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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY. MAY 24, 1917. FOREIGN LEGION IS DECORATED AGAIN THE WAR and the Encyclopaedia Britannica 'WHERE YOU SPEND THE LEAST AND GET THE MOST FOR IT We've planned a big 3-day sale for MEN! Daring Cosmopolitan Regi ment in France Wins . ' General's Praise. tr 51 NATIONS REPRESENTED Latest Exploit Is Capture of Posi J tion Strongly Defended Arter Using More Tlian 50,000 Hand Grenades on Germans. the Staff Oorrespodent of Associated Press. GRAND HEADQUARTERS OF THE French armies in France. May 23. (From a staff correspondent of the Associated Press.) "A marvelous reg iment, animated by hatred of the enemy and the highest spirit of sacrifice." These words are -used In -the official army order in conferring- the fifth palm on the flair of the famous Foreign Legion for gallantry in the recent fighting in Champagne. The regiment is unique in the number of times men tioned and decorated. The staff correspondent of the Asso ciated Press visited the legionaries in their rest camp, where they were re cuperating and filling their ranks, and heard personal narratives from officers and men whose conduct- is- so highly praised. No matter what the men's nationality and citizens of' no fewer than 51 nations are represented among the legionaries after joining they im mediately become imbued with the reg iment s glorious traditions. They al ways have been where the fighting was hottest. Half of Force Remains. When the war started, six battalions, forming two regiments, were sent to the front; now only three battalions remain, fused into one regiment. Among them are still Americans from various states of the Union, as well as from all the republics of Central and South America. There are men from British colonies, from all the countries In Europe, Asia and Africa, and also a number of Frenchmen, who have been attracted to the legion on account of its adventureous career. Many Rus sians, Belgians, tlalians, British and Roumanians recently have been trans ferred to their own armies, reducing the legion's strength, but Spaniards, ISwiss and Americans-are joining. The legion's task for successful achievement of which it was honored today was the most difficult in the recent French offensive. Its front stretched from Auberive, the capture of which was included in the objective aimed at. For five days and nights the legionaries fought continuously and virtually without sleep. They accomplished the task set them, but at the cost of the life of their colonel, and many other gaps In their ' ranks At the end their commander was Maior . Auberive was- entered and carried by a Lieutenant, with a non-commissioned officer and 10 men, with unbelievable daring, atacked a machine-gun em placement and killed 12 German gun ners. Strong Point Outflanked. The advance of the battalion operat ing to the west , of Auberive was de layed for a time 'by the opposition of an unknown series of German en trenchments formidably armed in what Is known as the gulf. It was impossi ble to attack frontally across the hal. mile of open ground, but the legion aries succeeded in outflanking the posi tion and made their way, fighting for everv foot, along a communication trench until they had carried the whole position. They threw 50.000 of their own hand grendaes in the course of the five days, besides many thousands of German grenades they discovered in the dumps on the enemy territory. When the fighting was over many ef the exhausted legionaries slept as they stood. The Brigadier-General told the cor respondent that so many of the le gionaries were entitled to decorations that he was unable to give to all. Sev eral Americans, however, obtained the war cross. Sergeant Edgar Bouligny, of New Orleans, who was wounded, already has been awarded the war cross for bravery. He has served since the .beginning of the war. The division's captures for the five days comprised 1100 German prisoners 22 cannon. 68 trench mortars and 47 machine guns. PARIS May 23. Successful attacks were made by the French last night on three parts of the front, the War Office announced. ITALIANS REGAIN POSITIONS Russians Also Repulse Raid by Ger man Troops. 1 ROUE, via London, May 23. Very heavy fighting between the . Austro Hungarians and Italians took place in the Travignolo Valley, on the Trentlno front, continuing until yesterday after Note every one of these items carefully; they all tell of savings that you should be glad to make! Remember, the sale is in the Economy Basement Store. SHIRTS special at 79c Wonderfully well-made shirts of percale and Bedford cord, with either soft French or starched cuffs. Unusual values, 79c. Notaseme sox, 3 pairs 50c It's only because the manufacturer called these "'seconds' and sold them to us for less that we can name this low price for today. Athletic union suits 49c Real Summer will be here in earnest most any time now, and you will be glad you had this opportunity to buy these suits for less. Union suits at 65c Good weight, cotton ribbed union suits in short sleeve, ankle length style! All sizes. All specially priced at 65c. Black sateen shirts 98c The famous "Jack Rabbit" shirts, than which there are none that men like better and none that wear better; special, 98c Muslin night shirts 50c You'd