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Newspaper Page TextTHE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1916. GERMAN TRAINING IMPROVES HEALTH Pale Office Man Made Stal wart and Bronzed in Service With Army. WHOLE ASPECT IS CHANGED roldiers Supplied With Everything eded, "ot Even Toilet Articles Being Forgotten Books and Magazines Are Plentiful. BY JAMES ODONXELL BENNETT. OFFIZIERSHEIM. tioduzischki, Kus na. End of May. Night and early morning- had been cool, irst we nao TidUen for hours through the ctiin awn, the horses plunging to thelr bellies in icy water and the black mua splashing over us until we looked like coalheavers. Then the wind died away and the sun was climbing high. .After an hour's march through swamp and forest every man was wet un sweat and parched with thlnst. We were marching light. Overcoats and Jackets had been left at regimental headquarters In the village of Intoka, but, even so. the nature of the soggy ground made progress slow and dif ficult. . , . Toward noon we stumbled Into , a thick forest or forest-that had been thick for now the pines stood stark masts. Artillery fire had torn away fh.ii h-rnfirH The ground was lit tered two and three feet deep ''lth debris, which in some places covered shattered cannon wheels and odds and ends of soldiers equipment. Soldier Lies Like Boy In Fields. Jn the suggestion of decent shelter made by a clump of four thick-growing trees which shell nre hadr not reacneo lflv seven bodies. An effort had been made to dispose Wm -iirnrnimlv. The legs were not mimnlrf nn like the legs of the Rus flans who still la"y as they had fallen in the swampy stretch of pasture land at the edge of the wood, and the arms had been folded across the breasts ex- ornt in the case of one man. llke tne others he lay on hla back with his feet toward the clump of trees, but his right trm was stretched out beside his head, and tbe forefingers of the half-clotsed hand pointed upward. The attitude made me gasp, not so much with horror as with recollection one of those Idle, meaningless recol- Witons that sometime thrust them selves into a moment of intense nerv ous strain. AVhat came to me across more than 30 years was a recollection of boys lying under the shade trees with arnw stretched out beside their heads, and they looking up into the sky and twisting Idly with one hand a bit of flower or a strand of grass, or per haps pointing lazily upward with the forefinger. So the dead soldier lay with finger roititing upward like a boy in me fields. Search for Friend Kfnewfd. Here I renewed my search for my friend Rohde. Two or, three soldiers were told off to search for him. and young Lieutenant was assigned to guide me. Presently the wood resound, ed with cries of "Friedrich Rohde Friedrich Rohde!" and a soldier shout cd that we should go a quarter of ( mile along the edge of the forest where it fronted the Russians, for there he said the company lay. Soon there was an answering halloo to the cries of "Friedrich Rohde." and a prodigious crackling in the under brush. Then came a man, plunging through the sodden growth and push ing stray whips of branches away from his face aa he ran. Suddenly he caught sight of the young Lieutenant and came to a .rigid salute. The Lieutenant returned the salute, smiled, and bade the man come forward. This he did in long leaps, jumping from one bit of dry ground to unother to avoid the holes dug by shells and now filled with water. One pool with a treacherous overlay of sticks and brush fooled him, and he sank to his knees in water. I gave him a hand and helped him pull himself out. He was a tall, bronzed soldier, beard ed, full-chested, full in the face, too a picture of robust health and good nature. "Is It really you, dear Rohde?" I said. "Tou look another man. Don't need to ask how you are!" "It's really I," he said, "and who would have thought we would ever find fach other on the front when I left the office!" Man's AVtaole Aspect Changed. But the most astonishing part of the meeting was the part Rohde could not estimate as well as I, for here, right in the thick of It, with dead Russians and the dripping stretchers and the fire- nlackened forest around him, was our l.