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VOL,. LVII. NO. 17,724.
PORTLAND, OREGON, .WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 12, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ILOFF SHELLS
SCHOOL FIGURES
SHOW LARGE GAIN
OCEAN RATE KEY TO
HIGH WHEAT PRICE
PRICE OF SALMON
WILL BE 15 CENTS
TRADE OF WORLD
TO BE SOCIALIZED
DIVA PLAYS ROLE
OF REAL HEROINE
SWEDEN WILL NOT
CAPITAL DEFENDERS
RECALL MINISTER
INCREASE .OF 3419 PUPILS IS
SHOWN OVER 1916.
FOOD ADMINISTRATION PRE
VENTS FORCED ADVANCE.
MME. SCHUMANN HEINK SAVES
BOY FROM SNAKE BITE.
KORN
V
Battle Between Rebels
and Loyal Troops On.
ENEMY IS HEARING PETROGRAD
Kerensky Asks for Dictator
ship During Crisis.
PREMIER HOLDS RAILROADS
Several Generals Are -Arrested and
Government Employs Iron Hand
to Stamp Out Revolt Navy
Pledges Its Loyalty.
PttTROGRAD, Sept. 11. General
Korniloft's march toward Petrograd
continues.
According- to a statement circulated
at the Winter Palace early this morn
ing and which is repeated in today's
newspapers but -which has not been of
ficially confirmed or denied, the first
collision between the troops and the
government forces already has taken
place, the followers of Korniloff hav
ing begun the hostilities by bombard
ing government positions, with heavy
guns.
Gatchlna Is Taken.
The government is still withholding
news concerning the military situation.
A further report is to the effect that
at 10 o'clock last night two columns of
Korniloff's troops entered Gatchina, 35
miles from Petrograd without opposi
tion and that other forces are moving
on Tosno with the aim of cutting the
Petrograd railroad.
During the night telephone communi
cation with Tver (Central Russia)
ceased.
It is stated that ex-Minister of "War
Bavinkoff intends to command the gov
ernment troops, the other Generals
having refused to do so, while General
Klembovsky, commander of the North
ern army, has now definitely cham
pioned Korniloff's cause.
Cossacks Among Rebels.
The army of General Korniloff op
erating against the capital is believed
to consist of the following:
Several cossack regiments, the first
cavalry corps, "the savage division";
Tekke-Turkoman horsemen, a so-called
"striking battalion" of picked men or
ganized to fight against Germany; so
called Korniloff battalions, railroad and
sapper units, heavy artillery of four di
visions and some batteries of light ar
tillery. All the troops are-under com
mand of General Klimoff, former com
mandant of a cavalry corps.
An official announcement by Premier
Kerensky says:
"The superior officers everywhere are
acting in agreement with the revolu
tionary commissioners of the govern
ment and the committees at the front.
General Denikine, commander of the
southwestern front, and the whole of
his headquarters staff have been ar
rested. General Erdelli, formerly Mili
tary Governor of Petrograd, who dis
obeyed army commands, has also been
arrested, together with several mem
bers of his staff.
Baltic Fleet la Loyal.
"The Baltic fleet, with its officers,
has placed itself on the side of the
provisional government.
"Only small detachments of troopr
have been moved toward Petrograd by
Korniloff. Through deception they
have remained deluded regarding their
position. The further advance of these
echelons has been arrested and the
bonds between them broken.
"The government has taken measures
to put Petrograd in a state of defense
against attacks, and the hope is enter
tained that all bloodshed of civil war
will be avoided.
People Told to Be Calm.
"Evidence of , the loyalty of the
troops and people to the provisional
government is being received from all
the provinces, while all public organi
zations have announced their deter
mination to support the revolutionary
government by every possible means.
"It is essential to the safety of the
fatherland that complete unity of ac
tion be preserved. The government en
Joins absolute calm and urges com
plete submission to the government
and its representatives."
General Korniloff has ordered his
troops to detrain at the railroad station
at Dno and to march on and besiege
the city of Petrograd. Government in
fantry still is moving out of the capital
to oppose Korniloff's forces.
