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TOli. LVII. NO. 17,717. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LOST: s2SlcSnKB BERLIN TURBULENT FOREST FIRE RAGES INCEIMTRALOREGON PACIFISTS' ORDER HELD TREASONABLE DRAFTED MEN TOLD TO "TRAVEL LIGHT" BOTH SIDES EXPECT TO AVERT STRIKE 1 ILLINOIS GUARDSMEN DISPERSE 1000 IX KIOT. WORST BLAZE OF YEAR GUTS CLOTHING THAT CAN BE DIS 1I.NE WHITE PI2.E. CARDED WILL SAVE TROUBLE. WAR'S OUTBREAK OPEII TO CAPITAL Timid Defenders Cause Order to Retreat, RUSSIANS LAYLANDS WASTE Approach of Winter May Pre vent Germans Pressing - Advantage Gained. RUSSIAN RIGHT IN DANGER Military Stores in Riga Be lieved to Have Been Moved or Destroyed. 1 , (By the Associated Press.) Riga, Russia's big port on the Gulf of Riga, is in the hands of the Ger mans and its garrison and the civilian population are in retreat eastward. Following up, rapidly the advantage they gained . in driving the Russians across the Dvina River on both sides of Uxkrull last Saturday, the Germans threw bridges across this stream and soon were on the heels of the former defenders, some of whom offered re sistance, but others of whom showed the white feather, giving the invaders n& trouble in marching up the eastern bank of the Dvina toward Riga, 15 miles distant. Evacuation Is Ordered. Seeing the disaffection and the in ability to stem the tide of the advance, the ; Russian commander ordered an evacuation. -With the falling back of the Rus eians from the city proper and the advance of the Germans northward along both sides of the stream, the Russians still defending the "western b&nk around Dahlen seemingly are in danger of being caught between the two fast-moving bodies of the enemy and made prisoner. Country Laid Waste, Behind them the Russians, in their retreat from Riga, are laying the country in waste, burning villages and farms. Whether the city itself re mains intact has not yet been made known, but doubtless the guns in the fortress and the ammunition stores either were moved or destroyed to prevent them falling into the hands of the Germans. Aside from the strategic value of controlling the Gulf of Riga and of a base nearer the mouth of the Gulf of Finland, at the head of which Petro grad is situated, for the moment it is impossible to see the importance of the German gain, especially with the near approach of Winter, when mili tary operations in this northern region are almost impossible. BERLIN, via London, Sept. 3.- The supplementary statement issued this evening from general headquar ters announces the capture of Riga by the Germans. PETROGRAD, Sept. 3. The Rus ' sians have abandoned Riga, the War Office announces. The statement states an order has been given for the abandonment of the Riga region on account of the threatening situation. Some Regiments Go North. Some Russian detachments volun tarily left their positions, the War Office reports, and are retiring to ward the north. WASHINGTON,' Sept. 3. Aban donment of Riga in the face of the new German drive into Russia, and even the evacuation of Petrograd itself, have been forecast as possibili ties in confidential advices to the American Government during the last two weeks. Such a development is not regarded with so much alarm as might be supposed. Capital May Be Moved. With Riga abandoned and German occupation of Petrograd in prospect, the seat of the Russian provisional government undoubtedly will be moved to Moscow. Much as they re gret seeing the Russian capital oc cupied by a German army, the force ful thinking men of Russia, working to set up a government, may regard it as a blessing in disguise. There are many advantages in mov ing the Russian capital to Moscow. It is the center of the Conservative group and commands the sentimental, almost (Concluded, ea Fas 8, Column 2.). Four Streetcars Overturned by Sym pathizers of Strikers -Bricks Hurled Freely. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Sept 3 Charging- with fixed bayonets. Illinois Guardsmen tonight dispersed a mob of more than 1000 streetcar sympathizers who half an hour before had wrecked four streetcars and were then attacking- the headquarters of the railway company intent on wrecking and ran sacking the building. Dispersed by the soldiers from the corner in the main business section, where the cars had been attacked, the mob headed for the offices of the rail road company and the Springfield Gas & Electric Company, subsidiary. Six soldiers on guard at the building held the crowd in check for some time, but bolder ones in the mob finally started hurling bricks at the plateglass windows, riddling the front of the building. As reinforcements arrived and charged them with the butts of their guns, the rioters fled in con fusion, a few of them being trampled, but none seriously injured. No shots were fired by the soldiers. STATES GET SCHOOL COIN Senator JlcXary Advised Vocational Educational Bill to Be Changed. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash ington, Sept. 3. Senator McNary today received a letter from the Vocational Education Bureau inclosing a copy of a bill transmitted to Senator Hoke Smith, to correct technical obstructions which prevent Oregon, Idaho and sev eral other states from receiving imme diate benefits under the vocational ed ucation bill, amounting to $15,000 per year for each state. It is proposed to press this bill as an emergency measure, and Its pas sage is expected this session. As soon as it becomes a law, Oregon will get its $15,000. i TRAIN COLLISION FATAL La Grande Man Instantly Killed When Engine Rams Caboose. PENDLETON. Or.. Sept. 3. (Special.) Walter Fuller, of La Grande, brake- man on the rear end of- O.-W. freight No. 255, running west. ' was instantly killed this morning when a llsrht engine-following- - the train flowed. through the caboose in which he was riding. " He was alone in the car.. Three stockmen who had been rid ing with him had gone ahead while the train stopped to see how their ani mals were riding. The caboose and a car of lumber to which it was attached took fire and were destroyed. Fuller's body was burned almost to a crisp. HOLLAND FEARS MISERY Trades Union Congress Calls Upon Government to Reduce Prices. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 2. Represent Ing 150.000 workers, a trades union congress that met here today discussed food problems in connection with the stoppage - of imports from America and the unfavorable outlook, for, the home crops, which have been greatly damaged by the continuous rain storms. The meeting adopted a resolution calling upon the government to reduce the maximum prices on food, fuel and shoe leather and to take various other measures to prevent misery and wans, among tha working classes during the coming Winter. NEWS EMBARGO PROBED Associated Press Makes Complaint at Interference at Blsbee. PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 3. Acting upon complaint of Melville E. Stone general manager of the Associated Press, Attorney - General Wiley E. Jones today took up with Thomas A. Flynn, United States District Attor ney, the matter of the censorship ex erctsed by officials of the Phelps Dodge Corporation over the Western Union office at Blsbee at the time of the deportation of Industrial Workers of the World from that place on July 12. It will be decided soon whether to proceed under state or Federal laws. 169 WHALES ARE CAPTURED 14,000 Pounds of Meat Taken From One Prize at Aberdeen. ABERDEEN. Wash., Sept. 3. (Spe cial.) A total of 169 whales has been brought in this season by the four whaling ships of the Bay City station 15 miles west of here, with five weeks of whale-hunting remaining. The year's catch will approximate 250. Seven tons, 14,000 pounds, of whale meat, was taken recently from one fin back, which is the largest amount of meat furnished by any whale taken this season. PORTUGUAL HAS STRIKES Employes In Postal and Telegraph Service Stop Work. PARIS, Sept. 3. According to infor mation from Madrid today the Por tuguese - government employes in the postal and telegraph service have gone on strike. Suspension of all communication has reauit& Populace Vindictive Toward English. ARBITRARY ARRESTS ARE MADE British Subjects Seized, and Sent to Spandau Fortress. SPY EXCITEMENT IS GREAT Foreigners In Grave Danger Throughout Germany and Many Americans Subjected to Ar rest - and Indignities. BY JAMES W. GERARD. American Ambassador to the German Im perial Court. July 28. 1013, to February 4. 1017. Copyright, 1017, by - the- Public Ledger Company. After I had bidden farewell on. Au gust 4 to the departing French Am bassador, Jules Cambon, I went for a walk about Berlin, soon becoming in volved in the great crowd in front of the British Embassy on the Wllhelm strasse. The crowd threw stones and other missiles and managed to break all the windows of the Embassy. The Germans charged afterward that people in the Embassy had infuriated the crowd by throwing pennies to the crowd. I did not see any occurrences of this kind. As the Unter den Linden and the Wilhelm Platz are paved with asphalt, the crowd must have brought the missiles which they used with them, with the premeditated design of smashing the Embassy windows. A few mounted police made their appear ance, but were at no time in sufficient numbers to hold the crowd in check. British Correspondents HnnteU. Afterward I went around to the Un ter den Linden, where there was a great crowd in front of the Hotel Ad Ion. A man standing on the outskirts of the crowd begged me not to go into the hotel, as be said the, crowd was looking for English newspaper corre spondents. So threatening was the crowd toward the English correspondents that Fred erick W. Wile, American correspond ent -of the -London Daily Mail, rang up the porter of the Embassy after we had gone to bed and. not wishing to disturb us, Occupied the lounge in the porter's room. Believing that possibly