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TIIE SUNDAY OliEGOXJAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 22, 1918. OFFICER OF FRENCH HIGH COMMISSION - &IRS LIBERTY LOAN AUDIENCES IN PORTLAND. j HUN SHOWN. TO BE iiiSiillillliiiliiiiiliiiillliiiililillill .llJlllllJlillIf II11111I11I1I1I11I llllll llllll 111 ill! Ill 111 Illillill I 111 llllll 111 ill! J lilf J IlllllllilfllillllllilfSlilllilillllltlllllllllllfllllllilllllillllllllllllllltlltllllllllllllllllllllimi-: T7 CEE Conflict Is Shown to Have Been Planned Long in Advance of Crash. 1 WW INCENDIARY ALL INDUSTRIES MOBILIZED Campaign for Destruction of Muni tion Plants, Strikes, Etc., Begun Before Best of World Knew V . That War Ws Coming. WASHINGTON'. D. C. Sept. 21. Fur ther disclosures of the designs and far reaching; conspiracy of the German government to acquire world domina tion are given herewith. In this Instalment is shown the ex tensive financial structure built up in European capitals and elsewhere, be fore the war began, for the support and furtherance of Germany's vast am bition. This instalment also furnishes docu mentary proof that before the reat of the world knew that war was coming; the Teutons were making exact plana for strikes and Incendiary fires In in Hustrial nlants not yet created in th United States. Further it is shown that German in dustry was ordered mobilised for war purposea weeks before tne assassins tion of the Austro-Hungarlan heir aDnarent. Edgar Sisson. who was mainly In atruraental in bringing the Inner facts cf Teuton iniquity to light, opens witn a document dealing with the estaonan ment of Germany'a war financial struc tures. It reads: Secret Move la Ordered. -Circular 18. February, 1914. From the ministry to all groups of German banks and by agreement with the Aim tro-Hunrarian government, the "Ces terreichische-Kredltanstalt.' "The managements of all German banks which are transacting business abroad and, by agreement wtth the Austro-Hungarian government, the Cesterreichische - Kreditanstalf bank are hereby advised that the Imperial government has deemed it to be of ex treme necessity to ask the management of all Institutions of credit to establish with all possible dispr.tch agencies in Luleo, Haparanda. and Varde, on the frontier of Finland, and in Bergen and Amsterdam. The establishment of such agencies for a more effective observa tion of the financial interests of share holders of Russian. French and ng lish concerns may become a necessity under certain circumstances, which would alter the situation of the Indu trial and financial market. "Moreover, the managements of banking institutions are urged em phatically to make provisions for very close and absolute secret relations be ing established with Finnish and Amer ican banks. In this direction the Min istry begs to recommend the Swedish Nla-Banken' In Stockholm, the bank ing office of Furstenberg, the commer cial company "Waldemar Hansen, in Copenhagen, as a concern which is maintaining (virulent; relations with ltussia. . tSignature.) "N 3737. "Appertaining to Division for Foreign Obligations. Flaaaelal Strurtare Began. Note. This ishe outline of the basic financial structure begun In February, 1?14, rive months berore war waa launched, and still In operation. Notice the reappearance In subsequent Lenine messages of towns Luleo and Varde. Likewise the reference to American banks. Olaf Ashberg. one of the heads of the Nia-Banken, fame to Petrograd a month ago (January, 1918) and on the way boasted that Nfa-Banken was the Bolshevikl bank. He - was overheard by one of our own group. He secured from Smolny permit for export several hundred thousand gallons, of oil. opened at Hotel d'Europe headquarters, where both Birbach and Kaiserling of Ger man commissions have been entertained, negotiated with State Bank February 1. contract for buying cash rubles and establishing foreign credit for Russian government. Furstenberg is now at fcmolny using" the name Ganetzky, is one of the inner group, and is likely soon to be placed in charge of State Bank. Ashberg now in Stockholm, but returning. The material in this and all notes Is independent of documents and accurate. Factories To Be Deatrayed. Circular. June 0. IBM. From the 'Gen eral Slaff to all military attaches In the countries adjacent to Kuasla. France. Italy. orway. in all branches of Uermin Norway. Switzerland, and special war credit have subsidiary war requlre- autnnrtains and bnka In Sweden, 1 h United Hiatus bn opened for Tnnt. The General staff It jou m wan youritii in unlimited amounts of thes credits for the destruction of the rnemy'c factories, plant, and the most Im portant military and civil structures. Sim ultaneously with the Instigation of ntrlkes it is necessary to make provisions for the damaging; of motors, of mechanisms, with the dfptructlon of vessels, setting Incen diary fires to stocks of raw materials, and finished products, deprivation of large towns oi thtr electric energy. Mocks of fuel and provisions. Special agents, detailed to