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VOL, XV: NO. 28.
CITY EDITION
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING; NOVEMBER 25, 1917.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS
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OF POLICE
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Eleven Killed Outright, Two
; Seriously Injured at Mil-1
r waukee When Contrivance j
Blows hip. in Police Station
: Squad Room. . i
Section of Building Wrecked ;
by Force of Blast Fire-1
men Save Building From
' Destruction by Flames j
Found in Italian Church. j
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nov.
24. (U. P.) Ten are
dead and five injured as the
result of the explosion of a
time bomb in the Milwaukee
police station squad room at
7:37 o'clock tonight.
The bomb mangled every
orf leer ' on the floor and
wounded prisoners on the sec
ond floor. ,
It was Intended for the
Evangelical Association church
, presided over by ftev. August
Giuliani, "who several months
ago caused' the arrest of an
archist leaders by " giving
away their secrets. .Since then
Giuliani 1 has been ' threatened
several -times and. was in se-ctaslonr-Yat
.'Madison' several
': kli';..?f.,?,.-- -J
; '' Police! t believed it was timed
i at about th time church ser
vices' were Ho open. It ex
ploded In the central station
squad room " at1 7:37 o'clock
while Detective Stephen Steck
er was; examining It.
The police admit moi-e may
have been killed bat the . en
tire station was wrecked and
those who knew- details are
dead. '
The official Hat given out at 10 o'clock
gave th following dead and Injured :
THE VEAH
TJETECTIVE STEPHEN H.
STECHER, '
DETECTIVE CHABLE8 SEE
HAW BR,'
DETECTIVE DAVID O'BRIEN.
DETECTIVE ALBERT TEMPUN.
DETECTIVE PAUL WEILS R.
DETECTIVE FRED W. KAISER.
DETECTIVE FRANK M. CASWIN.
BTATIDNKEEPER HENRY. DECKER?.-
DETECTIVE EDWARD SPINDLER.
MISS CATHERINE WALKER.
Unidentified Italian boy.
Five unidentified prlaonera were also
killed, according to. police at the scene.
This, however, has not been verified.
the nraxBED
Detective Louis Hartman.
Detective Herman Bergm.
: Scrubwomen Find Bomb
Mis M. L. Rlchter, a missionary
worker, aald scrubwomen) found
the
bomb while cleaning the church this
afternoon. She turned it over to Miss
Aichter, who had two boys take it to
the polled station.
One of the boys was
8am Massone. '
- On of ' th boys, possibly Massone,
was being Questioned by the police
"when th explosion occurred. Dectectlv
Bart Maloney rushed the boy across to
th sheriffs; where - h was searched.
H was; later reJeaseds, -
Police ' are- convinced, th bomb was
meant lor iuuiani ana. are searcmng
for a connection. between the placing
oi tne rnacnm ana um ayview an -
arcnisi rwui Oti spring, precipuaiea
oy m 'iwr.f a wo uc-u.tm wo
auiea wnen iney auemptea xo rouna
up mo aaaivusu mwi m,
polic sdid..; -- ' -:,
3mlr Bqsad llembert Killed
By a"queer turn of fag Detectives
Templln and Weiler" were 4 lied by the
bomb tonight. '.""They weref wr of th
squad of detectives who rod Ued up the
anarchists at Bayview.
