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I If you didn't go to the front, rl i llT!!! 1111111 lJi 3' (( ' , Hi llHC Jlll 11 WH ,Cl WlH I You didn't go to war. But do 1 I stay at home and buy a bond. Jf "y y fy f Vf'v L, Jr SS i yi T TT your bit and buy a bond. VOL.. L.VII. NO. 17,7G2. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2G, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AIM NOW SET FOR GERMANY WARNED TO WATCH JAPAN SHIPS, WHEAT, HOGS DRAFT ERRORS COST ABOUT $1,000,000 OREGOX SAID TO BE WORST OFFENDER IX DISTRICT. GOVERNMENT SEEKS 300,000 SHIP MEN THIS MMBER " EEDED TO COM PLETE NEW CRAFT. OF PEACE $ .raWIHPjyHSM GENERAL ADVANCE F EUROPE WAR WITH AMERICA IMPROB ABLE, SAYS VOX SALZMAXX. HE GH CONTINUE RUMORS MARK LQODNG Call Made for Oregon to Attain Maximum. MINIMUM ALMOST REACHED Final Totals of Yesterday Put at $17,764,250. . OTHER STATES ARE AHEAD Telegrams From Headquarters Call on All Workers to Redouble Ef- Xorts so as to Keep Ore- gon in Honor Column. LIBERTY LOAN FIKl'HRS COM. I'lLED L.AST MUHT. Portland. Reported by banks pre viously f 7,815,950 Reported Thursday... 2,116,250 Total 9,932,200 Additional, reported by communities 755,000 Total $10,687,200 Outxlde. Reported by mail pre viously $ 4,346,150 Reported' by mail Thursday 1,151,550 Additional reported by telegraph 1,579,350 Total $ 7,077,050 Grand total. ........ .$17,764, 250 Oregon is assured its minimum quota cf $18,000,000 for liberty bonds. . Now every effort is being made to approach the maximum quota of $30, 000,000. The call went out to every state yes terday from Washington to do its ut most to make the second liberty loan fL round $5,000,000,010. To do that, every tate must sub scribe ita maximum quota and. Ore gon's is $30,000,000. Last night the total raised in Oregon $17,764,250. and the minimum of $18,000,000 will easily be passed this morning. But redoubled efforts are de manded from everyone to leave no stone unturned to make it $30,000,000. Oregon Not Keeping? I p. Oregon is behind other Western ptates. save one, Washington, in the second liberty loan. Four of the seven states in the 12th Federal Reserve Dis trict passed their minimum quotas Wednesilay night. Arizona, with a minimum quota of $3,174,069, had raised $3,175,000; Idaho, minimum $7,947,572, bad subscribed $7,000,000; Nevada, min imum $2,S68.858. by Wednesday night hid raised more than $3,000,000. Utah, with a minimum of $10,419,885, bad $11,500,000 to its credit when the books closed Wednesday. Washington, with a minimum of $32,542,136, had only $24,000,000 Wednesday night, and Oregon, with a minimum of $18,023,814, had $15,600,000 Wednesday night. Cali fornia has a minimum of $135,043,666. Owing to the great extent of the state and the task of compilation, the exact figures were not in the hands of Ore gon headquarters yesterday, but word came that California had passed its minimum requirement Wednesday. All Aim at High Mark. All the Western states are workin like Trojans for their maximum allot ments, which are two-thirds additional to the minimums reached. I he Oregon campaign managers faced a difficult situation yesterday. Federal Reserve Bank officials at San Francisco have been advising all along that publicity be not given to maximum allotments. Just why this policy was adopted is not known here, but it is believed to have been a mistaken one. Enthusiastic leaders declare that if the maximum of $30,000,000 had been made known at the start, it would have been attained. Now they are dubious' with the short time remaining, but they are determined to do their utmost. Hmewcd Energy t'rgeil. We must not relax with the mini mum practically attained," said C. A. duller, manager of the Oregon drive. "We must keep hammering, for the maximum is essential if the loan reaches the $5,000,000,000 asked." "We dare not stop at the minimum; we must keep going with all the ener gy we can muster," declared J. C. Ains worth. chairman of the distribution committee. C C. Chapman, vice-chairman of the publicity committee, showered the state with telegrams yesterday, imploring every community to keep working hard for the maximum. The quotas asked in each instance were revised sharply up ward. In many instances committees in other parts of the state where the mini mums have" been reached have rested on their oars, content with their show ings, and this lapse of interest, it is feared, will prove fatal to the desired maximum. Ciood Showing; Anftured. But it is certain that millions more than the minimum can he obtained if every part of Oregon will pitch in with renewed vigor and work harder than ever before. Replies from city and county organi (Com luilcd on Page S, Column 1.) Teuton Military Critic Sees Xo Pros pect of Trouble for United States in Orient. COPENHAGEN. Oct. 25. Captain von Salzmann. military critic and Far East ern expert of the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin, warns his readers that they no longer have the right to count upon a future war between Japan and the United States, which had become a fixed idea with the average German and a definite element in the govern ment's political calculations. This