General Denikine. commander of the
Tttrssian armies on the southwestern
front, has telegraphed to Premier
Kerensky that he intends to support
General Korniloff.
Roumanian Front Loyal.
Lieutenant-General Dmitri Stcher
batcheff, commander of the Russian
forces on the Roumanian front, has or
dered his armies and also the Odessa
military district to take no part in the
conflict, at the' same time remaining
true to the provisional government.
One of General Korniloff's detach
ments is said to be advancing from
the Narva. Both side-i are still or.
ganizing and appealing for support.
The Bourse Gazette says the cavalry
which General Korniloff sent against
the capital reached Dno, 120 miles from
Petrograd. The military section of the
Council of Soldiers' and Workmen's
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Second Week Brings 2 4 00 More Stu
dents Than Enrolled on First
Say of New Term.
Attendance at the city schools at the
beginning of the second week of the
Fall term,'' Monday, showed a large
gain over registration figures on open
ing day, September 4, and a much heav
ier figure than on the second day of
school, September 5, 1916.
Monday's total of pupils in all de
partments was 29,309 as compared with
26,904 for the previous Tuesday and
25,890 for Tuesday, September 5, 1916.
Monday's big total, too, is shown de
spite the fact that but half the rooms
in the'new Woodstock School are open,
which house the first four grades only.
There are but 222 pupils at this school
and, when the remainder of the build
ing is opened, it will probably mean a
doubled attendance.
Night schools will open on October
1 and there "is every prospect - of a
heavy attendance. It is Indicated that
naturalization schools will be well at
tended, as there Is considerable ad
vance inquiry, and courts, as well a
naturalization officials, are co-operating
by advising aspirants for citizen
ship to attend these night classes.
SILVER ASCENDS TO 97
Government Quotation at Salt Lake
Is Highest Since 1891.
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 11. Silver
today reached its highest point since
1891. when the Government authorized
officials at the local assay office to pay
97 cents an ounce for it.
Only a week ago the price was raised
here to 95 cents, or five-eighths of a
cent below the New York quotation.
This was believed to be an exception
ally high price, but with developments
in the last week local silver men were
unwilling to give any opinion as to the
top price which might be obtained.
BOSTON OPERA HITS ROCKS
Noted Company Files Bankruptcy-
Schedule; Liabilities $123,000.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 11. The Boston
National Grand Opera Company, in
corporated, of this city, filed a sched
ule in bankruptcy here today giving
liabilities as il23,3S0. The company's
assets are not known.
Among the largest claims are the
Musical Art - Association, $29,000;
Giovanni Zenatello and Maria Gay, $15.-
215; Riccardo Martin. $6300; George
Baklanoff, $5663, and Maggie Teyte,
$5050.
PACIFIC RATES TO DROP
Japan to Supply Ships for Coast
Trade Is Reply.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 11. The Pa
cific Coast is to receive reduced freight
rates to the Orient and there is a
possibility of the transference of
Japanese ships to the trans-Pacific
run, according to dispatches received
tonight by the San Francisco Chamber
of Commerce from its Washington
representative.
Japan will turn over ships for op
eration in exchange for steel plates,
said the dispatches.
OATS DECLINE $2 PER TON
First Receipts Send Market Down
at Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash..-Sept. 11. (Special.)
The presence of first shipments of
the new oat crop on the Tacoma whole
sale market caused prices on this grain
to decline Tuesday $2 a ton, prices now
being $55 to $66. Dealers report the re
ceipts light, but heavy receipts on the
way.
The quality of the new grain is fine,
they say, and the opening buying is
good.
SUFFRAGE LOSES BY 15,000
Maine Vole Cast at Special Election
Smaller Than on Other Occasions.
PORTLAND. Me.. Sept. 11. The vote
b'y which the constitutional amendment
for woman suffrage was defeated in
the special election in this state yester
day with only a few small towns miss
ing, was 32.121 to 17,132.
The number of ballots Cast was
smaller than in some previous refer
endum elections.
