THK 3IORNING OREGOyiAN, MONDAY, AUGUST
20, 1917.
POPE'S PEACE NOTE
TRACED TO TEUTONS
Document Drafted by Prince
Von Buelow and Associ
ates, Berne Hears.
GERMAN EDITORS FEARFUL
Imperial Empire Will Perish If
War Does Not End Before Win
ter, la View Propagandists
Flooding Switzerland.
BERNE, Aug. 19. (Special.) While
the Pope's note is dated from the Vati
can, It Is averred here that It was
drafted at the Roman Catholic mon
astery at Einsiedem, where Prince von
Buelow, Herr Erzberger, Baron Ritten,
the Bavarian minister to the Vaticon;
Baron Muhlberg, the Prussian minister
to the Vatican and the General of the
Jesuits, an Austrian subject, have a
council chamber.
Though the Pope nominally Is re
sponsible for the note It Is ' believed
that It emanated from Austria and the
German Center party, and dates back
to about a month ago, when Herr Erz
berger was in Switzerland. It will be
recalled" that at the time he expressed
the opinion to a representative of the
Meue Zuricher Nachrichten; the Swiss
organ of the German Center party,
that If he could only have a short con
versation with Foreign Minister Bal
four or Premier Lloyd George, of Great
Britain, peace negotiations would come
about almost immediately.
That Germany expected the next step
Is suggested by the fact that several
editors of leading German newspapers
arrived in Berne this week. One of
the best known of them, in conversa
tion with a Swiss editor, declared quite
frankly that Germany must have peace
before Winter or perish.
"If England really means to con
tinue the war until peace can be dic
tated by the allies," he said, "Germany
Is lost."
Austrian and German peace plotting
Is proceeding in Switzerland to an in
credible extent. All the German-controlled
organs are full of articles deal
ing with one or another aspect of
peace, which is always represented as
near as possible.
Peace papers and peace pamphlets
are continually appearing. Last week
the first number was issued of Die
Verschung, a weekly periodical, styling
Itself the organ of the headquarters
for peace efforts. Its publisher 1b a
Dr. Charles Hartman. who sometimes
claims American and sometimes French
citizenship, but is believed to be a
hyphenated American. A French edi
tion of this paper is soon to appear in
Geneva,
Progress of the War.
BRITISH and French In Flanders and
In the vicinity of Lens are engaged
In consolidating positions won last
week from Crown Prince Rupprecht.
The British nfar Ypres have made a
further advance on a mile front to a
depth of about 500 yards and also in
the Somme region have renewed their
attacks with advantage. In the lat
ter maneuver the British took posi
tions near Eplhy and Inflicted heavy
losses on the Germans.
The Germans have been feeling out
the strength of the French lines in the
Vosges mountain region, where, after
heavy bombardments, they delivered
attacks against the French around
Badonvlller and north of Celles-Sur-Plane.
Their efforts, however, went for
naught under the fire of the French
guns and rifles.
On the Aisne front and In the Ver
dun sector attempts by the German
Crown I'rince to break the French Hues
met with failure.
The airmen of the allies are working
havoc with the German flyers and on
German works far behind the lines. In
fights In the air Saturday French air
men accounted for 17 German aircraft-!
and the British fliers seven, which were
completely destroyed or forced to land
Inside the Teutonic lines badly bat
tered from machine gun fire. Eight
British machines failed to return to
their base.
In aerial raids behind the lines allied
machines have bombarded numerous
towns, railway stations and canton
ments, the raids extending as far as
Selzaete, near the Dutch border, 18
miles from Ghent, which also received
a visitation.
American aviators belonging to the
Lafayette squadron took a prominent
part in the French raids. German air
men also tried their hand at slipping
through the British air patrol and
bombing. In this they also were suc
cessful, but the score was against them
In the end, for the explosive they
oosed fell on the British prisoner clear
ing station, killing 10 Germans and in
flicting further wounds on nine men
of their army who had already met
with hard usage at the hands of the
British guns.