spend just about 50c for the materials for such night shirts as these and then you'd have the bother of making! We are principal Portland Agents for Lee Union-Alls $3.00 Note th?big page ad of these famous garments in the Saturday Evening Post this morning! "Union-Alls" are one-piece, garments that combine jackets and overalls just what every man who has work to do wants. No matter whether the work you have to do is in a factory, in a sawmill, on a farm, in your garden or under your machine, you'll be enthusiastic about these Lee "Union-Alls." We have them of khaki, of blue denim, of white denim and of blue and white express-striped denim. Note the lowness of their price $3.00. - ' Economy Basement. rrnev.... I spiv ctvn cj 'Msr chsn clisex? dlMerit Only i noon, when the Italians succeeded in recapturing all the positions which the Austrlansnad penetrated, the War Of fice announced . today. PETBOQRAD, via London, May 23. The repulse of a German raiding party beforethe Russian lines in the region of Krevo, southeast of Vtlna, Is an nounced by the War Office today. or immediate and permanent relief from eczema l prescribe Resinol "If yon want to experiment, try some cf those things you talk about. But if you really want that itching stopped and your skin healed, get a jar of Resinol Ointment- We doctors have been pre scribing Mzever since you were a small boy. so we know what it will do." Resinol Ointment is so nearly flesh-colored that it can be used on exposed surfaces without attractins; nndue attention. Sold by all drug-fist. aosoiuteiy; . removes Indigestion One package proves it 25c at all druggists?. Santiseptic Boon to Mothers. Soothes and relieves ehafed, irritated akinn of In fants. Keeps skin fresh and sweet. Fine toe oaoy leader sun. ooc. All druggists. SPY FACES NEW CHARGES Captain Rlntelen Pleads Not Guilty to Perjury. NEW YORK, May 23. Franas Rinte- en, the German navv captain convict ed recently and sentenced to one year n prison for conspiring to disrupt the munitions trade in this country, plead ed not guilty today to two other In dictments. These accuse him of Jer- ury and of illegally obtaining a pass port which enabled him to get to Eng land, where he was arrested and sent back to this country. The Government plans to place Rln telen on trial again next month. JOFFRE IS AT HOE French Mission to America Arrives in France. tee to apply., to the relief of any en listed man- going from any part of Sherman County, regardless of place of enlistment, duration of service or need that may arise. This relief work will be in . charge of the Y. M. C A. service station nearest to the man needing, help and will be charged back tnrougn tne .National and state organl zatlon. DEPARTURE KEPT SECRET AID FOR ROADS PROPOSED Government Price-Fixing on Sup plies Provided In Resolution. , WASHINGTON. Slay 23 Govern ment price-fixing of all railway sup plies was proposed in a resolution in troduced today by Senator Cummins, of Iowa. During the war the resolution pro vides that such supplies shall be bought and sold at prices prevailing June 30, 1916, or at cost, plus 10 per cent. Progress of the War. INCLEMENT weather is holding Mar shal H&lg's men to their trenches along the Arras front and the expected recommencement of the offensive with the .object of clearing out the Germans from the little sector of the Hlnden- burg line they still hold west of Bulle- court has not yet started. The infantry also was Inactive Wednesday along the French front, where the Germans bombarded heavily the new positions captured by the French Tuesday night east of Chevreus and on the Californie and Vauclerc plateaus. The number of prisoners tak en by the French in this region has now reached more than 400. Likewise in the Isonzo sector of the Austro-Italian . theater the infantry activity apparently has given way al most entirely to artillery duels of the greatest intensity. Rome reports the Italians have re captured, after several' days of heavy fighting, - positions the Austrlans had wrested from them Monday night in the Travignolo Valley on the Trentlno front. Germany's submarine campaign ap parently is still falling far short of German expectations. The report of the British Admiralty on tonnage sunk last week shows that. 18 merchantmen of more than 1600 tons and nine of less tonnage were sent to the bottom. This is far below the million- tons a month expected by Germany. Sailing Known by Newspapers in This Country Wnjch Loyally Re frain From - Publishing Any Information Regarding It. PARIS, May 23. Marshal Joffre and ex-Premier VIvlani arrived at Brest last night on their return from the United States. They reached Brest at midnight and are due in Pails tonight. WASHINGTON. May 23. Vice- Premier Viviani. Marshal Joffre and the French mission sailed from New York Tuesday. Max 15, unknown ex cept to a few officials and many American newspapers, which loyally kept the secret. On Monday morning. May 14, the mission returned to Washington from their tour of the Middle West and East. After farewell visits to Presi dent Wilson and other American offi cials, the members of the party de parted late in the afternon on a special train and reached New York berore midnight. Tugs took them to the liner waiting In mid-stream. The ship sailed out through the harbor guards in the early