be at your disposal, will deliver to you ex plosive and Incendiary devices, and a list of such persons In the country tinder your observation, who will assume the duty ot agents of destruction. (Signed! DJ1. FISCHER. General Army Councilor. Note. Dated six weeks before the rest of the world knew it was to be warred upon, and even then making exact plans for a campaign of incited strikes and incendiary fires In the in dustrial plants in the United States. Germ a a Iadnstry Mobollaed. Circular. June f. General staff to all Intendencies. Within "4 hours af;rr re ceipt of this circular you are to inform all industrial concerns that the documents with ridutrtal-moblIix4tlon plans and with reg istration form be opened, such as are re ferred to In the circular of the Commis sion of Count Waldersee and Count Capri vi, f June -T, 1S". N. 421 RE MOBILIZATION. Note. Issued on the same day as No. 65. German industry mobilised for war three weeks before the a5sassf nation-of the Austro-Hungarian heir apparent, Ferdinand and his wife. Credit Order Ex traded. Circular. Nov. 2. 1914. From the Imper ial bank to the representatives of the Nia Iankn and the agents of the Btcknnto Ge seilschaft and of the Deutsche-Bank : At the present time there have been concluded coavtrsations between th authorized awmm of the Imperial bank and the Ruitstan rev olutionaries. Messrs. zenxinov and l,unach- arsky. Both t he mentioned persons ad dressed themselves to several financial men who for their part addressed themselves to our representative. We are ready to support the agitation and propaganda pro jected by them in HusMia on the absolute condition tnat me agitation and propaganda noted bv the above-mentioned Messrs. Zen xinov and Lunacharsky will touch the active armies at the front. In case the agents of the Imperial bank should address them- ives to your ditiki we teg you to onen te n-f'iry credit which wf'l be I t , , . , ; EEEE ! ) W- 1 llli f I v , I, j ; 'V , " - - J EEE i i V ' ! EEEE i ' r -S r-JK V i . ' ' fH 1 S- I --5V III! . eee! i ' ' tSj fill WASHINGTON AT ELEVENTH Where the Air Is Cool and Refreshing NOW PLAYING! IMIIIIIIIIIII1IIIIIIIIIIMIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIII LlECTEXAVr TISirEST DE WIERZB1CKI. OK FRE7TCH ARHT, VETERAN OF K1KRCKST FIGHT1XG Ofi THE WESTER KROJiT. An Interesting: and Inspirine speaker In the fourth liberty loan campaign is Lieutenant Vincent de Wierzblcki, member of the French High Commission, who has come direct from Washington to tour Oregon In the Interests of the present drive. lieutenant Wierxbickl spoke Thursday night at the big public meeting In the Auditorium and the preceding day he took his audience by storm with his speech at the Ad Club meeting. He also gave a talk at the Lincoln High School and before the crowds assembled in front of the Liberty Temple Wednesday nlKht. Lieutenant fle wierxblckl spent iwo years wun tne ia jjemie .Jirigade- la Terrible, one of the most glorious of all the French regiments. He is a member of the 46th Infantry and later was assigned as staff interpreter to the English. He also speaks Italian, which made him more valuable in the capacity of Interpreter. covered completely as soon as you make de mand on Brrlln. . (Signed) KiB3r.it. Destruction Plans Ootllned. Note. Lunacharsky is the present People's Commissar of Education. Par vus and Warburg both figure in the Lenine and Trotzky documents. Par vus is at Copenhagen. Warburg Is be lieved to have been lately in Petrograd. Circular. Nov. 2S. 114 From naval feneral staff to the naval attaches: You are ordered to mobilize Immediately all destruction scents and observers In tnose commercial and military ports in Canada and America where munitions are belns loaded on ships coins to Kuasla, France, and England, where there are storehouses of such munitions and where fighting units are stationed. It is necessary to hire hrourh third parties who stand in no re ationshlo to the official representatives ot Uermanv, agents for arranging explosives on ships bound for enemy's countries, and for arranging delays, embroilments, and confusions during the loading, dispatch- nr. and unloadinr of ships. r or mis pur pose we are specially recommending lor your ttentlon loaaers gangs, anionics, wuwm here are many anarchists and escaped rlminals. German and neutral orrices. ana rents of enemy's countries who are re ceiving and shipping the munitions. Funds renulred for the hiring and bribing of per sons necessary for the designated purpose will be placed at your aisposai i jour reauest. (Signed N. 03. Secret Service Division ot the Naval Staff. -.., Anarchists To Be feed. Note. This is the content of circular of which I have original German print ed circular in form in which Germany sent it to the naval attaches. Circular 1.". January 13. 