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fag j VOL,. IVI NO. 17,447. PORTLAND, OREGON, 3IONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 191G. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THREE-MILE TRENCH TAKEN BY BRITISH MOTOR CAPSIZES HURTING 6 IN CITY AIRMAN SHOT DOWN IN RAID ON BRITAIN HUGHES MAJORITY IS SHOWN BY BALLOTS 44th SUNNY DAY SOLE SURVIVOR OF IS LURE TO OPEN SONGS STIR VOTERS CREW OF 21 LANDS FAILURE OF BRAKES ON HfXl: RESULTS IX CATASTROPHE. GERMAN FLAXE-DROPS BOMBS ON THAMES SEAPORT. 40-MILE STREAM OF AUTOS SEEN OX COLUMBIA HIGHWAY. ROUS NG CA MPAI6N Offensive Resumed on Large Scale. FIGHTING WEATHER RETURNS Position With Sinister Reputa tion Smothered by Guns. 600 PRISONERS CAPTURED Advance Most Important In Three Weeks Deep, Snut Dugouts of Enemy Highly Prized at Outset of Winter. fCopyrlght, 1918. by the Associated Press.) BRITISH FRONT IX FRANCE. Oct. 21. via London. Oct. 22. With the re turn of fighting weather the British resumed the offensive on a larger scale today and turned on enough gunfire and sent In enough troops to make ure Regina trench was theirs. It was the most important attack for three weeks. All this month Regina trench - has been developing a sinister reputation. It Joins on to the old first-line fortifi cations In the neighborhod of Thlcpval, and anything in that region with com fortable dugouts the Germans like to retain In order to prevent the active battle front from broadening, and for another reason which a British soldier expressed when he said: "With Winter coming on we feel the need of those deep, snug dugouts the Germans spent so much time in bulli Ing." "Blsj Bite" Kound SKniarr. Parties of the British got possession of portions of Regina tren,ch on several occasions, but the Germans swarmed out of their burrows and repulsed the Invaders. Evidently Regina trench was not to be taken by nibbling and re quired one big bite. In such cases there Is nothing to do but wait for clear Weather, when the gunners can see what they are doing and turn on a No. 1 artillery curtain of fire.- Yesterday morning a set gunner's smile was on the face of the whole army. Instead of rain and mist making a gunner's bane of low visibility, an almost wintry sun was shining In crystal clear air literally an artillery man's heaven. All the gun tribe neces eary for the Job were up and in posi tion already waiting for such a day as this, when the eyes that see for them from the observation posts can tell whether the practice shells they leis urely fire are on the target which they are to paste as, far as they can, on the signals being given for the concert to begin. Trench Nearly Three Miles Long. When the same kind of weather con tinued today, staff officers who arrange these affairs said: "This Is moving day for the Germans ,ln Regina trench." The Regina trench is a long trench of nearly three miles about the same length as the battlefront at Gettys burg. Shortly after noon, when there had been the usual amount of shell fire all morning and no sign anywhere on the landscape that anything unusual was going to happen, a number one curtain fire sudenly was turned on with the same effect on the ear as when all the whistles of New York start when the clock strikes 12 on New Year's eve. The usual billowy cloud of shell smoKe churned and whipped the length of Regina trench with the customary ac curacy of these swathes of death and tempest, and then the British Infantry were in full possession of the trench. Six Hundred Prisoners Taken. Some Germans bolted from the first ugly breath of that barrage, knowing from experience that the only thing to do was to move on to another position and force the gunners to prepare an other deluge for the next step of the entente allied offensive. ' Six hundred left alive were taken prisoner. The gunners are smiling at the stars tonight, which promise another fair day tomorrow. The cold weather has trans formed the army Into a Winter chrysalis. The battalions are marching up the trenches all wearing their over coats. The call is for more chocolate and more bacon sizzling in pans in the dugouts. The gunners. who were stripped for their work In August, now warm their hands on the heated gun barrels. At night on the field, where fires