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Section One Pages lto22 76 Pages Six Sections VOL. XXXVI XO. 31. PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GERMANS STARVE"- 3 GIRLS DROWN RESISTERS FACING AMERICAN KNEW OF. GERMAN WAR PLOT TEN ARE PLACED ON O.A.C. MAN DROWNS ON EVE OF WEDDING BOOT'S 'MESSAGE IS NEAR S1LVERT0N DESERTION CHARGE OF HOPE FOR RUSSIA F6CKTH MISS XARROWLY ES INFORMATION GIVEX TO EM BASSY AGENT IN TURKEY. FRANK Ii. REED, HEMET, CATj. IiOSES LIFE IN COWEEMAN. CAPES SIMILAR FATE. WOH'T GERARD ONCIUAIION BOARD Peace Not to Gome Through Revolt, DIPLOMAT'S PICTURE VIVID No Financial Distress Seen in Germany at Present, As serts Former Ambassador. U-BOAT PERIL PROVES REAL First Chapter of Mr. Gerard's Book Deals With Early Days v of World-Wide War. MR. GERARD'S NARRATIVE TO BE PUBLISHED SERIALLY. Mr. Gerard's book, for "which The Oregonian holds the exclu sive rights of publication In Ore gon, begins with this Issue of The Oregonian. Its publication will continue In dally Install ments. It will not be published la book form until Mr. Gerard's testimony of his experiences in Germany during the crucial pe riod of the world's history shall have appeared completely in the columns of this newspaper. BT JAMES "vV. GERARD. American Ambassador at the German Im perial court, July S, 1913, to February 4 1917. FOREWORD. I am writing: what should have been i . i i 1 1 . i u:e xodb i:ua.pLtx: Lilts iurewora ox ' this book, because I want to bring home to our people the gravity of the situation; because I want to tell them that the military and naval power of the German Empire is unbroken; that, of the 12,000,000 men whom the Kaiser has called to the colors, only 1,500,000 have been killed, 500,000 permanently disabled, not more than 500,000 are prisoners of war, and about 500,000 constitute the number of wounded or on the sick list of each day, leaving at all times about 9,000,000 effectives un der arms. I state these figures because Ameri cans do not grasp either the magni tude or the importance of this war. Perhaps the statement that more than 5,000,000 prisoners of war are held in the various countries will bring home to Americans the enormous mass of men engaged. There have been no great losses in the German navy, and any losses of ships have been compensated for by the building of new ones. The 9,000,- 000 men and more for at least 400,- 000 come of military age in Germany every yearv-because of their expert ence in two and half years of war, are better and more efficient soldiers than at the time when they were called to the colors. Their officers know far more of the science of this war, and the men themselves now have the skill and bearing of veterans. German Nation Will Not Starve, Nor should anyone believe that Ger many will break under starvation, or make peace because of revolution. The German nation is not one which makes revolutions. There will be scat tered riots in Germany, but no simul- taneous rising of the whole people. The officers of the army are all of one class, and of a class devoted to the ideals of autocracy. A revolution of the army is impossible, and at home there are only the boys and old men, easily kept in subjection by the police. There is far greater danger of the starvation of our allies than of the starvation of the Germans. Every available inch of ground in Germany is cultivated, and cultivated by the aid of the old men, the boys and the wom en and the 2,000,000 prisoners of war. The arable lands of northern France and of Itoumania are being cultivated by the German army with an effi ciency never before known in these countries, and most of that food will be added to the food supplies of Ger many. Certainly, the people suffer but still more certainly this war will not be ended because of the starvation of Germany. Day of Reckoning Coming. Although thinking Germans know that if they do not win the war the financial day of reckoning will come; nevertheless, owing to the clever fl nancial handling of the country by the government and the great banks, there is, at present, no" financial distress in Germany, and the knowledge that un tConlinued on Pass 14.) Raft Improvised by Quartet of Bath ers in Mill Pond Parts, Throw ing Children Into Water. SILVERTOX, Or., Aug. 4. (Special.) Bulah Dale, daughter of J. E. Dale; Athol G. Ilickox, daughter of E. E. Ilickox, and Myrtle Cooper, daughter of John Cooper, ages 9, 13 and 15, respect ively, were drowned in the fnill pond at Scotts Mills late today while in bath ing. - -. Miss Ethel Shilts, daughter of J. M. Shilts, an older girl with the party of bathers, escaped death narrowly. It is understood that they were float ing around in the pond on a raft made from pieces -of timber and when -the timbers separated they were unable to swim to shore. . . It is declared that some boys also were in bathing at the time, and one of them jumped on the raft on which the little girls were riding and. upset it. throwing the 'children into the rush ing waters, death by drowning result ing before aid could be summoned. All three. bodies have been recovered. CHILE BLAMES TEUTONS World "War Held to Be Battle Be tween Democracy and, Autocracy. SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. 