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VOL,. VL.I NO. 17,332. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUKSDAY, JULY 4, 191G. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RUSSIANS BATTER GERMAN DEFENSES GERMAN TRENCHES MAZAMAS REACH OLDHOOD'SSUMMIT PROTRACTED TASK FACES GUARDSMEN TROOP A PREPARES TO PATROL BORDER ALL IS READY FOR PULVERIZED RY FIRE ALLIES MAKE BIG STRATEGIC GAINS BIG CELEBRATION Sunrise Salute Will Boom From Cruisers. KAISER POURS REINFORCE SIEXTS INTO EAST POLAND. HUGE ALPINE? TELESCOPE USED ' TO BRING NEWS. OREGON CAVALRY TO BE PUT THROUGH EXTRA DRILL. Important Railroad Junc tion Is Threatened. FRENCH IMPETUS ENORMOUS Strongest Fortified Position on German Second Line. Is Captured. MANY VILLAGES ARE TAKEN Number of German Prisoners in French Hands Estimat ed at More Than 8000. WHAT THE ALLIES' OFFEN SIVE HAS ACCOMPLISHED TO DATE. The Anglo-French offensive In Northern Trance, now In its third day, has achieved the following results: Captured 12,300 Germans. Reoccupied B0 square miles of territory. The allies also have captured the following towns, whose approxi mate distance from the former battle line are sho".-n: Hebuterne, one mile: Serre, two miles; Frl court, one-half mile: Montauban. four miles; Hardecourt, five miles; Marlcourt, five miles; Curlu, five' miles; Frise, five miles; Herbecourt, seven miles; Assevllliers, two miles; Fay, one mile; Estress, half a mile. PARIS, July 3. The "third day of the battle of the Somme shows that ihe Franco-British lines have been further advanced, the French right wing sweeping to the eastward, south of the Somme. A group of strategic villages, a large number of German prisoners and heavy guns have been taken. The total of unwounded pris oners is officially estimated at up wards of 8000. The advanced French lines are now only three miles from the important railway junction of Peronne, the de . f ense of which has been greatly weak ened by the capture by the French on Sunday of Mereaucourt Woods, south of the Somme and between Feualleres end Frise. This was the strongest fortified position of the German sec ond line of defense on the entire front of the attack, but the French division which took Frise continued to advance with such impetus that the Germans were unable to resist, even under the protection of this formidable work. Quarry Position Fiercely Contested. One of the fiercest struggles was for the stone quarry, also strongly fortified, three quarters of a mile east of Curlu. Here the Germans tried to Etem the tide by a desperate counter attack, but the French Colonials, one of the most celebrated corps of the French army, rushed the position with Euch energy that the Germans broke before the bayonet'. The French success at Frise was also brilliant, as it straightened their line south of the elbow of the Somme, thus avoiding exposure to cross-fire, The French announcement today of the capture of the village of Herbe court and the outskirts of Estree and Assevillers carries the advance about six miles beyond the point of de parture Saturday. Vast Offensive Only Begun. Summing up the French advance south of the Somme, two main fea tures are disclosed. First, the occu pation for a length of eight kilometers of first-line German trenches from the ; Somme to the village of Fay, and in eluding five villages; secondly, a dou ble line of German trenches extending from Haracourt Woods to Assevillers. The struggle continues with intensity Observers declare that the first three days' successes, while great, are only initial episodes in the increasing pres sure of a vast offensive. The desperation of the struggle along the entire front is shown in the progress made through what the of. ficial bulletins describe as the "line." Three Lines to Be Pierced. This designation does not refer to a single line, but to the important first position defenses from a half mile to a mile deep, comprising an intricate system of trenches called a (Concluded on Page 2, Column 4.) Teutons Attack on Wide I'ront, but Succeed Only In Bending Toe's Flank at Fearful Cost. PETROGRAD. via London, July 3. The Russians are battering persist ently at the solid wall of the German defenses west and north of Lutsk beyond the Spara River. The Germans have taken the offensive at various points, and fierce battles are reported daily, but with little change in the alignment. The Germans are pouring reinforce ments to this front from Kovel, Vladi-mir-Volynski and Sokal, apparently making a desperate effort to push the Russians back on Lutsk. Their only success has been to bend the Russian flank position, at the cost of a fearful toll in dead, into an arc centering on the village of Torchin, 15 miles north west of Lutsk. Along the whole line northward to Riga the Germans are attacking on widely separated and narrow fronts, but apparently without co-ordination. The only success admitted by military critics is in the region northwest of