I It's for Our Own f
5
More men -will soon be called. 1
j Buy a bond for their assurance. j
Bonds Good Looking
The dollar a week you waste will
pay for something handsome.
VOL,. LVII. XO. 17,735.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
U.S.
GERMAN-AMERICANS
BUY LIBERTY BONDS
GERMANS HOLD ALL
OF OESEL ISLAND
MILL IS BURNED
AT COTTAGE GROVE
DESTROYER
DRIVE TWO-THIRDS
OVER; STATE LAGS
$5,187,350 All Oregon
Has f 'ibscribed.
PRISONERS STARVE
SAVE FOR CHARITY
PIGKETS ARRESTED;
CITY JAIL FILLED
Refusal to Move On Is
Signal for Action.
HIT BY
MOrXT ANGEL "CITIZENS HAND
HARD JOLT TO KAISER.
LATE REPORTS INDICATE LOSS
WILL EXCEED $75,000.
AMERICAN" ESCAPES FROM IX
TERXMEXT CAMP.
TORPEDO
One Killed, Five Wounded
in U-Boat Attack.
VESSEL LIMPS INTO PORT
Details of First Naval Loss
Withheld Admiral Sims'
Account Is Meager.
DEATH LIST TOTAL NOW-17
Osmond Kelley Ingram, Gun
ner's Mate, Tossed Over
Rail and Is Lost.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. An
American destroyer on patrol duty in
the war zone was torpedoed by an
enemy submarine yesterday. One man
was killed and five wounded. She
managed to make port in spite of se
vere damage.
Vice-Admiral Sims cabled a brief
report of the incident to the Navy De
partment late today. He gave few
details, but it is assumed there was
no fight and that the U-boat made
good her escape after launching a tor
pedo without showing herself.
Alabama Boy Gives Up Life.
Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelley In
gram was the man killed. He was
blown overboard by the explosion and
his body was not recovered. Kelley's
mother, Mrs. Betty Ingram, lives at
Pratt City, Ala.
In accordance with the policy of
secrecy concerning American naval
operations, the Department did not
divulge the name of the destroyer or
the exact place of the encounter.
Wounds Not Serious.
None of the wounded was seriously
hurt. They are: Herman H. Pan
kratz, gunner's mate, St. Louis; Will
iam E. Merritt, seaman. New York
City; Frank W. Kruse, fireman, To
ledo; Patrick Rutledge, oiler, New
York City, and William Scimer, fire
man, Dundas, Minn.
This is the first time an American
warship has been hit by the "enemy
since the war began. Destroyers
convoying troops and merchantmen
have engaged submarines and are
believed to have accounted for some
of them and the ships patrolling the
European shipping lanes undoubtedly
have had many an encounter of
which nothing was learned, but until
yesterday none had been touched by a
hostile shot.
17 Death Total.
Naval gun crews on armed Amer
ican merchantmen have not been so
fortunate. Many of them have had
to abandon their charges and take to
the boats, usually after an unwarned
torpedo attack, and one officer and
13 men have lost their lives, while
four men are in German prison camps.
In all, the Navy has lost one of
ficer and 16 men the only men of
America's fighting forces actually
killed in action.
Two Naval Fliers Killed.
Lieutenant Clarence C. Thomas,
commanding the gun crew of the
tank steamer Vacuum, and four of his
men were the first of the Navy's
casualties. In addition to the men
lost on merchantmen and Gunner's
Mate Ingram, two naval fliers have
lost their lives at the French front.
Naval officers do not doubt that
the torpedoed destroyer was taken
unawares by the submarine and had
no chance to bring her guns into play.
They think it probable that the
U-boat, cruising in search of mer
chant victims, stumbled upon the pa
trolling destroyer and was fortunate
snough to get into position to launch
a torpedo and dive to safety without
ever showing more than her periscope.
It is believed, too, that the destroyer
must have been steaming slowly over
her beat, for at top speed these craft
present an almost unhittable target
.o the submarine.
REAL AMERICAN IS LOYAL
Indian May Be Incompetent, but His
Wealth Is Patriotic.