WHEAT IS COMMANDEERED
Grain on Track in Nine States Ap
portioned Among Millers.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 11. All wheat on
track in the nine states under the con
trol of the St. Louis office of the Fed
eral Grain Control was seized Monday,
it was announced today by Edward M.
Flesh, in charge of this district.
The amount seized was more than
100 carloads. It was apportioned among
millers according to their needs.
Swedish Note Probe Is On.
BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 11. The Ar
gentine Congress has asked an expla
nation from the Foreign Minister of all
negotiations with Berlin regarding the
freedom of the seas and Argentine
ships.
It also asks for a full explanation of
the disclosures mad by the State De-
p-i liieiil at .Washington,
Liverpool Objective, Ac
cording to Hoover.
MIDDLE WEST IS PROTECTED
Freight Differential of 50 Cents
Held Too Great.
NORTHWEST IS CONSIDERED
Food Administrator Tells Senator
McNarj ' President's Commis
sion Went Over All Factors
and Decided Unanimously.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Sept. 11. Unless Portland can
show that it can export wheat by water
to Liverpool more cheaply than the
same wheat can be shipped by rail to
New York and thence by. steamer to
England it seems doubtful if the Ad
ministration will modify its wheat
price regulations so as to apply the
Chicago price at Portland.
This question of transportation lo
England and obtaining a low price to
Eastern buyers appears to have been
the primary consideration on which the
President's commission acted, as borne
out by a typewritten memorandum re
ceived today by Senator McNary from
Food Administrator Hoover.
Ocean FrtlgMi High.
In this memorandum Mr. Hoover
says:
"Dqring the whole of the past, year
and apparently for some time to come
the cost of ocean freight from Pa
cific Northwest ports on wheat to
Liverpool is higher than the cost of
shipping the same wheat from the
sea points by rail to the Atlantic sea
board and therefore the Pacific Coast
wheat must come directly into com
petition with the wheat in the Mis
sissippi Valleyr
"If - the President's commission had
fixed Portland as a base market as
well as Chicago and had placed them
on an equlvelant basis, the Northwest
wheat would flow into Portland and
would then have to be reshipped back
to the Mississippi Valley with an ac
cumulation of freight charges which
would make it some 50 cents a bushel
higher than the Mississippi Valley
wheat.
Northwest Is Considered.
"In such case either the Government
must take a loss of 50 cents a bushel or
the consumer must pay 50 cents more a
bushel for Northwestern wheat than for
Mississippi Valley wheat. It would be
utterly impossible for a miller purchas
ing wheat at this increased price to
compete with other millers buying Mis
sissippi Valley on the lower level.
"The marketing of the Northwestern
crop is starting at about 80 cents a
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Attention Also Called to Other Va
rieties of Fish Available at
Reasonable Cost.
Royal Chinook salmon, may be ob
tained today at any fish stand for 15
cents a pound or less, retail, it is au
thoritatively stated by W. K. Newell,
assistant to W. B. Ayer, "ocal repre
sentative of the Hoover food adminis
tration. Yesterday, because of .the fact that
canneries down the river bought up
at fancy figures all they could get hold
of, the Portland markets were left in
the lurch and 20 cents a pound was
the charge. There was much disap
pointment over the hitch, but Mr.
Ayer's office took immediate steps to
sej that a repetition of this was
blocked. Wholesalers were Interviewed
by Mr. Newell and assured him they
would sell the fish at a figure that
will enable retail dealers to sell to
the public at 15 cents a pound, dressed.
In purchasing a whole ilsh. it is prob
able a lower price may be obtained.
Mr. Ayer urges the people to. take
advantage of the excellent run of the
Chinooks, and at once, as they will
continue only a week or 10i days.
Housewives are urged to can their
Winter's supply.
Mr. Newell points out that there is
an excellent fish in ihe market, the
year around: blr.ck cod which is not
given much attention by the public, but
which is fine eating. The rate 'on
tbis fish is two pounds for 25 cents.
In a. short time, also, cold storage
smelts, finest quality, he says, will be
released at a price of three pounds for
25 cents. The food administration of
ficials want the use of fish to be universal.