There has been a considerable stif
fening in the front In Roumania and
-also In Russia in the region of Vllna,
South of Grozechtl, southern Moldavia,
the Russians have made a stand
against attacks of the Teutonic allies
and repulsed them, and In the Slanlo
sector also have beaten off the In
vaders. In the Lake Naroo district of
the Vllna front German attacks broke
down under the Russian barrage fire.
The present week witnesses the meet
ing in Berlin of the main committee of
the German Reichstag. It is consld
, ered probable that at this session of
the committee the Pope's peace pro
posal will be discussed and that there
will be a frank debate on political.
military and economic questions.
Aieanwniie, reports indicate a re
sumption of the period of unrest among
the German workers. Several hundred
men in the Krupp plant at Magdeburg
have struck because of the arrest of
one of their leaders, while the work
men in the Essen. Dusseldorf and Rhine
provinces are threatening a walkout on
account of a shortage in ,the potato
ration.
ILLICIT LOVE IS BARED
(Continued From First Page.)
you have not been fair; you have
threatened him until, rather than face
certain results that he feared, he had
lied and lied, played the hypocrite and
Coward until he has no moral fiber left.
"When your husband first came to
me, it was for business, or at least
that was his excuse. He did all the
pursuing. I thought it was all quite
. good Joke; In fact It would not have
ccurred to me to take the situation
terlously if, one night at the Baptist
whurch, some supper affair, you had
not come up to us when we were talk
tng In the most Innocent fashion im
aglnable and rushed him away. Tou
did not do it in a courteous manner.
I vowed thereupon to get even for your
discourtesy, and I have. Only I have
hurt myself in doing so. He said you
were so madly Jealous that you threat
ened to commit suicide at the slight
est pretext. Rather than have things
disagreeable you would lie. 'Better to
lie a little than to be unhappy much.'
It Is never the nature of the things
which Is done that he minds, it's be
ing discovered by you.
Heavenly Marring-. Ridiculed.
"With me I have always felt that
our only sin was the underhandedness
of it all. I hate to tell you how much
your husband has cared for me. That
he gives me presents indicates noth
ing. There has not been, a day for
three years when, if he were not angry,
he has not called me up by phone.
Every Sunday morning at 10:30 he has
talked to me until he must have been
chronically late to church.
"You have never gone out In the
evening but what he has rushed over
In his machine to be out with me. Last
Winter when you Insisted on accom
panying him to the. stock show he
tried to get you to go home by Friday.
You threatened to kill yourself then,
did you not? While you were sick
last Winter he was over with me every
night. He made no secret of the fact
that if you had been called to Angel
land this would have been a happy so
lution of the difficulty. In the eternal
triangle the only solution of the prob
lem Is the elimination of one charac
ter. The two who remain are whose
affections are mutual. Will you some
time read Ellen Key's book, 'Love and
Marriage'? Then you will understand
the modern "woman's attitude on
morals. It is far removed from the
stand that marriages are made in
heaven. If some of them are made
there It Is because the angel who sup
plies the common sense has moved
out."
GRIDIRON STARS ENLIST
ALBANT COLLEGE PLAYERS AN
SAVER CALL TO COLORS.
High School Boys Also Join Ranks of
- Nation's Fighter. Army ana
Navy Each Get Support.
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 19. (Special.)
That football players are patriotic Is
shown by the fact that every single
member of the Albany College football
team of last season Is now in the serv
ice, and all but one of the members of
the Albany High School 1916 team have
answered the call to the colors.
The boys of the Albany College team
are In many branches of the service.
Haberly, Stewart and Austin, half
backs; Martin, center; Dawson and
Myers, guards; Tolles, tackle, and
Fairfax, end, are all in the Fifth Com
pany, Coast Artillery Corps, of this
city, now at Fort Canby, Wash.
