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VOL,. IVII. XO. 17,714.
PORTLAND, OKEGOy, FKIDAlf, . OCTOBER 5, 1917.
1'KICE FIVE CENTS.
13 O. A.C. MEN GIVE
SKIN TO SAVE LIFE
GERMAN
RAIDERS
T' HUT AT CAMP
LEWIS COLLAPSES
LEHIHE'S RADICALS
SLUGGER0F WOMEN
TERROR OF SEATTLE
LEAVE GORY TRAIL
fill AT CUM
AUTO VICTIM GETS 130 SQUARE
INCHES OF EV CUTICLE.
STRUCTURE UNABLE TO- WITH
STAND SOLDIERS' WEIGHT. '
ESTIIER THAYER, 18, ATTACKED
SECOND TIME IN 3 DAYS.
20,000 U. S. PLANES
HQWdl WAY
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"Lyes" to Be Ready as
Soon as Army.
RIVE On wESTER
III SOUTH PACIFIC
Seeadler Wrecked and
Crews Divided
CAPTURED CRAFT UTILIZED
Manila, Known in Portland,
Among Late Victims of
Teuton Marauder.
ISLAND REFUGEES STARVE
Captain of American Schooner
Makes Way in Open Boat
to Samoan Islands.
"WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. Two Ger
man commerce raiders, manned by
the crew of the famous Seeadler,
which, it now develops, stranded on
Mopeha Island, in the South Pacific,
after .roaming the seas for - seven
months, preying on American and al
lied shipping, are operating some
where in the South Seas, according
to a report received tonight at the
Navy Department from the command
er of the naval station at Tutuila,
Samoan Islands. ' '
The dispatch transmitting the story
of Captain Haldor Smith, of the
American schooner R. C. Slade, one
of the Seeadler's victims, was sent on
September 29, several weeks after the
two new raiders left Mopeha Island,
where they had been captured by the
Germans.
Dozen Sunk in Atlantic
The first put to sea on August 21
and the other on September 5, and it
probably was their operations which
led to recent reports of raiders in the
Pacific.
Before coming to grief on August
2 the Seeadler had added the Ameri
can schooners A. B. Johnson, Manila
and Slade to the list of at least 12
allied vessels which she sank early
this year in the South Atlantic Ocean.
In the long period from last March,
when she was last heard from, the
raider probably sent down other craft
encountered in passing through the
Atlantic, around Cape Horn and across
the Pacific to the Society Group of
French islands, of which Mopeha is
one.
Seeadler Abandoned on Beach.
The Seeadler, according to Captain
Smith's report, arrived at Mopeha on
July 31. Two days later she stranded
on the island and was abandoned as
a total loss, the master and crew with
27 white men and 17 native prisoners
making shore in safety. The company
remained there until August 21, when
the Seeadler's master, accompanied by
three officers and two men, put to
sea in a motor sloop with machine
guns, rifles,, bombs and about two
months' supplies.
The remainder of the crew stayed
n the island until September 5, when
the French schooner Lutece, bound out
of Tahiti, Society Islands, arrived at
Mopeha and was seized. The schooner
was equipped with machine guns.
rifles and bombs, and the Germans
immediately put to sea in her.
Trip Made in Open Boat.
The Seeadler's prisoners, of whom
Captain Smith was one, were left on
the almost desolate island, but on Sep
tember 19 Smith and three others of
the prisoners departed in an open
boat and reached Tutuila 10 days
later. Smith reported the prisoners
badly in need of food and water.
The dispatch from the naval officer
did not indicate the size of the raiders,
and nothing is known of them, as one
was unnamed, while . the French
schooner Lutece is not listed in avail
able shipping records."
The dispatch from Tutuila, as an
nounced tonight by the Navy Depart
ment, follows:
Schooner Is Burned.,
"The master of the American
I schooner R. C. Slade arrived in an
i open boat at this island with three
other men from Mopeha Island, which
they left September 19. The master,
Haldor Smith, states that his vessel
was captured by the German raider
Seeadler on June 17. The schooner
was destroyed by burning and the en
tire crew was taken aboard the raider.
"Smith further states that the
Seeadler captured on June 14 the
American schooner A. B. Johnson, and
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Young Men Who Part With Flesh
Are Gritty and Refuse to Take
Anything to Lessen. Pain.
COHVALLIS. Or.. Oct. . (Special.)
Thirteen gritty young men today are
minus ISO square inches of skin, and
Harry Weigcr, Roseburg man at the
Corvallis Hospital, as a result of an
automobile and electrical accident
near Granger two weeks ago. has Just
added that amount of good skin to
his neck, back, arms and legs.
