The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 20, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text- r- , . . .. -i - . " ' " " . i -; , i ... ... ... x i ... " ' " v- ' - - ' ' - ' ' " - ';"." ,'.- .,,,. . t j .......... v .... v ' , - ; .. . v v a r , , ;yi , , y. i . the i wcATmai 1 ; 1 S - and; TTB ALL TRCE- PORTLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY . EVENING, DECEMBER - 20. 1917. EIGHTEEN; PAdESC Cl ! k ... . VOE - XVI. NO. 190 - r TRICE TWO CENTS Ta .rive CKT. MADE TV 7T - A'! "TV 1 sws IS,. w -v.i'- ii " . a l a. - w V " W ' B i r a m u V lit i I r U .V 10- - - TB an I a a: 1 - II . PREMI ENGMiliail EXPOSE ' ; r ' ."'.'. OF .rf m- YV. K . Tn Tr OtTT TTT mm i II II EXPECTED m lAinn nni I I I I I II K I 11 1 ' , I II I BJI ' llll GERMANY Expose of Amazing Piots Carried on by Count Luxburg Regard ed as Certain to Line Southern Republic Against Hun Forces. Secretary Lansrng Makes Public More of Amazing Messages That German Minister Sent to His Home Government. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. (I.N. S.) The wonderfully rich South American republic of Ar gentina today joins the allies against Germany. . Sorely tried, that .natfoo- has ' exhibited pa tience -ranking with that of the United States, but it was agreed in all -diplomatic circles late this evening that pubflcatiOIfcof Count , Luxbursji's r messages. showing - Germany s contempt or tne law V of nations in. dealing with Ar- gentina can lead to nothing but immediate Avar. The amazing story of how Count Lux burg, German' charge at Buenos Aires, used his official position to spy out prises for German U-Boats; ridiculed .officials to whom he daily was profess ing the fltmost friendship,' J and held at his disposal a debauchery1 fund of at least half a million dollars, was re vealed by the state department late this afternoon. ; Secretary of State Lansing made pub lic all of the cablegrams and messages which Luxburg sent n code to the Oer- - man foreign office, in Berlin through the Swedish legatfiJn to the Argentine with three exceptions. These were " withheld because they dealt entirely with affairs of Chile and Uruguay. ' Accompanying tne telegram was a communication from the Argentine min ister of foreign affairs, stating that they had been forwarded by him to the Ar gentina ambassador in Washington, Dr. iRoinulo S. Kaon, who had .secured them from the state department. He makes it plain that the, messages, are for the most, part without foundation in fact. Officials Are Ridiculed One of the cablegrams gies In' detail the sailing of numerous ships from Ar gentine ports with their destination and a description of them especially dwelling on their low visibility because of their being deeply loaded. Another tells Germany, as already has been made known, to express regret that her submarine commander was i". "forced" to sink the' steamer Tord and OoDCludd oa Pag TUrn. ColniSn Owl Craft by ! In Its plain unvarnished facta, the rtory of the . adventures of Captain F. E, Southard, master of the schooner Manila, told Wednesday afternoon by the captain as he sat comfortably In nia "room at the Multnomah hotel, sounds like the fanciful story of a novel. - . . The schooner Manila, it will be re membered, was sunk on - July JB ' In the South Pacific by the German jaider Seeadler. The -name means J'Sea . Eagle," . Several months previ ous,1 the Manila, with a cargo of lum ler, had Sailed from Portland for Sydney. - Captain Southard arrived . In . San i Francisco laweek ago Wednesday and etoDoed off in Portland to visit friends ; W route i:- to; his i- home :, at JShelton. J Wash., near vrhere he owns a farm. , , 'WetuaUed from ' Portland on Feb ruary it felastj Washington's birthday, and arrived, at Sydney 61 days later. Upon- discharging there we proceeded to Newcastle to .