French, quarterback, has been ap
pointed to the second officers' train
ing camp, at San Francisco. Starr,
fullback, is a carpenter in the Navy.
Gildow, captain and end, and Hunter,
center, are both in the hospital corps
of the Navy. Hart, tackle, is in an
engineer company, and supposed to be
in France.
Most of the Albany High players are
also in the TMfth Company. McCune,
fullback; Schultz, captain and half
back; Bllyeu; halfback; Eastburn,
quarterback; Davis, center, and Gibson,
end. are all In the Fifth Company.
Just as the backfield went Into the
Army, most of the line Joined the
Navy. Paul Miller and Pete Miller,
tackles; - Beals, end, and McBride,
guard, are all In that branch of the
service. MIchelson, substitute line
man, is also in the Navy, and Wicks,
manager, is with the backfield at Fort
Canby. Only one member failed to
enlist.
WAR BONDS ATTACKED
BIBLE STUDENTS TOLD TO EXPECT
UNIVERSAL REVOLUTION.
Judae Rutherford Says Mini. term Are
"Money-Grafting Cowards" Rev.
Frank Dyer Resents Talk.
TACOMA, Wash.. Aug. 19. (SpecUl.)
Judge J. F. Rutherford', of New York,
who addressed the International Bible
Students' Convention in the Stadium
this afternoon, was publicly "called
down" by Rev. Frank Dyer, pastor of
the First Congregational Church, when
Rutherford made what the minister
considered unpatriotic utterances.
Rutherford spoke on "Are We at the
End of the World?" and declared the
liberty bonds were not a safe Invest
ment because revolution would ensue in
every nation now at war and every one
of the governments. Including the
United States, would- he overthrown.
He also charged that ministers, with
few exceptions, were "money-grafting
cowards," unwilling or afraid to preach
the gospel.
Rising In the audience. Rev. Mr. Dyer
appealed to Mayor Fawcett, who was on
the platform, to call the speaker to or
der. The Mayor declined to act and
Rev. Mr. Dyer then made his way to the
platform and told the audience that he
could not sit in silence while the Sta
dium was being used in a way offensive
to the patriotism of the community.
The audience gave Mr. Dyer a rousing
cheer which was followed by hisses and
cries of "Sit down" from a few of Ruth
erford's followers. Rutherford then
proceeded! with his address. .
AGENTS ON WAY" EAST
PORTLAND MEN WILL JOIN DELEGA
TION TODAY.
Membni of New York Life Insurance
Company' ' 100,000 Club" om
Annual Trip.
A delegation of New York Life Insur
ance Company agents, members of the
company s $100,000 club, will arrive in
Portland this morning from Seattle, Ta-
coma, Vancouver and Victoria, on their
way to the annual convention in Salt
Lake City.
Six Oregon agents for the company,
also members of the $100,000 club, will
Join the delegation on Its arrival here.
They are: Abraham Kalisher. of Port
land; Clifford Ball, of Oregon City; CLar
ence Brazzell, of Portland; George E.
Schaefer, of Salem; C. W. Butler, of
Portland, and B. E. Mlllegan, of Port
land.
J. W. Day, general agent for the com
pany here, and other representatives
will meet the visitors on their arrival,
The entire group will have breakfast at
the Multnomah Hotel.
The $100,000 club Is composed exclu
sively of agents" who have written $100,-
000 worth of new business In the previ
ous year. All the club members In the
Northwest will leave on the Union Pa
cific at 10 o'clock for Salt Lake City.
A. S. Elford, inspector in the Seattle
office, will be in charge.
Russian railways represent a mileage
of 46,000, Just twice that of the rail
ways of the United Kingdom.
CONGRESS EXPECTS
TO QUIT SEPT. 15
Much Legislation Will Have
to Be Disposed Of Before
Adjournment Is Taken.
WAR TAX BILL IS NEXT
War Budget, Deficiency Appropri
ations, Insurance for Soldiers
and Other Important Meas
ures Are on Calendar.