-indf-trum-mann, who, we had feared, might develop tubercular symptoms tinder the rigors of a Russian "Winter and who. if he survived that, would, we were sure, never see any more des-r-rate service than garrison duty in Vilna or Kowno. In aspect he was no longer our lean, flne-fibered Rohde. He had become a stalwart. His voice was deep, his move ments swift, his sentences crisp. Vet this was the man who twice after the outbreak of the war had been snt back by the military doctors on the ground of physical disability, and who had been accepted at the third exam ination only because the requirements nsd become les rigid. We visited excitedly together for 10 minutes, forgetting until half an hour later at least I did most of the im Tortant questions we should have asked. In parting I asked him whether I rhould send him any food from Berlin, "No." he said, "we have everything." How about ioilet articles? -Got ylenty soap and tooth paete and that tort of thing?"' Men Have Kverythlng deeded. "We have everything, thanks every thing we can manage to make room lor." "Want any more books or magazines then?" "Haven't much time to read now. I'on't you bother." My' last question had Indeed been t-uperfluous for another reason than the soldiers lack of time for reading, for statistics Ju-st published by the booksellers' exchange of Germany show that during the first year of the war more than 5.000.000 subscriptions to newspapers and maagxines were taken out by and for soldiers on the front. The matter of the toilet articled and the newspapers which my friend did not need was typical of the thorough ness with which all phases of the well-being of the German army are looked after. British. LONDON. July f 24. Today' official statement by the War Office says: 'Apart from continuous heavy shell ing by both sides during the night, com parative calm followed the severe fighting of yesterday. "Yesterday between Highwood and the Guillemont repeated counter-attacks by the enemy sained for him no advantage and heavy casualties were inflicted by our artillery and machine gun fire. v e gained some ground near High- wood and in the direction of Guillemont. 'In the neighborhood of Pozieres we captured important advantages in spite of toe stubborn defense of the enemy, and a large portion of the village is now in our hands. Here we have cap tured two guns and 60 more prisoners. A British official statement issued to. night from the army headquarters in France says: The fighting has continued in the village of Pozieres, where the number of prisoners taken by the Australian troops has reached a total of six of ficers and 145 other ranks. In other parts of the battlefront there has been considerable artillery activity on both sides." OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS front from Thiepval to Guillemont were made by parts of XI British divisions. several of which were hurried from other fronts. The only advantage gained by the enemy on the whole line not yet rectified by the Germans is that he entered some houses in Pozi eres, for which he paid in extraordinarily- heavy losses. The enemy was defeated at Longue- val by a powerful counter-attack by the Brandenburg Grenadiers of Douau- mont fame In the gravel pit southwest of Guillemont. where the enemy had tenv porarily gained a footing, the Germans took prisoner three officers and 141 men, iinwounded. "South of the Somme small French enterprises failed under the German fire near Soyecourt and west of cr- mandovillers. "On the right bank of tbe Meuse (Verdun sector), the artillery activity on both sides at several times assumed great Intensity. The infantry has not been active." French. ' PARIS, July 24. The text of today's statement follows: "On the, Somme front the night was calm. The weather continues bad. "North of the Alsne reconnoitering parties penetrated enemy trenches near Vailly and we brought back prisoners. un tne right bans: of the Meuse last night in the course of a small action at Chapelle Salnte Fine, we captured 30 prisoners. According to the latest Information the total number of prls oners taken by us in the last 10 days in this sector amounts to SOO. Italian. ROME. July 24. Today's official state ment says: "In the Astlco region our attacks to gain possession of Monte Clmont are making good progress. Yesterday we captured the enemy's defenses Just be low the summit. "On the Cette Communi plateau, two attacks launched against trenches we bad taken July 22. were repulsed. "Between Cismon and Aviso we com pleted the occupation of the Upper Tre vignolo and St. Pellegrino valleys, tak ing the summit of Monte Stradone and new positions on the slopes of Cima dl Bocche. Russian. PETROGRAD. via London. July 24. Today s official statement says: On the Llpa yesterday we dislodged the Germans from the village of Ga'.it chanie and took prisoners and one ma chine gun. On July 21, near the village of Kolmoff on the Lipa, an Austrian company, 193 strong, surrendered to our troops. "Caucasus front The offensive of our Caucasus army is proceeding suc cessfully. In the direction of Mosul, throughout the day of July 22, numeri cally superior Turkish forces attacked a detachment of our troops at Rayat, combining a frontal attack with an outflanking movement, but our fire and counter attacks forced the enemy