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RETURIB
Transport Finland Torpedoed)
m Foreign Waters After
f Having Delivered Contin
. gent of Soldiers in France
-r-Vessei Slightly Damaged
' ,y " " 1
Projectile Fired From U-Boat
Completely Concealed by
Waves Official Statement
Indicates That No Lives
Were Lost Ship in Port.
WASHINGTON, Nov. I. (U.
P.) r-The American trans
l port Finland was torpedoed .in
f o r e i gn waters, homeward
. bound, Secretary of the Navy
j Daniels announced today.
There was no loss of life
and the transport returned to
(" foreign port under her own
- steam. The damage to the
.. . ship was alight.
- Secretary of the Navy Daniels' state
nentwas as follows:
.' "Th navy department has received
dispatches statins that the transport
Finland was torpedoed while returning
jfrora foreign waters.
. i"Tn damage to the shjp was slight
And aha returned t prt under her own
team. Tfb Finland was under escort
tut no. sign of .-the. torpedo or the sul
iaarln was Vfltn.t' fc.f-,,.,.-'.
i ,' 'Second "Transport Attack4 : --TheFlnland
la tha second transport
to' be- attacked while returning from
It 4ftisson t Europe.
The Antilles, on October 17, was tor
pedoed and. sank with the loss -of fl?
Tha dispatches to the navy deparf
ent regarding the attack on the Fin-
md stated that no submarine was
sen. as was tne cae in the attack on
?-.ie Antilles. . ,
ri Whether 1 the" Germans are using a
' ffew system in hiding their assaults
3 n transport ships is a question
! ussllng naval authorities. ,
: t- Secretary Daniels has asked for fur-
B her infornfetion on the submarine at
t' ack. No details were given In the
ir irst dispatches to the navy depart
fment to Indicate -whether . an v -wan
t aboard the vessel other than the crew
4 lit was not stated, either, whether any
(Oncwhided oa Pace Mzteen. Colnmn Four)
Bailway Men to Ask
Wase -Raise. Belief
w
Chtearo. Nov. 1. (I. N. S.1 Demajid
a per cent or me, present scale will
e formulated,. It is believed, at a con
'erence of representatives of 250,000
allway employes throuahout the
united States Which began here today.
i"he oosference is expected to continue
J-Haaera or the conference have re
used to discuss Its object or admit
.bat wage demands will be the subject
-'V' ...
jompanion Slew Boy
: To Secure His Rifle
Uoa; Afrgeles. Nov. 1. (I, N. s.)
dwara Anaarson, 14 years old, whose
ody was found in a wash, near Kes
er Junction,' Tuesday afternoon, was
murdered by a boy companion for his
'if la, according to potlce here today,
ho arrested Albert Templar, 19, at
en Pedro, and claim to have a signed
oaieasion from Templar that he mur-
ered Anderson.
V . .
Oeclares Soldiers
WiU. Operate Mills
; Seattle, Nov. 1.-TJ. iP.X '.The gov
niment will soon begin 'operating lum
er mills. In the northwest .with sol
dtera," J. O. Brown, president of the
Bhingle ; Weavers junton,- declared to
"Ten thousand soldiers are being re
cruited," declared Brown, "to operate
tha -mills. None of -them .will work
more than eight hours." .,
New SHipyard Scale :
Is :Near Completion
Ban Traneisco, Nov. 1. (I. N. S.)
. federal; labor.! adjustment board
tas tn conference wttn representatives
,oth sides of the shipyards contrn
trsy behind closed doors today, the
vil discussion berore a waxe scale
the coast plants Js decided. The
ard announced It hoped to give,' out
s, l m wsye scaie oy tonignc or tomorrow
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ONDON, Nor. i.---(U. P.)
England has sunk nearly naif
of Germany's submarine
fleet during the war and is now
sinking them at a faster rate than
ever before, Sir Eric Geddes told
the house of commons this after
noon in his maiden speech as
first admiralty lord. Notwith
standing this fact, he said, Ger
many is likewise speeding up on
the building of submarines.
