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TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN. MONDAY, JULY 9, 1917. 8 GENERAL PERSHING TALKS CAMP PLANS man airdromes, depots and troops. Six teen German machines were driven down, 10 out of control, and eight British machines are reported missing. Remainder of First Expedition ary Force Expected at Head quarters Within Week. GOOD BEHAVIOR IS URGED Important developments may be ex pected from Berlin within the next few days. Advices from the German capital and neutral countries agree that im portant internal political moves are brewing. Also. Dr. Von Bethman-Holl-wegg, the Imperial Chancellor, is ex pected to make an important speech dealing with the question of peace in the Reichstag Monday or Tuesday. Field Marshal von Hindenburar and General von Ludendorff. his chief of staff, have reached Berlin for confer ence and Emperor William has returned hurriedly from Vienna. The Emperor, it is announced officially, visited the Imperial Chancellor immediately on his return, and received from him & report on the situation. Address to American Soldiers Em phasizes Valor of French Fight ing Men and Need of Cour tesy Toward Their Families. PARIS, July 8. MaJor-Gene.ral John S. Pershing, commander of the Ameri can forces in France, spent the day conferring with his staff concerning plans for the permanent training camp In France and American participation sxt the fighting front. The permanent camp already has been established and one battalion is undergoing intensive training. It Is expected that the re malnder of the first expeditionary force will be in camp behind the fight ing line within a week- General Pershing expected to confer this week with Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British commander. but because of the pressure of other business he was compelled to send a member of his staff to British head quarters. General Pershing will visit Field Marshal Haig later. Addreaa to Troops Issued. Major General Pershing has Issued the following general order to his troops: "For the first time in history an American army finds Itself in Euro pean territory. The good name of the United States of America and the main tenance of cordial relations require the perfect deportment of each member of this command. "It is of the gravest Importance that soldiers of the American Army shall at all times treat the French people. And especially the women, with the greatest courtesy and consideration. Obedience to Law Required. The valiant deeds of the French armies and the allies, by which they together have successfully maintained the common cause for three years, and the sacrifices of the civil population of France In support of their armies, command our profound respect. This can best be expressed on the part of our forces by uniform courtesies to all the French people, and by the faithful observance of their laws and customs, "The intensive cultivation of the soil in France under conditions caused by the war makes it necessary that ex treme care be taken to do no damage to private property. The entire French manhood capable of bearing arms is in the field fighting the enemy, and it should therefore be a point- of honor to each member of the American Army to avoid doing the least damage to any property in France. Such conduct-is much more reprehensible here. Honor . them as those of our own country." Progress of the War. President 'Wilson has issued a proc lamation putting Into effect Govern ment control of American exports so that the United States, her allies and neutrals may be supplied properly and that no supplies may reach the cen tral powers. Coal and fuel, food and strains, meats and fats, iron and steel of various kinds, arms, ammunition and explosives are the important commodi ties put under Government control. The exportation of these goods will De con trolled by licenses issued through a bureau of the Commerce Department. DRAFT BASES ARE FIXED ESTIMATES OP POPULATION OF NORTHWEST CITIES GIVEN. PROHIBITION ISSUE DELAYS CONGRESS Senate Leaders Hope to Pass Administration Food Con trol Bill This Week. RIVERS BILL FORMULATED Portland Bferurea Are 204,502, While Number for State of Oregon la 675,092. OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. July 8. According to the lat est guess of the Census Bureau, and this guess will be used by the War De partment in determining the quotas of the several states under the Army draft law, there has been a falling off in population in every large city In the Northwest except Seattle, although the population of both Oregon and Wash ington is now estimated to exceed slightly the population in 1910, when actual count was made. These Census Bureau estimates give Portland a population of 204,592 as against 207,214 in 1910. Oregon's total population, according to revised esti mates, is 675,092 as against 672.764 in 1910. Washington's total population Is estimated now to be 1,166,855 as against 1,140,000. It is estimated Seattle has 275.290 population today as against 237.194 in 1910. but in the case of Seattle the Census Bureau finds Its earlier esti mates were way wrong, as it calculat ed last January that Seattle had 320, 000 Inhabitants. Spokane, which in 1910 had only 104,402 population, is now estimated to have but 88,251, and Tacoma. which in 1910 had 83.743. is today estimated to have 70,000 flat. These estimates may form the basis of the official apportionment under the draft law. U-BOATS FOLLOW LINER MINNESOTA'S POISER SAYS ENEMY SUBMARINES WERE SIGHTED. XT