VOL. IVIII. NO. 17,980. POKTLAND, OREGON, ' WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1918. PltlCE FIVE CEXTS. 1 MAY PACIFIST EMPRESS ZITA PROSTRATED TAXES TO ENFORCE THRIFT PROPOSED YANKEE BECOMES HERO OF ROUMANIA ALLIES 15 EDUCATOR FROWNS lflPCnnHI fin H HI IflTA ON PEACE WORKER ui-uuii luhh yuu in MILES SET AT 545, WOMAN BLAMED FOR REPCLSE OF AVSTRIAX OFFENSIVE. COLONEL- BOYLE, OF NOME, WKVS HIGH DECORATIONS. EFFORT TO BLOCK MILITARY DRILL IX SCHOOLS OPPOSED. ADVANCE GO INTO DISCARD ALBANIA 00 Resignation Said to Be Agreeable to Kaiser. IMPERIAL CONSENT RUMORED Hintze, Ex-Minister to Mexico, Reported Successor. U. S. ACCUSED OF BLUFFING KoJnlfecho Zeltungr Expresses Doubt - Concerning Statement of Amer ce lean Troop Movement jf to Europe. , J ' PARIS, July 9. The German Em peror has accepted the resignation of Dr. Richard von Kuehlmann, the Ger man Foreign Secretary, according to a Basle dispatch to the Havas Agency. It Is expected that Admiral von lllntze, the German Minister at Chris tlania and formerly Minister to Mex ico, will succeed him. Dr. Richard von Kuehlmann became Foreign Minister August 6, 1917, suc ceeding Dr. Alfred F. M. Zimmermann, whose retirement closely followed the exposure of his plot to involve the United States in war with Mexico and Japan in the event that this country ehowed any Inclination to Join the entente allies. Momentous Speech Recalled. Dr. von Kuchlmann's conduct of the Foreign Office appeared to be more than usually successful until June 25 last, when he appeared before the Reichsta'g to discuss the political as pects of the situation facing; Germany. During his address he said: "In view of the magnitude of this war and the number of powers, in cluding those from oversea, that are . engaged, its end can hardly be ex pected through purely military de ' ci si oris alone and without recourse to diplomatic negotiations." Kaiser's Speeches Contradicted- -This statement, which flatly contra- ( dieted speeches by tho German Em-1 peror, who only a short time before ; bad referred to peace being won by "the strong German sword," was re- j ceived with consternation in the I Reichstag and with eharp criticism by the country. It was later reported that Dr. von Kuehlmann's words bad been approved by General Ludendorff, the German commander on the western V front. I This brought to notice rumors of ' friction between Ludendorff and the t German Crown Prince and his coterie ' who comprise the radical Pan-Germanic elements In official circles. Scapegoat Rumor Current Soon after the address in the Reichs tag it became common knowledge that Dr. von Kuehlmann's retirement from office would be forthcoming. Some reports were to the effect that his address was intended to Inform the German people that their armies could not win the war and was delivered with the cognizance of the Emperor, who, when he saw what a storm had been stirred up, resolved to make Von Kuehlmann the scapegoat. WASHINGTON, July 9. An official dispatch today from Switzerland sas that the independent Socialist deputy. Stroebel, in a violent speech in the Prussian Landtag, recently condemned the German government for its efforts to secure a peace by force. German People Warned. He warned the German people that unless they rid themselves of their gov ernment and "send their politicians of war and rapine to the devil," Amer ica's millions of soldiers will prove too strong a force to combat. Publication in Swiss papers of the text of Secretary Raker's letter to President "Wilson giving the American troop movement to Europe caused Ger man authorities to permit Its publica tion in Cermany according to a dis patch received from Berne. Baker's Figures Questioned. The Kolnlsche Zeitung published the letter under the heading "American Bluff." the dispatch says, and com mented as follows: "Mr. Baker thinks l:o will be able to dissipate all doubts about exacti tude of his figures with his recitations. "It is, however. enly the usual American bluff. We know from re-liatl- sources that the figures in-ques-tiun are lnorinately exaggerated and in no way correspond to the truth." WOMAN IS NOW CONDUCTOR Mrs. W. H. Chapman First of Fair t Sex on Vancouver Streetcars. VANCOUVER. Wash.. July 9. (Spe cial.) Clad in khaki bloomers, a middy blouse and regulation motorman's cap. a woman. Mrs. W. II. Chapman, is now in full charsre of one of Vancouver's etreetcars. She is taking the place of the "one man operator" who has gone to war. She gets tho same wages as did her predecessor and is the first of eight women operators to be placed on Vancouver streetcars. During the daytime the women op erators will -work alone, one to each car, but after dark an additional op erative will be placed on each car on the run to Sifton, which is eight miles Into he country. -.