1- t - , , . THE MTEATHEB "ITS ALT, HERE V7-- Fair tonight andc OX2XX3C Toesdsy; wester- - , , and SI5 . IT'flJ AJJj . TRUE. v;: -expected f A W Tuesday. If. H" ' 4 ! midltr Tt. . " ..V VOL. XVI. NO. 181 PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDA V , EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1917.. TWELVE 1AGES ; PRICE-TWO CENTS fo2 c" wmmmm -: : 7rtT sri- 'xsj- Tr a .. . i i i - V : - 1,.. ssi i iii n 7 i i - iii it, y Germany Announces Armistice "Has Been: ConclQde4Affect ing Lines Between Dniester 1 and DanubeiUflto Roumania. Free Entry of Goods From t Rus sia ' for 1 5 Years h 'Reported One of Demands' Made by Teutons tin Their Neighbor. BERLIN,- via London, Dec. 10. (U. P.) -Signing of u an ' armistice, affecting , the lines between the month of the Dniester and the . Danube, . waa annoanced in today's of- J ficial statement, ; : 3 i The section earned constl- tutes the Russian southeast ern front and affects the line from around "Lemberg down through Roumania. - "f, . Stockholm, Dee. 10. (I. N. S.)--Germany has signified' her willingness to enter into peace with Russia onhe basis ot no indemnities according to: the newspaper - Huvudstads bladet today. This principle, the paper said is favorable to both countries. It is reported from Petro grad that ' the Bolsheviki gov ernment would issue formal proclamation Thursday "repu diating Russia's loans. Free entry for goods for 15 years Is; reported' one of 'the , German demands of Russia. Haparanda, Dec... 10. (U. P.)r The J Bolsheviki, are ready to agree to a coali- I tion government, according to word brought' from Petrograd by courier to day. , :. Returns from the Russia-wide elee i tion showed the Trotsky-Lenine rovern ' ment that they had been overwhelmingly rejected by the Russian people at large. Their jnajorities In Petrograd and other large cities were -completely reversed in the rural communities. Faced, with , this knowledge, the Bol ; ehevikl. it was learned, had agreed, to submit to the authority of a central com- (Cbnchtded oa Page NIh, Cbhmtn Tbree) CECIL H. BAUER IS DEAD AT Well - Known Portland Attorney Stricken Suddenly While -' 4 While on Visit. Cecil H. Bauer, a welLknown attorney . of Portland, Wed this morning at the . Tacoma hotel, in Tacoma. very suddenlv. ; Mr. Bauer left with a party of friends . Sunday night, among whom were Rabbi Jonah B. Wise and Charles F. Berg, with , the Intention of visiting the cantonment 4 at Camp Lewis in connection with re- lief 'and educational work. -' Mr. Bauer was seen In Tacoma Sun day night by C. -K. Henry in apparent - good : health. The cause of death is , given as neuralgia of the heart. Mr. Bauer was born in Walla Walla. ,t 46 years ago, and came to Portland in - X59S. was graauaiea in law irora the University of Oregon and has prac .ttced in this city continuously for a nutn- ber of years with - the law. firm 'Of Bauer & Greene. - , . - - The body wll be wrought to Portland ; tonight.' - - ; - Mr. Bauer was the husband of the : late Mrs. Rose Blot h Bauer, who was for : many years ' foremost among the singers and vocal teachers or the city. , She died - two years ago last summer. His mother, the late Madame Julia H. Bauer,; was ; a linguist and teacher, of note in Portland for many years, being : a leader in cultural circles here from early pioneer days. --- ; Mr. Bauer Is survived by his sisters. jtlss Emily Frances Bauer, music critic of New York City Miss Marion Bauer. pianist-composer or jsew JorK, and Mrs. t Dernsteia. . - . , t - . - mm TACOMA U.S. Merchant Ship Fires at. Sinks, U-Boat At Archangel An Atlantic Port. Dec. 10. -(I. N. S.) Gunners on an American merchant ship which arrived here tqday from Arch angel. Russia, declared they encountered a German submarine three days out from .Archangel and destroyed the U boat by gunfire, v The gunners said the submarine emerged quite1 a distance astern after firing a torpedo. The tor pedo passed under the ship. There were 13 men in the gun crew. They immediately opened fire with their stern gun. They got the range quickly and smashed the periscope on the U boat with - the first three shots. Two other Bhota : were fired, one of - which went squarely against the conning tower of the - submarine, according to the gunners. " . ; ' The U-boat then submerged and was not seen , agamv The American vessel did not Investigate further. . The encounter took place at latitude 73 degrees 10 . minutes north and 85 degrees