66 Pages
Five Sections
Section One
Pages lto22
VOL. XXXVII NO. AG.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
NINETY-FIRST DIVISION
IN BELGIUM FIGHTING
RECORD OF CAMP LEWIS MEN
TOLD BY GENERAL MARCH.
CITY
SIGHT
COSTA RICA MAY BE
ASKED TO EXPLAIN
GERMANY FAILS TO
MANY SHIPS SUNK BY
BRITISH SUBMARINES
LUMBERMEN MOVE.'
TO PROTECT LABOR
ALREADY IN
L
STATE DEPARTMENT LIKELY TO
ORDER PROBE OF AFFRONT.
SCORES OF WAR CRAFT OF ALL
KIND DESTROYED.
GERMANS INSTALL
G0AL1TIQN CABINE
VICTORY
WASHINGTON
Prussianism Gains Place
in Government.
POSEN SEIZED EY POLES
idolphe of Schaumbourg Says
Adieu to Throne.
IRUSSELS RIOTS SERIOUS
nniB Soldiers Ran Amuck and
Slay Their Officers, While Bel
gian Population Looks On.
COPENHAGEN, Nor. 16. A large
mmber of ships demanded by the al
. . . 1
lies under ine naval terms oi tae arm
Istice were sunk by their German
rews daring the revolution, accord'
Ing to Germania, of Berlin.
Clans 30 of the armistice provides
lhat all merchant vessels in German
lands belonging to the allied and as-
ociated powers are to be restored in
f orts to be specified by the allies and
the United States.
BERLIN. Nov. 16. (By Wireless to
tmdon.) (By the Associated Press.)
In accordance with the decision of the
council and National plenipotentiaries,
he departments of state in the new
government have been filled as fol
lows:
Foreign Office. Dr. W. 8olf; Treas
ury. Dr. Echlffer; Economics. Dr. Au
gust Mueller; Industrial Demobilization,
Kotp; War Food. Emanuel Wurm;
i.abor. Dr. Bauer; War. Major-General
Ischeuch; Admiralty, Mann: Justice, Dr.
rauae; Postoffice. Dr. Fuedlln.
Announcement waj made recently
through Copenhagen of the formation
ot a German Cabinet of six members.
three majority Socialists and three In-
Jependent Socialists.' It would appear
rrcU the Berlin wireless dispatch that
coalition Cabinet has ' been formed.
Iperhapa subsidiary to Chancellor Ebert
ind his Socialist colleagues.
Jankers Back la Power.
Dr. Solf has been German Forelg-n
Secretary sine the retirement of Sec
retary von Kuehlmann.
Dr. Schlffer Is a leader of the Na
tional Liberal party and was formerly
under - secretary, of the Imperial
Finance Ministry.
Dr. Mueller Is a Social Democrat and
formerly was under-secretary of the
War Bureau.
General Scheuch has been Prussian
linlster of War.
Emanuel Wurm Is a Social Demo
cratic Deputy In the Reichstag-. He Is a
chemist, a writer, and was born In
IZavaria.
Dr. Bauer la a Socialist member of
Ithe Reichstag- and waa appointed Sec
retary of State for the Imperial Labor
affice on October 6. I
Vice-Admlral Mann was appointed
Secretary of the Navy early In October.
Previously he had been head of the
J-boat department of the navy.
Dr. Paul Kreuse, a National Liberal,
ras appointed Secretary of Justice In
the Prussian Cabinet In August, 1917.
I He Is Second Vice-President of the
Prussian lower house.
Dr. Ruedlin has been Director of
Railways and Posts in the Prussian
abtnet since August 1917.
There have been no previous advices
from Berlin mentioning; .-. council of
national plenipotentiaries.
Matias Eraberger, chief of the Ger-
nan armistice delegation, will conduct
:he preliminaries of the peace negotia-
(Concluded on P.s. 2. Column 2.)
Pacific Coast Troops Advance Six
Miles in One Day and Capture
Heights of Audenarde.
OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Nov. 16. At the regular con
ference with newspaper men today
General March was asked to give
brief historical sketch of the 91
Division, which was trained at Camp
Lewis. Washington, and. In complying-.
he gave the following:
The division arrived in England on
July 26 and trained In France until
the latter part of October. On ucto
ber 21 the division waa sent to Flan
ders. On November 1 it advanced six
nil, m ihA heirhta northwest of
Audenarde In Belgium. On November
? the division went Into action near
Eyne and Audenarde. On November
It waa withdrawn to bil.-.s for rest.