to abandon the offensive." ASQU1TH ASKS FOR NEWVOTEOF CREDIT Allowance of $2,250,000,000 Will Bring Total for War Above $14,000,000,000. Turkish. LLOYD GEORGE OPTIMISTIC PICTORIAL REVIEW PATTERN'S GIVE BEST RESULTS Newest Blouses Today at Unparalleled Prices The Waist Section Announces a Sale Striped Tub Silk, Striped Colored Voile Kerchief Linen, Voile and Pongee Waists In Plain and Novelty Styles With Pleats, Tucks and Frills, Turned Down Collars and Sailor Collars CONSTANTINOPLE, via London. July 24. A further retreat of Russian forces Persia under Turkish pressure is reported In to-day's official War Of fice statement, which says: "In Persia, Russian forces which fled In disorder eastward attempted to of fer resistance 30 kilometers east of Pzandoa. We pursued them. The enemy, unable to offer battle, was ob liged to withdraw towards the frontier. "In the district of Pomana, our ad vance detachments drove off enemy de tachments approaching west of Katia. In fighting east of the town of Suez and near the Canal between our detachments and two enemy cavalry parties the enemy fled towards the Canal, leaving some dead. Our troops are in pursuit. A later communication today says: "Irak front In the Euphrates sec tor one cf our monitors attacked two hostile monitors, causing a fire to break out on one of them. Our volun teers fired from the bank and killed some of the crew. "Persian front Our detachments and volunteers, attacking energetically, dis persed Russian forces In the region of Banc, driving them eastward. "The cruiser Midullu (former German cruiser Breslau) encountered south of Sebastopol on Saturday Btrong hostile naval forces. Including a new Russian man-of-war of the Imperatritsa Maria type (the Imperatritsa Maria is a bat tleship of 22.500 tons) and four new destroyers, which tried to cut her off. After an engagement of four hours the Midulla broke through their envelop ment and returned undamaged. Germans on Western Front. BERLIN, July 24. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) Today's official state ment of operations on the eastern front says: "It is now evident that the British attacks reported yesterday against the Germans on Eastern 1'ront. BERLIN. July 24. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) The official statement dealing with operations on the eastern front 6avs: "On the northern section of the front and with General Count von Bothmer's army there have been only patrol en gagements. "Northwest of Berestechk strong at tacks by the Russians were completely repulsed.' North Bend Arrests Can-Roller. NORTH BEND. Or., July 24. (Spe cial.) George Stultz was arrested last night at 8 o'clock after acting strangely about the city. Papers on his person indicated he had been an inmate of the Washington Stage Asylum until late in June. The man is being held until the Washington authorities say what disposition they wish to make of him. Stultz was rolling a milk can down the street, paraded about with a wheel barrow and bought cigars for which he did not pay. HOME RULE SHELVED Asquith Threatens to Go Be fore Country With Issue. REDMOND SERVES NOTICE Will Xot Lloyd Irish Nationalist Leader Agree to New Proposals' George Says Agreement Can not Be Iut Through. would be accepted by Carson. Another fundamental proposal was that during the transitory period the number of rish members of the Imperial Parlia ment were to remain as at present. War Secretary Confidently Predicts Victory in' Few Months Ex penditures at Present Level tc Be Continued. LONDON, July 24 Premier Asquith today asked the House of Commons for a vote of credit of $2,250,000,000. This vote will bring the total voted this year to $5,250,000,000 and the total since the beginning of the war to ap proximately 14,160,000,000. The premier said the recent expendi ture was approximately t25.000.000 dally. All the expenditure from April 1 to last Saturday was t2.795.000.000. Mr. Asquith said that the navy, army and munitions cost $1,895,000,000; the loans to Great Britain's allies, $755,000.- 000, and food, supplies, railways, etc.. $115,000,000. The average dally ex penditure on the war, he said, was $24,750,000. The July total, continued the premier, probably would be higher than that of November and it was expected that the present level would be maintained for the near future. The munition expendi ture had increased steadily and con tinuously up to-May and in that month and during June and July it was fairly constant. Prospects ef Battle Declared Good. After a speech by Winston Spencer Churchill, criticising Premier Asquith for not reviewing the war situation, David Lloyd George. Secretary for War, replied, saying that it would be pre mature to survey a military situation and the prospects in the middle