east. Registrants Must Familiarize Themselves With Question ; . " naire by Dec 15. With Deoember,15, theidate "of great importance, to : registrants, only a few says away, last jmonnaiipn concerning iraft and enlistments, has been issued by. the adjutant general's office for those who have not followed carefully Informa tive articles that have, appeared, in the newspapers.,' -, .The adjutant general's office calls at? tent ion to vacancies in the Oregon coast artillery. About 100 men are still needed to fill out the ranks. Anyone desiring to enlist in this branch of service should communicate with Colonel C. C. Ham mond, Fort Stevens. . h nlistments in the army by. regis trants will stop at noon December 15. After that date man subject to draft wM not be ; accepted for the army and can enlist in the navy or marine corps only if their draft numbers are so far down the list that they will not be called in quotas of the second draft. Previoas Exemptions Assailed The adjutant general's office calls at tention of registrants to the fact that they imiit notify their local boards im mediately if they have changed their addresses since registration. The questionnaire in lots of 5 per cent a day will be mailed to registrants beginning December 15. On that date. also, exemptions which have previously been granted will be annulled. Pre vious discharge from duty will be re voked and whether a man will be taken Into war service depends on his classification to be made from Infor mation on his questionnaire. Only seven days are allowed from the time the questionnaire is mailed for the registrant . to answer and return it to his local board. Therefore it is extremely-important for local boards to have the correct addresses of registrants, for failure to receive a questionnaire will not be accepted as a valid excuse. Lawyers Will Assist Any lawyer will assist a registered man, free -of charge In answering the queries or his questionnaire, the adjutant general's office announces. . Certificates: WiU Be Needed Washington. Dec 10. (V. J.J This Is the last day that draft registrants can tnlist in the regular army without a cer tificate from their local board, embrac ing a -waiver of dependency claims. The navy, and marine corps, however. will remain open trf thim if, they can snow mat tney jwiii not be among the first 10 or 150 to be certified before t-ach local board In the next draft. ' Registrants who seek tc enter the serv ice as army field - clerks "?or. commis sioned officers must also, obtain per mission from their local board. . The provost marshal, general's office advised all f registered men who desire to enlist now or in the future, to go to their local boards for directions. Copper King to Be ; Aide to (Jdvefiment San Francisco, , Dec 10. (U. P.) Daniel Jackllng. multi-millionaire cop per king, head of the Utah Consolidated Copper company, is going to work for Uncle Sam at a salary of 91 a rear. : 3 ackling Is en route to. Washington Whence he ; was - called toy government chiefs. . ' it ; is - understood - he - will be given entire charge of the manufacture of trial troloul for the government. - President Attends New War Council i Washington, Dec 10. (I. N. S-X Pres ident Wilson unexpectedly appeared at the war. department late this afternoon and participated In a meeting of the new l mter-aepartmental supreme war council. TIE SHORT, SAYS ADJUTANT QENERM. Managers and Chairmen for Membership Campaign Are Named for All Counties of State by Henry E Reed. Aim Is to Add 240,000 Names to Present Roll in Oregonf Thirty Per Cent of State's Population. . The great Christmas Red Cross mem bership campaign is now fully under way with the appointment this morning of campaign managers and chairmen In every ' county Jn the state. . The campaign Is devised o add 140, 000 members to the Red Cross In Oregon. This included the renewals od every one of the 30,000 members at present with the addition of 210.000 more. "It means," said Henry 1 Reed, cam paign manager, "that one third of the entire population of Oregon must join the Red Cross." . -A score of stenographers began 'work this morning in the headquarters at 250 Morgan building, where the state cam paign will be conducted. Saeeess Beyoad Seast - -Mr, Reed declared there was no ques tion 'of th success of the state, as a matchless .organisation 'had, been, cre ated, . fully equal to : the organisation which : conducted the Red Cross war drive Jast year. Tfie Oregon state campaign committee consists of C. C. Chapman, ehalrmam Mr. Reed, manager. 