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I . , ..." TacixxnvV, , 11 Jr I v! I h i K I KIV1 .H v K v l ; A .oxzmxc- probably-. ITS ALL TRUE- 5T C - VS j o.i.W VOL. XVI. NO. 161 PORTLAND,? OREGON, FRIDAY " EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1917. TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS SiaSiJtSiPcSm Pit If UP TEUTOK PROGRESS Desperate Attempt to Circle Northern Flank Repulsed by Determined Italians, Who Hold With Object of Bringing Decisive Battle. Berlin Reports Capture of ; Several Hill Positions and Town of Cismon Civilian Population Has Evacuated City of Venice. BEi ERLIN, via London, Nov. 6. Capture of Cismon and taking of several hill po . sitiona along the Brenta river was announced in today's of ficial statement. Cismon is at the Junction of the Brenta and the Cismon rivers, about seven miles south of Ponzano. On the lower Piave riwr, the statement adds, Austro Hungarian troops are advanc ing and have captured 1000 additional Italian prisoners. Washington, Nov. 16. (U. P.) Official, Rome cables to day warning the world against German reports discrediting Italy's reBistanctf, declared the, UtaUanUiaes at holding , firm-! ly . on practically all fronts. The Germans are making' a determined ;drlve near - the Adriatic and an . apparent ef fort to pierce Italian commu nications between the Brenta and Piave rivers, but so far have been frustrated. "Italy still has powerful energies which she 'will em ploy to the extreme limit and without hesitation," said the cables. Rome, Nov. 16.(U. P.) Teutonic attempts to circle the northern flank of Italy's Piave river line are being vigorously repulsed. Today's official statement asserts: ' "On the mountainous front from the Asiago plateau to the Piave all posi tions remained ours despite 'heavy en emy attacks at various points." News that the Italian troops had stood their ground firmly and repelled all efforts of the Austro-Germans on the Piave created great Jubilation and Increased optimism that the Piave line would prove an unbreakable defense to the Germanic invaders. Dispatches today reported that the (Concluded on Pit Two. Column Two) Perjury to Escape Registration Charge Sworn Statements Are Introduced ta Government's Case Against Kannes Prltzof Huttula In Federal Court. That Harmes Fritzof Huttula of As toria, on trial in the federal court for alleged perjury In applying for natur alisation papers, sought to evad reg istration for the draft, was a feature of the case brought out this morning 'by witnesseeplaced on the stand by Assistant United States Attorney Gold stein. Huttula is Mild to have asked Immi gration Inspector Gooch how he 'could avoid registration. The immigration officer did not take the stand this morning, but his anJ Huttula's sworn statements made when Huttula at tempted to have his application re scinded, were presented by M. R. iSork ki, Olatsop county court reporter. Huttula testified that he favored 1 Finland's previous affiliation -with German people to overthrow the Rus sian autocracy, tout denied that he was In sympathy with any German' propa ganda to crush Russi. : 1 Quakes 5000 Miles Away Are Recorded Washington, Nov. 16. (I. N. S.) A series of heavy earthquake shocks lasting from 11:17 last night until 2 o'clock this morning was recorded on the seismograph at Georgetown university. Father Korndorf, in charge, said that the disturbance was about 6000 miles from this city. German Fliers Raid City of Nancy. Again .'..; . : lit'. "' ' 1 -" :.-' .-. ms") 'PariSr'Nov. 16. (I. N. S.)German airman raided .Nancy again last night, the , war office announced this after noon.. There were no casualties among , ta civilian population. -" england to put turkey Out of war LONDON, Nov. 16 (I. N. S.) England is now concen trating her attention on the great task of putting Turkey out of the war. ' -The strategy ' Erecting im mense efforts against a single na tion was originally monopolized by the Germans,, and they played it to good advantage. f In Mesopotamia the British have advanced, more than . 