Morning Oregonian., August 20, 1917, Image 1

VOL. IVTI. NO. 17,704.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ALL OREGON CROPS
HURT BY DROUTH
GERMAN PEACE !S
EX-CZAR BEGINS
EXILE IN SIBERIA
CLEAN OUT
COMPANY C ALREADY
HARBORS 2 HEROES
Impassioned notes
ALL FOB GERMANY
TRENCHES
e illicit love
GENERAL SHORTAGE IS SUB
STANCE OF REPORTS.
RASPUTIN'S BIRTHPLACE IS TO
BE FORMER RULER'S HOME.
DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT OF
THIRD OREGON MEN NOTED.
moors hud up
I. V. I. LEADERS
BRITISH
GERMAN
BAR
High Officials Arrested
On Eve of Strike.
SPOKANE HALLS ARE CLOSED
District Secretary Rowan Says
Strike Will Spread, but De
nies Acts of Violence.
WALKOUT SET FOR TODAY
Idaho Guardsmen on Sentry
Duty Prevent Gatherings of
Agitators After Raid.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 19. (Spe
cial.) James Rowan, district secre
tary of the I. W. W., and 26 other
alleged members of the organiza-
tion, were arrested at local I.
W. W. headquarters here today by a
f company of Idaho National Guards
men and placed in the county jail as
military prisoners.
Eowan and William Moran, secre
tary of the local I. W. W. organiza
tion, were arrested at the local I. W.
W. hall by Major Clement Wilkins, in
command of a battalion of guards
men on patrol duty here.
Orders Go From Portland.
The raid and arrests were made by
Major Wilkins, acting under orders re
ceived from the District Commander
at Portland. The immediate word for
the action of the military was from
E. F. Blaine, chairman of the State
. Industrial Relations Commission, who
eame to Spokane this morning as rep
resentative of Governor Lister.
"I acted under general orders em
powering me to take such steps as ap-
peared to be necessary to prevent the
destruction of property and the ham
pering of industry," said Major Wil
kins. "The arrests were made after
I had held a conference with Mr.
Blaine, representing the Governor."
22 Others Rounded Up.
While Major Wilkins, accompanied
4 by Rowan, went to executive head
quarters, three blocks distant, to un
lock the door, 40 members of the com
pany, under command of Captain F. A.
Jeter, rounded up 22 other men, who
were in the hall, and took them, with
Moran, to the county jail.
A squad of guardsmen was left at
the executive headquarters, and an
other was stationed at -the I. W. W.
hall, and the latter arrested three
other men, who went to the hall later,
and took them to the jaiL Orders
then were issued that no one should
be permitted to enter the hall, but that
no more arrests of persons seeking to
enter should be made.
All Are Military Prisoners.
"You men are military prisoners
and are not detained under civil law,"
. Major Wilkins told the men, after
they had been lined up in the corridor
of the jail, and were waiting to be
searched and booked.
"An investigation of your cases will
be begun tomorrow, and if it is found
that any of you are wrongfully held,
you will be released."
Later Major Wilkins said the en-
ft tire proceedings were under military
orders, and that no charges had been
placed against the men. A deputy
United States marshal, who accom
panied the soldiers, did so only to
identify the men arrested, he said. ,
No Resistance Is Offered.
None of the men arrested offered
any resistance and the matter caused
little excitement. The prisoners were
lined up, in double column, between
files of the guardsmen, with fixed
bayonets, and marched half a mile to
the jail. Here they were searched
and their names were taken, and they
were placed in cells on an upper floor
of the building.
The soldiers, with their guns slant
ing over their shoulders and the pris
oners in their midst, moved so rap
idly that there was little opportunity
for a crowd to gather.
Word Sent to Haywood.
By the time the column had reached
the Monroe street bridge, however, a
dozen automobiles and 100 persons on
foot were hurrying along after them.
From the sidewalk, a sympathizer
i shouted to one of the prisoners:
' "Moran, I vo sent a telegram to
Haywood."
"No talking to the men in the
(Concluded on Fas S, Column 8.)