Sir Erics,facts were the first
revelation from official sources
of comparative figures showing
the success of England's war of
extermination against the sub
marine. England has heretofore
kept strictly silent on how many
submarines have 'been bagged.
Sir Eric announced sweeping
changes, in the admiralty, tending
to divorce naval experts, from
-purely administrative details so
tnat they can concentrate on
naval establishments. - He : an
nounced that it had been decided
to -construct -four' new national
shipbuilding yards to speed up
construction on merchantmen, '
He declared that Sir John Jel
Iicoe, first sea lord, would here
after devote his time and atten
tion wholly to naval and staff mat
ters. He added that it will be
necessary that a. civilian lord be
appointed to succeed Sir Francis
Hopewood.
The admiralty lord declared
that the total net loss in tonnage
of British merchantmen during
the entire war was'two and a half
millions, and that October's total
exceeded that- of September
slightly.
' The first lord said he was "sat
isfied the disposition of forces
was the best possible," Irf refer
ring to the. convoy plan for mer
chantmen. Defending the lack of cooper
ation by the British navy with the
Russian Baltic sea fleet in. the
Gulf of Riga against the German
fleet, the speaker declared re
sponsible naval opinion had been
against that step on account of
the mines which' would be en
countered, as well as the long
.rime taken lor sucn a voyage,
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MEDIATOR COMING
IP NEEDED
Telephone Strikers' in North
west Cities Urged to Re
turn to Woric Pending Out
come of Conferences.
an Francisco, Nov. 1.' (u! P.) Al
though trio members of the Electrical
Workers' union employed by the Pa
cific Telephone & Telegraph company
here had not gone on strike up to 1:45
p. 'm. today. It was stated at that
hour that the men were only awaiting
the word to strike before staging a
walkout in accordance with the orig
inal strike order Issued two weeks ago.
San Francisco, Nov. 1. (TJ. . P.) If
the -strike of telephone operators and
other employes of . the" Paclflq Tele
phone & Telegraph company in Se
attle.; Portland and other northwestern
cities is not called of f. Verner Z,, Beed.
United States mediator, may leave
here for Seattle tohight. Although no
definite announcement to this, effect
was made, tne statement was made on
high authority.
Wires .were sent to Seattle and Port
land this morning by representatives
of Reed and officials of the electrical
workers, urging the strikers in these
ciues na lacoma to resume work
under old conditions pending the out
come of further conferences between
Reed and representatives of both sides
in the controversy.
uespite the agreement reached by
Mediator Reed ' and officials of tha
Electrical workers' Union hat the pro
posed coastwide strike, of electrical
workers would be deferred, the strike
went into affect' early today In Seat-
tie, . jroniana. upokane. Walla Walla,
ioma ana otner northwestern cities,
. Dispatches from the northwest stat
ed tnat leaders of union locals in
Washington and Oregon ordered the
strike to proceed, regardless of t.io
agreement to defer it reached In thfs
city, because they considered the tele
gram of instructions from the Inter
national officers here as not: suffl.
clently clear.
, The Instructions to defer the strike
were sent out bv International vjf
President L. C. Crasser after he and
officers of the district council of the
union had conferred with Mediator
Reed. Tha union, men accented Reed's
request for such action but stipulated
tnat sucn action cid not annul the
sin ae vote.
Reed " held- a 'aeries of conferences
today with representatives of the el-
trical workers and telephone compan
officials m an eflort; to reach a basis
of settlement.
- Nineteen Oat In Vancouver
Vancouver. Wash Nov. 1. Nineteen
Of the SO telephone rlrla
here as operators by the Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph company have re
sponded to the call and are out on a
(Oooeluded en Pae Six, Column Tareet
Spanish Cabinet
Not Yet Formed
Madrid - Nov. 1. '(V Nj. s.-:nAr
Toca has failed to organise a cabinet
to succeedT tha Dato ministry, it was
announced, today. . Senor Maura ha.
beeo invited, to form, a. new body...-
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NORTH
UU I I lUltlLU I I . Beerihibi,- mffa Al 1 111111 M l
MUUSE
"Si
Telephone Com
Says
600 Girls Are Fitting Out
of Force fit 7
Declare v 500
Have Quit.
