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VOL. XVII. NO. 37
City and District Managers Are
Most Optimistic as Reports
Pour, in of Ready Response
Which Big Drive Is Meeting.
Twenty-six of 28 Employes of
Bissinger & Co. Subscribe
for $2075 in W. S. S.; Nine
Are Enrolled in "Limit Club."
HEN the great drive for the
ar Savings Stamp cause
started In full swing this morn
. Jnf, captain and colonels began
trpbrliiut results almost before
- the headinarteTr.at-LUertyTm-'i1
pie was prepared for them. - That
the culmination of the drive Fri
day 'fright will see enthasiastlo
rcuponse-was .evident on every
hand.
"Btsslnger A Co. Twenty -lht, em
ployes. Twenty-six of them subscribed
I207S In War - Savings Stamps. Carl
Hllbronnr, captain." This was ths
first report returned to Liberty Tempi
War Savings headquarters this mora
(hr 'after Portland's smashing- drive for
ICOOO.OOO in War Savings 8tamp Invest
ments before Friday had formally
opened.
Both District Manager H. EL Reed and
City Manager Ptarnk McCrtllls congratu
lated A. T. Bonney, In charge of Indus
trial plant organisation, that the first
to be heard from, should be men in In
dustry. The city's supreme effort In the thrift
campaign started with a vigor un
anticipated even through the enthusias
tic support given preliminary work and
the rousing patriotic demonstration at
Tha. Auditorium Monday evening.
Volunteer solicitors were eon the job
brigtit and early. Systematically they
t '-H?oachid4 on Pag Two, Column Two)
E
Organization of Federal Corpora
tion and District for Con
trol Under Way.
Washington, June 25. (U. P.) O. A.
Zabrtsks has been named federal ugar
administrator with entire control over
the problem of sugar distribution.
Because of the shortage extreme
measures of economy arc necessary, it
was- stated at the food .administration.
As a result, organisation of sugsr pro
ducing districts - tn ths - United States,
with a view of eliminating cross haul
tmr of sugar and effecting a sone ty-
tTft similar to the coal sone now In ef
fect is tinder way.
A sugar corporation, with sufficient
capital, la being organised by the food
administration to handle sugar the same
as it now handles wheat.
Details of the organisation will be
announced soon.
The government through Its sugar
corporation, will buy sugar in Cuba,
Java and other points and resell it in
th United States at a fixed price. . It
la Sot known whether the sugar corpora
tion, will buy up the domestic crop,
i . but w. a. a.
Oregon Third in
f I Output o Lumber
; r. vjC.:. i III i
Washington, June JS. (I. JC. 8.) The
. lumber' cat in' the United States during
1917 totalled ll.8Jl.2J9.000 feet, approxi
mately 10 per cent less than the pro
duction for ltl. the forest service in
noanced today. Scarcity of labor, and
decreased private building operations
ar responsible for. the decrease, it was
. sald.V " .? "".'!; " v' .
v'-'.; Ths stats of Washington' Was the
largest producer- for ths year with
vvt of 4J570,0O.Ooe feet: LoulslsA sec
nd. wtut i.zlO.000.000 feet, and Orsron
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rncuiuiLu
ZABR1SK
NAMED
SUGAR
DIRECTOR
- I iii i ii l same assav m m m m m k. i
"GOING THE LIMIT" FOR W. S. S.
RS. GEORGE E. WELTER signing "Limit Club" cards and being entered in roll of honor
for $1000 pledge for War Savings Stamps. The roster was formally opened this morning.
City Manager Frank McCrillis, who was first to sign, is helping Mrs. Welter with the
blanks. Mr. Welter, whd had just
', v
7 5 A 4
Wi' - 'Am;' d
1 v li ill
Poland People WiU
Pledge and Repledge
To EiU W.
Until Portland's war savings quota
in ths drive, that opened vigorously this
morning is merely a guide post on the
path "over the top." where the "Oregon
first", banner will be found again float
ing from the parapet Portland people
will pledge and repledge their savings to
curb the high flown dreams of mad
monarchs.