OKMULGEE. Okla.. Oct. IT. Jackson
Barnett, an Incompetent Creek Indian
today was the possessor of $412,000 of
liberty bonds.
He subscribed for Jl 42.000 of the
first issue and yesterday, through his
guardian. Carl J. Kornett. purchased
(200,000 of the latest issue.
At Enthusaistic Meeting, in Excess
of 75 Per Cent of Those Pres
ent Make Subscriptions.
SALEM, Or.. Oct. 17. (Special.)
When members of an audience of 200
persons, made up mostly of German
American citizens of the little town of
Mount Angel, were asked tonight at
a liberty loan meeting" held there to
raise their hands as an indication of
who would subscribe to aid the bond
drive more than 75 per cent of them
responded.
Judge BronauKh and John K. Kol
lock, of Portland, speakers at the
meeting, found an enthusiastic re
sponse to their pleas from the Gcrman
Americanfl which would have made
Kaiser Wilhelm grit his teeth could
he have been in the wings as a spec
tator. Mayor Young, of Mount Angel,
introduced the speakers and presided
at the meeting.
The liberty loan. Its purpose?, the
method of handling the bond issue and
general details surrounding tt were
facts interwoven into stirring pa
triotic addresses in axle by the speakers.
The liberty loan committee of this
county is jubilant over the response
received at Mount Angel and reports
from other outlying communities in
dicate that the drive to obtain Marion
County's quota of the issue will meet
with ever-increasing success as the
campaign draws to a dos.
MANY SOLDIERS BUY BONDS
One Vancouver Company of 71 Has
Subscribed $8800.
VAXCOT7VKR. Wash., Oct. 17. (Spe
cial.) Liberty loan bonds are going
like hot cakes with the soldiers at Van
couver Barracks and an average of one
$50 bond for every one of the 4000 men
at the local post has already been sub
scribed. The 14th Infantry has a total sub
scription of J.60,150, the Fourth Engi
neers have subscribed $41,200, the 144th
Infantry $3.7, S50, the engineer reserve
officers in training camp $25,900,
Quartermaster Corps $3550 and the
hospital detachment $1950. Other sub
scriptions have not yet been tabulated.
One company alone, L. Company of
the 14th Infantry, with but 71 men, has
subscribed $8800 in bonds. The soldiers
are allowed to pay for the bonds in In
stallments of $5 on each $50 bond each
month.
GERMAN ESTATE AIDS LOAN
Legacies to Heirs in Fatherland In
vested In Liberty Bonds.
DENVER, Oct. 17. Because Adolph
Schinner chose an inopportune time to
die his estate will fight against Ger
many instead of for It, as would have
been the case if it could hart been dis
tributed before the I'nited. States went
to war with the Herman government.
Sehinner's executor, Fred H. Ilan
chett, today reported to Judge Ttoth
gerber, of the County Court, that it was
impossible to transmit legacies to
Sehinner's heirs, all of whom reside in
Germany, until after the war and the
court ordered the estate's ready cash,
amounting- to $2000, Invested in liberty
bonds pending: distribution after the
war.
TURKEYS 40 CENTS A POUND
Present Price "o Indication or
Thanksgiving CojI.
EUREKA. Cal., Oct. 17. (Special.)
Turkey-grvowers of the Iaqua section
are quoting turkeys at 40 cents per
pound, with no indication that the
price may not go higher as Thanks
giving approaches. Local dealers and
wholesalers who deal heavily in tur
keys positively refuse to forecast what
the late November prices will be.
The supply of surkeys in Humboldt
County this season will be smaller
than usual.
UTAH CALLS APPEAL NERVE
Bootlegging: at Camp Lewis Docs 'ot
Interest Interior State.
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 1 7. The
"Washington State Council of Defense
appealed to the Utah State Council of
Defense for $10,000 toward a fund be
ing raised to employ men to stop boot
legging at Camp Lewis, American Lake.
Members of the Utah council charac
terized the appeal as "a splendid ex
ample of nerve." "Utah has a few hun
dred soldiers at Camp Lewis.