-take on coal for Honolulu.; - ' . ,' "En route to -Honolulu and about 900 miles southeast of there, and about 800 - miles north of- the Society islands, the second mate at 4 :S0 - p. m.; July S, came to jme and reported that he had heard " an explosion . but " could see nothing. ' I immediately went upon deck--"A few moments later we heard Marooned Master Tells Thr illiii DOES IT PAY TO KNIT ALL THOSE THINGS WITH TT1 T.)1 ITH THE AMERICAN ABXf X FBAXCE. Ute, M. (U. Tboie knitted carmeaU, pradet of the afreeuonate d pa triot lo Tromea back tone, are tke American eoldler'i pride and Joy ana-comfort these days. An inch of enow Blanketed tke entire American training area to day. It wat cold intensely cold. The Anerlcantoare prepared to faeo the Boche machine gens and their kelll but few are brare enongh la tkls tort of weather to nfcdres .la their cold billets. Mostly they sleep 1b their clothes, with the sweaters, wristlets, helmets and mufflers knitted by American women baa died abont them. They kelp amas Ingly In defying the winter chill. The. snow-today made no differ ence in tke training program. Thou sands of the American fighters went through their bayonet, bomb ing, trencn.jnbrtarlng and machine gnu drills, unmindful of the weath er. For the most part they dis carded their cumbersome oTercoats for the warm knitted sweaters and they kept busy enough to get warm. More Christmas packages are ar riving almqst hourly. Tkousaads of sacks of Ckrlstmas mall from home are bow piled high on tke railway station platforms. Paris), -ie''30(TJ. P.) Joseph Cail laux. France's; former premier,' made his defense before the chamber of demities nsaay'againstchafgea 6t treaaoti ' aHu complicity with Bolo Pasha to under mine his country's defenses. , . The former statesman, center of the political storm of the day, drew a great audience for what hie friends predicted would be the greatest of all his speeches of a tempestuous career. Calllaux. first denied his visits to Italy had any : treasonable significance or that he was Working with sinister ele ments in : Italy to divide France and that monarchy. ."If the French embassy in Rome had advised that they objected to my . pres ence In that city, I would have depart ed," he declared. Calllaux flatly denied his trip to Rome In December, 1916, was Impelled by treasonable motives. He said he had lunched with the Italian deputy, Cavallini, under suspicion In Italy for German intrigue, only once. In Novem ber, 1916. He denied he had ever known Cavallini beforer Morrison Director Of Military Training Washington. Dec. 2Q. (U. P.) Major General John F. Morrison, recently back from an inspection tour in France, was today named director of military train ing with headquarters here. Morrison's task .will be to coordinate training in all national army and na tional guard camps. He has .been among those most often mentioned for the place .of. chief of staff when General Bliss retires December 31. Morrison's experience as head of the army service school is regarded as specially fitting hfm for his new post, v General Morrison wis formerly .sta ttoned at Vancouver barracks and has many friends In Portland. CROWDS LISTEN TO 1 Iffi of Schooner Manila - of g Qer Story an Raider Seeadler other explosions and I saw something strike the water. r Ordered to Leave Ship "It was a little hasy. but soon we made out a ship cdmlng toward us. More shots were fired, making flv in all, the last striking within 200 feet of the ship. Naturally I hove to. "The . ship was coming . under 'her own power. We afterwards learned. Jr . v . , terward" w she was eauinned with nowerfni ni.Mll11 t"t th object of the Germans she was equipped with powerful Diesel engines. Soon Bhe' crossed our stem and hailed us. ' We then distinguished the Germatr flag and saw that the ship was. the Seeadler., I immediately had our flag hoisted, v V " "Get your boats out : we are "going- to sink "you, was the greeting we received in perfectly good English., We Immediately started to , comply, when we were hailed again. ' ;.Never mind the boats. Well send you d cutter, bellowed one ot the German officers. Soon - a ; rootorboat ,wlth an officer and 10 men came alongside. . , "The officer told ua that our ship was. a prise and that they were going to sink her, adding that we would be given 20 minutes to pack out personal belongings. He then demanded - my . papers and all the money I had. .? I gave him the pa pers; hut had no money to' give him, for which I was .thankful. The Ger mans then began going through the cab sin r - . IT HUH A ft! E Fate of Venice May Be Decided by the Weather; Both Sides Realize Necessity for Early and Decisive Decision in North Austrians Being Sent Into Battle With Barrage From Own Guns RahinH Tham? fial ant DAfpntA "v - " J, "Ipariy s continuing its franchise agree Put Up by Italian Line. By Henry Wood WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN ITALY, Dec 20. (U. P.) The fate