the British Embassy might be in such a condition that Sir Edward Goschen, the British Ambassador, might not care to spend the night there, I ordered an automo bile and went up through the crowd which still choked the Wilhelmstrasse, with Roland Harvey, the second secre tary to the British Embassy. Sir Ed ward and his secretaries were per fectly calm and politely declined the refuge which I offered them in our Embassy. I chatted with them for a while and. (Concluded on Pas 4, Column 3.) WE Flames Spread Rapidly and Fighters Send Call for Assistance - : to Portland. BEND, Or., Sept. 3. (Special.) Cen tral Oregon's worst forest fire of the season is raging today in the Fort Rock section, 60 miles south of Bend. Start ing on Sunday afternoon ,at a point northeast of Fort Rock, called the Hole in the Ground, the fire has spread rap idly until today It covers a territory 10 miles wide by three miles deep, partly within the Deschutes National Forest and partly on timber of the Fremont Land Company, one of the Shevlin in terests. -Fire fighters were sent from Bend last night,' and a large portion of the population of the Fort Rock section is aiding. This afternoon they had suc ceded in completing more than 40 miles of trench, but have still a large terri tory to cover to surround the flames. A call for assistance has been Bent to Portland. Although no estimate of the damage has yet been made, it is known that the amount will be high, as the burned timber was one of the best stands of Oregon white pine in this section.- WAR ESSAYS TO WIN PRIZES .. (- . - National Committee Announces Con .,' test for School Children. WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. The Nation al War Committee announced today a prize essay contest for children be tween the ages of 8 and 18 on the topic, "Why America Entered the War." The prizes include a $50 liberty bond and gold coins of 25, $15 and $10 re spectively. The only restriction is that the con testant must be a relative not farther removed than third cousin of some man serving his country in the war. The writing of one "Cheerful' letter a month to a service relative is one of the require -.e.its. DEPOSIT VAULTS ROBBED Only Clew to Burglars Are Chisels Stamped "F..E H" MEDFORD, Or., Sept. 3. (Special.) The safety deposit vaults of the Bank of Jacksonville were robbed early yes terday of $500. In money and. $500 in Jewelry. -The only clew to thribbers Is two chisels stamped "F. E. H." Ernest Langle, Edward Helms and 3 . W. Bybee, of Jacksonville, are re ported as the - principal losers. They are protected by $7000 burglary Insur ance. Sheriff Jennings and the Medford po lice have been busy on the case today. but no arrests have been made. FOOD IN NORWAY -SCARCE Newspaper Asserts Present Provi sions Will Last Only One Month. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 3. The Chris tlania Social Demokraten asserts that Norway has provisions for only one month. Import prospects are also gloomy. It Is said. MUST TAKE HIS PLACE IN THE '" j linois Governor Will Prevent Meetings. TEST OF LOYALTY IS SET Those Not for Government Are Against It, Says Lowden. MAYOR MAY BE OUSTED Resolutions of People's Council Pro test "Un-American Acts of Gov ernors" . In, Preventing Free Assemblage for Discussion. CHICAGO, Sept 3. "So far as I am concerned, I purpose to put it to the test, that those who are not for the Government are against it," said Gov ernor Frank O. Lowden tonight in a statement made after a conference with Attorney-General E. J. Brundage in regard to the meeting of the Coun ell for Democracy and Terms of Peace, held under orders from Mayor Thomp son before the Governor could get troops to Chicago to prevent the meet ing. The statement said: "The fact is. that the antecedents, the personnel and the propaganda of the so-called National Council of Amer ica for Democracy and Terms of Peace make it a treasonable conspiracy. Such a conspiracy ought not. when the Na tion . is battling for its life, to find shelter under a claim of freedom of speech. Real Free Speech In Danger. "If we lose this war. real free speech will be lost, and this society, which now claims privilege, will contribute to that result. A treasonable conspir acy is none the less a crime because it is staged in public. A crime is not less a crime because the world is taken into the confidence of those who com mit It. - "I shall employ the full power of the state in suppressing the meetings of this society. What I have saidsof this organization applies equally to all oth ers who may seek to obstruct the Gov ernment In the prosecution of this war. Freedom of speech will be respected, but in Illinois will not be permitted as a cloak of treason. Time Here to Take Sides. "The time has come to find out who are for the Government and who are against it. This is the only classifi cation which matters at the present time. If, as some suggest, the people generally are disloyal to their