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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1917. TRICE FIVE CENTS. PORTLAND PHONE SERVICE NORMAL SODA DEPOSIT IS TO BE DEVELOPED SUBSEA WARFARE CABINET MEMBERS OUT FOR SUFFRAGE CADOhWS ARMY WILL GIVE BATTLE HERTLING ACCEPTS OFFICE, IS REPORT COUNT PREMIER OF PRUSSIA AND IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR, THOUSANDS SIGN IS FOOD CARDS HERE SPRECKLES PCRCIIASE ALKALI LAKE LANDS. DAXIELS, LANE, HOUSTON, Mc ADOO MAKE STATEMENT. VOL. L.VII. NO. 17,768. LOS G POWER Company Reports 500 of 750 Girls at Work. RESERVES ARE RUSHED IN Strikers Declare Themselves Satisfied With Result. PICKETS WIN OVER 55 Seattle Has Hard Time and Resi dence Calls Are Unanswered. Spokane Not Affected Greatly. , The Dalles Is Operating. CONDITIONS GOVERNING TEL EPHONE STRIKE. Portland Reserves rushed In and 500 operators maintain nor mal service. Seattle Service given with badly crippled crew. Spokane Comparatively few men out Girls discuss formation . of organization. The Dalles Service provided, though most of force is out. Re cruits arrive from Portland. Centralia, Wash. One night, 50 day. operators out; two chief operators only workers. Camp Lewis Twelve operators. In Government service, remain. ."' Vancouver, Wash. Although 25 . exchange operators walked out here, service was maintained throughout' the day by aid of Portland strikebreakers and for mer employes of company.- Astoria Girls refuse to strike. Aberdeen Only calls for city, county and state officials han dled in Aberdeen, Hoquiam and " Cosmopolis. . Tacoma About 30 per cent of operators able to answer busineas demands. North Yaktma Fairly satisfac tory results' provided' by one third 'nbt-mar sta'ff 'of operators. All electrician' out: At a special joint meeting of the Electrical Worker.' and Operators' lo cal last night the member voted unanimously not to return to work, pending mediation, beeanse the com pany has not aa yet agrreed to recoa nle the operators. Federal Mediator Reed telearaphed Fred L. Gifford. president of the Elec trical Workers, direct last night, urg ing return to work and My lug he bad told the company In San Francisco the operator, "should" be recoajnlsed. Be cause he did not aay "would" the vote as stated followed. "When taxleaba and tonrlng drove up to the big exchange at West Park and Alder streets at shift-change at 830 last night, hundreds of men and women, among them operators, line men and sympathisers. Jammed the atreets, jeered the girls as they emerged from the switchboard rooms' and made It necessary for police re serves to respond to a call to clear away the crowds. No arrests were made. With 500 girl operators and 200 line men . oat on strike, according to the official statement of Frank J. Shubert, business agent of the Electrical Work ers" Union, practically normal service was maintained yesterday and last night by the Pacific Telephone & Tele graph Company. . . It was remarkable how quickly the company moved reserves into the va rious exchanges throughout the city, following the walkout of its union op erators at midnight Wednesday, and kept the service running, so that, out of its force of 750 operators, and not withstanding the depletion from the ranks on strike order, it was working 500 operators, or within 230 of normal capacity strength. Both Sldea Confident. Official statements issued by Mr. Shubert for the operators and linemen, and by J. A. Halliday, district commer cial superintendent, for the company, expressed confidence on both sides, but the facts are that the telephone service in Portland has been maintained with very little inconvenience to the public thus far. From the moment when the first small shifts went out from various ex changes until a late hour last night, selected squads of pickets, it was of ficially announced by W. D. Qulnn. chairman of the strike committee, pa trolled the atreets near each company exchange. Policemen were assigned to these places, but as a general rule made no effort to interfere with the oper ators, neitner aid trie latter do any thing out of the way. so far as boister ous conduct was concerned, and all went peacefully throughout . the stretches of time apportioned to the girls by the union chiefs. Pickets Take 55 Substitutes. Mr. Shubert said last night that the pickets were able to intercept and take to union headquarters a total of 55 girls who had been engaged by the company under a misunderstanding on their part, and their names were added (Concluded oa rage 6, Column l. 1,000,000 Tons of Salts 70 Miles North of Lakevlew to Be Mined, Commissioner Corey Is Told. SALEM. Or., Nov. 1. (Special.) Public Service Commissioner ' Corey, who returned from Southern Oregon today, stated that just before he left Lakevlew a few days ago, an engi neer representing the Spreckels' Inter ests of California had come out from Alkili Lake and reported that a rail road would be constructed from Lake view Into that territory to develop what he said was over 1,000,000 tons of soda salts. The lake is 70 miles north, of Lakevlew and In