ele ment, the Captain writes, must be eliminated for a long time at least and Germany instead must count upon Japan to enter into the Paris economic agreement and participate in an anti German post-bellum business war. Captain von Salzmann takes hi text from the recent speech in London of Viscount Chinda, Japanese Am bassador to Great Britain, in which harj warned against German intrigue for the purpose of' creating friction be tween Japan and the United States. The captain also refers to the negotia tions at Washington of Viscount Ishii, head of the Japanese mission to the United States. He says Japan and America, taking a lesson from the European conflict, apparently have de termined it is best to settle their problems by arbitration and friendly agreement, rather than by costly hostilities and that it looks as though these nations would come to an agree ment regarding China. H0QUIAM HUNTER IS SHOT Bullet Goes Through Both Legs of Frank Ladley. HOQUIAM, Wash., Oct. 25. (Spe cial.) Frank Ladley, of this city, was shot and seriously wounded in a hunt ing accident in the northeast part of the county this forenoon. A soft-nose rifle bullet passed through both legs and it is feared he will lose his right. foot, the bones of the ankle being bad ly shattered. Ladley and Louis Miller were hunt ing deer near Matlock, the former be ing about 15 feet head. As they were following a trail through the woods. in some manner Miller's gun, which he was carrying over his arm, caught on the brush and was discharged. It was necessary to slash a trail through the woods about a mile to the road so he could be carried to an auto to be brought here to the hospital. FIFTH IN AUTO CRASH DIES Mrs. Adolpli Schneider Succumbs to Injuries Received at Keedville. Mrs. Adolph Schneider, widow of the late Adolph Schneider, proprietor of the Portland Cheese Company, died last night as the result of an automobile accident at Reedville, near Hillsboro, Sunday afternoon, October 7. ! Mrs. Schneider's death was the fifth toll of the accident, the other victims besides her husband being. A. K. Hornschuch, son-in-law; Louise Schneider, a daugh ter, and Silas Schultze, of Everett, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Schneider lived at 1134 Cleveland avenue and Mr. Hornschuch at 406 East Fiftieth street. The accident resulted when the Schneider automobile, driven by Louise Schneider, crossed the Southern Pacific tracks at Reedville, and was hit by an on-coming electric train. SEATTLE GETS INTO LINE Hotels and Restaurants to Observe -Meatless and Wheatless Days. SEATTLE. Oct. 25. Beginning- Tues day, November 6. Seattle hotels and restaurants will observe one meatless day and one wheatless day every week, according to announcement made today. Tuesday will be meatless day and Wednesday will be wheatless day. This is in accordance with the pro gramme decided upon at a conference at Spokane between James Marmaduke, of Seattle, president of the Washing ton Hotel Managers Association and chairman of the hotel and restaurant committee of the state food adminis tration, and Charles Hebbard, state food administrator. BREAD PRICES TO BE FIXED Federal License for Bakers Part of Government Plan. WASHINGTON". Oct. 25. Bread stand ardization will soon be announced by the food administration, resulting from investigation of ingredients' costs, la bor and other factors by Benjamin Jacobs of the Department of Agricul ture's bureau of chemistry. A standard loaf at a fixed price, with bakers all licensed, is the plan. A proc lamation by the President for the licensing will be required. It is not ex pected the system will be completed by November 1. when the licensing feature of the food law will be extended to some industries. YOUTH THREATENS WILSON Son of Chicago Vnivers-ily Professor Desecrates Flag. CHICAGO. Oct. 25. Bwald Pietsch, son or Lr. Carl I'ietsch, professor of philosophy and languages at the Uni versity of Chicago, was arrested today. He is charged with threatening the life of President Wilson, and dese crating the American flag. Food and Endurance Two Things Needed. PORK WORTH MORE THAN SHELL United States and Canada Must Make Up Shortage. PROBLEM IS ONE OF SHIPS Food Administrator Hoover Says Fight Against Submarine Will Bo -Won If America Stimulates Pro duction, and Is Saving. WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. In a state ent tonight reviewing the world food situation Food Administrator Hoover said the fight against the submarine would be won if the United States and Canada could stimulate production and effect economies so as to feed the al lies from this continent without send ing a ship farther afield than the American Atlantic seaboard. Ships, wheat and hogs are the great needs Mr. Hoover emphasized. He said deepest concern had been caused by the fact that in spite of high prices this country's pork consumption had in creased during the war until produc tion had been outstripped, a situation that must be changed. Hogx Worth More Than Shells. "If we discontinue exports," Mr. Hoover added, "we will move the Ger man line from France to the Atlantic seaboard. Pork, products have an in fluence in this