This resolution was born of a meeting
of enthusiastic campaign workers gath
ered at The Auditorium Monday night
to get inspiration and Instruction from
a series of thrilling patriotic addresses.
A message from President Wilson and &
-straightforward recitation by a. veteran
from the front. Dr. Esther Clayson Love
Joy, served to lend fervor to the meetr
Poison in Water; 3
HI; German Jailed
Hoquiam. Wash., June 25. U. P.)
Federal officers investigated today the
presence of strychnine in the camp
water tap of the Schafer Logging com
pany. Their theory is that the water
was poisoned by a German agent in
an attempt to poison soldiers -working
for the company.
Three persons. Private George Wag
ner, Miss Bessie Stark and Mrs. K.
Ramy. were made dangerously III. Wag
ner is now out of danger, but the
women.' who are employes, are still in
a dangerous condition.
The authorities" hold a German who
visited the camp.
BUY W. . .
Pacific Coast Steel
Company Buys Land
Final negotiations are being made to
day in the purchase by the Pacific
Coast Steel company of a 20-acre tract
adjoining a 10-acre tract near Linnton.
where it 4s proposed to establish a larxe
steel mill.
The property is part of the assets of
the old Merchants National bank and is
being purchased from the stockholders'
committee, represented by M. L. Hol
brook. A. C. Call an of Portland and
William Plggott of Seattle are, represent
ing the steel oowww
. UV W. . a.
Great Apiaries, Plan
Of New Corporation
'j''."-.;.',-.-. '
San Francisco, ,Juns 25. I. K. S.)
Articles of incorporation of ; the West
ern Bee Farms corporation -.were filed
here today.' San Francisco backers of
ths . 1100,000 corporation are ' selecting
sites U for. eight blgr apiaries to extend
down the coast from Santa Crus to San
Diego and are contracting for the pur
chase of 15.000 hives, each ' to contain
60,000 bees, which will produce 1.500,000
pounds' f , honey 'a .year, releasing for
the' use -of the -army: in Franca and ths
allied needs an equal amount of sugar.
PORTLAND: OREGON, TUESD AY EVENING, : JUNE 25, 1918. EIGHTEEN PAGES
signed up, is shown putting the
S. SQuota
inff and to the cam pa grin plans which
are being executed today. r
Ths Auditorium rang with the cheers
of hundreds who are lending their, best
effort to, the government this week In
the task of pledging to the coffers of
the United States Portland's $6,822,280
war savings quota by June 28 Port
land's glittering letter in the story of
doom that America is writing for Prus
slanisra. A. It. Mills presided as chairman of
the meeting, officers of the campaign
army were massed upon the platform
and committee workers filled the en
tire lower floor with the overflew .In
Continued on Pica Fourteen, Column Four) .
OF 21 TO BE
Draft Number. Lottery Will Be
Conducted Similarly to One
Last Year.
Washington. June 25. (I. N a) The
second draft lottery Will be conducted at
the Capitol Thursday morning at 9:80
o'clock, it was announced by the war
department today. At that time the or
der numbers of the 744,865 21 year old
registrants who enrolled on June 6 -will
be drawn.
The department earlier in the day had
announced that the drawing of numbers
wpuld be held Thursday, but , later an
nounced a postponement to Friday.
When it was learned that Secretary
Baker would not be In Washington at
that time, arrangements were made to
have the original data prevail.
Although only one tenth of the num
ber of the men win be drawn this year.
It is expected that the drawing will be
marxea witn the same simple but im
presslve ceremony. . Secretary . of War
Baker, with Provost Marshal . General
Prowder and members of the senate and
nouse wm ds present. The same bir bowl
from which -the drawing- for 10.000,000
.was. conducted -last year. will j jised
again. Ths number, printed on black
paper and enclosed tn capsuIesr wllM
deposited and ahaken-up.The numbers
when drawn and read will be checked
off on a. huge blackboard.. where they
may be easily seen by ths telegraph op
erators who will flash them over, ths
country,
Officials .estimated today that thers
would be only about 1200 key numbers in
ths big bowl to be drawn this year as tha
total who will be affected is only 744.865.
