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VOL? XVI. NO. 135.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1917. SIXTEEN PAGES
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SMALL ADVANCE
IN DAY'S
t
SALE
OF
Total to Date Is Past Five
Millions, but This Means
More Than Eleven Millions
Must Yet Be Raised.
BANKERS CAN'T SEE
HOW IT CAN BE DONE
Receipts at Noon Reached
Only $382,000; Pig Task
Ahead for Oregon.
Ad dab HimlMti All Buy
Every man attending the Ad
club luncheon at the Benson
Polytechnic school this after-
noon who had not previously
subscribed to a Liberty bond
subscribed to one today. Sub-
scrlptions totaling $3050 were
reported, mostly in $50 bonds.
An arrangement with the
Northwestern National bank
was made whereby money with
which to buy bonds can be bor-
rowed by members of the club
at 5 per cent interest and the
amount can be returned in in-
Htnllments.
' 'Tnder this arrangement."
said President S C. Uratton of
the dub, "we will not stop un-
til we definitely know that
every member of the Ad club
has become a Liberty bond sub-
scrlber."
The total of Liberty bond subscrip
tions went past the $5,000,000 mark
today, but the statement Is not very
encouraging at that.
In the first place the total was Just
under five millions when the day bs
gan. and a matter of only a little
over $382,000 had been added up to
noon. Tho gross total at noon was
15.12,900. which is Just $11,307,100
short of the amount needed if Oregon
Is to make her minimum allotment of
$16,500,000. There are lust nine days
le-ft to make up this difference.
Bankers Are Pusiled
The bankers in charge of the cam
paign are frankly in a quandary as to
what I to be dones-W. A. MacRae.
had of the executive committee, ex
pressed doubt that it would be done,
at. noon today. 11
"I don't see where all ths money is
coming from now," he said.
- The whole trouble seems to be In
the matter of cooperation from the
ranchers and the absence of large sub-
tier Ipt tons. For instance, there has
been Just one subscription of a mil
Hon dollars, on other of half a mil
lion, a scattering few for $100,000.
$200,000. a dosen or so for $50,000 and
so on down the line.
The best support Is being given the
campaign from people who are buv
(Concluded on Pig Two Colnmn One)
Hermiston Boosters
Turn Attention East
Cantonment Committee Unabls to Bee
Major Parks, Who Has Left to In
spect sUte at Tenino.
After spending Monday In Portland
to obtain the support of the people
here and In all Western Oregon in
boosting for Oregon's only proposed
cantonment site .near Hermiston, the
delegations from Pendleton, Hermiston
and Stanfleld returned to their homes
to further the campaign In the eastern
part of the state.
The principal feature of the dele
gation's visit .here was a conference
Monday afternoon with President Cor
bett and Executive Secretary Dodaow
of the Chamber of Commerce in which
the Portland organization was asked
to prepare all data on the proposed
Oregon site possible for the govern
ment. It was the intention of the' delega
tions to meet Major Parks, head of
tho engineering division of the west
ern department of the United States
army, but the major had already left
for Tenlno to Inspect the cantonment
site offered by the state of Wash
ington. When Major Parks passes through
Portland on his return from the
Washington town he will have in
spected all of the eight or more sites
so far offered by the states Of the
west for two new winter cantonments.
Major Parks has not committed him
self in favor of any of the proposed
sites.
6-Room House
Birddogs For Sale
Furnished Houses 36
FURNISHED room house, bard
wood floors, sleeping porch, bath,
fireplace. .
Dors, Birds, lets, Etc. M
BIRD DOGS for sale cheap, set
ters and pointers; trained to rent
or ee 14.
For Bale Mlacallanaous 19
BARRELS and kegs for sale. We
have Just received a large ship
ment of hardwood barrels and kegs
from Cel. Come while they last.
The above WANT ADS may be
found under the same headings on
pases 1 and 13 of today's Journal.
These ads are picRed up at ran
dom and represent but faintly the
variety of articles that may be
found on the WANT AD pages.