Sprue Si eat pot Soon.
T. i,nawt. IK a. ClUeStiOn SS tO
whether Caran Lewis will bo retained
as a permanent military post or train
log camp. General March said that
nothing has yet been determined along
this line.
That the spruce-production division
of the Army will go out of service very
shortly la indicated by the announce
ment of the War Department today
that In demobilizing troops the de
velopmenutroops will be mustered out
first, the conscientious objectors sec
ond and the spruce-production troops
thiid. As the department expects to
demobilizing 200,000 troops in tho next
twn we.u. It is evident that tne
spruce-production division will be ou
of the service within that time.
Representative Be la Reserve.
Representative Albert Johnson, of
the Third Washington uisirici, an
nounced today that he will ask to be
placed on the reserve list, and If that
reauest shall be .granted he wui re
sumo his duties as a legislator. He Is
ow a Captain In tha Chemical War
fare Corps.
FRAUD CHARGE IS DENIED
Defendants n Defense League Case
Plead Not Guilty.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 16. Follow
Ing the denial of their demurrer. Major
B. Jeffery, Mason L. Williams, Airs.
Alice F. Robie, of Los Angeles, and J
H. Suits pleaded not guilty here today
to charges that they defrauded through
ths mails in obtaining collections for
the California Council of the National
Defense League.
Major Jeffery. who has a long and
honorable record as a United States
Army officer and has a personal ac
quaintance with prominent men in all
parts of the country, said out of court
that he had violated no law and that
all of his transactions with the league
were open and above board at all timea
Williams and Mrs. Robie are the field
secretaries of the league in San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles, respectively.
Suits is a San Francisco publisher.
GEN. PERSHING DECORATED
Distinguished Service Medal Con
ferred With Impressive Ceremony.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
EASTERN FRANCE. Nov. 16. (By the
Associated Press.) A distinguished
service medal waa conferred on General
Pershing at his headquarters today.
General 'asker IL Bliss representing
President Wilson.
The ceremony was witnessed by the
members of the allied missions and was
most Impressive.
AIR AMBULANCE TESTED
Army Officer and Nurse Make Trial
Flight.
MATHER FIELD. Sacramento. CaL.
Nov. 16. An airplane ambulance piloted
by Lieutenant John D. Swain, and with
Miss Laure Thornsbrough, United
States Army nurse, as a passenger, was
given a trial fllgly here today.
The airplane ambulance was built in
the machine shop at the field. It has
accommodations for one patient.
United War Work Cam
paign Almost Over.
STATE HAS FARTHER TO GO
Seventeen Counties Have Yet
to Reach Quotas.
PORTLAND IS $50,000 SHORT
Heads of Committees Here Confl-.
dent One Day's "Mopping Up"
Will Complete Quota.
Victory for the united war work
campaigners by Monday night, when
the drive officially will er.d. Is in sight.
. Victory in Portland will mean a mere
mopping up, for the city has but $50,000
of its quota of 1450,000 to raise.
victory In the state "outside the ctv
win mean that 17 of the 36 counties
must reach their quotas. The outer
state counties must raise $289,000 to
reach their juota of $700,000. The
whole state must contribute $339,000,
then the goal of $1,150,000 will have
been attains "
Tof-y committees and solicitors will
rest on their trms after their strenuous
six days' campaign. Tomorrow they
will launch the'.- final drive to victory.
Nineteen Conntlrs Over Top.
Nineteen counties went over the top
last night, according to reports re
celved by State Director Davidson.
Multnomah County, outside of Portland,
where the work has been directed by
Dr. H. C Flxott, chairman, was 150 per
cent subscribed. Jackson County,
south, was over, too. Jackson County,
north, promises to go over tomorrow.
Portland Is determined to put Multno
mah County in the victory class, and
chairmen of the other 15 counties de
clare they will win. '
In round numbers the outer-state
counties. Including Multnomah outside
of Portland, boosted their total $81,000
yesterday. Portland's gain was $70,000.
To complete their . quotas tomorrow
both districts must raise more than
twice their Saturday sums.
Clean-Up Monday Promised.
"We'll clean up Monday," City Di
rector Ames said last night- "Indica
tions are that we will reach our goal.
The industrial districts" canvassing- has
been practically completed and the re
sponse has been most generous."
"The outer-state counties will go over
the tol Monday," said State Director
Davidson. "It will mean some real
hustling' in several of the counties, but
we are out to win and we will."