the same region as Summer and. Albert lakes, the properties which the state" has been attempting to develop for its soda and potash deposits for several years past. According tR the information given Commissioner Corey, the Spreckels' in terests have purchased the entire lake and will place machinery and men there as soon as possible. "From what I could gather while at Lakevlew this is one of the big gest prospective pieces of development work contemplated there for years," said Mr. Corey. "There are prospects of a city of" 2000 people growing up around Alkili Lake when the plant is " placed in operation. There is an immense demand for such salts as the lake is said to be rich in, and the estimate of 1,000,000 tons is said to be no gross exaggeration of what the lake might produce." SPEEDY COURTSHIP WINS Windy City Man Blows In; Improves Each Shining Hour. MARSH FIELD, Or., Nov. 1. (Spe cial.) George M. La Nicca, a Chicago wool buyer, courted with the speed of the wind that made Michigan avenue famous, and as a result ha has claimed Miss Amy Windsor for his bride. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Windsor and was a telephone operator. Mr. La Nicca came here to buy wooL The man he wanted to see was away. He waited. While waiting he paid court to Miss Windsor, with such suc cess that they went to Portland and were married. They will leave for Chicago soon. GRANT. LAND TAXES PAID Klamath County Gets .Check From Government for 938,781.82. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Nov. 1. ' (Special!)' Klamath' County Is richer today by S38.7S1.82 than when it closed its books last Saturday, due to receipt of a check from the Government for the 1913, 1914 and 1915 taxes on the Oregon land grant tracts within this county, payment of which has been held up during the litigation between the Government and the railroads. No more taxes will be received from them until they are opened to settle ment and entry. DRAFT RESISTERS JAILED Bwenty-Nlne Men Sentenced Oklahoma Federal Court. in ARDMORE, Okla., Nov. 1 Sentence was passed by Judge Ralph E. Camp bell in Federal Court today 29 draft resisters who entered pleas of guilty, H. H. Munson. H. C. Spence and J. L. Benefleld. considered ringleaders in the anti-draft disturbances in Semi nole, Hughes and Pontoco counties in August, were assessed penalties of 10 years each in the Federal prison at Leavenworth. The remainder were given sentences ranging from six months to six years. BERLIN RESIDENTS SHIVER Limited Allowance of Coal May Not Be Doled Ont Before Christmas. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 1. The Berlin Vorwaerts says many residents are shivering from unheated homes. De livery of the quarter-ton per room of coal promised November 1 may not be all given until Christmas. Long coal lines, rewarding all-day waiters with a few scoopfuls, are daily features. The three weeks' allowance, one stor age egg, costs 1Z cents, ana must be eaten quickly. Chicken and game liver sausages cost S2 per pound. BRAZIL WILL BE-GRANARY President . Braz Declares . Nation Faces Sacrifices Unfalteringly. RIO JANEIRO. Nov. 1. President Braz, writing to Presidents of the va rious states of Brazil, declares that Brazil faces without faltering the sac rifices she will be called upon to make because of her entrance into the war. He urges co-operation in keeping down expenditures and increasing ag ricultural production, that Brazil may become the granary of the allies. CITY TO BUY AND SELL FOOD Sew Xork Will Dispose of Trainload Lots to Dealers. NEW YORK, Nov. 1. John Mitchell, state food commissioner, late today granted permission to New York City authorities to buy and sell food and fuel. The materials will be Immediately bought in trainload lots and sold to re tail dealer Less Damvis Done Th?'0inany Hoped. U-BOAT LOSSES ARE HEAVY First Lord of Admiralty Sees No Signs of War's Ending. BRITISH SHIPPING GAINING Admiralty Decides That Four New National Shipbuilding Yards in England Will Be Necessary. LONDON, Nov. 1. Sir Eric Geddes, who recently succeeded Sir Edward Carson as First Lord of the Admiralty, made his first address in Parliament today and gave some interesting and anxiously awaited figures on the work of the navy and shipping in general. His declaration that between 40 and SO per cent of the German submarines operating in the North Sea, the Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean had been ' sunk was not the least interesting of his announcements and there was an indi cation of the unceasing war the British and American patrols are making on the submarine in his statement that during the last quarter the enemy had lost as many submarines as during the whole of 1916. Censorship Defended. Referring to the question of publish ing the tonnage of British merchant men lost through submarines, he said he had made a' most careful investiga tion and had approached the subject with the idea that it was desirable and it ought to be possible to give the pub lic figures, because, he added, "it is hardly conceivable that the enemy does not know what