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TIJE OREGON. SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLA ND. SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, V 1917. 3iG NEED OF SHIPS TO SUPPLY ARMIES Lord Northcliffe, Before Re I 'turn to England, Sounds i Note of Warning Against ;; JGerman Policy at Sea. And if Prussianism Isn't ' Crushed in This War Amer Sica May Expect Attempt at ! Its Establishment Here. That the war will create a commu nity of interest among the allied na tions that will make- war in. future Im possible was the declaration made by JOfd Northcliffe, celebrated British publisher, before-a fathering of news-f-aper me nfrem five states at Kansas City, shortly before his return to Eng land, as reported In the Editor and jniblisher. But while the war lasts and his Utterances rave no , hope of an opinion tf an early peace realization of the grim fact that It demands the applica tion and utilixation of the full re- Eoorces of the allied nations is essen lal. "We are up against a people who ave been preparing. in every possible direction for 40 years," Northcliffe de clared. "These people inherited the principle of thoroughness, and they (ave left no details unattended. They (re predominated by a lust for prop rty which Is a basic cause of this war. This principle as been proven Lgaln and again. 5 German X.ut Tremendous "Their self-confidence has been ex aggerated as a result of success In the banish war of '64, Austrian war of '66 Jid the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. iNow, to Imagine that a people who ave .been educated to this lust for errltory and have been trained for hese military tactics for years and ears, and who have given their life or this" cause to suppose that people ho are untrained and who were un prepared for war can conquer the Ger jnans in a short time that Is the height of folly. 1 "Of Course, you people can't realize hat we are at war, because you are so Very far away. You don't see the sol diers come back, you don't see the grounded soldiers, your homes and property are not destroyed and, of course, you can't realise those things Until they are brought home to you. "What the Germans are after are the (hips containing cargoes of food and munitions not merely passengers. Kw, what they are after is to let you ret your men over there, and then de troy ships containing munitions and ood supplies and If you aren't care ul you will find yourself In the po ition of having a large army marooned n Trance unable to get supplies. alp Program Essential S"On very Important item is the mlldlng of ships. Building ships Is lot like building a newspaper office, first of all, you have to choose a place o build these ships in, then you have rot to erect and equip your buildings nd get your force together and make .rrangements foif the supplying of the arloua kinds' of material, and decide n the best designs for the best kind of hips to offer. "The newspapers hare shown the en hustasm of the people In raising the liberty loan, which will go a long way oward the building of machines, sup : lying ammunition arid building the ! lachlnes for fighting in the air. I : Ind In this enthusiasm further means o get these things to the warwhich s very necessary. Of what use would mmunltlon, big guns, etc.. be without i. means to transport . them over to ; ropeT Whs Germany Wants "And now there is one question that .: would like to ask you, and that is: ' "That is to prevent the Germans from doming across the Atlantlo in large umbers? They sent one submarine ver to report Just to give- gentle int that tney could da It. What is to revent them rrom coming across the -tlantle? One mistake and they would e across. If a mistake had been made y our men in council, there, is no oubt but what they would have been cross the Atlantlo long ago. I can see no reason why you can ave any hope that we will have a hort war. Of course, we could have a mittUmttl..'.,.,.ll.,.,.l.,.i.,- Portland's Famous Family Theatre Monroe Salisbury Ruth Clifford THE SAVAGE A wonderful story of the North Canadian woods, with 1 two big favorites in splendid roles m addition to Transcontinental Vaudeville Road Show No4 'CO : ' . with .; Incomparable Lind ' :3 In. Dancing -Paintings, Stother high - I i Today,' Monday SEES SUBMARINE ATTACK I ft''. ' ' i, ' ' ' ' , ' " '? " - Stir 'JZiT J 1 fa ' ," ? . Vf m I S.::-.- -.- v. - ' -: .'W. 