Govern ment, let us know it, and let us know it now." The Governor would not say whether he contemplated any further action in regard to Mayor Thompson for over riding the orders forbidding the meet ing of the peace council. The Gover- (Concluded on Page 5, Column 1.) LINE. Close Haircut and Bath Suggested Before Leaving Home Suit cases Will Be In Way. WASHINGTON. Sept. 3. Drafted men of the first 5 per cent contingent, who will leave Wednesday for mob ilization camps, are directed, in regu lations issued today, to take a mini mum of civilian clothing and personal belongings. Toilet articles, towels and handkerchiefs are recommended, and no objection will be made to two changes of underclothing, but other articles are frowned upon. Attention is called to the fact that cavllian clothing will be discarded when camp is reached and to those not desiring to send such apparel back home it was suggested that clothing not worth keeping be worn. The men may carry only light hand baggage on the train, and. as suitcases and handbags will not be allowed .for per manent use at camp, articles may be carried in bundles if desired. Before reporting to the local board drafted men should have their hair cut very short: should be bathed and wear clean clothing. To insure quick communication with his family, each recruit is advised to provide himself with postcards or stamped envelopes. PLANES RAID AT MIDNIGHT Bombs Dropped at Various Points on Southeast Coast of England. LONDON. Sept." 4. German airplanes visited the Southeast coast of Eng land last (Monday) night dropping bombs at various places, according to an official statement Issued shortly after midnight. No report of casual ties or damage has been received. The official statement followr: "Enemy airplanes crossed the South er it coast at 11 o'clock last night tad drepped bombs at . various places. No reports of casualties or damage have yet been received. "A number of our airplanes pursued the enemy." WILSON'S REPLY PLEASES Deputy Brunet Would Have France Answer Pope in American Spirit. PARIS, Sept. 2. Frederic Brunet, Deputy from the Seine district, an nounces the intention of submitting an interpellation in the Chamber -of Dep uties demanding that France answer Pope Benedict's peace note 'in the spirit of President Wilson's reply. . "I find President Wilson's answer perfect," said the Deputy, "and I wish to see it countersigned by all the allied governments." INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 64 degees; minimum, 54 degees. TODAY'S Fair; gentle winds, mostly west i erly. War. Russians evacuate Riga. Page 1. Supplying of defective cartridges to be probed. Page 5. Moon lights way for fliers In successful Brit ish raid on enemy lines. Page IS. Italians maintain lines in spite of fresh troops in counter attacks. Page 2. Foreign. Gerard describes turbulent- scenes in Berlin at outbreak of war. Page 1. Pan-German press bitter in comment on Wil son's reply to Pope. Page 4. Pope's peace note held not In vain, for na tions listen. Page 4. National. Senate rejects two of La Follette's tax plans. Page 3. "Travel light" is order to drafted men. Page 1. Nation's whisky and tobacco bill mounts. Page 3. Domestic. National war work council of Y. M. C. A. will enlarge accommodations. Page- 2. Governor of Illinois asserts pacifists have treasonable organization. Page 1. Root calls on bar of country to sound war tocsin. Page 5. Illinois soldiers use fixed bayonets on mob. Page 1. Camp Greene at Charlotte, N. C, almost ready to receive National Guard. Page 19. Sports. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 2-. Vernon 4-7; Salt Lake 1-7, Oakland 7-4; San Francisco 4-4, Los Angeles 8-0. Page 14. Boat races and swimming events at Astoria regatta thrill. Page 14. Lu Chevrolet-wins 100-mile event at Chicago Speedway. Pago 15. Billy Mascott fights Charley Moy to six round draw, page 16. Walter A. Goss wins city tennis title. Page 14. H. Goelltz. of Chicago, is best all-round amateur athlete. Page 15. Fred Fulton wins decision over Carl Morris when Oklahoman is disqualified. Page 14. Pacific Northwest. Worst forest fire of season rages in Central Oregon. Page 1. Court decides teacher Is not member of any recognized learned profession and may be ' excluded. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Annual meeting of Pacific' Coast Associa tion of Port Authorities opens here. Page 10. Hog prices again advance in Portland Page 19. Portland and Vicinity. City Commissioner Mann returns from In spection oc compietea nun itun aun. Page 11. Cigarettes sent to . soldiers on battle front will aid in winning war. Page 9. Members of National Board of Y. W. C. A. appeal for aid in war work. Page 9. Patriotic Clatsop County farmer exempted. Page 8. Mayor Baker's plan of reorganization of police system will be considered today. Page 8. Mayor Baker appoints commission to In vestigate milk supply and prices. Page 13. County agents believe state can double grain yield. Page 7. Both sides to shipyards controversy confi dent that strike will be averted. Page 1. Labor's annual rest day highly enjoyed by Portland's citizens. Page 8. New principal of Benson School for Girls arrives. Page 7. Northwest wheat for export will be milled first. Page 18. Oregon to be called on for $40,000 for books for soldiers. Page 8. Weather report, data and forecast. Face 18. Shipyard Unions and Owners Optimistic. WORKERS STILL DETERMINED Walkout Promised for Friday if Government Delays. BOARD CONSIDERS ISSUES Leaders Prepare for Entire Cessa tion of Work at Plants Should Action of Board at Wash ington Fail to Satisfy. While the steel shipyard employes are determined to strike, at 10 o'clock next Friday morning if their demands for higher wages are not granted, a feeling of optimism prevailed on all sides yesterday, induced by the expec tation that the strike will be averted. . In fact, the Federal authorities are diligently at work at Washington to adjust the situation here and are in constant communication with their rep resentatives in Portland. On August 25 the Government com pleted arrangements for the perfection of an organization to handle disputes and misunderstandings in the shipyards of the country precisely such as the one that has arisen here. Union Feels Ignored. An agreement was signed by repre sentatives of the Federal Government, the Emergency Fleet corporation and by officials of the American Federation of Labor, "providing for the rapid and peaceable adjustment of all labor dis putes so that the necessary work of ship construction in public and private yards may continue throughout the period of the war without danger of serious interruption." While fully aware of the existence of this agreement, officials of the Metal Trades Council In Portland, in charge of the strike plans, declare that the Government" has given little apparent heed to their appeals for adjudication of their grievances. Conciliator Makes Report. They point out that they first sub mitted their new wage scale early in August, and that they received no en couraging response. After a series of delays they voted to strike on August 22. Then they were advised that G. Y. Harry, Federal conciliator, would come here to inquire into the situation. Mr. Harry came two weeks ago, and has laid the full status of conditions here before the authorities in Washington. Meanwhile the Seattle shipyard work ers have made new demands for wage increases, and a committee of Seattle employes has started for Washington to bring their grievances direct before the Government Board to Consider Trouble. It is reported from Washington that under provisions of the existing agree ment, a board has been appointed to consider the Portland and Seattle dif ficulties. Members of the board are A. J, Berres, representing the Metal Trades department of the American Federation of Labor; Edward F. Carry, of Chicago, representing the Federal Shipping Board, and G. Everett Macey. of New York, representing the public at large. This board is now at work and the agreement provides that "the board, after due consideration and . such in vestigations as may seem necessary, shall decide the questions at issue. Decision to Be Final. "The decisions of the board will. In so far as this memorandum may be capable of achieving such . result, be final and binding on all parties, but at any time after six months have elapsed following any such ratifl 6. agreement or any such final decision, such ques tion may be reopened for adjustment upon the request of the majority of the craft or crafts at such plant affected by such agreement or decision." It is provided, also, that decisions of the board shall, under proper condi tions, be retroactive. Inasmuch as the Portland workers' demands have been pending for more than a month, it is presumable that the retroactive feature can be applied in this case. Strike Left to Committee. However, It is apparent that the men in the local plants became impatient and last Tuesday night authorized their executive committee to order a strike at the commltteee's discretion. Apparently further developments de pend entirely upon what the board members do between now and next Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Through Mr. Harry they are constantly informed of developments here, and Mr. Harry, as well as owners of the big shipyards and. Metal Trades officials themselves, are of the firm loellef that something will be done. Officials Prepare for Walkout. As yesterday was Labor day most of the plants were virtually closed while the men enjoyed themselves at the picnics and celebrations conducted by the various labor organizations in and near the city. Under the surface, however, officials of the Metal Trades Council were pre paring systematically for a complete walkout in all the steel - shipyards at the appointed time. While some of the local yards are (Concluded on Page 4. Column LED 106.2