Tne arawing wm be as careful as possi
ble, however, and the y 'numbers wJU
be '.recorded exactly as'- they . were', one
year agcv i
,t5.?s. AN x V til
SSBBWrr(:&WJ3uSJSK S
DRAWN THURSDAY
symbolic button in his lapel.
MAMVI
lire-
.0.
GOING THE LIMIT
Preliminary Reports From Up
State Presage Unqualified
Success of Campaign
Albany. Or., June 23. Two Linn
county divisions were unofficially re
ported over the top In the War Savings
Strfmp drive. Fir Grove, a small school
district back In the hills behind Lebanon
reported early Monday morning that the
quota of $1250 had been pledged. After
a morning's work an Albany precinct re
ported that the pledge was assured.
There are now 31 members to the Al
bany Limit club, 30 of whom are charter
members, having bought the 11000 limit
in -War Savings Stamps before the club
was thought of, and one member was
added today when E. D. Custck, an At
bank banker, pledged the limit. Follow
ing are the Albany people who have pur
chased $1000 worth of stamps : Amos
Wickizer. Harry E. Mullen, John
Vineyard, Simon D. Olmstead. Joseph H
Bickman. Anna Bickman, Jennie Bick-
man. John M. Ralston, Margaret M.
Hart. John Meyers. Walter D. Watkins,
Joseph W. Hart. James F. Patten, Wil
liam C. Bums. Fred L. Glaser. Christy
M. Morgan,. Augusta G. Broker, William
G. Broker, William Wickizer, James K.
Dirrett. Jessie G. Dirrett. M. F. DIrrett,
William H. Dirrett. Mildred M.Dlrrett.
Henry D. Ryan. Frank C. Dannals, Jo
anna Leigh. S. G. Talla. H. M. Cocker
line. Augusta Hanson.
Going Limit in Coos
Marshfield. Or.. June 25. Employes of
the Coos Bay Shipbuilding company will
make "their subscriptions for War Sav
ings Stamps to the committee In charge
of the work in that institution so that the
yard as a unit can make an individual
(Concluded on Para Two. Colnmn Thraa)
ROLL OF HONOR
Watbincton. Jum 26. (I. X. 8.) Ninotr
aix casualties in the American expeditionary
forcaa wore announced bj tha war department
today. diTided a' jfoUowm:
Fifty-four killed In action, aeren died of
wtraniH. five from disease, one from an. aero
plane accident, two from accident and ether
cause. 2t eeerelx wounded and two wounded,
decree undetermined.
. Tbe army officers mentioned in the lists were:
Killed In Actio
LIEUTENANT WAPLES DER RICKSON,
Norfolk. Va,
I.IEITENANT CLARENCE MILTON
DRI MM. Bitelow. Kan.
LIEUTENANT THOMAS If. GOLDEN. -phii-SdelpMa,
Pa. "
- LIEUTENANT GEORGE G. HATDOCK. VU
fon, Htt - - -
. K Iliad In Aeroplane Accident
. UEOTENANT ; BILLT GLENN RUSHING.
There were no marine officers named.
""The amy list was aa -follows: - -
KHte Is Acttoe
SERGEANT JOHN H. TOOtER. Miami. IT.
T CORPORA Lj-GEORGE AN SLOW. Boston.
CORPORAL. JOSEPH J1NDRA. HrKlinl
CORPORAL CHARLES B. SMITHFIELD.
CSiarleoton. W." Va. -
CORPORA! ARTHUR WOOD. ICaoon. Gs. ,
' PRIVATE ALPH . AMUWD8ON, EdswrUm.
Tfrwwl". - '
- PRIVATE JEROME ; ANGELL, KAiamasoo.
Mtehiaan.-
i PRITATE- GEORGE VT. AfSTlN, New Tot.
PRIVATE, GERALD N. AUSTIN. Uainesberg,
Pennsylanu" - .