'W.' s4r ' ; Felton Murray, son of Mrs. B. F. "somewhere peace tomorrow, but It would be a short peace, and It would mean, a more terrible war than we are In now, for you can rest assured that the Germans wouldn't make the mistake that they have made In this Instance of having so many people against her. "You know wihat she Is after? The people who have the goods. She has an attachment for the country that has the- coal and Iron and many other valuable- resources, suolf as Great Britain and the United States. There ts not much sentiment about German war fare. propagandists Resourceful "The work of the X. W. W., th Ger man propaganda In your country, the burning of your stock yards, and the destruction of your munition plants all these are proofs that Germany had planned a war against you and was working as carefully in your country as she wast In ours before the war. "We had many Germans at the out break tf -war in our country, -Many, of thorn held high positions of trust and honor such as mayors of towns, etc and we were amazed when the war broke out to find that most of these men were working against us and had been for years. We found papers on them showing they had worked for this war and had provided their gov ernment with valuable Information for some time." Fuel Oil Shortage May Be Relieved William eproule, president of the Southern. ; Pacific Railroad company, will meet with the fuel oil committee appointed by Fuel Administrator Fred G. Holmes and will lend hdaaaslstance In any way possible In the effort of the fuel administration to Secure a supply of oil for Portland. Mr. Sproule Is hopeful that the In creased supply furnished by the re cently developed oil fields at Castnalis and Montabella, Cal., will relievo the shortage on the Paciflo ooast. Mr. Sproule arrived in Portland Fri day morning from San Francisco and will be In the city several days. .' ' " 1 ' ". 1 , S3 M i s s s i n wu it i In 7 a Big Eastern Feature ciass acts 5 , and Tuesday ' SS7 ,' , " -" A Murray, Hammond, Or., In EnglairdL" at mess LIBERTY BONDS, SAYS 1 PORTLAND SOLDIER Member of Engineer Regi ment in France Says Men Are Well Equipped, "We are buying Liberty bonds here now. Most all of the boys are bur ins some. I've signed up for three."! So write MThartes- L.. Hill, iOTtland boy, who Sis a private Jn a railway engrintera regiment. In a letter ttf Samuel C. Lancaster of this eity written "somewhere In France," Octo-i ber 13. The letter continues: We Save been havlnr some splen did weather here up till the last 10 aays or so, when it started raining;. x auppose mat it wm Keep it up till late next spring, as the rainy season is very long here. We moved! today about four miles from our last camp so we are about seven miles rrom a iarse city. We have oulte lot of liberty and sight seeing has been quite the thing- up till now, and it's very Interesting, too. with Its old churches and city gates, quaint "t na vneir zunny customs. We are all very busy now do ing our bit I'm on engineering de-i tail and like the work very much. Your should see our camp here. Ic is going to be very comfortable here. We have huts that 60 of us live In and in a few days we'll have a heat ing plant In them. Our food Is good ana there is plenty of lt The x. M. C. A. deserves lots of credit for what It Is doing over here; They furnish us with, paper. Ink newspapers from, home faults nlrfi and have candy, 'cakes, tobacco, etc.; at very reasonable prices. Our great est loss over here is American to- oacco. It -Is very hard to get. W have only: been - able to get a HUH twice. Our company has a football team. They tied their first came! witn u company and won their sec ond game , today. Played with head quarters company. Score 14-0. Be lieve me, this F company Is a hard bunch to beat at anything. "We are well equipped. Two uni forms, two pair dress shoes, pair trench shoes, rubber boots, two hata and a biff overcoat and plenty o other clothes. Eev. Ovall Welcomed By Church Bodies The Methodist Episcopal church; work among the Scandinavians has taKen xm ntw life in the several cnarges in the state. Rev. John Ovall, who has for some years traveled in the different carta of the state organizing- and huiidin cnurcnes. leeis very encouraged,, tot after being sent, back from th con ference to the tsamo field for another year a hearty welcome was extended to him. At Oregon City the Scandi navians and Americans together gave a happy reception and then the Swed- iaa peopie aione gave another recen- uon in Salem. At Outlooki Or., the; people, not wanting to be outdone by others, prepared a surnrlsa rcwwnftnn recently. Last Monday the people at Vancouver also had a recntinn welcomed their pastor- back for an-f uuier year, ana presented a purse of suvuejr. Gardener Is Fined Instead of Jailed . San Francisco. Nov. 17.Because he! ria Carto Cottolrecently es- - uH,nc, wnen arraigned. After the evidence had been submitted the court announced that h.Q ii available gardeners and .ranch hands o unucu uow ne wouia not send the defendant to jail., but instead would fin Wm 2S Aad It wan 'GOB SPARED US BY A W Felton Murray' Gives. Graphic Description of Attack by Submarine and Its Qefeat. NEW "DEPTH BOMB" USED Beat