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VOL. L.VII. XO. 17,7o6.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
KAISER'S PLOT
FOR WAR BARED
OREGON TROOPS IN
LEAD ON BIG LOAN
GERMAN FLEET NOW;
IN GULFOF RIGA
Warships and Aircr
Join in Atf'v
PASSPORTS DENIED
8 OF MILITARY AGE
OREGON'S FUND IS
FACULTY MEMBERS
PLEAD FOR EATON
SHIPYARDS STRIKE
END IS IN SIGHT
Both Sides Make Concessions.
$1,000,000 BIGGER
REGIMENT- TOPS FORTY-FIRST
DIVISION ORGANIZATIONS.
ALIEN SHIPYARD STRIKERS OF
ASTORIA CAN'T RUN "AWAY.
PETITION IN BEHALF OF ASSO
CIATE NOT MADE PUBLIC.
ide Facts Revealed By
Henry Morgenthau.
FINANCIERS DELAY ACTION
Hostilities Decided On at Con
ference in Berlin July 14 Ac
- cording to Participants.
AUSTRIA PARTY TO PLANS
Germany Dubbed I. W. W. of
Nations, Sowing Dissent to
Weaken Its "Enemies."
BY HEXRT MORGENTHAU.
pftnttf-r American Ambassador to Turkey.
Published by Arrangement with Xew York
World.)
This war is no accident. Neither did
it come about through the temporary
breakdown of European diplomacy. It
Was carefully planned and deliberately
executed in cold blood. The spirit and
motive behind it were the spirit and
motives that brought about the war
between Prussia and Denmark, the
war between Prussia and Austria and
the war between Prussia and France.
It was undertaken in the furtherance
of a definite programme of Prussian
'imperialism.
Since my return from France, where
I visited the front and had many frank
conferences with French statesmen
and Generals, and with British com
manders as well, it has been more and
more impressed on me that every
American who has had opportunities
to peep behind the scenes and see fori
himself how this terrible tragedy was
staged owes it to his fellow-countrymen
to give them all the information
in his possession which will enable
them to visualize the menace that has
been hanging over the great republic
and still hangs over it because of this
Prussian mania for world power. The
premeditation Is now proved, and any
American who withholds evidence be
comes an accessory after the fact to
Germany's crime.
Serbian Incident Opportunity.
Whenever the question of peace is
raised, the Kaiser solemnly asserts
that he did not will this war, but that,
with the help of the good German
God, he will see it through to the end.
He did will this war, and he brought
it about when it suited his purposes
and his preparations. The Serbian
incident was more than an excuse. It
was an opportunity.
On August 18, 1914. as American
Ambassador at Constantinople, I
called on the Marquis of Pallavicini,
the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, to
congratulate him on the Emperor's
S4th birthday. After exchanging the
usual diplomatic compliments suitable
to such an occasion, he spoke of the
condition of the Emperor's health and
his great physical and mental activity
in spite of the strain to which he was
subjected. The conversation then
turned to the war, which was in its
third week, and his excellency told
me that when he visited the Emperor
in May his imperial majesty had said
that war was inevitable because of
conditions in the Balkans.
Plans Made in July.
The Austrian Crown Prince was
murdered at Sarajevo on June 28; yet
weeks before that the Austrian Em
peror had confided to his Ambassador
to Turkey that war was inevitable.
A still more remarkable confirma
tion came to me from Baron W'angen
heim, the German Ambassador at
Constantinople. In an outburst of
enthusiasm after the arrival of the
Goeben and the Breslau in the Dar
danelles, he having directed their
movement by wireless while they were
endeavoring to escape from the Brit
ish fleet, the German Ambassador in
formed me that a conference had been
held in Berlin in the early part of
July at which the date of the war was
fixed.
Bankers Demand Time.
This conference was presided over
by the Kaiser; the Baron Wangen
lieim was present to report on condi
tions in Turkey. . Moltke,, the Chief
of Staff, was there and so was Grand
Admiral von Tirpitz. With them were
the leaders of German finance, the di
lectors of the railroads and the cap
tains of industry whose aid was essen
tial to the Kaiser in putting his vast
tCoutinued on race Coiu:au l-
Soldiers at Camp Greene and at
Clackamas Subscribe for Bonds
Totaling $158,600.
