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: ; '. r - r - ' . - ' 1 '.. - -', -- - ,-.. 5 Q . --' ' - , - , - - - .- . -r - - w j .!; '' " " tJ ' . , , - , . - - ' ' , - . . , . rrs ALL TRUE Tonight ; and Tuesday lair; light vattoble winds. Humidity S7. VOL. XVI. NX). 139. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY. EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1917. SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS OX TRAINS A WD KIWI STANDS FIVE CXTS TOTAL SALES TEN MILLION Figures' Unofficial, but Re- ceipts at Headquarters In : sure That Estimate Is Con servative; M any Buyers Doubling Subscriptions. Lloyd George Tells Why He Is Confident FRANCO - BRITISH ATTACKS INDICATE RENEWAL OF DRIVE British Premier Soeahs on Sub marine Situation Before Crowd of 10,000. I ii i. i it. n l- London. OcU 22. U. P.) Premier ilclU ITIctrSnai naiQ rtcpUi lv Satisfactory Progress in Local Attacks Made by Al lied Forces in Flanders. BUSY SEVERAL DAYS LOSS OF ANTILLES MAKES SALES BIGGER S. Benson Doubles Subscrip tion on Learning of Fate of Transport; J. G. von Heiberg Writes Check for $100,000; for Bonds: Ore son's Liberty loan total is now f 10.100.000. according to the unofficial announcement of the campaign 'pub llclty committee at noon today, after lant-mlpiite telegraphic reports from all parts of the state had been totaled. The official figure, compiled at 11 o'clock, was $8.6-8.760, but this for the most part represented the sub scriptions taken Saturday and the few that were registered here and there Sunday. After these figures were com piled, a great mass of Information rel ative to the early business tcday came In, and Mr. Chapman said his estimate was conservative. ' . J100.0O0 Subscription Mad The largest subscription reported during the forenoon was one for $100, 000 from J. Q. Von Herberg, of Jensen & Von Herberg, owners of the Liberty and Columbia theatres. : Air. Von Herberg's subscription came through one of the distribution sub committees headed by A. L Fish- He was approached on the matter only Sunday, and assented readily, promis ing to enter the - subscription this ' morning, and the transaction was duly recorded. This subscription, by the way, has not gone through the banks to appear in the official reports yet. When Simon Benson heard of the sinking of the transport Antilles by a German submarine, he --realised omn than ever before how important It Is that the second loan be successfuL This morning he went to a bank and Increased his subscription of $60,000 by another $60,000, making $100,000 In all. Amos Denson has already sub scribed $10,000. ales Outside Keavy An encouraging feature of the day's oiiKiai reports were tnose covering bond sales outside of Portland for Fri day. The total was $1,021,900. and from the 'messages that were raining irt on headquarters today there is every Indication that the recapitulation for Operations Regarded Pre liminary to Tremendous Smash. Lloyd George gave an enthusiastic audience of. 10,000 persons, n Albert hall this afternoon, some of the rea sons why the country was confident of victory and' was determined to prosecute the war to a victory. For the first tlm ha revealed some of the statistics showing Britain's speed-up J ARTILLERY HAS BEEN "There can be no peace in the world until the shrine of the war spirit at Potsdam Is shattered and its priest hood dispersed,' be declared solemnly. "Time is now on our side. Time was I once a neutral but not since the ad vent of America and the fall of Ger man submarines. America's manpower Is the best fighting material In the world. 4 "We are now on the eve of the most Important interallied conference ever he'd. For the first time, the represen tatives of America and the new Rus sian democracy will attend. Their de cisions may determine the ultimate inBue of the war. "America's participation in this con ference is of inestimable advantage. "Our monthly tonnage loss," ho as-! serted. "is a little over a third of the Aprtl figures. "The submarines lost in ten months by the enemy total more than twice the number destroyed during the whole of last year. "We have increased our shipbuild ing four-fold. America has done the same." Lloyd George took occasion at the outset of his speech to thank 120,000 members and workers on war savings committees