hours of Tuesday morning, and so well had the plans been laid that it was generally supposed in New York that the liner and her convoy were sailing for Hampton Roads to take on the French party at the same place where they landed on coming to the United States. The visit of the distinguished t rencn- men probably never has been approached in American history unless it. wa when Lafayette paid his visit to the new republic he had helped to bring into being. FrobaDiy no roreign mu itarv hero ever was received with such demonstrations as were given to the Marshal of France. The receptions to M. Viviani were scarcely less memorable, for no for eign statesman ever stirred Americans more deeply by the fire of his gifted oratory. LIQUOR F0UND IN AUTOS Five Men Arrested After Midnight, Returning From California. klamath FALLS, Or., May 23. (Special.) Five men were taken by the sheriffs and police chief's offices after midnight as they returned from Dorris, Cal., with booze in their automobiles. The day had been beautiful for touring and many cars went to Dorris in the afternoon. Some failed to return before midnight. At that hour, the new state law be came effective, which provides that an officer, having reasonable infomation mat intoxicating liquors are being un Lawiuny transported shall search wnnout a warrant. John Nelson, Tom Noug. and Harrv Bacher, three of those arrested, pleaded guilty and were fined 35 and costs each. Dave Burling and Jess Millett pleaded not guilty and will be tied. Leslie J. Cady and Oliver M. Miller were arrested for having liquor in their possession, and the liquor was confiscated. There seems to be a likelihood that Germany will soon have two addi tional enemies ranged against her Brazil and China. The President of Brazil has requested Congress to re voke Brazil's declaration of neutrality, while the President of China has dis missed the Premierand ordered the formation of a new Cabinet, which is considered as likely to end the dead lock in Parliament and make possible a declaration of war against Germany by China, . . . i SHERMAN CAMPAIGN . ON Big Progress in Raising Army Y. M. C. A. Fund Made. MORO. Or.. May 23. (Special.) Executive committee In charge of rais ing funds for Army Y. M. C. A. In Sher man County met at Moro this after noon. Reported collections were: From Moro, $431.15; from Wasco. 329.40: from Rufus, $136.05; from Grass Val ley. $156.30. The quota assessea to Sherman County for the general field work of the Y. M. C. A. Is $500. It was ordered that the second Install ment of $250 to pay this amount be forwarded to the state office. The work at Kent has been ' delayed by storms, but the residents there will add to the foregoing amount. It was the sense of the committee that a permanent Sherman County Y. M- C A. Army and Navy relief commit tee, to look after those enlisting from Sherman County, be formed by hav ing each community contributing to the fund elect a central committee man. Funds in excess of the $500 will be retained by this permanent commit- TEACHERS ASK MORE PAY Aberdeen Board Told $30 Will Not fcovcr Added Cost of Board. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Ma y23. (Spe ciaL) School teachers of the citv to night petitioned the School Board for an advance in salaries on the ground that the present salary of $65 a month is not sufficient, considering the recent rapid advance in the cost of living. The teachers had been promised an advance of $30 a year for the coming year, but mey say mis will not meet the in creased cost of board alone. Married men who teach here received about ss a monin. ... City employes are all asking an ad vance and unless this is granted tomor row night some of the department em ployes are threatening a walkout. Mayor Sargent and the finance commit tee are seeking to find a way to get sufficient money to grant the raise without having the' city exceed its ouaget. WE have decided to undertake the preparation of a New Volume to be added to the present 29 volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition. The New Volume will be devoted to the war and will have the effect of bringing the information in the Encyclopaedia Britannica down to the date of the conclusion of peace. It will contain a full and authoritative account of the historical background out of which the war sprang, with special reference to the political, social and racial conflict of interests of all the nations concerned. . . It will give exhaustive treatment to the progress of the war, step by step and in all countries. It will show the immediate results of the war not only on the mili tary side, but on the economic side as well, and it will thus enable ' the reader to foresee its ultimate results in the readjustments that will follow in all nations. The war's geographical results will also be fully dealt with, and new maps, to take place of present ones, will be given wherever there are changes in present boundaries. The new volume will be written on the same high level of au thority, comprehensiveness and impartiality which has always dis tinguished the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and which has made its pronouncements on any controversial subject of unique value to the reader. The editor will take especial care to give readers a judicial account of the war, and