"W'eiger and Gus Lundgren were
badly injure, by bumping into a tele
phone pole at the Granger crossing.
An electric power wire was broken,
hung down and electrified a fence.
Lundgren had an arm amputated at
Fortland the ' other day. and is in a
precarious condition, while "Weiger has
remained at the local hospital.
Weiger has been improving, but new
skin was necessary to his proper re
covery. "Volunteers were called for. and
today the operation was performed. At
the last the requirement was so great
that it seemed the available material
was about to run out, when a hurry
call was sent to Oregon Agricultural
College boys, and they responded in
such numbers that another skin-grafting
operation might have been per
formed. . The boys are said to have shown a
lot of grit, the. students undergoing
the scalping knife without taking a
stimulant or an opiate of any kind.
The entire list of those who gave
up cuticle is as follows: Harry Mel
gon. Linn Harris and Kenneth Ken
nedy, of Albany; Harold Harrington,
Earl Reynolds. Ellsworth Ricketts,
Roy Jessup, Ralph Melson, Joe Under
wood, Willette Murray, William
Teutsch. Harold White and Linn Fabin,
all of Corvallis.
NET REVENUES DECREASE
August, 1917, Xot So Profitable for
Western Roads as August, 1916.
WASHINGTON", Oct. 4. Western rail
roads show a falling off in net revenue
from operation in the month of August,
compared with August last year, ac
cording to preliminary figures made
public today by the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Reports from S3 of the leading rail
roads show an Increase of approxi
mately 520,000,000 over August, 1916, in
both operating revenues and expenses,
the totals being 169,452,658 and 1114.
297,648 : espectlvely.
Western railroads show- revenues
during the month of $67,525,619. an in
crease of approximately $5,500,000,
while expenses Increased approximately
6,000,000.
PERU'S MINISTER DILATORY
Ultimatum Xoti Delivered to Ger
many as Instructed.
LIMA, Peru. Oct. 4. The Peruvian
government nas aiscoverea mat j. vou
der Heyde, the Peruvian Minister to
Germany, disobeyed the instructions
sent to him September 26 to present to
the German Foreign Office an ulti
matum demanding, under the threat of
breaking diplomatic relations, that
satisfaction be given within eight days
for the sinking of the Peruvian bark
Lorton. He did not deliver the note.
The Minister has been reprimanded
by his government and has been
ordered to make the presentation im
mediately.
WIRELESS PLANT FINISHED
News From Germany Received
Willcmstad, Curacao.
at
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Oct. 4. A
wireless receiving station has been
completed here and began operations
today. Communication was established
with several important stations. The
daily newspaper today published news
from Nauen. Germany.
The station at Nauen is the principal
distributing point for German wireless
propaganda. From this station is sent
the service of the Overseas News
Agency, which was received at Sayville,
N. Y until the United States entered
the war.
AQUEDUCT IS DYNAMITED
Vandals Suspected of Cutting Off
Fcrnie's Water Supply.
FERNIE, B. C, Oct. 4. Fernle's
water supply was cut off early today
when the Darcy Creek water main cul
vert was wrecked by dynamite, which.
police .assert, was placed and set off
by vandals. Immediately arter the ex
plosion two residences caught fire and
burned to earth, the firemen being un
able to quench the ' flames without
water.
The cause of the fires is unknown.
CANADA TO HOLD ELECTION
Parliament Adjourns and Sir George
Pcrley Is Made Commissioner.
OTTAWA, Ont., Oct. 4. Paving the
way for an election, the Canadian gov
ernment today dissolved Parliament.
The election Is expected to take place
about the middle of January.
Sir George Perley, who has been Act
ing High Commissioner for Canada
since Lord Strathcona died in 1914, has
accepted a permanent appointment to
the position
MACHINES "MADE IN AMERICA"
Liberty Motor Developed Es
pecially "for Fliers.
ALL TYPES ' REPRESENTED
Large Numbers of Young Men Are
Training for Aviation Serv
ice Construction Standard
ized With That of Europe.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. Twenty thou
sand airplanes for America's fighting
forces in France, authorized in the
$640,000,000 aviation bill passed by Con
gress last July, actually are under con
struction. The necessary motors also are being
manufactured. Secretary Baker an
nounced today, and the whole aircraft
programme has been so co-ordinated
that when planes and motors are com
pleted, trained aviators, as well as ma
chine guns and all other equipment,
will be waiting for them.
Ejm of Arar Being Prepared.
