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VOL. XVII. NO. 17,700.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
YOUTHFUL ELOPERS
IN POLICE TOILS
AMITY OF FUTURE
IS HOPE UF JAPAN
DRIED LUNCHEON'
TRIED AT CAPITAL
OREGON DOCTORS!!
FIRST GUARDS TO GO
C. U. GANTENBEIN
CALLEDASC0L0NEL
RUTHLESS U-BOAT
WARFAREFORESEEfi
IRATE MOTHER HAS HOXEY-
3IRS. ROBERT IiAXSLNG HOSTESS
TO CABIXET WOMEN.
PORTLAND OFFICER ORDERED
JIOOXERS OF DAY ARRESTED.
TO AMERICAN LA ICE CAMP.
PEAGE PROPOSAL
HOT UNEXPECTED
Pope Asks Return to
Status Quo.
JILIES EXPECTED TO REFUSE
Diplomats Believe Move Has
German Origin, Working
by Way of Vienna.
REPLY WILL BE MADE
Faith of Vatican Not Ques
tioned, Making Proper Con
sideration Necessary,
' "Washington; Aug. 14. Pcne
Benedict made peace proposals today
which vers not unexpected to the
United States, nor to any of the en
tente allies.
The possibility of a peace move was
discussed with British Foreign Min-
f ister Balfour and Vice-Premier Viv
iani, when the British and French of
ficial missions were in -Washington,
and it was agreed that all the allies,
including the United States, should
refuse to discuss peace terms while
Germany occupied the territories she
had taken by force, and thereby avoid
what the allied statesmen considered a
German trap.
Germany Expected to Accept.
Now the Pontiff's proposal presents
the question in a somewhat different
light, difficult to meet, perhaps, but
it offers a war-weary world a hope
for peace.
Germany and her allies are expect
ed to, promptly accept the Pope's pro
posals. American officials acknowledge that
the Vatican's proffer is of a nature
calling for a reply. Diplomats of the
entente circle express nothing but
unanimous opinion that it would be re
jected. American officials realize that
a convincing reply is required for the
world's page of history. That the
proposals cannot be accepted as they
stand is certain. That they will not
fcbe accepted at all is probable.
Indemnity for Belgium.
The Pope suggests restoration of
Belgium, Serbia and Roumania and
peaceful solution of the problems of
Alsace-Lorraine, Trent, Trieste and
Poland, according to reports received
from Vatican sources.
The Pope's peace appeal proposes
that there be no annexation and no
indemnities, except in special cases,
such as Belgium and Sarbia, the re
turn to Germany of her colonies in ex
change for the occupied departments
of France, freedom of the seas, dis
armament and the formation of a su
preme court of arbitration for the set
tlement of future international dis
putes. Cabinet Discusses Proposals.
An official outline of the Pope's
communication was received here
this morning. Members of the Presi
dent's Cabinet said it had not been
discussed at this afternoon's meeting,
but some of the President's official
family gave signs of the difficulty
which it has presented. Tonight the
official text had not been received,
yend it had not been established wheth
er it would come through the Spanish
Ambassador or the Swiss Minister.
Spain and Switzerland are the only
two European neutrals having rela
tions with the Vatican.
Vatican's Good Faith Unquestioned.
The first appraisal of the proposal
by officials and diplomats was that
it was another attempt by Germany,
this time working through Austria,
because of the latter's close relation
to the Vatican, to accomplish what she
failed in her first offer of peace the
assembling of peace delegates at a
roundtable conference, where the in
terests of one ally could be played off
against the other with the disruption
of the grand alliance as the stake.
In no quarter is there any disposi
tion to question in any way the good
faith of the Vatican, although the
peace activities of the Roman Catho
lie elements in Germany and Austria
have been prominent for several
months.
But, as the unofficial outline ' dis
i closed the terms of Pope Benedict's
' 9 proposal, officials were astonished to
f realize its similarity with some of
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Parent Swears That Pretty Bride,
Lipinan-Wolfe Clerk, Is Only 16,
but She Says She's 18.
