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Demonstrations Against War
Made in Berlin, Cologne
1 and Hamburg.
SEVERAL WORKMEN KILLED
Socialist Deputy Braun, in Speecli
to Reichstag, Bares Terrible
Condition of Public Immor
ality in Prussian State.
LONDON. June 20. Heavily censored
private messages received in Stockholm
Indicate that peace demonstrations
were held recently in Berlin. Hamburg:
and Cologne and that several workmen ,
"were killed and many persons arres.cd,
Kays a dispatch to the Morning- Post.
The police and military dispersed
crowds of demonstrants.
AMSTERDAM, June 20. Sixteen per.
tons, including: some women, have been
condemned to death by the Germans
following: their arrest in Bast Flan
ders, Belgium, on a suspicion of being:
guilty of espionage, according; to the
frontier correspondent of the Tele
graaf. It was rumored yesterday that the
executions have already been carried
cut. More than 50 people had been
placed under arrest.
AMSTERDAM, June 20. Discussihg
the inability of Germany to help Aus
tria in her food difficulties, the Cologne
Caiette says the bread ration in Ger
many will also have to be reduced until
the next harvest.
AMSTERDAM, June 19. The Berlin
Vorwaerts, the German Socialist or-
Kan. announces the increase in the
Xrice of bread to 5 pfennigs per pound.
The paper says this price will bring
the land owners 1,000,000,000 marks
surplus profits and necessarily will be
followed by Increases in the cost of
mil, butter and beef.
AMSTERDAM, June 20. In replying
to congratulations from the president
of the Reichstag on the anniversary
of his accession. Emperor William, ac
cording to the Frankfurter Zeitung,
cent the following telegram:
"Our troops have gained fresh great
successes in the most severe struggle.
Gratitude to God for them cannot be
great enough.
j
"May It find expression in the peopl
Bt home by a spirit of patriotism, con
fidence and vigor, which is splendidly
present and gaining an ever firmer
shape
"The German people, which has of
fered a bold front to the entire wsrld
in long years of struggle, Is destined
by God for great things not only for
itself, but for all humanity. In this
?fnlti will AnrilirA thm lflnt- itniffplA
till a victorious, peace and a blessed fu
. ture. God grant it."
AMSTERDAM, June 20. (By the As
Boclated Press.) A picture of social
conditions In Prussia was given during
a debate June 18 on the budget of the
ministry of the interior in the House
of Deputies, at a session of the Reichs
tag.
Crime on Increase.
"We are facts to face with a terrible
condition of public morality." said
. Deputy Braun, a Socialist. "We hear
of numberless cases of thefts on rail'
roads and alr.rming juvenile criminal!
ty. According to official statistics, be
tween October. 1816, and November.
1917, there were 4S7.726 convictions for
infractions of the food regulations and
these were only a small percentage of
xne actual transgressions eommitterl.
As for that, we are all sinners.
a'roiueerintr exceeds an nounun: nnrv
- - is rampant among all classes. Fraudu-
. lent profiteering, like that of the Daim
ler Works, is nowisa evcentlnnal Fvn
. official bodies attempt to extort ille
gal profits. Poor people can only buy
nioines at the official clothing depart
ineht by bribing salesmen with tips or
4QOU. I
.mo increase 01 criminality demon-
woicn is aescriDea oy ioois as a
rejuvenating bath. Self-sacrifice and
; patriotism, perhaps, are still found in
. the trenches, but in the invaded re
; gions profiteering begins to rear its
. .neaa, culminating in the most repul
io prom-snatching at home.
; Officials Exploit Workers.
everybody cheats, steals, grabs,
. (from Jailbird to court chamberlain,
c -who cheats the needy home work Ar
t out f bis scanty earnings and pockets
. anlllions. And the longer the war lasts
. Tne worse it becomes.
1 "Added to this is the Fatherland
: ty s wild war-baiting propaganda and
- refusal of equal suffrage. What won-
cier that popular exasperation burst
ioria m a Dig strike In January!"