will exercise such control over the contributors that the narrative will be free from partisan feeling and national prejudice. Those who will be asked to contribute will be writers of the same standing and qualifications as those who wrote for the Britannica itself. The magnitude of the war, in which practically all countries are directly concerned, makes it necessary that its history should be treated with the high authority that can only be attained by em-, ploying the incomparable resources of the Britannica; it also calls for the putting into concrete and authoritative form, for present-day readers and for posterity, of the facts of a chapter of history which will be of immeasurable influence on the future of civilization every where in tne world. The War Volume will be, in fact, a Complete reference. work on the greatest war of history, and in its own field .just as good a book as the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The New Volume will not only give a fair, unbiased and full account of the war itself how it started, how it was fought, the changes and innovations it brought about but it will also deal with the results of the war outside the sphere of fighting. Particular attention will be given to those "economic factors in the present war which have led to the adoption by all the belligerents of new meas ures to safeguard their national welfare. Articles will also be writ ten to tell of any new discoveries or progress in industry and science. For instance, in surgery, aviation, submarine warfare and public hygiene there have been developments of primary importance. These and any other advances in knowledge will be fully dealt with. This will virtually make the New Volume a supplement to the Encyclopaedia Britannica itself. Whether peace shall be made this year, next year, or the year after, the additional new matter will bring the contents of the Britannica abreast of the world's knowledge as it stands when peace has been made. The date of publication will be as soon as possible after the end of the war. THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, per yVTf--A President. P. S. We nave received hundreds of letter asking about this JVe w Volume since m newspaper paragraph announced that it ras to be published. We therefore now wisn to inform all owners of" the Britannica that thejr wj7 in due course be notified of the date of publication. This TVew Volume trill be iaaued in bindings to match their aets, whether they bought The Cambridge University issue or the loir-priced "Handy Volume" Issue, and the price at which it will he sold to owners of the Britannica will be the ' . , me as they paid per volume for the set of the Britannica which they already own. fl' LOGGING CONTRACTOR HURT Horso Brass Man "When Chain Catches Around Ankle. GASTON. Or.. May 23. (Special.) While yarding out piling In the woods near Cherry Grove, Wtlmer Hamrlck, of Gaston, was dragged by a runaway horse a distance of 400 feet down the roughest kind of a logging road, the big mare going at full speed. He la laid up with a twisted ankle, sprained elbow and a few bruises, but is other wise uninjured. That he escaped with his life Is con sidered marvelous by his logging com panions, who were so horrified at the time that they could scarcely go to his rescue. -. The accident happened through a most peculiar manipulation of the 16 foot logging chain with which the logs are dragged from the wooda. The horse made a quick move as Mr. Ham rick unhooked the chain -from a log, snapping the big chain in such a man ner that it wrapped itself around the young man's right ankle twice and hooked asaln Into a link of the chain, thus making it impossible for him. to free himself quickly, when the horse ran away. The horse was caught at the foot of the road by Hugh Johnson, another member of the crew. Wllmer Hamrlck, with his brother, Elmer, had only lately gone Into the business of getting out piling, and was working with Con Senner and Hugh Johnson. DIRECTORY MAN ON PAROLE Daily Reports Required TTntil Book Is Issued. Edward J. Ormsby, who was arrested Tuesday and charged with larceny by bailee, received a suspended sentence In Municipal Court yesterday. Ormsby Is an advertising man, who has secured contracts for a business directory. The contracts are mostly for small amounts, but some of them have been cashed. The business directory WE NOW SERVE WAFFLES They melt in your mouth. See our 6th-st. window. has so far failed to put in an appear ance. Ormsby yesterday appeared to ex plain Ms actions before Judge Steven- every day to Tommy Ryan. Deputy Dis trict Attorney, of the progress he has' made in his business venture, and will have to make all the assertions good son. Hereafter he will have to report or explain to the grand jury. WOOD'S RICE AND COCOA DAIRY LUNCH 101 6th, corner of Stark. YE OREGON GRILLE Owing to the lack of space in the New Lunch Room recently opened, we have been compelled to reopen the Main Grille for Luncheon. Beginning Friday, May 25th, 1917, the Main Grill will be opened for LUNCH at 11:30 A. M., and we will serve daily a,. MERCHANTS' SPECIAL LUNCHEON for 35c Table d'Hote Dinner served in the Main Grill Room 5:30 to 6 P. M. $1.00 the cover. ' Dancing and Music During Dinner and After the Theater. THE HOTEL OREGON Broadway and Stark St.