GOLD PRODUCTION AIDED
lleavy Summer Rainfall In Alaska
"" Declared Beneficial.
DAWSON, Y. T.. Sept. 11. Reports
from Nome, Alaska, say that the heavy
rainfall of last Summer wilt result in
a large production of gold. Experts
are tracing platinum deposits in the
Dime Creek country, tributary to tlie
Kuyokuk River, on the Lower Yukon.
The metal in the Dime Creek country
comes from lava fields in the vicinity,
experts say.
AVIATOR DIES OF BURNS
Minneapolis . Youth Plunges 2 00
. Feet at Aviation School.
FORT SILL, Okla.. Sept. 11. Roder
ick R. Kennedy, Minneapolis, Mlnn pri
vate In the Third Aero Squadron, died
today as the result of burns received
When he crashed 200 feet to earth in a
burning airplane at the aviation camp
here this morning.-
BRITISH LOSSES 26,626
Dead for Week Reported at 4183;
Wounded and Missing 21,678.
LONDON, Sept. 11. Casualties in the
British ranks reported du . ig the week
ending today show a total of 26,626
officers and men, as follows:
Officers killed and died of wounds,
184; men, 4183. Officers wounded or
missing, 581; men, 21,678.
Gerard Foresees New
Conditions After War.
GERMANY HAS POINTED WAY
Central Buying Company Has
All Raw Material.
SELLING. COMBINE NEEDED
Webb Bill Declared to Be Manifest
' ly for Benefit of American Pro
ducers of Foods and
Manufacturers.
BY JAMES W. GERARD.
American Ambassador to the German Im
perial Coiirt. July 28. 1013. to February
' 4. 1017. Copyright, 1917. by the Public
Ledger Company.
Of course, the Prussian Junkers ex
cuse the imposition of the tariff on food
and the regulations made to prevent
the entry of foodstuffs on the ground
that German agriculture must be en
couraged first, in order to enable the
population to subsist in time of war
and blockade, and. secondly, in order
to encourage the peasant class, which
furnishes the most solid soldiers to the
imperial armies.
The nations and business men of the
world will have to face after the war
a new condition, which we may call
socialized buying and socialized sell
ing. Tariff Hlsh on Luxuries.
Not long after the commencement of
the war the Germans placed a prohibi
tive tariff upon the import of certain
articles, of luxury, such as perfumes.
etc., their object, of course, being to
keep the German people from sending
money out of the country and wasting
their money on useless expenditures.
At the same time a great institution
was formed called the Central Einkauf
Gesellschaft. This body, formed under
government auspices of men appointed
from civil life, is somewhat similar to
one of our . National defense bfcards.
Every import of raw material into Ger
many falls into the hands of this cen
tral buying company, and If a German
desires to buy any raw material for
uso in his factory he must buy it
through this central board.
Forelico Buylnic Centralised.
I have 'talked with members of this
board, and they all unite .in the belief
that this system wiy be continued after
the war.
For instance, if a man in Germany
wishes to buy an automobile or a pearl
necklace or a case of perfumery, he
will be told: "You can buy this if you
can buy it in Germany. But if you
have to send to America for the auto
mobile, if you have to send to Paris for
the pearls or the perfumery, you can
not buy them." In this way the gold
supply of Germany will be husbanded,
and the people will be either prevented
from making comparatively useless ex-
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Grand Opera Star Sucks Poison
From Rattler Sting on Wrist -of
Mexican Youth.
PHOENIX, Ariz.. Sept. 11. (Spe
cial.) Mme. Schumann Heink appeared
today in the light of a heroine, sucking
at a gashed wrist of a Mexican boy in
what appears to have been an effective
effort to extract the venom of a rattle
snake bit. The lad has been brought
here for treatment and is reported out
of danger.
The story comes from Wenden, a
desert station of the Arizona & Cali
fornia Railroad, where the diva was
visiting her son. There is indefinite
information that she went to her son's
ranch, six miles from the station, there
finding that her dauriter-in-law had
been stung by a scorpion.