of the Venetian plains today hangs on the weather. If Italy's lines hold , for, a lort night Under the' tremendous Teu- lonie pressure,-winter's Ice and . . snow' will effectively,- lock the: vdoor to - in" plains;- Both sides resUze the "supreme necessity of a decision tm both sides of the . Brent river, n Italy can make successful ' de fense as she: is now and check the Austro-Germans on their present line, she will be ready for a spring counter offensive. Officials retrard the present situation as the most favorable and the most honeful for the Italians since the or iginal retreat. The Austro-German tategy is now sufficiently unfolded to render it -Certain their sole winter ob ject consists in reaching the Venetian plains through the valley or tne urmu, flowing out from the Alps at tsassano. Gallant Beslstance Put Cn Tmtctinr this crucial point the Italians haVe two deep salients. One Is east of the Brenta. culminating with Its most northerly point In Monte Solarolo.' Monte Grappa Is ita highest point. The other Is west of the Brenta. culminating to the north in' Monte Zal- bena, of the Aslago plateau. While Oeneral Bueiows German armies, by successive and carefully pre pared attacks, seek to encircle Monte Grappa by. capturing, contiguous ground and neighboring peaks. General Con rad's Austrians. are delivering either simultaneous or alternating attacks against the. Asiago salient on the oppo site side-of -the Brenta. During a four-day continuous assault by the enemy last week the Italian fourth array put up a resistance so for midable as to win the unstinted ad miration of both the French and British armies. Snow- fell "-throughout the mountain sector on Monday the first real winter weather. At - the most the enemy has only a few days left before great drifts of snow win treese him up. Bombing of ins, all i the-. time urging us to hurry nurry. r Wanted to Leet Vessel "Pretty soon they got us to believing the ship would be blown up any minute, and in, fear of our Uvea we lost little .una in iHvinc me sniD. we conse quent! didn't have time to save much of our personal, effects. -1 mat all .of ray in hurrying us was to have a -chance to loot the ship' before we had a chance to grab our, belongings. A few days later on the Seeadler I saw a German sailor wearing my best pair of shoes. They actually took my irunk, also. "When we boarded the Seeadler It had gotteti quite dark and was raining and squally. And then a . funny thing happened.- I wear a set of lower false teeth and I discovered, that I had left them In my -eaftm under by pillow. 'For God's sake," I shouted. ;i .have left, my teeth behind.' This was taken as a big big Joke by the" Germans and provoked a good deal of laughter. , "Let him go back and got them. said a German offi cer, and to ' my . surprise I was taken back and recovered them In due and an cient form j ;&' r v k: -' . , '" ..- Mere Captains In 3Tlsrr ; "Back aboard - the Seeadler . I , found ' (Coeelude on Pag Eigbt, Column tV" RUSSIANS IN FRANCE WANT TO HELP U. S. WITH T FORCE Z0 U. ITH THE AMERICA FORCES IX FBAXCE, Dee. X. 8.) All Russian offloer In France, from tke com manding general down to lieuten ants, kaTO placed tkemsetres at tke disposal of tke American forces, to be used as General Pershing sees fit In recognition of the efforts of America to rehabilitate Russia. Tke offer was made by the ral Ing officer of Russia's forces In Franc, and be gare assurance that all of the Russian officers were most anxious to advance tke cause of the allies by serving with tke Americans. Tke offer Is now nnder considera tion. 6 CENTERS HIT The city council "showed Its teeth" in the street carfare situation before the public service commission today. declaring that It would insist on the Portland Railway, Light & Power com- ment for a 6 cent fare within the city limits. City Attorney LaRoche. who entered formal protest against any fare in crease, said the people of Portland ought not to be made to carry the burdens of unprofitable lines. He re quested the commission to ascertain the 1 respective earnings of the several lines In order that it may be shown what' divisions are paying a return and what extensions are operating at s loss.' ' " '"' '- . . f . --If the'' loss In' the company's earn- SNAG AT HEAR NG a is as iw ssvs aas uuivivu ass w pis 1 yamtm-in extensionsshould thltoM'fnWe "8o" not promise not to "con- ' lnga