'Emery Olmstead. treasurer ; W. R. Mackensle, auditor, and Amedee M. Smith, general manager of the Portland chapter, secretary. The headquarters' staff includes A. C Black, of the Union Meat company, man ager publicity bureau ; Victor J. McCone, manager speakers' , bureau ; Orton 14 Goodwin, manager press bureau, ; and Miss E. A. Blahop. office manager. . The Portland city campaign will be in charge of Ruf us C. . Htlman- The Multnomah county campaign has been assigned to Dr. H. C Flxott. while the enrollment booths to be established In different sections of the city will be managed by Mrs. Edmond C. Giltner. Beaewals te Be Soagat, The particular purpose of the cam paign is to enroll $1 members for the Red Cross. There are Already around 10.000 members of the Red Cross in Ore gon, and no matter when they took their membership out these members will be asked to renew their membership effec tive January 1, so as to simplify the keeping of records In the future. In ad dition, something like 210.000 new mem bers must be added. The different classes of membership which may also be taken are : Subscrib ing or magazine membership $2, contrib uting member $5, sustaining member 910. all annual payments; life member, one payment, $50, and patron member, one payment, 9100. All memberships over the 91 one include also a subscription to the Red Cross magazine by which it is hoped to coordinate all Red Cross aativ ities. - - In future Red Cross membership cam (Concluded m Pace Two, Column Four) BY DEATH Prominent Merchant, Mason and Jewish Leader Had Been III for Past Four Months. . Slgmund; Sichel. pioneer cigar mer chant, high Mason and prominent Jew ish ' leader, whose long and active car reer has left its Imprint upon the civic and religious affairs of this city and state..- died at . his home, 1J . North Twenty-third street. t 9 :30 o'clock this morning;. Mr. Sichel had been ill or four 1 months. -. For four Mays, he had been unconscious, ' Members of his Im mediate family were present when the end cam-;..;, t v Mr. Sichel's life had been one of un usual constructive - activity, and both privately and ; publicly he - exerted wide and good influence upon the com munity.': Mr. . Sichel began . life In humble way. He was born In Germany December 19. 1857. and came to the United States at he age of 1ST years. He -engaged in - business : In Portland where he had made his , home for 45 He ' acquired nls early -. education tn the public schools - of Germany, com pleting bis course In a private, school. Turning: his eyes to America, when boy he. came . across v the Atlantlo In 1879 ..and reached Portland April 1878. where, he went -to the home of hla under the late Solomon Hlrsch. - He at once sought work and by Industry (Coaeladed oa P&c BaTea, Chuaa Thraa) SIGMUND SICHEL IS CALLED Mercury 11 Above Zero and Bliz zard Is Reported Sweeping Toward City From Lake Re gion; Transportation ard Hit Wind 72 Miles an Hour at Buf falo and Three Deaths ue to Storm Are Reported;" Potato . Crop Frozen in Middle West. New York, Dec 10. (I. N. S.) Zero weather for New York state was pre dicted at the federal weather bureau today. It is declarers the drop In temperature will be accompanied by winds of ex ceptional velocity 'New 'York. Dec 10. it N. S.)-New York Is in the grasp today of a biting "northwester." The blizzard came from the Great Lake states and to scheduled to spend ita fury on the Atlantic sea board. . .,".. Great havoc has been played ' with shipping on the Atlantic- coast. Railroad service between New York and tho west is seriously crippled. . , At o'clock this roornkig the mercury stood at 11 degrees above zero in New York. .. .. '. - Railroad men say the storm is the worst la years, partlcultriy in the sud denness -of -th. coli r- rTOhetff the New 'York Central trains pulled Un. from Chicago today -1 boors ate, . . ' . . In this ritv ana daath from ' iihuiih is reported. Many reports of loss of property and lives are being received today by ship ping interests. Six lives were lost when three barges foundered off Jamestown. R. I. Three barges were sunk, between the Delaware and Virginia capes. Two more, leaking badly, have arrived at As bateague, Va. Five Below fen Chicago Chicago, Dec "10. U. N. &) With no signs of an abatement of the cold. Chicago today is in the grip of the most severe cold spell of the winter. At 6 o'clock this