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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY. OCTOBER., II?. I!U7..
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TEUTONS YIELD AS
HAIG PRESSES ON
Latest Offensive Halted
by Rains.
FIRST SLACKER IN
OREGON CONVICTED
CALL FOR SECOND
DRJEF-SSiflTuERED
VON CAPELLE HAS
RESIGNED-OFFICE
SHIPS TO BE TAKEN
300 QUARTS SEIZED
ON SHASTA LIMITED
$50 BOND BUYERS
URGENTLY NEEDED
BY
JURY KINDS JEFFERSON NEW IS
WITHIN DRAFT LIMITS.
GERMAN MINISTER OF MARINE
YIELDS TO ENEMIES.
PASSENGERS CRY VAINLY FOR
PORTERS THEY'RE IN JAIL.
NATION
MONDAY
GERMANS LESS FORMIDABLE
All Is Going Well for Allies on
Flanders Front.
MANY PRISONERS TAKEN
Field Marshal Pays High Tribute to
His Men for Oallant Work in
Bad Weather of Past
1'ow Days.
LONDON. Oct. J 2. Progress was
made along the entire front in Flan
ders, where I'ield Marshal llaig began
another offensive Friday morning.
Rain intervened, however, and it was
decided not to make further efforts to
reach the final objectives which it
had been planned to take.
These statements are contained in
the official communication issued to
night. COO Prlflonprs Taken.
The communication adds that the
prisoners taken daring the day ap
proximate 000.
BRITISH FHOXT IN FRANCE AND
BELGIUM, Oct. 12. (By the Associated
Tress.) Today's dawn again saw the
great British war machine set in action
across the Flanders mud field against
the German positions northeast of
Tpres. At an early hour, the attacking
forces had penetrated several hundred
yards into the enemy's territory along
a six-mile front, extending from a
place near Houtholst forest, down be
low the Ypres-Roulers Railway, and
were battling along the Passchendaele
ridge within a thousand yards of the
center of Passchendaele village.
Crrmana Active at icht. -
The offensive started at 5:25 in the
morning. The condition of the ground
was appalling, but by 7:43 the report
came back that everything was going
well, and the troops over a wide sec
tion of the front had pushed forward
to a depth advancing S00 yards or
more. Prisoners already were begin
ning to come in. although slowly, owing
to the condition of the ground.
The enemy's artillery barrage was
low in response at the hour of attack
and the fire was not severe, but the
Germans were putting a heavy machine
gun barrage all along the line. The
enemy's guns were very active during
the night against the central and
southern portions -of the battle- front,
especially about Broodseinde ridge
and the Ypres-Koulers Railway.
l-a Slielln Thrown.
Between 4 and 4:30 this morning a
large number of gas shells were thrown
along the British front line, probably
Indicating that the Germans were
aware there was trouble ahead.
The chief enemy of the British today
was not the Germans, but mud.
No worse conditions under foot
could be imagined than those that Im
peded . the assaulting infantry this
morning. The recent rains already had
turned the whole, section into a vast
inorass in which men sank to their
knees or to their waists, and even were
engulfed to their necks as they made
their arduous way forward. Last night
rain again fell to add to the difficul
ties of the situation, but this morning
the sun was struggling through the5
clouds to cast some measure of warmth
over this bleak and dreary waste.
Enemy la DiMorganlr.ed.
So far as the Germans themselves
were concerned there was no doubt in
the minds of the British but that they
could handle them. The Emperor's
troops in this section now are far less
formidable than they were, owing to
the disorganization caused in their
ranks by the recent terrific blows deaJt
to them. This is . not an individual
opinion. It is generally recognized
along the front by the British and Ger
mans, too. that a change has come over
the morale of the invaders. Almost
any prisoner would admit this fact.
The spirit of the British troops, how
ever, has been wonderful throughout,
notwithstanding the terrible hardships
they endured in the recent operations.
It was only yesterday that Field Mar
shal Haig, in speaking to the cdrre
spondent, particularly mentioned this
feature and paid the highest tribute to
the gallant work of his men from the
different parts of the empire under
these indescribably trying conditions.