-.-: Vienna Paper Tljd Denounces as Wholly False and Slanderous Hu mors Kow in Circulation. AMSTERDAM, July 9. Denying rumors circulating in Austria-Hungary regarding Empress ZIta. the coi respondent at Vienna of the Tijd says: "It Is true the Austrian Empress partly desires peace and has with proper dignity advocated it, but the rumor that an energetic Austrian of fensive against Italy was delayed by her influence is slanderous, as also Is the rumor that the Empress was to blamo for one or two setbacks which followed the offensive. "It is still more slanderous to in volve her honor as a woman with im perial statesmanship and the imperial house. The Empress, whose sentive ness is well known, suffered under the imputations, which have driven her to a sick bed. "The slander is more painful as it even assailed the wedded fidelity which so distinguished the conduct of the imperial couple. The non-existent correspondence which was said to con tain utterances of the Empress regard ing peace is reported to be the first cause of the difference between the Emperor and the Empress." MR. HEARST NOT WANTED Up-State New York Chilly Toward Candidacy for Governor. SYRACUSE, N. T., July 9. Unable to agree upon a candidate after five bal lots, the "committee of 42" up-state Democrats decided to submit to the party conference at Saratoga on July 23. the names of seven men, any one of whom will be acceptable as a candidate for Governor. The list does not include the name of William Randolph Hearst. His name was not presented formally or Inform ally, neither did he receive a vote on either the formal or the Informal bal lots. The seven include James "W. Gerard and Congressman George R. Lunn, of Schenectady. During the session the committeemen were told informally that a poll of up state leaders had resulted in announce ment that there was no sentiment in favor of William Randolph Hearst and that Mr. Hearst had been notified of the result of this canvass. BODIES NOT YET FOUND Parties Continue Search for V. A. Forbes and Mr. Poindexter. rtt-ntt-i Or Jniv 9. fSnecial.) Par ties searching for the bodies of Vernon A PnrhH and Ralnh V. Poindexter. who were drowned in Lake Crescent, 70 miles south OI nere ounaay wnne ftehing in a canvasboat, returned to Bend this evening. Although the place where the accl rlAnt rfrtirrfA wan drasrerpd thorourrhlv with a number of different kinds of apparatus, the search was without Dvail TVi lnlrff i q ilppn. nlllnerin off abruptly near the place the men went down. Ten men ana nve ooais are ax v,a lali- anrt Rparfh will h. rontlmiArl A professional grappier may oe Drougnt irom t-oniana. LIGHTNING STRIKES CABIN Lookout Saved uy Bedding, Which I Acts as Insulation. . V lill 111 I II ailu unusual inviucu, nun. experienced by Lookoutman Ground at . -V,,,t J ....1 I .J the San Antone lookout house on the I top of a mountain in the Carson Na tional forest, N. M., on the night of June IS, when lightning struck the cabin i there 1 in the there and tore a hole two feet square j c roof. Th?lookout house is about 12 by 12 feet in dimensions and has only one floor, with walls almost I wholly of glass. At the time that the lightning played I all about the house, Mr. Ground was in bed and it is supposed that the bed ding acted as insulation and prevented his being electrocuted. He was unin-1 jured. FORCED MARRIAGE IS PLEA Kansas City Bride of Few Days Files I Action for Divorce. KANSAS CITY, July 9. Proceedings to bring about the annulment of her marriage on July 3 to George A-Park er, of Fort Worth, Tex., alleged in her petition to have been performed when both the bride and George A. Shelton, the officiating justice of the peace. were coerced