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MORNING OREGOX1AK. MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1917. ROAD CONFERENCE DELAYED BY WRECK HIGH ABOVE CROWDS ON NEW YORK'S "BUSIEST CORNER" PAINTS SERVICE POSTER. GIRL Governor Withycombe's Party Caught Behind Broken California Bridge. CRESCENT CITY CROWDED Executive of Southern State An nounces Readiness to Co-operate In Every Way Possible With Oregon Officials. CRESCENT CITY. Cal.. Aur. 19.- (Speclal.) Delay in the road confer ence here between the Governors. State Highway Commissioners and citizens of I Oregon and California was caused to day by a wrecked bridge which had to be repaired before the Oregon offi cials could continue their journey to this city. The meeting was called to consider the extension into Oregon of the Coast Highway, which California is building from San Francisco Bay to the north ern part or the state. Discussion as to whether it shall continue north, on the assumption that a similar Coast route will be built through Oregon, or strike northeast to the Pacific High way at Grants Pass, will be the chief feature of the sessions. A big six-ton truck loaded with chrome ore crashed through a bridge nine miles from Crescent City today. and Governor withycombe. S. Benson, State "Highway Commissioner, and the delegation traveling by autos from Grants Pass were delayed and did not reach Crescent City until 6:30 tonight. The programme was postponed until their arrival. Road Work Inspected. Governor Stephens and the California State Highway Commissioner arrived In the afternoon and spent the time visiting the new road work hereabouts. There was a banquet tonight at which John L. Chllds, County Judge of Del Norte County, presided. "While none was injured when the motor truck broke the highway bridge, the accident proved an exciting one for the party. The mishap occurred on a narrow, steep mountain grade, and machines were lined up for some distance on each side. The good roads enthusiasts and tour ists built a temporary arrangement around the machine and moved on, sev. eral hours late. In an interview Governor Stephens said that he was delighted with his trip by motor from San Francisco north and was particularly Impressed with the new work being done by state convicts on the stretch from Cummings for SO miles north on the south fork of the Ell River. He spent the night at a new camp known as Stephens Camp. "I was much Impressed," he said. "with the splendid results being ob tained Dy warden Johnson and Mr. Stearns, in charge. They are not only making a fine highway, but are makintt good manhood. The look in the faces of the convicts was pleasant and plainly anowea tne men were delighted with their condition. "In the redwood forest the trip was an eye-opener, as I have come into this part of California for the flrst time, and I am proud and happy that it Is within my power to help further the. road work through this beautiful country. vv e are going to co-operate with the Oregon people in every way to get tne Loaei roaas improved Immediately. I promise to give them everything I can. "It is a pleasure to meet so able an official as Governor Withy-combe, and we are glad to welcome him and Mr Benson to our state." Many Prominent Men Present. Among the prominent men here for the two-day meeting, besides the Gov- I ernors. are F. Stearns V R paiiinr. Shtnt enrT 7iedemnCnfornia Canadians Mow Enemy Down chief highway engineer of California; C. C. Morris, consulting engineer for the linltea States, of San Francisco: warden Johnson, of San Quentin, and James M. Olliver, an attorney of San ItVaTirlHPft' SSimjln TiArtann a 1 ... . and W. J. Adams, of the Oregon High- ME MY SACRIFICES MEN vy iuijiiiii&siun ; vouniy juage wooa. of Curry County; Judge Gillette, of Josephine County; Rodney L. Macleay of Wedderburn; Amos S. Benson and John B. Yeon, of Portland, and many others from Marshfield. North Bend, ijoia tseacn ana Grants Pass. Tomorrow meetings will be held here to discuss the improvements of roads along some new grades that will give an all-year route free from snow. The highway will serve United States troops, will provide means for getting spruce to the aircraft factories, and will permit tourists to go into Oregon at an times. There are so many people here for fTi" " - - - - - , - L , I i 5 ILL V ' " " ! ' I ; N ' i ' ' f I f I 1 ; L; fy j . ; i ' " 1 , 1 1 'i - - h H 1 ' : ;. V i ' . -": ' i'-- j ? i i 4 : - v i rrr - ; c. 4 - ij5vA , V trHr;.' i - ; - i I M ' ' - " I If .4 V; : ' ?'