WITH 162D REGIMENT. CAMP
GREENE. Charlotte, N. C. Oct. 18.
(Special.) Oregon is again first to
night after moving- from first to third
place in the liberty bond subscriptions.
The 162d Regiment is out in front with
a lead over the rest of the organiza
tions in the 41st Division of J48.000.
the regiment's total subscription being
$158,600.
Division headquarters placed the
162d Regiment in the lead today when
a telegram from Lieutenant-Colonel
Abrams. commanding the battalion left
at home, arrived adding J69.250. It
might also be mentioned that Camp
Greene ranks well up among the lead
ing, cantonments in subscriptions.
Every organization in Camp Greene
marched through the streets of Char
lotte today to give impetus to the cam
paign for the liberty loan. Charlotte
papers say all previous records were
broken for the number of soldiers in
line. It took two hours for the col
umns to pass the reviewing stand.
Major Brandon, commanding the
First Battalion. Oregon Engineers, now
the 116th Regiment, has estimated that
if every citizen of the United States
would respond as have the soldiers in
this camp, the loan would be over
subscribed by $10,000,000,000.
Charlotte is cleaning house and con
ditions which existed two weeks - ago
have been eliminated. The Mayor, the
new health officer and the United
States Public Health Service have co
operated. The weather is warm now
and the general health of the regi
ment is good. ...
MR. MORGENTHAU TO SPEAK
Ex-Ambassador to Turkey Due in
Portland Next Month.
Henry Morgenthau, former United
States Ambassador to Turkey, whose
remarkable expose of the plotting of
Kaiser William to cause the war is
published In The Oregonian today, will
arrive in Portland some time in Novem
ber to deliver an address, according to
information received yesterday by Ben
Selling.
The former diplomat is engaged in
the work of raising a $10,000,000 relief
fund for Jewish sufferers in the war
zones of Europe and has announced
his personal contribution of $1,000,000
to the sum needed.
$8,000,000 BONDS ARRIVE
Purchasers Asked to Call at Banks
and Take Delivery.
Eight million dollars' worth of bonds
of the first issue of liberty bonds have
now arrived in Portland, the final con
signments being received yesterday.
Purchasers of these bonds are re
quested to- call at Portland banks and
take delivery of these bonds immedi
ately, presenting their receipts as a
means of identification. Clerks at the
Portland banks worked all night plac
ing these bonds in envelopes and ar
ranging them alphabetically to facili
tate rapid delivery.
FIREMEN'S FUND TO AID
Pension Board Votes to Buy $22,000
of Liberty Bonds.
A total of $22,000 in money in the
firemen's relief and. pension fund is to
be invested in liberty bonds. The
board of trustees of the fund, of which
Mayor Baker Is chairman, voted yes
terday to buy the bonds right away.
The campaign for the sale of bonds
to city employes has been launched
and. is meeting with success. At a
meeting yesterday of the heads of de
partments and bureaus plans for &
canvass of every city employe were
made.
BIG SHINGLE MILL BURNS
Plant Near Kurcka Destroyed; Loss!
Nearly $50,000.
EUREKA. Cal.. Oct. IS. (Special.)
The C P. Doe & Company shingle mill.
Fix miles south of Wrangelstown. was
completely destroyed by fire, together
with 6.000.000 shingles, a loss of nearly
$o0.0'0. James. Lush, a watchman, was
seriously burned in making his escape
from the mill.
The cause of the fire, which origi
nated in the engine-room, is unknown.
The plant was operated by II. A. Pol
and, whose loss was $16,500. including
a riryhoiise recently completed. But
$4500 insurance was carried by Poland.
OREGON MASONS HONORED
Thirty-third Degree, Scottish Rite, to
Be Conferred by Supreme Council.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash-
inton, Oct. 18. The supreme council.