Robert Clyde Graham. 20. of 290
Stanton street, and. his tride, Ruth
Amelia Nelson Graham, were arrested
at their home last night by Patrolmen
Crane and Fair, as a result of their
elopment and marriage yesterday at
Vancouver, Wash.
The arrest was made by request of
the bride's mother, who says the girl is
only 16 years old. The bride, a pretty
clerk at the Llpman, Wolfe & Co. store.
says she is 18 years old, and she swore
to that statement in obtaining the mar
riage license.
Mr. Graham says the elopement was
decided on yesterday when Mr. and
Mrs. Nelson's opposition to the marriage
became decided.
The young copule met down town
and went to Vancouver by automobile.
Mrs. Lizzie Graham, the boy's mother,
was witness to the marriage ceremony.
which was performed by Rev. J. D.
Nisewonder, of Vancouver. Miss Nel
son's home is at 431 San Rafael street.
The police detained Mr. Graham in
Jail last night, and the girl was held
in a detention room in the quarters
of the Women's Protective Bureau,
pending action today by Mrs. Lola
G. Baldwin, head of that department.
WAR DECLARED BY CHINA
Germany and Austria-Hungary Ob
jects of Belligerent Note.
WASHIXGTOX. Aug. 14. Official no
tice of China's declaration of war on
Germany and Austria-Hungary was re
ceived today at the Chinese Legation
in cable dispatches from Pekln.
LONDON. Aug. 14. Reuter's Limited
has been officially informed that China
has declared war upon Germany and
Austria-Hungary, the declaration dat
ing from 10 o'clock this morning'.
China is the 17th nation to array it
self with the entente countries against
the central powers. The decision of
the Chinese cabinet to declare war on
Germany and Austria-Hungary was
reached August 2 and the action of th
members of the ministry was approved
by Feng Kwo Chang, the acting Presi
dent of the republic
RAILWAY CLERKS IN UNION
Employes of Companies at Spokane
to Ask for Affiliation.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 14. (Spe
cial.) The railway clerks of .Spokane
are organizing a union, and are ready
to apply to the Central Labor Council
for affiliation. A representative of the
new organization appeared before the
council last night and reported that a
membership of more than 100 had been
enrolled.
The union will include employes of
the railroad companies engaged In
clerical work in both freight and pas
senger departments.
FORTNIGHTS LOSS 21,722
British Report Death of 2 2 3 Officers
and 412 4 Privates.
LONDON, Aug. 14. Reports of Brit
ish casualties issued during the first
two weeks of August total 21.722 offi
cers and men. They are divided as
follows:
Killed and died of wounds: Officers,
223; privates and non-commissioned of
ficers, 4424.
Wounded or missing: Officers, 1S21;
men 15,254.
Total, 21,722.
TACOMA MAN MENTIONED
II. G. Foster May Be Coast Man on
Shipping Board.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Aug. 14. Harrison G. Foster,
of Tacoma. son of the late United
States Senator Foster, is being promi
nently mentioned for the remaining va
cancy on the Shipping Board.
He is being strongly urged as a man
acquainted with shipping on the Pa
cific Coast and especially well versed
in the lumber business.
HUGE U-BOAT IS RAMMED
Craft of Latest Design Hauled to
Zeebrugge for Repairs.
LONDON. Aug. 14. A German sub
marine of the largest and latest type
has been towed Into Zeebrugge, Bel
gium, by two torpedo-boats, according
to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Amsterdam.
The submarine Is reported to have
been rammed In the North Sea and
damaged severely, resulting in the loss
of three of the crew.
FOOD SURVEY IS BEGUN
v . .
Hoover Sends Score of Investigators
to Chicago.
CHICAGO, Aug. 14. A staff of 20
men from Washington, acting under
instructions from Food Controller
Hoover, will arrive in Chicago early
next week to begin a survey of food
conditions.