Hale la With Hla Men.
The British commander-in-chief does
not confine himself to headquarters in
conducting operations. He is here and
there and everywhere and knows what
his men are enduring. It is an inter
esting sidelight on the character of the
man who is guiding the destinies of
the British armies in France-that his
heart undoubtedly is with the men in
fne front line and he feels keenly their
sufferings. The Field Marshal's whole
conversation indicates that.
The battle of Poelcapelle took on re
newed vigor at daybreak, but no offi
cial reports have been received to in
dicate whether the Germans have been
pushed from their brewery stronghold
on the eastern outskirts. The air serv
ice, notwithstanding the wind, was ac
tive.
Decision Reached That Age Entry in
Family Bible Was Tampered
With; Sentence Deferred.
A jury in Federal Judge Bean's court
yesterday convicted Jefferson New, of
Jennings Lodge, of attempting to evade
the draft by falling "willfully" to reg
ister June 5 for the Army, as provided
by law and a proclamation of President
Wilson. Sentence was deferred.
He is the first "slacker" to be con
victed in Oregon.
New is subject to imprisonment for
one year, in the discretion of the court,
and must register and serve in the
Army, according to the provisions of
the law.
His only defense was that he thought
he was more than 31 years old, basing
this upon the family Bible, in which
his mother, it was testified, at a family
conference, wrote down the ages of
the sons' and daughters, placing his
date of birth as of March, 18S6. How
ever, the "6" had been penciled in,
making it appear as though it had been
written over a figure "7," and showing,
therefore, he was of draft age.
Judge Bean, in instructing the jury,
said it must decide the facts and ren
der a verdict of guilty, unless it should
find beyond a reasonable doubt that he
was innocent.
George C. Brownell, of Oregon City,
defended the case, and Deputy United
States Attorney Goldstein was the
prosecutor. Mr. Brownell asked the
jury to go slowly in branding a man
for life, while Mr. Goldstein said it
would "make a man of New" to bo
drafted and forced to do something
worthy, which he of himself had not
the moral courage to do.
30 GO TO ELK CREEK FIRE
Heavily Timbered Mountainsides
Make Blaze Control Difficult.
MEDFORD. Or., Oct. 12. (Special.)
Thirty additional fire-fighters were
this afternoon rushed to the Elk
Creek district on the Umpqua Divide,
where 130 men are battling stub
bornly with several blazes raging in
the timber.
Assistant forest Supervisor Fosdick
has received advices that some head
way has been made in checking the
flames, but the situation is yet ad
mittedly serious.
The nature of the ground makes com
batiiig the flames very difficult as the
mountain sides a re . heavily.- timbered,
very steep and 'With a heavy growth
of underbrush.
BEND, Or., Oct. 12. (Special.) Al
though the atmosphere In this section
is still clouded with smoke no new
forest fires have been reported. The
fire which was raging in the Fox
Butte section is reported as being
under control. No further report has
been received from the Lapine fire.
GOTHAM HAS MORE WATER
Flow From Ncv Calskiil Mountain
Reservoir Turned On. .
NEW YORK, Oct. 12. New York
City received its first supply of water
from the Cat. kill Mountains today.
when Mayor Mitchel accepted a foun
tain in the northern reservoir of Cen
tral Tark and turned on the flow that
will give New Yorkers 300.000,000 more
gallons daily. The fountain has five jets
and the pressure from the Catskill
aqueduct throws a stream 115 feet in
the air.
The water comes from the Ashoken
reservoir. 120 miles away. The cost
of completing the vast undertaking
was $184,707,540.
SEIZED SHIPS TO BE USED
Brazilian Flag to Fly Over Former
German Steamers.
RIO JANEIRO. Oct. 12. The Bra
zilian government . purposes to utilize
seized German steamers for the organ
ization of International steamship lines.
The vessels will fly the Brazilian flag
and will be used in the interest of I
Brazil and the allies. The crews of
the vessels will be made up of Bra- I
zilians.
The realization of this project now
depends solely on an understanding
between Brazil and the allies, which
Brazil considers esential.
VON LUXBURG IS ARRESTED
Former German Minister to Argen
tina at Detention Camp.