PERU AND CHILE MAKE UP
Diplomatic Relations Long Severed
Are to Be Re-established.
LIMA. Peru. Oct. 17. The Peruvian
and Chilean governments are reported
to have arranged for the simultaneous
re-establishment of legations at Lima
and Santiago.
Diplomatic relations -between Peru
and Chile were severed In 1910, owing
to the long standing dispute over pos
session of the provinces of Tacna and
Arica.
QUEBEC BRIDGE FINISHED
First Train Crossing Structure Car
ries Guests of Builders.;
i
v i
QUEBEC, Oct. 17. The first rain to
day crossed the recently completed
Quebec bridge.
It was a special containing guests of
the builders.
" I
Petrograd Ignorant oc
Russian Troops' Fate.
BOMBS DROPPED ON PERNAU
Berlin Asserts Victory in Naval
Battle Without Losses.
ZEPPELINS USED IN ATTACK
Russian Xaval Forces Arc Bearinj
Brunt of Resistance to German
Invasion Reinforcements
to Fleet on . AYay."
EERLIX, via London, Oct. 17. Ger
man troops have captured the Russian
Island of Oesel, in the Gulf of Riga, in
its entirety, it is officially announced
by the German General Staff.
Naval aircraft dropped bombs on
Pernau, a Russian port on the Gulf
of Riga, where large fires were ob
served, j
Encounters with Russian torpedo
boat destroyers and gunboats north of
Oesel Island and in the Bay of Riga
resulted favorably for the Germans.
The Russian ships were compelled to
retire. Gorman vessels sustained no
losses.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 17. The Russian
War Office has completely lost touch
with Russian forces on the Island of
Oesel. -Runnlanff
Driven Bark.
The enemy continued to develop his
success on the Island of Oesel, pressing
back our detachments, which were
covering the mole between Oesel and
Moon Islands. Land communications
thus have been interrupted between
the two islands.
An eyewitness who escaped after the.
landing of the. enemy at Tagga Bay re
ports that on the morning of October 12
an enemy dreadnaught "ran Into a mine
field defending the island. After the
explosion which followed the warship
made for the coast. Its ultimate fate
is unknown.
Naval skirmishing is continuing in
the waters around Oesel Island, off the
Gulf of Riga, Russian patrol. ships
having had encounters with German
torpedo craft.
Fleet of Zeppelin Reported.
A fleet of Zeppelins is reported over
Moon Sound, northeast of Oesel Island.
On the Baltic, profiting by the calm,
bright weather, the enemy has been
actively engaged in aerial scouting,
principally in the region of the Baltic
Island. Our aviators ascended to meet
the enemy. In an aerial engagement,
our aviator Safonoff brought down an
enemy machine which fell in our lines.
The semi-official news agency today
issued the following summary as
'Concluded on Page 3, Column 3.)
WHY
I KEEP
i YOUR.
iMONEY
Bucket Brigade Battles With Planes
In Attempt to Save Driers
and Lumber in Yard.
WJ US1 l
COTTAGE GROVE. .Or.. Oct. 17.
Fire, which ignited under usplclo
circumstances, tonight practic-" 0t '
stroyed the sawmill of J. H. Ch "
located about a mile from the city.
At a late hour the fire was confined
to the mill and planer shed, but it was
feared that it would spread to the
driers and millions of feet of lumber in
the yards. The damage to the plant
probably will total between J75.000
and $100,000, and if the lumber is de
stroyed it will be much greater.
-Because of the location of the mill
the . flre-flghting facilities were inade
quate and the only pipeline to which
the city hose could be attached was put
out of commission early in the evening.
Bucket brigades were at work late
tonight endeavoring to save the
buildings adjoining the mill and lum
ber. - Fire In the Chambers mill was dis
covered at almost the same minute as
flames were found in the Brown Lum
ber Company's plant, which burned on
August. 27.
' As a result of the uneasiness that
prevails here because of the suspicious
fires. Fire Chief Woodruff ordered the
fire-fighting apparatus brought back to
the city and the Cottage Grove manu
facturing plants and other industries
are being carefully guarded.