100 miles from Bagdad along the Bef-ltn-to-Bagdzd railway by which Germany hoped to dominate ori ental trade. In Palestine the British are on the point of ent-i"5 Jerusalem, and are occupy..1 :j only rail road in that part of Turkey. Heavy losses have been inflict ed upon Turkish armies and some of the Turkish forces have been completely shattered. 1 ISE NEAR IN RUSSIA. BELIEF Armistice and Possible Coa lition Government Indicat ed in Dispatches; Francis Reports Street Fighting. Copenhagen, Nov. 16. (U. P.) The Nevsky Prospektln Petrograd is bar ricaded. Fighting1 is in progress be- i tween troops of the Bolshevlkl and of the provisional government, according to undated dispatches from Hapar anda, Sweden, printed ' today by the Polltlkeft. Washington, Nov. 16. (U. F.) -The state department today received from Ambassador Francis at Petrograd a ca ble under date of November 12, stating there had been street fighting', that control of the cable offices had shifted several times, and that the Bolshevlkl government ' bad not communicated with him in any way. He informed the department that he had sent cables, but the, messages between the eighth and the twelfth are still missing. The harder the fighting- and the greater the Bloodshed in - Russia, the sooner tbe situation; will De jtlarif led, was the opinion expressed at the Rus sian emibaMy today. ' we regard reports f - continued fighting- as rood : rather . than bad omens,"a - high embassy diplomat stated. "A: compromise or Indecisive adjust ment would only prolong the revolu tionary stage through which the young republic is passing." London, Nov. 16. (U. P.) -Up until last Saturday there had been no seri ous loss of life in Petrograd or- Mos cow, according to messages received from British Ambassador Buchanan and made public today. Another mes sage dated Tuesday merely said: "All well." In the message dated Saturday . he said: "Savtnkoff and General Alexieff are with me." CoaUtloa Za Expected "With Petrograd still out of direct communication and indirect news fur nishing the widest -contradictions . as to which factions was actually in contrri, London looked today for a compromise armistice and, later, possibly forma tion of a coalition government as like ly to result from the Bolshevlkl revolt. The latest dispatches seemed to In dicate that the Bolshevlkl had at least maintained an outlet for news favora ble to them. In the last 24 hours dis patches have seemed to indicate that the , Trotsky-Lenine combine were in partial control, although reports -of a compromise government, with Bol shevlkl representation, contained in these dispatches, .led to the deduction here. that their control was precarious. It was argued that the Bolshevlkl would hardly be willing to talk com- pronilse if their domination of . the situation was absolute. , Oatchlsa ,Wi' Evacuated . A .Copenhagen dispatch, received to day quoted, an undated proclamation by General Mouravieff, commanding the Bolshevlkl troops,' as declaring: "Premier Kerenaky has circulated false reports that troops In Petrograd voluntarily have joined with them and the revolutionary committee (Bolshe vlkl) had ordered the soldiers to re treat. , "Troops of, the , free 'Russian peopls do not retreat nor surrender. Thty evacuated Gatchina in order to avoid unnecessary bloodshed and to take up a position outside , Petrograd. This position 'has now -become so strong that ' even if Kerensky is reinforced by 10 times his present -strength we need not feel unsafe. , Hews Is Contradictory ! , "The best spirit prevails in Petro grad and the city is calra and or derly." - ; ' - . - - This proclamation directly contra dicts other Bolshevlkl news that an overwhelming defeat has been In flicted on Kerensky at Gatchina -and that the town had , been re-conqucred. (Concluded on Page Sixteen, Cohimn Two) Alleged I. W. W. Are0 Taken at Camp Lewis Camp L wis, Tacoma, Wash., Nov. J . ;XU. ; P.)