for their economy cam paign which, he said, had "saved from five to seven per cent ot the f.ood supplies." GERMANY SUBSCRIBES DAN THREE BILLION LI WHILE AMERICA LAGS Published Figures on Second Liberty Loan Exactly as Given by. Districts. London, Oct. 22. (U. P.) French and British forces in cooperation early j today struck on both sides of the Tpres-Staden railway In a wide series of local attacks. Field Marshal Ilalg reported. ' 'Our progress was satisfactory, the British commander-in-chief reported. The French forces cooperated In the attack to the left of the British. For five or six days British artillery has been exceedingly ''active in this sector. indicating resumption of Halg's of fensive. The assault reported early today, however, was specially identi fied by Haig as a series of local at tacks. In contradistinction of a general offensive blow. It was believed here,- however, that this series of attacks is the prelimin ary to another terrific drive over this whole sector. .The fact that the French participated was also regarded as evi dence that the great allied war ma chine Is once again in forward position. French Gain Objectives Paris, Oct. 22. (U. P.) "All ob jectives" were gained by French troops ! attacking on a front of 1000 yards to the left of the British line in Flan ders, the war office statement an nounced today. "North of Veldok," the statement said, "we made progress and took pris oners." Of the fighting elsewhere on the French .fronts, the war office said: 'Southeast of St. Quentin. at Men Jean farm. Pantheon and Tahure we carried out successful raids. Along the Alsne iartlllerying was active," Starvation Is Fate of Many In the Balkans American Red Cross Mission, on Way to America, Issues Report. Rome, Oct. 22. U. P.) Fifty thousand Serbians are starving and thousands are. dying from Insufficient rations in the Monastir district alone, according to the report of the Ameri can Red Cross mission, which was on its way to America today. The mis sion has just returned from the Serbian front. They reported the destruction of 35 villages in the Monastir sector and fearful suffering among the in habitants. It is understood the mission's formal report will be sensational In its reve lation of the complaints of the Serbian government and people over political confusion now existing as to Serbia. The general morale of every citizen, it was reported, has been seriously af fected by ignorance' and suspicion as to allied plans. Th commission, it Is understood, will firmly urge a formal statement by the allies which will clearly se forth their , views on the Jugoslav, problem. FIRST GRANT LANDS WILL BE OPENED FOR SETTLERS IN SPRING Clay Tallman, Commissioner, Savs First Sales Will Be Made in Southern Oregon, Washington. Oct. 22. (U. P.) The American people should not lull them selves into a false sense of security over the Liberty loan. They must subscribe heavily all week. This warning was sounded today by treasury Officials, intent on put ting across Ihe five billion-dollar total by next Saturday night, when the sub scription books close. So far only about 40 per cent of this total has been taken. Failure to support the loan to the utmost will give comfort to the enemy. REGISTERED MEN th trattirv r.ilntrl suit osn.piollw tn I . I.... Ill ..Kna. ll nn.ll-.i ; m- r j I """" ' J "v"""v i view of Germany s success, after sev- ally. (CuncliHtod on 1'ige Fourteen, Column One) You Can Help Total Needed $18,000,000 i 0,500,000 10,000,000 9,500,000-n 9,000,000 8,500,000 8,000,000 7,500,000 7,000,000 6,500,000 6,000,000- 5,500,000 .V . . V V 1 I I I I I 1. eral years of drain on her men and resources, in floating a seventh loan of over $3,030,000,000. Incidentally the treasury empha sized that Its published figures on loan sales to date have represented exactly what the district reports show. There has been no lowering of totals to spur on workers, it was said. For that reason the nation must not re gard the loan as a success until the last dollar is in on Saturday. Liberty day, Wednesday, a national holiday, is expected to boost sales enormously.