The destruction of the Chambers
plant leaves Cottage Grove without a
sawmill and will throw many men out
of employment.
The patriotic address which was to
have been given here tonight by Fred
H. Hilton, of Portland,' was postponed
Indefinitely because of the fire.
GROCERS TO AID CAMPAIGN
Delivery Wagons lo Be L'scd to Dis
tribute Loan Posters.
Almost every grocer in the city today
and tomorrow will lend aid in spread
ing the gospel of liberty bonds. Their
deli'ery wagons and errand boys will
be formed inio a vast army to deliver
liberty loan posters and literature to
the homes of their customers. And. as
every home almost is a grocer's cus
tomer, it is thought by nightfall tomor
row there will be a liberty loan poster
itt every home.
Ira Powors Is chairman of the poster
committee and he has arranged to de
liver the posters to the. stores today.
MERCHANTS, ATTENTION!
Oregon retailers who have
bought liberty bonds of cither
issue are requested and urged to
post one or more bonds in win
dows as display so public can
see what United States Govern
ment bonds looli like.
Please act on this Immediately.
ro not expect to be prodded.
This service will help the public
to understand what a bond is and
to realize the form and nature of
our Government's promise to re
pay liberty, loan with interest.
LIBERTY LOAN" PUBLICITY
COMMITTEE.
E. G. Crawford, Chairman.
SHOULD ANY AMERICAN HESITATE?
.niii.ai.ii man ni-aa.i u iB.awnji si mm mil in jjiijii .li mm. mu iiiian luiiiiaiiiiiiiii s
r lend: ""I !
MONEY I 8
1 NEED IT
$125,695. AN HOUR NEEDED
Liberty Loan Managers Wor
ried About Final Total.
COUNTRY RETURNS PLEASE
Leaders of Grange and Farmers'
Union Appeal to Farmers and
Livestock. Men to Come to
Aid of Government.
PROGRESS OF OREGON LIBER
TY LOAN DRIVE IN BRIEF.
Portland Banks.
Previously reported f 3,555,050
Keported today 174,150
Total. $3,759,300
Banks Outside Portland.
Previously reported. . . .$1,234,700
Reported today 193,350
Total $1,42S,050
Grand total $5,187,350
In between now and the finish of the
second liberty loan campaign on the
night of October 27 will be crowded
many anxious moments for those ac
tively in charge of the Oregon drive.
Will Oregon do Its usual gallant part,
or will the total subscriptions in this
state fall below the minimum of $16,
500.000 asked
These are questions the heads of the
campaign are asking themselves right
now,
!12r,05 an Hour Needed.
If Oregon is to win, it means a tre
mendous burst of speed during the re
maining nine business days. If the
minimum is reached, it will mean that
subscriptions aggregating $125,695.10
must be raised every hour of those re
maining nine days, figuring ten work
ing hours for each day.
Last night's totals brought subscrip
tions eince October 1 to a total of
$5,187,350. This is not entirely an en
couraging figure with the campaign ex
actly two-thirds over. There remains
$11,312,560 to be subscribed by the peo
ple of this state.
If this sum shall be raised, it means
that Oregonians must dig down Into
their . pockets and bring out $10,474.59
every five minutes of the time yet re
maining of the drive.
If any patriotic citizen of Oregon
wants to keep the drive going at nor
mal speed for every one minute, he
must come across for $2094.90.
Every second between now and the
tOontlnuetl on Phr1 4.)
- r i i s
Red Cross and V. SI. C. A. Furnish
Food That Keeps Germany's
Captives Alive.
WASHINGTON', Oct. 7. Minister Mor
ris at Stockholm cables the State De
partment of the arrival there of Willot
Charles Smith, of Norwalk, Conn., who
escaped from a German internment
camp at Kiel and brought word that
American prisoners in Germany would
starve but for food sent them by the
Red Cross and T. M. C. A.
The daily food ration." eaya Smith,
"consists of a chunk of black, sour
bread and a drink of cold coffee for
breakfast, and for dinner and supper
about a pint and a half of warm soup,
apparently consisting of water and
turnips."