-j-Fourteen alleged I. W. W. were arrested here last night In. a raid conducted by , three military , po lice officer ;on bunkhouse of - the Hurley-Mason - company, -builders -of the cantonment! v A mass of incriminating. documents, including n papers which - are said" , to prove that the bunkhouse was a "nest of violent agitation, was seized. "j The papers consist largely of news paper clippings, private and confiden tlal-correspondence and extracts from radical , publicaUonsvWr' :.; COMPROM SAI51LS0N llSilll President Wilson Tells Mem bers of War Savings Com mission That Plan Is of Great Importance to the Nation. DAILY ACCUMULATION IS TO BE ENCOURAGED He Says. War Savings Stamp Plan in Some Ways Is More Important Than the Liberty Loan; Many In vestors Wanted. Washington, Nov. 16. (I. N. S.) President "Wilson this afternoon told members of the war savings commis sion. that the war savings stamp plan is In a sense more important to the country than the Liberty loan. ' The president said In part: 1 "I want to thank you for what you are undertaking. I suppose not many fortunate by products can come out. of a war, but if this country can learn something about saving out- of the war, it will be worth the cost of the war; I mean the liberal cost of It, in money and resources. I suppose we have several time overwasted. more than we are about to spend. ''We have not known that there was any limit to our resources; we are now finding out that there may be; If we are not careful. "One of the most Interesting things to me about the recent loan is the ex traordinarily large number of persbns who have invested. The number: of Investors In securities before these loans were made was remarkably small, considering our population and its wealth, and now It has swelled to the millions to almost on tenth, I believe, of the population of the coun try. That is an extraordinary circum stance, and It may i have . some very fortunate results. But things that, you are undertaking are more. Intensive and in a sense more important still. It is a matter , of small saving, the detailed thought of the matter of pre venting " waste . and managing some kind of accumulation from day to day." Directors Hear Details . Washington. Nov. 16. (WASHING TON BUREAU' OP THE JOURNAL,) State directors for the war savings stamp campaign, in conference Thurs day, heard Frank A. Vanderlip and other leaders of the movement explain details of plass for the drive, which begins next month for a $2,000,000,000 loan. Mr. Vanderlip declared his; be lief that the plan will be so popular it will become a permanent' policy after the war ends. C. S. Jackson, director for Oregon, was represented by W. B. Ayer and Carl Smith; Washington by uamei K.eiiener, Seattle banker, and Idaho by former Governor Hawley. The conference will continue Friday. The state directors appointed thus far Include: j Oregon. C. S. Jackson, Portland: Washington. Daniel Kelleher, Seattle Idaho, Former Governor James1 H. Hawlew, Boise; Southern California. G. A. Davidson, Sin Diego; northern California, 'John S. Drum, president Union Savings Bank Sc Trust, company. oan rrancisco; Wyoming, ti s u. Knight, dean Wyoming agricultural college; Arkansas, Moorehead Wright, Little Rock; Colorado, ,John Evans, Denver; Kansas, P. W. Goebel, Kansas City; Missouri, Festus J. Wade; St Louis; Nebraska, Ward, M. Burges, Omaha; New Mexico, Hallet Reynold, Las Vegas; Oklahoma, j Asa Ramsay, Oklahom City; Texas, Louis Lipsucb Dalllas; Nevada, Fred J: White, Reno; Montana, ti. w . Turner Butte. Oil Plant Is Burned; I. W. W. Suspected Tulsa. Okla.. Nov. 14. (L N. 8.) The Standard Oil company of Indiana's reunery at xate, uKia was blown up this morning. The plant was com pletely destroyed and two men. were killed. -Thirteen tank cars were also destroyed. The best evidence obtain able is that the -explosion was Inter- -nai. I. W. W. are suspected. It was also reported that . the Southern Oil company's refinery at the same place ana ii rrairje pipeline tanxs were de stroyed, but this is not verified. Hotel Porter Held - As Spy in Chicago -. - j . . Chicago, Nov.v U. (I. N. S.)