Scottish Rite Masons. Southern jurisdic
tion, tomorrow will confer the honorary
33d degree upon the following:
Ralph Warren Hoyt and Alexander
Mitchell Wright, of Portland: Alpha H.
Goodrech and David S. Preseott, Spo
kane: Frederick AV. Keater and Archi
bald J. McKiHop. Tacoma: Arthur F.
Sutter. Bellingham; Patrick J. O'Hara,
Seattle: James- N. Stody, Treadwell.
Alaska.
British Recruit 10,000 in New York.
NEW TORK. Oct; 18. The ten thou
sandth recruit for the British and
Canadian armies was enrolled by the
British and Canadian recruiting mission
today. The mission announced that re-
rriiittne- i t-iprovins stcuiiy Ulluugll-
PETROGRAD ADMITS DEFEAT
Battleship Slava Outclassed
and Sunk at Long Range.
BATTERIES ARE SILENCED
Heavy Guns of Dreadnoughts Do
Great Damage to Russian Ships
and Compel Them to Yield :
Entrance to Gulf,
BERLIN, - via London, Oct. IS. Tha
German forces have captured Moon
Island, according to the official state
ment tonight.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 18. A naval bat
tle has occurred in the Gulf of Riga
between Russian and German battle
ships. The Russian battleship Slava
was sunk. Nearly all the crew were
saved by Russian torpedo-boats.
The enemy's fleet, after getting con
trol of Irbe Channel, penetrated the
Gulf of Riga at night, and at dawn
yesterday was discovered by our patrol
detachment, which was pressed back
to Moon Sound by enemy cruisers and
tcrpedo-boats.
Our ships of the line, Grayhdanin and
Slava, and the cruiser Bayan. went out
to meet the enemy and drove back his
vanguard by their fire. They soon en
countered the principal enemy fighting
units and engaged them.
Drradnouchti in Action.
Among the latter were two dread
noughts of tha Grosser Kurfuerst type
(25,000 tons).
During the battle the enemy adopt
ed the tactics of firing at distances
beyond the range of our guns, his ar
tillery range being much ..-uperlor to
the artillery of our old ships of the
line.
In spite of the clearly manifested su
periority of the enemy, our ships de
fended the entrance for a considerable
time and only severe damage caused
by the fiie of his dreadnoughts forced
us to retire into the waters of the Moon
Scund. As a result of several hits be
neath the water line, the Slava sank.
Nearly all the crew were saved by our
torpedo-boats.
Batteries Are Silenced.
During this engagement our coast
batteries at the entrance to Moon Sound
dispersed by their fire enemy torpedo
boats which attempted to approach our
si ips. Afterward the fire of one of the
enemy dreadnoughts was directed on
those batteries and they were put out
of action in a short time.
Another detachment of our naval
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BUY A LIVE
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! . :
Board Says Country Pro-
.alns Opportunities in Peace Is
: Worthy of Aid . in - War.-
ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 18. (Special.)
The local military exemption board to
day denied the applications of eight
foreign-born citizens, . all' of military
age. who had applied for passports to
return to their native lands. Some of
these are striking shipcarpenters. Their
names and nativity are as follows:
Meyer Johansen, Thomas Andreas
Iversen, Bang Johansen, John Cholberg,
Wilhe'lm Skang, Andrew August, - W.
Svendsen, natives of Norway; Jacob
Lenhart Honga, a native of Finland,
and Andrew Fritjof Olsson, a native of
Sweden. '
The official order of the board says:
"At the present time there exists in
the United States of America an un
usual emergency and the United States
Government is demanding from all her
citizens, whether naturalized or other
wise, certain services to be rendered at
this time. . The petitioners herein have
heretofore seen fit to - cast their lot
with the other citizens of the United
States of America and have derived
great benefit from their association with
the citizens of the United States. It is
therefore the opinion of this board that
the petitioners should remain in the
United Statese of America during this
crisis and offer such aid and assistance
to the Government as may be re
quired." MRS. THOMAS F. RYAN DEAD
Papal Countess Reputed Donor of
$20,000,000 to Catholic Causes.