Southern Oregon and Willamette
Valley Suffer Especially, Except
Where Irrigation Is Provided.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallis. Aug:. 20. (Special.)
Serious injury to Oregron crops from
high temperature and longr drouth is
reported by county agricultural agents,
without exception. General shortage,
especially In dry-farming- districts, is
the substance of all reports.
In Wasco County but eight inches
of rainfall are reported since Septem
ber 1, 1916. Complete failure of the
grain sown on Spring plowing, short
crop on Summer fallow and a fair crop
on Fall-sown lands are reported.
Wheat and barley are. poor In Wheel
er County.
In Malheur hot winds have about
wiped out dry-farm crops and mate
rially injured Irrigated grains.
In Southern Oregon the drouth has
affected shallow-rooted crops, and
corn, sugar beets, beans and grasses
are short except where Irrigated. Beans
bore heavy blooms, but few pods set.
Potatoes look well, but tubers are poor.
Notwithstanding larger acreage, the
crop will not top that of last year.
Apples and pears are In good condi
tion except on shallow-soil hillsides.
In Josephine upland pastured are dried
up and some crops are an entire fail
ure. In the Willamette Valley the red clo
ver seed crop Is reported not worth
cutting in many fields of Yamhill and
Lane. In other fields of Lane County
pump irrigation has saved the crop,
and also that of potatoes. A field of
25 acres of potatoes would have been
an entire loss had not the owner in
stalled a pump Irrigation system.
PENDLETON, Or.. Aug. 18. (Spe
cial.) With Umatilla's wheat harvest
half over, it is estimated the crop in
bulk will be but little below the aver
age. It Is, however, of light weight.
Harvest has about concluded in the
south and west sections of the county.
While there was much apprehension
because of the severe heat, the crop
was not far from the average.
There is no local market for wheat.
Neither farmer nor buyer knows where
he stands.
MANGANESE MINES CLOSE
4 00 Strike Near Missoula and
dustry Is at Standstill.
In-
MISSOULA. Mont., Aug. 1. Four hun
dred miners employed in manganese
mines In the Phillpsburg district. 60
miles east of here, went on strike to
day. They are demanding to. 50 a day.
$10 reduction of the monthly charge
for board and recognition of the Metal
Mine Workers' Union, of Phillpsburg,
organized Friday.
livery mine In the district was
closed today, according to Sheriff F.
C. Burks, of Granite County. A reply
of (the Montana Manganese Company,
which employs most of the strikers, is
expected tomorrow.
Sheriff Burks said today that out
siders, presumably I. W. W. organizers,
formed the union. The saloons have
been ordered closed.
ARMOUR PLANT IS BURNED
$250,000 Loss Believed to Have
Been. Due to Incendiarism.
CHICAGO, Aug. 19. Fire destroyed
the ice houses of Armour & Co. at
Round Lake, in Lake County, early to
day. According to estimates of heads
of the company here, the loss will ex
ceed 5250,000. Freight cars valued at
$50,000 also were burned, while the
stock of 50,000 tons of ice was valued
at $75,000.
Frank Senderson, the superintendent
said the fire was of -incendiary origin,
breaking out In a dozen places and get
ting beyond control within a short
time. -
STRAUS REFUSES HONORS
Philanthropist Asks Friends to Do
War Relief Work Instead.
NEW YORK, Aug. 19. Nathan
Straus, whose wide distribution of
pure milk among the children of con
gested districts during the past 25
years won for him the gratitude of
their parents, announced he would re
fuse to accept until alter the war a
testimonial to him which they had
planned to place in Seward Park.
"My heart is broken over the miser
ies of the war," said Mr. Straus. "Let
the people of the East Side who are
able concentrate on relief work until
happier times."
BERNST0RFF TO TURKEY
Ex-Ambassador to United States to
Leave Berlin Immediately.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 19. Count Von
Bernstorff, the former German Arabas
sador to the United States, has been ap
pointed, according to the Berlin Vos
sische Zeitung, to the post at Constan
tinople. He will leave Berlin Immediately.