Real Estate For Sale: Houses and
Rooms For Rent; Household Furni
ture For Sale; Business Opportuni
ties. In fact, one can find almost
anything WANTED, or FOR SALE,
or FOR RENT among Journal
WANT AD8 for today. Look them
over. There is some article adver
tised that you want.
MAD
BONDS
You Can Help
Total Needed
$16,500,P00
7,500,000
7,000,000 6,500,000
6,000,000
5,500,000
5,000,000
4,500,000
4,000,000
3,500,000
3,000,000
2,500,000
LIBERTY LOAN
Bank Information Report
Portland,
previous . .93,585,050
Report ed,
today 108,650
$3,783,700
State ontside
of Portland,
previous ..$1,234,800
Report ed,
today 174,400
1,409,200
Grand total
$5,102,000
From Other Cities
Today's
SIirhm-fnf lima. TW.l Oliota.
W. T.. . .2O,fi7.00O S347.628.860 $.1,600,000,000
Olr.go. 20,000.000 78.000,000 180.850,000
HurrK. z.iw.uuu i,n,iuu oo.ow.wvi
8. Fran.. 1,600,000 83.300.000 B6.000.000
eattla.. 667.300 4,840.000 13.000,000
Tucoma. 68,700 819,750 3.3O0.0O0
SEATTLE'S SHI
A SATISFACTORY FINIS
Men Plan to Return to Work
Pending Awards in Port
land Situation, .
Seattle, Wash.. Oct. 17. (I. N. S.)
The strike of 9500 workers. In the Se
attle shipyards and sontract ships
seems near an end, following the ac
tion last nlerht of the Metal Trades
Council in voting to return to work
Monday. October 22. pending the
awards of the federal labor adjust
ment board, now sitting In Portland.
Representatives of all of the 14
unions affiliated, with the council took
Dart in the meeting. - It is authenti
callv reported that the members of
every union with the exception of
the Boilermakers', Shipbuilders and
Helpers' union, are Unanimously in
favor of returning to- tneir posts
until the federal board announces Its
awards. Union leaders today ex
pressed confidence that the boiler
makers would yield.
George H. Vandenburgh, William
Bailey and James A. Duncan, the strike
committee, in announcing trie calling
off of the strike, issued a statement
which read:
"In compliance 'Wltli the expressed
wishes of the United States wage ad
justment board, the metal trades coun
cil, confident that its interests would
be fully protected and desiring to re
move as far as possible all obstacles
in the way of the fulfillment of the
United States shipbuilding program.
has voted to return to work pending
the awards of the wage adjustment
board.-
"Upon receipt of the wage board's
decisions, the findings will Immediate
ly be communicated to all affiliated
Unions for their acceptance or rejec
tion."
U-Boat's Officers
Interned by Spain
t 1
Madrid, Oct. 17.(1. N. S.) The
Spanish government today ordered the
internment at Alcala of the officers
of the German submarine U-23. which
has been moored at Ferril, in order
to prevent the escape of that U-boat
as did another German submarine re
cently. .
Telephone Workers'
Strike Is Imminent
San Francisco, Oot. 17. (U. P.)
The conference board of Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph company employes
and officials, attempting to reach an
agreement on wage demands by the
employes, remained deadlocked today.
In the meantime the danger of a gen
eral , telephone workers strike was
growing more grave.
KV7 VA J
PYARD
STRIKE
SEEMS
NEAR
LBERTY
IS
IN BALANCE; BUT
ONE-FIFTH TAKEN
Hardest Kind of Work Need
ed to Make Bond Issue a
Success, Says Treasury
Department.
SOLDIERS' LOYALTY IS
SPUR TO CAMPAIGNERS
Efforts by Germans to Intim
idate Banks in South
west Are Blocked.
Washington. Oct. 17. (U. P.) An
effort by Germans in the southwest to
intimidate banks aiding the second
Liberty loan was reported to the treas
ury department today. This was met
with a threat to remove government
funds from banks not giving their
hearty cooperation to the bond sales.