Nowogrodek. where the Germans threw a force across the Niemen. Little im portance is attached to this, due to the swampy nature of the terrain, which, it is believed, makes the development of an offensive impossible. General Brussiloft's advance in the Kolomea region has distinctly slowed up, but continues to record successes. OLD SOLDIERS WANT TO GO Veterans In Roseburg Home Form Company for Service. ROSEBURG, Or., July 3. (Special.) Ready always to answer to their coun try's call, members of the local Post, Grand Army of the Republic, a ma jority of whom are of the Old Soldiers' Home located in Roseburg, today began the organization of a company of vol unteers preparatory to offering their services to the Government. M. L. Webb, adjutant of the G. A. R. Post of this city, said he thought not less than 75 veterans would join the company. As soon as a full company is recruited the veterans will notify Secretary of War Baker that they ar ready to go to the front. - Some of those who already have en listed in the new company are more than 80 years of age. LIGHTNING ENTERS CHURCH Sermon. Stopped by Flash That Goes Just Over Congregation. BAKER, Or., July 3. (Special.) While Rev. C. E. llelman was in the midst of a' sermon on "Our Country," in the Methodist Church yesterday, the artillery of the heavens let loose and his congregation was startled by a flash of lightning that passed just over their heads. The spark entered the west window. zigzagged across the auditorium and out the opposite window without doing any damage. The congregation was soon composed and the sermon con tinued. The storm was the worst this sea son, .46 of an inch falling in little more than an hour. H. W. STONE GETS CALL Y. M. C. A. Secretary Is Wanted for Campaign at Butte. H. W. Stone, general secretary of the Portland Young Men's Christian Asso ciation, has been called on to conduct a three weeks' campaign for a $200,000 association building for Butte, Mont. John A. Goodell, Northwest Industrial Y. M. C. A. secretary, will leave to night for Butte to make preliminary arrangements for the campaign. The new building would be used a city association .and also for the 15,000 employes of the Anaconda, North Butte and Butte & Superior Mining companies. Pledges of $35,000 already have been received. The building would be the largest for an industrial association in the West. BING CHERRIES RUINED Royal Annes Are Damaged 50 Per Cent, Says Grower. HOOD RIVER, Or., July 3. (Spe cial.) The rains of the past 10 days have practically ruined the crop of Bing cherries, according to J. R. Nuna maker, who owns the largest cherry acreage In the community. "My Bings will be ruined for fancy packing and shipment East, where this season sen sational prices would have been real ized," he says. "It may be that I can dispose of them to the canneries." Mr. Nunamaker says that his other varieties- have been damaged as fol lows: Royal Annes, 50 per cent; Lam berts, 25 per cent, and Black Republi cans, 10 per cent. INFANT EPIDEMIC GAINING PJighty-Seven Cases Develop in and Near New York in Two Days. NEW YORK, July 3.' The epidemic of infantile paralysis, which has claimed 82 lives in and near New York City within the last eight days, continued to gain today. From Saturday noon until noon today. ' 87 cases developed and 23 persons died of the disease. A total of 456 cases and 94 deaths have been reported since January 1. It was announced today that the Rockefeller Institute is planning to inaugurate a field campaign against the disease. Artillery Efforts of the . Allies Prodigious. r.o- :. REINFORCEMEN .uUT0FF Defenders Spare Ammunition Until Hard Pressed. SOLDIERS DESCRIBE SCENE Weeks May Pass Before Great Of fensive Reaches Its Culmination. Curtain Has Risen, but Main Show Is Yet to Come. BI FRED B. PITNEY. PARIS, July 3. (Special.) I talked today to an artilleryman who was wounded in the first day's fighting on the Somme. "I was in an observation post during the preliminary bombardment." he said, "and for five days the spectacle was prodigious, but the effects were terrifying. It was impossible for the most solid defensive works to resist an avalanche of steel and fire as we poured on the Germans. Neither works nor men could live. "But the return fire of the Germans was no child s play, you understand. We shall, meet the stubbornest kind of resistance before this affair is ended. The enemy seem short of men at pres ent. But they are not short of ammu nition. Germans Spare Ammunition. "Nevertheless, at the beginning of the bombardment the Germans fired on an average of only one shell to 10 from the French or English. Maybe they wanted to conceal gun positions, I don't know. But as we continued the German fire increased in intensity when' they saw we meant 'uusiness. There is no doubt they are going to put up a hard fight." An Infantry Captain In the next cot said: "After five days' steady bom bardment the artillery suddenly ceased at 7:30 