- At that time noted men from all walks of life will preach the loan throughout the nation and every body will be asked to buy as much as possible. Liberty fires will be lighted Wednesday night. Included in the list of Liberty day speakers will be William J. Bryan. Secretaries McAdoo. Baker and Red- field, ex-President Taft, Speaker Champ Clark and Attorney General Gregory. Many German-American subscrip tions are noted and some of the Teu ton-American societies are assisting in iioating the loan. MEET TO DISCUSS THE OBLIGATIONS OF WAR Unenlisted Men Especially In vited to Big Gathering at Eleventh Street Theatre. The first. Work of Oreeon & Call fornta grant lands will be opened to settlement s' early next spring, an nounced CUty " Tallman. commissioner of the general United States land of fice of Washington, D. C. in Portland this morning. The lands first to be offered com prise a block in the southern part of the state. Only the lands classified as agricultural will be offered. Tim ber. lands (having 300,000 feet of more on each 40 acres) will be classified separately" and ultimately" offered in larger units for cutting operations. Keport Will Bs Issued . "As fast as possible other blocks of land win be classified ana the agri cultural - portions will. be,, opened . to entry,1 alC'Cornmissloner Tallman. .For tho purposes of entry, O. & C. grant lands probably will be' divided into rour diocks wnicn win oe sue cessively opened according to Com missioner Tollman's present plans, The' Immediate purpose of his visit was to see about the classification of the northern portion of the grant lands. Cruising parties working southward have reached a point south of Eugene. Classification was accom pushed last year irom the soutnern border of Oregon to a point north Wt Roseburg. The strip that lies fc tween these two points will have fo wait until next year for classification, he said. "We will publish a booklet contain ing the cruisers' reports on each sec tion of the land classified," said Com mlssloner Tallman. "We will prepare 'Now is the time for registered a map large enough to show the 40 men to beein to serve Is the call acre tracts, yet smau enougn to go being issued drafted men who will ' into- an envelope for mailing. The enter the service of the nation in the ! booklet and the map should provtde next war draft. A meeting of regis tered men will be held this evening In the Eleventh street theatre to discuss the war and to organize for patriotic work at home while troops already at be cfeceived or defrauded by so-called the front are awaiting orders to throw locators. All that an? honest ' locator themselves into actual battle against I can do is to take a person out to look the Germans. I at the lands and give that person the Information necessary to any person rraud Warning Sounded "Those expecting to locate on the lands should again . be warned not to Sunday Speaks for Loan San Francisco, Oct. 22. (U. P.) "Make your dollars hit the trail" was the call sounded by Billy Sunday, baseball evan relist, today, when ha addressed meetings - In Oakland and I f gsn Francisco in behalf of the second Portland to take the lead in organiza Liberty loan. I on or men or arart age for contlnu "Kick in with the coin and kick out J ou patriotic work at home while other the kaiser," he told thousands of per- men of similar age are serving their The speakers at the meeting will be Governor Withycombe, Colonel C. E. Oentler, members of the Liberty loan committee, District Attorney W. H. Evans and possibly some from among the ranks of the more than 2000 Port landers who will answer the call in January. Meeting Is Important The meeting tonight will be the first of its kind in the United States, it is believed, and the committee in charge hopes that so much enthusiasm will be aroused thai the organization of drafted men will spread to other parts of the country. "All enlisted men of draft age are welcome to the meeting, but it is es pecially desired to get the attendance the unenlisted men. We want CASUALTY LIST OF ANTILLES IS MADE PUBLIC; 67 LOST Fifteen American Soldiers. 