SUFFERS. X. Y., Oct. 18. Mrs.
Thomas Fortune Ryan, whose death
at her home near here was announced
early today, was perhaps one of the
most generous benefactors of Catholic
philanthropies in America. It is esti
mated she had given $20,000,000.
Mrs. Ryan, was made a papal coun
tess in 1907 by Pope Pius X.
SKILLED MEN IN DEMAND
Five Hundred Conld Be Employed
at Mare Island Navy-Yard.
VAL.LEJO. Cal.. Oct. 18. Two hun
dred men skilled in shipbuilding trades
are badly needed at the Mare Island
Navy-yard, Government officials stated
today. Five hundred men-could be cir
Ioyed, if they were available.
The . shortage of labor Is-, not handi
capping the important Government
work here they stated.
BOND CAMPAIGNERS I'RGED
TO MEET AT Ll'XCHEOX
TODAY.
All members of the distribution
committee, with members of all
the subcommittees working un
der It, including all liberty bond
solicitors, aret requested to be at
the blue room of the Portland
Hotel for lunch today at 12:13.
This . call is Issued by J. C.
Ainsworth, chairman.
- SAVER FOR THE BOY WHO GOES
Liberty Loan Subscrip
tions Pour In.
$6,000,000 MARK PASSED
Banks Offer to Lend Buyers
98 Per Cent at Low Rate.
WEAK : SPOTS BRACED UP
Workers : in Country Districts No
tified to Commandeer Best Tal
ent Available, if Necessary,
in Country's Service.
FIGURES SHOW PROGRESS OP
LIBERTY I.OAV IX OREGOX,
Portland Banks.
Previously reported . . . $3,759,300
Reported yesterday ... 499,600
Total $4,258,900
Hanks Outside Portland.
Previously reported ...$1,428,150
Reported yesterday .... .268,400
Total.
.$1,696,550
Grand total
. .$5,955,450
Oregon's liberty loan total soared
well over the $6,000,000 mark yester
day. To win to the $16,500,000 goal set for
the state, considerably more than one
million dollars a day will have to come
from the strong boxes of Oregon, but
this was done yesterday and the work
ers in the big drive felt renewed cour
age.
Because the amount of $359,600 re
ported to liberty loan headquarters
by soliciting team yesterday had not
yet passed through the banks, the $6,
000,000 figure is not reported in the of
ficial summary, but it will blossom
forth there today. A late report of
$94,000 by the First National Bank still
further augmented the total.
Portland banks yesterday took a. de
cisive step to assure victory. At a
clearing-house meeting it was decided
to go to unusual lengths to finance
bond investors. This is to loan 98 per
cent of the purchase price of the bonds,
taking notes for, these sums at 5 per
cent interest.
An earnest call to depositors not to
be slackers in the big drive for the
second liberty loan was also adopted
and it will be blazoned forth In full
page advertisements in Portland pa
pers. The statement of the banks In
detail follows:
"To our depositors:
"The banks of the Portland Clearing
House Association desire to call your
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ACROSS.
Pro-German Propaganda Is De
nounced, but Faith in Pro
fessor Is Asserted.
EUGENE. Or., Oct. 18. (Special.)
A petition for the retention of Allen
Eaton, who participated in the People's
Council for Democracy and Terms of
Peace, was circulated among members
of the faculty at the University of
Oregon today and received some signa
tures. The petition denounces pro-German
propaganda, condemns the Peace Coun
cil, but asserts the faith of the peti
tioners in the loyalty of Mr. Eaton as
an American citizen.
Professor J. D. Barnett announced
that the petition would not be made
public nor the signatures disclosed
until after the meeting of the board
of regents Saturday night at which Mr.
Eaton's case will come up for consideration.
RECOUNT IN IOWA ORDERED
Unofficial Returns Give Wets Ap
proximately 1000 Majority.
DES MOINES. Ia.. Oct. lg. Attorney-General
H. M. Havner today or
dered a recount of the ballots cast in
Monday's special elections on the ques
tion of constitutional prohibition. Un
official returns give the "wets" an
advantage of approximately 1000. with
a total vote of 430.000. Leaders in the
"dry" faction reiterated today that an
official canvass would be made be
cause of the small margin given the
wets. In some quarters, it is believed,
the official count may change the
final result.