morning thermome ters registered five degrees below sero. Lake shipping Is greatly hamper 1 by the cold and wind. Trains on rail roads leading Into Chicago are meet ing with some delay. Snow Fails to Appear The first snow of - the season was predicted Sunday - by the weather bureau for' today. . but with a sudden change In the atmospheric pressure' tho indications this morning were for dear weather. - The forecast this morning, therefore, is fair tonight and Tuesday. While the,, temperature will remain more or lean., the same In the western section of the state, colder weather Is predicted for Eastern Oregon. Street Car Company Wants Fares Raised P. K Lf, Coapaay Keaews Reeaest fer laerease, Cesteaslag That Bevease Is Saffteleat. The Portland Railway. Light Power company today, through Its president. Franklin T. Griffith, renewed before the public service commission Its request for an Increase In car fares In Portland. The company contends that it will re quire $1400.000 more money annually than now received to meet its absolute financial requirements and furnish any funds for distribution to Its stockholders. The present net Income is declared to be about 40 per cent of the amount needed. If the company granted the same service, as It did last year It is esti mated that the operating expenses would be $78,000 more for 117. Total operat ing expenses for November, - 191Z. the last year la which the earnings reached 6 per cent ' on the 'physical valuation, were $154,0i2. Expenses for November of this year were $18I.29s. Taxes are 65 per cent higher for 1817 than for 1912, tt la pointed but.''. ' The petition for fare Increase follows the recent change caused by the grant ing of an- eight-hour basks day and wage Increase to the 'workmen. Mbitft) Unionize y C Blocked by Court ; , '."' ' ' , . X -Washington. Deo. 10 U. P.) In a case considered vital to union, labor, the supreme court today granted an In junction restraining the American Flint Glass Workers' union from attempts to unionise the Eagle . Glass company of weiisourg. w. va. ' The declsran ends an industrial war of 17 years. -A fire nearly destroyed the plant and .nitroglycerine found near the factory by children exploded, killing sev eral. The - company charged . th . out rages to the union. ' Workers declared i hem "plants'- by the company. Justice Holmes. Clarke and Brandeislone Crane and had.no entangling side dissented. . i . Issues. -! . ." - Christians Gen. Allenby JERUSALEM AND MAN WHO DROVE TURKS FROM IT MODERN JERUSALEM, which has been taken by the British expeditionary forces led by . General Sir R,- H. H. Allenby whose picture appears below. Jerusalem, for centuries fought for by the crusaders of Europe of the middle ages, U in Christian hands again for the first time in 401 years. Its capture marks one of the most romantic campaigns of history,' although operations in Palestine have been almost unnoticed in the stress of the conflicts in France and Italy with' the Turks allies, the Huns. - . . " r at- I Y 57? i, '. ; '- LEADERS JUBILANT Editor, and .Rabbi Point Out Je 'rusalem's Fall Means Much to Zionist Movement. Portland leaders of Jewish thought to day beard the news 'of the capture of Jerusalem with unconcealed Joy. That a hope, deferred for 2000 years. Is about to be realised was the impression. . . Dr. N. Mosessohn. editor of the Jewish Tribune, and formerly a leading rabbi of 'the Hebrew church, said: Tbls Is the greatest good tidings that have come to the- Jews In 2000 years, elace the destruction of their common wealth. "After the promise made by the Brit ish government to restore Palestine to the Jews, we have looked for this happy consummation ef their - military efforts In that region. This restoration of the land without a people to the people without a land' has been prayed fer thrice daily by all orthodox Jews through many generations. The so-called Zionist movement which wOl receive a great Impetus from the capture of Jerusalem.' la based upon the desire of the Jews for a renewal of Jew ish life, thought, spirit and teaching In the environment which reminds them of the great Jewish teachers whose Instruc tions have been received by the whole world. Jews rreve Patriotism . The purpose of the movement Is t people Jerusalem and Palestine with those Jews whose national spirit Is stronger than the ties which bind them to the lands In whjen they now reside. That 'this spirit of national Ism amonr the Jews does not destroy their patriotism for the lands In which they (Coaoladad-.oa Pm Two, Ohuaa TYr) Next Loan May Fear Higher Interest Rate . 