The explosion occurred a I w minutes
after roll call. A large numCV of men
had been on the first floor a') y min
utes prior to th blast and th casualty
list would have been much larger had
- Recovering -;f th .bodies from th
debris was a gruesome task. Limbs
war tern from bodies of th dead, and
on man's head was blown ' from .his
shoulders. Victims - were difficult to
.identify. . ' --r ,7 y ' j" - -
Doubt was expressed in some quar
ters that th bomb was timed. Experts
asserted tnetr belief it 'was a friction .:
bomb ana tnat stationkeeper Deckert
exploded by trying to open it- Thar
are no living eyewitnesses to prov how
it was exploded, y - - -Botc
Wr See n Car
Polic are. following well authentl-
catd report "that th bomb did not coma
directly, to th station from th church. batn. In some cases wltk fatal
Th church is on th east side. Two results, by Trco-German spy-seeker at
boys, answering tb descripUon of those Joppa,-according; to stories told by refu
whd ntered the- police-station, were ie at Alexandria and received her
seen on si SUte street car on the west tonight. They told or reign of terror
side and " asked th conductor to let 1 to Plstine. s with, horrible atrocities
- - - : - ' t perpetrated against th -Jews by the
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News Index
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Bemk KlHi MllwaukM DUctlTM
Carters Railroad to fal FacUttiee ,
Tank Cut Path Toward Cambral
Woman K Iliad by Automobile
S. t. PrMidant Would Subdivide Land
. Moldlno
Block Show Come to an End
Ptave Lino Hold Firmly
Keranaky Said to Bo Safe
Telephone Striker Are Votlna
. Local War Council to Meet Obligation
William Allen Whtte
Rod Ore Overhead Minimized
Emma Lorentxen In Court
Inaano Vanity Dominate German By
SI Million Oaln In Portland Depoalt
Sherman County Settler R.ttah Victory
Land Owner Shift Burden to City
Ohllean Beauty FlohU for Her Life
Inaane Vanity Dominate Oerman " By
Significance of Italian Dliarter By
Prank M. Slmmond
Conciliation for Labor Trouble By fl.
V. Harry -What
War Saving Plan Mean
U. S. Dettroyer Capture U-boat Crew
Editorial
Brief Information
Town Topic
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S. B. Hurt on May Be Senatorial Can-
aioate
Sherman County Settler Reslltt Victory
Band Sao Relief of Oar Shortage -Hood
River Educator to Meet 9
Land Show Comet-. to an End
Port Steven New LetUr
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13.
Tacoma Motor Crash Fatal
Ooal Price for Local Market Fixed
, What Cause Car Shortage
Jullu Malar Home From East
Wheat Seized on Duck Lake
Automobile Concern Occupy New Home
Out In Milk Price Dangerous
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U. P. Willing to Help Steamship Line
Significance of Pan-German Idea By
Andre oneradame
' Allied Artillery Superior .
4-S.. Sport New and Ooulp
7. Real Estate and Building
8-1 a. Want Ad
18$ Market and Finance
14. Marine
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I 1. Marylander Drlren Prom Home
t. In Stageland -
i In Vaudeville
I . S. Photoplay New
4. The Reelm of Mutlo
i B-7. The Week In Society
S. Women' Oh at Affair
I .-. Boy end Olrl
Th Book Oomer
10-11. Th War In Pictorial Review
12. New of the School
18. Fraternal New and Qotslp
18. Paahion Chat By Mme. Qui Vive
Beauty Telk By Lillian Ru.M
The Home Beeutlful By Mme. Mel
ton
Care of the Child
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j Secretary Wilson Is
On Way to Portland
San " Francisco,- Nov. 24. William B.
t Wilson, secretary of labor and head, of
: Preaideat " Wilson' madiatjon commia
. slon jWhich ha . ben on . thejPacific
ceaet for several days,' left tonight for
(Portland and rther points in the North
i west to look Into the . lumber labor elt
j nation there.
i Secretary Wilson is accompanied by
j Colonel J. Ii. Spangler, a member of the
commission ; .. Felix Frankfurter, secre
i.tary and counsel9; Max Lowenthal, as-,
sisiani secreiary, ana tne Starr. The
i party expects to be Joined in Salem, Or.,
! by Commissioner E. P. Marsh, who is
j. president of the Washington State Fed-
eration of Labor. Commissioner John
, H. Walker, president of the Illinois State
i Federation of Labor, will also join the
i party.
j While - Secretary Wilson's mission to
the coast was primarily to settle the
i telephone strike, it is understood that
' he will investigate labor conditions gen
. rally and gather data on the situation
affecting the filling of. government or
ders in the northwest. Prominent lum
ber men' state that there is nothing in
the labor situation in the mills of this
vlcjnity that demands the presence of
the secretary' of labor at this time.
Gompers Reelected
A. F. of Li President
Buffalo, N. T.. Nov. 24. CD. !.
j Samuel Gompers was reelected president
of the American Federation of Labor
today at the closing session of the fed
eration's thirty-seventh annual conven-
! tion, which adjourned sine die tonight.
Th reelection of Gompers was com.