PRIVATE -CHARLES BASEL, Chteao.
rYlCoadade4 a Psw lwo..Colama Pirej 1
BERLIll IS1
HER IDEAS
FOR PEACE
Kuehlmann Demanding Frontiers
"Traced by History" and Over
sea Possessions Correspond
ing to German "Greatness."
Foreign Secretary Refuses to
O
Tiff HandS Regarding Belgium
and SayS It Will Be ImpOSSI-
., , r n t . I
ble to Give Up Russian Land.
Bl
23.
(I.N. S.) "Germany and her
allies wish to live within the
frontiers traced by history with .
possessions beyond the seas cor--respumdlny,.
Wxmt greatness and
richness aiS our dapajcity for or
ganization,' declired Richard yon
Kuehlmann, the German foreign
secretary, in an address before the
reichstag, defining the war aims
of the central powers.
The foreign secretary also said that
the German allies want freedom of trade
to all parts of the. world.
Regarding Belgium, we do not wish
to bind our hands while our adversaries
do not express themselves." added Dr.
von Keuhlmann.
"We hope that our enemies will under
stand it is a dream and ' an Illusion to
hope to fight successfully against means
iiKloh nr. h mt mil H i rwa T ind that
" " - , I
.1 ...111 . h Veal
come to make peace offers correspond-
( Concluded on Pf Two. Column 8ii)
DRAFT AGE FORMS
TOPIC OF DEBATE
Senator Morris Urges Inclusion
of Men Up to 60 Years for
United States Army.
Washington, June 25. (U. P.) Tak
ing up the question of changing the
draft age, the senate today plunged at
once into debate on the wisdom of low
ering the age from 21. General approval
of raising the age above 81 waa voiced,
but the reduction below 21 was almost
as generally opposed.
r. . ' i ,. .
oenawr orr. .eora. urge we
maximum age be maae SO.
Senator Williams. MlssisslDDl. nresent
1 n .mendment making th limit- to
..
to tu. aenaior ran, speajung on nu
18 to. 45 amendment, declared the en
rollment must be extended If the war Is
to be won.
Senator Nelson. Minnesota, a Civil war
veteran, was the most ardent advocate
of lowering the age to - IS.
"Lay aside maudlin sympathy about
keeping the boys about the farms and
get the most effective army." said Nel
son.
He advocated making the age limits
18 to 35,
Senator Chamberlain came out strong
ly for lowering and raising age limits.
"But this war cannot be waged un
less we have the sentiment of the coun
try behind it said Chamberlain. "And
I know the country will never stand for
sending the men from 18 to 21 to the
firing line.
He advocated making the ages 20 to
45 with a proviso that the young men
be trained until they are 21. Senator
Fall said he would ' accept Senator
Chamberlain's suggestion.
"If we fix- the age at 20 I think
there's a chance that the house will ac
cept the measure." said Chamberlain.
"I will give.it my support.'
Senator Pomerene demanded why. In
view pf the fact that 10.000.000 men
had registered, it was necessary to
lower the age limit.
"In my Judgment, it's far better to
change the limits than to go Into de
ferred classes and, upset Industry, and
agriculture. .America must serve .notice
fon the. -world that every man. be he II
or 4. wui pe sent .U Us necessary to
Ex-Czar Killed
At Instance of
Bolsheviki, Is
Latest Report
Petrograd Has Rumor That For
mer Ruler Was Slain at
Ekaterinburg.
London, June 25. (U. P.) Uncon
firmed reports from Petrograd were
In circulation here today that the former
csar had been killed at Ekaterinburg by
the Bolsheviki.
Dispatches from Petrogrsd declare
that the Menshevlkl and social revolu
tionaries of the right are expected to
control the coming soviet elections, de
spite the professional politics being
played by the Bolsheviki.
A Moscow report said that M. Volo
darsky, Bolshevik commissioner of press
affairs, was shot dead on ths street In
Petrograd Friday.
f-.lr.Urlnmir (ir VW (,HnKnr mm It
h8 important ctxy in
I Va. TTsI M.M,isnsi 1 1- Mn
both banks of the River Iset. on the
. .v. tr..i. . a i iAi
miles by rail east of Petrograd (about
oiiunc i runi new ion 10 sl
paui.