are permitted, the men gather around the blaze of any wood they can gather. Those digging new trenches on the ground do not mind how cold it is so long as the f- Is not soaked by rain. COLD WEATHER HELPS DRIVE Gains Mado Easier by Hardening of Ground on Western Front. LONDON, Oct. 22. The following Joint dispatch dated last night has been received from the British war corre spondents' headquarters in France: "The past two days of blue skies and hard cold winds has resulted in a gen eral drying of the ground In the bat tle area, again permitting activity. The British troops already have taken ad vantage of the improvement. "Shortly after noon today, following a, heavy bombardment, an attack was delivered along a. front of about 6000 (Concluded on Face 5, Column 2.) Driver Tries to TUrn Off Heavy Grade on Washington Street and Wheel Gives Way. 6ix persons were injured yesterday morning, when the automobile In which they were riding turned over at Twenty-third" and Washington streets. Mrs. William Maxwell, of Tillamook, sus tained, a fracture of the left leg. and is now In Good Samaritan Hospital. From the character of the accident it Is considered remarkable that any of the party escaped without more serious In juries. The car was driven by William Max well, of Tillamook. He was accom panied by hie wife and son, Joseph. 12 years old, and by Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Kinnlnan. of Aloha, Or., and their lit tle daughter, Pauline, 2 years old. Every member of the party was so badly bruised and shocked that they were taken to Good Samaritan Hos pital for treatment. The car was descending the hill, ac cording to Mr. Maxwell's statement, when the brakes refused to work. In an endeavor to check the speed and avoid, accident he attempted to turn Into the side street. Instantly a front wheel of the ear collapsed under the strain and the machine upset, throw ing the occupants to the pavement. None of them was pinned beneath the wreck. With the exception of Mrs. Maxwell all were able within a few hours to leave the hospital, where their wounds were dressed. They returned to their homes yesterday afternoon. UNFAIR ELECTION CHARGED N learn giian Liberals Send Protest to President Wilson. MANAGUA. Nicaragua. Oct. 22. Rep resentatives of the Liberal party have sent a protest to President Wilson against the recent elections, in which General Emillano Chamorro was elected president of the republic, accusing President Adolfo Diaz of not complying with his promise to permit an absolute ly fair ballot. The protest says also that the Ameri can Minister. Benjamin L. Jefferson, imposed on the Liberals conditions which amounted to the exclusion of the party from the participation in the government which Its number entiteld it to. 8 HURT IN AUTO COLLISION Cars Said to Have Been Racing Into Michigan Town. MANISTEE. Mich.. Oct. 22. Eight persons were Injured, three perhaps fatally, when two automobiles, said to have been racing into Manistee, col lided at the outskirts of the city short ly before midnight last night. The injured Include Waldemar Brown, ex-Mayor of Manistee; George Giles, register of deeds, and Frederick Stone, candidate for Judge of probate. - Brown is believed to have sustained a fractured Ekull. COFFEE THEFTS EXTENSIVE Ten Pounds Taken From Each of Many Bags in Salvador. SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Sal vador. Oct. 22. Two arrests have been made in connection with the theft of coffee shipped from San Salvador, dis closed through complaints made by American merchants that 10 pounds of coffee wero missing from each of many bags consigned to them. The value of the coffee stolen ap proximates 300.000 pesos. The investi gation, which began a month ago, has not yet concluded. WOMAN KILLS MOTHER, 85 Daughter, Who Is 52, Then Kills Self by Jumping Into Deep Well. DUBUQUE, la.. Oct. 22. Mrs. Mary Sunderhaft, aged 85, was murdered by her daughter. Josephine Sunderhaft. aged 52. yesterday, the latter later com mitting suicide by Jumping Into a 60 foot well. The old lady was found with rope twisted tightly about her neck. Her clothes were nearly torn from her body, as were also the clothes of her daughter. NOTED GENERALS WOUNDED Marchand and Sainte Claire Deville Hit Fighting