world situation wider than one would. attribute to them. The human body must have a certain amount of fats; we must increase pro duction of hogs if we are to answer the world's craving. "Every pound of fat Is as sure of service as every bullet, and every hog is of greater value to the winning of this war than a shell." The administrator said the allies de ficiency of wheat production is 196, 000,000 bushels, with imports of 577, 700,000 bushels required to maintain normal consumption. He estimated the aggregate American, Canadian, Aus tralian, Indian and Argentine export surplus at 770,000,000 bushels, but pointed out that lack of shipping made it necessary for this country and Can ada to bear the burden of the allies deficit. Problem One of Ships. "The problem is simply one of ships." he said. "If ample shipping existed there would be no need for saving or increased production of wheat on the part of the American people. But if we can produce such economies and stimu late production in the United States and Canada as will enable us to feed the allies absolutely from this conti nent and thus enable them to live with out sending a ship farther afield than our Atlantic seaboard, we can resist the submarine indefinitely." Placing the United States wheat ex- (Concluded on Page Column 2.) UNCLE SAM Of 42,7 7 6 Men Sent to Camp Lewis, 3331 Have Been Rejected at Estimated Cost of $3 00 Each. TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 25. (Special.) That mistakes, coupled with careless and wilful disobedience of the rules laid down by the War Department for the selection of draft men for the Na tional Army units mobilized at Camp Lewis drawn from the states of the Western Department has cost the Gov ernment $1,000,000 is the assertion of Army officers at Camp Lewis. It is estimated that the transporta tion and care of the 3331 men who have been rejected so far out of the 42,776 sent to camp, will cost the Government at least $300 each by the time the men get back to their homes. - Rejections were highest among the men sent by Oregon boards, the per centage running up to 10.5; Montana comes next with rejections of 10.1 per cent, while Wyoming is lowest with 7.2 per cent.. Just 8 per cent of Wash ington's men have been rejected. The average for all states is 7.8 per cent. The number of men sent to camp, the number of rejections reported, and the percentage of rejections for each state are as follows: State Snt. Rejected. Pet. Utah 2.015 1US 11.8 Nevada S35 7 8.2 Washington fl.lilll 41"! s Oregon ("'.! 04 10.5 Idaho . 1.1)44 ITS 11 1 Montana U,H!."i 571) I'll Wyoming HN4 41 California 227H.I 160S 7.4 RATS TO BE ELECTROCUTED Zoo Keeper Has Plan for Getting Rid of Rodents. Rat killing by means of electricity is to be tried out at the Washington Park zoo. Zoo Keeper Hermann has devised a system whereby he says he believes the rats can be shocked to death. He proposes to fill a leaky copper boiler with food and place it where rats are troublesome. It will be so charged with electricity that when a rat puts its front feet on the boiler and its hind feet on the ground he will be electrocuted. BOND PAYABLE TO MOTHER Xewberg Youth Provides for Parent Before Leaving for Front. XEWBERG, Or., Oct. 25. (Special.) Buying eight liberty bonds and having them made payable to his mother was the patriotic duty performed by Charles E. Reynolds, of Newberg. who is a member of the mechanics' corps, now stationed at Clackamas. Before entering military service Mr. Reynolds also took out an Insurance policy in favor of his mother. BANKER GETS IN TROUBLE Financier, Arrested for Unfriendly Act, Buys Bonds. TRIUMPH, Minn.. Oct. 25. F. J. Schwalen, president of a local bank, ar rested on charges of interfering with the sale of liberty bonds, subscribed for $3000 worth for himself and for $500 worth for his bank, it was an nounced today. Charges against him were not re moved, however, and he is out on $1000 bail. MY BOY, THIS NATION NEVER Several Important Villages 2000 PRISONERS CAPTURED Germans Forced to Abandon ' Valuable War Material. BELGIANS ALSO ARE BUSY Demoralization Shown In Teuton Command and Another Retreat, It Is Believed, Is Contemplated. PARIS, Oct. 25. The French forces on the Aisne today continued their suc cessful advance, capturing several im portant villages, as well as 2000 addi tional prisoners. Since the beginning of the present operations, says the an nouncement made tonight by the War Office, more than 12,000 Germans have been captured, as well as 150 big guns and many guns of smaller caliber. The text- of the statement reads: "Our, troops carried out this morning a general advance beyond! the positions reached last evening, extending to the Oise-Alsne canal. The village and for est of Pinon are in our hands, as well as the villane of Pargny-Filain. South of Filaln, where our patrols penetrated, we occupied the farms of St. Martin and La Chapelle Ste. Berthe. "The enemy under our pressure was compelled to abandon important mate rial, including a score of cannon, of which several were howitzers of 150 size. "On the right bank of the Meuse the Germans followed up their bombard inent, indicated this