-i-Sus-pected of being. a cog In the German spy system in America, Leonard Brlxler, a porter at the Atlantic hotel here, i under trrest today. Brixler was taken in custody after governments agents had shadowed him for. several months. He Is declared to-have been identified with mysteri ous meetings - and 5 conferences be lieved, to have been a part of his al leged spy activities, i. England Not After ; Portugal's Colonies i 3 '' :, ....' . .., ' ..'V'ffT- ' London, iNov. (U," P.) Ertgland is "not tesponsibl for . any proposal to deprive Portugal of, any of hr col onies," Lord Cecil declared for the government - in . commons todayj -v Hts statement was in , ana wer to a I ques- f Large Number of People At tend Public Hearing; Con solidation of County and City Governments One of Principal Subjects. ELIMINATING MILK CHEMIST IS OPPOSED Proposed Levy by Municipal ity Placed at 11 Mills, Onei of Which Is. to Cover De linquent Bonded Assess ments. The public hearing on the city's 1918 budget estimates, held in" the city hall this morning, developed Into a discussion concerning the consoli dation of state, county and city de partments and requests for con tinuance of the present milk inspec tion system. Less than 25 persons participated In the discussion, al though the room was filled with In terested listeners. Figures presented today call for city tax levy of approximately 11 mills. This includes a 1 mill levy to cover delinquencies on street ana sewer, assessments, special . .appro priations over which the council has no control and regular appropriation! for operation and maintenance. As the council has yet to consider appropriations for the establishment of a detention home lor women ano items for emergencies, the exact amount of money to be raised by tax ation can not be given at this time. Harrlsoa Asks Economy Tho council is to meet with the county commissioners, this afternoon tA dtrrMin what funds can be ap propriated for the establishment of detention home for. women. Th ftv owns nrdDertv purchased for the purpose Jut noigJba4iv45,J5 erecting buildings. . The Oregon So cial" Hygtetr ' society 4s behind the plan ToY ' thfc' establisnmeni oi me hom where women may be given raedlcai . treatment. .T Allen Harrison opened the dis cussion this mOthing with a plea- for concerted action In holding estimates dowti to thTowest point or economy fiirinr that he had heard that one or two of the commissioners indi vidually had tried to economize out that the commission as a whole had failed to make a concerted errort to reduce taxes. Mvor Baker told him that the council had done everything possible to reduce expenditures but tnat it naa no control over increases resulting from the votes of the people. Tax Levy comparatively Small Whv. there isn't a city with Port land's area-and population .which has a smaller tax levy than we nave, ne a.id. "We have workea aay ana nignc on the budget. We are not miaiiiDie but we are not trying to put anything over on the people. W increased th salaries of patrolmen, firemen and laborers because the wages paid were insufficient.' I. N. Day declared that there was too much duplication of work by de partments of th state, city and coun ty. He said that th work of th health authorities overlapped and that steps should be taken to correct the condition, . "Ton . were .a member of th legis lature." said Mayor Baker, "why didn't you start something there?' "I did but I couldn't put it over," re ,i - . 'i-,--. that rftm nnt mAfln 'that this commission should not take some action toward duplication Overlapping Decried J. D. Mickle, state dairy and food commissioner, declared that there was no overlapping, and that ther was vaar misconception concerning the work of the health departments. "Much of this talk for consolidation is political bunk," he said . "The state board of health, the city heaUh bureau and our office understand the work anrt always cooperate. What can not toe done by one is. done by the other.' George J. Perkins presented figures DuroortinK to show that tne cost oi en gineering service was. as much now as it was in 1910 and 1811. when much paving was being done. He objected to the city appropriating money for a Davinz Dlant. declaring that tne own era of private equipment would loan, It to the city. Mavor Eaker said that Commission r Barbur had Cut out $50,000 on this vear'i ; bud (set. and that the council would consider the suggestion for