for France. PARIS, Oct. 22. Two of the best- known French generals, Brigadier-Gen eral Marchand, of Fashoda fame, and General Sainte Claire Deville. have been wounded in battle. General Marchand's wounds are not regarded as serious, in fact It is an nounced that he will be able to con tinue in command of his brigade on the western front. General Sainte Claire Deville, however, is seriously wounded AVIATOR DECORATES GRAVE Georgia City Honors Memory of Mrs. Ellen Wilson. KUMt, ua.. Oct. 22. A wreath of flowers entwined with an American flag was dropped from a height of 1400 leeu oy j uiiuuy ureen, an aviator, on the cemetery here In' which Mrs. Ellen Wilson, wife of the President, is burled. The wreath was placed on Mrs. Wil son's grave as Home's tribute to her memory. Mrs. Hanley's Compan ion Adds to Interest. AUDIENCES JOIN IN LUSTILY Mrs. Bert Anderson's Patriotic Parodies Win Voters. MARTIAL AIRS ARE VARIED Med ford's Mezzo Soprano Is "Doing Her Bit" in Extern Oregon With Mclodius Forecasls of 'Vic tory for Republicans. BY LEONE CASS BAER. PENDLETON. Or.. Oct. 22. Special.) While Mrs. E. B. Hanley. the Billy Sunday of politics, is encouraging Re publicans and producing a change of heart in many a Democrat, another Medford woman Is "doing her bit," too. In this whirlwind Eastern Oregon cam paign. This is Mrs. Bert Anderson who sings at each of the big meetings. When Mrs. Hanley was persuaded to enter the campaign movement by giv ing her famous heart-interest talks to voters in Oregon, her fellow townsmen sent Mrs. Anderson along on the trip to give additional Interest by singing pa triotic songs. Mrs. Anderson Is a trained vocalist with a big mezzo-soprano of beautiful tone-quality and full of melody. Clever Melodies Sun sr. In her church-choir work and in her social life she has confined her selec tions to the classical music, but in the campaign she Is singing the songs that stir and thrill. Patriotic songs, martial melodies and clever parodies on Civil War-time songs make up her reper toire. One. set to the tune of "Tramp. Tramp. Tramp, the Boys Are March ing." is creating a sensation. In La Grande, tomorrow night, where Mrs. Hanley Js to speak, printed copies of his song will be distributed In the audience, so that all may Join in the chorus. It follows: Here at Shadow Lawn I sit. While with gloom my brow Is knit. As I sea Hughes' chanches surely mount ing higher. And the tears they fill my eyes. fcplte of all that I can do. For I fee! they're going to force ma to letlre. CHORUS. Tramp, tramp, tramp. Z hear them marching. Millions whom I cannot fool. And' I greatly fear That the tlmo is drawing near. When I'll have to start again at teaching school. If I only had been firm And refused a second term Which the Democratic party had in view. T would net be In the plight Of a man too proud to fight. And too weak to crow a cocka-doodle-do. Audience Joins In Song. Another, to the stirring air of "The Battle Cry of Freedom." Mrs. Anderson (Concluded on Page 7, Column 2.) j. British Aviators Pursue and Br1 ng Down CraftRailway Cars Dam aged, but No One Killed. LONDON. Oct. 22. A hostile aero plane appeared today over the forti fied seaport of Sheerness. at the mouth of the Thames. Four bombs were dropped. Xo casualties have been re ported officially. An official communication issued to night says: "A hostile seaplane was shot down and destroyed this afternoon by one of our naval aircraft. The machine fell into the sea. Judging by the time. It probably was the seaplane which vis ited Sheerness today." The following official account of the attack was given out: "A hostile aeroplane approached Sheerness at about 1:45 P. M. today, flying very high. Four bombs were dropped, three of which fell into the harbor. The fourth fell In the vicinity, of a railway station and damaged sev eral railway carriages. "British aeroplanes went up and the raider made off in a northeasterly di rection. No- casualltles have been re ported." APPLES PICKED ON SUNDAY Hood River Folks Act to Save Best From Windfalls. HOOD RIVER, Or.. -Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) Hood River applegrowers for the most part today engaged In picking apples. They have been assisted by townspeople at an estimated number or 200. But