- set ; s t , r"v - s j , 11 Ai r 4 (;t j ITH LONG BATTLE W OAHQ FIRES WON Crews Fight Night and Day in Forests and Finally Gain Upper Hand Over Flames. SEVERAL CITIES SEND MEN Officials Have Xo Fear of Further Spread Unless Wind Fans Flames. Request for Troops to Aid Is Under Consideration. LEWISTON, Ida., Aug. 19. (Spe cial.) By heroically working day and night, crews of timber fire-fighters have been able to check the fires which have been raging In the Clear water district. During last night a northwestern wind arose which for a time seriously threatened the large area of standing white pine on the Lochs a. This is the largest area of standing white pine timber In the United States. Hundreds of men were rushed from Spokane, Lewlston and Camas Prairie to fight the flames. Forestry officials declare the fires will be under control within the next 48 hours, provided the wind does not fan the flames Into new districts. In the event the men are not able to cope with the situation, troops now stationed at Lewiston will be called upon. It is believed with the present or ganization the chances of a repetition of the holocaust of 1910 are remote. Photo copyright by Underwood. MISS LUCILLE PATTERSON. Anxious to do her T.:t and make it the most valuable deed she is capable of rendering the Nation. Miss Lucille Patterson, a 23-year-old artist of prominence, is devoting her artistic talent to war work. She Is now at work oif a gigantic service poster for the National League for Women's Service, and to paint It she has to work on a scaffold high above the busy throngs in the street below. The poster is 20 feet high and will take the patriotic young artist at least three days to finish her task. It depicts a modern Joan of Arc holding aloft a banner and leading an army of American women in. various necessary branches of the service in aid of their country. The poster will appear on the "busiest corner in New York." The use of the billboard at Forty-second and Fifth avenue was donated to the league by F. D. Warner, of the Inter- boro Sign. Company. FOE IS SLAUGHTERED at Range of 70 Yards. Fresh Troons Are Rushed In Take Places of Those Killed In Futile Attempt to Take Ground Near Hill 70. to (Br Canadian Press Limited.) CANADIAN HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Aug. 19. The most fierce en eaeement on the Canadian front since the meeting Monday that every private I the beerlnnine- of the war is gradually house is filled, and beds are at a pre- to a trlnmnhant end bv the ex- rived at the battalion headquarters with his left arm blown off near the shoulder. His terrible wound had been dressed on the field and the messen ger. far spent from loss of blood, had men staggered on to his duty. He was removed in a dying condition. but he carried his messages to their destination. STOLEN CAR IS RECOVERED Owner Discovers Machine at Clack amas and Brings It Home. when prints are ordered. Cameras rented or sold on small payments. 121 mm m 121 3 in . - o 11 , ' Quick Film Developing and Free 'Niagara" Model "Palm Beach" Model, KENNEY NEEDLE SHOWER Attaches to any faucet. Always ready. Especially convenient for the busy man. $ 7.50 $15.00 mium. Crescent City people are show ing an possiDie hospitality, and are accommodating the visitors the best they can. The weather is cool and de lightful at this beautiful beach city. At present Crescent City has only steamer connection with the outside world. GERMANS TALK STRIKE WORKERS THREATEN' TO MUNITIONS PLANT. TIE fl Demands for Release of Leader mmA In crease In Potat Allotment Meet Wltn Rerunl. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 19. The Lokal Anzeiger states that several hundred workmen employed in Krupp's Magde burg plant have gone on strike, owing to the arrest of one of their leaders. The workmen, sending a deputation to the deputy commander-in-chief, asking him to release the leader, were in formed that the man under arrest waa suspected of high treason because he had distributed handbills inciting work ers to again strike. LONDON, Aug. 19. A strike of work ers in the Essen and Dusseldorf dis tricts Is threatened, according to dis patches from Amsterdam to, the Ex change Telegraph Company. The work ers demand 10 pounds of potatoes weekly. The war food department has declared that it is impossible to give the workers more than eight pounds of potatoes a week during the next 20 weeks. Agitation favoring a strike in the Rhine provinces is Increasing dally, ac cording to the dispatches. Eugene Girls Sought. The police were asked last night to hunt for Agnes Overton, 14, and Ida Spores, 16. who ran away from Eugene yesterday. At a late hour the girls had not been captured. haustion of the enemy. Since the capture of Hill 70 and St. Laurent, on Wednesday