"When this Nation's Army moves up
to participate in the fighting," said
the Secretary, "the eyes of her "Army
will be ready."
The types of planes cover the entire
range of training machines, light, high
speed fighting machines, powerful bat
tle and bombing planes of the heaviest
design, and embrace as well giant bat
tle craft capable of the work of the
Italian Capronl, the British Handley
Page and similar types.
Machine "Made In America.''
"Within a reasonable time, consider
ing the period for preparation," Mr.
Baker's statement said, "the-country
will send its first airplane to Europe.
This airplane, from the tip of Its pro
peller to the engine, machine gun nn
camera, will have been made In the
United States.
"There has been a remarkably grati
fying response to the call for aviators.
This 'country has a.n unlimited-supply
of young men possessing courage, self
reliance, good Judgment and decision
the things required in the air service.
This service today is fitting thousands
of Americans for flying."
Thousands Train for Flight.
Twenty-four flying schools have been
used, the statement reveals, and, be
sides the thousands training here, stu
dents from the United States are train
ing in all the allied countries, while
many of them are undergoing intensive
schooling behind several of the battle
fronts. The men now in Europe will
be turned over as finished aviators to
the American troops in France.
American machines also are being
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to Sec Bouts,' and Now New One!
' Is 'Under Construction.
TACOMA. Wash.. Oct. 4. (Special.)
Two loads of hay were responsible for
the assembling of 2000 men at the Y. M.
C. A. building No. 2, Camp Lewis, last
night, to see a programme which had
been arranged by the physical director.
Finally the crowd became so great that
the building collapsed. Today T. M. C.
A. officials began to build a new "hut."
The programme was not announced,
but when the men saw the hay they
surmised that there would be athletic
activities, such as boxing and wres:
tlihg, and turned out in force. There
were about 250 men on the roof and
all of the drop windows were broken
in attempts to see the "doings."
The crowd inside the building be
came a solid mass of humanity through
which there was no entrance or egress,
and the building finally collapsed un
der the weight of the crowd.
Arrivals at Camp Lewis of the third
draft . quota were light early today,
amounting to only 105 from Oregon,
but in the afternoon 20 men arrived
from Cowlitz County and 65 from Lew
is County. Oregon counties sent 70
more and Garfield County, Washing
ton, 14 on a third train of the day.
MOTHER CHEATS DEATH
Child Rescued From Unused Well as
. She Is About to Drown.
HEPPNER, Dr., Oct. 4. (Special.)
Mrs. Lawrence Redding, wife of a
well - known Eight - Mile farmer,
snatched her 10-year-old daughter
"from the Jaws of death" at the home
of a. neighbor recently.
The child fell into a well concealed
by weeds and was about to sink for the
third time when her mother rescued
her.
The well is 17 feet deep and has ten
feet of water. The cries of the children
brought Mrs.Reddlng to the well as the
little girl was going down the second
time. Mrs. Redding climbed down the
intervening seven feet, and, despite her
perilous position, succeeded in holding
herself and child above the surface of
the water until assistance arrived.
YOUNG DU PONT SUICIDE
Powder King's Nephew Shoots Self
After Nervous Breakdown.
OGDEN. Utah, Oct. 4. Gerald F. du
Pont, aged 22 years,' son of Maurice
du Pont, a brother of the powder man
facturer, of Wilmington, Del., and New
York City, ended his life here today
shortly after leaving a hospital, where
he had been several days suffering
from a nervous breakdown.
COST OF MAKING MONEY UP
Printing of Currency Increases $2
for 1000 Sheets.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 4. The cost of
making money has risen more than $2
per 10O0 sheets, the Federal Reserve
Board announced today.
"Changing labor conditions and ma
terial costs" at the Bureau of Engrav
ing and Printing are responsible.
Noncombatants Sacri
f iced in Russia.
TANKS OPERATED IN STREETS
Bblsheviki Prove Cowards at
Crucial Moment.
PLOT AFTER PLOT HATCHED
Mrs. Rhcta Childe Dorr Tells of
Final Effort of Teuton Party to
Seize Government and Flight of
Agents Following Failure.
BT RHETA CHILDE DORR.
(Third of a dally series of articles tellinc
the Inside story of Russia's revolt. Copy
right. 1917. by the New York Mail. Pub
lished by arrangement.)
Every one who has read the old
"Arabian Nights" will remember the
story of the fisherman who caught a
black bottle in one of his nets. When
the bottle was uncorked a thin enioke
began to curl out of the neck. The
smoke thickened into a dense cloud
and became a huge genie who made
a slave of the fisherman. By the
exercise of his wits the fisherman
finally succeeded in getting the genie
back into the bottle, which he care
fully corked and threw back into the
sea.