Dlata indorsement of the federation's
atronar nro-war nolicv - which he had m-
poused. It marked the overwhelming
overthrow of the pacifist factions.
- D. J. Tobin was elected treasurer. All
other officers were reelected.
Eight vice-presidents were reelected.
They are: First, James Duncan, granite
cutters; second, James O'Connell. ma
chinists; third, William Mahon, street
railway employes: fourth, Joseph ' F.
Valentine, molders; fifth, John R, Al
pine, plumbers ; sixth, H. B. Perham,
railroad telegraphers; seventh, Frank
Quffy, carpenters;
; Qrepn, miners.
eighth, William
; St Paul beat out Cincinnati for the
1918 American Federation of Labor con-
venUon by a narrow margin. St Paul
. WM then made the unanimous choic
j jor Qje convention.
Mellen's Wife Sued;
Alienation Alleged
New York, Nov. 24. (U. P.) Mrs. C.
S. Mellen is defendant in a 1 100,000
alienation or anectlon suit.
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Mrs. Harry Douglas Brown is th
Th plaintiff charges the former rail
road magnate's wife wrote her hus
band letters, gave him expensive gifts
and sought his companionship.
Mrs. Mellen has been residing at the
Vanderbilt hotel, of which Brown is
manager.. , ' "
American Hebrews
Murdered by Huns
London, Nov. 24. (TJ. P.) American
cltixens. men and women, were stripped
Turks and Germans. ;., sy.
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Railroads' War Board Decides
Upon Drastic Step to Re
lieve Freight Congestion
and to Hasten Shipment of
War Supplies.
Western Lines Will Be Asked
to Send Locomotives, Tools
and Men to East and Also
to Lend Use of Their Re
pair Shops,.
Washington, Nov. 24. (I TN. S.) To
relieve the tremendous freight conges
tion all railroads east of Chicago will
pool their facilities.
This action was decided upon this aft
ernoon at a conference between the rail
roads' war board and heads of govern
ment departments.
At once the following reforms will be
put into effect :
1 All facilities, including shops
and supplies east of Chicago will
be pooled.
2 All th "open top" freight cars
at "home" on eastern lines will be
pooled and redistributed pro rata on
a basis of tonnage carrying capacity
of the pool. " "
8 All freight that can be handled
by any open route will lie diverted
.from congested lines..?
- 4 All coal supplies will.b pooled
wherever practicable. - : .
i.. , i The fuel administration" win be
Tasked to aupplycoai markets from
the nearest lines Instead 1 of from
longer distances.
Request will be .made that th
"demands for preferential shipments
be reduced. '. '. ' . i
The program to relieve congestion will
be conducted by a committee of. operat
ing -vice presidents of the eastern lines,
which will meet her Monday and for
mulate more detailed plans. -
Other Change Planned
, In addition to the steps which will be
taken at once, other definite changes in
the situation will be mad as soon as
possible. The fuel administration has
been asked to survey contracts and
methods of purchase and shipment of
coal. Another survey' will be made of
all government requirements Involving
the movement of raw materials, so that
congestion will not occur on lines or in
terminals. "Western railways that are
not congested will be asked to send their
locomotives, employes and tools to east
ern lines, and their repair shops will be
used for repairing eastern equipment.
The. railways' war board even asked
that large Industries not be established
in the east .until it is relaized what the
railway condition is in that part of th
country. Part of the official statement
issued today says :
Lines Are Overtaxed
"The concentrating . in certain parts
of the eastern territory of vast govern
mental and - Industrial activities has
overtaxed the capacity of rail lines lri
that-i territory; considering the heavy
movement of coal and other heavy
commodities which formerly moved on
coastwise vessels, but has now been
thrown upon the railroads, the heavy!
military ana civilian iravei, etc.
"Further enterprises involving large
operations in the use of coal and . other
heavy commodities should not be es
tablished in that territory except after
full consideration of these conditions. '
"Another xtremely interesting ! sug
gestion is that foodstuffs and other
material fee exported f rom southern and
gulf ports " 'to - as large a degree as
compatible with the public interest."
Austria-Hungary
In Favor of Peace
Amsterdam, Nov. 24. (tf. P.) Pre
miers of Austria and Hungary both fa
vor acceptance of Russia's armistice
proposalg-lf written in adequate terms
and found to emanate from a respon
sible government, dispatches from Vlen
na today said.