of the battle. "The prospects are good," the War Secretary said. "Our Generals are more than satisfied with and proud of the valor of our men they are leading. Great as the British infantry was In Wellington's and Napoleon's day. they never have been greater than now. "One thrills with pride when one thinks one belongs to the same race. They are pressing back the formidable foe who devoted his best brains to the study of war for generations. - I feel confident that victory Is assured to us." Lloyd George Is Optimistic. Continuing, Mr. Lloyd George said: "Numbers and all other resources are on our side. There was one fear that years of training and thought on the part of a great military power might be something that might be insuper able. Our men demonstrated that it Is not so and that British resourceful ness and Intelligence are. as In fields of commerce in the past when they have been able to snatch victory out of what appeared complete commercial disaster, going to snatch victory again in a few months from what appeared at one moment to be something that was Invincible. "There is no doubt at all that the lesson of this battle is that we have simply to press on with all our re sources and with the material at our command and victory will be ours." Large All Colors Prices s, Regular (l tO $2.50 tP JL Third Flc The House Dress Section Offers Today The Most Interesting Sale of House Dresses, Nurses' and Maids' Dresses, Long and Short Kimonos Ever Held in This Department Garments That Have Sold Regularly to $2.50, for. . . . 88c ingham and percale utility house dresses for nurses and maids kimonos and sacques of lawn and Swiss. In dozens of sty les in sizes from 36 to 44, but not every size in every style. -Fourth Floor V The Hosiery Section Offers for 'Today Silk Fiber Stockings Fast Black Guaranteed First Quality These stockings are made with double soles, silk fiber boot and lisle tops. In all sizes from bxl to 0z. Regular Price 25c Today 17c First Floor Tne Apparel Store Offers Today Golfine Suits The Smartest of m his Season's Models Fashioned in styles as illustrated, with belt or sash girdle and deep pockets. At the Very Special Price $6.75 In combinations of white with tan. Copenhagen or rose, and some all white, or white with colored collars and cuffs. Third Floor IVevr Provision Offered. WILSON'S PLANS BLOCKED Continued Krom First rage. temporary, if not a permanent, occupa tion of territory? To bring the matter nearer home, suppose the American people desired to change their form o government. How would they feel if the Latin-American In enforcement of the treaty should use troops to prevent them from exe cuting their purpose? LONDON. July 24. A significant re mark was made in the House of Com mons tonight by Premier Asquith at the conclusion of a debate on a motion for adjournment made by John Red mond, the Nationalist leader, after an announcement by the Premier that the government had no intention of intro ducing any home-rule-for-Ireland bill with regard to which there was no substantial agreement among all par ties. In appealing to the Nationalists not to throw away the opportunity for bringing home rule into immediate op eration Mr. Asquith said: "I ask the House and will ask the country, if necessary, if the govern ment's proposals are not fair." Asquith Denies Partiality. Just before the motion of Mr. Red mond was voted down. Mr. Asquith di rectly addressed the Nationalists, deny ing that any partiality had been shown to either side during the negotiations. Mr. Asquith declared that the exclusion of the six Ulster counties from the operation of the home-rule act was, in his mind, the greatest give-and-take arrangement ever made in the history of a political controversy, and he a-sked the Nationalists not to break off the negotiations. The discussion of Mr. Redmond's motion to adjourn the House began with a speech by Mr. Redmond. The Irish Nationalist leader declared that when two months ago Premier Asquith had returned from Ireland and an nounced that the present system of government had broken down and said the Cabinet had unanimously requested ivir. Laoya George to bring about, if possible, a provisional settlement by consent, he was thrilled by the hope that the Irish question might be put away until the war had ended. Kedmond Outline Agreement. .Mr. Kedmond said the agreement was for the provisional settlement of the question until the war was over. The first words proposed were that the whole bill should remain in force dur ing the continuance of the war and for 12 months afterward, but Sir Edward Carson objected that if Parliament took no action during the 12 months after the war the Bix Ulster counties should be excluded from the operations of the home rule act of 1914. To