours After
Arrest, Amsterdam Rumor.
AMSTERDAM, July 20. An attempt
on Emperor William's life by two
Americans was reported today by a
person who states tnat he knows the
circumstances.
According to his story, two men
managed to get near the . Kaleer at
great headquarters on July 3 before
the. Emperor .went to. Vienna. The men
were seized by detectives, the tale goes
and were found to possess revolvers.
It is said these men, both Americans
had been promised a large reward by
an American millionaire for killing the
Emperor, and that they were shot 24
hours after their arrest.
The foregoing: is an elaboration of
Reuter 'dispatch from- Amsterdam
last night, which said the story must
be treated with .necessary, reserve.
RECRUIT UP FOR LARCENY
Private Swltzer Steals Watches and
Gets Indeterminate Term.
VANCOUVER, "Wash.. July 21. Spe-
cial.) Chauncey G. Switzer, 18-year-old
recruit from Vancouver Barracks,
today was sentenced by Judge R. H.
Back to serve from one to 15 years in
the State Reformatory at Monroe, for
grand larceny..
Swltzer pleaded guilty to taking six
watches' from 'the 'showcase of J. J.
Beauregard, a local pawnbroker, while
the latter was trying -. to sell him
musical instrument. Beauregard missed
the watches and put the officers on his
trail. Swltzer was arrested by the
Portland police and the watches recov
ered from several pawnshops in Port
land.
CONTINUED WARM ON BILL
Friday is Four Degrees Cooler Than
Preceding Day.
Yesterday dropped four degrees by
comparison with its sultry predecessor.
At 5 o'clock the mercury registered 82
as compared with the 86 degrees of the
previous day. The forecast is for con
tinued warm weather.
Portland is lacking in its quota of
July rainfall, having received only .01
of an inch. The normal rainfall of a
local July , is .09 of an inch. Eleven
days remain for the month to retrieve
itself and bring delight to the grower
of garden truck.
The forecast ror today announces
fair weather, with moderate westerly
winds.
DIET ADOPTS AUTONOMY
Finnish. Legislators Reject Proposal
to Submit Bill to Russia.
HELSINGFORS, Finland. July 19.
The Finnish Diet, having by a vote of
165 to 27, declared the necessity of im
mediately voting the autonomy bill,
adopted it forthwith in full by a vote
of 136 to 55.
The Diet rejected, by a vote of 104
to 86, an amendment by Deputy CuallaB
proposing the bill should be submitted
for approbation of the Russian pro
visional government.
GOOD MORNING! HAVE YOU FOUND YOUR
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ORDER OF LIABILITY
FIXED BY LOTTERY
Nation's Draft Is Held
in Senate Office.
687,000 CALLED TO COLORS
High Officials and Press Are
Represented at Drawing.
BAKER GRABS FIRST SLIP
Appointed Tellers Take Over Work
and Blindfolded Take Num
bers In Capsules From
Great Glass Bowl.
WAsniXGTOX, July 21. Drawing; of
Iota, under the aeletrtlve draft, ivhlrn
besan at lO o'clocls yesterday morning.
ai concluded at Sil8 A. M. today.
WASHINGTON. July 21. No. 10,000
was drawn at 1 125 A. M. and drawing
of the laat SOO numbers waa brsun.
When tbe 10,004th capsule waa drawn
It was found to be blank, the first to
be found thus far In the drawlngr. The
fact waa noted on tally sheets before a
new 10,004 waa drawn.
WASHINGTON, July 20. Selective
conscription was put into effect today,
when a National lottery fixed the order
of military liability for the 10,000,000
young Americans registered for serv
ice. To accomplish the result, 10,500 num
bers had to be drawn, one at a time a
task which began in the morning and
lasted far into the night.
The lottery was held in the public
hearing room or the Senate office
building, with War Departmnt officials
in charge of the actual drawing and
with members of the Senate and House
military, committees as witnesses.
Through the day there was a small
crowd of spectators, but altogether
probably less than 1000 people saw any
part of the process.
687,000 Ordered to Colors. .
As a result of the drawing, every
registered man receives a definite place
In the llability-for-servlce list. Al
ready 687,000 have been ordered to
the colors to. fill to war strength the
regular Army and National Guard and
to constitute the first increment of the
National Army.