The Austrian premier announced In
the Reichesrath th Russian officer had
not at rived but that the proposal "would
be receiveed in a benevolent spirit and.
if couched in accommodating terms.
would be accepted."
From Budapest the Hungarian pre
mier' was quoted-as declaring: -
We must ascertain whether this of
fer represents governmental power of a
permanent character." .
Libraries Will Help
Conservation Work
Miss Kdith Gutrrier. representative of
the United States food administration,
Washington. D,C gave a short talk on
conservation work atthe Portland pub
lic, library Saturday afternoon. Miss
Guerriet is librarian In charge of the
North Knd branch library Jin Boston- "
. "The 2 public libaries in. Oregon, with
their branches, have been organised en
der direction, of Miss Cornelia Marvin
of the state a library, ' for educational
SECRETARY M'ADOO AND DIRECTORS OF W&R SAVINGS COIVIMITTEE
THE NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS COMMITTEE, with fe deral and state directors on the steps of the United States treasury
at Washington, after a conference with Secretary McAdoo. I In the center of the front row, left to right, stand Secretary Mc
- , , Adoo; Frank ,A. Vanderlip, chairman of the war savings co mmittee ;. Warren A. Delano and Mrs. Elizabeth Hess, members
of the committee. The campaign for' the sale of $2,000,000,000 worth of war savings certificates will be launched December 3. This
is another movement to supply the government with more silver bullets to successfully fight the great war and to inculcate thrift.
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ESTATES TOO BIG,
PRICES TOO HIGH,
SAYS W. SPROULE
Southern. Pacific President
Insists Big Land Holdings
.in Oregon Must Be Broken
Up arid Population Invited.
President. Wtnianl Sproule tof tb
Southern Pacifie says that ih tlm hai
come for.'ths owners Of WesXarw Gr
gon lands' to ' subdivid - their holdings.
offer alternate 'selections at reasonable
prices . md thus meet their . obllaratlon
in increasing th productive topulkUon.
In an Interview given- The Journal
Saturday evening he roundly scored
these landowners or th Willamette,
Umpqua and Rogue valleys for failure
to open - up the country to settlement.
The testimony of the head of the great
railway system as to the climate, fer
tility and f utHr which should b rea
sonably . expected in the regions he. re
ferred to should have weight with those
contemplating settlement where oppor
tunity ' is inviting.
- - Climate Should Attract
The- Southern Pacific," he said, "has
a very real interest in the prosperity
of Oregon, for the reason that we have
1300 miles of railroad in this state, all
south of Portland.
"These lines traverse three of the
most attractive valleys In America the
Willamette, Umpqua and Rogue. From
these valleys come , a great variety of
products,' with . a range of production
embracing that of the United Kingdom,
trans-Belgium and Germany. The Wil
lamette valley alone has all the advan
tages and-few of th'e disadvantages of
th climate of England, Scotland and
Ireland.: The three , valleys .1 have
named ought to have a great popula
tion .of peonle . from the rigorous winter'
climates in the- Elast, and r the equally
severe summar climate. They ought td
com, hundreds iof- thousands -: of them.
from ? the ' Intens old-ofj the winters
arid th Intense heat, of the summers, to
these favored valleys .of Southern Ore4
gon, -where the climate is .mild in win
ter and a climate of, paradise In sum
mer. - ' - -
. Lines "Do " Wot Pay Dividends
The Southern. Pacific interest,"1 in the
first Tjlac.! is that 'w have so large s.a
mileaee ' and. serve so small a DODula-
iiori. Portland.- for- -examble. -has al
most one-third of the population of the
entire - state- - The .s country south of
Portland: has- only a part of what re
mainsBay 300,000 at most.' That small
population for so vast arr area so highly
Jiabitable is altogether outside th much
disputed, land grant, whlch is the moun
tains. ' '.i :' : --. . - -
""Our lines: in Oregon haye never paid
a dlvldend. because there is too much:
mileage for tha-population.