Unions
rators
PACIFIC LINEMEN
LS0 GONE ON
VE
RIKE
Girls f and JWen TakiyUp
Picket Duty at Varfuis
Switchboard Offices po
lice Warn Girls Not to 'Ac
cost Those on Duty. ?
PATROLMEN at neon herd
ed picketing operators
away, from the entances f to
the offices at West Parte .nd
Alder streets and at Stark
and 'Park, where they xrere
addressing persons entering
and leaving the building, and
ordered them to keep half
block away from the door
ways. '
With members of the linemen's and
operators' unions . picketing each of
the seven switchboard offices' in Port
land, the strike of the electrical em
ployes of the Pacifio Telephone A
Telegraph company Is on la full blast
today.
A complete.' tieap of the approxi
mately 51,000 Pacific telephones In tne
elty has so far been averted by the
company which, according to J. A. Ha'-
llday, division commercial i superin
tendent, has C00 girls for switchboard
work out . .of . the regular it orce of
nearly 760. :.. . .- . . .
Officials of the-company-are opti'
mistlCi "regarding, the maintenance of
service and declare that they ' expect
to haVe mo trouble with nearly a ca-
pac!l'f?r wBiSiaatt'.1Utta3f5 to,
of ; the Bhifta, j . ; ; d J - -
Men and (MMa on Tlnket TJka
'.vA ; half ' dbsen giris and four J men
from the linemen's union are posted
at each of the switchboard offices in
the -city' aar- will continue to their
picket duty in shifts as long- as th
strike lasts, v Chairman Quinn of the
electrical workers', strike committee
announced at noon. ', i.
Although no disturbances of any na
ture have been reported, several of the
girls on picket duty ere this morn
ing warned by .patrolmen to, cease ac
costing employes of the company pass
ing to and from work.
A detail of two and three patrolmen
Is being maintained at the offices of
the switchboard "exchanges. No In
structlons iiave been given, however.
to arrest picketers. . Company officials
declare they will not press the observ
ance of the picketing statute unless
employes are molested, f '.;-
Zdaemen Predict Trouble
' Officials of tne union say that
though the company has . maintained
service during the first hours of the
strike, a pressure Is bound to be fel
when . inexperienced operators ( art,
forced to work long hours to keep th-
Iines open and when ' the . network of
the system begins to break from the
lack of constant . surveillance by lint;
men.
Practically all of the -linemen are
said to have struck. ; About 260, all
said to be members of the union, are
employed by the company.
"When the . company finds It dif f 1
cult to obtain . enough switchboard
operators in normal times I don't see
how the demand, will be met when
practically all of - the experienced
operators nave waikea out," said Frank
J. Shubert, business manager for the
jaectncal w oncers' local.
"Tne scnooi ror operators had in
training about 100 girls, and some of
these have been pressed into service.
(Concluded on Pes Six. Column One)
UV S. Makes Huge
Loan to England
Washington, Nov. X. (L N. S.)
The United States today extended 10
Cireftt Brttaln a-redlt of $435,000,000,
the largest loan vet made by this coun
try to any of its allies. .
the loan brings the total that, has
been loaned to England to Jl, 860. 000,
000. To ell the allies there has been
loaned 3,566,400,0i).
American Aviator
: Killed in: Japan
Toklo, Nov 1. I. ' N. S.) Frank
Champion, an. .Ajnertean , aviator, was
killed yesterday) while making an ex
hibition flight at Koehl on the Island
of Snikoku, acoordlng to word reach
ing here today. His machine fell 4000
feet.. Champion's homo was In Kan
sas city.
9000 Oil Workers
" Go Out on Strike
Houston. Texas.- Nov. 1. (TJ. P.)
Following oat . their proposed strike
schedule. 9000 - oil workers In: Texas
and Louisiana fields struck today. The
worgers, oeeiarea : ; the operators re-
fused to recognise their union or wel
come governmental conciliation, - -
-Urn
T ONDON, Nov. 1. (I. N. S.)