Saturday morning and the In fantry, under orders to attack, launched themselves at the German trenches, found them a chaotic mass of pulver ized earth in which were mixed dead bodies and broken and twisted ma chine guns and trench artillery. Reinforcement Caught by Klro. "When we passed their first line they tried to send reinforcements for ward to intermediary points, but our artillery had lifted to the German sec ond line and the reinforcements were caught under our fire and slaughtered or compelled to fall back. Every Ger man left between the first and second lines was killed or captured. "The battle went on furiiusly Sun day. On our right wing we went up against the German second line in some places and had to take parts of it In order to straighten out our own line. Our big guns tore the German trenches to pieces and we swarmed in them and Concluded on Page 2. Column 5. 1 Although Telephone Wires Are Down and All Communication Cut Off, No Accident Signs Seen. ... .-a ejv"- .ouiJ iu v ii.it, ur juiy a. (.spe- ?cSr e' I cial.) Although telephone lines to Cloud Cap Inn are down and no direct communication has been received from the 75 Mazamas since they disappeared in the National Forest, traveling over snowbound roads yesterday. Homer A. Rogers,! who has been watching Mount Ho-d frcm Mount Hood Lodge today with a huge Alphine telescope, says the recreationists have made a suc cessful ascent. "It was after five o'clock this after noon," says Mr. Rogers, "before the last line of climbers started on the descent. It was 4:35 o'clock before they made the summit. Heavy clouds of the morning probably caused the start on the climb to be postponed well toward the middle of the day." Mr. Rogers says that atmosphereic conditions have been perfect all after noon fo long range vision. The re cent precipitation has cleared the at mosphere of every atom of smoke and no party perhaps has ever had a finer view of the region surrounding Mount Hood than had the Mazamas today. "I have had my telescope trained on ' the mountain all day." says Mr. Rogers, "and I have seen no -movement on the part of lines, of climbers that would indicate any accident." HUGHES WILL BE CONCISE Speeches on Western Trip May Be Limited to 1000 Words. BRIDGEHAMPTON. N. Y.. July 3. Plans for the forthcoming trip to the Pacific Coast engaged the attention of Charles E. Hughes today. Mr. Hughes expects to prepare In advance most of the 10 or 12 speeches he will deliver on this trip, and to limit them to 1000 or 1200 words apiece. Preparedness and the Administra tion's foreign policy with reference to Mexico will be the chief subjects dis cussed on the trip. The nominee made it plain to callers today that he does not intend to make the campaign one of personalities. RITCHIE IN TRAINING CAMP Ex-Champion Pugilist Enrolls Military Preparation. for SAX FRANCISCO. July 3. "G. A. StefTen, San Francisco," was the way he wrote it on the enrollment list for the military training camp at Mon terey at recruiting headquarters here today, but he was soon recognized by the clerks as Willie Ritchie, light weight pugilist and ex-champion in his class. Ritchie, who doffed his father's name when he began his pugilistic career, will report at the camp on opening day next Monday, and will receive four weeks', military training as high pri vate. Rook Has Toes Removed. LINCOLN. Neb.. July 3. Ford Jack son, an 18-year-old signal corps mem ber, was barred in the physical tests because he had two "riding toes." Surgeons told' him he could pass if these were amputated. This was done today, and he will be ready for service as soon as the foot heals. ONE FOR ALL; ALL FOR ONE. Long Stay on Frontier Is Forecast. BORDER COMMANDS DIVIDED Pershing May Be Put at Head of One Department. LINE IS MADE SHORTER Effect on Carranza Is Studied in Washington Western Troops to lie Assigned to Western End of Boundary. WASHINGTON, July 3 While the diplomatic aspects of the Mexican dif ficulty showed no change tonight. War Department measures for a new dis tribution of the border patrol clearly indicated that months of active service along the frontier await the thousands of National Guardsmen gathering in the South from all parts of the country. Only the appointment of a general of ficer to supreme command is lacking now to complete adequate administra tive machinery, not onlv for border op erations, but for a campaign of any de sired proportions in Mexico, should general hostilities come. Under the new plan the 1800-mile frontier will be divided so that the Southern and Western military depart ments will take care of the eastern and western extremities of the line, re spectively. Major-General Frederick Funetonj relieved from responsibility for the entire border at his own recom mendation, ' will continue in command of the Southern department, while Major-General J. Franklin Bell, command ing the Western department, will trans fer his headquarters from San Fran cisco to