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Hawing VOL. LVII. NO. 17,723. PORTLAND, OREGON,. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. KORIIILOFF AIMS GERMANY'S LOSSES TOTAL 4,000,000 AVAR CUTS MAN POWER FROM 14,000,000 TO 10,000,000. SWEDEN IS astoria house is "Nest of treason" AMERICA'S BIGGEST TAX BILL IS PASSED MAINE REFUSES TO GIVE WOMEN VOTE POLK COUPLE GOME; SEA SEEMS BRAVE SERIOUS BLOW AT I I XX ACCUSED OF PLOT TO AID ENEMIES OF RUSSIA. PARTIAL RETURNS ARE 2 TO J AGAINST 3IEASTJRE. FACING OUTCOME CAPITAL K Wild Tribesmen Sweeping On to Petrograd. KERENSKY TEARS UP TRACKS Government Prepares to Cut Off Advance of Troops of . Deposed Commander. MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED General's Demand for Supreme Power Is Met by Premier by Call for Resignation. PETROGRAD, Sept. 11. According to reports from the Winter Palace, where the government council was in session, a considerable force of sup porters of General Korniloff has passed Luga, on the way to Petrograd. The government refuses to make a statement, but Foreign Minister Ter estchenko informs the Associated Press that he believes the Korniloff forces consist of only a few hundred men. The town and railroad station at Luga are in Korniloff 's hands. Tracks Are Torn Up. By orer of Premier Kerensky the railroad tracks between Luga and Petrograd have been torn up in places, ' gangs being engaged on the work all night. On the Petrograd side of Luga "are forces, which so far have stood '.firm for . the government. .. General Korniloffs main support appears to be the so-called Sikaya, or "savage divi sion," which was formerly stationed at Pokoff and consisting of Georgians ( and ' other Caucasus tribesmen, who 'vre personally devoted to Korniloff as a result : of his lifelong interest in Asiatic affairs. With this force are Tekke cavalrymen from the trans Caspian territory,- whose wild ap; ?ar ance . created a sensation when they accompanied General Korniloff to the Moscow conference. Savage Division Advances. According to the evening papers the "savage division"' has occupied Vuir itia, on the Windau-Ruibins railroad. PETROGRAD, Sept. 10. Premier Kerensky has ordered General Korni loff, commander-in-chief of the Rus sian armies, to resign in consequence of General Korniloffs demand for su preme power. General Klembovsky was appointed commander-in-chief. An' official statement says that Gen eral ' Lokomosky "also proved a trai tor," refusing to take command of the Russian armies in succession to General Korniloff. Treason to Be Charged. The soldiers' and workmen's body,' the statement adds, "has ordered all the army organizations to obey the provisional government against the ' conspiracy, stating that General Kor niloff will be punished for treachery and that General Klembovsky will provisionally succeed to the chief com mand. The central executive committee of the soldiers and workmen has sug gested to all army corps and naval committees that they refuse to obey orders from General Korniloff or Gen eral Lokomsky. All Powers Demanded. Premier Kerensky has issued the fol lowing proclamation: "On September 8, a member of the Duma. M. Lvoff, arrived in Petrograd and called upon me, in the name of General Korniloff, to hand over all civil and military powers to the gen eralissimo, who would form a new gov ernment at his pleasure. The authen ticity, of this summons was afterward confirmed by General Korniloff him self, who had a conversation with me over the direct telegraphic wire be tween Petrograd and main head quarters. Rebellion to Be Nipped. "Considering this summons, ad dressed through me to the provisional government, as an attempt by certain quarters to profit by the difficult situation of the country and establish a state of things contrary to the con quests of the revolution, the provisional government has recognized the neces sity of charging me, for the safety of the republican regime, to take the urgent, indispensable measures neces sary to cut at the roots all attempts against the supreme power and rights of the citizens won by the revolution. "I, therefore, for the maintenance In the country of liberty and public order, am taking all measures