by a revolver in the hands of the bridegroom, were insti-1 tuted in the Circuit Court here today by Mrs. Vallie Parker. Parker is in the county jail here in default of $1400 bail, awaiting trial on a charge of carrying and displaying a revolver. LIGHTNING DESTROYS HOME Similar Visitation Said to Have Oc curred Thirty Vears Ago. OLTMPIA, Wash., July 9. (Special.) Lightning struck in the same place twice in 30 years when it destroyed the home of Mrs. D. G. Parker, on East- side street. A neighbor climbing down an adjoin ing cherry tree managed, to duck the flash. Fire followed that burned the Parker house. Mrs. Parker escaped .without being stunned.- - Luxurious Tastes to Be Hard Hit. SOME NECESSITIES INCLUDED Revenue Schedule Planned With Double Purpose. WAR FUNDS TO BE RAISED Public Must Also Practice Econo mies High IiCTjr on Employ ment of Household Serv ants Suggested. WASHINGTON, July 9. (Special.) Taxes on luxuries and some necessities for the double-barreled purpose of fill ing the National war chest and enforc ing wartime economy and thrift are proposed in a list of taxation sugges tions submitted by the Treasury De partment to the ways and means com mittee of the House today. Pronouncing extravagance and waste "akin to treason" the department pro poses war taxes on the higher grades of men's, women's and children's cloth ing, furniture, toilet articles, hotel bills, gasoline, purses and handbags. 3ovel Feature Proposed A high tax on the employment oft male household servants and more than one female servant is one of the novel features of the anti-extravagance pro gramme sketched by the Treasury. Greatly increased taxes on automo biles, Jewelry, musical instruments, telephone and telegraph messages, soft drinks, liquors and tobacco also are proposed. The Treasury recommends two class es of taxes. In one class would be taxes paid by the consumer on articles purchased at retail, in the other would be taxes paid by the manufacturer or wholesaler and paid indirectly by the consumer in the shape of higher prices. Jewelry Levy SO Per Cent. Here are the taxes suggested by the Treasury: Fifty per cent on the retail price of jewelry, including watches and clocks, except those sold to Army officers. Twenty per cent on automobiles, trailers and truck units, motorcycles, bicycles, tires and musical instruments. A tax on all men's suits selling for more than $30, hats costing over 1 4, shirts over $2, pajamas over $2, hosiery over 35 cents, shoes over $5, gloves over $2, underwear over $3 and all neckwear and canes. Women Would feel Tax. Taxes on women's suits costing over $40, coats over $30, ready-made dresses over $25, skirts over $15, hats over $10, shoes over $6, lingerie over $5, corsets over $5, silk costing over $1.50 the yard. cotton over 50 cents a yard and wool (Concluded on Page -. Column 3.) ;; Intercession With. Bolshevlki Saves Deputies From Exile and Probably Death. PARIS, July. 9. Colonel Joseph Eoyle, an American from Nome, Alaska, has become the popular hero of Rou mania and wears the highest Rou manian decorations within the gift of the King for saving a number of Rou manian deputies from certain exile and probably death at the hands of the Rssian Bolshevlki, according to trav elers reaching France from Jassy, the temporary Roumanian capital. Soon after the Russian Bolshevlki broke off relations with Roumania last January as the result of alleged anti Bolshevik activities of the' present Roumanian deputies, several of these officials were arrested at Odessa after the Invasion of Bessarabia by Rou manian troops. They were sentenced to exile. Colonel Boyle pleaded in their be half, but the Bolshevik authorities were deaf to his appeals. Colonel Boyle then declared that if the Roumanian deputies were deported he would share their fate. A special steamer con veyed the deputies and Colonel Boyle to Sebastopol, where," after a stay of several days. Colonel Boyle finally con vinced the Russians that the Roumani ans were innocent and -all were re leased. Colonel Boyle took the Roumanians back to Odessa and accompanied them to Jassy, where he was given a recep tion by the people and the government. King Ferdinand awarded him the Crown of Roumania, the highest Rou manian decoration. It