I. W. W., IN JAIL, TAMED
Score of Recalcitrant Agitators End
Brief Hunger Strike.
HELENA, Aug. 19. A score of L W.
W., confined in the local Jail, are
"good" today, after a hunger strike yes
terday. In which, until threatened with
a fire hose, they made a disturbance
for hours.
Full Control of Belgium
Is Demanded.
LARGE ARMY TO BE MAINTAINED
French Frontier Must Be 'Rec
tified,' Says Chancellor.
AUSTRIA TO HAVE OWN WAY
Gerard Relates Von Bethmann-
Hollweg's Terms Delivered to
Ambassador Before America's
Break With Central Empires.
BY JAMES W. GERARD,
American Ambassador to the German Im
perial Court, July 28. 1913. to February
4. 1917.
(Copyright, 1917, by the Public Ledger Co.)
From the time when Chancellor von
Bethmann-Hollweg first spoke of peace
I had asked him and others what the
peace terms of Germany were. I could
never get any one to state any definite
terms of peace. On several occasions,
when I asked the Chancellor whether
Germany were willing to withdraw
from Belgium, he always said "Tes, but
with guarantees."
Finally, in January, 1917. when he
was again talking of peace. I said:
What are these peace terms to which
you refer continually? Will you allow
me to ask a few questions as to the
specific terms of peace?
'First Are the Germans willing to
withdraw from Belgium?"
The Chancellor answered: "Tes, but
with guarantees."
I said: "What are these guarantees?"
Control of Belgium Demanded.
He replied: "We must, possibly, have
the forts of Liege and Namur. We must
have other forts and garrisons
throughout Belgium. We must have
possession of the railroad lines. We
must have possession of the ports and
other means of communication. The
Belgians will not be allowed to main
tain an army, but we must be allowed
to retain a large army in Belgium. We
must have the commercial control of
Belgium."
I said: "I do not see that you have
left much for the Belgians, excepting
that King Albert will have the right
to reside in Brussels with an honor
guard."
And the Chancellor answered: "We
cannot allow Belgium to be an outpost
of England" (Vorwerk).
Frontier Must Be Rectified.
"I do not suppose the English, on the
other hand, wish it to become an out
post of Germany," I returned, "espe
cially as Von Tirpitz has said that the
coast of Flanders should be retained in
order to make war on England and
(Concluded on Page 3, Column 1.)
HARD AT IT. - t
. . . . . 1
Family, Which Voluntarily Accom
panies Parents, Takes Up Resi
dence in Governor's Place.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 19. It was offi
cially announced today for the first
time that the new residence of Nich
olas Romanoff, the deposed Russian
Emperor, is at Tobolsk, a Western
Siberia town, which recently achieved
dubious publicity in revolutionary
Russia as the birthplace of Gregory
Rasputin, the mystic monk, who
wielded a remarkable influence over
the ex-Emperor's family up to the
time of the priest's assassination in
Petrograd last December. The official
announcement says:
"Owing to reasons of state the gov
ernment decided to transfer to a new
residence the ex-Emperor and ex
Empress, who are detained under
guard. The place selected was To
bolsk, where they were taken after
requisite measures to insure their
safety. With them went of their own
free will their children and certain of
their entourage."
According to some newspapers the
ex-Imperial family will reside perma
nently in the former governor's place
at Tobolsk. Other newspapers say the
ex-Emperor will stay at the ex-governor's
palace only one week and then
will be sent to the Apalatsk monastery.
In . a forest 20 miles outside of the
town.
Nicholas Romanoff, as the Russian
ex-Emperor now is known, was mys
teriously removed, together with the
ex-Empress and their children and
suites, from the palace at Tsarskoe
Selo, August 14.
The Russian provisional government
at the time refused to reveal the des
tination of the former ruling family,
but it was unofflcialy reported that
Tobolsk had been chosen as the place
of exile.
Tobolsk years ago was the adminis
trative center for exiles banished to
Siberia. It is on the eastern side of
the Ural Mountains, about 1500 miles
from Petrograd.