morning, of our positions in the Chaume wood with an attack which our fire arrested. Beljclans Are Active "Belgian communication: Our artil ery has been very active during the course of the last two days. On Oc tober 25 our aviators gave efficacious aid to these various operations. " By the Associated Press. WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN FRANCE. Oct. 25. The French, vic tory of Tuesday northeast of Soissons Is still being extended. Monkey Moun tain, east of Vauxaillon village, and the greater part of the forest of Pinon have been occupied. The French now have Laon in sight eight miles away and face the Aisne canal. Contradic tory orders taken from prisoners show certain demoralization in the German command, and the question is asked whether another retreat is intended. LONDON, Oct. 25. Fieldl Marshal Haig's official report of the operations in Fianders, received today, reads: Germans Again Repulsed. "Following the activity of his artil lery, already reported, the enemy de livered another strong counter attack yesterday evening south of Houtholst (Continued on Page 3. Column 1.) FORGETS! Shipping Board Would Work Yards Three Shifts to Finish Tonnage ProgroDinic in 1918. WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. An organ ized effort has been launched by the Shipping Board to draw sufficient labor to shipyards of the country to place all plants on a three-shifts-a-day basis to carry out the Government's shipping programme. Estimating that there are now ap proximately 100,000 or more employes in yards engaged on Government work the board believes 400,000 men are needed to insure at least between five and six millions of additional tonnage off the ways by the end of 1918. The board has shipyards and mater ial, but so far lacks adequate labor. It hopes to fill that deficiency by hold ing out allurements that will attract labor that ordinarily would not drift to the yards. Schools for training men already are in operation. In the efficiency table formulated by the board it is estimated that each man should turn out an average of one dlead-welght ton of shipping per month which should insure the carrying out of the shipping programme with the additional 300.000 employes. Several shipyards already are work ing three eight-hour shifts. 2 TOWNS DOUBLE QUOTAS Xchalcm Valley People Proud of Record In Campaign. WHEELER, Or., Oct. 25. (Special.) The people of Nehalem Valley want it known that they are a long way short of slackers in their subscription to the second liberty loan bond issue. This evening the quota for this district had been doubled, and $50 over, with prospects that this amount will be greatly increased during the next two days. Over 50 per cent of the bonds sub scribed were paid for in full. Wheeler claims the distinction of being the first city in the state to double its quota. GERMAN ESTATE FORFEIT Government May Seize $200,000 Property in St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Mo., Oct. 25. A large part of the $200,000 estate of the late Herman Pielsticker, former saloon keeper, probably will be seized by the Federal Government. Pielsticker'a wil probated today, leaves most of hi estate to nephews and nieces in Ger many. United States District Attorney Ar thur L. Oliver said the estate clearly is subject to seizure. NORWAY IS NOT SUFFERING Food Minister Says With Economy Will Win; Press Disagrees. CHRISTIANIA, Oct. 25. The Food Minister today declared that the food situation in Norway was about th same as last year, and that by econo mizing Norway could get along. The papers take a contrary view saying that without imports from Amer ica Norway will face starvation before the Winter is over. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 59 degrees; minimum. 4'2 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; moderate westerly winds. Mar. Germans reported retreating; on nor t herb front. Page 6. British guns pour Incessant fire into German lines on Flanders front. Page 3. Austro-German forces are driving hard at Italian front. Page ."I. French drive on Aisne Ridge a brilliant suc cess. Page 1. American steamer has four-hour battle with submarine. Page 2. Foreign. German military critic warns countrymen to watch Japan. Page 1. Rumors of peace are flooding Europe. Pago 1. Kerensky battles vainly with terrorists of Russia. Page 7. National. President declares himself favorable to wom an suffrage. Page 2. Domestic. Food and endurance. Mr. Hoover says, will win world war. Page 1. Telephone company consents to treat with girl operators. Page 2. Liberty loan totals pass three-billion marlc Page 6. Sport. Hockey game is tonight. Page IS. Angels and Seals now neck and neck. Page- 10. Washington defeats Commerce eleven, 26 to 0. Page 10. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 1. Los Angeles 3; Oakland 1. San Francisco O 4 10 innings); Salt Lake 7, Vernon 6. . Page 16. Pacific Northwest. Cost of draft errors In Camp Lewis district put at $1.000,0K. Page 1. Banker at Edison. Wash., killed and bank looted. