78 Pages
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Section One
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VOL- XXXVI. NO. 47. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORMXG, XOVE3IBEK 2o, 1917. IMtlPK kivp ppvt
BOMB BURSTS,K1LLS
TEN, HURTS OTHERS
Milwaukee Police Sta
tion Is Wrecked.
NO WARNING IS GIVEN
Italian Says He Found Infernal
Machine in Church.
FOUR DETECTIVES KILLED
Cylinder - Shaped Instrument of
Crime Contained Bottle of
Liquid, Supposed to Have
Been Nitroglycerine.
' MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nov. 24. Ten
persons were killed and several in
jured tonight when a bomb, designed
to destroy the Italian Evangelical
Church in the heart of the Italian set
tlement, ' exploded in Central Police
Station, where it had been carried for
examination. Seven detectives, two
policeman and one woman were killed.
The bomb, which was of scientific
construction and evidently with a time
fuse attached, was found in the base
ment of the church this afternoon.
Police headquarters were called and
Detective McKinney was sent to get
the bomb. On his way he met an Ital
ian named Mazuinni, who was taking
the bomb to headquarters. McKinney
accompanied him back to the station.
Seven Killed Instantly.
While Mazuinni was being taken into
the office of Lieutenant Flood for ques
tioning Desk Sergeant Henry Deckart
took the bomb into the patrolmen's
room.
Meanwhile detectives were answer
ing rollcall on the second floor and
just before dismissal they were in
formed that the bomb had been found.
On going downstairs they grouped
about the missile. Without warning it
exploded, killing seven of the number
Instantly.
The lower floor of the building was
shattered.
Among the known dea.d are:
STEPHEN H. STECKER, detective.
JOHN SEEHAWER, detective.
I'RED KAISER, detective.
ALBERT TEMPLIN, detective.
OPERATOR SPINDLE R.
HENRY DECKERT. desk sergeant.
An unidentified woman.
Among the seriously injured are:
Detectives Fred Hartman and Bergen.
Lieutenant Flood, in charge of the
station at night, escaped.
Thousands Flock to Scene.
According to one of the detectives,
the bomb was a cylinder-shaped af
fair, about one foot in length and eight
inches in diameter. Inserted in the top
was a small bottle of liquid, supposed
ly nitroglycerine.
The explosion, which was heard
throughout the main section of the
city, brought thousands of persons to
the scene.
Firemen from a station nearby aided
In the work of rescue.
The bodies were taken to the County
Jail, across the etreet from the police
station, to be later removed to the
morgue.
JAPANESE MAKE BIG LOAN
Five Million Yen Placed in China
, by Nippon Bankers.
PEKIN. Nov. 24. A group of Japa
nese banks has lent 5,000,000 yen to
China for a period of one year, at the
rate of 3V3 per cent.
In return the group will have first
call on similar loans.
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CASSEROLE TO PUT
SKILLET TO ROUT
FOOD EXPERT SCORES FRYING
PAX AS SOURCE OF WASTE.
Miss Lilian Tingle Urges Conser
vation in Meat Through Care
ful Cooking Methods.
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Nov. 24. (Special.) "The frying pan
must go and the casserole be used in its
stead," says Miss Lilian Tingle, head
of the domestic arts department of the
university, who is giving a regular
course in the conservation of food at
the request of the Food Administration.
Miss Tingle holds that the old-fashioned
skillet is the greatest source of meat
waste in American homes.
"The question of the milk supply is a
very serious one," she says. "There
are two reasons for it: the high price
of feed and the hih price of meat. The
price offered for meats has induced
many farmers to go out of the dairy
business. We can improve this situ
ation by conserving meat and there is
urgent need for it to be improved.
Every child should have at least a quart
of milk a day, yet now there is only
about one-third quart per capita in
sight."
The people of the United State-: eat
too much meat, says Miss Tingle, but
she does not favor its entire elimina
tion from the household menu.. Two
meat days a week. Miss Tingle declares,
should satisfy the needs of most per
sons. Use of the casserole, in the opinion
of Miss Tlngl , is the most economical
method of cooking meats, and broiling
and roasting result In a waste of the
Juices. Meat pie, meat with dumplings,
savory puddings and dressings, she
recommends as a means of cutting the
meat consumption.
NEW CAR MAY COST LIFE
James A. Lake, of Maupin, Suffers
Injury in Demonstration.
THE DALLES. Or., Nov. 24. (Spe
cial.) James A. Lake, son of ex-Countv
Judge A. E. Lake, suffered a crushed
skull this afternoon in an automobile
accident at Maupin. He was rushed to
The Dalles Hospital and is not expected
to live.