At the same time a direct drive for
subscriptions from the German ele
ment is under way.
i Minneapolis reported that German
born farmers are buying bonds and at
one .Texas bank a recently naturalized
Teuton doubled his $1000 subscription
following a shower of congratulations.
The Liberty loan situation is crit
ical today, the treasury department
feels. With only about a fifth of '.he
$5,000,000,000 goal subscribed, only
"the hardest kind of work," it was of
ficially stated, can bring success in
the remaining 10 days of the campaign.
The nation must now subscribe at
the rate of $400,000,000 a day to reach
the goal. So far the average daily
sales have been less than one fifth
this total.
Unofficial estimates received from
the federal reserve district headquar
ters today are:
New York $ 413.000,000
Chicago
200,000.000
Philadelphia .
Boston .......
Cleveland ....
Richmond, Va.
St. Louis
San Francisco
Kansas City . .
90,000,000
85.000.000
75.000.00u
45.000,000
40.000,000
32,000.000
25.000.000
Minneapolis .
16.000,000
16,000.000
12,000,000
Atlanta
Dallas .
Totals .,...$1,048,000,000
The ' Chicago district divided Its
( Concluded on Page Vive. Colnmn Five)
PRESIDENT SENDS A
LETTER TO MOTHER
"May Awakened Russia and
Enfranchised America Ad
vance," Writes Wilson,
Washington, Oct, 17. (I. N. S.)
In response to a telegram recently
sent him bv Mae Catherine Bressov-
sky, chairn'san of the Russian com
mission on civic education, "Mother
of the Russian revolution," in which
she expressed her appreciation of the
good will manifested in Russia by
the Americans, President Wilson today
sent the following letter:
It has afforded me genuine pleasure
to receive your eloquent message of
September 25. At this hour, when th
historic events of the past few
months have brought Russia Into such
close touch with America, It Is most
heartening to witness the courage
with which the new Russia faces the
problem of the future, especially when
the high mission of national enlight
enment and preparedness for the great
duties which fall upon a civic democ
racy is advanced and sustained by such
an educational organization as yours.
We of America long since learned that
intellectual development and moral
fitness are the most powerful ele
ments of national advancement. As
the Individual is the type of the na
tion, so the nation should embody the
highest individual ideals of civic per
fection, in order to assert and main
tain its honorable position in the
world family of commonwealths, ful
filling its material and moral duties
towards its neighbors, strong in the
might of right and fearless in the
cause of truth and Justice. In the ef
fort to attain this goal, may awakened
Russia and enfranchised America ad
vance side by side with mutual affec
tion and confident trust."
Military Works at
Bruges Are Bombed
London. Oct. 17. (L N. S.) Brit
ish airmen have again bombed the
German military works- and canal
docks at Bruges, Belgium, the admi
ralty announced tadav. A German al?
plane was shot down.
Germans Raid Nancy
Paris, Oct. 17. (U. P.) Numerous
civilians perished from a great number
of bombs dropped over Nancy last
night by German airmen, today's of
ficial statement said. The city was
the object of r a Violent attack by the
Teuton flyers.
The ' French aviation service retali
ated by bombing German military
establishments at half a dozen or more
important points behind the lines.
"Twenty-five enemy planes have
been brought down in two days," the
war office asserted.
"Reprisal," Says Berlin
Berlin, via London. Oct. 17. (U.
P.) Today's official statement - said
"Our aviators have bombarded
Nancy in reprisal for the bombing of
LOAN
OF RUSS REVOLUTION
Scheme for-
Evading War
Tax Disclosed
Monitions Plants Books Show
Heavy Charges Made for Plant
Depreciation.
Washington. Oct. 17. (U. P.) Al
leged attempts to evade $17,000,0)3
taxes by munition manufacturers have
been disclosed, it was learned at the
treasury department today. Of this
sum, ail but $7,000 000 has been re
covered and as the total deficient
will probably be made up, no prosecu
tion is contemplated. The evasions
were made by charging of excessive
plant depreciation when filing returns
under the 12 per cent yearly tax cn
munitions profits.