, "Th reason that th .population Js so
small is that the people who have land
are so convinced ' of th value of their
holdings that rthey; will not sell except
for a high price.- But they cannot get
people to buy it at a nigh price. Land,
like everything else, is jvorth' only, what
tne Duyer is wimng to pay for it. -'
California Offers Example
"The best work that Portland can do
to improve her own position is to induce
people who own the land to sell it at a
profit to themselves. If they will divide
their holdings and sell alternate subdl
visions at a price that would Induce
people to come in from other states, the
remainder of their holdings would be so
increased in value that future immigra
tion would take car of itself. '
"This th landowners of Southern Cal
Ifornia did ; and this - has been don
wherever there has' been successful col
onizatton on the Pacific coast,
"As modern requirements of a modern
atatb increases, . taxes . will mount up
ward until the question of taxation Itself
will become very serious for th farm
ers. The way to anticipate and prevent
this question becoming serious Is to cut
up the lands on a practical basis, and
bring in population to share the burdens
and the prosperity at the same time. ''
, . State Ha Great FaUre .
At present prices the land Is not be
fhg sold and will not be unless In x
ceptional cases. '
"Southern Oregon has a great fu-
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STOCK SHOW ENDS WITH
! CALL FOR BUILDINGS
Two Issues, one vital to the. world's
economics and the other of importance
to the state of Oregon and Portland,
were brought out by the' seventh annual
Pacific International Livestock expo
sition which closed Saturday night after
a successful week of exhibits, judging
and sales.
The grave significance of the slogan,
"eat less meat" was shown when cat
tlemen from practically all parts of the
United States and from Canada declared
that' there is a greater shortage, of liver
stock In America now than at any time.
On of the reasons for this, they say,
is that two cows for every steer are sent
to the butchering market, 'thereby cut
ting -dowtr th production.
?amarnn detisrtbr"l- a' 29,009i
flOO shortage of all cam 4n. A.Tiat4'
Ktates. .: x -, - -. ;': - -.
Stockmen must retain their cows and
breed mor-d. This is a point on which
all cattlemen attending the exposition
agreed, but with th great amount of
beef .now being .hastened to flu the food
demand on the war front, breeders de
clare their problem of providing meat
for the world's democracies will-only
be solved with the unlimited coopera
tion of the people.
That the Pacific International show
probably will not be staged in Portland
unless a permanent exposition associa
tion is formed and adequate pavilions
constructed with ample facilities for ex
hibiting,' judging and auctioneering, is
phase that was made plain by - this
year's show.
flfiMvO CorporatoB Proposed
"If we don't provid regular exposi
tion quarters for the show, next year it
probably will go to some place that wiU,"
said William H. Daughtrey, general
manager of the exposition. ,
"The. plan now is to form an exposi
tion corporation with stock of $150,000.
When one-half of this is raised, we
can proceed with .the work, . CattleA
men wiu sudso-id iiDeraiiy lowara
this fund and If the people ot Portland
wish to reap Hie benefits 'of 'the annual
shows, they must assist. We are- calling
on 'Portland to. help."
What has the exposition accomplished
thisyear? r ' - '
Officials of the exposition answer this
question by citing Jhe distribution of fin
Diooaea swck -among Dreeaers, conven
tions at which , livestock men inter
changed ideas and the coming to -.Port
land of ' cattlemen . and their families
from , all cattle .- sections of -r th United
States. arid CansMa. "
Th sales on an average were ss good
as last ear. --,'' ; . v i.w. -
Shorthorns brought probably higher
LOWER PI AVE LINE
is
Austrian T;Fight FJoods 0 as
rWeH as'Jtalians and Battle -.
Rages Hand;to-Hand.
With' th Italian Armies, Nov. 24.
(U. P.) Fighting band to band, half
submerged in flooded marshes, Italian
troops today were holding the enemy at
bay on the lower Plave. , .
General Borovich's Austrian , troops
strove desperately to fight the floods
loosed by -the -Italians -in defense of
Venice, no less than they fought, the
troops themselves. The men on both j
sides battled from hummock to hum
mock. Massed attachs were impossible.