4. Comment ing on the end of the third year of the war, the Mercurlo says It is difficult to contradict the assertion that the re sponsibility for the world conflict rests with the central powers. "From the moment the neutral pow ers understood that the defeat of the entente allies would bring about the ruin of the allies, as well as of the neutrals," the newspaper says," the war was changed Into a war of principles democracy against autocracy. Great Britain was the first to proclaim this, then followed the United States and President Wilson, drawing the Ameri can people with him, opposed to mill tary autocracy the popular will." MYSTERIOUS MARKS ALARM 71, Surrounded by Capital t), Iieft on Houses by Canvassers. Residents In the vicinity of 604 East Twelfth street North are mystified by the actions of a man and a young woman, well dressed, who . canvassed the neighborhood yesterday seeking to buy old gold. Each house visited -was marked with the figures 71, enclosed by a capital D. Similar markings have been noticed in numerous sections of Portland. The police have been, asked to investigate by Mrs. C. Hote, living at the address noted above. There is considerable speculation regarding the meaning of the mysterious marks. GENERALLY FAIR FORECAST Weather Bureau Anticipates Tem peratures Below Seasonal Average. "WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. Weather pre dictions for the week beginning Sun day, issued by the Weather Bureau to day, are: Pacific states Generally fair, tem perature somewhat below seasonal average. EX-AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY, KAISERISM BEGINS AS SERIAL jf ff' - ' " ' - ivvss - I- , . , . f i i J- l , - t 5 " 4 f N r --r v Vf r I I .. .... : .r-- si Av.'-.'A (i I v -4 - ""v , : - V ! f 1 - - t - ' '-' v ;"f 1 1 r ,a - :'v: I Power of Nation to En- force Draft Law. DEATH IS POSSIBLE PENALTY Enrollment Follows for All Not Exempt. PUBLICITY TO- BE USED Provost - Marshal-General Crowder Asks Newspapers to Publish the . Names of Men Asking Exemp tion and Reasons Given. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. Registered men who resist the selective draft law face military courtmartial for deser tion and the possibility of execution for desertion in time of war. The whole military and civil powers of the Federal Government, states, cities or counties will be employed to bring them to book. This was announced in a formal statement tonight by Brigadier-General Enoch Crowder, Provost Marshal- General, in response to reports from North Carolina, Georgia and Oklahoma of anti-draft disturbances. As yet the power of the Federal Government has not been invoked by the Governors of the three states nor by the agents of the Department of Justice. Governor Asks IV Aid. The only official notice In Wash ington of the disturbances was a tele gram from the Governor of North Caro lina saying the registered men of two townships in that state might refuse in a body to comply with the summons for examination. No official word came from Okla homa, where the most serious situation prevails.- It was believed the Governor, both in his official state capacity and as the direct agent of the President in the execution r! the draft law, is confident th.ft. or.-r can be restored without military. aid. There will be no hesitation, however, In employing Federal troops If they are needed. Crowder Issues Statement. General Crowder's statement, formu lated after conference with officials of the Department of Justice, follows: "Press reports and other advices re ceived indicate that in one or two widely separated districts individuals, misinformed as to the purposes of the law and misguided as to its results, are threatening forcible resistance to the draft. "There is nothing to resist, at this stage in the execution of the law. All male persons between the ages of 21 and 30, inclusive, have been enrolled for military service. A preliminary call has gone forth to some such persons. but the immediate and actual object of this call is merely to provide an (Concluded on Page 8, Column 1.) WHOSE STARTLING EXPOSE OF IN THE OREGONIAN TODAY. Photo Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. JAMES W. GERARD. Louis Einstein Apprised of Council Meeting of July 5, 1014, by Minister Who Was Present. LONDON, Aug. 4. Louis Einstein, former special agent of the American embassy at Constantinople, writes the Times supporting the story of the Ger man conference 'July 5, 1914, preceding the declaration of war. He says, that Marquis Garronl, the Italian Ambassador at Constantinople, told him that on, July 15 German Am bassador Wangenhelm, who had re turned to Constantinople from Berlin the previous day, informed him of the conference at which Herr. Wangen helm himself was present and that the war was decided upon at the confer ence. The Austrian Archduke's murder was to be the pretext and the plan was to present an ultimatum to Serbia which she could not accept and from which war would ensue in 48 hours. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 83 degrees; minimum, &6 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; moderate northwesterly winds. War. Germans won't starve or revolt, says former Ambassador Cerard In first chapter of thrilling story of Teutonic intrigue. Sec tion 1, page 1.' Russians are driven' from all but narrow strip of Galicla. Section 1, page S. American field service leaves Paris for front. Section 1, pajse C. Soldier-councils present great problem to All-Russian Congreuu. Section 1, page 9. France has heavy gun for every CO yards of line held. Section 1, page 4. Allen draft to be urged. Section 1, page 6. foreign. British observe war anniversary. Section 1. page 4. Finland bows to Russian manifesto. Section 1, page 5. Dutch steamer hits mine, but passengers are saved, bectlon 1, page o. National. Senate debates reports on food bill. Sec tion 1, page 4. Notable men in aviation party coming to Portland. Section 1, page 2. Fight for 3o-foot channel not over. Sec tion page a. Senate bill Increases levies for war taxes. Section 1. page 3. Domestic. EUhu Root appeals to America on behalf of Russia. Section 1, page a. Defense being lined up tn DeSaullea case. Section 1. page Stanford students to take military training. Section 1, page 3. Armed posses restore semblance of order In Oklahoma. Section 1. page 7. Plans changed and Little will be burled in Butte. Section J. page 7. Sports. Best athletes of country to compete In track meet at St. Louis. Section 2. page 4. Arrangements completed for marathon swim Saturday, section z. page 4. Charter Oak trot to be run at Hartford. Section 'J, page 3. Grand American handicap shoot to held in St. Louis. Section 2. page 3. Mrs. Ada Schilling is great trapshooter. Section 2. page 3. Astoria to gve annual regatta August 31 to September inclusive. Section page 3. All-star card to be seen at Vancouver Sep tember Jo. Secton zz, page Miss Mayme McDonald, of Seattle, is clever athlete. Section 2, page '. Gca.rhart links to be put in shape this week. Section . page . Hornsby, of St. Louis Cards, moves lip in batting. -ction . page 1. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 8. San Francisco 1: Vernon s. Oakland 1; Salt Lake :i-2. Los Angeles lo-l. . Sec tion 2, page 1. Pacific Northwest. Frank L. Reed, O. A. C. student, drowns on eve of. wedding day. Section 1. page 1. Governor names ten on conciliation board. Section 1, page 1. Application of Home Telephone Company to give three montns service tree rerused. Section 1, page 6. Tacoman. naval officer abroad, warns Na tion that seriousness of war is not' appre ciated at home. Section 1. page 6. Three girls drown near Silverton. Section 1. page 1. Ed Wright, of La Grande, appointed , secre tary of Public service Commission. Sec tion 1, page 7. Commercial and Marine. Hops advancing one cent daily In Coast markets. Section -, page 13. Good cattle In strong demand at local yards. Section 2, page IS. Government order In ships affects ten in Portland. Section 2. page 14. Citizens renew petition for Legislative ses sion to authorize port to expend $9,0OO, 000 for ships. Section 2, page 34. State rules for loss allowance In smutty wheat are elaborate. Section 2, page 13. Federal Inspector Bonham compi.es reports on labor employed in shipyards. Section 2, page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Railroads and fire marshal unite in appeal to public to prevent grain field fires. Section 1, page 10. Professor John P. O'Hara becomes editor of -Catholic Sentinel. Section 2, page 5. Another Indictment returned against Dr. Carlo Visetti. Section 1, page 21. Portland gives $37,4r.o to American field ambulance fund. Section 1. page 20. Buyers' week to afford continuous enter tainment for visitors. Section 1, page 20. Evangelist Nels Thompson, reformed gam bler, -arrives in Portland in auto gospel car. Set-tlon 1. page 1. Mayor Baker's days are long and busy. Section 1. page 10. High temperature sends bl? crowd to Oaks Park. Section 1, page IS. I. W. W. sentenced to mop floors. Section 1. page IS. A. M. Grilley to teaech athletics in Army. Section 1. page 17. Douglas fir to be tested O Government for use in building airplanes. Section 1. page 16. Portland High School students describe all Oregon resources. Section 1, page 13. London school children write to Portland grandparents of German air raid. Sec tion 1. page 12. Quartermaster's corps to be Federalized to day. Section 2, page 5. Food prices reach dizzy heights in two years. Section 1, page 12.