Impetus was given the drive at
headquarters here yesterday by a state
ment Issued by President Wilson to be
made public today and which follows:
'I am sure that the entire American
people are following with eager and re
sponsive Interest "the progress . of the
nited war work campaign. Now that
the cessation of hostilities has some
we have entered upon a period in which
the work of our seven weifaro agencies
assumes, if possible, an added impor
tance.
More Money Needed Now.
"The excitement under which our
soldiers and sailors havo been woiking
Is withdrawn. Their hours of leisure
are much more numerous; their temp
tations are greatly multiplied and in
tensified. It is clear that to minister to them
for all of their time is going to re
quire a larger financial outlay than
hen they were being served for but
small fraction of their time.
"Only two days remain before the
campaign closes and very much more
money will be needed before the large
(Concluded on Page 12. Column 1.)
NEWS EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK REVIEWED BY
' i I
Police Interfere With Celebration
Occasioned by Signing of
Armistice.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Investiga
tion may be ordered by the State De
partment to ascertain whether an in
tentional affront to the United States
was involved in an incident .which
marred a celebration at San Jose, Costa
Rica, of the signing of the armistice.
RepofTs c the affair show that when
enthusiastic crowds assembled before
the American and allied legations po
lice appeared at the American Lega
tion and dispersed the celebrators.
Stewart Johnson, second secretary in
charge, in response to insistent calls.
had made a brief speech.
President Tinoco, whose government
came into power In Costa Rica nearly
two years ago through a bloodi-ss revo
lution, never has been recognized by
the United States. It has been reported
that he recently has taken occasion to
make slurring remarks about the
American government and the assump
tlon Is that he resented the demonstra
tlon before the United States Legation
and tne address of Mr. Johnson, who
has no formal reHtions with the Costa
Rlcan government.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum; 65 decrees; min
ixnum. 43 degrees. ...
TODAY'S Increasing cloudiness; . easterly
winds.
Foreign.
Coalition Cabinet established In . Germany.
Section 1. page 1.
Americans lead advance into Germany. Sec
tion X. pare 3.
Armada of Britain savior of world. Sec
tion 1. page S.
Germans must eat to pay their debts, says
Hoover. Section 1. page 7.
Hundreds of German vessels sunk by British
submarines. Section 1, page J.
Armistice terms worry Germans. Section
1. page 2.
Enrllah election campaign opens. Section
1, pagfc 4.
National.
Casualty Hat. Section L page 20.
Ninety-tint Division's war record told. Sec
tion 1, page 1.
Demobilisation of Army starts. Section 1,
page 6.
Germany seeks sympathy In America. Sec
tion 1, page 1.
Domestic.
New time rone limits advocated. Section
1 page 13.
Reconstruction programme stated. Section
1, page . . .
Pacific Northwest.
Increased cost of prison being investigated.
Section 1, page 6.
Pan-American Labor Conference discusses
wages. Section 1, page 8.
New Administration .In .Idaho organising.
Section 1. page 11.
Oregon to protest recent phone order. Seo-
tlon 1, page 17.
Sports. .
Multnomah defeats Camp Lewis team. IT
to 7. Section 2, page 1.
Oregon warriors defeat Aggies,. 13 to 6.
Section 2, page I. ,
Tracey eyes stars for opening card.' Esc
tlon 3. page 3. - '
Three big gridiron .games scheduled for
next Saturday. . Section Z, page 8.
Camp Lewis eleven 'rarln for struggle. Sec
tion 2. page 4.
Soldiers to stage big field carnival. Section
2, page S.
Eastern football games. Section 2, page 2-
Commerclal and Marine.
Apple prices continue firm in Eastern mar
kets. Section z, page 13.
Corn advances -with reports ef famine con
ditions in Europe. Section 2, page IS.
Stocks depressed by settlements of contracts
over week-end. Section 2, page la. -
Pacific Steamship Company alms entering
wedge into portiana-san . Francisco s
tratlic. Section 2, page 16.
1 Portland ond Vicinity.
Victory In war work campaign in Portland
already in sight. Section 1, page 1.
Phone Tate increase fight grows hotter dally.
Section 1, page 17.
City should operate, ship line, says Senator-
. elect Mulkey. Section 1, page 15.
Oregonlan employe witnessed, sinking of
Otranto. Section 1, page 10.
Large flour -orders loom in Northwest. Sec
tion 1, page 14.
Dry are confident of National ' success.
Section 1, page 16.
Lumbermen act to protect labor. Section 1,
page 1.
Influenza'record low as ban is lifted. Sec
tion 1. page 16.