is due to any injudicious Invest' tne tnicxjy settled districts m loroea to carry this extra burden? he Inquired. Denial of the right of the public serv ice commission to chance the existing franchise agreements between the city and the traction Tompany entered Into the question today. Commissioner Dan Kellaher, who was intercepted while hurrying from his offices In the city ball to the commission hearing, said : I have the dope In. my pocket. Tht city will insist on the- fulfillment of the five cent fare agreement notwithstand ing action to the contrary by the public service commission. This agreement was entered Into In good faith and a contract made In Oregon is Just as good today as it was when It was written. I deny the right of the public service com mission to change existing conditions." Advance Is Protested Attorney Le Roy Smith protested against the rate advance "in behalf of a number of the members of the Tax payers' league." He declared that the people had not been given sufficient time to make a showing against the fare In crease. Chairman - Miller of the commission called the attorney to account sharply, declaring that he resented any reflec tlons cast upon the commission In which It " would appear that - the commission had not given the public every opportun ity to be heard. He said : "This carfare question has been under investigation for three or four years. Re peated hearings have been held and the (Coocladsd os Page four. Column Tar) Eed Tape Is Out; Lights Will Shine Portland will not be dark tonight. In response to - a protest wired by Fuel Administrator Fred G. Holmes, on. re ceipt of the "lightless nights'" order last Saturday, a telegram was received Wednesday afternoon from Washington countermanding the order so far aj Portland Is concerned. The original order from the fuel ad ministration called for the elimination of all superfluous illumination for ad vertising or display In all cities In the country on Thursday and Sunday nights. The amended order secured by Mr. Holmes makes this ruling: effective only in regard to electric current generated by the use of fuel. Red Cross Worker Gets Out Warrant Edgar Stafford, 'photographer. East Seventh and East Burnside streets, is charged in municipal court with using abusive language to Mrs. Isabel Moore. Red Cross worker. When Mrs. Moore stepped into Sta ford's place of business Wednesday aft ernoon, soliciting Red Cross members, she . alleges that he used abusive lan guage to her and taking her by the arm showed her the door. He was arrested on a warrant Issued from Deputy City Attorney Delch's office; by -Patrolman Russell. - f.- . . Danish Ships Held ; ; In U. S. Released Copenhagen, Dee- 20. (U. P.) "Amer ica's Christmas gift to the Danish peo ple," la what Copenhagen' newspaper termed the United States government's release of Danish ships today.: jui com ment expressed earnest gratitude over the action. - - - i - - LEADER OF TIIIJilT! I 1 ! Russia 'Does Not Promise Not' to Make Peace, Says Trotsky: in Speech to Radicals at j Peasants' Congress. j Declares i Country Not Able to;: . :-7-. 10-Year War in lntecrjt;t : "of French Bourse and Wf'tir ' sh Imperialism." fcfep Make ests Engli; BY JOSEPH SRAPLEN STOCKHOLM. Dec. 20. (U. P.) -sjThe Russian Bolshevlkl have given the allies two months in which to Join in the "gen , eral peace"- they propose, feeord- ing to a speech by Leon Trots- iky,' foreign nrioieter, whiho i-eaenX ed here todav ' elude ' a separate pcAce," the Bolshevlkl leader declared. ."We are not able - to make war for 10 years in the interest of the French Bourse and English im perialism. History will condone a separate peace." Trotsky's speech was made to a group of members of the left (Radical) parties at the peasants congress, .on Monday, after the Bolshevlkl minister had been howled -down by the convention a a whole. Members of the right (Conversatlve and Middle) parties formed -a majority in the peasants' meeting. They refused to permit the Bolshevlkl foreign mini ster to speak. Trotsky tried several times, but could not make himself heard above the uproar. Then he left the hall. When he left a group of his ad herents followed, and it was to them that ha spoke, in another room from tnat in which the congress was meeting;. German Views Are Asked "We have Instructed our representa tives to Inquire what interpretation will be placed upon