which I shall (Concluded on Pago i. Column 1.) Forces Actually in Field on All Fronts Are 5,500,000 Halt Million Men In Hospitals. By the Associated Press. GRAND HEADQUARTERS OP THE FRENCH ARMT IN PRANCE, Sept. 10. The Associated Press Is able to give approximately the figures representing the man power of Germany in the war at the present time, together with the casualties, as follows: '.'' Fixed formations on various- fronts, employed on lines of communication and stationed In the interior, 6,600,000. Divisions undergoing formation and men In depots, 600,000. Losses In killed, permanently dis abled and prisoners, 4,000,000. 'Wounded under treatment at hospit als. 600,000. Total. 10.600,000. These figures account for all the men called up im the present for service, as follows: Trained men mobilized immediately on the outbreak of war, 4,500,000. Untrained ersatz (compensatory) re servists called out August, 1914, to February, 1915, 800,000. Class of 1914, recruits called out No vember, 1914, to January, 1915, 450,000. First band of untrained landsturm called out at beginning of 1915, 1,100, 000. Class of 1915 called out May-July, 1915, 450,000. Remainder of untrained landsturm called out the same month, 150,000. Class of 1916 called out September November, 1915. 450,000. Contingent of hitherto exempted men called out in October, 1915. 300,000. Second contingent exempted men called out early in 1916, 200,000. Second landsturm early in 1916, 450, 000. Class of 1917, called out March-No vember, 1916, 450,000. Third contingent exempted men late in 1916, 300,000. Class of 1919 called out in part In 1917. 300.000. Additional exempted men, 1917, 150, 000. Total. 10,500,000. The small discrepancy In the figures is accounted for by the omission of the small units. The total xnobilizable male resources of Germany since the begin ning of hostilities. Including the yearly classes of recruits up to 1920, number about 14,000.000. Those., called up number 10.600,000. The remainder are accounted for as follows: - - - - The remaining portion of the class of 1919 awaiting call. 150.000."" Class of 1920 still uncalled. 450,000. Men employed as Indispensable In In dustries and administrations, 500,000. Men . abroad unable to reach Ger many. 200,000. Men entirely exempted owing to physical disability, 2,100,000. Recruits of the 1920 class cannot be called legally until they attain their 17th birthday. WOUNDED MAN ON DUTY Portland Lad, Injnred Last Week, Returns to Trenches. OTTAWA, Sept. 10. The current mil itary lists contain the following: "Wounded, now returning to duty. C. G. Frisbie, Portland, Or." Clayton G. Frisbie. aged 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Frisbie, bookkeeper for the legal firm of Carey & Kerr, of 1308 East Thirteenth street, is a member of Fourth Company, Canadian Machine Gun Corps, fighting on the French front, and he was wounded In last week's fighting, according to a dispatch from Ottawa received Satur day by his father. Information was also sent that he was returning to duty. Toung Frisbie is a Portland boy, born and educated here. He was a student in the Jefferson High School when he enlisted in the Canadian forces in June, 1916. He was also a carrier for The Oregonlan. E. E. KELLY MADE MAJOR Med ford Spanisli War Veteran Com missioned In Signal Corps. MEDFORD, Or.. Sept. 10. (Special.) Former Prosecuting Attorney E. E. Kelly, of Medford, well-known lawyer and angler, has received a commission as Major in the United States Signal Corps. He expects orders to report soon. Mr. Kelly is a Spanish War vet eran and it was largely upon this record that he received the appoint ment. He enlisted as a private In the Signal Corps of the Ndrth Dakota vol .unteers and went to the Philippines with General Merritt. He was recom mended for Congressional medal with others for gallantry at the battle of Manila and at the outbreak of the na tive Insurrection was commissioned Second Lieutenant for distinguished service In recovering wire and other needed material from insurgent terri tory. RED CROSS AGENT NAMED C. D. Stimson Will Be Manager for Northwestern States. NEW YORK, Sept. 10. Henry P. Davison, chairman of the Red Cross Council, announced