1013 From ths General 8taff to the military attaches In he i:nttet states: inclosed vou win una trana note: or. we are sending you tne circular of November 3. lan. lor your guia nee and Its application on tne territory the United stales. in mis connection our attention is cauea to tne pohibiiiu ki.in. n..lriii'f Inn l,pni, UIT111I1K II i r J II bers of anarchist organizations. tblgned) """" DR. FISCHER. Translator's comment fas part of docU' ment): This circular is recited in im m f nr. Klassen to tne ooaj-u ui nerman League in Ftocunoim, wnicn was intercepted in Stockholm. Notes by Edgar Sisson. July 6, I91S. The date of November z appears in tvned version as I have seen it, out probably this is error, as instruction is a direct seauel to document of No vember 28 INo. 3). (Later: Nov. 2 is right. Nov. 28 was to naval attaches. This is to military attaches. E. S.) Troable-Makera Started. Circular. February 53. 1015. Press Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. To all Ambassadors. Ministers, ana con sular officials in neutral countries: You r h,r,hf Hdviseo tnat in tne country. to which you are accredited special offices re established for the organization ot nr.inaranHm in the Countries of the Coalition of powers which Is In a state of belligerency nh nermanv. The propaganda w-lll be connected with the stirring up of social un rest and strikes resulting rrom 11 ; revoiu- linnarv outbreaks: of separtlsm among th component parts of the state: or civil war. n nt win alitn comorlso agitation against Isarmament ana tne aiscoiiuiiuiiuu ui nm butchery. 1 ou are reu.ursieu iu w- -. I. and to tavnr in every way me managers of said offices. These persons (1 nrfsent to OU" vrwit trunmiicii. " r . - B1DTIIPI II tHlgnea; tj. . . ...... Xote Here- is the exact German formula for the tncitement of war from the rear" strikes, eiions at rev olution. the use of humanitarian ap peals to weaken the arm of its foes. ALL PUPILS ELIGIBLE SCHOLARS OF EVERY SCHOOL MAY ENTER ESSAY COMPETITION. I0NEER OF OREGON DIES Mrs. Barbara Leonntg, Agea Passes Away at Baker. 83, " BAKER,. Or., Sept. 21. (Special.) Mrs. Barbara Leonnig. aged 83. widow of the late Ernst Leonnig, one of the earliest settlers of. Baker County, died at her home, here Thursday after a long illness. She was born In Bavaria and emi grated to America when a young girl. She was married to Mr. Leonnig in the East. The two came to Baker County and lived on a ranch on Willow Creek until about 10 years ago. when they removed to Baker. Mr. Leinnig died a year later. The funeral will be held from St. Francis Cathedral Sunday. Popular Dances taught at DeHoney's beautiful acad emy. Twenty-third and Washington. See our advertisement on page S. section 1, today about new Fall classes, etc., for beginners. Phone AL 7(56. Adv. Dallas Man Enters Service. DALLAS, Or.. Sept, 21. (Special.) L. D. Brown, prominent attorney of this city, will leave about November 1 to enter the service as a Red Cross civilian secretary. Air. Brown expects to be sent to a foreign land. During his ab sence his law practice will be handled by John R. Sibley, his former partner. $100 CASH Or more will be paid for your used upright piano. Security Storage Co.; 109 Fourth St. CaU Main S323 .Adv. Tea Gold Medals Will Go to State Win ners and Sliver Medala Will Also Be Awarded. In response to Inquiries from paro chial and private schools, Fred L. Boalt, state chairman of the essay com mittee of the fourth liberty loan, an nounces that all pupils, whether in pub lic or private schools, are eligible In this state-wide competition . of the fourth liberty loan. As there is no organization to take care of the contest in such institutions. he has decided to leave the matter in charge of the heads of the schools. Essays should be sent directly to the state contest committee,- care of liberty loan headquarters at Portland. The names and grade of the writer must be on the outside of every such paper. Prizes have been announced as 10 gold medals for the state-wide winners in each of the 10 grades of the grammar school and high school, beginning with the third grade. In such districts Where school has resumed, teachers of the different grades will judge tha best essays in their classes and pass them on to the principal, who will forward them to the County Superintendent. The winning essays In the counties will be forwarded to state headquarters for main compe tition. Beside the gold medals for the state winners there will be a silver medal for the best essay in each grade in each county. All essays must be In the hands of the County Superintendents on September 27, and will be mailed im mediately to Portland. GERALDINE rx ,N "JOAN THE IIIIIIII1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHI0 - f imimiiiimiimiiiimmimiiiiimmiiiimi FARRAR WOMAN" iiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit h X SJ f 1111111111 iiiimiiiiimimmi sy - ' " -iflVfffffWlft Imuran in VsanrAsW-ar rtniliiVi lna STUPENDOUS! SPECTACULAR! TERRIFIC! Picturing France's Heroic Past and Present illlon Dollar Production! jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiEiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimi M THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE CAST. AMONG THE WELL-KNOWN