meet Carson's objections. the following words were added: "But if Parliament has not by that time made further and permanent provision for the gov ernment of Ireland, the period for which this bill shall remain in force is to be extended by order of the coun cil for such time as is necessary to enable Parliament to make such pro vision." "I was informed." declared the Na tionalist leader, "that these words "Saturday last Mr. Lloyd George and the Home Secretary informed me the Cabinet had decided to Insert In the bill two provisions one for the per manent exclusion of the Ulster counties and another cutting out of the bill the agreement for the retention of the Irish members at Westminster during the transitory period. "I stand by every word In the agree ment we came to. I will not agree to any new proposals." Secretary Lloyd George frankly ad mitted that what Mr. Redmond said was true except in one or two points. One of these, he said, was the phraseology concerning' the exclusion of Ulster. Mr. Redmond interrupted by saying that the form of the words had been care fully considered and had been drafted by skilled lawyers and approved by Sir Edward Carson. Plan In Abandoned. The government, declared Secretary Lloyd George, was faced with the fact that an agreement could not be put through without the modification he mentioned. He understood Irish mem bers would resist any attempt to force the bill with these modifications. This remark called forth loud cheering from the Irish members. Continuing. Mr. Lloyd George said that if that was the Irish view, it would be Idle for the government to Introduce a bill bringing home rule into imme diate operation under any conditions. OLD SOLDIER'S STORY FALSE Commandant Declares That Veteran Could Have Entered Home. ROSEBURG. Or., July 24. (Spe cial.) Commandant Markee, of the Old Soldiers' Home here, today denied that A. L. Wilcox, the aged veteran who claimed to be walking from Portland to Roseburg to enter the Institution, had made application to enter the home, ether by letter or in person. In Rose burg. Medford and other Southern Ore gon cities, Mr. Wilcox told newspaper reporters that he had been denied ad mission to the home by the officers. Commandant Markee believes the story was circulated by Mr. Wilcox in order to attract sympathy or because he is old and childish. Mr. Markee says he would have cared for the aged COMPLETE REPLY ASKED BRITISH .INSWER AS TO MAILS VNS.1TISFACTORY. Kayser Fine-Stitch Knit Union Suits 33c Kayser's fine Summer-weight knit union suits need no introduction to our patrons. They are standard suits in this famous make. They are made in a light-weight quality, fine stitch, low-neck, sleeveless, tight-knee style. These Union Suits Sell Reg. at 50c Quality restricted to six suits to a cus tomer. - First Floor The Towel Section, Second Floor OFFERS FOR TODAY 22c Bath Towels 15c Good, heavy towels n pure white. Hemmed and very soft and very absorbent. One of the best towels for constant service. SeeontI Fitter. Pacific Embroidery Packages Are In. J MercUnd.M of Merit Only" No Phone Orders for These Special Tuesday Sales OH i 5 man temporarily had he made formal application at the home, even though he is not a resident of Oregon, as re quired by law. MINE WORKERS CONVENE Wage Scale Will be Iat but Most Important Issue Discussed. SEATTLE. Wash., July 24. The bi ennial convention of district No. 10. United Mine Workers of America, em bracing all the coal camps In the State of Washington, convened today and probably will remain in session for 10 days. Reports of officers today showed the Union was rapidly recovering; from the loss of 1000 members In this district during the slump in coal mining oper ations during 1914-15. The most important question to be considered, the new wage scale, will not be taken up until all other busi ness is settled. Now Claimed Paraffine Oil Cures Constipation The Fallacy of Paraffine Base Eastern oil manufacturers have long extolled the superior virtues of paramne-base motor . oils. Of course! Paramne-base crudes were nearest home and freight costs lower. Anbunaderi to Both London nd Parts Instructed to Press for Portlier Action by Allies. WASHINGTON', July 24. Instructions to impress on the British and French governments that the United States de sires an early and complete reply to its last note regarding interference with neutral mailswere cabled by the State Department to Ambassador Page at London and Ambassador Sharp at Paris. The step was taken; after Presi dent Wilson and other officials had studied the British memorandum deal ing with specific complaints and de ferring until the future a reply to the American contentions regarding the principles involved. The official text of the memorandum, made