Smith was a horseman on the British
steamer Esmeralda, . captured by the
German raider Moewe, and was carried
Into Germany Just before the United
States broke diplomatic relations.
IOWA RESULT IN BALANCE
AVcts Have Slight Lead, but Official
Count Is Needed.
EES MOINES. Ia Oct. 17. So small
is the margin by which the wets lead
tonight It is obvious the official count
count will be necessary to determtnc
the result of Iowa's vote on the con
stitutional prohibitory amendment
Monday. Complete unofficial returns
show a wet lead of 887. the vote being
214,634 against and 213.747 for the
amendment.
It developed tonight that part of the
soldier vote had not reached the verioua
County Auditors in time to be included
in the count. This is due partly to a
misunderstanding of the law govern
ing: special elections, under which the
County Supervisors were required to
meet today and canvass the returns.
There are about 7000 Iowans at Mlneola
and Ueming. It is nof believed their
vote would materially change the result.
U-BOAT TOLL IS NINETEEN
Twelve British Sferchant Vessels of
Over 16 0O Tons Arc Sunk.
LONDON. Oct. 17. Twelve British
of over 1600 tons were sunk by mine
or submarine in the last week, accord
ing to the statement of the British
Admiralty.
Six vessels under 1600 tons and one
fishing vessel were sunk.
In the previous week 14 vessels over
1600 tons, two under that tonnage and
three fishing vessels were sunk.
SNOW FALLS AT SALT LAKE
First White Mantle of Season Covers
Utah's Capital.
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 17. Snow
fell for 40 minutes here today.
This is the first snow of the season
in the city, but there was a fall about
three weeks ago on the mountains near
here.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTE RDAT'P Maximum temperature. 58
decrees; minimum, .. degreci.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; light northerly
winds.
War.
Germans now hold all of Oesel Island and
Russian troops cut off. Pave 1.
Wedge driven by French Into German lines
is broadened. Pas; 2.
Sol (Hern In Franco must learn to dig;, says
General Doyen, Page
United States destroyer torpedoed. Page 1.
Major Hoffe. of German General Staff,
scouts America's war strength. Page 9.
Foreign.
Filipino Congress pledges loyalty to United
State In war. Page 2.
Russians hungry In midst of plenty, says
Rheta Childe Dorr. Page 5.
XatiunaJ.
American escs pes from Gennan Interment
camp. Page 1.
Eastern railroads are expected to a sic for
general rate advance. Page 3.
Government warns miners and operators)
strike must end. Page 7.
Washington reports outlook brigrter for
liberty loan campaign. .Page 3.
Graded draft plan put before President,
Page 6.
Domestic
Pro-German agents attack liberty loan.
Page 5.
Sports.
Pacific Coast league results: Portland 2,
Oakland 7; San Francisco 7. Salt Lake 8;
Los Angeles T. Vernon 1.- Page 14.
Columbia eleven defeats Benson, 25 to 0
Page 14.
Boxing Commission helps gams In Portland.
Page 14.
Angels close on Seals In Coast League race.
Page 14. 1
Commercial and Marine.
Cheaper mill feed not expected In immediate
future. Page 19.
Corn higher, owing to adverse weather con
ditions. Pago 19.
Stock market gains reduced by further
liquidation. Pase 19.
Labor Adjustment Board, shipbuilders and
union leaders tour harbor. Page 16.
Pacific Northwest.
New clews deepen mystery of Ballard girl's
death. Page 7.
German-Americans st Mount Angel buy lib
erty bonds. Page 1.
Chambers sawmill at Cottage Grove de
stroyed by fire. Page 1.
Governor Withycombe, In address at Eugene,
pleads for finer patriotism. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Oregon falling down on liberty loan. Page 1.
Approximately 140 strikers arrested fop
picketing near Northwest Steel Company's
plant. Page 1.
Liberty flier harvest begins. Page 4.
Federal Labor Adjustment Board hopes to
end shipyard strike shortly. Page 6.
Purchase of liberty bonds privilege, not duty,
says A. L, Dundas. Page 8.