By Joseph Shsplea
thousand German troona. aecomoanied
j by a cruiser, two destroyers and a sub
marine, have landed at Portl. near Bat
I urn, it was learned, today. VThay prob
ably, seek to effect twmplets occupation
lf -the Caucasus, thus threatening the
Brlthm-Jn Jsrsla and Mesopotamia.- It
Is believed they will Immediately extend
their operations to the provinces of Ku-
ban and Kutals.
A. serious disturbance occurred In
Moscow when the Bolsheviki arrested
i all of the 68 members of the workmen's
conference who demanded a constituent
assembly. Those arrested included 10
Menshevlkl
The Bolsheviki are reported to be
planning to expel the entire tight and
Menshevlkl faction of the pan-executive
committee. The Bolsheviki are getting
direct aid from Germany for their fight
against the Siberians and Csecho-
Slovaks.
The wave of protest sgatnst the
Bolsheviki and against the Brest-Litovsk
treaty Is spreading.
ui a
" wm.m-mr-
J.N. TEAL RETURNS
Secured Modification of Logging
Rate, While Other Requests
Are Being Considered.
J. N. Teal, who has been in Wash
ington for some time, studying the rste
situation from the standpoint of West
ern Fhippers, returned to Portland last
night.
When the recent announcement was
made by the railroad administration to
the effect that a horizontal raise of 5
per cent In freight rates would be put
Into effect, wtth a minimum of $15 per
car. the Western shippers, particularly
of lumber and other low classification
products, were faced with a condition
that meant the practical prohibition of
I shipment.
u wa, for the pUrpo, of printing
this situation to the Western authorities
and securing relief. If possible, that Mr.
Teal went to Washington
As a result
modification
I of his representations a
of the logging rate has already been
announced, while the reduction or modi
fication of the rates on other commodi
ties is also under consideration.
I do not wish to discuss the result
of my visit just at this time other than
to say that there has already been
modification in the logging rate and
that there will be modifications of rates
on other commodities, Mr. Teal said
this morning.
While at Washington Mr. Teal went
over the transportation situation as
applying to Portland and Its tributary
district with Washington railroad offi
cials, as a result of which a much clear
er conception of the peculiar traffic and
transportation conditions of the district
has been left with the Eastern men tn
charge of the railroad management.
How Do You Know
That Your Name. !
Wasn't Selected
Today?
How de" you know that your
name wasn't selected by The Jour
. nal to appear at random among to-
day's -Journal "Want" ads? Tou
don't know unless you have care
fully read every ad tn The Journal
"Want" ads.- Consequently .you
' don't know whether - or not you
have a free Five Dollar War 8av
lnrs Stamp waitlnsr for you at The
L Journal business office. Better
v make. sure. - Read The Journal
FROM WASHINGTON
PRICE TWO CENTS
WHS BEGIN H
OFFENSIVE IH til
FOE IS HARD PRESSED
Rear Guard Forces Are Vainly Trying to
Stem Italian 'Advance; 6000 Prisoners
Have Been Counted to Date and Large
Booty Captured From the Austrians
Enemy Has Been Swept to East Side of
the Piave and at Some Points Beyond
the Line From Which the Latest Offen
sive Was Begun; Fighting Continues
LONDON. June 25. (U. P.) The Italians have started'
a counter offensive in the mountain region, it - was
learned from an authoritative source this afternoon.
The Austrians are making
Italians have gamdV V- r-
if
Rome. June 25. -(U P.)
left on the right bank of thePiave has surrendered," the war
office announced today. Eighteen officers and 1067 men
were taken prisoners.
"In the Tonale region' the statement adds, "a surprise
attack on an advanced enemy post southeast of Ponti di Erca
vello, was successful. All of the garrison was captured.
"On the northwestern front, near Graffa, our artillery
and infantry concentrations gained considerable ground.