The fighting resolved Itself Into man-toman,
scattered mile - after mile along
the river or beyond its banks. -
Italian ' aviators reported the Aus
trian s hurriedly constructing (boats be
hind the lines. -'
Some have already unsuccessfully at
tempted the passage of the watery No
Man's Land. Teutonic, construction en
gineers are working, trying to drain the
territory. ' 1 -'
From the upper end of the great line,
fighting was reported today around
Lake Gardau. - Th ; j Austrian - unsuc
cessfully tried to penetrat tb Italian
lines. " v - V- .'..- -:.'- -. r--;-
All of General Diaz, bulletins hav
been purposely ' conservative. ' The line
Is:- holding everywhere and -firmly.
Enemy losses hav been enormous. '
HOLDING FIH
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prices, breeders of that class say, while
Holsteins, not exhibited in as great num
bers as last year, were not sold as high.
The Shorthorn Exporting company of
Chicago paid the highest - price for any
Shorthorn Wien " it bought Topsey IV.
consigned by Day & Rothrock of
Sprague, Wash., for 21775. .
A. D. Dunn, Shorthorn breeder -of
Wapato, .Wash., obtained good prices
for three of his herd. He sold Escana
Blossom for- $1665 to th Chicago com
pany, Sweeter Tet to .W. .A. Bell of
Caldwell. Idaho, for $1060 and Sweet as
Ever to G. L. TarbeU for $1050. All
thre ows ar highly pedigreed of their
breed. Frank Brows, rof Carlton, Or,
sBQiultPrinofeBS-W Xh&itmWgtvn t
Statuec iat tdp prksv122SA
. HolsteUvsales averaged well between
100 - and. $500, -with a greater -propor'
tioA ranging around $400. The highest
sal was that f Laura Netherland lo
hann, a -year-old with a record butter
fat standard, ' consigned by David Mc
Keowtt of Gresham.' Or., to - H. W.
Lynch, also' of Grssham, tor 4536.'
K. G. Kraschel ot Harlan, Iowa, auc
tioneer of Shortn&rns and breeder,
touched a keynot 'in th cattle situ
ation when h said that here was not
one tenth enough of th breed for the
trade. .
Pigs ' Protalaeat Actors
Pigs played a prominent part in the
show. The "exhibits were good and th
sales were generally at a rate even
with the high standard of the animals.
One of- the most important meetings
among swine breeders was held during
the show here by th 'Northwest Poland
China Breeders' association. A resolu
tion was adopted by the association to
assist th nation in conservation of
fats and oils that are of Imperative
demand for -the prosecution of war,
Declaring that it should do its bit to
ward this, th association resolved that
breeding classes of swine more than
year old are not to, b fattened and
exhibited until after the -war, In order
to conserve feed that would be used in
preparing th . animals for exhibit.
W. L. Tennant.-superintendent, and
.WIlMamr H. Crawford, .secretary of the
exposition! declare 'that they are more
than satisfied with th show this year
-crom -an -viewpoints. '
The - Unlversityr of Idaho and th
l Washington state college wer strong
conienuers ut xns steer classes and
" srnu uuun-isai
pion nonors. The university ot Call -
iprnia.aua naa in its string a black
i-'oaoie uiai-wm nave to be reckoned
Former Seccetary Says Plans
Not .Given Up Germany.
Qualifies Armistice:
i- Petrograd. Nov. 24. (U. P.) Ger
many wui not negotiate- an armistice
except with an authorised constituent
assembly, according to an announcement
mad . by the mayor of Petrograd to
night. He . said the Germans had re-
xusea to receive the Maximalist parlia
mentarians In their offer of a truce.
As a preliminary measure, before run.
siaerauon even, of an offer of a con.
stituent assembly, th Germans demand
wxtaarawai or Russian troons for .
instance oi ev mues, it was declared.
unnstiania. wov. i. (u. P.V "Pre-
m!r Kerensky is safe and is planning
for his immediate future and that of
Russia," declared David, Soskice. form
erly secretary to the Russian leader, to
day on, his arrival here.
He refused to. tell of his chiefs where
abouts.