TteeTlng' Device Hurled Into ea by V. S. Destroyer, Declared to Be ZaveittieB ef Thomas A. Edison. "God spared us by s miracle. writes Felton Murray, former Portland boy in a letter to his mother, Mrs. B., F. Murray of Hammond. Or., in describ ing; his experiences of being torpedoed at sea and in turn of witnessing the destruction of the attacking subma rine. ; The letter, which was passed by the censor. Is of unusual interest in that it describes the first sinking of a sub marine by the "depth bomb," dropped by a United Spates destroyer, which Murray declares to be a contribution of Thomas Edison to the antl-TJ-boat campaign. The bomb is exploded by pressure after attaining a certain depth, crushing any hull that hap pens to be within a given radius. The terrific Impact of the explosion is felt over a wide area. Murray, who four years ago was employed as an office boy by the Port land Lumber company, enlisted in the army some months ago and left Fort Stevens for New York, August 22. He now is stationed in the northern part of England In a machine gun camp where he soon expects to be mad an. instructor with the rank of ser geant. His letter, written under date of September 24, is as follows: Protest Brings Better rood "The first dray out f New York I mean the" first 24 hours out of New York we were forced to turn off our course by three hours because of a German raider. It was captured. "We left Halifax harbor on the night of September 5, at 5:30 o'clock. On s one shore, near the entrance to the harbor, we could see a large ship mat had run aground in the fog. The prow was up high and dry and the after portion was submersed. .Nothing or Interest happened durine the first few days that followed, only we were in tne middle of the large bunch of s"hips. All were within sight. "Now, I will take you down in tli ship mesa hall to one of our meals. Bread, tea, rotten meat or fish, worms in our boiled cabbage one fourth of an inch long, and I will not tell you about the maggots. At last we took our plates and went up to the first class dining room with them and showed the grub to the medical lieutenant. We raised helL Result turned out favorably. From then on, we received food we could eat. . Kio lights - were visible from the ships,., except t lash or radio light sig nals. No smoking was allowed after 8 O'clock p. m. 'Two days out from Enirland three ships Including our own. left the other ships behind and, accompanied by' a fleet of United States navy des troyers, came on at a rapid rate. One destroyer kept dogging around us, zig zagging in every way imaginable. The other two boats each had a destroyer with them. And we went ziozar. . weriscope Im Sighted t was standing by the rail on the port side of the ship on deck C, my life preserver hanging over my arm, f or we were ordered to , have them within our reach at all times. We even took them to- our meals with us. I could see the Irish coast on the star board side. "It was about 8:48 cm. I saw two British Zeppelin fly over u earlier in the afternoon, hut it was Just get ting dusk when I felt our ship shift to tne port aio on a right angle turn- Then the bells in eur pilot house sounded the atop signal for the en gineer,, and I heard the sputter of the wireless as it flashed out the warn ing to the two other boats, who were about two miles to our rear. Now this an took place In the wink of an eye. vJust ahead of us, on our port side. rose a periscope. The after nf A Warning ! Unscrupulous merchants com to the city and tak advantage of Greater ortiana Advertising, and tho public .A few days ago a man told his wif that she must buy what she needed at tho small shops and stores when pos- ume. - , The next day she went to a small shop and purchased a corset for $4.00. Taking it home she found that It would not fit and went back to the store and asked to have ber money refunded. The storekeeper refused to refund the money. Quito a few similar complaints nave com to us. TOM TOM gJtOTiiCri'IOjT QBXATXH OBT.UaJV2yASOGIATIOXr Guarantees fair treatment in any store displaying this sign. If you see it and are ' refused a reasonable ad justment of your complaint, call Marshall 220. the office of tho Association's, Secre tary,, and a. representative will immediately call and' tak th matter up with you. ii ne. axLvm ny mem Mrs wiutt ar unreliable, w want to. know it, and bo na ox tneta at once. . : XZT TB33 SXOar BE TOUB FSOTBC MERRILL A. REED. Assistant Secretary, 601 Selling Building. Adv. L AN' FRANCISCO HOTELS In San Francisco Geary Street. Just off Union Square . Fom 5 1 S O " a Day Bnakfssteoe lanes 60c DlinsrflO Soadaru IteaMatt 7ic tMsnsr $15 Monlcpal car fine direct to door. Mofor Bus meets principal trains and steamer MIRACLE RFTES on BOY ABROAD the trim little destroyer dressed b. lew the water and tfc feiH