I Beersheba, 40 miles
? southwest of Jerusalem, in
Palestine, has been occupied by
British -troops, it was announced
today. .
. Beersheba, in Biblical times,
was tne southern limits of the
Holy Land, giving rise to the
saying among . the Hebrews
"from Dan to Beersheba." Dan.
being the northern landmark of
Palestine. The modern name of
the city is Bir-es-Seba.
RIVAL CANDIDATES
ATTACK HILLQUIT
Import of , Socialist Claims of
Electing Nominee as New
York Mayor Awakens the
Managers of Opponents.
New-TTork, Nov. 1. (U. P.) Repub
lican, Democratic and fusion man
agers In New York's hottest
mayoralty campaign In recent years
awoke . suddenly today to the . Im
port of Socialist claims ' of elect
ing the 'mayor of the nation's biggest
city on November, 6. The result was
concerted drive by all three parties
against Morris Hlllquit, the Socialist
candidate, who Is making the most
strenuous camapign any member of
his party has ever waged In New York.
The Socialists' claims and aspira
tions are based primarily on the divi
sion created In the ordinary voting
strength of the old parties. Mayor John
Purroy Mltchel, a Democrat, running
on a fusion platform, lost the Republi
can nominatfon on which ho won at
the last election. William Bennett, a
Republican, got it. He could not be
induced to withdraw, and has gone
Into the race with the support of a
number of the old conservative Re
publicans. ;
Botb Big Party Totes Split
Mltchel' s name will go on the bal
lot by Independent petition. The mayor
Is supported' by most of the Republi
can city organizations, and many of
the anti-Tammany Democratic ones.
John F. Hylan, almost unknown in
city: polities, won. the : Democratic
nomination with Tamnanys backing. !
Because fi JMVtarlyvnknojwj i
mairy Tammanyitea including- tn
strong ' Sullivan clan," will ' knife' him
to . vote for Mltchel. : TheDemocratic
yote la Just as badly split on Hylan
as the .Republican Vote Is on Mltchel.
; Hlllquit is rousing the east side to
tremendous meetings by people's gov
ernment pledges. He has garnered
some support from former Democrats
and Republicans notably, Dudley
Field Malone, former collector of the
port and one of the "original "Wilson
men." and Amos R. Plnchot, reformer
and ex-Bull Moose.
HlllaulVs Royalty Attacked
The drive on HiUquit centered to
day on attacks by all other candidates
on the Socialist candidate's American
Ism. Hillquit demands an Immediate
peace of all belligerents exactly what
Germany wants..
He refused to purchase Liberty !
bonds. He was one of the three So
cialist delegates To whom the govern- i
ment reiuseo permission to attend th i
German-Inspired Stockholm "peace)
conference." As such, be came in for )
poweriui denunciation trom Charles
Edward Russell, William Ens-itah
Walling and others of the . "American
branch" of Socialists, being branded
an assistant Victor Berger In pro-German
Socialism. Hlllquit was born Iq
Riga, Russia, and because of this com
mands tremendous strength amonr
New York's great Jewish population.
Mayor Mltchel continued his cam
paign today against Hylan's allea-ed
close association with German propa
ganda movements.
Morrison Funeral
Service at 2 P. M.
Funeral services for Finley Mor
rison, a timberman well known
throughout the Northwest, who died
Tuesday at his home in Portland, will
be held at Masonic temple at 2 p. m.
today. Services will be under the aus
pices of the Knights Templar and
Scottish Rita Masons.: Rev. S. Earl
DuEols will Officiate. ,
Knights Templar will escort the bodv
from - Masonic temple to the crema
torium and will hold brief ceremonies
there. ' '
Mr. Morrison has been a resident: of
Portland for 17 years. In business
and social life he waa known through
out the northwest states. H Is sur
vived by a widow and six children.
all residents of Portland-
Nation's CapitaMs
Among Dry Cities
Washington, Nov; l.The - nation's
capital, is dry. today for the first: time
in history, all bars being closed, at
12:01 o'clock this morning, by . the drv
law. About -20 of the capital's most
sincere drinkers were all that could act
boisterous enough to te arrested. -
Ninety per cent of the. hard drink
emporiums were locked, barred and
shuttered by 10 pm, - " ;
ermanEesembling
Hans Berg Arrested
Mobile,' Ala.. -Nov. l.-i-I N. S.1 .