morning, the Canadians defending their newly-won positions have been compelled to stand by almost without cessation to meet the counter attacks. The leaders of the German troops are utterly regardless of the lives of their men. and as soon as one division has spent Itself in a frantic and futile ef fort to recover the lost ground, an other is sent forward to the sacrifice. Effective Barrage Is Opened. The Fourth Guards were cut to pieces in yesterday's counter attacks and in the night a new division, the Two Hun dred and Twentieth, was brought up. Passing through their own lines with out stopping, these fresh troops at tacked at 4:30 o'clock Saturday morn ing on the Bois-Hugo sector, north of Hill 70. The attack was accompanied by projection of enemy liquid fire &nd gas. Our artillery turned an effective bar rage upon the Germans, which caused heavy losses, but they continued to ad vance with the utmost aeterminatton At the close distance of only 70 yards from our line the machine guns were turned upon the attacking groups and they broke and. ran tor cover. 110O Prisoners Are Taken. South of St. Laurent the enemy pene trated our first-line trench, but were driven out again as the result of a coun ter attack. In these desperate strug gles there has been much use of the rifle, bayonet and bombs. The prison ers now number more than 1100. One of the most heroic deeds put on record in the Canadian corps since the war began is that of a runner of Colo nel Ormonder's Alberta battalion. The company to which he was attached was hotly engaged near the chalk pits and he was given, a message to take back to battalion headquarters over ground on which shells were falling continuously. Message Readies Destination. He had not gone far when he was seen to fall, and another runner was at once sent out with a duplicate of the message. The second messenger was killed midway on his Journey, but two hours, afterward the first one ar- J. M. Andresen, proprietor of a bakery at 10 East Twenty-eighth street North, reported to the police last night that he had found, at Clackamas, an automobile which had been stolen from him on August 2. The serial number on the engine had been mutilated. Mr. Andresen brought the machine to the city and took it home with the consent of the police. Mr. Andresen had Just left the police station when a young soldier, who said he was the son of Sheriff Wilson, of Oregon City, reported that the car had been stolen from him at Clacka mas. The lad said that Sheriff "Wilson had recovered the car from the thieves. but had been unable to find the owner. CARE IN FORESTS IS URGED Dangers of Starting Fires Now Are Great and Loss Would Be Heavy. While few new forest fires have been reported from timbered parts of the state, and while fires that were giving trouble a few days ago are coming un der control, the forest protection offi cials are "nervous as can be" over the situation, and are urging extreme care on the part of everyone who goes into the woods to avoid the starting of new fires. "Should east winds develop at this time' said Hugh Henry, of the Oregon Forest Fire Association, who returned last night from a trip into Columbia County, where the wardens are at work bringing some fires under control, "the situation that would result, with the large' number of both small and large fires that are in the timber at this time, would be probably one of the most serious that forest protection agencies have yet faced. Even in 1910 when the losses were extremely heavy, the situation was not so delicate nor the possibilities so alarming as they are at this time." The action of Governor Withycombe in closing the hunting season from August 22 to August 31, in the opinion of the forest fire protection officials. will have an important effect toward preventing the occurrence of new fires. and will help the situation markedly. 'While the foresters realize that the great majority of hunters are extreme ly careful with fire, the mere presence of additional people in the forests at this season in itself increases the pos sibilities of fires getting loose," said Mr. Henry. "The few fires that may be started through accident by hunt ers, or through the one hunter in a hundred who may be careless, are a particularly dangerous type cf fire be cause of their inaccessibility, for the simple reason that hunters naturally seek out the most remote and least fre quented localities in which to hunt. A new fire was reported In the north eastern part of Tillamook County late Saturday by a lookout, and it will not be nossible for the fire protection forces to reach it in less than a day -and a half at the best, owing to