he is sinking." He regretted to eay, however, that be had. not found it possible to arrive at any form of publication which would notTconvey most valuable information to the enemy, which he did not now possess, if Information were given in regular sequence for specific periods. "I have studied from a variety of sources, he said, statements made by the enemy as to tonnage and position and have come to the definite conclu sion that not only does he not know what-Is being sunk, but that he would like very much indeed -to know what is being sunk regularly, month by month or week by "week,, or even exactly for a period." Sir Eric, supplementing the recent statement by Premier Lloyd George in Albert Hall, said that he could give certain information which would show that "we are making reasonably satis factory progress in overcoming the menace of the enemy's submarine activ ities." He added tbat the House would real ize that "however great the loss of mercantile tonnage is the figures are (Concluded on Pas. 4. Column 8.) Will fesiSf 1 "J PH If JfN V or-f4v - a i ,WC Wrirllf v r '" y&yvo.aj- Chairman of New - York State Wo man's Suffrage Party. Give Out Declarations. NEW TORK. Nov. 1. Five members of President Wilson's Cabinet indorsed woman suffrage in statements made public here today by Mrs. Norman de H. Whitehouse, chairman of the New York State Woman's Suffrage party. Fol lowing are extracts from their state ments: Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy The mothers of men train their boys for citizens, and If they are to be trusted with the early education and shaping of the character of the boys, is there any reason why they should not be trusted with the ballot? Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior As a matter of political philosophy, suffrage cannot be put aside, and as a matter of wise policy it is not to be denied. David F. Houston, Secretary of Agri culture The patriotism, the self-control of women in the present emergency and their Intelligent action lend sup port; to the argument.' William G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury The time has come when suffrage should be given to the women of America. William C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce There are large sections of our public affairs in which women merely because they are women are e-iperts. MAX ZACH IS OVERRULED St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Will Play "Star-Spangled Banner. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1. The directors of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra to day voted . that "The Star-Spangled Banner" shall be played at every con cert. Last Spring the National anthem was played at popular concerts, but it nev er has been played at, symphony con certs. Max Zach. director of the orchestra. opposed the playing of the anthem at symphony concerts on the ground that it was not artistically in harmony with the concert' programme; but he was willing that it be played at popular concerts. AMERICAN SOLDIERS GASED Eugene Maxson. Near-Victim of Ger man Chlorine" Bomb. HOBOKEN. N. J.. Nov. 1 A cable gram stating that Eugene Maxson, with General Pershing's staff, as a chauf feur, had been gased by a chlorine bomb dropped by a German airplane. was received today by his father. The message stated that Maxson was recovering. SLACKERS TO SEE SERVICE Slen Convicted of Failing to Register Affected by Amendments. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. Provost Marshal-General Crowder today noti fied all Governors of amendments to the draft regulations which will insure practically immediate Army service for all slackers convicted of failing to reg ister. THE WAR COMES HOME TO US NOW, Reassuring News Is Had From Rome. CHECK TO DRIVE IS EXPECTED Britain Promises Aid; Italians Regain Confidence. TROOPS ARE REORGANIZED Berlin Claims Another Victorious Day and 60,000 More Prisoners. Austro-German Drive Stopped Seven Miles Beyond Vdlne. WASHINGTON. Nov, 1. Reassuring news came from Rome today in offi cial dispatches. While serious, the sit uation 'on the Italian front is de scribed "as far from desperate," Gen eral Cadorna'a army is declared to be practically Intact, and complete con fidence is expressed in his ability, with aid coming from the. allies, to stop the Austro-German drive. The cablegrams summarize the situ ation as follows: "Having recovered from the first surprise, it may be stated that our allies are preparing to oppose a furious resistance to the enemy. It is probablo that if the retreat should continue for a few days longer Italian resistance will develop along the Tag liamento River, which descends from the Carnic -Alps, or perhaps if the Austro-German attack in Cernia it will be. on the Pisve River, which flows westward. "The Italian press declares that the battle which Is about to take place may be the last grand battle of the war. "Whatever the number of Italians taken prisoner, the strength of the army of General Cadorna has not been weakened. It must not be forgotten, in fact, that Italy has under the colors