was Colonel Boyle who, when all other means of communication were impossible, carried from Jassy to Odessa the Roumanian peace terms with the Bolsheviki, thus preventing hostilities which, at that time, seemed imminent. RATTLER GOES TO COLLEGE Reptile Measuring 42 Inches In Length Killed Xear Brownsville. EUGENE, Or., July 9. (Special.) A large rattlesnake killed within one-half mile of the town of Brownsville, Linn County, has been presented to the sci ence department of the University of Oregon by O. V. White, superintendent of the Brownsville schools. Mr. White killed the snake last Sun day. He was walking with a boy when he found the reptile sunning Itself on a small hill. The snake is 42 Inches in length and about thrco Inches through the thickest part of the body. TRAITORS J3EJNG TRIED Sailors Charged by Courtmartial With Blowing Up Battleship. ROME, July 9. Three Italian sailors and one Italian soldier are being tried by a courtmartial on a charge of hav ing blown up the Italian battleship Benedetto Brln on September 27, 1916 by placing an infernal machine in the gun room. The defendants are Achille Moschinei, Guglierno Maitonlini and Mario Az zonia, all blue jackets, and Trooper Giogio Carpi. BUM'S LAST GURGLE- you too! .MmSSL More Than 1300 Aus trians Captured. ENEMY LOSES WAR MATERIAL Rome Says Guns and Airplanes of Foe Are Seized. MUCH PROGRESS IS MADE Italian Cavalry Flanks Austrlans by Passing Between Malacastra Ridge and Adriatic and Fall ing Upon Foe From Rear. ROME. July 9. Prisoners exceeding 1300 in number, guns, airplanes and machine guns and a large quantity of booty have been captured by the al lied troops in their offensive In Al bania, according to the announcement of the Italian war office today. The Allies have made new progress along the left wing on the Adriatic Coast, their advance approximating 15 miles In three days. The land forces were assisted by British monitors. Austrlans Attacked From Rear. North of the lower Voyusa River, the Italian cavalry flanked the Malacastra ridge passing through the western slopes .of the ridge and the Adriatic. By this operation the cavalry took the Austrlans in the rear and destroyed bridges over the Seniini River to the north. The statement says: "The action in Albania is continuing. On the left wing the infantry, starting from .the lower Voyusa, carried the heights between Lavanl and the Mon astery of Pohanl. "Italian cavalry, passing between the western slopes of the Malacastra ridge and the sea, daringly attacked the ene my rear and destroyed bridges over the Semlnl, and Metali Fierrl (about 18 miles north of Avlona, the Italian base on the Adriatic), has tallen Into our hands. Strong positions at Cafa. Grav and Corocop, etrenuously defended by the enemy, are In our possession. "At the head of the Tomorica we have carried the contested heights of Cafa Devrls. Our own and British airplanes lent aid during the fighting. The number of prisoners has risen to more than 1300. The capture of guns, air planes and machine guns, numbers not specified, and a large quantity of booty, is reported." VIENNA, July 9. (Via London.) The official statement today reads: "In Albania the pressure of the ene my's forces advancing across the river Voyusa is continuing. There has been fighting southwest of Berat. The French gained ground on the upper Devoli." WASHINGTON, July 9. An official (Concluded on Page 2. Column 1.) Superintendent Rutherford, of Eu gene, Advises Propagandists of Disbelief in Their Scheme. EUGENE. Or., July 9. (Special.) W. R. Rutherford, Superintendent of Pub lic Schools in Eugene, replied by let ter today to propaganda of the Amer ican Union against militarism, which Is apparently Nation-wide in its scope and has as its object the creation of sentiment against the adoption of mili tary training In the schools through assertions that the physical effect is bad. Oswald Garrison Villard is the chairman of the peace organization. ari makes an appeal for contributions. Its publications are being distributed through the mails. Superintendent Rutherford's letter follows: "I have Just received your pam phlet, entitled "New Jersey Says No.1 together with an Invitation for me to contribute to the cause you represent. Realizing