orchardlsts snd city folic have disobeyed no scriptural injunction for "the ox is in the ditch." Thousands of boxes of the best com mercial fruit still remain on the trees In the East Side orchard district, The apples "lave so ripened that the least swaying of the branches cauoes them to 'umble in wasteful numbers to the earth. A fallen apple cannot bo used In the commercial packs, but must bo shipped to by-products plants. SPAIN WINS CONCESSION Germany Makes Conditional Promise to Spare Fruit Ships. MADRID. Oct. 21, via London. Oct. 22. The Minister of State, replying to a question In the Chamber of Deputies today, said that the German govern ment has promised to respect condi tionally Spanish ships carrying fruit, even those with consignments to- bel ligerent ports. ' The Minister requested the chamber not to discuss the torpedoing- by Ger man submarines of merchant ships." WORLD CROP FALLS SHORT Total Estimated at 25 Per Cent Leo Than That of Last Year. ROME, via Paris. Oct. 22. The total wheat harvest of the world Is esti mated by the International Agricultu ral Institute as 7 per cent below the average and 25 per cent below that of last year. The institute's report Includes, for the first time, the crop of European Rus, sla. which it estimates to be 20 per cent less than that of last year. ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IX. Mr. Willcox Reviews Recent Primaries. REPUBLICANS FAR IN LEAD Results in Widely Separated States in Evidence. INTENSE INTEREST SHOWN New York, New Jersey, Maine, Pa cific Coast States and Middle West, Says Republican Chairman, Have Shown Preference. NEW TORK. Oct, 22. (Special.) "The people of the United States have made up their minds In favor of Mr. Hughes and against Mr. Wilson and that Is all there is to It." said William R. Willcox. chairman of the Republi can National Committee, today. "They have given positive proof of it on numerous occasions this Fall proof that cannot be denied, misunder stood cr misinterpreted. In a dosen states, from Maine to California, from Michigan to Maryland, where the voters have had a chance to stand up and be counted, they have unfailingly taken advantage of these opportunities to show their determined preference for Mr. Hughes. There Is no exception. "This Is the thing that counts. It doesn't make . any difference what claims campaign managers put forth. It Is the way the people vote that does the real talking. Actual Votes in Evidence. "Here Is how they have been voting: In California, S07.793 Republicans voted in the primaries and only 77,830 Demo crats. In Maine the voters were counted at an election and Maine's answer was emphatic and conclusive. There were 79,902 Republicans and 66.547 Demo crats 'and that was after a campaign hotly contested on both sides and where the Democratic managers made support of Wilson the cardinal issue. "New Jersey and Massachusetts show exactly the same situation. In each state there wai a Democratic contest, with one side supported by the Admin istration. In each state the Adminis tration candidate was defeated and In each state the total Democratic vote was far below the Republican vote. Mararln AY id In New Jersey "In New Jersey Servitor Martlne. seeking renominatlon, polled B0.9S1 votes. Judge Westcott. who had the Administration support against Mar tlne. polled 29,627. This was a hard fight, which attracted attention all over the country because of the efforts of President Wilson's friends to defeat Martlne. While this bitter contest was going on, there was a good-natured campaign In the Republican primaries between Joseph Frelinghuysen and Frank lm Murphy, each of whom polled more votes than both Martlne and (Concluded on Pass 2. Column 1.) Gorgeous Autumn Coloring Is Fas cinating to Thousands Fair Weather Today Forecast. Monday, fair; northwesterly winds. The weather has become a toplo of conversation that Is not frowned on as being the last resort on which the Weak conversationalist falls for Intelligent discussion. Truly, many native Portlanders assert that this weather, while unusual, is the kind that has brought fame to Oregon. Yesterday, the 44th consecutive dry day, was as pretty an Autumn day as could be desired. Forty-two days was the previous Fall drouth, record. Al most