the borrowing of equipment. Barbur de clared that the city proposed to have a paving repair plant only, but would undertake to do no work if the paving concerns would do the repairing at, thai city's figut. ' Readjustment is ,. ' . Ray Steel, cashier lH the east side water office, asked for a read justment of his salary, declaring that he had been discriminated against, and that other employes newer in the city's service and doing identical work. Were receiving more than h. The council took his plea .under considera tion. ' A number - spoke - against th pro posed elimination of the city's milk chemist. Commissioner Mann. , head of th division, declared that the work would ; be don efficiently with " the change, , ." P -Rev. A. A. Morrison spoke in behalf of th work of the Visiting Nurse as sociation, asking that the council con tinue its appropriation for the employ ment of a nurse. The appropriation has been allowed. r t . : ..'-.? WELCOME TO BRAZIL SENT BY THE U. S. ASH1NGTON, Nov.. 16. (I. N. S.) "The United States has welcomed with ap plause and admiration the entry of Brazil in the great struggle," said President Wilson in a tele gram of congratulation to the president of brazil on the anni versary of the independence, of that country. The text of the message fol- fows: "On this anniversary of the in dependence of Brazil, 1 extend ,to your excellency and the people ot your great republic coiaial greet ings. The United States has wel comed with applause and admira tion the entry of Brazil in the great struggle which confronts us. The day you now celebrate marks your country's achieve ment of independence. Today our two countries are engaged in a war for the maintenance of world independence and for the right of humanity and the life of democracy. We are both making sacrifices for this common cause. United to Brazil by this strong bond of democracy and still more by antagonism against a mutual foe, I hope and feel assured that the United States and our sister republic of South America will at the close of the present conflict stand even closer together in victory." HENRY FORD WILL HELP BUILD SHIPS Auto Manufacturer to Work With Vice President Piez of Emergency Fleet Corpora tion in Speeding Program. Washington. Nov. 1. (TJ. P.) Henry Ford Is going to bnild ships for the United States. The Detroit manufacturing genius will raov to 'Washington and Join th United States shipping board's emergency fleet cor poraUon. ';,-:? - ' ' reaMdrpdactiptt a gratar f speed-wtu t th principal xactora Ji will deal with. - Frank Lord, assistant to Chairman Hurley, who Is en rout to New York, mad this announcement this' after noon. Ford will not succeed Admiral Capps, now general manager of -the corporation, but will work with Vic President Pies, who was recently ap pointed virtually over Capps' head. Ford, who is in Washington today, told Secretary Baker. "Uncle Sam can havo everything I've got." He offered th government th use of his Detroit and other plants scat tered throughout the country, for war work, and his offer will to accepted by the various branches as rabidly as tho buildings and Ford's skilled labor can be utilized. Chairman Hurley, who is smashing through the great shipping program, prevailed upon Ford to Join his forces in overtaking the submarine destruc tion. According to Lord, the Detroit man ufacturer is returning to Detroit to arrange an airs and then come to Washington and take, an office with th emergency fleet corporation. Ford made a meteoric dash through th government departments today. He called on Secretaries Baker and Daniels and dashed around th city with Chairman Howard Coffin ot th aircraft board, on of th first men in th government service to utilise Ford's - plants for th great aviation program. Hun Spies Delay Spruce Operations Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 16. (U. P.) German spies, operating among the mills and logging camps of Western Washington, in a desperate campaign to delay the manufacture of spruce and fir lumber tot- aircraft, and shipbuild ing purposes, tied up , the St.' Paul & Tacoma Lumber company's mill here for 40 hours