Prestdent Griffith, of Portland Railway,
Light r Power Company, asks expression
from Council. Page 8.
Steve Craig testifies against father, liquor
dealer, charged with conspiracy. Page 9.
Theater prices to rise with war tax, Novem
ber 1. Page 13.
Weather r;ort, data and forecast. Page 19.
140 MEN. CAUGHT IN NET
Prisoners Start Near Riot in
Prison Following Arrest.
200 POLICE ARE ON SCENE
Mayor Baker Announces That Strik
ers Arrested Hereafter Will
Be Required to Vurnieh
$500 Cash Bail.
U NIONS NOT TO INTERFERE IS
BEHALF OK PICKETS.
Mayor Baker last night an
nounced that the strikers arrest
ed yesterday afternoon were all
ordered released on $10 cash bail
after an agreement had been
reached between himself and
union officials that, starting to
day, a. cash bail of $500 will be
required of every man arrested
for picketing. Union officials as
sured him that they would make '
no effort to have this heavier
bail reduced and said that all
strikers going out on picket duty
hereafter will do so at their own
risk of arrest.
"We arrested these men be-,
cause we are determined to keep
this strike situation in hand,"
said the Mayor. "We are going to
put a stop to this picketing if we
have to fill our Jails, and the men
might as well know it now, once
and for all."
Approximately 140 men, either strik
ers from the steel shipyards or loiter
ers whose presence made policing a
difficult task, were arrested late yes
terday afternoon in the vicinity of the
Northwest Steel Company plant In
South Portland.
This wholesale arrest of strikers out
on picket duty came as the result of a
conference earlier in the day between
Mayor Baker and Chief of Police John
son, at which it was determined that
the city would use every means at its
employ to put a stop to picket duty
and Its resultant intimidation of em
ployes in the various shipyards.
Shortly before 7 o'clock last night
the strikers still in jail started a near
riot in the cells and corridors of the
top floor. They began shouting,
stamping their feet and rattling the
bars and kept up such a din that the
police station rocked for several
minutes.
Captain Inskeep rushed upstairs and
told them that if they did not quiet
down they would all stay in jail all
night. He assured them that their sup
per would be taken to them shortly and
that they could telephone to friends
for bail after they had quieted down.
Strike In Surly Mood.
This had a soothing effect and the
racket was stopped within a few min
utes. The men were all in a surly mood
and appeared willing to start trouble
unless they could make Immediate ar
rangements to secure their release.
Chief Johnson called out nearly every'
officer and patrolman in the department
to handle the situation about the North
west Steel plant, as word had gone out
earlier In the day that trouble might
be expected. Over 200 police of all
three reliefs as well as the entire force
from the office of Sheriff Hurlburt
were out to handle the situation.
' Cara Guarded by Police.
However, there was but little trouble
reported. All strikers were ordered
away from the near vicinity of the
plant, and all streetcars bearing the
employes to the business district were
guarded by two plain clothes men and
two uniformed police.
Several small fights were reported
from the outskirts of the crowd. Strik
ers were seen chasing employes of the
plant up Lincoln street, and near Third
and Madison streets two nghts were
started when the strikers and employes
of the plant came together. In these
cases the men were all arrested and
charged with lighting.
All of the automobiles of the police
department as well as the machines in
other branches of the city service were
required to transport the arrested
strikers from South Portland to police
headquarters.
Strikers Refuse to Move.
Most of the men arrested were those
of a large crowd loitering about the
Front-street viaduct, directly above the
Northwest Steel plant, who refused to
move on after they had been ordered
to do so several times by Captain Moore.
After the second refusal to move on
Captain Moore instructed his men to
arrest every man on the viaduct, and
so large was the crowd that more than
a score of machines were loaded to
overflowing.
One young striker who appeared not
older than 17 was caught by Motorcycle
Patrolman Gouldstone placing tor
pedoes on the streetcar tracks. He suc
ceeded in throwing a fright Into the
first carload of men who boarded the
car, but was caught in the act of plac-
ng his second bunch of torpedoes and
Concluded on Page 7, Coiuma X.