ORTH of the Alsne the IN again have checked the French German crown prince in an effort to regain the line of the Chemin Des Dames. Attacking on four sectors along a front of seven and a half miles from north of the Laffaux mill to the Frold inont farm, the Germans were met by determined resistance on the part of the French and. sustaining heavy losses, were repulsed completely ex cept on the eastern end of the line be tween Bovettes and Froidmont farm. Here on a front of nearly two miles the fighting was desperate and the French after several hours were able to regain some lost elements. Later in the day in local engagements the French recaptured more of the lost trenches. East of Cerny, on the eastern end of the Aisne front. General Petain's men. In attack, were able to enlarge the ground captured on July 1, near Allies. On the left bank of the Meuse, north east of Verdun, the French took the offensive and carried three strong salients. German efforts to dislodge the French were fruitless. The artillery and infantry fighting In Eastern Galicla is spreading. The Russians' attacking front now has lengthened to 30 miles, and fighting is in progress around Halicz, the key to Lemberg, capital of Galicia. German efforts to dislodge the Rus sians from positions gained at Godov and Koniuchy a week ago have been repulsed by General Brussiloff's men. Attacks some miles to the north and around Brzezany also failed. At Stan lslau, south of Halicz, and near liuta. Bouth of Stanislau, the Russians have made attacks, but, according to Ber lin, resulted in no gain of ground. On the British front in France there rave been several small raids, but no infantry engagements of importance. In the air, however, there has been great activity. British airmen broke up German airplane squadrons and car ried out successful raids agnlnst Ger- Daddy-1 Am Lonesome McntntmicuT swuhmswu. it: in MART PICKFORD "AP00RLITTLE RICH GIRL" DIRECTED BYMAUWCETOURNEUR FROM THE PLAY BY ELEANOR GATES Last times in Portland . today, tomorrow and Wednesday at the popular -T-A- R Washington at Park 11 A. M. TO It I. M. I'SCAL PRICES. Vessel Is Convoyed to England and Back by Tiro Destroyers Mem bers of Crew on Alert. House Takes Up Trading-Wlth-Enemy Bill, While Commit tee Begins Hearings on Aviation Measure. WASHINGTON. July 8. The prohibi tion issue in Congress may cause a general revision of legislative plans and Indefinitely prolong the war ses sion. Having disposed of the prohibition feature for the time being, the Senate tomorrow will resume consideration of another feature of the Administration food control bill, which the leaders ex pect to pass this week, even If cloture is necessary. Tomorrow Senator Chamberlain, in charge of the bill, will try for a unanimous consent agreement for a final vote Thursday. The House will consider the Admin istration trading-with-the-enemy bill, while a committee begins hearings on the new Administration measure en larging the aviation service. Senate leaders and the Senate inter state commerce committee, which will meet tomorrow for that purpose, plan amendments extending Government control over coal. Many Senators favor amendments insuring Federal authority to regulate or actually to fix prices. Final action upon the first Adminis tration food bill, for a National food survey and production stimulation, also is delayed by the controversy over the food control measure. Tomorrow the rivers and harbors appropriation bill, carrying about J27, 000,000 probably will be reported bv the Senate commerce committee to bo debated while the food control bill is in conference. Considerable opposition is expected. BOND FIGHT COST $6186 statement of Expenses of Good Roads Campaign Is Filed. ALBANY. Or.. Julv 8. ISncHal The sum of S6186 was expended in h- half of the $6,000,000 road bond measure in the campaign preceding the special state election last month. This is shown by the report which has been compiled Dy K. D. Cusick, of this city, treasurer of the committee composed of members of the Legislature which handled the campaign, and which has been forwarded to Secretary of State uicott. Of the amount expended. S5000 was raised in Portland and contributed by tne uregon Good Roads campaign com mittee, of that city. The balance was collected in donations by individuals automobile clubs and commercial clubs in various sections of the state. EDITORS WILL MEET Campaign for Lasting Peace to Be Discussed. SAN FRANCISCO. July 8. Hostile submarines lurked in the path of the liner Minnesota when that vessel left an Atlantic port for England, and again as she returned, according to a letter received here from H H Harris, purser. The Minnesota is said by ship ping men to be the largest freighter afloat, and was recently transferred from the Pacific to the Atlantic trade. after extensive repairs. The purser s letter said that the Min nesota was convoyed across and back by two United States destroyers, and took the added precaution of sending out an air scout before leaving part. but despite these safeguards a peri scope was sighted, and fired upon, during the return trip. The members of the crew slept in their clothes for three days of the re turn trip, and, in addition to repelling the submarine, they halted and boarded a vessel of unusual appearance which they believed was a German raider, but found that their suspicions were incorrect. CONSCRIPTION LIST MADE Enrollment Runs to 2052 in Clarke County. VANCOUVER, 'Wash.. July 8. (Spe cial.) The Exemption Board of Clarke county is composed of