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Hops of all classes are declining In Coast markets. Page 21. Urgent demand and light supplies lift corn at Chicago. Page 21. Further drop In railway stocks, owing to en forced selling. Page 21. Coast wooden shipbuilders urged to unite. Page 18. Portland. Emery Olmstead named treasurer of sol diers emergency fund. Page 11. Liberty loan score tells story of drive. Page 4. Liberty loan speakers making last effort. Page 5. Oregon asked to raise its maximum for lib erty loan. Page 1. Change at Incinerator may bv violation of civil service rules. Page 11. State vocational training board has no legal standing. Page 14. Mi Anne Martin, suifrace leader, due In Portland today. Page 13. Senator Chamberlain sees end of war by next Full. I'age 15. Taper mill workers strike. Face IS Germany MakingOffers Through Neutrals. ARMISTICE HOPED IN SPRING Russian Collapse Prevented Satisfactory End of War. VON BUEL0W GIVEN CREDIT Latest French Political Crisis Said to Be Directly Due to Prus sian Overtures Known to Socialists. LONDON, Oct. 25. (Special.) The suddenly and caught the war broke British Nation unprepared. Teace may come suddenly, but it won't catch the British unprepared. The recent resounding speeches de claring1 against peace, pacifism, Bolo- tsm and a lot of other isms must be read in the light of events as they exist today In Europe, not on the basis of conditions as they are in America after six months' preparation for war. Europe's viewpoint is not that of America, and it Is well that Americans should appreciate it. Rumors Flood Europe. No peace prophecies are ventured. but simply a record of facts and ru mors which are flooding Europe. First. there are a lot of people going to be disappointed if there is not an arm istice by next April. Second, Germany, through various representatives, frequently neutrals. is now maintaining consistent over tures to the various allied belligerents. In several cases practically straight offers have been made, but generally the overture is made through & third party. It is significant that every offer has originated with the central powers. Armistice In Spring Expected. Third, every person who supports the Idea of an armistice in the Spring bases his belief on the supposition that by that time America will have become a considerable military factor and that the Germans are too good business people to elect to continue the war without offering terms which will be acceptable to the allies. Though peace is one subject upper most in the minds of all Europe, it is studiously avoided, much on the princi ple of the poker player who guards a full house or a bobtailed straight with the same idiotic, empty expression. Peace making and poker playing hold a lot in common. Russian Collapse Postpones Peace. There is not a question that the entente allies expected to win a satis factory peace in 1917 and laid their plans accordingly. Peace has been postponed for a num ber of reasons, the chief of which is the collapse of Russia as a military factor and the entry of America on the side of the allies. Having expected peace, they began to prepare for reconstruc tion with hardly less effort than they prepared for war. Germany and her allies expected that next Christmas would be ushered in with peace bells and made their plans accordingly. Just as Germany made war, she Is doing her best to make peace, and she has proved a clever poker player. She has got the most chips and wants to draw out. but she still refuses to call on the last hand she intends to play. Von Iluelow Is Responsible. Von Buelow is the man who made the peace gesture to France and Italy which is indirectly responsible for the latest French political crisis. The story of this affair is that the French Socialists became embittered with Ri bot, since he declined to issue Stock holm passports and since they learned of Von Buelow's offer and Ribot's dec lination, on the ground that it was a peace trap. The Socialists then forced Painleve to drop Ribot. That the terms of the offer are far different from Kuehlmann's, "Never, never," regarding the future of Alsace Lorraine is evident from the fact that the Socialists had & majority of the country behind them on this iseue. New Proposals Known. Compared wtih all former offers, the latest suggestion of the enemy - to ' France reflects a marked change. The activities of the Socialists are not due entirely to discontent with economic conditions at large, but to the fact that they have learned the terms of the offer. Though the- German game calls for . considerable concessions in regard to Belgium. Alsace-Lorraine. Trentino and Trieste, they are made only the price . of compensating concessions from Rus sia. The Germans- are showing the greatest energy in creating a satisfac tory peace atmosphere in that coun try. There it is possible for them to negotiate openly. Russia Anxious for Peace. It is noticeable that in the last fort night the power of the Russian ex tremists has been waning, but what lias really happened is that the gov ernment has convinced the people It stands for "the defense of the coun try," Bpeedy improvement in economic conditions and an early general peace. In connection with the peace discus- iConUnued ou lata 3, iuluum. 2.)