BUENOS AIRES. Oct. 12. Count
Karl von Luxburg, the former German
Minister to Argentina, arrived today
at the detention camp on the island
of Martin Garcia.
Count von Luxburg, after having!
been handed his passports, disappeared
from Buenos Aires, but 'was found
early in the week in the southern part
of the province of Buenos Aires and
arrested.
NEW ORDER BEING FORMED
"Fathers and Brothers of Soldiers I
and Sailors" Now Organizing.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 12. Cleveland Is
to become the headquarters of a new
organization, "The Fathers and Broth
ers of Our Soldiers and Sailors," being
formed here today. The organization
proposes to supplement the work of
the Red Cross.
It Is proposed to encourage the for
mation of. chapters all over the country.
Date May Be Fixed for
December or Later.
DIVISIONS ARE SHORT OF MEN
Deficiencies to Be Made
From Next Contingent.
Up
ACTION: MAY BE DELAYED
Equipment Coming Forward Slowly
and Railroads Arc Already Bur
dened in Moving Army
and Necessities.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. Discussion
of the advisability of expediting the
call for the second increment of the
draft Army now is in progress at the
War Department and it appears likely
that the date may be fixed for tome
time in December or January.
Mobilization of the first increment
of 6S7.000 men is now far enough ad
vanced to show clearly that there will
be a big deficiency for the 17 National
Army divisions. More than 250,000 of
the first increment are still to be as
sembled, but it is already evident that
there will be available at the 16 can
tonments quarters for an additional
regiment at each post and at some for
a full brigade of two regiments.
The strength- of the new regimental
organization is 3600 men. With a regi
ment lacking at each cantonment, this
alone would mean a shortage of nearly
50,000 men. In addition, there has
been authorized a separate division of
negro troops, .which means nearly
SO, 000 men withdrawn from the origi
nal number assigned to the 16 canton
ments. Transfers Partly Responsible.
The shortage is due partially to the
necessity of taking out of the National
Army men to fill up National Guard di
visions. Two complete National Army
divisions of Southern troops have been
absorbed in this way. The remnants
of three other Southern National Army
divisions will be consolidated to form
a single divisional unit, and the sur
plus men from other camps, will be
sent South to make up the missing
divisions.
Drafts on the National Army forces
also must be made to fill up the en
listed personnel of the aviation serv
ice, the Medical Corps and the service
battalions needed behind the fighting
lines abroad. Eventually there will
be 250,000 men in the last-named serv
ice alone, and aviation and the medical
service will take-nearly as many more,
though not all of them will be taken
fron the National Army.
Call May Be Delayed.
Operating to delay the calling out of
the second increment to make good
these shortages are several factors,
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Recent Statement Regarding Revolt
in Navy Believed to Have
Led to 3Iove.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 12. Vlce-dmlral
von Capelle, the German Minister of
Marine, has resigned, according to the
Frankfurter Zeitung.
Vice-Admiral Eduard von Capelle
was one of the administrative direc
tors in the Ministry of Marine before
th'e war and had served as captain at
sea. Ip March. 1916, he succeeded Ad
miral von Tirpitz as Imperial Minister
of the navy. Several times since then
Von Capelle has appeared before the
Reichstag with optimistic statements
regarding the progress of the un
restricted submarine campaign, as late
as .August 16, 1917, defending, the
U-boat policy of his predecessor and
himself at a meeting of the Reichstag
main cdmmittee.
Vice-Admiral von Capelle announced
in the Reichstag last Wednesday that
a plot had -been discovered in the
navy to paralyze the efficiency of the
fleet and force the government to
make peace. He said that the guilty
parties had received their just deserts
and attempted to link Socialists with
the plot. The Imperial German Chan
cellor, Dr. Michaelis, also spoke of the
existence of the conspiracy in the
navy and asserted that certain depu
ties were involved in the revolt.
The Socialists and their newspapers
have attacked both the Chancellor and
the Vice-Admiral for their statements.
GERMAN PROFESSOR IS OUT
Position at University of Michigan
.Declared Vacant.