GERMAN TROOPS REPULSED
Attacks on Three Fronts Break
Down In Face of Heavy Fire.
PETROGRAD, : Aug. 19. German
troops yesterday attacked Russian po
sitions near Stakhovcy, on the Vilna.
front; but, according to ".ie Petrograd
War Office, the attack broke down
under the Russian fire.
On the Roumanian front Austro-Ger-mans
several times assaulted the Russo
Roumanian lines south of Grozechti, in
Southwestern Moldavia, but were re
pelled. The battle in the Slavic region
lasted all day, the Teutons being re
pulsed. BERLIN ROBS SIAMESE
Property of Government and Citi
zens Seized by Germans.
LONDON, Aug. 19. An Amsterdam
dispatch to Reuter's Limited states that
Berlin newspapers announce the seizure
of all property In Germany belonging
to the government of Siam or to Its
citizens.
Redoubts Near Gille
mont Farm Stormed.
FRENCH REPULSE ATTACKS
Enemy Abandons Old Methods
of Fighting in Trenches.
SHELL CRATERS ARE FORTS
Scattered Garrisons Are Cunningly
'Hidden In Holes Which Are Not
Easily Discernible to Air
craft of Allied Forces.
LONDON, Aug. 19. British troops
this, morning stormed- the German
trenches in the neighborhood of Gille
mont Farm, between the towns of Lem
pire and Bony, on the Somme front In
France.
. On this same front the British raid
ing parties last night entered German
positions southwest of Havrincourt.
Field Marshal Halg reports that heavy
casualties were Inflicted on the Teu
ton garrisons.
PARIS, Aug. 19. After violently
bombarding the French positions, Ger
man troops last night made consecu
tive attacks on the French trenches in
the Prient Wood, west of the Muerthe
and Moselle rivers, and In the Vosges
Mountains to the east of Badonviller,
and north of Celles-Sur-Plaine.
The French official report. Issued to
day, says all the German assaults were
repulsed and that the Teutons suffered
heavy casualties.
German surprise attacks on the Alsne
front, It Is announced, also failed.
(By the Associated Pres.)
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND
BELGIUM, Aug. 19. The beginning of
the fourth year of the war finds the
Germans rapidly making a radical
change In their methods of defense
along the British -.battle front in North
ern France and Belgium.
The continuous lines of wonderfully
constructed forward trenches, with
their deep dugouts, in which lived and
fought great numbers of men, are fast
passing into the discard.
The enemy is adopting a system of
scattering his advance forces over a
great depth.
Garrisons Cleverly Ridden.
Cunningly constructed strongholds
among the shell-holes now conceal in
numerable smalt and more or less iso
lated garrisons of men who formerly
fought shoulder to shoulder along
great stretches of picturesque trenches,
through which communication was not
broken for miles.
This transformation has been brought
about by the ever growing preponder
ance of British artillery which has
buried the German front line trenches
(Concluded on Pag 2, Column 3.)
Corporal Macdonald and Private
Pipp Singled Out for Saving
Lives of Officer's Children.
Corporal H. L. Macdonald, a son of
Sanfield Macdonald, of Portland, and
Private H. P. Pipp, both of Company
C, Third Oregon Infantry, have been
recommended to the War Department
for distinguished conduct in stopping
a team of runaway horses and saving
the lives of two little children at Van
couver, Wash., on July 26.
They were in Vancouver off duty
when a team of runaway horses came
down the street attached to a light
wagon in which were two small chil
dren. Two mounted orderlies, pursu
ing the runaways on horseback, could
not overtake them.
Corporal Macdonald Jumped into the
street and seized the bridle of one of
the runaway horses. He was carried
off his feet, but be clung to the bridle.
At the same time Private Pipp
climbed into the wagon from the rear
and seized v the reins. The runaways
were quickly stopped.
Then the soldiers learned that the
little ones were Emil, aged 5, and
Antoinette, aged 3, children of Captain
Allen Smith, Jr., of the Fourteenth
United States Infantry.