Proposed new freight rates appear satis
factory to all. Section 1, page 7.
Multnomah Guard appeala to Governor. Sec
tion 1, page 9.
Revision of city building code advocated.
Section 1, page 19.
Weather report, data and forecast. Section
2. page 15.
I A H J jt JUL A -XJL A-
Hypocritical Appeals Trick
to Win Sympathy.
SOLF'S SOBS MADE TO ORDER
Attempt to Reach Hearts o
Teuton-Americans Seen.
EASY PEACE IS END SOUGHT
Enemy Bust With Propaganda of
Transporent Character to Get
Leniency at Conference.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. In the al
most hysterical appeals of the German
provisional government for supplies of
food and for permission to address It
self directly through a commiF-on to
the American public, officials here see
a purpose to excite the sympathies of
a large element of the American popu
l.-tion more or less connected by blood
ties with Germany.
With such sympathies aroused, the
German government. It was said, on
doubtedly hopes to influence the ap
proaching peace conference towards
leniency.
Such appeals as those which have
been sent by wireless by Dr. Solf. Ger
man Foreign Secretary, to Secretary
Lancing, were said to be quite unnec
essary and not likely to have any bene
ficial results.
Wilson' Promise Stands.
President Wilson already has prom
ised to do everything possible to pre
vent suffering among the civil popu
lation of the conquered states. The
entente powers have indorsed this at
titude, not so much from considera
tions of mercy or sympathy with the
foe as from a' genuine conviction that
a starving and desperate people would
make dangerous neighbors, render any
satisfactory peace Impossible, and, by
appeals to the internationalist spirit,
endanger the security of the entente
countries' themselves.
The design of the conservative ele
ments In. the entente states is under
stood to be to . avoid raising any new
Issues that would aggravate these con
ditions.
Germany Not Starving.
It Is known officially that there is
sufficient food In Germany to meet Im
mediate needs. The supreme war coun
cil Is planning to supply food in the
future and before the present stocks
are exhausted, assuming the exercise
of economy In food distribution.
To correct what appears to be a gen
eral public misunderstanding on the
subject, It may be authoritatively
stated that none of this food to be
sent from America to Germany or
Austria will be given away. It must be
paid for by the government of those
countries. ' .
. Gold May Be Gone.
Possibly that cannot be done In Ger
man cash, for It is believed that the
store of gold in the Reichsbank has
been practically exhausted through the
heavy purchases which Germany has
been obliged to make from neutral
countries.
Note Not Tet Received.
The latest note of Foreign Minister
Solf, addressed to Secretary Lansing,
asking President Wilson's permission
for a German commission to visit the
United States to explain the food situa
tion had not been received at the State
Department today, but the Associated
Press announcement of its coming was
read with interest.
It was pointed out that the United
States and Germany are s'till at war
although the armistice has been signed,
and consequently it is regarded as in-
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CARTOONIST REYNOLDS.
Total Transports and Other Vessels
Sent Down During War
Runs-Into Hundreds.
LONDON. Nov. 16. (British Wireless
Service.) Details can now be given of
the part which British ubmarines
played during the war. This service
destroyed the following enemy war
ships:
Two battleships, two armed cruisers.
two light cruisers, seven destroyers,
five gunboats, 20 submarines and five
armed auxiliary vessels..
Three battleships and one light cruis
er were torpedoed but reached port
badly damaged.
Other enemy craft destroyed were
One Zeppelin, 14 transports, six am
munition and supply ships, two store
ships, 53 steamships and 197 sailing
ships.
In no case was a merchant ship sunk
at sight. Care was taken to see th
crews of all vessels got away safely
In addition to carrying out their at
tacks on enemy war craft, the aubma
rines. played an important part In con
voy work.
In the third year of the war one of
the British submarine commanders car
ried out 24 cruises totaling 22,000 miles,
which probably constitutes a record for
any submarine.
TRANSPORT RATE IS FIXED
V. S. to Pay Great Britain for Carry
Ing Soldiers Across.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. The price the
United States Is to pay Great Britain
for transporting American soldiers to
France has been agreed upon. Chair
man Hurley, of the Shipping Board,
said today. Just before sailing for Eu
rope. Mr. Hurley did not say what the
rate would be.
"We have been negotiating with the
British government," he said, "as to the-
rate per man which we will have to
pay for the transportation of troops to
France. I am glad to say a decision
has been reached ,and I think it will
satisfy all concerned to know that the
price will be fixed practically at cost.'