ANN ARBOR, Mich.. Oct. 12. The
position of Dr. Carl Eggert. assistant
professor of German at the University
of Michigan, was declared vacant by
the board of regents this afternoon at
the conclusion of an investigation into
charges that he had made inpatriotic
utterances.
The charges were made by. students.
Dr. Eggert has been connected with
the university since 1901.
TRENCHES ARE RETAKEN
Russian Troops Recover Lost Ground
. in Rig-a Section.
PETROGRAL-Oct. 12. By acountr
attack yesterday Russian troops recap
tured the trenches lost Wednesday
south of the Pskoff road in the Riga
region, the War office announced to
day. North of the road Russian advance
posts were drawn in where they were
exposed to a violent artillery fire by
the Germans.
IIH ETA rHII.DG DORR ARTI
CLE DEI.A1GD.
The article scheduled for pub
lication in The Oregonian today
in the series by Rheta Childe
Dorr failed to arrive in lime for
this edition. It will be published
in The Sunday Oregonian if it
reaches the office in time.
MUST HELP THE BOYS WHO FIGHT OUR BATTLES.
Beaver and Rose City
Are Included.
ORDER EFFECTIVE AT NOON
Immediate Use of Vessels Is
Held Unlikely.
LIMIT WILL BE LOWERED
Only Cargo Carriers of More Than
2500 Tons Deadweight and Pas
. senger Vessels of 2500 Gross
Tons Register Affected.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 Announce
ment of the general method by which
the American merchant marine is to be
requisitioned October 13 by the Gov
ernment was made tonight by Bain
bridge Colby, of the Shipping Board, in
a notice sent to shipowners.
The requisition will include at first
only cargo ships of more than 2500
tons deadweight capacity and passenger
vessels of more than 2500 gross tons
register. The limit probably will be
lowered soon to include craft of more
than 1500 tons.
Notice Sent Owneri.
The notification sent to shipowners
reads:
"The United States Shipping Board
hereby gives notice to all owners of
ships registered and enrolled under the
laws of the United States that the re
quisition of all American steamers de
scribed below, and of which previous
announcement has been made, will be
come operative and effective on October
13, 1917, at noon.
"First The .ships affected by said
requisition and included therein are (a)
all carfo ships able to carry, not less
than 2500 tons total deadweight, in
cluding bunkers, water and stores; (b)
all passenger steamers of not less than
2500 tons gross register. .
Order L-ffct'tlve at Noon.
" "Second (a) As to all steamers in,
or bound to American ports on October
13, 1917, requisition becomes effective
after discharge of inward cargo and
ship is put in ordinary good condition,
(b) As to steamers which have started
to load their outward cargo, requisition
becomes effective at noon on October
15, 1917, and accounts as to hire and
expenses will be adjusted from time
steamer began to load.
"Third Steamers, trading to and
from American ports, that have sailed
on their voyage prior to October lj,
1917, at noon, are to complete that voy
age as promptly as possible and report
for requisition.
Regular Trade to Continue.
"Fourth Steamers that are occupied
in irade between foreign ports hall
be requisitioned as of October 1.", 1917,
'onrlund on Pate Column 1.)
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Clarke County Authorities Discover
Liquor Is on Train and Notify
Cowlitz Sheriff.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 12. (Spe
cial.) Passengers on three Pullmans
of the Shasta Limited were forced to do
without porter service from Kalama to
Seattle yesterday. The law was deaf
to the needs of the travelers when 300
quarts of liquor were discovered.
Clarke County authorities were
tipped off from Portland that the fast
train from California carried a quan
tity of whisky. When it arrived here
Sheriff Biesecker interviewed the con
ductor, who' was in too much of a hurry
to be of any assistance. A deputy was
placed aboard the train and the Cow
litz County Sheriff at Kalama was
notified by telegraph to have a search
warrant ready when the train arrived
there. -
The search netted 15 suitcases con
taining nearly 300 quarts of liquor.
J. C. Hall, A. J. Simmons and William
Gibson, negro porters, were returned
here with the confiscated whisky.
GREEK AIDS IN BOND SALE
Bootblack Subscribes for $2000 and
Vrgcs Associates to Buy.