- Rlpe grain is in danger of fire. Section 1, page 10. Reed College to have five new instructors. Section 1. page 10. Second Battalion. Oregon Naval Militia, or dered to mobilize Wednesday. Section 1. page S. Governor of Idaho asks for troops for Coeur d'Alenes. Section 1. page 8. Mazamas leave to pass two weeks on slopes of Mount Jefferson. Section 2. page &. Weather report, data and forecast. Section 2. page 13. Governor Names Those Who Will Serve. NINE PORTLAND MEN PICKED Labor's Objection Eliminates Chief Justice. INDUSTRIAL PEACE IS AIM Messrs. Howard, Sleeman, Willi son, Hay barker, Rhodes, Labor; Grit-, lith, Ay re, rugan, Bowles and Iieadbetter, Capital, Arbiters. SALEM, Or, Aug. 4. (Special.)- Governor 'W'ithycombe today made known his appointments for the con ciliatlon board to adjust difficulties that may arise in Oregon between laborers and their employers. The board has 10 members instead of seven, as originally planned, and the Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court is not included. Five members represent organized labor and five represent the employers. The board Is to be known officially as the State Board of Conciliation and Mediation. The 10 members are: Board's Personnel Anmed. Representing organized labor C. P. Howard, president of the Portland Cen tral Labor Council; B. W. Sleeman, Dis trict Council of Carpenters; R. A. "VVilli son. State Building Trades Council; Vern Haybarker, State Metal Trades Council; J. B. Rhodes, general chairman of the Order of . Railway Conductors of the O.-W. R. & N. Company. Representing the employers: W. R. Ayre, Eastern & "Western Lumber Company: Franklin T. Griffith, presi dent of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company; James Dugan, build ing contractor; J. Bowles, president of the Northwest Steel Company; Charles Leadbetter, paper mills. All of the members are residents of Portland with the exception of Mr. Leadbetter, whose heme is at Astoria. Thi Governor's purpose in centering thje appointments In Portland Is that tie board may be able to meet on short notice and take action on labor diffi culties without delay. Virtually All Crafts Represented. Originally It was the intention of the Governor to appoint a board of seven members, three representing organized labor, three representing the em ployers, and the seventh mem ber being "' the Chief ' Justice of the State Supreme Court. After conferences with labor leaders, which were concluded at a meeting in hi; office Friday night. Governor "Withy (Concluded, on Page 3. Column 2.) AMERICAN DIPLQMAT AT HEAD OF MISSION, WHO RETURNS WITH PLEA FOR STRICKEN RUSSIA. t Si KL1UU ill y - u 4 m lit . - t , -.J ' j i mfi? Marriage, to Miss Cornelia Hollings- worth, of Newfoerg, AVas Set for August 15. KELSO, Wash., Aug. 4. (Special.) Swept through the sluiceway and over the curtain of the big dam on the Coweeman, 25 miles east of here, Frank L. Reed, of Hemet, Cal., where his parents reside, today met death by drowning, just on the eve of his wed ding day, which had been set for August- 15, when he was to have made his bride. Miss Esther Hollingsworth, of Kewberg, Or. Theirs was a romance born at the Oregon Agricultural Col lege at Corvallis, Or., where Miss Hol lingsworth and Mr. Reed were stu dents. Young Reed has been working for the past two Summers in the logging camp of the Portland Lumber Company and it was in the turbulent waters of the flume near the camp that young Reed met his untimely death. Reed was helping the damkeeper open the gate3 to turn loose the flood at the time of the accident. The men had opened two gates and as they were lifting the third, the force of the stream tore loose a 12-inch plank which came flying through the air, toward the two men. Reed stepped back to dodge It and stepped too far, falling into the stream which ran through the gate with tremendous velocity. The gates were closed and the flood stopped and the body was found short time afterwards about half a mile down stream. The body first was sent to Newberg and later will be em balmed and sent to Hemet for burtaL LICENSES DENIED I. W. W. Kelly Company Threatened With Revocation for Renting Badges. No more licenses are to be given I. "W. "W. members to distribute literature. City Commissioner Kellaher yesterday called on the carpet the members of the Kelly Company, 100 Front street, and threatened them with revocation of the licenses if they let them out any more to I. W. "W. members for the dis tribution of their documents. It was reported that the company rented badges to the distributors. Com mlssioner Kellaher notified the com pany that the renting of badges is not a privilege