WASHINGTON. Auff. 19. The legis
lative programme remaining for the
extra session of Congress has assumed
such definite form that .leaders to
night expressed hope for a vacation
about September IE, or not later than
October 1.
Included in the programme for dis
posal within the next three or four
The $2,006,000,000 war tax bill.
A new war budget authorizing about
17,600.000.000 In bonds, probably at 4
per cent, for further loans to the al
lies and to retire the $3,000,000,000 of
3 per cent bonds already authorized
and providing for $2,000,000,000 of cer
tificates of Indebtedness and a like
amount of small denomination war
savings certificates.
A deficiency appropriation measure,
aggregating between $6,000.0,000 and
$7,000,000,000, now being prepared by
the House appropriations committee.
Insurance to Come Up.
The Administration tradlng-with-the-enemy
bill, which passed the House
July 11.
The Administration measure for In
surance of soldiers and sailors.
The Webb export trade bill, peace
resolutions, in the Senate, extension of
the espionage act and several minors
measures.
Most of these measures, leaders be
lieve, can be disposed of while the war
tax bill Is In conference. Should ob
structive opposition develop against the
less Important bills, some may be post
poned until Congress reassembles.
Passage by the Senate this week of
the war tax bill Is expected by leaders
of both parties.
Generals to Be Confirmed.
In the House the "gentlemen's agree
ment," under which business, has been
suspended for several weeks, will ex
pire this week.
Next Saturday the ways and means
committee will take up Secretary Mc
Adoo's proposed new war budget, and
the House will reassemble the follow
ing Monday, prepared to dispose
promptly of both the bond Issue and
the new war appropriation measure un
der preparation.
Senate committees meet tomorrow for
action on the trading with the enemy,
Webb export and espionage amendment
bills.
Confirmation of most of the 200
Major and Brigadier-Generals, recently
nominated, and of ex-Representative
Victor Murdock, of Kansas, to the Fed
eral Trade Commission, also is expected
during the week.
TRENCHES ARE CLEARED
(Continued From First Papo.)
under an avalanche of shells and has
left the defenses nothing but heaped
furrows of earth and has made the
famous dugouts veritable man-traps
In which countless thousands have lost
their lives without a chance of fight
ing back.
Defenses Extend Far to Rear.
The continuous deluge of breaking
steel made repair work on the trenches
Impossible and as the Germans were
gradually pushed- back they, of neces
sity, were forced to invent another
mode of stemming the ever-advancing
tide.
So It has come to be depth of de
fenses upon which the Germane depend
in many places rather than strength of
his first line trenches. The recent
Hied offensive east and north of
Ypres disclosed many examples of this
new scheme of fighting, which bids
fair to take the place of the tactics of
the last three years.
Germans More Scattered.
Wherever the German front-line
trenches have been made untenable, or
where a British attack is expected, one
finds the new order of things. The first
German lines now often consist of
strong outposts concealed in shell
craters or copses and a considerable
distance apart.
Back of these outposts are chains of
shell-hole nests, each nest consisting
of two or three craters connected by
underground passages that often lead
to dugouts. As the entire territory is
pitted by holes, this is easy ol accom
plishment, and it may be presumed that
the Germans figure it win oe nara ior
the allied observers to pick out the
defended shell-holes from the thou
sands of others scattered about
Each Neat Well Protected.
TChsT-a tlma has allowed the Ger
mans have made the shell-hole de
fenses with elaborate care. Each nest
Is heavily protected by barbed wire.
and the chambers beneath are rein
forced with timbers and concrete.
In these the infantry lurk with ma
chine guns and rifles, ready to rush out
and begin firing if an attack is launched
against them.
The defenses within Lens ana bud
urbs are striking examples of the
German tendency to depend more and
more upon large numbers of semi-iso
lated garrisons rather than to mass
their men In trenches, where they would
be at the mercy of the British artil
lery.