more than 3,000,000 men. The guns that the Austro-Germans claim to have captured only represent the pro duction of a few weeks of the muni tion factories of our allies. "The Italian army Is practically in tact; . Besides, the French and English are coming to our rescue. It was an nounced at the beginning of the coun cil Sunday that the French Ministers were busy determining the extent and nature of the co-operation of the al lies on the Italian front. The British government has taken prompt meas ures to rush aid to the Italians, and all indications are that this French and British aid will come at the hour when the enemy invades the plain of Freoule. "Meanwhile, awaiting developments, Italian public opinion realizes thor oughly the gravity of the hour and is bearing the shock with calmness and firmness." Thirty thousand German soldiers, in cluding two Generals of divisions, were (Concluded on Pace 2. Column 1.) Pa . --v f Dispatches From Amsterdam and Copenhagen Conflict; Latter Says Crisis Not Over. AMSTERDAM. Nov. 1. According to dispatches received from Berlin, the Cologne Gazette says Emperor William received Count von Hertling today and that Von Hertling accepted the Impe rial Chancellorship and the office of Premier of Prussia. Dr. Karl Helffer- ich. Secretary of the Interior and Vice- Chancellor, and Herr von Waldow, president of the German food regula tion board, have resigned. Friedrich von Payer, progressive member of the Reichstag. Bays the dispatch, is to be appointed Vice-chancellor, and Herr Friedberg, leader of the national lib eral party, will bo given the post of vice-president of the Prussian minis try. The Cologne Gazette says the res ignation of Vice-Admiral von Capelle as Minister of the Navy has not been accepted. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 1. Tho politi cal crisis in Germany, so far as is shown by any word which has reached here from Berlin, is not yet over, and Count von Hertling has not decided whether to accept tho Chancellorship. According to the Catholic organ Ger- mania, he made it a condition of his acceptance that the Chancellorship and the head of the Prussian Ministry should not be separated. LONDON, Eng., Nov. 1. Count Georg von Hertling has been rejected as Im perial Chancellor by the Reichstag ma jority leaders, according to special dis patches from Amsterdam, which con strue this as a rebuff to the Emperor and a victory for parliamentarism. EXPORT SITUATION TOPIC Relations Between America and Switzerland Improved, Is Belief. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. Relations between the United States and Switser land have been placed upon a firmer basis of mutual understanding is the belief of members of the Swiss Mission who today called upon President Wll son to say good-bye. Many misunderstandings, some due to hostile influences, members of the mission stated, have been removed. Switzerland's need for foodstuffs from the United State? was discussed with tho President, but no speelfio agreement was said to have been reached relating to the future policy of the war export board regarding con signraenta to Switzerland. RUSSIA WORN OUT BY WAR Kerensky Claims as Right Other Al lies Should Shoulder Burden. PETROGRAD, Nov. 1. Russia entered the war early and she is now worn out by the strain. Premier Kerensky today told the Associated Press. He said Russia claims as her right that the ot..er allies now shoulder the burden of the war. Premier Kerensky declared that Rus sian public opinion was agitated by the question: "Where Is the British fleet, now that the German fleet is out of the Baltic V Steamer .Governor Reported Asliore SaN PEDRO, Cal.. Nov. 1. The steamer Governor was reported ashore oft here late tonight. A tug left im mediately to attempt rescue. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 63 degrees; minimum. 4s degrees. TODAY'S Fair; light southerly winds. War. General Cadorna's army, reorganized, will give battle to Germans. Paso 1. Artillery tire along Belgium front Intense. Pace 3. . - Sir Eric Geddes lays plans (or ions war. face l. Norwegian note to Germany on sinkings calls attention to protest of year ago. rase 3. British retaliate for air raid by bombing aerodrome In Belgium. Page 2. Von Hertling accepts aa Premier of Prussia and Imperial Chancellor. faa 1. Foreign. Sinn Fein Insults to American sallnrs cost merchants S25O0 weekly. Page 2. National. Judge C. U. Gantenbeln to return to bench. Page 6. Sports. James John eleven defeats Coznmc? ce. 33 to 0. Page 14. Coach Plpal shifts O. A. C. eleven. Page 14. Coast League directors wonder why tbey met. Page 15. Interest In Marine-Oregon game tomonow runs high. Pago 14. Parlflc Northwest. 1,000,000-tnn soda deposit at Alkali Lake to be developed. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Government steps taken to prevent specula tion tn wool. Page 19. Heavy liquidation causes sharp drop In atock market. Page 19. Chicago corn lower In sympathy with Wall street weakness. Page 19. Lumber prices for ships rise. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Dr. Boyd speaks on Germany before Pro gressive Business Men. Page 9. Land Show to open tomorrow. Page 9. Benson may be used as "reconstruction school" for wounded soldiers. Page 9. Harry Wolf funeral at 2 P. M. today. Page 11. Telephone service in Portland normal. Page 1. Twelve willing to serve county as Commis sioner at S30O0. . Page 7. County fair on at Turnverein Hall. Page 13. Renewal of tong war feared. Page 13. Plea made that Marcell Parsons may be operated on. Page 14. Life of Garahed T. K. Giragossian, inventor, told by Portlander. Page If. Usual Halloween pranks keep police busy. Pago" 20. Hope High for Oregon First Again. ONLY FEW SLACKERS FOUND Workers Slow to Start in Many Districts. PORTLAND RESPONSE BIG County Chairman Advised of Chance to Make State Nation's Leader by ratting Extra Effort In Work . "Where Weak Spots Exist. Such splendid " progress is being achieved in Oregon's whirlwind mobili sation of food conservationists " that State Chairman Arthur M. Churchill last night was hopeful that the state will lead all others at conclusion of tho Nation-wide campaign. Mr. Churchill sent an intimation of his hopes to National Food Adminis trator Hoover, then forwarded this message to the 36 county chairmen who are directing pledge card week activi ties over the state: High Mark Is Set. "So-many precincts and school dis tricts are reporting 98 and 100 per cent that we believe we can make Oregon the banner state of the Nation if no counties or localities fail us. If you have any doubtful or weak spots pleaso take immediate steps to bring theso into line. We are anxiously awaiting returns." Portland yesterday passed the half- -way post in its effort to put 43,000 families actively into the food adminis tration service, but by just what margin- i not. known. - Totals including fairly complete reports up until Wednesday night given out yesterday by City Chairman Everett Ames showed 21.835 homes enrolled at that time. M Per Ct of Homes I.tle4. ' With yesterday's reports added. Mr. Ames expects to find today, when com pilations are .made, that no less than 60- per cent of the 45,000 homes aro pledged to the Hoover programme- of food saving. Divisions S and G, captained by T. C. Alderson and L. E. Latourette, re spectively, are still highest on the city honor roll, but the Latourette forces, by Wednesday's additions, crowded the Aldersonites from top honors. Subdis trlct G has made the remarkable record of nearly doubling its quota. It was asked to obtain S00 pledge signatures it had obtained 965 in the first three days of the drive. Of slackers its workers reported 35. Sub-district 8. which was first in Portland to complete its quota, pushed Its total from 857 on Tuesday to 933 Wednesday. Six slackers were found. This unit's quota was 800. Workers Slow to Start. Wednesday night sub-district T, with a quota of 1000, was close to its goal, having enrolled 955 families. Reports showed 46 slackers. This unit was cap tained by C. L. McKenna. Mr. Ames acknowledged yesterday that figures "given for a few of the larger and more central districts were In part estimates. This was due to the fact that workers in some of the better residence sections have been slow to get into activity and slow to report, he said. This condition has led to ru mors that the Hoover pledge cards are not going up in some of the city's bet ter homes; in short, that some of the wealthier families may be found in tha slacker class. The absence of the window cards in the better residence sections is proba bly explained, as one worker there pointed out, by the facts that the can vassers have been- slow to get started and that the householders may have been aligned for food saving, but de cline to adorn their front windows with the card announcing this fact to the passerby. Speaklig Toir Smceeas. O. M. Plummer, of the state executive committee of the Food Administration, relumed yesterday to Portland after having spent 28 days on a speaking tour which included 31 towns in near ly every part of the state. - Everywhere he gave before schools, societies and mass meetings practical, pointed talks on food conservation and its impor tance to the war crisis. He made an av erage of about six or seven such talks each day. One day he spoke 16 times seven times at Hood River, eight at The Dalles and once at Dufur. At the latter place his coming had not been announced, but an excellent crowd was obtained for him through the expe dients of ringing the fire bell and all the church bells. At Nyssa, Mr. Plummer chanced upon a banquet of a political nature. He tactfully introduced the subject of food economics. That his remarks were re ceived in splendid spirit yet struck home was indicated after he ceased speaking, ie reports. The next speaker was a Civil War veteran, whose wife sat beside him. In substance the old soldier said: Prussia Swears Loyalty. "This message we have heard is one we need and should heed. My wife here will bear me out in the statement when I tell you there was a time during the Civil War when she sat for hours before ICuncludeii oa Page Column 1.