J Herr Braun further nllloriert th
tivlties of police and informers and the
hateful, hypocritical censorship. The
prohibition of the acknowledgment of
; gifts by soldiers to the Socialistic
, funds, he said, was ordered for the
; purpose or withholding from public
Knowledge me magnitude of the de--"
rrand in the army for peace and equal
; cuff rage.
J He further mercilessly indicted the
' systematic discrimination azainst the
- Socialistic press, while the Fatherland
. party and annexationists with im
- punity raised the accusation of bribery
-with Anglo-American money against
. tnose lavoring peace by negotiation.
Minister Pleads Helplessness.
The Minister of the Interior. Dr.
Drews, answered vaguely that he was
': not responsible for the censorship or
the other matters complained of. which
were under the Jurisdiction of the mill
tary authorities.
The Socialist newapaper Vorwaerts
.;- devotes a long editorial to the forego
ing, in wnicn it says:
"Dr. Drews' unsatisfactory answer
Is tantamount to a confession of the
impotence of the civil government. In
' fact, there is no responsible civil gov-
ernment in Prussia today. It demon-
strates the necessity for the abolition
of the state of siege in the country for
which there is no legal Justification
. whatever. The necessity of a reason-
able government Is shown especially
. by the fate of suffrage reform, which
lias been dragged from reading to
; reading without the government in
- tervemng with the immediate dlssolu
" tion of the house."
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Hundreds Perish When Sant'
Anna Goes Down.
THOSE SAVED NUMBER 1512
Over Two Thousand Soldiers and
Native Workmen Passengers on
Vessel When Torpedoed by
Enemy Submarine.
Contimied From First Face.)
American steamer arriving here today
from a Central American port reported
that at 4 P. M. yesterday afternoon, 180
to 200 miles south of Sandy Hook, she
sighted a submarine and was pursued
by the U-boat.
This is the first report of the ap
pearance of a German raider so far
north since ships were sunk by sub-
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Vessel Outdistances Psnnrr
The captain said that be put on full
speed, zigzagged and escaped by out'
distancing the U-boat. His ship carried
67 passengers.
The fact that the American steam
ship was armed probably prevented her
from being held up and sunk by the
U-boat, which came to the surface
within half a mile of the steamship
A GULF PORT, June 20. A coast
wise passenger steamship which ar
rived here late yesterday reported en
countering a German submarine last
Saturday off th eoast of South Caro
lina. The steamer escaped because of
superior speed and her wireless calls
for help, which apparently led the sub
mersible to give up the chase.
LONDON, June 20. German U-boats
are unequal to the warfare against
them, is the virtual admission of Cap
tain Fersius, the naval critic of the
Berliner Tageblatt. says a Rotterdam
dispatch to the Daily Telegraph.
Persia Points Oat Mistake.
Captain Fersius writes:
"It is scarcely to be denied that our
enemies are both carrying on the war
and living and that it will be possible
for them to defend themselves against
tonnage needs for a long time at any
rate. From the beginning of the U
boat war it was a mistake, often com
mitted by us. to underestimate the re
sources of our enemies.'
WASHINGTON. June 20. Although
there have been various reports recent
ly of the destruction by patrol vessels
and armed steamers of one or more of
the German submarines operating off
the Atlantic Coast, It was learned
authoritatively today that the Navy
Department is without evidence that
would JuBtify the belief that any
the seawolves have been accounted for
A close study of the reports made by
masters of ships sunk or attacked ha
suggested to some naval experts that
the raiders are of a special type in
which speed has been sacrificed to
fuel capacity, enabling the raiders to
remain away from their bases for long
periods.
LOYAL LEGION VINDICATED
Secretary Baker Decries Efforts to
Discredit Workers.
Definitely disposing of rumors that
the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lum
bermen, a voluntary patrlotio organi
sation of workers engaged In produc
ing timber needed for aircraft con
struetion. has no governmental back
ing. Secretary of War Newton T. Baker
has sent an open message to Colonel
Brlce P. Dlaque, commander of the
spruce-production division of the Sig
nal Corps.
The Loyal Legion, says Secretary
Baker, is a vital and integral part of
the War Department's forces. He de-
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cries attempts that have been made to
discredit these workers.