45 of Crew, Four From the Navy. Two From Medical Corps, One Civilian Victims SOLDIERS PROBABLY WERE ILL OR INJURED Many Were Firemen and Others Whose Duties Kept Them Below Decks. D ET AIL map of islands near entrance to Gulf of . Riga which the Germans havebeen wresting from the Rus sians. Today's reports indicate the Russian fleet has es caped from the Gulf of Riga and is now in the Gulf of Finland. Hapsal, evacuated today by the Russians, is shown in the upper right hand corner of the map. Washington. Oct. 22. (I. N. S.) The complete list of casualties in the transport Antilles disaster,, made pub lic by the navy department this after noon, shows that most of the vic tims were members of the crew. Fifteen American soldiers were killed while the steamer's crew of 45 men were drowned, many of these firemen and others whose duties would hold them below decks while the ship was going down. Four members of the American navy were among the lost and two of the medical corps, and one civilian passenger. No additional details of what oc curred when the German submarine at tacked the returning transport were made known when the casualty list, which totaled 67 Instead of the original estimate of 70, was given out. . and naval officials would not say whether more came in with the dispatches that gave the full death list. The presence on board the ship of the soldiers who were killed was ex plained by the statement of officials that probably they were men taken ill ; since arriving in France or suffering irom injuries sustained in training. I K 7??uj A SCAUE OF- MILES o s io A5 lilt .-..GERMAN ADVANCE), OH ARErASBUrX& J DELAY W BRITAIN IN GOVERNMENT GIVES OUT NAMES OF MEN LOST WHEN TRANSPORT SANK BEGINNING REPRISAL PROGRAM CRITICIZED Washington. Oct. 22. (U. P.) The 8X fWJSILS France1? Coup Gives Impetus port Antilles: merg- Civllian H. H. Cumminga, ency address unknown. - ergeant -Otto jaeaner. infantry, father, Paul Kleaber. - Woulllsoh ! strasse, zozi. Berlin. Germany, sergeant Otto Miller, Infantry, emergency address, mother, Mrs. Mary Miner, xxoraenhem, Oldenburg. Ger many. corporal Abraham Schwartzbergh, infantry, emergency address, sister, Teresa Arlco. 338 East Thirteenth street, New York city. Private Roy CottrelT, Infantry; emer gency aaaress, mother, Mrs. Alfred Cottrell, Clinton, Ind. Private Lee W. Nelson. Infantry ; (Concluded on Psge Nine. Column Three) TWO DIE WHEN AUTO LEAVES ROAD, JUMPS FENCE NEAR MEDFORD sons who gathered to hear the famous preacher roast Liberty loan slackers and the German emperor in the same breath. All the vigor which has char- acterlzed his bouts with Satan was' put Into his remarks today. Seattle Working Hard Seattle, wash., Oct. 22. (L N. B.) One million dollars, daily is, the task Beattld faced today m order to com plete her quota of Jl 3,000,000 for the second Liberty loan. A campaign was L1UKKTY LOAJJ : Bank Information Report rortlr.nd, previous ..$3,012,650 Reported today . . . 853,050 State outside of Portland, prevtona Reported 1 Saturday, $5,367,700 2.270,130 1,021,000 S,292,t)50 Grand total ........... 8,659,750 inaugurated this morning that calls for the canvasslnr of each and citixeh in the city, and those in charge I nilitary duties in the army camps. country in France," said the commit tee. "Admission is to be by registra tion cards. Entertainment will be provided by the police band, a rousing musical program arranged by Frank Hennessey. W. J. Carkeek and Pres cott Cookingham. Hurry calls nave been sent to Camp Withycombe, Fort Stevens, Vancouver barracks and Camp Lewis- for representatives who con contribute Information or enter tainment to the meeting. Colonel Dentler will tell 'the men what they may expect when they take up their benefit of his familiarity with the country. The lands will not be opened until the secretary of the interior has issued formal notice and there will be no preference rights or special priv ileges. 4t ' While it is not the intention to sell larger blocks of timber lands at this time, Commissioner Tallman said he is selling several small isolated tracts of timber that can be cut in connec tion with, present private cutting op erations. The usual method of selling at public auction will be foUowed in these Instances. The commissioner of the general land office announced that litigation will be started soon to ad Just final tax and other matters with the railroads. Work Costly to Government The government is now paying i the tax on most of the grant lands, but ex pects to be reimbursed by charging i the amount or the tax against the j $2.50 an acre the railroad is to receive ! and also by actually taking the amount from the sales of timber. Commission ; er Tallman estimates that it is costing the government approximately $2,000, 000 to complete the various processes Involved in recovering the O. & C. grant lands and opening them to settlement and "Use. About 31,600,000 will be paid in taxes. 