According to the tax returns of the
munitions manufacturers, the govern
ment was entitled to $26,300,000. Close
scrutiny of their books by treasury
field agents showed that the correct
figure was $43,000,000, a discrepancy
of approximately $17,000,000.
The Investigation resulted in dis
closing greatly increased profits after
the unduly large ums for plant de-
preciatlon were reduced.
RUSSIA HOLDS. PEACE
OFFERS OF GERMANY
TO BE 'HYPOCRITICAL'
Tereschenko Says Kaiser's
Words Are Contrary to the
neichstag's resolutions,
Washington. Oct. 17. (U. P.) Rus
i
sia regards the kaiser's peace offers
as "hypocritical, enigmatic and even
contrary to the relchstag resolutions,"
according to a cable to the Russian
embassy today from Foreign Minister
Tereschenko.
"The German government . does not
flicts with principles of law and jus-
i.v.'o, cav.....nv. tt ulM I
only consent to peace negotiations on
the basis of maintaining the con-
quered territories, except, perhaps,
some Partial restitutions which would
be decided upon at the peace conf er-I
ence itself." I
After declaring that President Wil-
son's reply to the Vatican precisely
formulated the allies' general aims.
x ereecaenao saw: . - . - - -
vu ma iuor nana, renewed xtussia I
du tnaguncni uie principles Ior I
wmcn ine rree people or Kussia are
fighting. With regard to this Oer-
many has made no open and frank
aeciarauon, always proclaiming ine
supremacy of force to law, awaiting
the moment when she will have the
possibility of consolidating her at-
tained conquests by force."
U. S. Will Attend
Allied War Council
Secretary of Stats Tensing slakes For.,
znal Announcement ; Kepres entatl ves
to Be Haxned.
Washington, Oct. 17. (I. N. S.)
The United States will be represented
at the forthcoming- war council of all
the natio'hs fighting against Germany.
The formal announcement of this was
made by Secretary of State Lansing
today. The meeting, which has been
referred to as the Paris conference.
although the exact place or time has
not been determined, will be for the
purpose of effecting greater coopera
tion among the allies and avoiding du
plication or conflict of effort In the
war upon jtrussianiBin. xne American
representatives have not yet been
selected, xne secretary saici.
Argentina Extends
Anti-Strike Decree
PiiAnn, Atr 17 (t w. s
The government decree commanding
the Argentine railroads to resume op-
eratlons early today, upon penalty of
extreme measures." has been extended
eight houra
The strikers continued their sabot-
age -during the night and the troops
guarding railway property were called
upon to extinguish numerous fires.
Old Jack Frost Is
Likely to Go on a
Rampage Tonight
That "old familiar tingle"
was in the air this morning
and those who forgot their
overcoats noticed it. It was
Just a gentle reminder that fall
is creeping on. Light frosts
Tuesday night may be followed
by heavier frost tonight.
"High pressure over the
Northwest Is responsible." ex-
plained A. H. Thlessen, mete-
orologist at the weather bureau,
who returned to his desk this
morning after an absence of 16 $
days on a tour of weather sta- mic
tions tn Eastern Oregon. "The
high pressure will probably
maintain Us intensity until to-
night. Thursday will be warm- 4
er. The lowest temperature
during the night was 38 de- j
grees. very low for this season $
of the year. This forenoon the 3t
wind shifted to the north,
which made it rather crimpy at
exposed places. it
"There was a light frost on
the heights, this morning , and,
some frost in the lowlands. j&
Whether any damage was done $
I do not know. Another frost
is looked for tonight. I would 4jt
advise that -flower beds and
gardens be protected."
WEDGE IN WEST
FRONT LINE IS Al
OF ALLIED AMES
Secretary of War Baker Says
That Germany Is Worried
by Persistent Drives of Al
lies at Vulnerable Point.
AIM BELIEVED TO
TURN GERMAN ARMY
French Are Given Credit for
Aiding General Haig
Materially.
British Resume Artillery Firs
London. Oct. 17. (U. P.)
Resumption of heavy British
I artillery fire, coincident with
jjfr clearing 'weather, added to the
public's belief today that the
British commander was prepar-
ing another drive in Flanders.