Washington, Nov. 24. U. P.) Rus
sia is without official 'representation in
Washingtoa tonight. Despairing of any
settled, stabl government arising eut
of the Bolshevik! rule. Ambassador
Bakhmetlcff announced today ' he had
dissolved his staff here.- and that while
b would continue to took after Russian
. Coaeladed oa Pas Three, Cola me Two)
KERENSKY iS SAFE,
JG1! ,we 3--ar-v l;4He''Hj. "jr V - " ' ' -
RUSSIAN ASSERTS
V-ee-t
5
BY AUTO, ALMOST
INSTANTLY KILLED
Mist. Darkness and Greasy
Pavement Are Cause of
One Death and Five Other
Accidents Less Serious.
, Struck by an. automobile wbn she un
dertook to cross th dark street, with
brelh hId- tow, tohlld
rafa7rlr; oiti
her-Cronsth
was ' almost
instantly killed early -Saturday night at
Winiam and 'Grhamv"vnueg. , Her
skull was crushed and sb died before'
th arrival of th ambulance.
Up to an early hour this morning
neither th polic nor th coroner had
been able to secur any identification
of the woman. 'a
Th automobile was driven by 3. R.
Kaseberg, 1061 Avon avenue, who la
manager of an automobile agency at
Wasco, Or. Kaseberg ' went to police
headauarters where he made a signed
statement of the accident -Subsequently )
he was released on his own recognisanc
pending call from the coroner.
Was Driving Slowly
Kaseberg said he was moving very
slowly because of the wet pavement
and the rain on his windshield.' which
obscured the view. Traveling north on
Williams avenue, he said, h felt a
shock as he reached th intersection of
Graham. Believing he had struck an
other automobile, he hastily - alighted.
to find two men lifting a woman from
th street.
M, V. Walker. 847 Mississippi avenu.
and A. Vinton, . S10 Kerby street, car
ried the woman to a. house near by,
where a doctor was telephoned for. The
I only other, witness found' by Coroner
Smith was Clifford Powers, (39'Ganten
bein avenue, a young boy.
The body was taken In charge by Coro
ner Smith, who took' it to th morgu
.pending identification. .' .
Th woman, was. about. SS years old.
She wore . a gray, skirt black coat.
I brown fur about, hw neck. Ther U
a collar of white lac on the coat. ITer
is a DiacK - lurnan. v
K, a, market, fhasket cnUInd eaull
I flower, .nutmegs, at and cookiea
t Her ouru contained 17.04. -
Charles Torgler, 'an Insuranc agent.
was struck by an automobil at Fourth
and. Alder streets Saturday evening and
painfully-but not seriously , hurt. H
was removed .to Good Samaritan hos
pital' where a cut In his forehead was
dressed.
Mr.' Torgler was going ast on Alder
street- and when in the center of
Fourth street h turned about and
started back to th sidewalk.
t While H. D. Lockbauser was carrying
wood into his house at 2CS Russell street
from a pll in th street b was struck
from th rear with a raachln driven by
George Van Buskirk, 98S Third street.
The man was bruised about th limb
and his tongue nearly cut in two. Th
driver et the machine . said th street
was very dark and rain obscured his
vision.
Adolph Bollerini, a laborer employed
by the O-W. R. ec N. at V lento, Or, was
taken to St. .Vincent s hospital at 7
o'clock Saturday internally injured, and
with a leg badly bruised, when h was
struck by a machine driven by C. T.
Simmons of 1 the Merchants Parcel de
livery, at Grand avenu and East Clay,
No definite statement could be ob
tained by th polic from the crowd that
witnessed th accident.
.Twt.Eirt by Streetcars
Joel Avidaon. age , living at 155 San
Rafael street, was struck by a west
bound Twenty-third street car Saturday
night at 6 -M when he broke- away from
his mother at Tram and Washington
and ran out into the street.
Th fender of the car hurled him to
one side, indicting a scalp wound. H
was taxen to th Emergency hospital,
wher the wound' was dressed. -
The sixth accident of th evening took
plac at First and Arthur streets, when
a . Riverview streetcar struck John Kn'
nedy, 25 years Md, a shipyard employ.
H was not seriously hurt, but was
taken to Good Samaritan hospital, where
cuts and bruises about th fac wer
attended to.
WOMAN
IS STRUCK
T2S CUT
PnTHS i!10
OUTSKIRTS
Germans Try Desperately to
Hold Important Supply
Distributing Center .on
Arras Front but Fail to
Stem Advance of. British.