here today the ap pointment of C. D. Stimson as manager of the Northwestern division of the Red Cross. This division comprises the states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho, with a membership of 84,529, divided among 79 chapters, with head quarters at Seattle. Mr. Stimson is the 11th division man ager of the 13 to be named. Acts Cause for War if U. S. Desires. EXPLANATIONS ARE EXPECTED Argentina's Attitude Surprise to Administration. HOLLAND, TOO, SUSPECTED Indies Ample Security That .Dutch Will Not Enter "War on Side'of Germans Ambassadors' Recall Looked For. BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 10. The Ar gentine Foreign Minister said today that be im surprised that after 48 hours either the Swedish nor the German legation ku sent to the Argentine gov ernment a denial of the charge. BT CHARLES MICHELSON. WASHINGTON. Sept. 10. (Special.) It looks pretty serious for Sweden, despite the State Department's scoffing at the Idea of war resulting from the Swedish Foreign Office's turning itself Into an annex of tfee German intelli gence department. The present attitude of the United States is one of polite expectancy. Sweden has been accused of violating the ethics of diplom-cy by transmit ting information from this ide of the ocean for our enemy. Degree of Turpitude In Doubt. She did this either knowing that the messages for which she acted as carrier called for the death, of Argentina steamer crews, by revealing the where abouts of two vessels and recommend ing that no trace be left of their de struction, or, unknowing, forwarding German dispatches In cade u:.der cover of a friendly embassy's privilege. "It is rather difficult to fix the degree of international turpitude between theee two courses. Is it worse to be a party i an assassination than to place your whole establishment at the disposal Of an "assassin, without a question, or vice versa? Comment la Withheld. Sweden has given us what the diplo mats love to describe as a c-sus belli; whether we choose to a all ourselves of the said excuse for war Is a matter of American expediency. So grave is the situation that . the gentlemen of the foreign relations com mittee of the Senate, a ordinarily gar rulous and informing aggregation, are resolutely :ongue-tied -onight. Argentine Attitude Amazes. As to the Argentine attitude there was astonishment, not unmixed with dismay, in Administration circles when the Associated Press cables announced that the southern republic" regarded it as a matter entirely between the Swede and German representatives in Buenos Aires. The Argentine Ambassador. Senor Romulo S. Naon, who never makes a (Concluded on Page 3, Column 1.) ANOTHER ONE ON THE GRILL i . . . . . ........ . . '. . i Citizenship Is Denied One of Forty Slackers, Most of. Whom Are From Same Boar ding-House. ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 10. (Special.) "A hotbed or. nest for breeding dis loyalty to the Government and for aid ing our. enemies.". That was the appellation applied to day by H. B. Hazard, naturalization examiner, to a Finnish boarding-house in this city. The accusation was made In connec tion with the application of Carl F. Laiho, a Finn, for admission to citizen ship, which came up for hearing in the Circuit Court. Mr. Hazard said that, although Laiho had lived in the coun try 10 years and had enjoyed all the rights of citizenship, he proved to be a slacker when the call came to regis ter for military service, and of 40 other Finnish slackers, nearly all were from this boarding-house. All these men, when they finally reg istered several days after the date set, claimed exemption because "It was against their principles." Mr. Hazard said that after register ing Laiho went to Seattle and got a passport from the Russian Consul, hoping to return to Finland and par ticipate in the German propaganda to handicap the new Russian government. Judge Eakin dismissed Laiho's ap plication. In doing so the court said: "The man's acts were at least seditious, and look like treason." .' AMERICANS ARE WOUNDED But Dozen From United States An swer Kollcall After Battle. PARIS. Sept. 10. In. the last great battle on the western front when the