We took 1333 prisoners 4nd 16 machine guns."
i
Washington, June 25. (U. P.) Italian forces are pre
paring for a great drive against the Austrians in the Tren
tino, official Rome cables declared today. .
Italian cables today announced - verification from three
sources of dispatches given out at the embassy yesterday that '
45,000 Austrian prisoners had been taken in the Austrian re
treat across the Piave.
w
ITH THE ITALIAN ARMIES IN THE FIELD, June 24.
(U. Y.) (iight.)
TU Imnnrtin. r, A .-nnn
hourly. .
It is now reported that the troops of Archduke Joseph and Gen
eral von Wurm must surrender
The Piave is choked with enemy dead and the debris of their
equipment.
The attempt of the Austrian war of-
flee to represent the retirement as vol
untary is false. In only a few scattered
places could tbe river be forded and
these were under constant pounding
by the Italian artillery and allied air
men. The handful of bridges also was
pelted with shells and air bombs.
It is positively established that tbe
enemy's losses are even greater In the
retreat than aa a direct result of the
Italian counter offensive.
Americas Airsiem Aiding
Allied air forces were particularly
active in harrasslng the Austrian re
treat across the river at Falsee after
the enemy had been swept from Mon
tello. American aviators played a prom
inent role In this work.
Thousands of Austrians have been
captured. Other thousands have been
wiped out by artillery, machine gun
and rifle fire, by air bombs and ty
drowning.
.Italian cavalry Is pursuing ths enemy
far beyond the Piave. The horsemen
are pushing forward toward the line be
tween Conegllano and Oderso. The in
fantry has followed the cavalry across
and is oper'atlng on the east bank at
three points on the 20 mile front be
tween Montello and Ponti dl Piave.
Asitriaa Reserve la Messtetaa
Oeneral Dlas has -made no announce
ment as to the extent the Italians will
follow the retreating enemy. It 1k
known that the greater part of the
Austrian reserves ars concentrated try
me mountain area 10 me norm wnicn
(Concluded oa Page 8I1. Colama To reel
Eight-Hour Day for
Federal Employes
Watklagtoa, jibs' U. (WA8HI5G
TOX BUREAU OF THE JOCRNAtO
Ths eight seer sUsdsrd day fer govern-
nest csipleyss Is war time was Istsred
when eeefsrses today Agreed ers the Ber
lead amend meat to tks leglslaUTe bUL
This the 'sbert days Is all severs
rant drsartmests- dssslte tks efforts. ef
Ue' clerks' lskky to siaJataia sksrtsr
J hoars.
r.-
ON TWAINS AND NfWt
STANDS riVC OINTS
T7
o
a strong resistance, but the
The last Austrian rear ruard
lhe Austrian retreat continues.
U . T -1 . .. ..
or be annihilated.
BATE FIGHT OPENS
Contention Made Before Public
Service Commission Puget
Sound Is Favored.
'Eastern Oregon interest centers la
the state public service commission
meeting which began tn Portland this
morning.
That rates on grain from Eastern
Oregon points to Portland are out of
mm
OREGON
proportion to rates from points tn
ITastern Washington equidistant from
Puget Sound, and that branch line rates
In astern Oregon are discriminatory,
are the charges made against the O-W.
R. N. Co. by wheat-growers.
Joining the wheat men In the hearing
are the Portland Traffic and Transpor -tat
Ion association, the Port of Portland
commission and the commission of pub
lic docks.
When the hearing was opened by -Chairman
Frank Miller of the public
service commission this morning. O.
C Fulton asked and was granted leave
on behalf f the city of Astoria and the
Port of Astoria to appear as an eleventh-hour
Intervener. He asked that
any decision affecting rates to Port-
(Cecschsded ea Pass aeeeatoea, Colaatn atoeea)
Most Americans in h
France Are Fighters
' . " """ " . .('
Washington. June 2. (I. N. 8.) Be
tween end TO per cent of the fOO.OOO
American troops now overseas are com
batants." Secretary of War Baker an-"
nounced this afternoon, commenting oa
the fact that Wednesday would be the
first -anniversary.. of- the -arrival. ot
American troops in France, , '.
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