To obtain that total 1,374,000 men
will be called for examination within
a few weeks, officials estimating that
two registrants must be called for
every soldier accepted. These 1,374,
000 will be taken from the head of
the liability list, every local district
furnishing a fixed quota.
Ceremonies Are Democratic.
The drawing today was conducted
with ceremonies as democratic as the
ideal of citizenship It embodied.
It was shortly before 10 o'clock when
Secretary Baker, entrusted by the
President with the carrying out of the
draft law, rapped for order. The Con
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G0ETHALS ASKS -TO
BE RELIEVED, RUMOR
PRESIDENT BELIEVED TO HAVE
INTERVENED IN ROW.
Shipping Board Chairman Declares
Differences Are Clearing
Rapidly.
WASHINGTON, July 20. The ship
building row showed evidence of im
portant developments beneath the sur
face today and there were persistent
reports that Major-General Goethals,
manager of the fleet corporation, had
asked President Wilson to relieve him
of his duties.
General Goethals declined to discuss
the reports and at the White House it
was said President Wilson knew noth
ing about them.
Chairman Denman, of the Shipping
Board, declared his differences with
General Goethals were rapidly clearing.
Despite the reports, there were indi
cations tonight that the Shipping Board
and General Goethals were nearer to
gether on many points than at any time
since the disagreement arose.
The suggestion was made that Presi
dent Wilson may have refused to con
sider General Goethals' resignation and
intervened to settle the controversy.
General Goethals has an early-morning
engagement for tomorrow to sse Mr.
Denman.
The reports of General Goethals' re
quest to be relieved of the shipbuilding
task received considerable credence in
high official circles and the silence of
White House officials was attributed by
some to a desire to keep General Goeth
als at his post at all hazards just now.
when the Nation vitally needs a great
merchant fleet.
9 IN FAMILY HAVE TYPHOID
Ex-Mayor Dodson, of Sherwood, Is
Stricken at Brother's Funeral.
SHERWOOD, Or.. July 20. (Special.)
W. J. Dodson, ex-Mayor of Sherwood,
is confined to his home with typhoid
fever, caused by drinking water from
a well at the home of his mother, near
McMinnvllle, while attending the fun
eral of his brother, late Judge of Yam
hill County, about three weeks ago,
Fifteen are at present suffering
from this disease, nine of whom are
members of the Dodson family. Fears
are felt for the recovery of some mem
bers of the family.
FIRE MARSHAL HAS FIRE
Smoker In City Hall Causes Blaze
That Destroys Awning.
Fire in the Fire Marshal's office at
the City Hall destroyed a new awning
yesterday.
Somebody dropped a lighted cigar
or cigarette stump from one of th
upper floors and It fell into the Fire
Marshal's awning and soon started
blaze. A fireman from the fire alarm
office happened along and climbin
onto a window ledge beat the flame
out with his hat. The Fire Marshal"
office was filled with smoke and th
awning was ruined.
TONSIL OPERATION FATAL
Roy Archibald Dies From Effect
of AVeakened Heart.
Roy Archibald, aged 28, of 765 Hast
Davis street, died at St. Vincent's Hon
pital yesterday while undergoing an
operation on his tonsils. His heart is
thought to have weakened under the
anaesthetic, causing his death.
Mr. Archibald was in the employ o
the O.-W. R. N. A widow survive
him. Coroner Smith took charge of the
body and will hold an autopsy today.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. ' 8
decree : minimum, 60 decree.
-TODAY'S Fair; moderate westerly wind
lVar.
French attack at Hill 304 perfectly staged
Page 2.
Germans make gains In Galicla. Page 2.
Americans seek life of Kaiser. Page 1.
Teuton demands spoils of victor. age 1.
atioaal.
Senator Chamberlain leads in defeat of ir
rigation appropriation. Page 3.
Order of liability fixed by lottery. Page 1.
Senate votes today on food control bill.
Page 3.
War Department resists attempts of politi
cians to obtain commissions in Army.
Page 2.
General Goethals reported to have offered
resignation. Page 1.
Sports.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland 7,
Vernon 3 ; Los Angeles 7, San J-Van Cisco
1: Salt Lake 4. Oakland 2. Page 12.