roll of the foreign legion was called only 12 Americans answered to their names, says the Paris edition of the New York Herald. Several Americans were wounded in the recent fighting, the Herald adds, among them Parrlngf ield. of San Fran cisco, shot below the knee; Rockwell "Phillppi," of California, and Knock. The wounds of the last two men are serious. ITALIAN WARSHIP IS SUNK Fifty of Crew Lost in Mediterranean When UrnbertO'I aits Mine. AN . ATLANTIC PORT. .. Sept. 10. News of ' the sinking of the Italian warship Umberto I, by striking a mine while convoying merchant vessels through' the Mediterranean Sea, was brought to an Atlantic port by a Nor wegian steamship today. Fifty of the crew perished, according to the story told here. The Umberto I was a converted mer chantman. WOUNDED SOLDIER TALKS Louis Bonschor Says He Was At tacked by Two at North Yakima. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Sept. 10. Private Louis Bouschor, of the Oregon troops, who was shot Thursday night on the street here, has been able to make a statement in which he says he was attacked by two men he did not know, who waylaid him and disap peared immediately after the shooting. Measure Will Raise $2,400,000,000. SENATE YOTE IS 69 TO 4 Consumption Taxes on Sugar, Tea, Cocoa Are Eliminated. INHERITANCE TAX REJECTED McKellar . Amendment, Providing Zone Increase in Second-class Postage Kates, Removed Bill Will Now Go to Conference. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. The war tax bill the largest single taxation measure in American history was passed tonight by the Senate. It pro vides for a levy somewhat under $2, 400,000,000, as compared with $1,867, 870,000 proposed in the bill as It passed the House May 23. The vote was 69 to 4, Senators Borah. Gronna. La Follette and Norrls being recorded in opposition. The consumption taxes, of one-half a cent a pound on sugar, 2 cents on coffee, 5 cents on tea, 3 cents on cocoa, and from 1 to 2 cents a gallon on mo lasses were cut down by overwhelming majorities. .A. final vote on Senator Broussard's motion to eliminate them all was 53 to 28. Credits BUI Comes Next. The great bill, nearly four months in the making, will be returned to the House tomorrow and then goes to con ference, with enactment within 10 days or two weeks probable. Senators Simmons, Stone and Williams, Demo crats, and Penrose and Lodge. Repub licans, of the finance committee, were appointed the Senate's conferees. Awaiting- the Senate In. the' final struggle over war fiscal policies is the- lll.BOO.OOO.OCO credits bill, -which passed the House unanimously and upon which work will be begun to morrow by the Senate-, finance com mittee. , ' V War Profits Principal Source. Of the $2,400,000,000 new taxes pro vided In the tax bill for the duration of the war $342,200,000 Is to be taken from Incomes, corporate and individ ual, and $1,060,000,000 from war profits. Most of the remainder is levied on liquor, tobacco and public utilities. In tonight's cleanup the principal eleventh-hour actions of the Senate were elimination of all provisions for taxing publishers and increasing second-class periodical postage rates and all consumption taxes on sugar, tea, coffee and cocoa, the latter reducing the bill $86,000,000. The Senate also struck out the clause proposing re peal of the "drawback" or re-export allowance given, sugar refiners and defeated- proposals to add Inheritance taxes. In .a last effort of the high tax group to increase taxes, the Senate re (Concluded on PaKB 7, Column 4.) Count Covers Principal Cities Dal las, Tex., Joins Ranks of Prohibition. PORTLAND. Me., Sept. 10. Equal suffrage for Maine women was defeat ed two to one at the special election today, according to newspaper returns tonight from two-thirds of the state. The total for 43S out of 639 elec tion precincts, including all cities, was 17,035 in favor and 31,807 opposed. The total vote of the cities was: Yes, 7444; no, 15,597. The towns reported stood: Tes. 9591; no, 16,210. The voting was on a proposed con stitutional amendment adopted at the last session of the Legislature after 40 years of effort on the part of suffrage workers in Maine. The Maine Equal Suffrage League and