Fontaine Notre Dame Now
Hollow Shell After Terrific
Hand - to - Hand Engage- :
ments British Use Cap
tured Guns With Effect.;
By William Philip Simms :
WITH THE BRITISH ARM-.
IES IN THE FIELD..,;
Nov. 24. (U. P.) General ;
. Byng's guns - were battering -down
Oerman defenses wlthla
two miles of Cambral tonlgnt.
His men were fighting tbelr
way onward despite a con- V"
centratlon of German reserves j '
that fairly flooded the depot -.
city! .The fighting was the;
most desperate since the great . ;
surprise attack of Wednesday '
morning. ' -.P
Early In the day British Tom
mies hurled the enemy back ' s
upon ;; Fontaine Notre Dam. -The
village was a hollow shell,
of; ruins, smoking and burn-' .
rectos 'by'Bynir's forces rwpt ver . .
Bourlon wood. Its trees wer spllntrd '
In th rain of firs. Its artfully concealed -German
observation . towers shatter'! '
and- rcaptured. , , r ;? : V"-. .'-,.-:-.-.r
At Moegvr th two armies clinched '
and swayed in . th battle.' Then tb
British doggedly battered th nmy
lines. They Mixed German field guns,'
turned them around and loosed th en
emy's own artillery against him. It .
was no question of accural rang. Th
gun were aimed point blank at th '
desse masses of th German gray, , As
this is written, th enemy is falling back .
on rTonvuie-
suburb of Cambrar
fighting desperately, but steadily forced
to gtv way.
Th tanks continued their marvelous -exploits
In today's rdhot fighting. ,
Tasks Pesetrat Forest '
At Bourlon Wood they 'crawled Into ,
action, and swept onward through th
forest. Smaller trees and saplings wer
crushed under their giant terrapins. -
The flashing guns incinerated th for- -st.
Behind them cam Infantry, rapid
ty taking up the snipers and dased pris
oners. - '
British Tommies using th nemy guns
against th Germans were reported at
several points. Illustrating th speed of
th British onslaught. At on point two .;
enemy '77s wer seised from th naroy, .,
their carriages twisted around and th -fire
from their two throats so speeded '
against th enemy by the British gun
ners that th mussled glowed radhot and
Jammed th shells. - . , . -.- -
Fontaine Notre Dam was swept over "
by th tanks. They plodded .ponderous
ly down the main street of th village,
terrifying th Germans by their hall of
fir. They crunched up to within a few
feet of heavily fortified buildings to V
send their flaming breath Into th Ger
mar loopholes. Bullets rattled harm- -lsssly
off their sides: ; . :
Late tonight Bourlon village. Just be
yond th wood, tea Uir resisting. Des- .
perat fighting was reported there.
Fontaine's Cla'slhs ruins ar believed
now to b No Man's Land, th battle -raging
across "their Illumined desolation.
EBemr'i. Lose Ar BUggerisg
Crown Prino Rupprecht ordered his
troops to. hold . Bourlon ".Wood at a!l -costs.
They failed and ' th cost of -this
unsuccessful attempt ; was. stag
gering, to his fast dwindling ranks.
- ttourion;s cpmmanaing .. Height ar
now in British hands. They give far
reaching vUw f all :tbe batufild '
beyond. " . " r - -. , - - v
. Germany's .staff. 1 concentrating
every man who' ran be "spared to de
fend CambraL., The city's usefuJn
as a baa is already-gone. . .. -.
Prisoners were taken today belong-,
ing to th Thirtieth and ' J lth divls
iona Th , first ' division i had been
rushed from th Aisn front, , th sec
ond from Flanders. . They wer hastlljr
flung " into the struggi. ' - ; ;
Military to Control- .
. Port of New York
i Washington. Nov. " 2 4-fU". P. Th
port of New York will be, put under
military control at midnight tomorrow.
in justice oepartment . announced a.
BighL " . ; -
' Docks and waterfronts involving
Transatlantic shipping wHl be guarded
by th regular army. In dress uniforms,
to distinguish them .from enlisted men
on other duties. -. '
Am rapidly as possible the same mili
tary control will be established at other
American ports. , . .
Th government announced that ex
tension of this military guard is eon-.
templated to Include munition factories
and -other establishments making war
supplies,
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