A ,Grman- ajDswerlng; the' desciioUon
of Lieutenant Hans Berg, who escaped
from Fort MePherson- was arrested on
Wednesday by secret service agents. He
gave me , name, of Alois ulrich 1 and
claims to he a blacksmith of Orange,
4. eaasi, -- t , r ' . i
Most Violent Aerial Battle
London Has Yet Seen
Marks Flight of Many Ger
man Planes Over British
Capital in Night.
TEUTON FLYERS ARE
DIVIDED IN 7 GROUPS
Number Ranged Between 35
and 70 Machines, Belief
About 30 British Aviators
Engage Invaders Dam
a'ge Is Slight.
London. No' 1. (I. N. S.) Eight
persons were killed and 21' Injured 'n
last night's air raid over sections of
London and the eoutheastern part of
England, it was officially announced
this afternoon. The damage, it was
stated, was very slight.
London, Nov. 1. (U. P.) The most
violent aerial battle London has yet
seen marked the raid of German air
craft over the i British capital last
Bight.,
"Three hostile aircraft penetrated to
the heart of London." Lord French an
nounced today. "Bombs were dropped
southeast and southwest. About ,20
machines engaged the Invaders."
The commander-in-chief of home de
fense forces reported that seven groups
of air raiders had been sighted over
the Thames estuary and along the
Kent and Essex coasts. Clouds pre
vented decisive engagements with
British aircraft.
"Our casualties were comparatively
light .considering .the number of ma
chines and the "nature of the attack,"
Lord French asserted;
All seven groups of the German ma
chines followed a systematic course
by the Thames, apparently all aiming
to reach London by sighting their war
on tha bank of the river. 1 ;
aircraft- faaraaaed the, .German vialtors
i all : along , their route af flying. - The
roar of shells was continuous and ear
splitthig, -' . ,- -'
' London's official statement does not
give the number of German machines
in each group. On other occasions.
C" JT" " " L ."T -J'
customed to . fly In groups of from
five to 10 machines. , This would meau
that the total of the air armada whica
Germany eent out on her latest baby
kllllng expedition might have run any
where from 25 to 70 planes.
Belgian Station Bombed
London, Nov. 1. (I. N. S.) British
airmen continue their raids against
German military stations in. Belgium.
SparappelhOek was raided yesterday,
it -qras announced today, many bombs
being dropped. One German machine
was shot down. All British machines
returned safely. .
People Demand Reprisals
London., Nov. 1. (I N. S.) The cry
for reprisal afr raids against German v
grew stronger today 'following lasf
night's attack on. this country. 4
Japanese Sees Need
J n tpi r . they leaped, irom mimmocn to nant
I It f- ClVP.f 1T1 In P.n t mock. Many men lost their footing.
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San Francisco. Nov. 1. (U. P.) It
is not only a physical impossibility,
but strategically inadvisable, for Japan
to send her armies to the European
battle fields. In the opinion of Baron
Megata of Japan, head of the. special
financial mission to America, 'i
ir, in the race or a physical itnpos
aibllitv. J&Dan should be t oolharriv
hi
enough to make a superhuman
effort
to send troops, and If she speedily be-1
came exhausted, then who would pro-'
tect the Orient If Germany, still re
mained undefeated V was Baron Me
gata's answer- today to the question of
Japan sending an army to aid Italy,
- Lack of tonnage, difficulty of com
munication ' and need of the army at
home 'are the problems which would
confront Japan, Baron Megata de
clared. Commission Arrives From Japan
San Francisco, -Nov. 1. Abroad
one or the Dig Japanese liners, the
special finance, commission of Japan,!
headed by Baron Tanetaro Megata,
arrived here Wednesday.- This beina 1
the birthday of the mikado, the ar
rival was made a holiday by . local
Japanese. .