the inaccessibility. This fire Is thought to have gotten out from a party of hunters that went into that district a few days ago. Owing to the delicacy of the situation. State Forester Elliott has ordered war dens to issue no permits to burn slash ings or underbrush in the ttmoerea country until the weather becomes fa vorable. Fires that get out from such sources are illegal, and those responsi ble will be held strictly accountable. POWERHOUSE IS IX DANGER USE A HOTPOINT RADIANT GRILL THESE HOT DAYS Boils, Broils, Fries and Toasts. Can be used on dining-table. Price with three heat control, $6.50. .Br M HOTPOINT ELECTRIC IRON With Thumb Rest; reinforced cord, $5.00 Big Reductions on all Bathing Shoes 50c to 75c RUBBER BATHING CAPS on Special Sale at 29c G. Washington Prepared Coffee Made in the cup at the table. No waiting;, boiling or waste. 3 Sizes35c, 55c, 90c Delightful Deodorants $1.00 Odorono 850 50c Odorono 450 Nonspi 500 Dry Pits, 250 and 500 Perspi-Cura $2.00 25c Mum 200 25c Eversweet 200 25c Spiro 200 Amolin 250 Perspidont 500 Wood-Lark O. D. R 250 Miolena Neutralizing Cream 250 Depilatories $1.00 Delatone 900 $1.00 Miolena Revelation 750 De Miracle, 600 and $1.00 Velvetina $1.00 Nikk Marr 590 Aubrey Sisters Depilatory 250 4711 Depilatory '. $1.00 $1.00 Modene 950 X Bazin 5O0 Hair go $1.00 Phelactine , $1.00 Demosant 500 MABSMA1X 700 -HOME A 6171 1 STREET AT WEST FBK Always "S. & H." Stamps First Three Floors. PRiSONTO DRY FRUIT Walla Walla Valely Growers Finance Scheme of Saving. OLD GRIST MILL IDEA USED Small as Well as Large Producer Can Take Crop to State Plant and Have Work Done for Part of Product. BUDAPEST CHANGES MADE Hungarian Ministry Is Given Gen eral Overhauling. COPENHAGEN Augr. 19. Official an nouncement at Budapest of the follow ing- ministerial changes has been made: Count Aladar Zichy. Minister for Croatia and Slavonla. to be minister in attendance on the King-. M. Vazsonyl, Minister of Justice, and Count Theod'or Batthyany, minister In attendance on the King, to be ministers without portfolios. Karl Grecsak, secretary of the Min istry of Justice, to be Minister of Justice. Deputy Bela Foveldes, to be minister without portfolio. Karl unkelhausser, deputy Governor of Bosnia, to be Minister for Croatia and Slavonla. Fifteen Hundred Acres of Timber in Clearwater District Is Burning. LEWISTON. Idaho, Aug. 19. (Spe cial.) Fifteen hundred acres of privately-owned timber Is on fire In tha Clearwater district, and at last re ports the fire was spreading towards the Grang-eville Light & Power Com pany's powerhouse, as well as threaten ing state timber and the Government forest reserve. Every effort is being made to get men from the surrounding country to. fight the flames, the ship ment of 25 firefighters from Spokane belr ; Inadequate to cov. so broad an area. The two fires In the Government re serve just south of the Clearwater dis trict are reported to be under control. The local forestry office is directing the work of fighting the f rest fires on the Government reserve. STRIKE HELD UNLIKELY British Railroad Men Seeking Way Out of Trouble, Report. LONDON. Aug. 20. According to the Morning Post, there was a probability late Sunday night that the railway strike would not take place. The officials of the Society of Loco motive Engineers and Firemen, says I the newspaper, who believed the gov ernment would yield to their threats, have discovered their mistake and seem to be seeking a way out of the trouble. WALLA .WALLA. Wash.. Aug. 18. (Special.) A fruit-drying plant with a capacity of 20 tons a day is to be in operation at the state prison within 30 days, work of excavating for the kilns having been started. Culls and the or dinary waste fruit of the valley will be handled. Frultmen of this section have been working on - plans for this plant for some time, but until today nothing was given out. Warden Henry Drum, in whose hands the details were left, made the announcement. It was Warden Drum who first suggested to the fruit- men that the state could help solve tho problem. Six sets of automatic paring and slic ing machines, the latest improvement, are now in the city. The belting, pul leys and other equipment will be bought In Walla Walla. The plant will be ready ror tne appie croD this Fall and when that is han died, if potatoes are cheap, they will be dried. Other vegetables will likely be put through the -drying process. Growers Finance Scheme. Walla Walla Valley growers have fl nanced the scheme to the extent of buying the machinery and equipment, which Is to be installed in the old jute mill warehouse. Here the fruit which ordinarily would go to waste is to be dried by convict labor. 