The Mexican volunteered to obtain
a piece of rattlesnake flesh to bind as
a cure on the sting, which was painful
though not serious. The snake was
found, but the lad was bitten as he
tried to capture it. Then it was that
the great singer took on the new char
acter of first-aid nurse.
2-PLAT00N RAISES RATES
New System at Tacoma to Make In
surance Cost 2 5 Per Cent More.
TACOMA. Wash.. Sept. 11. (Special.)
Rules governing the new' two-platoon
system of the Tacoma fire depart
ment will be presented to the City
Council tomorrow. The contemplated
system places the department on two
shifts, the day shift ten hours long and
the plght shift 14 hours.
Harry Chantler, fire marshal in this
district, called on Commissioner of
Public Safety Fettlt today and informed
him that the head of the underwriters
in Seattle assured him that the fire
rates in Tacoma would be raised 25 per
cent when, the new system is installed
CLOUDBURST HITS MORROW
Lexington. Flooded and Heppner
Power Plant Shut Off
HEPPNER, Or..Sept. 11. (Special.)
A heavy rain storm passed over
Heppner last night, effectually break
ing the 40-day drouth. The Heppner
Light & Water Company , wires were
short-circuited, leaving the city In
darkness for a couple of hours.
The storm center passed a few miles
north of here and in Black Horse Can
yon and on Rhea Creek assumed the
proportions of a cloudburst. Lexington
streets were flooded, but no particular
damage was done.
OLD GLORY UP AT VERDUN
American Flag Presented by Red
Cross Hoisted With Ceremony.
PARIS. Sept. 11. The American col
ors now fly over Verdun.
The Flag, which was the gift of a
prominent American Red Cross worker
to the city, was hoisted over the ruin
of the city hall after a ceremony at
tended by the sub-preftvt.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 73
defcreea ;minimum, 56; part cloudy.
TOUAY'S Rain, moderate southerly winds.
Foreign.
German children mobilize to stir senti
ment upon Wilson's peace reply. Page X
Trade of world to be socialized. Page 1.
War.
Two steamers sunk; U-boat believed to have
been lost. Page 4.
Raiding; parties of frequent occurrence.
Page 5.
Clash between government troops and Rus
sian rebels reported. Page 1.
Sweden will not retail Minister to Argen
tina. Page 1.
National.
Hoover tells Senator McNary Northwest can
not expect higher wheat rate. Page 1.
Washington natisfied with either Kerensky
or Korniloff If sufficient strength is mus
tered. Page 'J,
liomrM lc.
Husband shot by woman formerly residing
near Seattle and whose brother is pastor
at Kent. Wash. Page 2.
Many student officers found physically un
fit. Page 3.
Late president of Chemical National de
faulter. Page -.
Schumann Heink saves Mexican lad's life.
Page 1.
Sport a.
Pacific Coast League, results: Vernon -. Salt
Lake 0; Oakland 0. tian Francisco 4.
Page 8.
Boxers ready for gong st Vancouver tonight.
I'age 8.
Intf rscholastlc football to be played this
Kail. Pago 8.
McCredle's pennant bug buzzing. Page 8.
rarific Northwest.
Methodist ministerial
appointments an -
nounced. Pago tt.
Coast Artillerymen have
gun practice.
Page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Oregon potato crop estimated at half
of
last year. Page 17.
Canada fixes maximum wheat price at $2.20.
Page 17.
Sharp declines In motor shares and other
specialties. Page 17.
Licenses to bo issued more freely to river
navigators. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Price of salmon to bo 15 cents. Page 1.
School attendance shows big increase.
Hage 1.
Patrolmen Glesner and Love accused of
taking liquor. Page 11.
Governor opens fair at Gresham. Page 9.
Police believe Harry Clark, still uncon
scious, hit by unknown automobile.
Page 12.
Special commission finds milk is higher,
while quality is lower. Page 9.
Streetcar fare to he topic of mass meeting
Friday. Pago 12.
Hotel men plan to conserve foods. Fage 13.
Oaks closes successful season. Page 2.
Plan to end viaduct dispute goes to Council
today. Page .