Great importance is attached to
the visit of these eminent, economists,
merchants and financiers. , Francis
B. Ioomls, president of the Japan
Society of San Francisco,, holds that
no commission of higher fm port ance i
dudki aupaicBto to inim eouatry
since, i the opening of the door1 of
Japan by ' Commodore Perry.
Tha- mission probably will leave
San Francisco next Saturday for a
tour of the United States to last
several months.
Strike of . Employes
:V0f'S.:P.' Is Failure
, I, " ' .
' Saramento.CaUTNov. 1 tT.P. i
The strike -of the local Southern Pa
cific 'employes for an increase of 29
pervcent in wages, which was called for
ft :30 o'clock this morning, by Edward
Castro of Oakland, organizer of the
Federated Shop and Yard Employes'
onion, failed to materialize. The znea
refused to walk out.N
EXTENT OF THE ITALIAN RETREAT
Map! showing THE GREAT ADVANCE of; the
Austro-Gerrnan forces against the Italians, the heavy
dotted line representing the battle line when the tide
turned a week ago, and the shaded one the country captured
since then by the' Teutons.1' No. 1 shows where an Aiistro-'
German army is coming down the Carnic Alps .to the head
waters of the Tagliamento tiver to attack the flank of the Ital
ians, who are massed on the west bank of the Tagliamento. No..
2 is the point of farthest advance by the Italians, and No. 3
the present Austro-German line. ,.i
DEEP HD FAILS '
TO STOP BRITISH
Tommies Gain Oblectives
After Ploughing Through
Swampy Mess -Hold Gains
Against Bavarians
By William Philip Simm
With the British Armies In .Flan
ders Nov. L--."U. P.l-!-i-A- drab' landt
f BCaper.yowtsh gray bum in unauiai
ing oozy ridges, slimy greenish reddish
water pools spattered muck on nakd
twisted trees and underbrush that is
Flandera today, around Paddlebesk
bOg. : "
Imagine this setting and then stl rk
! into the picture bedaubed figures plas
.muddy drab on the'ground. They lonk
like animated aUtues of clay. They
are British Tommies. They mlgn
just as well be Germans as far as any
recognition from outward appearance
went except the difference in shrap
nel helmets;
United Press readers can Visualize
the sort of fighting In the Brltlsn
drive in Flinders today if they can
imagine just the sort of a general
scheme of mire and bog thus Indicated
In Wednesday's rig ruing, for in
stance. British troops crossed - the
slimy., slippery, oottomless1-pit which
is Paddlebeek bog. under the fire of
the Bavarians and got what they st
out to get. ,
.Shells Splaeh Walls of Mud
, The barrage flraqulrted a veritable
wall of mud up ahead of these troops
as It struck the quavering swamp. Be
hind it the Tommies, holding; thel
auns aloft, : swam tnrougn the same
viscid mess. They twisted and fell ss
piunginff face down in the muck., Some
were so inextricably mireo mat tnat.
comrades had to yank them out., Qun
barrels were choked with the mud.
cartridges gummed with it. Through
It all the Tommies went onvphil-
sophically. but swearlngly cleaning
emeared-up guns and fighting tooth
and nail when they came to clinches
with the enemy.
' The British heia an jtneir gams to
day aespite vrin counter iuu:
where the fighting at times was CI
the bitterest Character.
Joining Guard Now
Is No Bar to Draft
Washington, Nov. 1. I. N. 8.)
Men within the draft age who Join
national guard organizations now being
lormed in several states are subject to
call f o-. duty with the national army,
the war department ruled today.
Protests from governors, who asked
that1 men Joining new organizations or
tate militia be exempted from the
draft in order to encourage enlistments
of guardsmen, were responded to by
the department referring to the se
lective draft law wtflch provides only
for exemption of members, of national
guard organization prior to the first
call of the national army.
Turk Torpedo, Boat
Sunt T)y Russians
Petrograd. Nov, 1. U. P.) Sinking
of a Turkish torpedo boat In the .Black
Sea and burnlnghf two steamers was
announce! officially today.