The accident occurred during the
demonstration of a car by Paul French,
of this city. Mr. Lake and a coraoan-
ion were with him. Mr. Lake was
thrown with the . automobile, which
turned over twice, and his head was
forced through the windshield vhlrh
crushed his skull. Mr. Lake is a promi
nent business man of Maupin. His
father hurried from Wamlc and is with
his son.
BAKER COMPANY PROPOSED
Preparation for Emergency Is Ob
ject of Mayor.
BAKER, Or., Nov. 24. (Special.)
Plans for organizing a military com
pany in Baker, to be drilled by local
Spanish War Veterans, are being made
by Mayor Palmer, and already 25 men
have volunteered to assist.
It is the Mayor's plan to include in
the proposed company only men of mil
itary age, who will train regularly in
military tactics and who will be ready
to act quickly in case an emergency
arises in the vicinity of Baker.
Another advantage suggested by the
Mayor is that young men who have
had a few months' training will be bet
ter equipped to enter the service when
they are called.
CHINESE PREMIER IS OUT
Resignation Accepted and Tempora
ry Successor Appointed.
PEKIN, Nov. 24. The resignation of
Premier Tuan Cht Jui, offered several
days ago. has been accepted and For
eign Minister Wan Tai Sch has been
appointed acting Premier. Liang Ch
Chiao, Minister of Finance, has been
granted a leave of absence.
The rebels in the province of Hunan
are advancing north along the Yang
Tse Kiang.
THESIS TOPICS IN THE
llliun inn itii mm
nU u H MAI AN
IN FIERCE uiiilBAT
Fight Ebbs and Flows
on South Front.
TEUTON CHARGE IS TERRIFIC
Front Is Swept by Austro
German Artillery.
FIELD STREWN WITH DEAD
Southern Patriots, Amid Welter or
Bodies and Debris, Reform,
Move Forward and Recover
Disputed Ground.
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IX
XORTHERN ITALY, Nov. 24 (By the
Associated Press.)' Heavy 1 lKhtlnu
continued throughout last night on
both sides of the Brrnta River, with the
result indecisive. Between the Brrnta
and Plave Klvers the Italians are con
testing; every foot of ground.
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTHERN ITALY. Friday, Nov. 23.
A succession of attacks and counter
attacks followed rapidly yesterday on
the hills between the Plave and Brenta
valleys, where the Italians and Austro
Germans are engaged in furious com
bat. Brigades and regiments dimin
ished in the struggle were reformed
and returned to the fight.
In one section 27 were killed or
wounded, but the remaining three
fought the battle of the 30. The moun
tain batteries had been secured in
mountain emplacements, and as the
fight ebbed and flowed over these po
sitions the Italians not only brought
back the guns, but even the shells and
the limbres, their pride not permitting
a vestige to fall into, the hand.3 of the
enemy. .
Field Swept by Artillery.
The final charge came at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon. The enemy had struck
his greatest blow earlier in the day,
and the fierce attack lasted three
quarters of an. hour.. The whole field
was swept by artillery fire and the
ground was strewn with dead.
Amid this welter of bodies and debris
the Italian lines reformed and moved
forward steadily and irresistibly until
the disputed ground was retaken ex
cept at one point, where the struggle
goes on. In this last desperate charge
the officers and men were eager to
advance, preferring death to being
made prisoners. The enemy losses
must be very heavy, but he is bringing
forward a steady stream of reserves.
Italian Resistance Splendid.
The first army also is sustaining a
heavy fight west of the Brenta River,
where the cneray rush has been re
pulsed by the splendid resistance of
the Italians.
The Count of Turin, commander of
the Italian cavalry in the recent re
treat, has given out a written view of
the deeds performed by his men.
Many instances of individual daring
are recorded.
A corporal of the Florence Lancers
was ordered to explore a zone near
Cividale. Going forward he saw a
large party of Italians held prisoner by
the enemy. He returned and gathered
a force of cavalry which released the
imprisoned party and brought them
back.
Colonel Invites Death.
In another case Piedmontese cav
alry, after being surrounded, broke
through the enemy lines, but the Colo
nel commanding failed to escape. He
was the only man left inside the enemy
circle, and he was seen to take his
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PAST WEEK'S NEWS IMPRESSED CARTOONIST REYNOLDS AS WORTHY
any
In
MX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, C4
degrees; minimum. 47 degrees.
TOUAV'S Probably fair; strong westerly
vtmus.