the entire population of the city went somewhere to enjoy It. Those who possessed automobiles sought the open road. Others enjoyed boating on the river. Those who were not so fortunate strolled or visited parks. The Columbia Highway with the mountains' gorgeous, fascinating Fall coloring, lured thousands, and in the afternoon there was almost a continu ous stream of automobiles from Port land to Eagle Creek, some 40 miles East. The dry weather is doing little dam age. Farmers are unable to dig their potatoes because of the dry soil, but potatoes may be left in the ground practically all Winter without harm. Although no official reports have reached the weather bureau of frosts In the vicinity of Portland, many of the residents of the suburbs have made un official reports of freezing tempera tures. WHEAT BRINGS TOP PRICES Walla Walla Farmers Get From $1.32 to $1.45 a Bushel. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Oct. 22. (Special.) Top prices for wheat for the year brought out 100,000 bushels yesterday and as many more the day before. Farmers sold for 11.32 and up to a half-cent better for club; S 1.40 for bluestem, and 11.45 for turkey red. W. S. Malloy sold 30,000 bushels of club at top prices; Harry Collins dis posed of 6000 bushels: Fred Hofer 8000 bushels. F. C. Vollendortf 7600. and H. B. Richmond 7000 bushels of club. Ben Zugar sold 9000 sacks of barley for S3G.35 a ton. the highest price of the season. Dick Tompkins sold 12,000 bushels of hybrid and 24,000 bushels of bluestem. THRESHER, WHEAT, BURN Barn Also Destroyed on Farm South of The Dalles. , THE DALLES. Or.. Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) Fire from the threshing engine yesterday spread to the wheat stacks ready to be run through the separator on the Fisher ranch. IS miles south of this place, and about 1700 bushels of grain, the barn and the threshing ma chine were destroyed. The thresher had Just been set up. and the blase started when the crew was absent for dinner. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 65.4 degrees; minimum. 42. tt degrees. TODAY'S Fair; north westerly winds. Politics. Chairman Willcox says figures show people nar.t Hughes. Page 1. Girrord Plnchot will speak tonight. Pace 10. Stirring patriotic campaign songs add en thusiasm In Republican meetings, page 1. Oregon City Republican women plan torch light procession. Page 7. Mr. McNarjr confident Oregon will give big majority for Hug lies. I'age 5. Churge Mr. Hughes gave assurances to con ference represented by Jeremiah O'Leary authoritatively denied. Page i. War. Austrian Premier slain because he. refuses to convene Parliament. Page 4.' Cause of war discussed by Lord Roberts In letter written shortly before ha died. Page 4. Italy desires to avoid bitterness In war with Germany. Page 4. British take three miles of Important trenches. Page 1. Airman shot down in raid on England. Page 1. Foreign. Scandinavian countries continue to buy ships in America. Pa-e 2. National. Washington minimises French Seizure of Chinese territory. Page S. Domestic. Captain of whalebaok sole survivor when vessel la wrecked. Page 1. Sports. Pacific Coast league results: Los Angeles 1-4. Portland 0-4 (second game 11 In nings, called, darkness): Oakland 3-2, Vernon 0-9: Salt Lake 6. San Francisco . Page 32. Doble seks to keep Johnny Parsons out of Oregon-Washington game on technicality Page 12, Review of baseball season shows Red Sox and Robins had class of league. Page 12. Pennsylvania promises to be factor In East ern championship race. Page 13. Abner Blair wins high honors at traps. Page IS. Pacific Northwest. Olympla examiners say Industrial Insurance system is lax. Page 6. Marine. Cargo tor Kenton Mam No. 3 being sought. Pag 13. . Portland and Vicinity. Children asking playgrounds depict sordid conditions in Marquam Oulch. Page IB Baker Theater has new revolving stag to change scenes. Page IS. Many enl'.at as student missionaries. Page 11. Hcpe Presbyterian Church Is dedicated. Page 11. M. c. Fortner. victim of streetcar accident. dlea. Page lo. Roarln' frontier danc to be given in barn. Page IS. Motor capsizes on Washington street, hurt ing six. Page I. Rev. A. F. Bishop preaches opening sermon at Central Presbyterian Church. Page 11. Forty-fourth