by throwing sand into the big Corliss engine tha "drives the whole plant, according to a report made today by federal officers. The attack on this plant was made public, they say, in order to warn other lumber manufacturers to be on guard. Several logging camps and mills in Western Washington are said to have had similar experiences. Manhattan Wrecked; 29 Reported Missing Seattle. Wash,. Nov. 18. (I. N. S.) Captain C. J. O'Brien of the steamer Mariposa, boundfrom Cordova to Ju neau, reported that it picked up a boat containing six men from the fishing streamer Manhattan, wrecked 40 miles wvest of Cap Spencer. Other boats containing 29 men are missing. The Manhattan belongs to the New England Fish company, operating out of Vancouver. -She left Ketchikan two weeks' ago for the fishing banks. China's Premier Has ;; Resigned, Is Report! Tokio,'N6v.-l(I. K SO-Premle Tuan- of : China , has resigned, said a Peking dispatch to the Nichl-Nichl to day. 1 i--, -,,.- Th same dispatch said the Chines governor of Hunan province, Fu Liang Tsu-y Has ilea,; ;. i ARTILLERY SAVES U. S. Germans Try to Steal Across "No Man's Land" in Dark of Night, but Are Discov ered and Scattered by Hail of Shells. Patrol Encounters Become j Frequent Events, but in j Clashes of Past Few Nights j Americans Have Escaped Casualties. By -J. W. Pegler r ASHINGTON, Nov. 16. N. S.) Announce ment in cabled press dis patches from the American expeditionary forces that there have been additional casualties there has resulted In the war department being besieged with appeals as to tbe Identity of the soldiers killed or wounded. Up to the present no report carrying any namea has reached Washing ton from General Pershing. American Field Headquarters, - France, Nov. H. (U. P.) American artillerymen planted a roaring bar- rag of shells over th front trenches ; heldt by American infantryman early inuraf nu uhwu uerman piau for a raid. f . - . t lfti 4talr Mm-tWSknd- can" front Is now reaching a not stag. Every -sort of war activity ' abort, of general assault is being ex-; perlenced by the Sammies in th front ! line trenches. , A I Patrol Partie MMt , On Tuesday and Wednesday nights. American patrol parties, scouting over No Man's Land, encountered German reconnaissance units. Ther wer brief, hurried exchanges of shots in iue uwft via lua .ucuif Bkui iitu i away. Meanwhile, the enemy artillery fire had been increasing steadily. Wed nesday night it reached a crescendo. Then early in the morning, the Boches (Cooeladed ob Pax Three. Column One) Greetings of U. S. Qonf XT-J-n rp A1VkQTf OUiib XV.1I1K iilUcrb PrMWesit Wllsom ends aCsag of ComflTatulatlon and ympatay to Belgian Xulr on ZAttWs Pt Day. Washington, Nov. 18. (I. N. 8.) On th occasion of King Albert's fete day. President Wilson today sent the following telegram of congratulation to th Belgian ruler: t .!,. i i- , your majesty in greetings or rnena- . pron.ote th aim and purpos of th ship and good will on this, your fete present campaign will b discussed day. For th people of th United ' and determined. States I take this occasion to renew j Pendleton's Pin Sh owing expressions of deep sympathy for the i Saturday th campaign will be eon sufferings which Belgium has endured . ducted in "go-as-you-please" style. under the wilful, cruel and barbaric force of a disappointed Prussian au tocracy. "The people of the United States wer never more In earnest than in their determination to prosecute to a successful .conclusion this war against that power, and to secure for the fu ture obedience to the laws of nations and respect for the rights of hu manity," , . Labor Movement as War Aid, Considered ' ' burro hide are without a market Washington. Nov. 18. (L N. S.) according to D. B. Eastman, rep re Priority of labor as a step toward pro- sentlng Mexican cattle Interests, who th ffiHnrv r.f .r.in.. is in San Francisco today. And at tries is in sight. 