On the Riga front the war office said
the enemy at some points -was retiring
to previously prepared positions,
Italy Appreciates : , ;
American Sympathy
Romel NoV.' l-KU. P,-i-PremierOr.
Ian do today cabled ' President ' Wilson
Italy appreciation- of America's sym
pathy in her hour of trial.. -
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REORGANIZED
Kerr, Gifford & Co. Makes
Changes; Seattle House
Purchased; Grain Men! Ex
. pect Big Gains After War.
Announcement of tha reorganisation
of Karr ClXttnrA 1 -At tri"' , Asa M Mill saatt ATft
caeaoaant jl n4Z0ikfX9itTUni'wi
made by officials of thec6mpany; this
morning.
The announcement also told of the
purchase of the business of the Norta
Pacifio Grain company of Seattle, one
of the largest grain exporting, houses
on Puget Sound. - The reorganlsod
company will now -be known as Kerr,
Gifford & Co.. Inc.
The reorganisation was partially du
to the anticipation of the grain mn
of the vast volume of business that
is to come after the war. A Seattle
house will be maintained and it was
also said that other branch offices
probably will be opetied later'. .!
The active managemetn of the sew
corporation-will be ia the bands , of
Peter Kerr, president; II. H. Rasmus
a&n, vice president' and general man
ager, and N, A, Leach, assistant man
ager. ;...
Andrew Kerr and Thomas Kerr will
be associated with these officers in
constituting the board of directors. Mr.
Rasmussen haa. been head of the North
Pacific Grain company In Seattle. The
business of the corporation will be
conducted as usual from the Portland
offices on the tenjh floor of the Lewis
building.
Kerr, Gifford & Co. for a number of
years was in the active control of the
three Kerr brothers. Peter. Andrew
and Thomas. About two years ago
Thomas Kerr, withdrew from the com
pany, and Peter and Andrew Kerr re
mained in charge. Thomas Kerr now
returns to the corporation a di
rector, -but will not have an active part
In conducting the business, it Is under
stood. N. A. Leach, i assistant 1 man
ager, has been in charge of grain buy
ing for Kerr Gifford & Co., almost
since the company, was started,
Means Indicted for
Murder of Mrs. King
Concord, N, C. Nov.' L tjj P.)'-
Gaston Bullock Means was formally
charged with the murder of Mrs. Maude
a, King, here today, when the grandcJ
jury returned an indictment. l
Mrs. King, Means' benefactor' and
friend, was killed at Blackwelder
Spring near here by a rifle shot.! . .
Prosecution, and defense at1 ones
began sparring for location and Jury
personnel of the trial. The indict
ment followed three days Investiga
tion by the jury, which examined, a
score of witnesses. Including a group
of Chicago bankers and witness ea. ,
The feature of the , Investigation
waa the Jury's Insistence on discover
ing a clear-cut motive for, the crime.
Mrs. King met her death at the lone
ly spring the night ofMsy 29. Means
waa the only person with, her at the
time. :, ' ' : : n . )..-'.' j
Arrests Are Made
In Dynamiting Case
Tulsa.' Okla.ti Nv.il(l;Ni .)
Two .more arrests have been made In
tne case resulting from, dynamiting
Monday morning . of - the- home of J.
Edgar Pew, general manager of the
Carter Oil company. The police refuse
to , make , public their names,: saying
that more saspecta are being ought.
Two hundred and s fifty home guards
were sworn An, last night Iih anticipa
tion of a reign of terror scheduled for
t6aay., ; Guards around ll4 properties
have been increased.'' Many TL W. W.
members have failed to show up m the
past few : weeks and the police think
the publicity upset .the Diana of the
GRAIN
HI
cc&splratora.
S R H T if R
I I UN II UU
Whole Section of Italian
Army on Defensive Surren
, ders to Advancing Austro
German Forces, Near the
. Lower Tagliamento Riyerv
Italian Commander Ex-"
presses ConJence in Abil
ity of His ; Retreating f Ar
mies to Checl: Enemy and
Safeguard Country;
BERLIN, via London, Nor. 1. J
(U. P.) Blity thousand ;
Italian soldiers "laid down
thfelr arms east of the lower -Taeliamento,"
the offlcUl
statement announced today.