Mayor Baker lines tip slab and cordwood
to prevent fuel speculators from gouging
public. Page 5.
City block, valued at $257,000. bought by
Liberty Investment Company. Page 7.
Foreign Office Upholds
Representative.
GOOD FAITH IS MAINTAINED
Simple Promises Will Not Sat
isfy Allied Governments.
EXPOSE AIDS SOCIALISTS
Flections Now Under Way, and Acts
of Government Will Have Large
Influence Socialist Premier
In January Is Predicted.
STOCKHOLM. Sept. Baron
Lowen. the Swedish Minister to Argen
tina, will not be recalled, according; to
r statement made to the press tonight
by Admiral Unlman, Minister of For
eign Affairs. .
The Foreign Minister told the news
papermen that Baron Low .n was not
blamable for the tenor of the messages
which passed through the Swedish Le
gation, sent by the German charge to'
the Berlin Foreign Office, and as he
had acted in good faith and did not
know the contents of the dispatches,
he would not be recalled.
Public Shoivi threat Interest.
The public showed great interest in
the statement of the Foreign Office
regarding the Swedish - Argentina
revelations.
During the day no officials df the
Foreign Office were available for ex
pressions of opinion on the situation.
The Cabinet was in session from 2
o'clock in the afternoon until 5 o'clock
after which the Foreign Office com
munication was made public.
It is the general impression, even
among the stroni'ly opposed political-,
parties that Sweden acted in good faith
in the matter of the German telegrams
but public opinion, nevertheless, is
stirred by the fact that code telegrams
of German origin were permitted to be
forwarded without giving the Swedish
officials the key to the code.
More Documents Expected.
The incident is expected to place the
late Cabinet in an unfavorable light
and also to have a great bearing on
the general elections now in progress.
Foreign Minister Lindman added that
he would not be astonished if Secre
tary of State Lansing had more docu
ments of a similar nature in store,
emanating from the European side and
in good faith and with the consent of
Great Britain forwarded to German
official representatives in South Amer
ica. WASHINGTON'. Sept. 11. Sweden's
acknowledgment that her diplomatio
service acted as a channel of communi
cation between the Berlin Foreign Of
fice and Count Luxburg. German Charge
in Argentina; but was ignorant of the
contents of the dispatches, was received
by State Department officials without
surprise, as was the declaration that
steps will be taken to prevent a re
petition of the incident.
Promises Ntit Knougta.
But it was made clear that thesa
simple declarations will not be enough.
Sweden, it was said, is expected to go
further and correct the principle. Re
adjustment of the conditions bearing
on the situation must be extended, it
was said, until the allied powers feel
that certain military information can
not be sent to the enemy from any
neutral country where agents of the
Kaiser may be taking advantage of
the diplomatic privileges of the Stock
holm Foreign Office and its represen
tatives. I'ntil officially advised, the State De
partment will take no official cogniz
ance of Sweden's explanation and it is
not improbable that even then action
may be delayed until a concert of opin
ion among the allied governments can
be obtained.
Allien May Art Together.
It was suggested, however, that any
hesitation by Sweden to carry remedial
measures far enough might result in
representations by all the allied pow
e rs.
LONDON. Sept. 11. The following
statement from an authoritative source
was made to the Associated Press to
day with reference to the revelations
concerning Sweden.
"There is no need for any action on
the part of the allies regarding the
Swedish exposures, nor is any action,
joint or otherwise, contemplated. The
facts as narrated speak for themselves.
Kxpoe Aids Socialists.
"This is not a case of any quarrel
on the part of the allies with the
Swedish people, but of invididual action
by Individual officials, which it is con
fidently believed will be strongly re
sented by the Swedish people. There
can be no doubt that Sweden will take
the earliest opportunity to explain her
position, and this, it is hoped, will clear
the air and even lead to a better un-'
Ct rstanding."
In Swedish circles in London tha
view is expressed that the revelations
come just in time to insure a big vic
tory for the Liberal Socialist bloc in
the Swedish elections, which are now
urder way and which will continue
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