Kerensky is trying to get the genie
back into the bottle, and everyone
hopes he may succeed. Up to date,
however, there is little to indicate
that the giant has even begun to
shrink.
Council Feel All-Important.
Petrograd is no; the only city where
the Council of Soldiers' and Work
men's delegates has assumed control
of the destinies of the Russian people.
Every town has its council, and there
is no question, civil or military, wlilch
they do not feel capable of settling.
I have before me a Petrograd news
paper clipping dated June 12. . It is a
dispatch from the city of Minsk, and
states that the local soviet has de
bated the whole question of the re
sumption of the offensive, the Bolshevi
kl claiming that the question was gen
eral and that It. ought to be left for
the men at the front to decide.
Socialist Doctrine Spread.
They themselves were against an
offensive, deeming it contrary to the
Interests of the international move
ment and profitable only to capitalists,
foreign as well as Russian. Workers
of all countries ought to struggle
against their governments and to break
with all imperialist politics. The army
ought to be made more democratic.
This view prevailed, says the dispatch,
by a vote of 123 against 79.
This is typical. In some cities the
extreme socialists are In the majority,
in others the milder Minshivikl pre-
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Note Left Bcsidc Unconscious Girl
Threatens Third Attack and
With It Death.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 4. For the
second time within three days Miss
Esther Thayer, 18, this afternoon was
attacked by the mysterious woman
slugger who has been terrorizing the
women of Seattlein the past two weeks.
This 4s the fifth attack of the nature
and the entire city is aroused in a
hunt for tho man who is believed re
sponsible for all of them.
Miss Thayer and her grandmother
had, just left their home this after
noon when the' telephone was heard
ringing in the house. The grandmother,
Mrs. Lavina Crowley, returned to
answer the call, leaving the young
woman In the yard. When she returned
a few minutes later she found Miss
Thayer lying on the ground uncon
scious, with her clothes torn. This
note was found at her side:
"This is the second time. The next
time it will be death. I am an I. W."
Miss Thayer was attacked the first
time last Tuesday afternoon when she
was at home alone. Her grandmother
returned to find her unconscious in the
basement bound and gagged. The
young woman had been beaten when
she admitted a strange man who had
knocked at the door. Three other
women have been the victims of similar
attacks in the last two weeks. A sus
pect was arrested this afternoon but
immediately established an alibi.
Mayor Gill tqday announced that all
city firemen when off duty, shall act
as special policemen and it is expected
that several hundred civilians will vol
unteer to help patrol the outlying resi
dential districts.
FLAG HATER BOUND OVER
Two Soldiers Testify Against Abcr
dcc.n Cigar Dealer.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 4. (Spe
cial.) John Downey, c. cigar dealer,
was bound over to the Federal grand
jury in Tacoma yesterday afternoon on
charges of unpatriotic utterances. He
is said to have cursed the flag, the sol
diers and the President.
Two soldiers brought the charges
against him and came here from Van
couver to testify. Downey is an Amer
lean. He admitted once having affili
ated wittt'the L W. W. Bail was fixed
at $500. . .
GUYNEMER'S DEATH SURE
Photograph In Pocket Is Idcntiflca
tion of Famous Airman.
PARIS. Oct. 4. The death of Captain
George Guynemer, the famous French
aviator, has been confirmed. Informa
tion received by the Red Cross says
Uuynemer was shot through the head
north of Poelcapelle, on the Tpres
front. He was Identified by a photo
graph on his pilot's license, found in
his pocket. The aviator was burled
with military honors in the Poelcapelle
cemetery.
Repatriation Bill Up to President.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 4. The bill to
repatriate Americans who have Joined
the allied military forces now awaits
only the President's signature to be
come a law.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, SO
degrees; minimum, 7 degree.
TODAY'S Fair, continued warm, northly
winds.
Foreign.
Lenines followers leave trail of blood in
Petrograd. Page 1.
Japan to send commercial mission. Page -.
War.
English smash lines for 2500-yard gain.
Page 1.
America limits coal supply to neutral ships
page :;.
German raider sinks three boats in South
Pacific-. Page . I.
Twenty thousand planes are now being built.
rage 1.
National.
Director of United States printing plant re
signs. Page 4.
Sport.
Pacific Coast league results: Portland .'t,
Salt Lake X (14 inningst: San Fran
cisco Vernon 3; Los Angeles 4, Oak
land 3. Page 14.