War. '
Fierce German counter-attacks repulsed by
Britons. Section 1, page 1.
Hugh Gibson tells or Germany's swift swoop
on - Belgium. Section 1. page 1.
Fierce combat rasing on Italian battle-front.
Section 1, page 1.
German submarine sent to bottom by Amer
ican destroyers. Section 1, page 2.
Russia will seek three months' armistice
from Germany. Section 1. page 3.
Foreign.
Small allied states to be represented at inter
allied conference. Section 1, page 11.
Caucasus breaks away from Russia. Sec
tion 1, page 3.
Domestic.
Exclusive New York families to entertain
. Oregon boys Thanksgiving Bay. Section 1.
page 1.
Religious services at Army camp attended
by thousands. Section 1. page 4.
Self-starved suffragette pickets may be
forcibly fed. Section 1. page 3.
Brigadier-General Vollrath's career sketched.
Section 1, page 4.
National.
Former officers of Oregon National Guard
are advanced In rank. Section 1, page 7.
Real Estate and Building.
Fear of long war sends prices of securities
to low levels. Section 2. page 0.
Far! fie Northwest.
Food expert urges use of casserole Instead of
frying pan. Section 1, page 1.
Roads and Automobile.
New Hupmoblle here. Section 4. page 6.
Ford agents move. Section 4, page 6.
Japan likes motor cars. Section 4, page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Bean prices will not be fixed by food ad
ministration. Section 2. page 15.
Relief of car shortage weakens Chicago corn
market. Section 2. page 15.
Stock rise checked by uncertain railroad
situation. Section 2. page 15.
Proposal to equip hulls built in Portland at
Navy-yards is opposed. Section 2, page
1H.
Traveling Steam Vessel Inspector has no
complaint to make. Section 2, page 16.
Sports.
Aggie Rooks' eleven defeats Oregon fresh
men 7-0. Section 2. page 1.
Results on Eastern gridirons. Section 2
page 2.
Multnomah Club eleven defeats Fourth En
gineers 21-0. Section 2. page 2.
Oregon-Oregon Aggie game to draw big
crowd Is hope. Section 2. page 2.
Oregon and O. A. C. to play 20th football
game Thanksgiving. Section 2. page 3.
Franklin High wins Interscholnstic League
football title. Section 2, page 3.
Franklin coach explains why game with
Walla Walla is not arranged. Section
page 3.
Camp Custer eleven ' Is fast. Section
page 4.
Basketball games to start. Section 2
page 4. '
Portland Golf Club links popular. Section""
Page 4.
All ballplayers In Northwestern League
made free agents. Section 2. page S.
Liberty motors stand test. Section 2. page 4
Baseball chiefs see dark future with second
draft looming. Section 2, page 5.
Reed College gymnasium classes large Sec
tion 2. page 5.
MunltMpagolf course ready by May.! Section
Portland and Vicinity.
wje1"' Mt fr C',y buyer"- Section X.
Unidentified woman killed by auto on East
Hide. Section 1. page 9.
St. Andrew's Society of Oregon seeks to In.
.crease membership. Section 1. page 12.
Ll" f Patrons and patronesses for allied
Red Cross bazaar published. Section 1
Page 12. '
Russian commissioners welcomed to Portland
in mother tongue. Section 1, page 13.
Meatless' Tuesday and breadless Wednesdav
to be observed in Portland. Section 1
Page 13.
New stamp tax goes Into effect Saturday
section 1, page 14.
Elks to hold memorial service at First
Presbyterian Church next Sunday Sec
tion 1. page 13.
Ben Greet Company to produce "Merchant
or Venice" November 26. Section 1
Page 13.
City's milk supply threatened by sacrifice
of dry cows. Section 1. page 16.
Mayor Baker will name advisory war coun
cil. Section 1, page 17.
Elmon Genente Indicates he Is ready to sur
render estate of Mrs. mma Lorentzen
Section 1, page 17.
Land Show closes. Section 1. page IS.
MAN CAUGHT IN SHAFTING
Worker in Newbcrg Factory Has
Narrow Escape.
NEWBERG, Or., Nov. 24. (Special.)
William Flaugher, an employe at the
Jones Bros.' Juice plant, had a close call
today. While inspecting the machinery
on the upper platform his sleeve caught
on the end of a shaft and he was
whirled around many times before the
man at the switchboard, who had Just
glanced the other way for a moment,
noticed his predicament and shut off
the power.
He sustained two broken ribs and
nearly all of his clothing was torn
from his body. In another minute he
wo.ild have been crushed to pulp.