Captain Smith wrote a letter of ap
preciation of the bravery of the two
young men to Colonel John L. May,
their regimental commander. Captain
Smith's letter was personally indorsed
by Colonel Edward Burr, United States
Army, commanding at Vancouver Bar
racks, who had witnessed their fear
less act.
DIVER MISSES AMERICAN
Torpedo Passes Close to Rudder and
Gunners Fire Twice.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. 19. An
American passenger steamship which
arrived from England today was at
tacked by a submarine off the Irish
coast.
The periscope of the U-boat was ob
served abeam of the vessel by one
lookout and almost at the same moment
another espied the approach of a tor
pedo. Her speed, however, saved her,
the torpedo , missing the rudder.
The Navy gunners fired. The sub
marine submerged, but soon the. peri
scope reappeared 200 yards astern.
The gunners fired a second shot, but
that also went wide.
JAMES BAKER IS DROWNED
Fisherman Loses Balance Casting
in Clackamas River.
James Baker, of Lents, was drowned
late yesterday in the Clackamas River,
at Baker's Bridge, six miles above
Gladstone station. Baker was fishing
with Dr. David Nelson, a neighbor,
with offices in the Medical building.
While making a long cast, Mr. Baker
slipped Into the swirling waters and
was drowned before Dr. Nelson could
reach him. He leaves a widow and
child.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 85
degrees; minimum. 50 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair, moderate westerly winds.
War.
British take German trenches near Gillemont
Farm. Page 1.
German peace terms, before breach comes,
are told by Gerard. Page 1.
Pope's peace note drafted by Austro-Ger-
mans, Berne hears. Page 2.
Canadians mow enemy down at close range.
Page
! Foreign.
Peace talk Is In fashion and likely to be d)"
cussed in Reichstag. Page 8.
Ex-czar in exile In Siberia. Page 1.
National.
Congressional leaders expect adjournment
about September 15. Pago 2.
Domestic.
Impassioned notes bare illicit love. Page 1.
Sports.
Pacific Coast League results: Oakland, 5-4,
Portland 2-0; Los Angeles 4-13, Vernon
2-5; Salt Lake 3-2, San Francisco 1-1.
Page 10.
White Sox cling to American League leader
ship. Page 10.
S. B. Cooke wins Laurelhurst tennis tour
ney. Page 10.
Page 10.
Playground - tennis tourney entries open.
Page 10.
Paclfie Northwest.
Idaho Guardsmen at Spokane round up I.
W. W. leaders on eve of general strike.
Page 1.
Governors' conference at Crescent City de
layed by accident. Page 4.
Drouth causes general shortage in Oregon
crops. Page 1.
Forest fires checked In Clearwater district.
- Page 4.
Walla Walla Valley growers finance fruit
conservation at State Penitentiary.
Page 4.
American Lake cantonment to be ready on
scheduled time. Page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Company C. Third Oregon, harbors two
heroes.. Page 1.
Bishop Glorleux' condition Improved. Page 8.
Oregon won't be hit hard by X. W. W.
Strike. Page B.
One-dellvery-a-day system begins In Port
land. Page 7.
Albert Rolling, of city engineer's staff, com
missioned as Captain. Page 8.
Northwest railroads preparing to move vast
armies to training camps. Page 9..
Happiness found only in eternity, says pas
tor. Pago 8.
Seventyflve per cent of student operators are
women. Page 9.
Oregon ambulance company. Captain Bell
wood, ordered to Camp Lewis. Page 14.
Plans for state defense progressing rapidly.
Page 14.
Case against manufacture of Impure Ice to
be pushed. Page 11.
Nautical school to open In Portland Wednes
day. Page 14.
Unit of new railway will be completed to.
Washburn this Fall. Page 11.
District exemption board finds it hard to
decide exemption claims. Page 9.
Robert E. Strahorn to lay rails out of Kla
math Falls next week. Page 11.
Portland doubles consumption of Ice cream.
Page 11.
Mazamas return. Page 5.
Weather report, data and forecast. Pase 11.
Teacher Put on Trial
For Murder.
LCYER IS BRANDED HYPOCRITE
0!d-Fashioned Theories Are
Assailed by Love Pirate.