9(t Sir Douglas Haig reported ex-
jft traordinary aerial and raiding
activities.
9fr Field Marshal Haig merely
reported today "Nothing
of
special Interest."
hfr The German war office said:
3fc "In tjrirno wrinrn of thf frlnn-
dePfnfro?t- tn(e density f th
gmti
and over the whole
his morning."
It was pointed out .that Haig
has always neglected to men
tion his artillery preparations
for a great drive.
Paris. Oct. 17. (U. P.) "In
creasingly tense" artillerylng
was reported in today's official
statement from the sector
around Lechaume Woods.
l..:!,
By Carl D. Groat
Washington. Oct. 17. (U. P.)-
tTTl,l It TT T Will.
l' x'' v"'
vemaDie lypnoon. me aines are
driving a wedge Into the German line
,n m3Ltl(Ser sooner or later this wedge
may PHt tn Teuton line and permit
of - a flanking movement. Instead of
the unceasing frontal attacks, which
up to recent date have meant only
throwng' men lntc the maelstrom of
B-v,t wlthnnt tariipi A
vantage.
Thl- slralf leant fact develoned todav
,n K,.r.tt-ir of War rw wmhiv
war nummary. The "typhoon of fire"
raged on the Germans is causing him
reai concern; in fact, such deep worry
that he has been forced to "amend his
tactical dispositions in an effort to
meet the shock of shell rained upon
his lines. The front has been so ex
tended with the French aiding that
the Flanders fighting is practically
revolutionary.
Significant Bdltary More
"It fa no longer to be considered a
saiiem. gays tn nummary. om an
(Concluded on Page Eleven, Colnmn Five)
GERMANS BUILD DAM
TO FLOOD TERRITORY
NEARPASSCHENDAELE
I p. . rtc i A D I
UeSperat6 tjTOrtS Are being
Made to Invoke the Method
Used by Belgians.
By William Philip Slmms
With the British Armies In Flan-
ders. Oct. if. lu. v. wnue tiaig-s
Bun and men bpcakJthe Oreman hold
on Passchendaele ridge, the Germans
are striving u'
agamsi nm evcr-cuc.tuU 5
tn Darner wmcn no ocigiiuia uc-
cessfully invoked to stop the Teuton
hordes of 1914.
XXlc viltriiij' is winning uifeiib flkiiu
day rushing to completion a dam two
miles above Nleuport, by which they
hope to flood the ground beyond
Passchendaele ridge.
The very desperation with which
they are carrying out this plan, coupled
with extreme "Jumpiness" which the
Boche shows every hour of the day, is
due to the knowledge that German
troops cannot hold Passchaendaele
Ridge much longer. If the British con
tinue their push.
Hsw Positions Prepared
Prisonered German officers, ex-
I amined today, admitted as much. One
I said, however, ' that plans had been
laid so that if the Qermans were forced
to relinquish the high , ground, they
would retreat five miles farther to
prepared positions.
One evidence of how the enemy is
"rattled" comes in the failure of his
f avorite - mode of defense counter at
tacks. They have been few and far
between and have been absurdly weak.
One of many proofs that the Ger
man artillery is disorganized was fur
nished on one sector, full report of
which was received today. There a
German bombardment which lasted 6
hours did not cost the British a single
casuaity. i saw mis uom Darameni.
British Gas Works Havoc
At least 40,000 shots must have been
fired, at a cost of $1,250,000 not in
cluding wear and tear on German guns.
This latter item, as United Press dis
patches have heretofore detailed. Is not
inconsiderable, with Germany as short
of metal as she is now.
By a strange wlt of fate, the Brit
ish gas Is new? working havoc with
the enemy .throughout all this "Ypres
sector" exactly the same portion of
the great battlefront where the Ger
mans first used this devilish contriv
ance of war. t
' ' ' f
American Flees Prison Camp
at tt st at at at at at at
Makes Escape as Stowaway
at at - at at "at at at at at at at at
Reaches Stockholm in Safety
Willett Charles Smith of Norwalk, Conn,, Was on a Ship
Captured by' Moewe; First Attempt to Get Away
Ended With Two Weeks in Dark Cell.