'Walter S. Gifford, director of th Council of National Defense, this aft- ernoon announced that already th council is at work on a survey of the nation's labor resources with a view to inaugurating a. system whereby labor may be moved about as essen- tlal war Industrie demand. , The survey will take som time, but . at Its conclusion it is expected th plan will be put Into operation without delsy. Northwest Operators Vote to Go South ' Seattle. Nov. 18. (I. ' N. 8.) Rep- resentatlve of Oregon and Washing- ton unions of electrical workers and end delegates. to, th San Francisco . strike conference as requested by Sec-1 rotary of Labor W. B. Wilson. ' In , taking this action, however, the t union leaders stipalated that the dele-j gates will -only go in an advisory! capacity and will not be empowered to bind th northwest unions to any set- tlement unless first ratified by th members of U two unions. ' r- . 1 MEN INSIST UPON PAYING WIVES' FINES WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. (I. N. S.) Mrs, Harvey Wiley, wife of the pure food advo cate, will serve IS days In jail for "obstructing traffic" in picketing the yhite House with suffrage banners. Mrs. Wiley was sentenced to 15 days when she refused to pay a fine of 25. Her attorneys gave notice of appeal, but Mrs. Wiley refused to give bond while the appeal is being taken. Mrs. William Kent, wife of Tar iff Commissioner Kent, also was brought to trial today for the same offense. She was found guilty and given a similar sen tence. In spite of her loud pro tests, her husband paid her fine. "I believe I am within my rights in refusing to pay my fine," said Mrs. Kent, "and that no one should be permitted to pay it for me." Judge Mullowney. held .to the contrary and accepted the prof fered 25. Mrs. Kent immedi ately gave notice that she would file a demand for a new trial. Elizabeth McShane of Phila delphia, a third militant, was sentenced to 30 days in jail. Twenty-eight other women hunger striking at the Occoquan workhouse were to be brought to trial for Monday's picketing to day. AGAIN DO WELL Scouts in War Fund Cam paign Come Into Camp . With $37,525 Today; De vers Division High. - T. M. C A. army and navy fund scouts returned to camp today with $27,525 in new subscriptions, making the grand total for the canvass thus i far, Jl 40.829. . "wii a number of large Individual were Sported from tb sector whtr th heavy artillery got in Us - rorv - mix-h of -th firfctmg.toda' waa i nriMirt.miun.'um. in. -. . --Mln W. tsrt.rf At.i .,, t n . -i.k -kt .v. t..ii. . ..w- iivi la a a.iMv vvuvqO uhmiv suu isa is tui aonmti0n. Dr. T. L. Eliot and Br. W o. Eliot each rave 1100. Montrom- err Ward Co. tendered $1000. Th Eastern & Western Lumber company rave 11E00. H L. Plttock rave tlOftO. The Union Mat company responded rim SI 000. Wounded Canadian Speaks Th noon meeting at the Portland Vnt.l wom fMtnpt k. mm a J t p. a. w I E. O. Hannah, wounded Canadian, who had sewed in the trenches in France. H was given a rousing ovation an his praise of the good work accom plished by the T. M. C. A. hots .on the j battlef ronts was greeted t 1 rtn wA .nnl.iiM. with pro- I Reports from points ouUld P land indicate that th allotment i $100,000 will be exceeded. To d Porl- of date. I th rountv chairmen hav. mint!l for $9,632. with many districts to b heard from. I Bishop W. T. Sumner, chairman of ' the clergymen s committee of th if. M. C. A. war work fund campaign. j has called a mass meeting of all clergymen of the city to b held at th Y. M. C. A. headquarters this aft- i oon 4 'ilock v1 ,wh,ch tlm! i the question of how th clergymen of i th city may do their bit and best (Concluded oa- Tax fir. Column On) Buyers Turn Down Cattle, Meat, Hides mepreseatatlv of BCexlcaa Interests rinds Concerns Vot In Market Storage Booms ana Peed Lot TxOX San Francisco. Nov. 18. (U. P.) Fifty thousand bead of Mexican cattle. 2.000,000 pounds of dressed medium and prime beef, and 10.S0O horse and the same time American ar obscrv lnr meatless days and shoes a: sell- ing at record price. "I am offering 50.000 head of cat'le at six .cents delivered in Los Angeles or San Frsnclsco," Eastnan declared. "and the dealers tell m they don't i want them; that thlr storage rooms and feed lots are full. Two different export concerns have tumed down 2,000,000 pounds of frozen. Inspected beef at 11 cents, and there Is no m ket for 10.000 hides." j . Ps5S Graduates To Hurry to France i - San Francisco. Nov. 18. tu. P. J One hundred and sixty men wer com from the Presidio officers' training camp today with their commissions tucked away under their arm a . They reported for orders the last time yesterday. "Where do we go from her?!'