The text of Mr. Baker's telegram
follows:
The Loyal Lerlon of Losgers and Lum
bermen, a voluntary organization of work
men in the lumber Industry of the North
west. Is performing a service of incalcu
lable value to the Nation. Through it the
employes of a great Industry are giving to
the country in its emergency co-operation
and devotion of service. The Loyal Legion
was formed to give organized expression to
this devotion. It has been conducted with
the guidance and assistance of the War
Department's programme. Xny attempt to
undermine Its usefulness I should regard
with the most serious concern, particularly
at a time when the maximum strength of
this country must be tocused in the pro
duction of .essential supplies for our flght
Aie forces in France. The Loyal Legion
has the approval ana support ol tne war
Department.
15 RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
MILTON A. MILLER TALKS BEFORE
GRADUATING CLASS.
Annual Commencement Exercises
of
Christian Brothers Business Col
lege Held In Alumni Hall.
The annual commencement exercises
of the Christian ' Brothers Business
College were held last night in the
Alumni Hall, Grand avenue and Clack
amas street.
John Manning introduced the various
speakers. The glee club of the school
contributed several ensemble numbers
with solo parts taken by Leo Jewett
and Philip Soreghan.
The members of the first commercial
class gave "An Incident of the War." a
patriotic number Including a chorus
recitation with the solo parts taken by
individual students.
The speaker was Milton A. Miller.
ArcQDisnop Alexander enristle pre
sented the honor medals, diplomas and
certificates of graduation.
Those receiving medals follow: Da
vld Anthony Gabarino, medal for Chris
tian doctrine; Leo Herron. next in
merit; Victor B. Fitspatrick. Manlon
gold medal for elocution; Joseph R.
Light, winner of Plowden Stott medal
in business department; Henry Nelson,
next in merit; David Anthony Garbar
ino, medal for second commercla
course; next in merit, Henry Neider-
meyer; Harold Bettendorf, gold meda
In first commercial course; Dennis Gal
vin. next in merit; Linus Fuller, gold
medal in eighth grade: Frances J,
Neary, next in merit; Henry Temple,
gold medal in seventh grade; Frances
Long, next In merit; Barnard Patt, gold
medal for the sixth grade; John Krall,
next in merit; Joseph R. Light, pen
manship gold medal; Lucas Terheyden
next in merit.'
Graduates receiving diplomas fol
low: Edward James Barry. Vincent
John Buono, Dayton James Conklin, Ru
dolph James Dunbar, victor Brendon
Fitxpatrick, Leo Julius Jewett, Joseph
Roy Light, Jerome John Miller, Ceal
bert McClellan. Henry Nelson, Edward
Lawrence Ryan, Carroll W. Sjolln, Mil
ton C. P. Wiley, Percy Joseph White,
Adam M. Wllhelm.
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ITALY IKES GAINS
Wedge Is Driven Into Enemy
Lines Along Piave.
FOE'S LOSSES INCREASE
More Than 12 00 Additional Prison
ers and Numerous Guns Are Cap
lnredBattle Continue In
tensely Along: Entire Front.
(Continued From First Psb.
trians along the Piave appears far from
satisfactory to them. Prisoners taken
by the Italians all declare the Austrian
army has little fvod. Some of the
prisoners have not eaten for 48 hours,
The River Piave. overflowing Its
banks, bas destroyed several pontoon
bridges constructed by the Austrlans
at Intestadura and also at San Dona
dl Piave. This has Increased the diffi
culty of the Austrlans In their rear
communications affecting the transpor
tation of artillery ammunition, food
and fresh troops.
It is stated that the Austrlans fight
ing south of the Piave River continue
to implore help and also that two of
their divisions nave been greatly re
duced by losses.
Plane SUeaeea Gnu
T. M. C. A. ambulances and also the
American Red Cross supplies are prov
lng useful to the Italians, both for
refugees on trains and also for wound
ed soldiers.
As thousands of Italian and Austrian
soldiers looked on today, an Italian air
plane brought about the surrender of
the crew of an Austrian machine-gun
float, after the Italian Infantry and
artillery had failed to subjugate It.