By William G. Shepherd
Stockholm. Oct. 17 (U. P.") The
first American to escape from a Ger
man prison camp housing prisoners
taken by the German raider Moewe,
reached here today after six water
less days, concealed in the hold of a
ship arriving from Kiel. ,
He was Willet Charles Smith of
Norwalk, Conn.
"None of the American prisoners at
Lubeck have died." Smith declared,
"but their lives were only saved by
packages sent from kind hearted Brit
ishers via Berne, v
"Our guards at Lubeck weren't for
the war. They would say. To hell
with the kaiser; this is a rich man's
war in Germany; we want it ended."'
Other Xn Doing- Well
Smith was the happiest man in the
world when he reached Stockholm and
freedom.
"You can tell the folks back-horn ,
he told the United Press, 'that Barney
Boyle of Des Moines, Bill Fitzgerald
of New York, Oscar Bird of Charles
ton. W. Va., and Walter and Harry
Mason, both of Baltimore, are stlil
in Lubeck prison; and all doing fairly
well, all things considered.
Fed up with all the good things
fellow Americans could offer him here
after all the lean, near starvation
days of his prison camp fare and six
very, very measer days of Spartan
like rations without water while he
hid in the utter darkness of the
vessel which brought him here. Smith
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
FUTURE FINE, DUE TO
RIVER TRAFFIC, VIEW
Great Steel and Iron Manu- Congressman Says Austro
, facturing Center Probabik Germans . Everywhere ; Are
ity, Says U. S. Engineer,
Washington. Oct. 17. (U. P) The
Mississippi valley as a great steel and
iron manufacturing center Is prob
ably developing from an epochal
renaissance of river traffic due to
railway congestion. .
This future was suggested today ty
Charles Keller, United States army
engineer, directing a project for trans
portinlg iron ore and coal between St.
Paul and St. Louis via the Mississippi.
"We may later extend the use of
provc, successful," said Colonel Kel
ler. holdlnff out hope for the entire
lakes-to-gulf waterway ideal.
"One result of the use cf the Mis
sissippi probably will be .o make the
valley the seat of great iron and steel
producing industries. Another is di
version of quantities of Iron are now
handled through the Great Lakes
ports, relieving congestion both in
lake traffic and on railroads."
All year around traffic will be
maintained by using the freight fleets
in southern latitudes to move cotton
and other products when navigation
closes in the norV this winter.
Relief of coal shortage In the North
west will be aided for the balance Af
the river season and next year tre
mendous quantities of the fuel will
be moved by water. So vital is the re
birth of waterway transportation re
garded by officials as a war measure
that a large delegation Will attend Sat
urday's celebration in St. Louis to
mark the arrival of the first ore fleet
from St. Paul.
Liner's Trip to U. S.
Causes Speculation
An American Port. Oct. 17. (I. N.
S.) The unannounced arrival here to
day of a bis passenger tllner which
ordinarily piles between' South Amer
ican port and a European port caused
considerable speculation in shipping
circles.
The vessel when she left South
America was scheduled to go direct to
Europe. Why she left her course and
put into an American port could not
be learned. Port authorities a So re
fused to discuss the case.
Portland Surgeons
Are Ordered East
Dr. Thomas M. Joyce and Dr. Lau
rence Selling, commissioned officers
in base hospital t as the University
of Oregon unit is oriiciauy Known,
have been ordered to Philadelphia for
a four weeks' course !n brain surgery
given at the University of Pennsyl
vania by Dr. Charles B. Frazier, as
slsted by army surgeons recently re
turned from the European war hos
pitals.
Drs. Joyce and Sellings are the re
anwHv hpads of the sureical jurwl
j neurological divisions of the Unl-
verslty of Oregon baso hospital. They
will leave for the east this evening.
It is expected that similar specialized
courses will be given in other branches
of the work.