Lens is a city of concrete ana the
ground beneath is honeycombed with
tunnels. Almost every- building nas
been destroyed by the Germans and the
ruins have been fortified with ma
chine gun emplacements.
Concrete Redoubts Taken.
So long as the Germans remain on
the defensive it is Improbable that they
will return to the methods of warfare
Inaugurated when they swept forward
and were pushing the allies hard.
The' fighting among these new Ger
man defenses has given rise to many
thrilling incidents. In the battle about
Langemarck on the opening of the lat
est offensive a young officer and 20
Somerset men had got through Lange
marck and were forging ahead along
the road to the north when they en
countered two strong concrete re
doubts, one behind the other, which
were still firing Into the town.
The Somersets surrounded the first
redoubt and, although under a cruel
fire, assaulted it with bombs and ma
chine guns and forced the garrison of
30 Germans to surrender. They then
started for the second redoubt.
Seven Capture 72.
One by one they fell and when fin
ally the stronghold was reached there
remained only six men and the youth
ful leader.
The officer hurled two bombs
through a narrow openiner into the re
doubt and threw two more against the
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steel door, but without effect. Rush
ing up to the door he hammered with
his fist and called out fiercely for the
Germans to surrender.
Thereupon followed a remarkable
scene, the door being thrown open and
42 Germans filing out with hands
raised. "With them was a Yorkshire
man, who was wounded and taken pris
oner two or three days before.
The remnant of the little British
band collected Its 72 prisoners and re
turned to Its own lines.
DRAFT DAY MAY BE DRY
Move on to Close Montana Saloons
When Conscripts Mobilize.
HELENA, Mont., Aug. 19. In accord
ance with a suggestion of Provost Marshal-General
Crowder, the exemption
board of district No. 1 has adopted a
resolution asking that saloons be closed
In Montana September 5, the date des
ignated for the mobilization of drafted
men.
Governor Sam V. Stewart Indorsed
the suggestion and says he believes
Mayors have the authority to enforce
such an order.
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Arms and Ammunition Purchased for
Deatructlon of Railroad and
Other Properties.
M'ALEETTER, Okla Aug. 19. Seventy-three
alleged anti-draft rioters from
Seminole County were held to the Fed
eral grand Jury In bonds aggregating
almost half a million dollars at the
completion of their preliminary hear
ings before United States Commissioner
R. p. McMillen here Saturday. Twenty
seven were liberated by the court, but
held on $10,000 bonds as witnesses.
The hearings were completed after
Will Hobler, the Government's chief
witness, had told in detail of the al
leged activities of leaders of the Work
ing Class Union In Seminole County.
H. C Spence, alleged organizer of the
Working Class Union, Hobler testified,
had advised his fellow members that
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gerous weapon in the world is a match.
There still are plenty of matches left,"
Hobler swore Spence had told the men.
Hobler, an alleged leader in the
Lone Dove neighborhood, told how dy
namite, arms and ammunition were
purchased, and testified that W. U.
Benefleld had directed the band of men
who on the night of August 2 attempt
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interesting and instructive. Many questions of deepest interest and
I import with respect to present perplexing world conditions are prom-
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Preliminary hearings of defendants
from Hughes County will begin tomor
row. Brash Fire Causes Alarm.
A brush fire between Cedar Milla
and Cornelius last night covered con
siderable territory and caused some'
alarm lest It spread to barns and houses
In that district. Residents of that
neighborhood were watching it last
night lest it cause damage.
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Are We at the
End of the World?
The Relation of
the Present World
War Thereto.
Judge J. F. Rutherford, of the
New York City bar, now presi
dent of . the International Bible
Students' Association, as suc
cessor to Pastor Charles T. Rus-
sell, will arrive in Portland
Monday, August 20, and in re-
sponse to earnest solicitations
will deliver a free lecture on the i
above subject in the Lincoln
High School auditorium at 8 i
P. M.
As an orator, logician and
lUble expositor the judge is 1
without a peer. His extensive I