8.n Francisco. Cat, Dec 10. (U. P.j That the next Liberty loan may be floated In February and will probably carry a higher rate of Interest thaa the second was the statement made today by Herbert Flelshhacker, Ban Fran cisco banker and member of the advisory Liberty loan councur wno nas just re turned from Washington. ' Government financial experts, be said, are studying the money market care fully to - determine the opportune mo ment to float-the Issue, which, he said, probably will be $4.000,000.000 or $5,000,- 000.000. Supreme Court Says ; Idaho Dry JLaw O. K. ,." ": v ; "TT"-" "' .''.. Washington. Dec, lfc L.N. & It Is not legal to have even a small quantity of whiskeys in your possession In Idaho, the supreme ooart ruled today, la hold ing that the Idaho legtaletare had' not overstepped its constitutional rights tn passing a . law making mere" possession a crime- -'- - The ease decided the conviction ef PORTLAND JEWISH G 1 the Announces ' .-1 I Fall of Ancient Capital'of Pales tine Is Severe Blow to Morale of Turks. I ONDON, Dec. 10. (U. P.) X-J Jerusalem has fallen. Capture of the Holy City. - Cnrlttiknltr'a most hallowed Pt. by . ' General Allenby's British expeditionary forces. . WM announced here today. Chancellor of the Exchequer Bonar Law made the an nouncement In the house of commons. , . The news spread like wild fire throughout London. Its fall, was heralded as a good omen.'. The most cherished Christmas sift which could be - gfven tee world . of de mocracy and the hosts flght inr for 'Christian Justice and ' peace and freedom is this lift of the Holy City to. world Christians again, after, haying been held by Infidel horde for Jour centuries. 'Two bodies of British troops, Bonar Law said, surrounded the city and cut It' off from the Turkteh general lines of communication. Thereupon the city sur rendered.. Bonar law decrarod that on Saturday the British attacked Turkish lines south west and northwest' ot the .city and drove the. enemy from these positions. Jerusalem was thus Isolated. The Turk ish commander promptly surrendered. . .'Te Ester Clty,Teffay . General Allenby will make his formal entry Into the shrine of Christendom to Capture of Jerusalem brings the Holy City under Christian control again for the first time tn 401 years. During all (hat time It has been under sway ef the Turks. '--- ' Since founding of the ancient city about 1400 B. C it has been fought over, captured, rased, rebuilt under fire, and been the spoils of a dosen armies, tn wars and struggles dating from 1004 B. CL. down to the Crusaders of the elev enth century. -. - British armies began their .sweep' up the valley of Palestine from the Sues canal early last spring. Almost unnoted and overshadowed by the terrific con flict on the west front. .first General Uur- (Ceacleord rf Xlae. CetaM rear) at at si m si - si st . si - st j . r 'l - ri si it .... -"V . . , , v. A - . . , , ' ,-.. - . - It i:'' v .jjt:- -- , i.' j ; v.. r -c 1 t u'i I x! 3 Holy Gity Its Capture HOLY CITY'S FALL II Kaiser!s " Prestige Among j Turks Hurt, as He Was Held Up as Protector. London. Dec 10. U. P. Jerusa lem's fall la a tremendous personal de feat for Kaiser WUbelm. ; It must In evitably lower his prestige among th Turkish people. They had been led to believe on solemn royal assurances that Jerusalem would, be defended by as large a German army as necessary to drive back the British and protect the Moslems, to whom the ksiser has al ways appealed as their own particular protector. In IMS the kaiser made a special trip to -erusaleen specifically to announce ihere thkt he was the protector of the Moslem world. Evidently the kaiser even then was dreaming of German dom ination of Turkey the rame domination which President Wilson In hla speech be fore the American Federation of Labor last month declared must be broken be fore there can be peace. When Turkey Joined the central pow ers at the outbreak of the war. It was after long and- assideouc pre pa rand a by Oermans attempting to make the kslsr-r out a defender of the Moslems, the ac tual spiritual descendant of, the Ma- aomec With the Holy City In British bands. K appeared certain today that one of the major peace terms which the allies will Insist upon when the time comes for dis cussion of peace. Is That Jerusalem re main forever In Christian control. The fall