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OF
AGGRESSION SWIFT
InsolentNoticelsGiven,
Then Invasion Is On.
BELGIANS' COURSE IS HEROIC
Despoilers Proposal for Open
Way Is Spurned.
GERMAN. DIPLOMATS FEAR
Hugh Gibson Tells of Their Nervous
Efforts to Load Their Affairs on
American Legation Stumni
Threatens Steam Roller.
BY HUGH GIBSON.
Secretary of the American Legation In
Brussels at the outbreak of the war. Copy
righted, 1317, Ioubleday, Page Sl Co.. by
Otis F. Wood.)
CONTINUED.
For several minutes after the Queen
withdrew the cheering continued. Sud
denly a tense silence fell upon the
room. M. de Broqueville, the Prime
Minister, had mounted the tribune and
stood waiting for attention. He was
clearly under the stress of irr.it .mo
tion, and as the house settled itself to
near him he brushed away the tears
that had started to his eves. He
gan In a very direct way by saying
mat ne would limit himself to reading
a few documents and hoped that, after
hearing them, the house would consider
the government worthy of the confi
dence that had been reposed in it and
that immediate action would be taken
upon matters of urgent importance.
He first read the German ultimatum,
as follows:
Brussels. August 2. 1914 (Very confiden
tial.) Reliable information has been re
ceived by the German government to the.
effect that French forces lnt.n.i u
on the line of the Meuse by Glvet and
ivamur. This Information leaves j,o dout.t
as to the Intention of Franca to march
through Belgian territory against Germany.
The German government cannot but fear
that Belgium, In spits of the utmost good
will, will be unable, without unlmin..
repel so considerable a French Invalion
with, sufficient prospect of success to af-
iora an adequate guarantee against danger
to Germany. It is essential for the self
defense of Germany that aha thuM
pate any such hostile attack. The German
government would, however, feel the deep
est regret- If Belgium regarded as an uct
of hostility against herself the fin t..t
tne measures of Germany's opponents force
ior ner own protection, to enter
Belgian territory.
In order to exclude any possibility of mis
understanding, the German rnv.rnn..n.
makes the following declaration:
1. Germany has in view no in r.t
tillty against Belgium. In the event of
Belgium being prepared in the coming war
to maintain an attitude of friendly neu
trality toward Germany, the German
ernment bind themselves, at the conclusion
of peace, to guarantee the possessions and
nucpenuence or tne .Belgian kingdom In
full.
2. Germany undertakes, under the hnv..
mentloned condition, to evacuate Belgian
territory on the conclusion of peace.
s. IC Belgium adoDts a frientllv .tn.,..
Germany Is prepared. In co-operation with
Belgian authorities, to purchase all neces
saries for her troops against a cash pay
ment, and to pay an Indemnity for any
damage that may have been caused by Ger
man troops.
4. Should Belgium oppose the German
troops, and in particular should she throw
difficulties In the way of their march by
a resistance of the fortresses on the Meuse,
or by destroying railways, roads, tunnels or
other similar works. Germany will, to her
regret, be compelled to consider Belgium
as an enemy.
In this event, Germany can undertake no
obligations toward Belgium, but the eventual
adjustment of the relations between the two
states must be left to the decision of arms.
The German government, however, enter
tains the distinct hone that this eventuality
will not occur, and that the Belgian gov-
(Concluded on Page 7. Column 1.
SWOOP
GERMAN
SOCIETY TO FETE
OREGON SOLDIERS
EXCLUSIVE NEW YORK FAMI
LIES OPEN HOMES.
Boys Also to Bo Guests at Special
Thanksgiving Day Events at
Meadowbrook Hunt Club.
WITH THE OREGON TROOPS. Nov.
24. (Special.) New York and the peo
ple of Long Island have opened their
homes to the soldiers of the Sunset
Division for Thanksgiving- day.
The Meadowbrook Hunt Club will
hold a steeplechase over its handsome
natural course and will stage a big
point-to-point race and' a special pro
gramme in which there will be on the
card a race for officers, the winner to
receive a handsome silver cup. There
will also be an event for the enlisted
men. A greased prize porker will be
placed on a table and the soldier that
can pick It up, run 10 .yards, make a
sharp turn around a stake and deposit
the slippery shoat on the table again
will be the winner of 10. While all
this Is going on girls of the younger
society set will distribute cigars, cigar
ettes and tobacco among the soldiers.
Among the Long Island smart set
who will first take soldiers to a turkey
dinner and later to the Meadowbrook
Hunt, are Mrs. Charles Steele. Mrs.