TRADUCER GOES ON STAND
"I Think That the Little Gray Frock
Will Be Ready for My Last
Party,' " Unhappy Girl Writes
When Death Seems Xear.
WAUKESHA, Wis., Aug. 19. After a
preliminary hearing before Judge
Thomas here yesterday, Miss Grace
Lusk, the schoolteacher who is charged
with the slaying of the wife of Dr.
David Roberts two months ago, was
held to the December term of the Cir
cuit Court without bail. The husband
of the slain woman was a witness at
yesterday's hearing.
The shooting took place on June 21
and the killing of the wife led to reve
lations of a friendship between the vet
erinarian and the schoolteacher which
amounted to what was termed an in
fatuation on the part of the latter.
The wife became cognizant of this
and her death followed an interview
between herself and Miss Lusk.
The schoolteacher, pale but com
posed, pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned yesterday, and throughout the
proceedings of the day she maintained
her composure. She sat with her back
turned to Dr. Roberts during the ses
sions of Judge Thomas' court. With her
was her father. Dr. A. P. Lusk, a den
tist, of Mosinee, Wis.
Dr. Roberts Refuses to Answer.
Four witnesses were examined, L L.
Blott, a business associate of Dr. Rob
erts, and Dr. Davles testified to the
finding of the body of Mrs. Roberts.
The doctor said Miss Lik was still In
the house and in excited tone spoke of
the "awful names" that Mrs. Roberts
had called her.
Dr. Roberts refused to answer ques
tions regarding a number of unsigned
letters introduced among the exhibits.
The doctor gave as his reason his con
stitutional right to decline to answer
questions put to him "that might tend
to incriminate him."
The letters which brought about the
stand of the former State Veterinarian
were five In number. In all there were
13 letters and documents submitted
during the preliminary hearing, to-
gether with the two bullets taken from"
the body of Mrs. Mary N. Roberts at
the autopsy following the shooting.
One of the letters was taken from
an envelope marked "To be opened in,
case of accident." It said:
.Lover's) Cowardice Scorned. '
"I have no explanation. I should
have known better than to play with
fire. I should have known that meii
have one code of honor for the woman
they love and another for the woman,
to whom they are married. I have the
theory that love between man and
woman was stronger than all the legal
ceremonies in the world. When that
was lacking there was no sanctity In
marriage. I still believe so, but the
man In the case has been too much of
a coward to face his wife and tell her
the truth. He has never been true
to her. Now that I had to suffer, I
am going to Insist that he tell her how
matters stand, that he be honest with
her.
"If he will not; if he still is afraid,
he will have to be afraid of me this :
time. I am not the type of woman to
be lied to. We have cared as much for
one another as a man and woman can.
The only treason has been in not tell
ing Mrs. Roberts. I have always want
ed to, but he was afraid. Ah, well. It
will soon be over.
"I am not afraid. I have always
made my work my religion, labor est
orate. I hope dear father doesn't take
this too hard. I have never caused him
so very much worry. I want him to for
give me now. I Just can't live as I have
been living the last few weeks. I have
been almost crazed with heartache and
humiliation."
In the same envelope was the follow
ing, headed, "The business part":
"I wish to be buried at Stoughton. I
think that perhaps the little grey frock
from Heller's will be ready for my last
'party. My bank books are at the
bank."
Wife Asked to Step Out.
A third letter in the envelope made
disposition of personal property, such
as books and furniture. The follow
ing are extracts from a letter written
to Mrs. Roberts by Miss Lusk, but un
signed: "You must have known for a long
time that your husband's affections
had passed from you; that he cared
for someone else supremely. That Is
sufficient annulment of any marriage
vow that was ever given.
"Had you gone to him and said
frankly: 'If you do not care for ma
alone, take your freedom. Live your
life in the way that will give you the
most happiness and let me go my way";
if, I repeat, you had given him this
opportunity of choice and he had said
that he wanted you alone, then you
would have given him the chance to
play the part of an honest man. But
IConcluded on Fage 2, Column 1.)