Williams to box Nelson at Vancouver.
Page 12.
Sin trie G wins free-for-all pace at Cleveland.
Page 12.
Fred B. Alexander , furnishes feature plays at
Utica tennis tourney. Page 12.
Pacific NHhwt.
Three chums at Oregon City are drafted.
Page 4.
Seventeen Southern towns affected by light
and water rates ruling. Page 17.
Eggs rained on Seattle streetcars. Page 1.
Wife of Captain Huntley. Oregon National
Guard, commits suicide. Page 10.
Commercial and Marine.
Rains in Inland Empire not sufficient to
aid wheat crop. Page 17.
Ten-cent advance in wheat at Chicago on
small trading. Page 17.
Industrial stocks strong feature of Wall
Street market. Page 17.
Historic old "boneyard" to become huge
shipbuilding plant. Page 17.
Portland and Vicinity.
Scenic charms of Columbia Highway capti
vate Oregon pioneers. Page 14.
Names of men drafted are ascertained
quickly. Page 1.
Carl S. Vrooman spends busy day here.
Page 10.
Judge Dayton imposes heavy fine on men for
giving cigarettes to minor girls. Page 1.
Most of Jitneys will quit today. Page 13.
5K.000 in road contracts are tentatively
awarded. Page 10.
I Dan Powers tells Interesting tale of adven
' turea in Klamath Falls. Page 7.
Ill DM11 ARE
NAMED QUICKLY
Adjutant-General's Force
Lists Oregon Drafts.
TWICE QUOTA IS COMPILED
reparation Is Made to Fill
Possible Vacancies Made
by Exemptions.
CALL BY BOARD DUE SOON
Persons Chosen Are Not to Be
Excused if Notification
Is Not Received.
The names of the men in Oregon
who will be summoned in a few days
before the various county exemption
boards for physical examination, pre
paratory to being drafted to fill Ore
gon's first war quota of 717 men, were
ascertained quickly and listed in the
office of Adjutant-General George A.
White yesterday.
The lists were compiled from press
association lists of the numbers drawn
at Washington. Consequently they
are unofficial, as General White has
received no official statement from
Washington of the numbers drawn.
Few Changes Possible.
They were prepared, however, only
after careful comparison of the num
bers received by all the press associa
tions, so as to guard against possible
mistakes in the transmission of the
numbers over the telegraph wires.
General White said there may be a
few minor errors in the lists that may
require change, after official figures
come from Washington, in the order
in which a few men are called.
As fast as the numbers came in
over the press wires clerks went
through the files of the duplicate
cards from each county on file in the
Adjutant-General's office. After find
ing the registration card bearing the
corresponding serial number they
listed the name and address of the
man registered on the card.
Order of Call Established.
The names of men drafted from
each county were compiled in this way
in separate lists. The names, of
course, were put down in the exact
order in which the serial numbers
were drawn.
This establishes the order in which
the men will be called up for military
service.
Though Oregon is to furnish only
717 men on the first draft, the names
of twice that number were listed in
the order in which they were drawn.
This was done in accordance with
estimates of the War Department,
which has figured out that abotft 200
per cent of the first quota will have
to be called up to provide against
exemptions, discharges and rejections
for physical disability.
Double Number Drawn.
Therefore twice the number of men
comprising the net draft quotas of
each county of the state that has not
already furnished its full quota
through voluntary enlistments was
listed from that county.
For example, the net quota of Har
ney County is 37 men. Following the
War Department estimate of 200 per
cent, General White caused to be
listed, in the order that their serial
numbers were drawn at Washington,
twice 37 men, or 74 men.
This was done merely as a matter
of convenience to all the men con
cerned, so as to let those who prob
ably will be drafted know about it
through publication of their names at
the earliest moment.
Drawing to Be by Series.
To continue, with Harney County
as an example, the first 37 men on
this list, corresponding with the order
in which the serial numbers were
drawn, will be called up first. If
there are exemptions or rejections for
physical disability of any of these men,
others to take their places will bo
drawn, in order, from the remaining
men on the list.
Should 74 men not be enough in
this case to take care of exemptions,
discharges, rejections, etc., and still
furnish 37 men for the Army, enough
more men will be called up, in the
order their serial numbers were
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