PRINCIPAL ATTACKS LOAN
Lvan Markey, of Easton School, Ar
rested at Ellensburg.
ELLEN'SBURG, Wash.. Oct. 18. (Spe
cial.) Lynn Markey, principal of Eas
ton School, was arrested today as a
result of an attack on a liberty bond
speaker at the county institute here
today.
It is said his state teacher's license
may be revoked and he may be asked
to resign as principal because of his
attack.
FRANKLIN K. LANE IS ILL
Delivery of Address in Carnegie
Hall, New York, Prevented.
NEW TORK. Oct. 18. Franklin K.
Lane, Secretary of the Interior, who
was to have delivered an address at a
liberty loan rally in Carnegie Hall here
tonight, notified the liberty loan com
mittee that he had become ill on a
train at Trenton while on his way to
this city and had been compelled to
return to Washington.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTKR DAY'S Maximum temperature, 4
degrees; minimum temperature, 40 de
grees. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; killing frost In
morning; moderate easterly winds.
Foreign.
Kaiser's war plots bared by ex-Ambassador
Morgenthau. Page 1.
Control of industry by Slav workmen stifles
production. Page 3.
War.
German fleet victorious in Gulf of Riga
Page 1.
Service of expert business men in France
enllHted for army. Page 10.
Mutinous spirit in German navy spreading
Pag 3.
National.
Yesterday's liberty bond sales biggest since
campaign opened. Page ti.
High prices of food now due to fall. Page 4.
Fuel Administrator and mine workers be
lieve coal strike will soon end. Page 1.
District school branded as archaic Page 4.
Faculty members sign petition in behalf of
Allen Eaton. Page 1.
U. S. urges Japan to send million men to
Europe. Page 5.
Pro-Germans in Middle West discouraging
subscriptions for liberty bonds. Page 6.
Domestic.
Dr. Frederlrk Cook marked for assassina
tion. Page 10.
Oregon troops Indulge In athletics. Page lO.
Negotiations with electrical telegraph, work
ers continue amicable. Page 4.
Oregon regiment subscribes $158, GOO to lib
erty loan. Page 1.
Sports.
Pacific Toast League results: Portlsnd 4.
Oakland 5: Vernon fl. I,os Angeles l; San
Francisco 4, Salt Lake 0. Page 16.
Robert FltxMmmm.it, ex-heavyweight cham
pion puglliHt, dying. Page 17.
Holtfwher deal explained to satisfaction of
Bezdek. Page 14.
Franklin eleven defeats Lincoln. 14 to 0.
Page 16.
Northwest.
Passports denied eight aliens of military ag
at Astoria, Page 1.
Camp Iwls soldiers pledge half million to
Liberty loan. Page 10. -
Commercial and Marine.
-
Orders for Oregon potatoes diverted owing
to car shortage. Page 21. .
Corn and provisions rally sharply at Chicago.
Page 21.
"War stocks lead genera! advance In Wall
street market. Page "I.
Shortage of funds may delay dredging opera
tions here. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Dr. Fisher discusses plans for commerce at
close of war. Page 13.
Shipyards strike end In sight. Page 1.
"Lucia di Lamniermoor and "Thais" pre
sented. Page 11.
Source of Bull Bun. River Is questioned.
Page It.
Oregon's liberty loan mark raised 11,000,060
in day. Page 1.
School Board will take 1-00,000 of liberty
loan. Fas 15.
Jitney operators arrested. Page S.
Dr. W. T. Foster tells of experiences In Lon
don during German air raids. Page 8.
Remainder of Third Oregon, soon to leave
for Camp Greene, reviewed. Page 10.
Dr. -Irving Finher speaks to Social Hygiene
Society. Page 11.
Formal opening of the Martha Washington
tomorrow. Page 1.
Chamber of Commerce indorses price-controlling.
Page 22.
Weather report data and forecast. Pare 18.