public by the State Department, discloses that Great Britain "feels obliged to disclaim responsibility" for the specific occurrences complained of In the American note until there has been "opportunity of investigating in detail." . One of. the subjects left for consid eration in the allies' forthcoming final reply is the American complaint regarding money order lists, which it Is decl.ire-3 "involves questions of prin ciple on which consultation between those governments is still in progress." In replying to the complaint regard ing mail removed from the steamship Med an. some of which later was lost on the Mecklenburg, the memorandum says that the facts set forth by the United States "are correct, but that it Is not made clear, though it is the fact, that the neutral mail bags removed from the Medan were all sent on . . . and that 182 bags lost In the Mecklen burg were without exception for enemy destination. But Pacific Coast motorists have proved for themselves that Zerolene, an oil made from selected California crude asphalt-base, gave best results. Now their practical experi ence is supported by thetes . timony of international ex perts. Lieut. Bryan, a U.S. govern ment expert, stated before the American Society of Naval Engineers, at Wash ington, D. C: "Oils made from the asphalt-base cru des have shown themselves better adapted to motor cylinders, as far as their carbon forming proclivi ties are concerned than are paraffine-base Pennsyl vania oils." Zerolene is the oil used by the majority of Pacific Coast motor ists. Highest competitive awards, San Francisco and San Diego Ex positions. Next time you empty your crank case refill with Zerolene. the Standard Oil for Motor Cars Dealers everywhere and at our SERVICE STATIONS Standard Oil Company (California) Portland Cmmy mt mddrmmm mm Motmr Cytin dr Lmbrutmtimm, bmfmrm thm Ammricmm Society m0 Mm ml Estmismmmrm, by Limmu Brymm U. S. N.. tmili bm mmmt mm rmmmmmt. Use of New Treatment Rapidly Increasing. Is The takinsr of netroletim or ran f - fine oil for the lubrication of the bowels and Intestinal tract has proven most beneficial particularly in cases of constipation of long standing and of the most stubborn nature. The principle of such remedies is a new one. The petroleum or paraffine, tarken in the ordlnarv way, lubricates the bowels and softens all matter which has become hardened nnl caused a stoppage in the passage. The action which neorssarilv follows as the result of the softening and lubricating process is entirely mechanical, gentle and Dat ura I. This liquid petroleum or paraffine Is sold under the name of Ameroil. It is the highest refined pure mineral oil. It is odorless, tasteless and coloVles and agreeable to take. Ameroil is not medicine In the true sense of the word. It is not absorbed into the sys- . tern, nor does it act as a atimutant. There are no disagreeable after effects. It has been used in many cases with great benefit. Ameroil is sold at ail The Owl Drug stores in pint bottles at 60c. ACUTE AND CHRONIC RHEUMATISM Thm exact eaoi of rhenmatUm im nn known, thoash It Is generally believed to be doe to an excess of uric acid In the blood. It may be also said with equal truth that no remedy has been found which fte aspeclflo In all cases. In fact the literature of rheu matism shows that there are but few drugs which have not been given a trial. In the bands of one observer we find that a certain drug hag been used with the utmost satis faction; others have found the same remedy to be a great disappointment. All physi cians however agree that every method of treatment is aided by the administration of some remedy to relieve the pain and quiet the nervous system and Ir. W. 8. echuitae expresses the opinion of thousands of prac titioners when he says that ahtl-kamnl tablets should be given preference over all other remedies for the relief of tbe pain in all forme of rneumatlacn. These tablets can be purchased In any quantity. They are afrsa unsurpassed in headaches, neuralgias and all pain. Altfor A-KXabicts, AN OLD PROVERB It used to be proverbial that every man (and it is certainly no less true of woman) is either a fool or a phy sician at forty. This means that every Intelligent person must learn so much about caring for his own health that by the time he Is forty years of acre he can almost be reckoned aa a physician. Why. then, is there so much talk by doctors against "self-medlcatlon"? A woman can recognize all ordinary ail ments without, calling on a doctor. If they are ailments distinctive to her sex she generally knows enough to use that greatest of all remedies for such ailments. Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound, and likewise she is familiar with the standard remedies for other diseases. Adv.