- asked th first 120 of them. "To Franc,- was th quick reply, In fiv days they wilt be on their way. Th others go to Camp Lewis., All are commissioned In th signal corps and wlU become aviators. " "Y. M." WORKERS BRIT1. IS JARRED B! MINISTRY Lord Northcliffe Criticises Present " Government, Ac- L cusing It of Inactivity; Says United States Will Take Control of War Henceforth. Heated Debate in Commons Is Expected and It Will Probably Be Followed ,by Shakeup in Cabinet Housecleaning Suggested; By Ed I. Keen LONDON, Nov. 16.--(U. P.)' LorJ. Northcliffe has ' ' again Jarred England to wake- . fulness. His letter to Prem'er Lloyd , George, severely criticising the present government and de claring that unless there is swift improvement In British ' methods the United States will assume entire manage- . ment of a great part of the - . war, today created the great-..-' est political, stir since tbe u Northcliffe munitions cam-;-' -palgn. ; ,: . ;4 ,j 1 " Northcliffe declined to head th new ' air ministry in th Lloyd George cabi -net He declared he felt he could Aol. ntter work If I roainuin mr lnd. - peince ana-anf nontagKeruynt loy. , alty that I do not feel towards the '. whol of your administration." ' ' Bhake-TTp Zs Poaslkl Coming on th heels of a threatened ' crisis growing out of th displeasure ' expressed over Lloyd George's Paris -speech, the attack of Northcliffe er s ated a situation that promises heated debate in commons and a possible -shake-up in th war cabinet. - t Northcliff lauded th work of th United States and Canada, but de clared that he had 'had personal x ' perlence of tb "obstruction and delay in London." He declared th censor. ' . ! f'L w" .beln used and that I wl umwr" (Concluded e Pax Brrtu. Cohimn On) Clemenceau Names New French Cabinet Only Two Are taU4.ef Ken to Z.aU Palnlev Mlaistry amrs - -Presented to Preslaent loima. Paris, Nov. 16. (U. P.') Gorgs t Clemenceau this afternoon computed I -th formation of. a cabinet to succeed . tb Painlav ministry,' - '. As - announced by Clemenceau, the nw cabinet will Include: . - Premier and minister of war, Clro enceau. ' , ? - Under secretaries of war, Jeanneny , ana ravre. - . -. Minister of justice. Nail. , : Minister of foreign affairs. Plehon. ; Minister of Interior, Pama r Minister of flnanc, Kolta, . ' Minister of public Instruction, La- frr. , - - , .' Minister of th navy, Leguyea. f, ' Minuter ot colonus, Simon, ' Minister Of commerce, Lebrun.'. " '' . ' Minister of armaments, Loucheur." 1 Minister of public works, ClavtiU. ' Minister of agriculture. Dariac.'- Mlnister of labor, Colliard. s C : Clemenceau presented his cabinet to President . Poincare thlst afternoon. - Only two ministers of th late Pain- i' lev cabinet are- included in th new lineup offered by Clemenceau. ..They ; are Minister of Flnanc KloU and . Minister of Armament (munitions) Loucheur. ( . , y : . ; Workman Is Killedp" In levator Shaft John aCeOocsalok VCaagat f Srtweem . CoaatrbalaBC aaa C1U Wall Work. :ng on Tailing Balldiag. ' Th ' falling weight of an alevator in th Falling building. ' Fifth and ; Alder streets, hit John MeCormick, a " workman, on the head this morning, killing him instantly. - . . : MeCormick was employed" b'y the " Hurley-Mason company la making r- pairs to th building. - He . was re moving th step to th eUvator abaft on th . third floor. His head was over th eag oi in opening and tha weight as it dropped cot his bead In two. ' . The, accident happened about 9:S this morning. Working with McCor- . mlck wr Harry Ntly of Oregon City and - i. N. Nichols. . 402 M , Third street. Th body wss sent to th morgua. Safety Commissioner - Cof fin and Coronet. Smith, ar making aa investigation. - ' ' . . MeCormick resided at Parkplaee, hear Oregon City. H was J year ' old, married and had one child, - '-.re