granted them under the terms of the licenses granted by the city .and warned them against further violations. RUSSIA'S DEBT PILES UP Nation's Obligations Sow Said to Be 50,000,000,000 Rubles. PETROGRAD, . Aug. 4. Russia's National debt, which at the beginning of the war was 9.000,000,000 rubles, is now estimated at 50,000,000,000 rubles, according to a report of the Imperial Bank. The statement shows that the mon cy circulation is 13,646,000,000 ruble against 1,633,000,000 at the beginning of the war. ltOO J1- Democracy Will Rise, Says Head of Mission. AMERICA CALLED TO SERVICE :me Here for Sacrifice Altar of Liberty. on RUSSIAN PEOPLE PRAISED Higli Capacity for Self-Coutrol and Noble Idealism Characterize Search for Freedom, Says Elihu Root. A PACIFIC PORT, Aug. 4. "Liberty, founded on hardship and sacrifice, can be preserved only by sacrifice and suf fering. Eternal struggle is the price of liberty," declared Elihu Root, ex- Secretary of State, who, with his col leagues of the American diplomatic mission to Russia, were entertained here today on their return to the United States. 'The first and greatest test Is not between the troops of Germany and those of our country, but between the great and noble qualities of the Ameri can nature and those Regenerating tendencies that come with luxury and tend to kill men's capacity for sacri fice." America's Task la Vast. Mr. Root and the other members of the mission were guesus of the ilty at luncheon today in a great hall, where more than S000 were served, and. as many more listened to the addresses of their guests. "I have abiding faith that Russia, through trial and tribulation, will work out, create and perpetuate a great, free. eelf-ftoverninK democracy," declared Mr. Root, in an impassioned speech that called forth cheer .after cheer. Rusaian People Praised. Professing a sincere admiration for the kindly character of the Russian people, "considerate of the rights and feelings, of others, and with a high capacity for self-control and a noble Idealism, heading always in a better way toward higher things," he pleaded for deep sympathy for the nation, "which is struggling with the prob lems that we have been studying for 140 years and have not yet solved." Declaring that "America must muster its manhood with democracy against the power of autocracy," he said: "There will be death, widowed homes, sacrifice and suffering, doubt, almost despair. In the end will rise a great free country, re-made in the spirit of our fathers, competent to ac complish Its divine mission and carry liberty and justice throughout the world. American l iberty at Stake. "Don't argue about why we ar tn the war, but realize that the time has now come when American liberty, American justice, American independ ence and freedom is the stake for which we must fight." The addresses of the chairman of the commission and of the others who spoke, dwelt vigorously and feelingly on the tremendousness or tne tasic which the United States faces, the need for casting aside petty differences of opinion in order to act unitedly against America's foe. And they were unani mous in declaring that Russia, now in bitter travail, would arise strong, and free. Votes Cast in Duke's Palace. "I have seen the ballot box in the dis carded palace of a Grand Duke," said Charles Edward Russell, publicist and sociologist, amid thunderous applause. "And meh and women alike were vot ing. "What American women have been trying for years to get, the Russian women got in a minute," he said. "The people of Russia will rule, if democracy survives." Never, however, has democracy been in so great danger, he asserted vehe mently, and appealed for union, devo-. tion and self-sacrifice by Americans to preseYve liberty. "Life without lib erty is not life," he said. Of the task before America he said: "If a man now says 'my wages be fore my country,' or 'my balance sheet before my country,' or 'my class or creed or association before my coun try,' he is not an American. America, is in peril, the flag we love is in dan ger. No question is worthy of con sideration until we settle the question whether democracy shall live. Democ racy hangs by a thread. Its exist ence depends on the union and utmost, determination of the United States of America." Labor Backs President. Basil Soldatyen Koff, special envoy from the Russian government, who accompanied the commission to Amer ica, declared that he bore the thanks of new Russia to America and bade them be of good hope for the new re public. ' James Duncan, vice-president of the American Federation of Labor, saying that the present was no time for strife, over petty differences, in the face of the great task of making democracy safe, asserted that the great body of American workingmen were behind the President. Major-General Hugh L. Scott, chief of CCoucluded ou Page 5. Column, 1.)