Anthony Ellison, a Greek bootblack,
whose stand is at 2S7, Washington
street, is a regular American. He has
saved up 2000 and invested it all in
liberty bonds.
One of the committees of retailers
now canvassing the city in the interest
of the liberty loan ran across Anthony
yesterday as he was "shinin1 'em up"
and not only found out that his $2000
is invested in liberty bonds, but that
he is working with the Greek commu
nity in creating interest in the bond
campaign.
GERMAN GENERAL JEERED
Commander Warning Troops Greet
ed With Derisive Laughter.
LONDON. Oct. 12. A dispatch from
the 'British headquarters t- Renter's,
Limited, says' that a prisoner from the
72d German infantry reserve, . in de
scribing the discipline of his corps.
declared that before the last battle a
regimental commander , addressed his
troops with the warning that anyone
who held back wotrld be shot.
The only answer .was a general
groaning, swelling into derisive laugh
ter, upon which the commander rode
away.
KAISER HONORED AT SOFIA
German Emperor. Prince and For.
cign Secretary in Bulgaria.
AMSTERDAM. Oct. 12. The German
Emperor arrived at Sofia. Bulgaria,
yesterday, according to advices re
ceived here. He was accompanied by
Prince August Will. elm and Koreif
.Secretary von Kuehlmann. The Em
peror was received by the King of Bui
garia and with him rode through dec
orated streets to a. triumphal arch
erected in honor of the imperial visitor.
The burgomaster of Sofia, according
to custom, offered Emperor William
bread and salt.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTRRDAT'S Maximum temperature. 66
dr (frees; minimum, Wl drea.
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly windn.
'mr.
Vice-Admiral von Capelle. German Minister
of Marine, lias retignetj. Page 1.
Cill for second Increment of Army now
being considered. Pago J.
Kai forces Germans hack on Flanders front.
Paw 1.
Preparing Camp Greene for soldier habita
tion a. colossal task. Page 2.
foreign.
New union Kovern:nent In Canada. Mill has
Kaurier opposition to contend with.
Page 4.
.National.
Government to take over ships Monday.
Page 1.
liberty loan campaign calls for greater ex
penditure of energy. Page li.
Government serioualy concerned over short
age of labor. Page 14.
Call issued for annual convention of Na
tional Woman Suffrage Association at
Washington. Page 4.
Iometic.
Strike of r000 telephone employes on Pa
cific Coast threatened. Page ::.
Columbia University atudents plead for re
call of .resigned professor. Page 14.
-Sports.
Pacific . Coast Teague results: Portland 1 ,'
San Francisco ft; Oakland 1, Vernon 0;
Kos Angeiea 4, t.alt Iak 2. Page $.
Bot h Giants and Sox express confidence of
winning today. Pa ge 0.
Three Northwest conference elevens will
open season today. Page S.
Portland Hunt Club to hold Fall meet today.
Page 9.
Jefferson toys with Hill, 70 to O. Page 0.
Boxers appear fit for bouts. Page 8.
Pacific Northwest.
Pullman porters and whisky taken from
Shasta Limited. Page 1.
Special officer rounds up bootleggers iu
Grant County. Page t.
Senator McXary declares prohibition, uf-
frage coming at next Congress. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Storage holdings of eggs and butter are In
creased. Pa ge 17.
Advance in cattle prices at Worth Portland
stock, yards. Page 17.
First phlpment of Australian wool made to
AmeHca. Page 17.
Portland and Vicinity.
Strikers and shipbuilders await arrival of
Federal Labor Board. Page o.
Oregon speakers to herald liberty loan 1s-
ue over state beginning Monday. Page 7.
Streetcar strike arbitration board questions
labor and company Deads. Page 14.
! Development of Columbia Klver mouth as
port urged. Page 18.
. Two school girls hit by motorcycles. Page 11.
Oregon liberty loan score rises to $3,360,890.
Page 1.
Wai Conirress loyal, says Mr. McArthur.
Page -
War on vice planned by Army and civil
authorities. Page 12-
First slacker convicted in Oregon. Page 1.
Weather report data and forecast, rase 17.