E. S. Biesecker, Sheriff; Mrs. May R. Haack. County Auauor, ana Dr. . D. wiswall, County Health Officer. Mrs. Haack has com pleted the military conscription list for this county, forwarding a copy to the Adjutant-General's office in Seattle, and one copy to Washington, D. C, re taining a copy here. The numbers run from 1 to 2052 nnrl tnose wno register must get their num bers from the County Audit jr. When tne lottery takes place in Washington, D. C, the numbers will bo published and the persons to whom numbers are assigned must present themselves at once lor examination and service. TINOCO GIVES UP HOPE DE FACTO PRESIDENT OF COSTA RICA RECALLS EXVOV. State Department Consistently Refuses to Recogmtze New Government Because of Revolution. WASHINGTON, July 8. Despairing of gaining- recognition from the United States, the de facto Tinoco government of Costa Rica has directed its envoy, Fernandez Guardia, to return to San Jose. Guardia has been here since last April, knocking vainly at the door of he .State Department and presenting arguments which have met with no re sponse, in an effort to establish the le gality of his government His briefs set out the conditions under which President Tinoco came. Into office last February as the result of a revolution against his predecessor, who retired to shelter of the American legation and thence to an American warship with out any show of resistance. The State Department has refused to recognize the de facto government in pursuance of its general policy of dis couraging revolutions based upon vio lence and not upon th deliberately ex pressed will of a majority of the peo ple of the country affected. Complete absence of diplomatic rela tions probably will follow the with drawal of Guardia. SCHOOL OPENING DAY SET Chancres Made In Teaching Staff at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash.. July 8. (Spe cial.) Vancouver city schools will open Monday, September 10. Professor Ryan, of Troutdale, Or has been selected to act as principal of Franklin grammar school, succeeding Miss Minnie Teesdale, who resigned in June. Mrs. Elizabeth, connected with the Vancouver schools for many years and two years county superintendent of schools, has resigned from the high school to accept a position in the Bat tle Ground school. Two new instructors for the high school have been selected. Miss Eliza Scherzer, who taught in the county last year, and Miss Ida Kudz, of Sa lem. Or. Phone your want ads to The Orego- nian. Main 7070, A 609a. PENNSYLVANIA! AT OAKS Women Entertain Men Members of State Club. The Women's Pennsylvania Club gave its first basket picnic at The Oak triday afternoon and evening. The members of the Men's Pennsylvania Club attended. At 6 o'clock a lunch was spread which was enjoyed by the more than 50 mem bers who assembled. Announcement was made that on Wednesday afternoon of this week th club would have a booth at Washing ton fark to welcome the Pennsylva nlans who are in the city attending the National Education Convention Punch and refreshments will be served. The booth will be in charge of Mrs. A. H. Russell and Mrs. W. W. Dugan. All .f ennsyivanlans In the city are re quested to be present and meet and help entertain the visitors. PERSHING'S CHUMS BOB UP Y. R. Lamb, of Goshen, Recalls Play, in Boyhood Days. EUGENE. Or., July 8. Special.) Two boyhood chums of John J. Pershing, now commanding the American forces in France, are residents of Lane County, it developed yesterday. Publicity giv en the friendship of J. E. Alexander, of Eugene, and Pershing, when they re sided in the same Missouri town to gether, has resulted in the discovery of still another friend of Pershing in th days when he romped the streets in Laclede, Mo. 41I knew John Pershing well, said W. R. Lamb, of Goshen. "We used to play marbles together when we were kids." MUSICAL TREAT PROMISED Great Festival Planned for Tacoma Stadium in August. TACOMA. Wash.. July . (Special.) Promising a tremendous treat for th great musical festival to be held in the stadium. August 15, the Commercial Club committee that has the affair In r.harefl announces that it has engaged the services of Madame Jean Jomelli, of Portland, and Theodore .Karle, the gift ed Western tenor, as soloists. The Seattle Symphony Orchestra, di rected by John Spargur, and the great festival chorus of 250 voice-, directed by Frederick W. Wallis, complete th musicians that are expected to giv Tacomans one of the greatest musical treats in the history of the city. c'MercK-ndi. of S Merit Only" " If you're thinking of a piano don't miss , the second week of our ale of UsedPianos You'll be astonished and delighted at the very low prices you'll find on good, reliable pianos and you can make your own terms, too. There are upright pianos Baby Grands Player Pianos and or gans marked at such low prices that no home where music-loving folk live or gather together need be without one. Many of the instruments look like brand new and all of them have been through our shops and put in first-class condition by our experts. You'll need to come in and see them to know what really remarkable values they are. Remember you can buy them on almost any terms within reason ! Seventh Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. 