7he state will charge tolls for doing the work the old gristmill idea worked over. Alter deducting the share of fruit for doing the drving the remainder win De re turned to the owner to be disposed of. It is provided in the agreement that the machinery, equipment, etc., remain SATUS CREEK FIRE RAGIXG Goldendale Rushes Aid In Response Appeal. GOLDENDALE, Wash., Aug. 19. (Special.) Inability to quench a forest fire raging along Satus Creek, on th road from Goldendale to Toppenish, in the Yakima Indian Reservation, caused fire guards in the Indian Forest Service yesterday to send a call to Golden- dale today for aid. A crew of men and provisions were sent out to the fire about 22 miles from Goldendale. County Fire Warden J. It Rankin has just returned . from Western Klickitat County, where he has been combating a fire for the past week between Glen wood and Trout Lake that burned over five sections of timber land. England Faces Railroad Strike. LONDON. Aug. 19. The executive committee of the Associated Society of Locomotive - Engineers and Firemen were in session throughout the day and evening, cHscussing the proposed strike, which would involve about 40,000 men. Secretary Bromley, of the society, de clared tonight that there was no hope of averting a strike, which probably will be called tomorrow. Lads Accused of Robbery. Reuben Fischer, 10, and ,Burdette Wellday. 11. were arrested last night in Vancouver, Wash., and held for the Portland police on a charge of robbing a store owned by young Fischer's father at 8 North- Second " street. Acting Captain Snow was informed that they had the loot from the store with them in suitcases. The local po lice were unable to get in touch with Mr. Fischer last night. Police will go to Vancouver for the boys today. Punchboard Man Arrested. A. McDuffee was arrested by deputy sheriffs at Columbia Beach yesterday and charged with running a punchboard game on the premises. He was charged with gambling, and released on 9100 bail. the property of the growers, though there is a provision that the state may. if it sees fit. purchase this equipment later. The state uses a large amount of dried fruit and vegetables each year and this will enable it to get the prod uct for only the labor of the men. In addition. It will give the local grower a chance to use waste material. Small Grower la Protected. The small as well as the large grower Is to be protected by this plan. One day a week will be set aside for the an with a small tract or a lew trees. He can take his fruit to the prison on that day and have it prepared the same as the larger grower. The agreement reads that the state to have the cores and peelings of the fruit. These will be utilized by the institution. They make good ensilage. Fruitgrowers who have assisted in financing the new drying plant are John W. Langdon and John H. Mor row, of Walla Walla; J. L. Dumas, or Dayton; J. D. Taggard, of Waitsburg; Hanger & Thompson, who have an or chard at Touchet, and many other growers. DISH TOWELS IN DEMAND Six Flour Sacks Expected to Last One Company Indefinitely. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 19. (Special.) Here is a new way for the housewife to do her bit. Kitchen police at the American Lake cantonment want dish towels. Uncle Sam furnishes each company with six towels, made from flour sacking, and apparently goes on the assumption that this supply will last indefinitely. Thousands of towels will be needed when the 46,000 men come to the lake, as soon as the Na tional Army Is mobilized. Sergeant H. M. Murray of the quartermaster's de partment, has asked for 600 towels and 100 pot holders as his Initial order. They may be mailed to him at Lewis branch. Tacoma. - Chauffeur Is Arrested. A. H. Winter. 1149 Belmont street, was arrested last -night at Front and Morrison streets by Patrolmen Hunt and Pratt, and charged with operating a "for hire" automobile without secur ing a bond. He was released on his own recognizance. tion of his credentials. The police say Miller, who is well-dressed and wears two large diamonds, answers the de scription of a pickpocket recently sent from the East. THRIFT I lliiilillp the most im- j ; ml ilHttjlfc portant word m M ;! I j fe the history of men 1 i !S and nations. . j lilliip - What do you j ' 'P Wife know about this j i i$jii'f word and what m i j I ! are you doing to Ijii ijj'l I jjh ji observe it? I'l!' ii li H Live up to it !! till' I' ill 14 , . . , iiili 1 1'! il an( financial j hi WiM safety and hap- if I ! i i j; hfJ p i n e s s will be nil P mm 70---nn I l jj3S One Dollar j; ! 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