Small Investor Target
for Appeal.
STATE SCORE IS $3,360,890
Ninety Oregon Soldiers Give
$6000 for Liberty.
GREATER GAINS DEMANDED
Ben Selling Plan of Permitting In
vestment on $1 Scale Brings
Scores of Inquiries Henry
Reed to Aid Campaign.
how ori:;oxs qvota stood
yesterday,
S u in ran r y.
City of Tortland
Previously reported. .$2,263,450
Reported today 214,600
Total $2,478,050
Outside of Portland
Previously reported.. $ S33.550
Reported today 43.300
Total i 882.850
Grand total ...$3,360,900
"I could only take a $50 bond. That
would be of no use to the Government,
would it?-'
Such was the question asked of C. A.
Miller, campaign manager of the Ore
Bon liberty loan drive, at a meeting- of
the Portland Women's Club yesterday
at the Multnomah. It widened his eyes
and opened his mouth. In instant ex
postulation. "If every resident of the state would
buy just one $50 bab bond, -ive should
more than double our quota," was his
reply. . .
Only Smaller Bonda Cmlas;. . -
'This Is popular loan. AVe could
subscribe it almost overnight by goini-r
to Wall street. But this loan has al
most especially been devised to elim
inate the large subscriber and make it
easy for the small one. It is taxable
for the large subscriber, but non-taxable
for the small one.
"So certain are we of a preponder
ance of $50 and $100 subscriptions that
we have even been advised that honds
of these denominations alone will be
here in a few days. If there were no
$50 subscriptions. Oregon would never
make its quota.
" 'Mony a mlokle makes a muckle,'"
he concluded, quoting sage old Bobbie
Burns, "and in liberty loan talk that
means that 100 bonds of $50 each are
as good as one $5000 bond. If every
family in Oregon bought just $100
worth of bonds, the quota would be
subscribed. If every member of this
club bought a single $50 bond, fne
combined transaction would equal a
$12,500 purchase.
"Yes. most assuredly we want the
$50 bond subscription. Wc rely on it."
Greater C.altiN Demanded.
Oregon's climb to the apex of the
quota reached $3,360. 890 yesterday, and
the flag on the sightly indicator at
Kifth and, Morrison streets fluttered
just that much nearer the goal. But
Manager Miller and his aides are in
sistent that every day must see a
greater gain, and that no effort be re
laxed, if the state is to hold the laurels
she won in the previous lihery loan,
in response to the call to arms and in
the Red Cross drive.
On the pcitoffice grounds, where the
flag indicator of Oregon's quota rises,
30 feet in height, noonday exercises
will begin on Monday, when the mem
bers' council of the Chamber of Com
merce will be in charge of the pro
gramme. As the progress of the quota,
for the day is received from liberty
loan headquarters the flag will be
raised to its new mark, and for ten
minutes speakers will give patriotic
addressee on the issue of the day.
Each day. from then on, a different
civic organization will be in charge of
the exercises.
Karmera to Read Appeal.
At headquarters the volunteering of
assistance is a source of inspiration to
workers who rise with the lark and
retire when the patrolmen begins to
ask wayfarers what they are doing out
so late. Scarcely an hour' elapses
without some unsolicited service being
offered, or a contribution that spells
unselfish sacrifice being received.
One full page of space, an advertise
ment to the farmers of Oregon in be
half of the liberty loan, has been vol
unteered by the publishers of the West
ern Farmer, and will appear in the next
issue of the publication. The advertise
ment displays a fac simile telegrapK
blank, addressed to "The American
Farmer, Kvery where, U. S. A.," and
signed by "Uncle Sam," urging "the
backbone of the U. S. A." to partici
pate in patriotic bond buying. Points
of the issue are fully explained, and
the publication has organized a liberty
bond department to act in co-operation
with Oregon headquarters.
Mr. Selllnar'n Plan Winn.
Ben Selling's proposal to furnish
small denomination liberty bonds to
any purchaser in Oregon, at $1 down
and $1 a week, to be delivered to the
subscriber with all coupons attached,
and without any Interest charges, when
It-'onunued uu t't-se T. Coiumn o.
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