A general survey of conditions will
be made with a view to the best dis
tribution of food products.
Viscount Ishii Desires
Better Understanding.
NIPPON'S MISSION BANQUETED
Governor and Special .Repre
sentative Extend Greetings.
TROOPS ARE REVIEWED
General Sugano Stands Immovable
as Lines File Past, Then Pays
Simple Tribute In, "These
Are Splendid Troops."
A PACIFIC PORT. Aug. 14. A new
day among nations, in which Japan and
America shall "forget the little mole
hills that have been exaggerated Into
mountains to bar our good relations,"
and "march together, work together,
and fight together as comrades," was
proclaimed here tonight by Viscount K.
Ishii, Ambassador extraordinary and
Minister plenipotentiary to the United
States.
Heading a special mission. Viscount
Ishii spoke for his government at a
dinner tendered him by the munici
pality, acting as host on behalf of the
Federal Government, this state and the
resident citizens.
Six hundred men of all classes of oc
cupation heard and applauded his ut
terances. Viscount Inhll Responds.
The Viscount was presented by Gavin
McNab, an attorney sent from Wash
ington to arrange the reception of the
mission, and was further welcomed by
the Governor of the State and the
Mayor of the city. Viscount Ishii said:
- "Words fail me when I undertake to
acknowledge the full measure of our
obligation to your city. Notwithstand
ing the lessons of tradition and the
generous foretaste of American hospi
tality we received at Honolulu, we are
overwhelmed. f
"We are very proud, because we
know that this royal welcome you ex
tend to us springs from the heart of
the Nation.
Performance Demand of Hour.
"We come to you at the dawning of
a new dsy. As individuals we have
no right to expect to find place at this
busy time of preparation. But we come
as the humble representatives at t3
gracious sovereign of a fiioiialy and a
loyal nation, and we say that- -ve know
well that performance, not profession;
deeds, not words; sacrifices, not selfish
ness, are the requisites of the hour.
"Our message is that in this day,
through its hours of shadow or of sun
shine, your purpose is our purpose,
your road our road and your goal our
goal. It is that America and Japan
will march together, work together and
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Desiccated Vegetables, Chicken and
Salad, With Dried Fruit and
Dried Mint, Comprise Menu.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 14. The "dried
luncheon" made its appearance among
the household war economics of offi
cial life today when Mrs. Robert Lans
ing, wife of the Secretary of State,
served to a party of Cabinet women
and others a six-course meal composed
entirely of dried foods.
Dried vegetable bouillon, dried
chicken, dried vegetables of many
kinds, dried salad, dried fruit and dried
mint were on the menu, and the guests
said afterward that the combination
was unusually appetizing. It more than
demonstrated, they declared, that the
Agricultural Department experts- are
right in advocating use of more dried
food. Those present were Mrs. J.
Daniels, Mrs. William C. Redfield,
Mrs. Champ Clark. Mrs. Atlee Pome
rene and Mrs. Hugh L. Scott.
The experiment was undertaken by
Mrs. Lansing in line with President
Wilson's recent appeal to the house
wives of the country to use more dried
food. Many other households in offi
cial circles here are expected to take
up the "dried luncheon" idea.
BLUEJACKET'S BODY FOUND
Washington Thinks Incident Indi
cates Loss of Man in Storm.
QUEENSTOWN. Aug. 14. The body
of an unidentified American bluejacket
about 34 years old, was washed ashore
here yesterday. Keys tied around the
neck bore the letters U. S. N.
An investigation is being made by
the American Consulate.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. The Navy
Department has no information on the
finding of an American sailor's body
near yueenstown, as has been reported
and nothing to show that his death in
dicates anything more serious than
probably the loss, of a man overboard
in stormy weather.
PURCHASES TO BE TESTED
Rigid Inspection to Be Given All
War Materials for Nation.