The war office i announced : !l
the total of prisoners taken ' I
In the great Italian drive bad' If
now reached 180,000 men, and .
1500 guns were taken'
Rome, Nov. 1. (TJ, P.
"Deluding the enemy's plans
ty detaining - his advancing
troops the Italians withdrew to .
the Tagliamento. onder . dlffl-'
.cult conditions," today's offl
cial statement asserted. ;
Washlngton, f Nor. , lr-tVt !
P,) British And French Hln ; L; f
.tu x orcemen ts -as ve ajri ybu .u wi, 4w
Tagliamento, front In Italy, , "
Rome cables today stated. The
allied troops were enthusiasts '
cafly welcomod by the Italian " f
populace and soldiers. The j ;j ;
dispatches gave no Indication t v
of the Strength or nature ot
the reinforcements.
Italian-correspondents at the '
battlefront 'were quoted as - i ;
firmly of the belief that the
Invading Austro-Oerman-Turk(
ish-Bulgarian horde will , be '
Stopped, '' ; .v"-; ' i'y -;
.Tondoh, - Nov. 1. (U. rF. Aostro-
German' forces have reached pfaetl
caUyi the line of General Cadorna r
Tagliamento rjver defenses, and have
been checked, there ; lh their ; forward '
advance, according to the interpreta- -
tion .placed here this afternoon 1 on .
Berlin's own official statement.
Berlin claimed to have, stormed the
eastern bank defenses of the river at .
DIgnano and Codrolpo. Bqt as London
read in between the lines. General ca
doma haa succeeded In establishing .
himself on the west bank of that of
fensive waterway.' ' ,y - . ,
,;; ShuTeadex Oanse of VWoTrjr.,;.
The greatest apprebsnaion.' however,
was aroused here over: Berlin's claim -of
. the capture of 60.000 soldiers in tba ' .
section where it was known Oenerai
Cadorna's third army, was seeking to ;
escspe from the. visa like grip of Oen
erai von Mackensen's armies between ..
him and the . coast lias., v 4 - - v
One section I of the German official ;
statement seemed to indicate that
Italian forces iwera covering the re- -t
treat of this army, btrt the Oerhsan an- ;t
nouncement that 0.o0 Italian soldiers ?
had surrendered. If confirmed, would
seem to indicate a crushing blow to u
this ,force. . ! :" ' - ' ''. . y-
4' JUgnaao West of TJdlae -J A
--The ItaUans retired fighting to the r
west bank of ! the ,TagUnento,'?: ' the - -.
Berlin war office declared, "at tha.
Pousano. Dlgnano and Codrolpo bridge- ';
Coolade4 ee Tf alsteea. CsiuM Oni
Punished by Bussia. k
rinland Pat Vadav Jnrlsdletlos of '
jrorthera rront ana, mads fog, aV4
mtalstratloa. Seaiea VaTalae.
PetrogradV. .Nov. lv (U. P. The
provisional government .. took, sternly '
repressive measures against two re- "
calcitrant Russian . provinces today. '
Finland was announced as havlnr been
put under Jurisdiction of the northern
front because of refusal of authorities
there to cooperate , la evacuatloo of
certain points. H ., 'Q'"
- Ukraine la J hit evan harder." Th y t
government decided - to cut off , all '
money from the . central u- government
heretofore given the province for ad- V
mlnistratioa because of the growth of , '
a movement there for autonomy.? More -'
vigorous measures it was, stated.. axe ! "-t
to yiew.i', ffifj-'.'v'v- v .jf , ., 4 -.,.v
Presumably I the transfer of Finland
to "Jurisdiction of the northern front."
means a sort of martial law has been
proclaimed i there. . The . "evacuation"
mentioned probably refer? 'to the city"
of Helsingfors, ' where dispatch ea
week ..ago reported a- civil, evacuation
ordered, presumably due to the menace
of . an attack by the German Baltia sea .'
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