Montana Winter Is
Opened by Snowfall
Butte. Mont., Oct.' .17, CV. 'P.)
Winter was formally ushered into
Montana " with a two-inch snowfall.
blossomed out today into the world's
greatest exponent of happiness.
He laughed away his tribulations
and hardships in the camp apd In
escaping.
How did we come to land in a
German prison Well we that la the
K&o aVooS j
many drinks one day and In wander
ing around w saw a sign 'Men wanted
to ship to Liverpool on a British
steamer.' On the spur of the moment
and the Inspired dare-devil spirit we
joined.
Our outbound trip was fine busi
ness. But coming home our ship was
captured by the German cruiser
Moewe. We were all herded aboard
her and taken to Kiel. There we were
put ashore with 500 others.
First Attempt Is Failure
"Later we were transferred to a
prison camp.
Smith stopped to chuckle reminis-
cently.
"I spent 14 days in a dark cell for
one previous unsuccessful attempt to
escape," he remarked.
And he laughed again, louder than
ever.
"You know, our rang of fellows, who
Joined up that winter day in Balti
more, often wished in camp that Bal
timore had gone dry last November.
"I was loading a German ship with
fertilizer when my chance came to es
cape," said Smith. "I hid myself in
the smelly hold and here I am. I
didn't have any water for six days
but I'm here."
WAR'S TIDE IS TURNED,
M'CORMICK ASSERTS
AT PARIS LI
Being Driven Back,
By W. S. Forrest
Paris. Oct. 17. (U. P.) "The tide
has turned; there will be more atroci
ties; there will be terrible battles, i
but, despite events in Russia, the
Austro-uermans everywhere are being
driven back and from the Carso to the
channel they are no longer able to
attack."
This was the estimate of th war
today by Representative Medlll Mc
Cormick of Illinois. nreaenteJ to
guests at a luncheon at the Pa la la
DOrsay. McCormick was the guest
of honor, the luncheon marking his
iareweii.
McCormick emphasized the mng-
slon he had obtained throughout hi
travels in France, England and Italy
of the demccratic solidarity of th
allies. He assured France of th A.
termination of the entire American
nation to fight with all its power to
a victory.
In speaking of the "entire American
nation." he said. "I Include the splen
aia loyalty of a majority at the
Americans of German blood who are
no less patriotic than those- of other
extraction. From the Hps of Ameri
can officers with names as German
as that of Hlndenburg, I have heard
described with loathing and bltte'r
anger, the deliberate killing of heroic
nurses by the German aircraft.
-inese are Daa tidings for the
kaiser.
"The morale of the German officer
prisoners is now lower than It was
two momns ago."
Freight Wreck on
Short Line Delays
Butte. Mont., Oct. 17
P.) All
if,etb?.5?tt brah of-
egon Short Line was delayed for io
hours today by the wreck of a freight
train. Traffic was resumed today.
None was hurt.
Bodies of Heroes
From U.S. Are to
Be Brought Home
Washincton, Oct. 17. (U. P.)
A special army branch known
as the "Graves Registration
Service" will keep graves of
American soldiers in France
flowered and weedless and ulti
mately return the bodies to
America The details of the
plan. In charge of Major Chap-
lain inanes fierce or tne reg
ular army, became known to
day. Back of the firing lines tem
porary cemeteries wil be main
tained, nerce s service wllU-
recora ine name ana location of
eacn Dunea nero.
JEvery American soldier ln!
France wears about bis neckr
two identiflcatfon tags. In
case of death on tag is re
turned to his commander. The
graves service buries the other
with the body and places above
the mound an iron marker with.
the number. Should. the com--
mander'a tS be lost, the other
serves as positive identifies- -
tion when the remains are dis-
Interred for shipment to Amir. '
c. . .
JNCHEON
HINDENBURG IS
DIRECTING ISLAND
CAMPAIGN, REPORT
Head of German Army Said
to Have Landed on Oesel
at Entrance to Gulf of Riga
to Look After Campaign.
GERMAN DREADNAUGHT
IS DAMAGED BY A MINE
Petrograd Completely Cut Off
From Communication
With Garrison.