STARS ARE THEO. ROBERTS, TULLY MARSHALL, WALLACE REID, HOBART BOS WORTH, MARJORIE DAW. AN ENTIRE SEASON IN NEW YORK AT $2.00 Chrome Operations to Start. MARSHFIELD, Or., Sept. 21. (Spe cial.) With arrival of $35,000 worth of machinery, active mining operations will start at the holdings of the Seffern Company, of New Tork, on their black sand chrome deposits In Randolph County In southern part of the county. MI COME HI EARLY! Our PricesAdults 20c, Kiddies lOc Doors Open 10:45 ii ! mil !i I ill III I ill III! IH 5il!iiiij!!ji!ii!!liiliiiim CANDIDACY NOW FORMAL OSCAR W. BORNE FEELS QUALIFIED FOR CITY COMMISSIONER. Portland Labor Leader Advances as Reason for Election Experience In Construction Work. Oscar W. Home, well-known Port land labor leader, formally announced his candidacy for City Commissioner yesterday. The Central Labor Council has already pledgad its support. "In making- public my intention to seek the office of City Commissioner, said Mr. Home. "I do so feeling- that my wide experience in general construction. sewer work and building of roads makes me exceptionally well qualified to a seat on the City Commission." Mr. Home served as State Repre sentative during the 1915 session of the Legislature, introduced many labor bills and was chairman of the commit tee on labor and industry. He was re nominated as Representative in the May primaries. He is a member of the Bricklayers' Union, Local No. 1, of Portland, served as district president for the Northwest for the International Bricklayers' Union four years and was president of the Central Labor Council in 1882. Twenty-flve years ago he built the city incinerator and in 1916 rebuilt the plant. For a number of years Mr. Home resided in New York City, where he was engaged in general contracting business and closely identified with the labor movement. Industrial Honor Pennant Awards. WASHINGTON. Sept. 21. Industrial honor pennants, a new development in liberty loan campaigning, will be awarded establishments which show 75 per cent of their -employes have sub scribed to the fourth liberty loan. VOICES 0FJHE DEAD A Testimony From the Dust " By Dr. JAMES E. TALMAGE Of the Council of the Twelve. Cbarch of Jrsua Christ of Latter-Day Saints Salt Lake City, L'tah. Phone your want ads to The Orego- nlan. Main 7070, A 6095. IE 1. "V. X'"'sn ttM tts the dsm&nd(x i ' v ir In the Health and Strength of the Wives and Mothers Rests the Future Integrity of the Nation. The health of American women is being undermined the future of the nation jeop ardized. Housework and family cares are wearing, their nerves raw and driving the color from their cheeks. The society butterfly, is likewise falling victim to. nervous physical col lapse, due to social environment the demands ot convention, Our women are victims of an over civilization. Isature is rebelling: at the abuse heaped upon her and her crys for help are manifested by that tired, worn out feeling so many women experi ence, if not in the actual development of disease in some one of its many forms. -. Thousands upon thousands - of our mothers, wives, sisters, are suffering. In their weakened, enervated condition, they have fallen easy victims to that most common and at the same time that most insidious of diseases, catarrh. Catarrh is not confined to the nose and throat where its manifestations are familiar to 07 of the people. Catarrhal inflammation and congestion may at tack the mucous lining in any part of the body, in any organ. It is no respector of persons the social moth, the business woman, the household drudge, all may be subject to attack. For years mothers of families have been fight ing the stealthy encroachments of 'this -health destroying - monster. With what success had best b told ;a jhg yards fi 5ei hem, Mrs. Mary Fricke, 507 Bornman St., Belleville, 111. u.his is what she says: "1 have weignea as little as 100 pounds. For years I suffered with my stomach, cramps and severe headaches. ' After reading Dr. Hartman's Health Book, I decided to try' Peruna. The first bottle brought good results but as I was bound to get well, I took twelve. Fifteen years ago I started with Peruna and I would rot be without it. Many of my friends are taking Peruna on my- recommendation and are pleased with the t results. My weight now is around 200 pounds and I am hale and .hearty at the age of 63. I can do as much work as my daughters." Catarrh of the stomach is only one of the many forms of catarrh for which Peruna is advised. If you suffer, just write The Peruna Company, Dept. 77, Columbus, Ohio, for Dr. Hartman's Health Book. It is free and you may find that Peruna is just what you need. Peruna is sold everywhere. Your dealer has it Don't take a. substitute. Ask for the Dr. Hartman's Celebrated Peruna Tonic; . aJso.a. Jeruaalmanact On September 22, 1827, Joseph Smith a youthful resident of Manchester, N. Y.. took from the side of a hill in that vicinity a book made up of thin leaves of beaten gold, held together by rings after the fashion of our modern loose leaf records. As . described