our policy of no an nexations and no Indemnities' by Ger man Foreign Minister Kuehlmann and Austro-Hungarlan Foreign Minister Csernln," Trotsky declared. "No doubt they will attempt to obscure their answers by diplomatic phrases, but w will Insist that a clear answer be given. "We have given the allies two months to Join in our general peace efforts, but we do not promise not to conclude a separata peace." Germany's Independent Socialists are once again up In arms against the government-Confirmation ot yesterday's dis patches that Germany's real Socialists were violently opposing: a separate Peace with Russia came today In receipt of the current Issue of the Lelpsla-er Volks Zeltung. chief organ of the Independent uerman Socialists. The leading edl to rial bitterly assails the separate peace movement as the "greatest danger yet menacing German and European democ racy, i Weald Have Terms Slated The demand la voiced that the central powers immediately state their terms making general negotiations possible. The, Bolshevlkl are denounced In the editorial as "traitors U the Russian rev olutlon." The editorial likewise reveals for the (Coerlodcd oe Psi four. Unn Oae) Bearskin Overcoat For Sale Corn Popper Wanted - i For Sale !Mlscenaneus it GENUINE Alaska bearskin over coat, almost new, at half price. ! " Flaasa, Organs and 3fs steal Instruments WANTED A double row accordion In fair condition. Wanted Miscellaneous WANTEDS second . hand popper and peanut roaster food condition. In Tow are always sure of one thtnr that If your want ad la in THE JOURNAL WANT COLUMNS It is being considered by men and women who am reading it began they WANT something. JOURNAL WANT ADS hava " been- a "JaweT finder for many, a housewlf a. - ,. . . . . The wants 'contain .Ideas for very calling and walls of life., - Today la the time to put la year JOURNAL WANT AD. : K , '-. .- ; ........ . . V. Turks Strip Holy Shrine Sacred Relics Are Stolen INTERIOR OF HOLY. SEPULCHRE VIEW OF THE CHAPEL which covers the traditional spot where Christ rose from the dead. The precious relics have . been sent to Berlin as loot for the kaiser. The treasure's intrinsic value is in the millions, while its historic and religious associations make it priceless. This photograph was taken by W.. H. Crawford of Portland. , -i Moslems, Under German ; Tute lage, Ravish Sacred; Objects for First Time in History. Washington. Dec 20. (I. N. 8.) The Turks retiring from Jerusalem stripped the Holy Sepulchre and other holy places of all of their most ven erated objects. They took .with them as a prisoner the patriarch of Jeru salem, according to an official French report. The .Turks tortured Christian priests, stole the treasure of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, valued at millions of dollars, and sent to the kaiser the church's ostensory of brilliants. Mortal smor Cemasael. the patriarch of Eric Campbell of Chaplin Films Killed Xetlen Picture Aster's Car, Xaklag Mne-a-XInuta, Crashes Istav Another .Macalasi Three Are Badly Injured. Los Angeles. Dee. 20. (I. N. 8.) Eric Campbell. fUm star, the blackbeard ed giant in Chart le Chaplin pictures, was Instantly killed and throe others were seriously Injured here early today when an automobile, driven, by Cams balU collided with another machine on wrtshlre boulevard. Campball's car was speeding 0 milea an hour, according to witnesses. The injured : Miss Jean Crosby, motion picture ac tress, left arm crushed and Internal in juries. Harold Schneider, magazine ana scen ario writer, sprained knae. seven ribs fractured.' . ' , W. A. HoMenbsrav driver of the sec ond car. left leg fractured. . .'. . t - ' . : Australiia! Voting:-; V: On lnscnptipn '"-" . .. . 4 J Melbourne, Dec KL L-C S.) Bal.' lotlng to determine ' whether : censer! ih Uon.snau oe put in.exisc-, ia Auatraua 1HSU - - - .."jl r ... V . ' ,? !'; ; ' Vk. S V VV'' 'V'V - ' "'S ' v rr Jeruaalem. la said to hava bean deposed from his office, and . Father Ploomrdo, an Italian priest, to have died from the effects of Turkish brutalities. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre had remained unmolested heretofore during all the centuries of Moslem occupation of Jerusalem. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was consecrated In the year IK on the tradi tional spot where Christ arose from ths daad. Uncle Sam's Conducts Biggest Drive Ever Made - Washington. Dec 20. U. ,P.) Three hundred thousand postmen are tolling night and day to deliver America's holi day mail the biggest In history by Christmas eve.! '. "And, If they succeed." sa!4 Assistant Postmaster General Otto Praeger to day. "It wll ba because America did Its Christmas mailing early." Hall . mowiam t records .have been shattered since mid-November, Praeger said.- Billions ot tons of bundles, boxes, psckm and letters hava boen'whtaked to tAnr . destinations, despite wartime obstacles. . Whole-trains of. cars, units of the carefully worked out mall transporta tion program.- have been connnandeered by th government. - a' 10 ear train was grabbed by tne way department at New Yerk within the last 21 hours. : 'Wag Man Adds le-iBsrdsa . ' '. 3ierchante. have .over-burdened the parcel posts try ' breaking up. large ex press, shipments on account of express congestion. , v . . ! . - . Tons upon tone of government war mall haVa been addsd to the postal bar dn., ' ' T ' n " ' -1 " "And yet,- , said - Praeger. "reports from alt IS postal divisions In the coun try show, there-. Is no oongasrU on any whefvso far.T Unleas) -the public and merchants --are holding v back.; a . ua. ujera.wui .se no oongesuon.' llll pili iuii iiiiiici i be mm Lloyd George Tells House of Commons England Is Fighting ; for Assurance That Germany'; Can Not Disturb World Peace. Says German Colonies Should :, Be Given Voice in Deciding Their Future Government! Op- -timistic View Is Taken. LONDON. Dec . (U. P.) England's war aims rest prt ' marily on the necessity that, the allies have security from Cer-. many for a future world's peac. As outlined In the ' bouse of commons by Premier Lloyd . 'George, this security can only be attained by destruction of : Ger many military power and de mocraUrtUon. of the Gtrman- fovernmeot. ' . -,v i. . "The wishes, desires and InUr-"" 1 ests." of the inhabitants of - Ihe German colonies must be a dom-. . inant factor in the settlement of their future government," England's prime ' minister de-, : clared. "Mesopotamia and Armenia should never be returned lo Turkish rule. "The question of ths German colonies " Is one for decision at the International . peaos conference. - The future trustees of the German colonies must consider the sentiments ot the peeople themselves whether they may desire to return to their former masters." Dements Csmelcte CsmyeasaUen ' "We demand the complete restoration and compensation for. territories that ' hava bean taken." Lloyd. George as- sorted. -". ,v. . Lloyd George's speech was made tn . an impressive setting in the house ot commons this afternoon. -- - .A great crowd, both on the floor and In the galleries, heard him vigorously sot forth Um objects for which Lng lsnd proposed to fight to the last. - To right this fight, the premier de clared solemnly: "It will be nscessary" to caJl -cp many of those at presant exempted., Xust Dartre Military Fswer "We must hava security from Ger many for future world peace," th pre mier OKjirM, smpbasiatag his -msntous words with ringing- tense. (Osacmded ea Psce roar. Catena lir) Postoffice on Xmas Mail As showing the enormity f the task " accomplished. Praerer declared AmtrU - ca's post offices hava handled, every day since Aovemoer is, a volume of mail -equal to the peak load of Chrtstmae week last year, which was the greatest ever handlod by tha department. , - A Ulegram from the Chicago 9oat" -master today," said Praeger. "tells) ua -that on the night of December IT, be tween p m. and a. m.. 7 tone of -parosl post packagea alona ' rssssd . through that office. That la 10 fall ' carloads of malL It does not tncinda -the day's ran. That Is the situation I everywhere." . Kali Bktya Used ea Coast To get away with this unprecedented . Job, the government added MOO men to Its force of lt.Oeo railway mall clerks. It hae used through mail trains from coast to coast. It has) relieved congee . tlon In transfer centers by filling fast coastwise ships with mall and shooting them from one end of the United Sta tea ' to the other on both coasts.' thos aav lng transfer centers of from two to seven cars a' day each, ever si oca Do camber 12. ; , , - - Wa are in the midst of tha final " spurt now. We win hit the heaviest going about tomorrow and unless soma- . thlog goes amiss, all America's Christ mas mail will be at rts front, door ky . Christmas ere,-, Praeger said. i 4