London. Oct. 17. (U. P.) A report
that Field Marshal von Hlndenburg
had personally landed on the island
of Oesel to direct German operations
against Russia, coupled with Petrograd
official statements indicating increas-
lng success of that campaign, created
the widest Interest here this after
noon. Petrograd. Oct. 1.. (U. P.) A Ger
man dreadnaught struck one of the
mines around the island of Oesel Fri
day and was apparently damaged, an
official statement announced today.
"The warship made for the coast."
the war office announced. "Ita fate
Is unknown."
"We have lost touc!i completely
with our garrison on Oesel Island."
the statement concluded.
London, Oct. 17. U. P.) Russia Is
making desperate resistance to the
German naval encroachments in the
Baltic and has already taken toll of at
least six German naval vessels, ac
cording to Petrograd dispatches today.
A continuous battle around tha
group of Islands at the head of the
gulf of Riga was reported, 'with the
uermans slowly making progress. They
j were reported today In control of prac
tically all of Oesel Island and In com
plete command of Runo and Abro
Islands. -
Petroerad renorted ih iintinr r v.
Russian destroyer Grom in a runnlna
fight Saturday between a German
dreadnaught and a convoy of destroy- -ers
and various Russian naval forces.
Ths German fleet !ater retired.
Germans Hold Three Islands
With three of the six Islands at the
entrance of the Gulf of Riga in pos
session of ths Germans, naval actions
between German and Russian fleis
continue In those waters, according to
reports from PatrograK and Berlin today.
Advices from Berlin deal mostly
1 with lend operations, while the Petro
sraa dispatches told of valiant reaUt-
ance of the Russian fleet under the
(Concluded on Page Eleven. Column Seven)
IS
FOR SEPARATE PEACE
1 roil.. r n DmcoU U f
. i i anuit; in nuooia io vauoc ui
Switch; Bulgarian Aims
Are Stumbling Block.
"Washington, Oct. 17. (U. P.) Ger
many Is working for a separate peace
in the Balkans.
Having failed to gain sueh a peace
In Russia, she Is now centering her ef
fort a on Roumanla and Serbia, accord
ing to diplomatic advices today. The
prospects for winning over these
states, nowever. Is regarded as slim.
Balkan diplomats have been aware
for months of Germany's plans to get
! Russia out of the combat and then to
I force the small Balkan allies to terms
'or exterminate them. But as Bui-'
j garia is insisting on retaining Dob-
i,,, nre-war nact ther la mM
r ' chance now that Roumanla at least
will swerve.
The kaiser's visit
to Sofia was
understood to bear on this central
I problem. It is fejt here among dlplo-
I mats that trie extension of his visit to
Turkey is related to- the Balkan peace
situation.
iF-ditftr TTillprl WTion
, Auto Turns Turtle
!
l
GERMANY
WORKING
IN BALKANS
IS REPORT
RedlandsCal.. Oct. 17. (I. N. 8.)
Edward M, Boyd, formerly a Wash-,
lngton newspaper correspondent, died
here today and Major Harry, M. New-
ton. quartermaster ' In charge of con
at ruction work at Fort MacArthur, is .
in a hospital, from inlaries sustained
J-lMt night when an automobile in '
J ! which they were riding overturned.'
T , Boyd, who Is editor of the San Pedro
Z ; Daily News., and Major Newton were
returning from a duck shooting trip "
at Bear Lake. Major Newton's In
juries were reported serious but it '
was.saidviie will recover. . ;
Norway's Largest f
Vessel Torpedoed
f' . ' 1 ' - - -:;
Copenhagen; ' Oct. if. -(L 3.: 8.) ''V
The Norwegian" steamship Themis, the
largest ship flying the Norwegian j .
flag, has been torpedoed and sunk, a?
cording to advices ' from, : Christian! a
today, quoting th Norwegian foreign "
office, - : .
The Norwegian tailing ship Brass!
also has been sunk by a submarine.
The Themis displaced' 7401 toaa,' ' .
cpen German towns."
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