by the finder, and by others to whom they were shown, these golden leaves or plates were engraved with fine char acters having all the appearance ancient and curious workmanship. The engraved plates had been laid away with care and attention to preservation; for, when uncovered, they were found, together with certain other antique objects, resting in a small vault or box of stone. "The box in which they lay," wrote Joseph Smith, "was formed by laying stones together in some kind of cement. In the bottom of the box were laid two stones cross ways ot the box, and on these stones lay the plates and the other things with them." The top slab or lid of the box. "was thick and rounding in the middle on the upper, side, and thinner toward the edges, ro that the middle part of it was visible above the ground, but . the edge all around was covered with earth. As subsequent examination proved the- graven characters were of the Egyptian type, and the writing consti tuted a history of the aboriginal peo pies of the Western Continent, of whom the existing tribes of American In dians are the lineal posterity. A part of the ancient record has been trans lated into English and the modern ver sion was first published In 1830 as The Book of Mormon. Since that time .edi tions have been multiplied, and the book is now printed in every modern language of prominence, and in several of the, more primitive tongues still spoken on the isles of the sea. Many millions of copies have been issued,' and the book is easily accessible. The Book of Mormon is an abrldg ment of the writings of a long succes sion of scribes; and the compilation was . deposited by Moroni, the last of the recorders, about 420 A. D., after he had attested with his own hand the genuineness of the record. He' laid it away in the prepared receptacle of stone and cement, on the side of the hill known to him and his people, as Cumorah and currently called "Mor mon Hill'" by" the people of the vicinity in and about Palmyra and Manches ter, New York. The Book of Mormon contains pointed and specific predictions of its own coming forth in the latter days; and these prophecies harmonize with the Biblical Scriptures. The ancient peo ples whose voice Is again heard among the living were of ttie tribes of Ephralm and Manasseh, and therefore or tne family of Joseph, son of Jacob. With this fact in mind, the thoughtful stu dent finds profound significance in the otherwise obscure words of Ezeklel .(37:15-20): The .word of the Lord came again onto me, saying. Moreover, thou and of nan, take thee one stick, and write npon. For Judah, and for the children of Israel his compnnlonsi then take another stick, and write upon. For Josrph, the stick of Fphralm, and fur all the house of Israel his companlonsi And Join them one to another Into one slick) and they shall become one In thine hand. To the puzzled questioners who would ask the meaning of all this, the prophet was told to dflare the Lord's purpose in this wise: "Thus saith the Lord God; Behold. I will take the stick of Jo seph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand." Plainly the record of Judah, which we recognize as the Holy Bible, was to be supplemented by the record of Jo seph; and the bringing forth of the lat ter was to be effected by the direct exercise of divine power, for the Lord said "I will take the stick of Joseph": and of the two He averred "they shall be one In mine hand," even as the pro totypes had become one In the hand of Ezekiel. If the testimony of scholars as to Biblical chronology be reliable, Lehi and his colony had already crossed the great waters and become well estab lished In America when Ezekiel voiced this significant prophecy concerning the "stick" or record of Joseph as be ing distinct from that of Judah. The prediction has been fulfilled. The Holy Bible and the Book of Mormon, the records of Judah and Joseph respect ively, are before the world, each at testing the authenticity of the other. and each standing as an Irrefutable testimony of the atoning life, death. and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. A century and a half earlier, Isaiah had cried wo unto Ariel, the City of David; and had made distinction be- tween Judah who then occupied Ariel or Jerusalem, and another people with wfcom comparison is made. rote the prediction: "And thou Shalt be brought down, and shalt apeak out of the , ground, and thy speech shall be low oat of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the eround, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dost." Us a. 29:4). The nation thus "brought down" has spoken "out of the ground"; her speech has come forth "out of the dust"; for the original of the Book of Mormon was actually taken out of the ground. and the voice of the sacred record is as that of one speaking from the dust -of the past. Read the Book of Mormon. Apply to booksellers or write direct to North western States Mission, 810 East Madl- on St., Portland, Ore., or Bureau of Information, Salt Lake City, Utah. ' Adv. ..