of Jerusalem is one mere bit ter reminder to Turkey of the ueelei neas of an alliance with Clermany and of the utter lack of value of any of the kaisers promisee. SchoolCensus Likely To Pass 50,000 Mark -awM-ass-aMS 1' Portland's public school census win pass the SSUMO mark this year. It la Declared. In advance of the etfbmlaeion cf the report by th- school authorities. The figures are nearly 1 ready to an nounce, a re checking of the returns from the Couch district having caused some delay. - - . .. . Last year the .total number or chil dren of school age was 4M44. consist ing of 1UII girts and 74.127 boys. The census Includes those from 4 to It years of age. The 'Christmas holiday vacation 'will begin December 22 and work tn . the classes will be resumed January X. - i ' SWpments of Liquor t Must Be on Eecords 'Washington. Dec II. (L N AV The supreme .court today upheld the North Caroline law requiring all common car riers to keep a record .of consignees of Uquee shipments. ...... The case was brought by the Seaboard Airline, which contended that the law conflicted with the Hepburn rate law. which set forth the hooks which should be kept by railroad companies; ' t. : - ' 4i tn iiiiiiin nn ULUlf IU IIILIILL II ii i n 1. 1 n lu u ens Aujtro-German Forces " Coni- pelled ys'. Abandon, TEniire CappsileffPositionj: iSbpport Lines 'Seelt Safety": in RJght Berlin Reports '-.Having: Received : Report of Capture : of ."200 Italians When the u Germans Stormed Bridge Head: zi SiTe. ROME. Deo. 10. (U.- P.) Teutonic troops" - were v . driven In flight out . of . the whole Caposile position on the -lower Ptave river and - that' point was recaptured by Ital . Ian ' troops, today's? official' ' sUtement said ;;iVf.- t-. - Tho lUlians arhlered thetr ictory early last night Nu-, merous enemy support lines -were seen' in hasty flight. The , enemy suffered severe losses In killed. Thirty-f ire prison ers were taken.. V r- . Berlin, via London, pec. 10. r -(IT. P.)Vlore thaa.200: prisoners - were taken when, German troops on 'tho Plave delta, stormed : an Italian . bridgehead at 8ile. east of Ca posile. ; today's orficral -state-; ment asserted.: . . .v'. With the British Armies In the Field. Dee. 10. (U. P.) One amaH group of British Tommies held a wtvol German division at bay la one twist of the great Cambral battle. " - . -. The story did not mnt out In Ha. full heroic dctaUs until today. ...... In the deeo dry canal of the-Nord cJal east of Moeuvree, this Uttle-roap of British made one of the finest stands of the war. - Aa the Oermans poured into una miniature Culebra cut, the Britiab surged forward around a ellght carve. They hurled bombs and closed with the enemy in a hand ; to hand scrimmage of bayonets. bomba.- sticks, dubs and fans.- The Oermans' were un able to stand tho gruelling, man to man rignt. They retired. The British went right on. They took two heavy nowlt- mmrm wia.ivp I im. araggutg uvena back to a strategle point. - The Prussians mean while rallied. They, came back- on the determined little - British group. -: The -Tommies stuck their Omnia field piece (Caactadtd aa. Pea Teat. 3 T PAY $500 FINES Presidents1 of ' Washington Cor porations Appear in poiirt and Plead Guilty. Three Washington companies manu facturing Portland eemeut were fined In the United States court today by Judge Wolverton.' after they entered ' pleas of guilty to violation of the Sher man anti-trust act. - Each of the three was fined f 00. A. F.-Coats, president of the Washington Portland Cement company ; W. P. Cam eron, president of the Oiympia-PortlafMl company, and John C Edena, president of the Superior Portland company, en tered pleas for their companies and paid the Ones. , With the exception of one Portland cement company. Judge Wotverton's de cision today disposes of the suits against the string of Portland cement companies on the coast who were fined for violat ing the Sherman act In regulating prices and apportioning districts . for cement sales. . - a i The Oregon company, yet to be tried, ras entered a plea of not guilty and trial la set for March. R. p. Butchart la president and Clark Moore, secretary. The Washington . cement - core pen ( were represented by Attorney John Me Court and the government by - United ftates Attorney Reemea. -. Under the same char see three north era California cement oofspaales and one tn southern California were similarly ftyed afur they had enured pleas ef giluty. .' v,f . . . - - HEN HM