'l ' "' " " Western Oregon Round-up at this city last week the judges found yesterday that Roy Jones, of Los Angeles, and not John Tayche, of Pendleton, as pre viously announced, is entitled to the prize saddle as the best all-around cow boy of the event. Jones received the saddle. When the figures were compiled at first Tayche was a few points ahead, ith George Fletcher, of Pendleton, second, and Jones third, all close to gether. The saddle was not awarded. however, pending a recheck with all officials present, and when the final check was made Jones led. R0BLEMS OF PAPERS UP New Conditions Brought by War to Bo Theme Plan of Home for Retired Editors and "Writ ers to Bp Considered. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 8. New conditions which the publisher has been compelled to meet because of the war will form one of the chief topics of discussion at the four-day conven tion of the National Editorial Asso ciation which opens here tomorrow. Several hundred delegates, most of whom are editors of weekly or small daily newspapers, will represent vari ous sections of the United States at the meeting. Plans for an excursion Into western Canada for the purpose of effecting closer co-operation with Canadian pub lishers have been abandoned in consid eration of the Joint policy of the Gov ernment and railroads in discouraging unnecessary demands on railroad equip ment. The question of solidifying the presa and other forces In a campaign lor lasting world-wide peace after the con clusion of the war will be taken up at the convention. Men will be selected to attend world-wide gathering of newspaper men who will in turn impress upon their brethren throughout the world the obligations of civilization in bring ing about the triumph ot democracy, declared H. C. Hotaling. vice-president, in announcing the proposal. Increased cost of publishing the coun try newspaper will be discussed from all angles, and an effort will be made to place the convention on recora. as nnnniM to small papers giving i.ree nrmica.I advertising. The annual aaaress Dy rramcni c tt Tnmllnson. Morristown. !.. J., win be followed by an aaaress Dy aner Williams, dean oi tne scnooi oi jumi i.m University of Missouri. The programme tor tne seconu uu includes many addresses and at tne evening session committee reports win k nnhmltted. including one relating to a home for retired editors, writers and publishers. The sessions of Wednesday will be .rtori nrincinallv to reading of re nnri general discussions and ad- dresses. The annual election of officers on Thursday morning will conclude the business of the convention Al lowing two days will be devoted to vis iting state institutions and an excur sion up the Minnesota River. Hot Springs. Ark., ana Miami, r m, have begun iiveiy -'"i''5 ---next annual meeting. The Governor of Arkansas and the Mayors of Little Rock and Hot Springs will head a delegation to the convention of 50 Ar kansas editors. RETnLSnTASKED ENVOV PRESENTS REPORTS TO XI. S. OK DEPORTATION Of BELGIANS. 2 BROTHERS DIE IN WEEK Hood River Man Is Notified Passing of Relatives. of HOOD RIVER. Or.. July 8. (Spe cial.) In the past week D. P. Smith, an orchardist of the West Side, has re ceived news of the death of two of his brothers, L. H. Smith, of Central Point and W. S. Smith, of Nevada, la. The former brother, formerly a local resi dent, having at one time owned the or chard place on which the local branch of the Oregon Experiment Station Is now located, was 69 years of age. The other brother, aged 67 years, died at his Iowa home on the preceding Sunday. Mr. Smith received a letter from Iowa telling of the death of his brother there on the day following the receipt of news of the Oregon brother's death. TREES SET ON 8500 ACRES Replanting on Siuslaw Forest Tract Progresses. EUGENE, Or., July 8. (Special.) A total of S500 acres of burned-over land in the Mount Hebo district of the Siuslaw National forest. In Tillamook County, have now been replanted to Douglas fir. according to Forest Ex aminer H. M. Johnson, who returned to Eugene yesterday, after supervising the planting of 302,000 trees this Spring. About 680 trees were planted to the acre. The work of replanting was begun in 1909. Industrial Commission Sncd. CENTRALIA, July 8. The State In dustrial Insurance Commission was made defendant in an action filed in the Lewis County Superior Court yes terday wherein Albert Kennedy, of Winlock, seeks compensation for in juries sustained while working at the Western Logging Company's camp near Veness last March. Kennedy alleges in his complaint that he received $38.10 from the commission for time lost, but nothing for his injuries. Read The Oregonian classified ads. Germans Vent wratn on imiuio. Men In Reply to Alleged Inhuman Treatment of Teutons. WASHINGTON. July 8. Presentation to the State Department Saturday by Belgian Minister de Cartier of a report on the deportation by German officials of 20 prominent Belgians in retaliation for alleged inhuman treatment of Ger man civilian prisoners taken in Ger man Southwest Africa aroused discus sion in official and diplomatic circles of the policy of the allies inflicting retaliatory punishment on Germans. Thousands of German civilians. It was pointed out, are in allied territory and it would be easy to mete out to them the same . punishment accorded Belgian captives in an effort to com pel Germany to respect rights due Bel gian civilians by international law and the laws of humanity. Thus far no retaliatory steps have been taken toward alien enemies by the allies, but continued illegal acts by Germany, it is generally believed, may cause them to adopt severe measures. ROY JONES WINS SADDLE Albany Round-Tp Rechecks Figures and Awards Grand Prize. ALBANY, Or., July 8. (Special.) ! 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