reso up. ne was oix at a bound, and X never saw such quick work as that in nv life before and never expect to see the like again. , . "She sent np a red rocket of warn ing and we Could Bee Just tne forward third of her racing to the spot where th periscope had aDneared ant dis appeared. "We saw the white streak nas aTn our port side, leaving a lln of bab bles behind it. Our quick turn -toad Just saved us. Instead of hitting ns squarely on the side, as it waa in tended, the torpedo had been shot ahead of us and we turned and went wifh it. Destroy er Hurl BomH JYvnen the destroyer arrived at the spot where the periscope was last seen, it shot a large object over" its side and then went In the opposite 'direction as fast as It could. It didn't get far before a terrific explosion oc curred. The after end of the des troyer was raised clear out of -water so we could see the rudders, while from the spot where it had shot the big object over into the water came a geyser. A large fountain Or Jet of water roso high in tho air. At the in 1 : L IN J J ' rf- 1 i i i I xJ xJ LIBERTY yy ""X Sunday Noon Concert Success founded on jf rr- the world's best In pho- f (1) March Selected toDlavi. mmmS- 2) In the Sweet Long Ago v 7 V A Popular Song. (3) Serenata (By Mosxkowskl) (4) Prelude In C Sharn Minor It 1 (By Rachmaninoff) (5) For Me and My Gal f (A Popular Song) ' S Albert Hay Malotte J V I . . Organiit , ;r -1 y- r -i - y;; ' 7r;yy t:?l Mv: -r x 1 i tfJV yA f-V.- .i.tL-V.5 '..OM 'W'--T. r s v'"-"' ' yy " " ' III' II II r.-rr ? jT n i I I stantly ment same time our ship quivered 'from one end to tho other, as it torpedoed, -and we heard our big' whistle blow, five short blasts, i :- ,1 i ;.v "In perfect order we aft hurried to our station with life belts on. Mine was- boat No. . The firemen came up from their stations and the life boat were unslung .Two -of ;tho Ked Cross nurses- fainted ana were carried to tho lifeboats. But the engineers had started the pumps and as so water earno, th6 captain knew that had not been , struck. . : -w new the excite: tement was over, we message sent to the read the Marconi States: "Encountered submarine. Not nurt. submarine sunk.' , .: ? . "Tho terrlflo explosion Was UTS 'depth bomb' It is the first time tt, has been used in warfare. - Edlaon gave it to us. It 19 exploded by pressure, after it goes to a certain. depth. You know when' two stones are hit under water, or any other like concussion occurs, It- is felt within a certain radius. Well, this bomb ha- the power of crushing a submarine rlthln a certain radlu. it must have done its work In this case, for oil TOseto the surface. It could come from no other source. The wretched devils wero trapped at their own gam." PORTLAND'S PHOTOPLAY PALACE - . ASiiSz'.kr, tviw. y yK LJ iyyyXyzf7lt- " u'b y?Y - - : . f 1 1 y- v1 y ri. fivi her most nost artiMk interpretation. As Lucy CSuiain, moth fluttering con around the flame of admiratioi--ekingrthe atmosphere of excite- and intrigue, she docs great emotional work. If s an absorbing, Kstmaung Bxoiy .ox sociery iue. Calif orniaT Soldiers ' Supposed Lost Here Signal Corps ICca Could Hot Be- ZjO. , eated at Kons fjy W raBptwi . to Bex rod and Officiate Get Xxettod. Saturday at 1 o'clock Southern Pacif ic fflclaiswere tearing their hair. Sig nal corpa; recruit from California to tho- number ' of 425, on their, way to Camp Lewis, wero believed lost in Portland. The men wero scheduled to eat dinner at- the Miltnomah hotel and entrain at 1:30. At 12:30 tho food wa on the table, the dooro wero open, the crowd was gathering and everyone was patting on his welcoming smile. At 1 o'clock there was no sign of the' boys and the train agents went scouting tho city for their men. On story bad It that, some Y.' M. C A. man had headed them off to parade. At 2 o'clock when no word had com of them and the dinner was- cold and the officials warm, a telegraph message was received-saying the train bearing the contingent had not stopped her at alL mom Council Elimihaies i 512,000 in Lights Sign Ynousand Dollars for Comfort Stntisa at Third and Aides, Also out oaf xtt stiu, xx mm, To provide a fund for emergencies, the council late Friday afternoon d- c'ded to eliminate $20,000 more from th 1S1 a : proposed budget estimate. The elimination does not change the proposed levy fixed at approximately. 11 mill. One mill of the proposed levy is to provide a fund to handl-j delinquencies on street and sewer as sessments. The $20,000 eliminated consists of $12,000 for additional arc -lights and $1000 for a comfort station in the vicinity of Third and , Alder streets.. Ordinances fixing the levy are to b considered at a special meeting of the council next Monday. The, budget must be adopted to become effective before December 1. colorful, TUT J it' if m r .. si 'i t --VfHS