Comiskey routs ticket scalpers. Page 14.
Columbia defeats Commerce eleven, C2-0.
Page 14.
Pacific Northwest.
"Y" hut at Camp Lewis collapses. Page 1.
Telephone plant valued at flJ.4J0.507 for
ratemaking. Page .
Allen Eaton resigns from faculty. Page 7.
Mrs. M. Frances Swope new head of W. C.
T. U. Page 3.
Seattle slugger attacks young girl second
time in t h ree days. Page 1 .
Thirteen O. A. C. boys give up skin for
auto victim. Pa ge 1 .
Proceeds of $fn0.non bond issue for Ochoco
irrigation project are made available.
Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Importations of Australian wheat may be
small. Page J1.
Ccrn selling caused by report of British vic
tory. Page Ul.
Continued, liquidation carries Wall Street
stock prices lower. Page 21.
Portland and Vicinity.
President of Paramount Pictures pays visit
to Portland. Page 11.
Attitude of strikers and employers at con
ference shown. Page S.
nrr-ployers present brief of shipyard strike.
Page 0.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 18.
Patriotic week to be set aside for sale of
bonds. Page 13.
Manual training classes Saturday's issue be
fore School Board. Page l."i.
Statements directly contrary to trut h re
garding Germany found in textbook used
In Oregon schools. Page 7.
Fourteen men and one woman arraigned by
Judge Bell on charge of violating prohibi
tion law. Page 17.
Poisoned candy trial, involving Pendleton
residents, opens In Federal Court. Page IS.
Mary Pudoff, 1. and broken-hearted be
cause Phe was snubbed by playmates,
ends life in Willamette. Page 17.
Collector of Customs sends out notices of
war taxes. Page 4.
Berlin Admits Loss oi
Kilometer Depth.
BRITISHWINALLOBJECIIVES
German Army Morale Be
lieved to Be at Point
of Utter Collapse.
FIGHT FORCED INTO OPEN
Strategic Field Operations
on Giant Scale Looked
For by Next Summer.
BERLIN, via London, Oct. 4. The
German version of the battle in
Flanders, as reported in the supple
mentary statement issued from Ger
man headquarters tonight, is as fol
lows: "On the battle field in Flanders the
British during today's great attack
penetrated about one kilometer deep
into our defensive zone between Poel
capelle and Gheluvelt. Especially bit
ter fighting is still progressing to the
east of Zonnebeke and west of Bece
laere." Other Fronts Are Quiet.
"On the other fronts," the com
munique adds, "chere is .nothing of
importance."
LONDON, Oct. 4. Thousands of
prisoners , have been taken by the
British in the new drive against the
Germans, which was begun this morn
ing east of Ypres, in Flanders.
All Objectives Won.
All the objectives of the British
were won, including positions charac
terized by Field Marshal Haig's re
port from headquarters tonight as of
"great importance." An advance of
2500 yards was made on a front of
16,000 yards.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. American
Army officers have been watching
with intense interest the situation on
the western front, which apparently is
reaching a climax in the great drive
launched today by the British.
Withdrawal Is Suspected.
From the many reports indicating
the developing of some important
movement, coupled with the continual
futile attacks of the Germans along
the British front, some military ob
servers here have become convinced
that the Teutons were covering a
great withdrawal of their line. Other
officers, however, believe that the
German high command has been
hurling its men at the enemy with the
desire to check an advance, deter
mined to hold its present lines at any
cost until Winter comes to the rescue.
Officers who think the German
activity has covered a withdrawal to
shorten and strengthen lines and ease
the strain on the army expect that
behind the German divisions, through
which General Haig's men were cut
ting their way today, will be found
new positions, fully manned and
strongly built, against which the of
fense will crash.
Rear Guard May Fail.
Early reports from the front
showed the Germans to be surrender-
ing by hundreds. This may mean de
terioration of morale to such an ex
tent that the rear guard will fail in ,
its mission and spell disaster to the '
newly chosen positions.
Some observers are to be found here
who believe that the German army
spirit generally is badly shattered. In
support of this they cite the continual
peace cry in Germany, the expressions
of prisoners captured by the allies,
the youth of prisoners and the re
peated failures of German attacks
during the last few weeks to make
any impressions on the British and
French front si
Victory Believed in Sight.
In view of these developments of
ficers believe a definite ascendency
has been established by the allies in
the morale of their armies. They re
gard that condition as forecasting
complete victory, , although none are
willing to venture a prediction as to
when the German collapse may come.
There have been indications that the
allied commanders have been intent
on the destruction of the morale of
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