that the replies received by such an organization as yours are al most invariably from those who agree with you. while others ignore your communication, I am taking the time to answer simply to indicate to you that all school men are not in sym pathy with such propaganda as you ane attempting to spread. I have never seen in any of the literature you have sent forth a single argument which was either definite or plausible, and some observation of mil iltary training of high school students has shown me nothing except a more manly bearing and improved physique on the pant of the boys who have re ceived that training." MOTHERS OF U. S. GREETED Italian Ambassador Transmits Mes sage From Mothers or Italy. WASHINGTON. July 10. Count V. Machi T1 Cellere. Italian Ambassador, today transmitted to President Wilson a message of greetings sent by moth ers of Italian combatants to American mothers. The text follows: "In the day in which Rome, all Italy, exultant, welcomes and acclaims your generous sons, the mothers of the Italian combatants Bend a fraternal, auspicious greeting to the American mothers and, united with them by the same throb of patriotic and maternal love, they hail the valor of their sons, the final victory, the triumph of civili zation. " .. , NEW PENSION BILL PASSES Measure Provides for Widows of -Fighting Men of 1898. WASHINGTON, "july 9. A Senate bill granting pensions of $12 a month to widows of soldiers and sailors of the Spanish war or Philippine insur rection, where the income of the widow does not exceed $250 a year, was passed today by the House and sent to con ference. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. rESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature. 65 degrevv; minimum, Ob decrees. TODAY'S-Cloudy, enil northwesterly winds. War. Italians defeat Austrlans In Albania. PiC l. French gain and capture 030 Huns. Pas Official casualty list. Fa.go 2. 1'orelffn. Kaiser said to have accepted Von Kuehl mann's resignation. Pmsu 1. Envoy of Czccho-tSlovaks on way to U. S. Page 5. Colonel Boyle, of Nome, Alaska, hero of Houmanla. Pace 1. Jewish women and children flea Jtussla. Page 4. Blame for Austrian defeat prostrates Aus trian Kmpresa Page 1. National. Telegraph control bill of-ain ordered report ed to Senate. Page :L War time thrift taxes proposed. Pace 1 Iomestlc. Island of Guam devastated by typhoon. Page 2. Boston merchants arrested for alleged in come tax irauda. Page C Advertising men turn convention into patri otic rally. Page 7. Forest fires sweep vast areas. Page 2. Huniely said to have escaped treason charge by three days. Page 3. Shipping Board announces 23 ships complet ed first week in July. Page 3. Record-breaking corn crop forecast. Page 7. Hundred perish in train wreck, ntar Nash ville, Xcnn. Page 4. Sports. Tener breaks with National Commission. Page 12. Forrest Watson defeats Mrs. Gavin. Page 12. Pacific Coast League tottering. Page J2. Entries for state tennis tournament may now be made. Page 12. Facifle Northwest. Educator frowns at peaca schemes. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Pacific Northwest Grain Dealers Associa tion perfects organization. Page 17. Chicago corn traders uncertain over crop estimate. Pago 17. Nominal -gains in railway stocks In Wall Street. Page 17. French steam schooner Commandant de Rosa launched. Page 13. Portland preparing to receive Fleet Corpora tion head. Page 13. Portland and Vicinity. Oregon loan quota set at 143,000.000. Page 1. Rail heads pass busy day in Portland. Page tf. Portland Army officer honored in France. Page 9. Merger of telephone companies before coun cil. Page 6. High tribute paid Dr. Holt C. Wilson's life, page lo. Last draft call takes many harvesters, page 11. Portland will cebrate birthday of freedom in France Pase IU Oregon druggists convene at Multnomah Ho tel. Fafie 4. W. F. Turner to succeed I. C. Gilman as railway head. Page 5. British army officers speak before Rotary Club. Pane if. Columbia Kiver Highway still closed, page 13. Portland girl In battle. Tage . Many volunteer for farm service. Page 5. Weather report, data and forecast, rage 13. Fourth Drive to Start on October 1. WESTERN SPIRIT IS LAUDED Drastic System of Handling Slackers Approved, 1 