MEETINGS T0JBE RESUMED
British Red Cross Society to Hear
Countess of Kingston.
The weekly meetings of the British
Red Cross Society will be resumed on
Saturday next. Arrangements have
been made, for the Countess of Kings
ton, -who Is in the city, to address the
meeting on that date, which wiy begin
at 8 o'clock in tho auditorium of Lin
coin High School.
The Countess Is working In behalf
of the Shamrock Fund, which is ex
pended in taking care of the wounded
soldiers and sailors of Ireland. After
the first meeting all others will be
held at the Women's Woodcraft Hall
at Tenth and Taylor streets.
SOLDIERS TO HAVE FARMS
Thousands of Acres Set Aside in
Canadian Northwest.
WINNIPEG, Man.. Nov. 16. Thou
sands of acres of farm lands In - the
Canadian Northwest are being set aside
for returning soldiers.
It Is understood that scores of Ca
nadian soldiers who have married Eng
lish and French girls have already ap
plied for homesteads and that a move
ment Is on foot to establish "soldiers
colonies" throughout the Western
provinces.
CRISIS L00MSJN HOLLAND
Socialist Agitation Expected to Lead
to General Revolution.
LONDON, Nov. 16. The crisis in Hol
land is becoming very threatening, ac
cording to private advices received in
London Friday, says the Telegraph.
The newspaper adds that unless the
government is able to speedily allay the
agitation of Pieter J. Troelstra and
other Socialists who are believed to be
supported by a large section of the
workers, a revolution may be expected.
M -jT J" J- jT J
TOO SOOtf jCroZ. I
OUZ A A7Z.JLZOY OA
OOR BOYS Olf
Lower Wages Opposed Un
til Living Cost Drops.
LOYAL LEGION MAY STAY
West Coast Association Men
for Loggers' Association. .
BUILDING NEEDS STUDIED
Government Asked to Consider Con
struction Requirements So as to
Avert Labor) Difficulties.
No reduction in wages until there is
a marked reduction in the cost of liv
ing; continuation of the Loyal Legion
with the present military organization
directing the Legion under General
Dlsque; request that the Government
anticipate the needs of building re
quirements for 1919 that there may be
no unemployment crisis; request for a
reciprocal duty on Canadian lumber;
removal of the Panama Canal toll
charges on Inter-coastal lumber ship
ments these were the high lights in
the conference of the West Coast Lum
bermen's Association, held yesterday at
the Hotel Multnomah.
The conference was hastily called
to devise ways and means of meeting
conditions In the lumber industry.
brought about by the cessation of hos
tilities and changing from war to a
peace basis. There were 250 men In
attendance, owners, managers and
stockholders from all parts of Oregon
and Washington. It was considered
one of the most representative gath
erings the industry has held.
Worklngman Considered,
The outstanding feature of the meet
ing was that these employers, men
representing millions' of dollars of in
vested capital, and the -executives of
an industry furnishing a livelihood
for thousands of men, were consider
ing "the other fellow" the man who
works in the woods and the mills.
Both in the convention, which was
an executive session, and out in the
lobby the delegates talked of taking
Care of the men. even to the point of
pocketing a financial loss, in order to
maintain labor on Its present wage
while the high living prices hold
sway.
Laudatory resolutions were adopted
praising the work of General Dlsque
and the Army officers and soldiers un
der them, who had to support the flght-
ng lines by getting out spruce instead
of being given the opportunity to serve
overseas.
Canal Charges Opposed.
George G. McLeod. of Portland, of-
ferred a verbal resolution that a com
mittee of three be appointed to seek re
moval of the toll charges at the Pan
ama Canal on lntercoastal lumber ship
ments. This resolution, which is of
vital concern to most of the lumbermen,
was unanimously adopted. The com
mittee will be named at a later date.
Seven men were appointed to serve
as a committee to attend the confer-
nce in Chicago, which is to be attended
by Judge Edwin B.. Parker, of the War
ndustry Board, and after the Chicago
meeting the committeemen will pro
ceed to Washington to carry on their
mission. This committee consists of
Ralph II. Burnside, of Raymond, vVash. ;
J. Donovan, of Bellingham, Wash.;
W. H. Boner, of Everett, Wash.; A. S.
Kerry, of Portland; Frank H: Ransom,
f Portland, and A. C. Dixon, of Eugene,
Or. R. B. Allen, secretary of the esso
iation, will accompany the committee.
Resolutions Are Given.
Following are the series of resolu
tions which sum up the views, lnten-
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