1190,600 in classification so far and some 350,000 extra costs for surveying. The suit for the recovery of the lands was costly. to Demand for Immediate Aerial Offensive. $ Sap Downed Wear 17. 8. Camp m Field Headquarters of thf American Army in France, Oct. 22. (I. N. S.) One of the jjt Zeppelins brought down by the -St- French, while on its way back if: ife home after raiding England, ift landed near the American camp. j 4t The big airship was practical- ly Intact, and all of the crew were made prisoners. It was the L-49, one of the biggest dirigibles. The German lieutenant in ' 4 command explained that the m pilot had lost his way and thought he was over Holland when the Zeppelin, was at- jjt tacked by- French airplanes. jjt A party of American offl- cers and tactical experts from $ jjt the French and American ar- mles went out to inspect the 6 airship on Sunday afternoon $ 4 and gave It a careful examina- tlon. There were 19 German offl . cers and aerial sailors In the j(t crew of the L-49 and only one H sustained a wound. This sail or's forearm was broken. EAY DANIELS WARNS MONEY ILL BE CONSCRIPTED YET Unless American Dollars An swer Call of Patriotism Government to Take Them, here declare they will easily raise the allotment. Yeggs Blow Theatre : Safe, Secure $1700 St- Louis. Oct 22. (-L N. S.) Three yeggs bound and gauged the watch man,, blew the safe at the Grand Cen tral theatre here today and escaped with $1700. t Apple "Pickers at White Salmon Strike Whle Salmon, Wash., Oct, 22. Ap ple pickers in the Herbert Williams orchard who have been getting $3 for a 10-hour day are striking for either mora money or shorter days. To Explain Requirements One ofj the aims of the meeting Is to make the men acquainted with what Is expected of them and -what they will receive. The . government has issued orders for all drafted men to carry no surplus, base a ere with them, From, experiences the men have had during' the first few days In camp oiiicers .have suggested that a blanket taken along" by the drafted man would not come amiss and would make him more comfortable at night unw ne receivea nis quota or cloth ing. . ' . ,. . . Points of detail of this nature omit ted from ' orders issued . by the wai1 department and which might prove very valuable to the comfort of the men will be brought out in the meet Some of the members of the com mittee are: Henry Hayek, L. . K. Wheeler. M. E. Smead, O. R. Hart wtg, Prescott Cookingham. Byron H. Beattie, William Ferguson; Roy Early and Beniaoun H. Hasen. - October Day Sees Mercury Go to 72 . Almost summer neat was . recorded at the weatheijL bureau today, .when the mercury went to T2 degrees at 3 ;oclock. Less than a week' ago tb official thermometer, fell to 36 de- i grees. ' ' .'-'t .. . r- ' i . The average temperature ; for Oc- , tober" is 63. a Street temperatures! . however.; are ' at least : two degrees higher than that taken by the weather i bureau. , th department, says. r U. S. Supreme Court Recesses to Nov. 5 - Washington, Oct. 22, (I. N. S.) The supreme court recessed today for two weeks, in which decisions will be reached on cases already argued.' The next decision day will bs November 5 Rex T. Tuffs and Lloyd A, King of Grants Pass, Vic- tims of Highway Accident, Medford, Or.. Oct. 22. Rex T. Tuffs. an employe of the Grants Pass Dank. and Lloyd A. King of the Grants Pass postoffice, were instantly killed in an automobile accident two miles north- of Medford at 7 o clock last evening. They were returning from a visit to this city and their small car was evi dently being speeded when it left the Pacific highway grade, crashed through heavy speea-iimit sign and Jumped the fence into a field, having cleared 70 feet of space. The heads of both men were crushed. The parents of the men at Grants Pass were notified, The bodies of the victims are at the local morgue.