Robert Bacon, wife of the ex-Ambassador
to France; Mrs. Harry Paine
Whitney. Mrs. Paine Whitney and many
others. In addition to this there will
be several company football games.
RAIN FORECAST FOR WEEK
No Decided Temperature Changes
Are Expected.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Sunday, issued by the Weather Bu
reau today, are:
PaclHc states Occasional rains dur
ing week, although generally fair after
Monday over southern portion. No de
cided temperature changes.
LAW TAKES KLEiNSCHMIDT
Widely Known Arctic Explorer Is
Arrested in New York.
NEW YORK. Nov. 24. Captain Frank
E. Kleinschmidt, widely known as an
Arctic explorer, was arrested here to
night by detectives attached to tho
"bomb squad" on the technical charge
of having violated the penal law by
having a revolver in his possession.
AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK
Schuylkill Torpedoed In Mediterra
nean; 4 0 of Crew Landed.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. The Amer
ican steamer Schuylkill has been tor
pedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean.
The Navy Department was advised to
day that 40 men of her crew had been
landed at a Mediterranean port.
There was no naval armed guard
aboard.
VIENNA IS SHORT OF FOOD
Scarcity Said to Be Due to Trans
port Difficulties.
LONDON. Nov. 24. Vienna is threat
ened with a shortage of trraln hr.sj
and other foods, owing to transport
umicuities, according to reports made
at a conference of local food organiza
tions and reported by the Neuo Freie
Press and forwarded from rnntnh....
by tho Exchange Telegraph Company.
HARBOR WILL BE GUARDED
New York's Water Front to Be Un
der Military Control Tonight.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. The entire
waterfront of New York harbor will
go under military guard Sunday mid
night. This will make effective President
Wilson's proclamation barring aliens
from wharves, piers and warehouses.
OF PICTORI ALREMARk7
HUNS ARE
HURLED
BACK BY
Fierce Teuton Attack
Proves Futile.
LOST GROUND IS RECOVERED
Late Reports Indicate That
Moueveres Has Fallen.
MANY GUNS ARE CAPTURED
Belief Is That Teutons Will Have)
to Abandon Cambrai Soon.
Attack at Bourbon Wood
Is Progressing.
LONDON, Nov. 24. Fierce German
counter-attacks have been made today
in the neighborhood of Bourlon wood,
according to the official report from
British headquarters in France tonight.
The British line was forced to with
draw slightly, but later in the day
the lino was re-established and tho
high ground held.
Meager reports indicate that Jlouvre
may have fallen. According to the
latest Information. Fontaine is ablaze.
At various points west of Cambrai.
the British made progress yesterday,
the War Office reports. More than 100"
guns have been captured recently In
this area.
BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS,
Nov. 23. (By the Associated Press.)
The main attack on the opening of
the offensive Tuesday was along the
western bank of the Canal du Nord.
which runs almost due north and
south from a point a little west oJ
Havrincourt. Tho main Hindenburg
line trenches were built along this
waterway and the British had to fight
their way up the big ditch.
IrUhmcs Tackle Big Job. '
There was Intense work almost from
the start as the Ulsteriles who under
took this task got in among the German
defenses. Because of the secret nature
of the attack no artillery could be used
to cut the tremendously strong lines
of barbed wire in front of the trenches
and the tanks were not operating in
this section. Therefore it was neces
sary for the Irishmen to charge the
entanglements and bomb them to pieces
in order to force their way through.
It was a big undertaking, for the
Irish came under concentrated rifle and
machine gun fire as soon as they began
to advance, but they maintained their
reputation Cot valor and bombed their
way with such grim determination that
they drove an entering wedge Into the
trench system near Havrincourt. North
west of the town is a high bank on the
west of the canal. This elevation was
strongly fortified with dugouts and
there was a great concentration of ma
chine guns. The British had no alterna
tive but to charge the position up the
slopes, and this they did. The crest
was gained in the face of a heavy Are,
and desperate bayonet fighting fol
lowed. Germaas Driven Back.
The Ulslerites hurled themselves on
the Germans with such fury that tho
latter were compelled to desert their
machine guns and abandon the hill,
and many of them were shot down as
they fled northward along the canal
A large number of prisoners were cap
tured. Meanwhile German machine guns on
the eastern side of the canal were givm
much trouble, ani as soon as the high,
bank was captured British engineers
began building bridges over the water
way in order to afford a crossing to
the infantry. They undertook to have
these bridges completed by 3 o'clock,
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BRITONS