STATE TO ORGANIZE SOON Robert E. Smith Returns to Port land After Attending Conference ot Officials of Twelfth Fed eral RcscrTe District. LIBERTY MAX DlFFICl-tTIES TO BE ADJUSTED TOMGHT, At a meeting of managers of shipyards and other industrial concerns, where employes have subscribed for liberty bonds, with Robert E. Smith, state manager, tonipht at 7:30 o'clock at 222 Northwestern Bank building an effort will be made to adjust all difficulties encountered to date. Anyone else with a r-roblein con cerning liberty loan payments and subscriptions is invited to attend the meeting or call on Mr. Smith earlier in the day. Considerable trouble has re sulted in not havtns some plan whereby a man or woman who subscribed while working for one firm and who since has changed employment can make payment without difficulty. These people now fipd it necessary to take or send the money for the payment each week to the original em ployer. Some central payment plan will be sought. ................ ......4 Oregon's quota In the fourth liberty loan, the campaign for which will start October 1. will be between $45,000,000 and $30,000,000 on estimates brought back to Portland by Robert E. Smith, state manager ot liberty loan com palgns. who returned yesterday from San Francisco, where he attended a conference' of officials of the Twelfth Federal Reserve District. Oregon's quota last time was $17,. 500,000, although the total subscribed was J27.D00.0ii0. The vast prospective increase In the Oregon quota has al ready stirred bankers to contemplative action, and Sir. Smith yesterday gave out word that It would go hard with liberty loan "slackers" In October. The Oregon quota has been arrived at after careful figuring. The total of the fourth loan will be $8,000,000,000. it Is thought, because the total of anticipatory certificates now authorized in advance of the loan is that sura. Oregon Spirit Is Lauded. A feature of the conference at San Francisco was the attention given to the Oregon "spirit" and Oregon "meth od" at the start, and Mr. Smith was called upon at the opening session to explain how Oregon did it. The news of this state's quick work in going over the top in the loan and all other patri otic drives was fresh in the minds of the men at the conference. "The conference was Intended to de velop ideas so that the men in charge of this district could transmit them to the general liberty loan committee meeting, which will be held in Wash ington this month," said Mr. Smith. "They were more than casually inter ested in Oregon, and wanted to know how it was done. Chairman Chicker ing. of the speakers' bureau, asked for a statement from me at the first ses sion and I told them it was the Ore gon way the Oregon 'spirit': that we didn't want to assume too much credit for organizing Oregon spirit. Slackers to Be Handled. "The big feature of the next cam paign will be the comprehensive and unfaltering way that so-called 'slack ers' will be handled. We haven't any great loan slacker evil here yet. but the point is that the campaign Is to be organized so thoroughly that when a man refuses or falls to buy his quota, not only will he be asked to give rea sons, but his reasons will go on record. "It will go hard with slackers where ever they are found. The Los Angeles system of rating and publishing every man and woman and making him prove his purchase at his voting place and check out on the rating slip was most interesting. There a man gets a green tag when he subscribes to the loan and he has to go to his voting place and vote that tag, getting credit for it. Rigid System Is Proposed. "The consensus of opinion is that even a more rigid system will be generally adopted. There will be committees and follow-up committees to learn why a man has not subscribed his quota. Un derstand, a 'slacker is not alone a man who refuses to buy; the man who does not buy up to his quota as determined by the rating committee, which has studied his Income and expense ac counts, is equally a slacker and the vigilance committees will be on his trail. "There is another thing that the peo ple should appreciate, and that is that they are invited to and expected to buy these anticipatory Treasury certifl tCuuclutled on fug i. Column 1.) I