NEW YORK, Aug. 14. All war pur
chases by the United States will be
subjected to a most rigid system of in
spection, it became known here today.
In addition to the large force of ex
perts connected with, the appraiser's
office the staff of the Government
laboratories here will be pressed into
service to make an analysis of goods
purchased or about to be ordered by
the Government.
TAFT WILL TRAVEL SOON
Ex-President Recovers From Recent
Illness at Clay Center.
CLAY CENTER, Kan., Aug. 14. Ex
President William Howard Taft had so
far recovered late today that he went
for an antomobile ride.
Mr. Taft plans to leave here tomor
row. COME OUT IN THE OPEN, WILLIAM,
Field Hospital Unit in
42d Army Division.
ORGANIZATION IS OUTLINED
Time of Departure for France
Is Withheld.
GENERAL MANN IN COMMAND
Sanitary Train of Which Oregon
Men Are Part Is Slade Up of
Four Ambulance Companies
and Four Field Hospitals.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. Plans for
sending the first National Guard troops
to France have been perfected by the
War Department with the organization
of a division, which will Include troops
from 26 states and the District of Co
lumbia. The commanding officer of the divi
sion will be Brigadier-General AV. A.
Mann, of the regular Army now chief
of the Division of Militia Affairs of the
War Department.
Discussion of the time and mobiliza
tion of the division or its departure for
France are not permissible under the
voluntary censorship.
The structure of the division as given
in the official statement shows it will
conform to the reduced trench warfare
divisional organization recommended
by Major-General Pershing, which
would give it a total strength with
auxiliary troops of approximately 20,
000 men.
The states from which the National
Guard troops are to be assembled are:
Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,
New York, Ohio, Georgia, Alabama,
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota,
Maryland, South Carolina, California,
Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina,
Kansas, Texas, Michigan, New Jersey,
Tennessee, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colo
rado, Oregon.
The others come from the District of
Columbia.
Lonlslana Sends Cavalry.
Following is the War Department's
announcement under the heading:
"Composite National Guard Divi
sion:" "The following organizations of the
National Guard have been selected to
compose the Forty-second Division:
"The following numerlcaal designa
tions have been assigned:
"Division Headquarters Troop to
consist of the Second Separate Troop
Louisiana Cavalry.
"The division machine gun battalion
No. 149 to be composed of the Third
Battalion, Fourth Pennsylvania In
fantry. .
"The Infantry brigades to be num
bered 83 and 84.
"The 83d Infantry Brigade to com
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THE GAME'S UP.
Highest Rank Given at Presidio Is
AVon and First Service Is to
Be Seen in Sew Army.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 14. Cal
vin U. Gantenbein has received an or
der to report for duty as Colonel of In
fantry at American Lake on August 29.
He Is the only man attending the
Presidio training camp who leaves
with a higher ranlc than a Major, and Is
believed to be the only reserve Colonel
in the United States ordered to active
duty at the training camp of the Na
tional Army. He Is here with his son
and daughter, and will leave for Port
land In a few days.
He is pleased with the order, which
will allow him to keep his children
near him for the present, at least.
Colonel Gantenbein Is Judge of De
partment No. 6 of the Circuit Court in
Multnomah County. He is a veteran
of the Spanish-American war. He
went to the Philippines in the first
expeditionary force as senior Major of
the Second Oregon, in command of the
First Battalion.
While in the Philippines, he was fre
quently detailed, on account of his
Judicial ability, to important positions
on various boards and commissions.
He was president of two general
courts-martial, was one of the senior
officers on the Military . Commission,
was a member of the board of claims
against the Spanish government, and
also of the board of claims against
the United States Government.
Prior to the Spanish war, he had
been for several years In the Oregon
National Guard. After the war, he be
came Adjutant-General of the state.
Prior to the opening of the Reserve
Officers' Training Camp at San Fran
cisco, Colonel Gantenbein had been
commissioned a Colonel in the Officers'
Reserve Corps, his commission being
the first on the list of Colonels.