Douglas, Ariz., to be in direct touch- with his share, of the border work. New Post Offered Pershlna;- The mid-section of the- border line, embracing territory between El Paso and a point near Douglas and reaching northward to the Colorado state line, will be known hereafter as the Depart ment of New Mexico. Under its Juris diction will fall the expedition into Mexico, based at Columbus, N. M., and the post of Department Commander has been offered to John J. Pershing, now commanding the expeditionary force. A message went to General Pershing today asking if he desired to assume the duties of department chief, in ad dition to those which now fall to him as commander in the field. The ex pedition is believed to have about com pleted the movement begun 10 days or more ago when General Pershing, for strategic reasons, ordered the lines drawn In closer to the border. The War Department has no definite informa tion as to the exact whereabouts of the various camps, but it is thought that (Concluded on Face 4, Column 1.) Movement to Front Will Be Pre ceded by Military Lectures. Mounts Are Awaited. SAN DIEGO, Cal., July 3. (Special.) Troop A, Oregon Cavalry, settled down to extra hours of hard drilling to day preparatory to an early movement to the border. As soon as the cavalry mounts are issued and drilled the troop will take up patrol work on a long sector of the southern line. News of the exact location of troops hereafter has been prohibited by orders from the department commander. Until mounts are received the cavalry commander has suggested the use of the organization as infantry on the border and it Is probable that this dis position will be made. Long hours of drilling, schools for non-commissioned officers and military lectures on personal and camp hygiene are occupying the Oregon troopers. With informaton at hand of the troop's mission in event of hostilities the offi cers are assured that the cavalry will have plenty to do. The health, and spirits of the men are excellent. QUICKSILVER OUTPUT GAINS High Prices Due to War Continue to Increase. WASHINGTON. July 3. High prices due to the war brought a record pro duction of quicksilver in the United States in 1915. Figures compiled today by the Geological Survey show that the year's output was 21.033 flasks of 75 pounds, an increase of 2500 flasks over 1914. Prices continue to Increase. At pres ent they-are almost double the high prices maintained during 1915. when the average was S86.8S a flask. ELDERLY COUPLE REMARRY Second Marriage Is on 2 6tli Anni versary of First. CHEHAUS, Wash.. July 3. (Spe cial.) In Vancouver, Wash., yesterday, the remarriage of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hylander, both of whom are well known locally, was celebrated. Some months ago they were divorced after having reared a family of sons to maturity. Since then they adjusted their differ ences and yesterday's remarriage oc curred on the 26th anniversary of their first marriage. FLYER'S ENGINE BREAKS Aviator Safely Descends 3000 Feet at Soutli Bend. SOUTH BEND. Wash.. July 3. (Spe cial.) Herbert Munter, a Seattle aviator, flying, here, while 3000 feet In the air had to descend when the crank shaft of his engine broke. He landed safely on the tide flats. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 6S degrees; minimum. 55 decrees. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwesterly winds. War. German ttrst-llne trenches literally pulver ised by shell fire. Page 1. Allies make Important strategic sains. Page 1. Sir Edward Grey accuses Germans of com pelling Belgians to engage In war work. Page Mexico. New troop dispositions Indicate long stay for Guardsmen at border. Pace 1. Battery A is In camp at Calexlco. Page 4. Kecruitlng at Camp Wlthvcombe resumed as weather clears. Page 4, Troop A prepares to patrol border. Page 1. foreign. Royal commission blames Blrrell for Irish revolt. Page 2. National. Army promotions sent to Senate. Paga 4. Domestic. World's richest woman noted as maker of epigrams. Page 3. Alienist to Wstlfy Marlon I.ambcrt probably - killed herself, and Orphct is incapable of murder. Page 3. Hetty Green dead. Page 3. Republicans find good campaign material In Democratic revenue dilemma. Page 3. gports. Portland team Is due for its climb to top. Page 10. Yankees take 11-lnnlng game from Wash ington. Page lO. Brooklyn easily wins from Giants. Page 10. Welsh-Wolgast 15 round fight is today'a top liner. Page 10, Pacific Northwest. Masamas reach old Mt. Hood's summit. Page 1. Addison Rennrtt finds Prlnevllle In first rank of progress. Page 6. Thousands attend Salem Cherry Fair. I'age 6- Comraf rt-iil and Marine. With better crop prospects, demand for grain bags Improves. Page 35. Cattle and hogs are higher at North Port land yards. Page 15. Wall-street stocks firmer on rumor of early withdrawal of troops from Mexico. Page 15. Strike clash takes place near dock. Page 12. River reaches maximum of 23.8 feet. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Plans completed f-ir today's celebration. Paae 1. Coast lumbermen to oppose change In rule governing mixed lumber shipments. Page t. Tax debate at Chamber session Is heated. Page 1 1. Western Pythians seek to name new vice- chancellor of order. Page 11. Local branch of Honor Uuard will be in parade today. I'age 14. Rest day bill is withdrawn. Page 7. Twenty-six face bar of Justice for over indulgence in liquor. Page 9. Citv Is patriotically decorated for Fourth. Page 16. Absolute drv measure will be on November ballot. Page 12. Union striker shot by waterfront strike breaker. Page 6. Enrollment for Judge Gantenheln'a volunteer regiment grows steadily, page u. I European war will end by Fall, mj, Sned i.h nmnufst'ir-r. Pape Ifl. ' Weather report, data ana fore-.tt. rag 11. PARADE MOVES AT 10 O'CLOCK Patriotic Exercises to Be Held at Multnomah Field. STREET RACES SCHEDULED Most Spectacular Feature Will Be Fireworks on River at Xlgtat, During Which. Torpedo-Boat Will Be Destroyed by Fire. DAY'S EVENTS AS SCHEDULED. 6 A. M. Firing of salutes by cruisers Boston and Marblehead and blowing of whistles and ringing of bells throughout city. 10 A. M. Military and civic parade. 11:30 A. M. Patriotic exercises at Multnomah Field. 1 P. M. Firemen's tournament on South Parkway. 2 P. M. Sport tournament at Multnomah Field. 9:15 r. M. Sham naval en gagement in river between Broadway and Harrlman bridges. 9:45 P. M. Fireworks display on river between Broadway and Harrlman bridges. It'e here at last, that much-talked-ot old-fashioned Fourth of July. Don't be. alarmevi at 6 A. M. by the blasting of cannon, the blowing ol whistles and the ringing of bells. II will be merely the opening shot in the spirit of '76 brought up to date. And above all, don't fail to see the day's show all the way through. Not for a decade or more has Tort land relapsed Into a noisy celebration of the Fourth. So today with the old spirit turned loose there should be some fun. All the old things will be here except one that old friend and foe of tha small boy the firecracker It is still under the ban. Blaj Bfcow Starts at 10 o'clock. The show begins at 10 A. M.. except the aforementioned sunrise awakening. At 10 A. M. a big military and civic parade is scheduled to move from West Park and Mill treets for a march throush the business section. Captain Kenneth P. Williams. U. B. A., will be grand marshal and will head, the line, with Roy W. Kesl and A. W. Orton as aides. The first parade di vision will comprise the companies of the Coaet Artillery, the Oregon Naval Militia, the Junior militia and other military features. The second division, with Dr. J. E. Hall, of the Grand Army, as marshal, will be made up of Grand Army vet erans, Indian war veterans and veter ans of the Spanish-American war. A feature of this division will be the old First Oregon Regiment, which has been recently reorganised. OTrl FratorM Planned. Artistic features will mark the thira division, which will be in charge of C. G. Sutherland as marshal. A Goddess of Liberty float has been built by the O.-W. R. & N. Company and Miss Al vlna Larson will be the Goddess. The float will be eecortej by DO uniformed O.-W. R. & N. employes. Another novel parade feature will be a singing chorus of 50 young women. Following them will be a division for nurses from the hospitals and the Women's National Honor Guard, re cently organized by Miss Helen Ladd. In this dtvision also will be old-fashioned fire-fighting machines. The pa rade will have 10 or 13 bands. At 11:30 Multnomah F'eld will be the scene of an old-fashioned Fourth of July meeting with patriotic music, speeches and demonstrations. A sec tion in the grandstand will be reserved for veterans. Bishop Sumner to Speak. Right Rev. Walter T. Sumner will be the orator of the day. The programme includes the reading of the Declaration of Independence by George W. Cald well and the singing of patriotic songs under the leadership of llartrida-: Whipp. At 1 o'clock an old-f ashionud fire men's tournament Is scheduled for South Parkway All kinds of exciting fire races of the old type as well a.s modern exhibitions will be staged and attractive prizes have been offered. At 2 o'clock a lengthy programme will be started at Multnomah Field. Every clasa of race or sport that made such tournaments big events in tl.e olden days will be run oTf. with good prises for winners. The climax of the celebration will come at 9:15 in the Willamette between the Broadway and Harrlman bridges. Here in the middle of the river a sham naval engagement will be staged. A specially constructed torpedo-ooat, in charge of officers and men of tho Na val Militia and the Lawyers' Auxiliary of the Naval Militia, will attack the cruiser Boston, which will be In charge of another contingent. Spect lenlnr S.tse Promised. A terrific and noisy 15 minutes' bat tle will ensue. A hn wr t.alloon will iCcncluded on lag 16, Column 1)