atraight sunny day lures thous ands to open Page 1. Church congregations aid Armenians. Page 10. Weather it port, data and forecast. Page 5. Black Friday Tragedy of Erie Grows. WHALEBACK'S CAPTAIN SAYED Man Adrift 30 Hours in Icy Waters of Lake. BITTER ORDEAL DESCRIBED Most of Men. Lost When, Vessel Fonn ders Others Dcco'ne Exhausted and Are Washed From Raft. Other Steamers Lost, CLEVELAND. Oct. 22. Storm-swept Lake Erie gave up another fragment today of the story of Its "black Fri day" another vessel pounded to pieces In the stinging gale and grinding wave, carrying 21 men to their deaths. The last vessel is the Duluth-owned whaleback James B. Colgate. Its lone survivor, adrift for 30 hours on a raft, brought the story ashore. Half dead, he was carried off rescue ship at Conneaut, O., this afternoon. He Is Captain "Walter Grashaw. of this city, master of the Colgate, which went down at 10 o'clock Friday night off Long Point, Canada, opposite Erie. Captain Alone la Burned. Every one of the crew of 21 perished, 19 of them sucked down to death the Instant the big steel boat foundered in the storm, and two added to the roil when, exhausted, they were washed off the raft that carried their captain. The ferry steamer Marquette and Bessemer No. 2 picked up the captain off Ron deau. Canada, opposite Cleveland. Six men were lost when the steamer Filer sank In Lake Erie on Friday, only Captain Mattison being saved. Earlier the steamer Marshal F. Butters loun dered. but Its crew of IS were saved. Grashaw. who had been master of the Colgate for only two weeks, is In a critical condition. Ills wife is at his bedside. Victim Laaheel fcy Wavea. Captain Grashaw could be seen by his rescuers prostrate on the craft, numbed hands wrapped about the ropes twined across It, his body lashing In the waves. Captain Grashaw'a story follows: "We were passing Long Point about to 7 o'clock Friday night when trou ble began. The boat sprang aleak forward. We were all aft at the time and Immediately we could feel her tip ping and settling at the head. "Every man worked for his life then, but it was no use. By 10 o'clock the storm had Increased so that the Col gate d'd not have a chance. The gale was terrific, rains driving and the waves pounded. We got the life raft ready Just as the boat was so far down that her decks were awash. Raft Twice Capalaed. "When she sank everybody Jumped Into the water. I went down and when I, came up by some chance my hand touched the raft. I grabbed it, and pulled myself on it Just as Second En gineer Harry Ossmann and a coal passer reached it. What happened to the others I don't know. I never saw them again. They must have been sucked right down with the ship. "Then our awful fight began eome thing I'll never forget. Twice the raft turned completely over and we were washed loose, but we managed to re tain our holds. I must have been un conscious all the time, for now I can't remember distinguishing night from day while the storm went on and our raft plunged with us. never once in sight of a ship that might rescue ua until this morning. Coal Passer Goes First. "First the coal passer was washed away. Then hours later Ossmann. totally exhausted, was washed to his death. How I managed to keep on the raft I don't know. Time and again It turned over with me. Each time I had to fight my way on top again." The Colgate was built In 1892. 3300 gross tons 308 feet long, 38 feet beam and 24 feet deep. LAKE IS FTXTj OF WRECKAGE Vessels Xot Reported May ITa c Been Lost In Storm. DETROIT. Oct, 22. That other ves sels than those already reported may have gone down in the terrific storm on the Great Lakes Friday, was the belief expressed tonight by Captain Alexander McDonald, of the steamer Harvey D. Goulder. which stopped at a coal dock here tonight on the way up the lakes. Captain McDonald said that he had passed through the northern end of Lake Erie today and that the lake "was full of wreckage." Two Bodies Washed Ashore. DETROIT. Oct. 22. The bodies of two men. believed to have been members of the crew of the barge D. L. Filer, which foundered in Lake Erie Friday night with a loss of six lives, were washed ashore below Amherstburg. OnL, about 20 miles down the Detroit River, today. They have not been Identified