- Immense Ordnance Depot to Be Built Washington, Oct. 22. (I. N. S.) The work of building an Immense ordnance depot' and arsenal base In France for the American army will soon start. A contract for Its con struction has been awarded to a Bos ton firm. The depot will be near a seaport somewhere. . in France" which has been turned over to American forces for their exclusive use. The total cost of the enterprise will be about $100,000,000, it Is expected. Machinery for the -arsenal already, is. being delivered. The cost of this equip ment 'alone.-is 4 S.dDO.OOO. Mora than 100O miles of standard gauge railway will be built from the base to the sec tor ef the front occupied by General Pershing's army. London, Oct. 22. (U. P.) France's coup in destroying or crippling at least seven out of the eight Zeppelins with which it Is generally believed the Ger mans made their raid over London gave powerful Impetus today to de mand -for immediate assumption of an aerial offensive by England. Many newspapers were unsparing in their criticism of the Government's failure to start tne reprisal program which was announced more than three weeks ago. There were indications to day that this criticism would center within the next few days in a power ful drive for action through parlia- (Oonctaded on Page Nine, Column Two) 12,000 Miners Back At Work in Illinois R USS FLEET Warships Trapped by Ger mans in Gulf of Riga Man age to Escape; Plan to Bottle Up Vessels of the Slavs Failed. HAD BEEN FORCED INTO NARROW WATERS London Officials Regard Ma neuvering of Russians Re markable, Considering the ' Overwhelming Superiority! of Enemy Craft. Chicago Oct. 22. (I. N. S.) Amer lean dollars must respond to the rail of patriotism as readily as American men have responded or there will be a "selective draft" ; of money as there was of men. This was the- warning sounded here today in an address at the Iroquois club by Josephus Daniels, secretary of the, navy.-- Secretary Daniels spoka at an informal luncheon and made a vigorous' though optimistic plea fori support of the second Liberty loan, "We have lived to see the day," said Secretary Daniels, "when ths great tragedy of war enables all Americans to say, no matter what their differ ences were yesterday, 'today we ire all Republicans, wa are all Democrats.' Partisanship has been burgeoned into Americanism. We have a united Amer ica. The events that have happened and the disclosures of treasonable con duct have solidified our nation. "The only thing in America that Is not fully mobilized is the dollar. The man power is there; the money power must be enlisted as fully and as en thusiastically. "The money is plentiful in America. The banks are overflowing with it; the stockings are bulging out with it. That depository, is not the safest. I would advise all who use that ancient depos itory to take every dollar out and put it in Liberty bonds. "I wish every dollar in America, wart on legs so that it coold march up the streets and ride on the streetcars to get home. Then we could see the dol lars and enlist them in the selective draft. Under the law we have a right to do so, but the first Liberty loan was responded to so cheerfully and so fully there was no necessity, and there will be no necessity now. But Just as truly as a republic can lay its hands on a young man and send him' to France, so it can and will, if necessary, lay its hand on every dollar in America." Berlin, Oct. 22. (I. N. S.) Ac cording to an official statement is- - sued today, the whole ot Dagoe ' Island is now in the bands of the Germans. The statement adds that owing ' to insufficient euns and -stores 1200 Russians were cap- tured. . 1" London, Oct. 22. (U. P.) -Bravery of the personnel ; of the -Russian Riga gulf fleet for ' the time being has at least balked Germany of the chief benefit which she had hoped from her r creat' naval offensive In that sec , . tion. Officials today accorded the ' createst admiration to the feat of the Russian Riga fleet in eluding the gigantic German fleet and escaping a bottling up, which bad been regarded as inevitable.' v According to Petrograd dispatches, the Russian war vessels, forced back , into Riga bay last week by overwhelm ing superiority of the Germans, slipped through ths carefully patrolled; waters of Moon sound and were safely report- . . . d in the Gulf of Frnhrnff: tpaay. - ESCAPE OF WARSHIPS V LOOKED UPON AS BIG -VICTORY FOR RUSSIANS St. Louis, Oct. 22. (L N. 8.) Every mine but two in the St, Clair- Madison county area was reopened this morning when 12,000 striking r ".:" .... " p"- m LWV sAJlc