The Austrlans brought the float up
on the south bank of the Piave, occu
pied by the Italians, and from this vant
age point, poured a harassing fire into
the Italians. It was impossible to use
light artillery to any great extent be
cause of the proximity of the float to
the Italian lines. Finally, an Italian
airplane swooped down upon the river
and forced the occupants of the float to
swim to the right bank and surrender
to the Italian soldiers.
AUled Aid Cheers Italians.
The arrival of allied air fighters to
assist the Italians has heartened the
Italian air force, which is much wearied
after six days of heroic work.
Realization that the Austrian offen
sive has failed is spurring the Italian
troops to a desperate resistance along
the Piave. Heavy fighting continued
today around the Montello plateau on
the north and near San Dona di Piave
on the south.
On Montello, which Is hilly and wood
ed, the opposing forces frequently
stumbled upon each other unexpectedly,
sharp encounters resulting.
The spirit of the Italian troops Is at
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The latest styles in Collars Seta Vestees, etc dainty creations in
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Middy Blouses at 79c
Odd sizes and broken lines, but
all sizes from 16 to 42 in the as
sortment. Wonderful values at
Friday's sale price.
!
Hundreds of Skeins of Golden Fleece
Yarns at Half Price
Here is a wonderful opportunity to secure standard yarns at one-half
regular selling figures. It is a special closing out sale of our entire
and regular stock lines of Golden Fleece Yarns in ckeins, because hence
forth we will carry the same only in balls. All are yarns of first quality,
perfect in every respect. Come early and secure first choice in quantity
and color. Included are: . .
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The following colors are to be found in the assortment: Purple, wine,
black, scarlet, blue gray, steel gray, pink, brown, navy, etc.
Store Opens
at 8 -.30 A.M.
Saturdays
at 9 A.M.
The
high pitch despite wounds, loss of sleep
and constant movements made neces
sary by the conditions of the terrtain
at several points.
Deserted by his staff on the Montello
plateau. Major-General von Kronstadt.
of the Austrian army, fought single
handed against the Italian Ardlti until
he was wounded seriously. The general
died later in a hospital.
General Fatally Wonaded-
It seems that the general and his
staff became lost in the woods of
Montello and ran Into a unit of Ardlti.
When the members of the staff saw the
Italian soldiers, they ran away.
The
sreneral was called upon to surrender,
LAST DAY
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Silk Petticoats $2.78
Fine Taffeta Silk Petticoats in
wanted colors a few styles with
jersey top and taffeta flounce.
Reduced for Bargain Friday's sale.
1 7V2C a Skein
Most in Value Tlie Best in Quality
but refused and opened fire on the Ar
dlti. In the exchange of shots be re
ceived his death wound.
Threatened Suits Abandoned.
MARSHFIF.LD. Or.. June 20. (Spe
cial.) County Commissioner Archie
Philip announced today that suits
threatened by timber owners In the
county against the use of special as
sessments in road districts have been
abandoned and the court will order the
expenditures at the July session. The
threatened suits held up permanent
I road work In several sections of the
county since April 1, but there will
be sufficient good weather after July,
DAVID
THE GREAT
Crash
Toweling
12V2C Yd.
800 yards of absorbent
and durable Crash Tow
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border 17-inch width
not over 8 yards to any
one customer.
Curtain
Materials
11c Yd.
Dainty Curtaining for the
beach or country cottage,
both white and ecru; some
with colored borders a
splendid assortment to se
lect from.
Back Combs
At 49c
300 fancy mounted Back
Combs they come in 6hell
color and in styles with
Rhine or colored stone
settings. Reduced for Bar
gain Friday.
Store Closes
at 5:30 P. M.
Saturdays
at 6 P. M.
it is believed, to finish all the projects.
Thirty-five thousand dollars are await
ing use.
RAFFERTY T0 COMMAND
Artillery Colonel Ordered to Proceed
to Fort Stevens.
OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, June 20. Colonel William C-
Rafferty. Coast Artillery Corps, under
, Army orders of today. Is directed t
I proceed to Fort Stevens, Or., and ar.
to
I sume command of the coast defenses o(
the Columbia.
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