"CLOSED SHOP" ISSUE WAIYED
Union Men Guaranteed Fair
Play and More Pay.
NATION'S NEED PARAMOUNT
Plants Expected to Be Running Full
Blast Monday as Result of Fed
eral Labor Board's Work; Men
Will Vote on Acceptance.
Shipbuilding operations in Portland
and vicinity will be resumed full tilt
by Monday mornins, it is believed by
those in touch with the situation.
Through the efforts of the Federal
Labor Adjustment Board, which ad
journed its formal sessions yesterday
and will leave for San Francisco this
afternoon, an understanding has been
reached between the employers and the
representatives of the 7000 strikers
whereby amicable arrangements are
to be made for the resumption of oper
ations and the return of the men to
their work.
"Closed Shop" Waived.
Both sides make concessions. the
employers giving way relative to rigid
"open" shop conditions and guarantee
ing no discrimination against a union
man. as such, while the strikers are
to return to work upon the basis of
wage scales prevailing In the various
yards at this time, having been for
mally assured of a retroactive sched
ule, to be fixed by the Adjustment
Board, dating as of September 15,
minus the "closed" shop.
. Important informal sessions were
held last night by both sides, one at
the Hotel Benson, where the Board
has been sitting for its hearings, and
the other in Alisky Hall.
At the Benson, a number of employ- '
era . met with representatives of the
strikers, discussing the issues in a
friendly way and endeavoring to fur
ther the spirit - of harmony and con-
filiation.
Vtsitinp; Union Chiefs Honored.
In Alisky Hall the Metal Trades
Council gave a reception to the visitinjj
international union officers and this
occasion was likewise used to promote
a spirit of unity. It was generally
agreed that both meetings would be
productive of great good.
Rigid attitudes on both sides were '
abandoned yesterday morning, com
mencing with the voluntary action of
the employers In going to police head
quarters and obtaining the release of
all alleged picketers who were arrest
ed on a wholesale scale Wednesday
night for storming the Northwest
Steel Company plant and refusing to
move when directed.
Nation Demands Ships.
Conferences which are known to havs
been on between the employers and
members of the Adjustment Board, on
the one hand, and strike representa
tives on the other, had their effect and
developed an understanding on both
sides that the Government will in no
wise tolerate Idleness at shipyards.
V. Everit Macy, chairman, and A.' J.
Berres and Louis A. Coolldge, compris
ing the permanent Board, sent here by
President Wilson from Washington,
carry great power and authority, both
direct and Indirect, and have since
their arrival here been very careful not
to create any feeling of antagonism on
any side, but they have also let It bo
fully known to all hands that the
United States Government is going to
have ships and Is not to take no for an
answer.
Co-operative FVellna- Created.
This Board, which had its first diffi
cult situation to handle in the adjust
ment of the Seattle wage scale, proved
its efficiency there, as the men have
voted to return to work. The members
have created a feeling of co-operation
between employer and employe while
here that had not been noticeable prior "
to their arrival, and It Is fully believed
that they have about accomplished the
desired results, in so far as getting
the shops in operation is concerned.
Chairman Macy. speaking for tha
board, said yesterday, after closing the
formal sessions, that its members do
not feel that they are the ones to work
out the finality of the situation with
regard to the arrangements for the re
turn of the men to work, that being
the function of the local business
agents or whatever officers may be se
lected for it.
Adjuster to Be Stationed Here.
This will very likely be handled,
through the Metal Trades Council ex
ecutive committee, with the counsel
and co-operation of various organizers
and international officers now in Port
land, to do what they can to solve the
local problem.
At the instruction of the board there
is to be a permanent adjuster stationed
here, to be selected by two representa
tives of the employers and two named
by the strikers' crafts, and approved
by the members of the board. The
employers named J. R. Bowles and V.
C. Knapp. the former acting for the
steel and the latter for the wooden
shipbuilding operators. William Mac
kenzie will act for the Metal Trades
Council and R. A. Mclnnis for the Dis
trict Council of Carpenters.
It will be the duty of the adjuster to
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