KERENSKY AWAITS DEATH
Chief Concern Is to Liberate Russia
Before Disease Triumphs.
LONDON, Aug. 14. Russian circles In
Switzerland, a dispatch to the Dally
Express from Geneva says, learn from
Petrograd that Premier Kerensky, in
talking with personal friends recently
concerning his health, said:
"I have not long to live. Heredity
and disease have numbered my days.
I must hasten the work of liberating
Russia and do the greatest good I can
before I depart. Peace now would
make us future vassals of the Kaiser,
which would be worse than being vas
sals of the Russian Emperor."
60 Killed In Russian Train Wreck.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 14. Sixty per
sons were killed and 150 injured in a
wreck today on the railroad between
Petrograd and Moscow. Four coaches
were crushed to pieces when a pas
senger train ran into a freight train.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 80
degrees; minimum, 07 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; moderate westerly winds.
- W ar.
Mr. Gerard's prophecy of ruthless U-boat
warfare made in Winter of 1U1G. Pago 1.
England sees German flavor In peace pro
posal. Page i).
Pope Benedict appeals for peace. Page 3.
Diplomats question Germany's keeping faith,
with Pope any more than with Belgium.
Paae 9.
Oreson field hospital corps In first Guards
to go to France. Page 1.
National.
Bond Issue of $3,000,000,000 asked to aid
allies. Page a.
Senate makes rapid progress on war tax
bill. Page '2.
More than H00 new Generals nominated by
President. Page 4.
Navy League announcement denounced by
Secretary Daniels. Page 2.
Wheat control board to be announced today.
Page o.
Domestic.
C. U. Gantenbein commissioned as Colonel
and ordered into active service. Page 1.
Japanese envoy hopes Pacific may ba "good
neighborhood." Page 1.
Six Oregon soldiers held following fatal auto
accident. Page ll.
"Cosmic Goat" sighs when she denies report
of marriage. Page 4.
Wife of Secretary of States serves "dried
luncheon." Page 1.
Government nips German plot by plotting.
Page 0.
Sports.
Pacific Coast League results Portland 3,
Oakland 1; San Francisco 5, Salt Lake 0;
Los Angeles a. Vernon 0. Page 8.
Nation's best tennis players entered In Forest
Hills tournament. Page 9.
Timber owners appeal to hunters to use pre
cautions against forest fires. Page 8.
Women's matches prove thrillers. Page 8.
Faclfio Northwest.
Forest "ires in Hood River County threaten
homes. Page .
Division of bridge tolls will not be changed.
Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Pacific Coast hop markets strong with Oregon-
growers refusing to sell. Page IT.
Wheat trading at Chicago is at standstill.
Page 17.
Stocks decline on heavy selllngr, due to peace
proposals. Page 17.
Strike at steel shipyards held off. Page 14.
North Bank not advised when big steamers
will be taken by Government. Page 1A.
Portland and Vicinity.
Youthful elopers in police tolls. Page 1.
Eltinge film staged along Portland water
front. Page 7.
Firemen to ask more pay and more days
off. Page IS.
I. W. W. official tells members of Portland
organization that labor conditions here
are excellent. Page 11.
Elderly policemen to be retired on half pay.
Page 4
Recruiting Increases in spite of publication
of draft lists Page 3.
Married men must prove dependency beyond
question. Page 13.
Strikers at Lutke plant restate demands.
page 13.
Noted Eastern forestry expert speaks at
Rotary Club luncheon. Page 9.
Merchants to start "one delivery a day"
system next Monday. Page 6.
Tonight's banquet to General White, dis
tinguished visitor, will be- public Page 7.
Portland streetcar men to ask increase of
9 cents an hour, report. Page 8.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17.
Prophecy Is Made in
September, 1916.
WARNING GIVEN BY GERARD
Long Audience With Emperor
Is Detailed.