v ( etB I Hollow" at Belleville, and Oonk Broth ers, No. , at Maryville. Each employs 800 men. The men refused to go back to work today. Officials are' awaiting action of Frank Farrington, stats miners" president, who Is expected to revoke the men's local union charters, j- Lumber Rates Are Held Unreasonable Washington, Oct 22. (1. N. S.) The interstate commerce commission today held unreasonable rates on lumber in carload lots from points on the North. western Pacific railroad north of Wil llts, Cal.f to points in eastern territory, inasmuch as they exceeded rates on lumber from California coast group Mayor Urges All Business Houses to Close Wednesday Blasts in Austrian Arsenal Kills 4000 ! X Washington, Oct J2- (U.; P.) Four thousand persons were killed and 10, 000 wounded in Stef eld, Austria's great, arsenal, in a series of great explosions' June 1, according to official Rome ca bles received here today. Workers who miraculously . escaped were forced by ths armed guard to return to their tsska. ' - ' Germany Hastens Construction of Huge Air Fleet Paris, Oct. 22. L N. S.) t Germany is making ' desperate . efforts to launch a great aerial e offensive belore ths United jfcv States can place her air fleet Ht at tha service of the allies, according to the Temps today.' According to German'' oris- : oners, ; German airplane fac- r tories are turning oat nearly 3000 machines a month, some of them being of a new type biplane Xor bombing purposes. . New Tork, Oct. 22 (U. P.) Tha first complete victory the . Russian revolutionists have won has been ac complished by the escape of . the en trapped Russian fleet from the Gulf of Riga archipelago into safe haven in the Gulf of Finland, The accomplishment of this feat of seamanship is as . remarkable a per- ( Concluded on Pag Nine, Column Two) . DESTROYER CASSIN, DOING PATROL DUTY, BATTLES WITH DIVER Admiral Sims Commends Of ficers and Crew for Splen did Work, - Washington. Oct. 22. (I. N. g.) Details of the encounter between a German submarine and an American destroyer last week in which the in jury to the destroyer made it neces sary for her to make 'port for. -repairs show the battle to have been one -of the 'roost spectacular in which : American forces in the war sone have participated. The full story was. re ceived by the navy department this afternoon from Vice Admiral 81ms. commander of the American sea forces operating against the kaiser's U-boats, Acting Secretary of the Navy Roose velt authorized the publication of the following: Destroy er Pursues Diver "The destroyer recently, mentioned in dispatches made puWic as being in jured by a torpedo was the United States ship Casein, commanded hv Commander W. N. Vernon; executive" Officer, Lieutenant J, W, MacLaunaran; junior officers. Lieutenant JH. Maun ders, Lieutenant L. K. Agrell,J Lieu tenant R. M. Parkinson and Assistant, : Surgeon D. W. Queen. "While thds vessel was on her pa trol station, a submarine was sighted on the surface about five miles dis tant. The Casein ; Immediately' pro- 1 (Concluded oa Ft Three. Column Two) With the schools and city 4k offices to be closed Wednes- day afternoon. Mayor Baker, In . a proclamation today, urges all 4t stores and business houses to 4t close at noon that day. that 4t owners and employes may par- jt ticipate In the Liberty loan pa 4t tfr rade to be held in the after- noon. . The mayor conferred with School Superintendent Alder- 0 4t man this morning and it was " jfc agreed that the schools would close at noon and a large num 4t ber of children would particl- pate in the parade. m . The proclamation is patterned ' after that issued . by President 1 Wilson last week calling upon all loyal Americans to observe ' Wednesday as "Liberty day." . Sen. Chamberlain Leaves for Oregon Dne In Portland latter Part of Week, It is Sxpected Be Will Bemaln Hsre greater Part of Hovember. Senator George K. Chamberlain he left Washington for Portland, aerordJ ing to information reaching relatives and friends today, lie 1s expected tc reach here during the latter part tf the , week. " . It is expected that the senator will remain in Portland or In Oregon dur ing the remainder of this month and the greater part of November, return- .' ing to Washington In time for the eon- venlng of congress the first Monday In December. . . ' -- ..v ---