the Suffrage Referendum League of Maine conducted an active cam paign for the amendment. The oppos ing forces have been led by the Maine Association Opposed ' to Suffrage for Women. DALLAS, Tex.. Sept. 10. Dallas, the most populous county In Texas, voted "dry" In a local option election today. With but six precincts out of 96 miss ing, the prohibitionists had a lead of approximately 1500. About 19.000 votes were polled out of a registration of 28,000. The county outside the city of Dallas, which has been "dry" for 20 years, was the deciding factor in the election, the city having voted "wet" by about 700 majority. The last previous local op tion election in that county was held in 1903. More than 200 saloons and several of the largest wholesale liquor houses In the Southwest will be af fected by today's election. Prohibition leaders said tonight Dal las was the largest city in the country to vote out liquor by local option. DULUTH. Minn., Sept. 10. St. Louis County today swung into the dry col umn by a majority of more than 3000 votes in the local option election. As a result, the county will become dry March 20,- 1918. Duluth gave the dry 3 701 majority as against 1378 at the last municipal election, when the option question was voted on locally. RUBLES SLUMP ONE CENT Russian Exchange Is Down 70 Per Cent From Peace Time Price. , JJEW TOBK, Sept. 10. Rubles sold -at" discount of 70 per cent from the normal rates of peace times in the ex change market here today. As their rapid decline continued a further slump of 1 cent, bringing down the demand rates to the new low record for Rus sian exchange of 15. Absence of demand made It impos sible to find a market except at con cessions, although offerings were small and there was little business. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 65 degrees; minimum. bO degrees. TODAY'S- Showers; moderate south to southwest winds. War. Economlo conditions impel Germany to seek peace, rage -. Italy denies Austria's claims of victory. Page 2. Sweden will feel heavier export restrictions. Pass 2. Korniloff forces march on Petrograd after Premier demands that plotting General resign. Page 1. Germany's losses total 4,000.000. Page 1. Foreign. Gerard discusses German trade as one aim of the world war. Page 5. Paul Painleve. French War Minister, be comes Premier. Page 3. National Sweden facing serious situation. Page X. Washington gloomy over Russian situation. Page 4. Senate passes war tax bill 69 to 4. Page 1. Iomestic. Maine votes down woman suffrage two to one. Pago 1- Government agents raid offices of Philadel phia Tageblatt. Page 5. Jollet riots break out anew. Page 4. Sports. Pactflo Coast League results: San Francisco 6-5, Vernon 5-1; Los Angeles 4-8. Oakland 0-1. Page 12. Frank Orsattl, Los Angeles boxing promoter, visits Portland. Page 12. High School squads start practice. Page 12. Boxers ready for Vancouver card tomorrow. Page 12. Hiram Conlbear, noted rowing coach of Washington, killed in tali from tree. Page 4. Coast colleges start plans for football season. Page 13. Commercial and Marine. Oregon hop crop is half picked. Page 17. Eastern millers not permitted to buy wheat direct from growers. Page 17. Shipworkers waiting for result of Friday's conference. Page 14. One hundred and -sixteen ships under con tract in Oregon district. Page 14. Faclfio Northwest. Polk farmer and married woman of Dallas disappear at Garibaldi. Page 1. Astoria boarding-house called nest of trea son. Page 1. Camp Lewis now numbers 1900 men. Page 4. Public Service Commission plans to try six cent carfare iu Portland six months. Page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Barbers generally advance shaving price 5 cents. Page 13. Harold M. Weeks marries, becomes officer and Joins aviators. Page 9. Tobacco fund of The Oregonlan for American soldiers $323. Page 7. Women of Woodcraft- open annual meeting here. Page 1. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 14. Lumbermen fight proposed UO.OOO-pound minimum lor cars. Page 11. Colonels Dentler and May address Chamber of Commerce members on war duties of citizens. Page 11. Woman's ring is clew In near-murder mys tery. Page 10. Adjutant-General White sends out second call lor mobilization. Page 5. Fourteen arrested and 10 convicted of pro hlbitlon law breaches. Page 6. Mrs. Victoria Colby, suing city for $23,000 damages, is called "laker" by witness. Page 6. County Fair opens at Gresham at 1 o'clock this afternoon, page 6. Police accused ml stealing whisky. Pag 13. E. R. Viers and Mrs. W. A. Graham Missing. GRABBING TRIP IS ESSAYED Abandoned Auto at Garibaldi Tells of Disappearance. PAIR LEAVE IN R0WB0AT Government Coast Guards After Fu tile Seacb, Advance Theory That Boat Was Swamped and Couple Drowned. BAR VIEW, Or., 6ept. 10. (Special. E. R. Viers. a young: Polk County farm, er, and Mrs. W. A. Graham, wife of si young; business man of Dallas, left herel last Thursday in an automobile, say ing: they were going; crabbing in Tilla mook Bay. At Garibaldi they rented a rowboat, and, leaving; Mrs. Graham', hat and coat in their car, put out They have not been seen since. Search by Government lifesavers Iri progress since yesterday, when they; were first notified of the young cou ple's disappearance, has failed to reveal their whereabouts. The boat has not been found. In a cottage here were found their extra clothing, $13 in cash and Viers check book. The most generally accepted theory regarding their fate Is that they were accidentally drowned. There was a rough sea on the day they disappeared. Members of the coast guard crew think it likely that they attempted to crosa the strait to Bayocean and that the boat capsized there or was swept out to sea on the fast-running tide, which, had begun to ebb as they left. Today Viers' father and other rela tives arrived and took up the search, but to no avail. Late today the coast guards started in search of a boat re ported by fishermen on Bayocean point, which was eald to resemble the miss ing craft. FAMIUES ARE CLOSE FRIENDS Suggestion of Elopement Flouted by Young Man's Mother. E. R. Viers is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel E. Viers, 633 East Thir teenth street. Portland. Mr. Viers Is general agent here for the Interna tional Harvester Company of America. He was at Bar View yesterday aiding: in the search being made for his Bon, and no word was received from him by Mrs. Viers and other members of the family. It was declared at the Viers homo last night that the Viers and Graham families have been close friends foe years, and that it is a mistake to as sume a runaway had been planned by the couple. Mr. Graham is with Mr. Viers, Sr., conducting the . search. A letter received here Friday by the fam ily from the son announced he in tended to reach Portland Friday night or Saturday for a short visit. Word from Mr. Viers, Sr., is expected today by his family. VIERS IS FOLK RANCHER Mrs. Graham Wife of Prominent Business Man of Dallas. DALLAS. Or., Sept. 10. (Special.) E. R. Viers has been living on his father's farm near here for several years past. The elder Mr. Viers lives in Portland. Mrs. Graham is the wife of William Allen Graham, a prominent young busi ness man here. If the couple left here together the fact was not known. News of the supposed tragedy reached relatives of both young people here Sunday, being telephoned from Bar View, where search of their effects had disclosed their Identity. PRETTY GIRL IS SUICIDE Miss Nellie Hersey, 2 3, Takes Poison at Clyde Hotel. Miss Nellie Hersey, 23, and pretty, committed suicide at her room in the Clyde Hotel shortly before midnight last night by drinking poison. Her cries were heard by C. Thomas, whose room adjoined that of the girl's and who found her unconscious on the floor in the hall. He carried the girl into her room, where she died a few moments later. Miss Hersey had recently come to Portland from Seattle. Despondency is believed to have caused her to take her life. RUSS0 - AMERICANS HELD Emigrants Accused of Efforts to In cite Anarchy. . HARBIN. Manchuria, Aug. 9. (By Mail.) Forty RuBslan emigrants from America have been arrested and de tained here because of their seditious statements and efforts to incite an archy. The detention of these agitators in dicates a determination on the part of the Petrograd government to check the inflow of undesirables- who are rushing back to Russia.