EFFORTS TO BROWBEAT FAIL
Ambassador l'inds Chancellor von
HoIIwojr Anxious to Maintain
Peace When Conference Willi
Kaiser Is Arranged.
BY JAMES W. GERARD.
American Ambassador to thfl German Tm
perlnl Court. July JS. 101:5, to February
4. !17. Copyright, 1P17. by the rubllo.
Ledger Company.
Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg
while at Charleville always desired to
make any settlement of the submarine
question contingent upon our doing
something against England, but I again
and again insisted that we could not
agree to do anything against some oth
er power as a condition of obtaining a.
recognition of our rights from the Ger
man Empire.
During my stay at General Headquar
ters, General Falkenhayn. although he
was there at the time, carefully avoided
me, which I took to be a sign that he
was in favor of war with America. In
fact. I heard afterward that he had in
sisted on giving his views on the sub
ject, but that a very high authority
had told him to confine himself to mil
itary operations.
After we had been a day or so at
Charleville the Vice-Chancellor. Helf
ferich, arrived. I have always believef
he was sent for to add his weight to
the arguments in favor of peace and
to point out that it was necessary for
Germany to have the friendship of
America after the war to have markets
where she could place her goods.. And
I am convinced that at this time, at
any rate,- the influence of Ilclfferich
was cast in the scale in favor of peace.
TmO& of Submarine Sent.
Finally. I w'as told that on the next
day, which was Monday, May 1, I was
to lunch with the Emperor. Grew was
invited to accompany me and the Chan
cellor said that he would call for me
about an hour before the time set for
lunch, as the Emperor desired to have
a talk with me. In the afternoon an
extract from the log of a German sub
marine commander was sent to me, in
which the submarine commander had
stated that he had sighted a vessel
which he could easily have torpedoed,
but as the vessel was 120 miles from
Land, he had not done so because the
crew might not be able from that dis
tance to reach a harbor.
When the Chancellor called for me
the following morning he asked me if
I had read this extract from the sub
marine officer's log and noted how he
had refrained from torpedoing a boat
120 miles from land. I told, the Chan
cellor that I had read the extract, but
that I had also read in the newspaper
that very morning that a ship had been
torpedoed in stormy weather at exact
ly the same distance from land and the
crew compelled to seek safety In the
ship's boats, that anyway "one swal
low did not make a Summer," and that
reports were continually being received
of boats being torpedoed at great dis
tance from land.
We then got into the motor and mo
tored to the chateau about a mile off.
where the Kaiser resided. We got out
of the motor before going into the
courtyard and immediately I was taken
by the Chancellor into a sort of gar
den on the gently sloping hillside be
low the chateau. Here the Emperor,
dressed in uniform, was walking.
Audience AVith Ivaiser Loner,
This conversation lasted far beyond
lunch time and I will later give a. de
tailed account of it. Anxious heads
were seen appearing from the windows
and terraces of the chateau, to which
we finally adjourned for lunch. I sat
between the Emperor and the Prince of
Pless. Conversation was for most of
the time general, and subjects such as
the suffragettes and the peace expedi
tion of Henry Ford were amusingly
discussed.
After lunch I again had a long talk
with the Emperor, but of a more gen
eral nature than the conversation in
the garden.
That night, about 11 o'clock, after
again dining with the Chancellor, we
left Charleville In the same special
salon car, arriving at Berlin about
P. M. the next day. where at the sta
tion were a crowd of German and
American newspaper correspondents,
all anxious to know what had hap
pened. ,
At the last dinner at the Chancel
lor's he took me off in a corner and
said, "As I understand it, what Amer
ica wants Is cruiser warfare on the
part of the submarines." And I said,
"Yes, that is It, exactly. They may
exercise the right of visit and search,
must not torpedo or sink vessels with
out warning, and must not sink any
vessels unless the passengers and. crew
are put in a place of safety."
On the morning of May 3 I heard that
the German note had been drafted, but
that it would contain a clause to the
effect that, while the German subma
rines would not go beyond cruiser war
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