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TllK MOEXIXG OKEGOXIAW. TUESDAY AUGUST 21, 1917.
FRENCH MOVE TO
CHARGE SINGING
Crown Prince's Choice Divi
sions Caught in Net Spread
: in Irresistible Dash.
TERRIBLE GAS APPEARS
Xcw Form of Shell That loosens
Vapor That Produces Slow and
Painful Death Makes lis Ini
tial Appearance on Field.
(By the Asociatd Press.)
GRAND HEADQUARTERS OP THE
FRENCH ARMIES IN FRANCE. Aug.
20. When prisoners came back in
hundreds shortly after dawn this
morning the observers knew that the
harp blow decided on by the French
higher command to grlve more breath
ing space at Verdun had been suc
cessful. After the artillery had pounded the
German positions, stretching along a
front of 14 miles from south of Beth
lncourt to Bezonvaux, until they must
have been like pulp, the infantry ad
vanced as the first streak of dawn
lighted the sky and occupied all the
positions they had set out to conquer,
at the same time sweeping into their
net many prisoners of several divisions
of the German Crown Prince's army.
French Slog: " They Charge.
The French soldiers showed once
more that they were not yet bled white.
"When the order was given for them to
po over the top in the face of hundreds
of batteries of heavy and light artil
lery and thousands of machine guns
they advanced, singing, and nothing
could stay their dash.
They were handled In such a way by
their officers that they escaped through
the most dangerous part of the ground
they had to negotiate with almost
negligible losses, reaching the Germans
before the German barrage fire.
The correspondent passed the night
on the battle field in the vicinity of
the thickest artillery fire" and can
testify to its intensity. During two
famous French victories, on October
24 and December 15, 1916, before Ver
dun, the correspondent was present on
both occasions, and this time reached
the conclusion, from the fierceness of
the fire, that the French employed at
least an equal number of guns.
Night as Light Day.
The night preceding this battle was
fairy-like in beauty. There was no
moon, but the stars were brilliant and
the natural effects enhanced by the
constant succession of flashes from i
bursting shells, while all along both
the ' French and German positions
flares almost incessantly arose, making
the surrounding area brighter than
day.
The only disturbing sounds were the
terrifying screeches and the whistling
of smaller shells and the train-like
roar of larger projectiles as they tore
through the air. while the dull thuds
of trench torpedoes reverberated along
the ground.
The French troops awaiting the
order to advance were not in the
slightest dismayed by the difficulties
of the task confronting them. They
knew that this was unsuitable terrain
for attacking forces, but the fullest
confidence reigned among them.,
Enemy Massed on Front.
Facing them were German divisions
which had been massed for resistance
to any effort the French might make
to extend their circle of territory
around Verdun, which the Germans call
the door to the heart of France. The
confidence of the French proved Justi
fied, for they not only pushed the Ger
man Intruders back as far as they In
tended, but took many prisoners from
chosen German regiments.
All through the night the German
artillery had poured thousands of
shells of every caliber Into the roads
and communicating trenches leading to
the front. They introduced a novelty
In the shape of 15-inch shells contain
ing enormous shrapnel bullets, which
burst overhead, scattering pieces far
and wide. But the disposition of the
French troops was so cleverly con
trived that they suffered little.
Verdun Heavily Shelled.
Verdun itself received hundreds of
shells which simply added to the de
struction in the city. All the ground
within eight miles of the front lines
was strewn repeatedly with shells con
taining a horrible new German gas
known as "mustard gas," affecting the
mucous membrane and any part of th
body which was exposed, causing terri
ble blisters, as Its base was sulphuric
acid-, and bringing a slow and painful
death if it entered the lungs.
The aviators were busy as soon as
the light permitted and the correspond
ent saw two German machines shot
down by gunfire, while German airmen
who make a specialty of attacking ob
servation balloons twice attempted to
destroy the balloons, but were driven
off on each occasion.
Information comes from various parts
of the line that the French have In
several places gone further than was
originally intended and that the pris
oners taken number Into the thousands.
found to be -veritable nests of machine
guns. One field gun which a German
artilleryman was abOit to blow up
was taken near Les Lilas. the gunner
being shot Just as he was placing the
explosive.
The examination of German prisoners
taken by the British continues and out
of 940 questioned only 25 per cent were
found to belong to the 1910 class. Non
commissioned German officers relate
how they are hampered by the demoral
ization of the younger recruits with
whom they are supplied. They say they
cannot rely on these youngsters, and
similar complaints are heard about the
inefficiency of the young German of
ficers in the battle of Flanders.
The demoralization of certain Ger
man regimes at Langemarck and
Polygon wo.. . last Thursday was com
plete, and this was due, according to
captured non-commissioned officers, to
he preponderance of lS-year-old youths
in the ranks.
The 201st and 202d Regiments of the
79th Division fled to the rear at Lange
marck and many were killed by the
British artillery as they ran. Both
these regiments were ordered to
counter attack later, but could not be
cause they were so exhausted and nerve
racked.
GERMANS WITHDRAW CANNON
Prisoners Bitter That Gnns Are Held
More Important Than Men.
(By Canadian Press. Limited.)
CANADIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE. Aug. 20. Northwest of Lens,
amidst the trenches and railway cut
tings which form the last line of Ger
man defense in that quarter, the Cana
dians have established strong posts in
a special trench which was the scene
of desperate and indecisive fighting
two days ago.
These new posts give command of
the last bit of ground from which de
fenders of the city could overlook the
advance from the west. They are now
in a hollow all around the front which
swings about Lens in a semi-circular
form.
The eastern exits from the city are
now subjected to a constant and har
assing fire of the artillery and machine
guns. This makes difficult the bring
ing up of provisions and ammunition.
At 2 o'clock this morning a trench
raid on the enemy's front northwest of
Avion resulted in heavy fighting, in
which a considerable number of the
enemy were killed in hand-to-hand
fighting.
The Avion front was strongly held
by the Germans as protection to Salau
mines, a large mining village southeast
of Lens, where many guns withdrawn
from the German forward lines to es
cape capture are located.
German prisoners speak with bitter
ness of seeing their guns in process
of withdrawal while the infantry was
sent forward. The loss of guns still
appears to be more important to Ger
man commanders than the loss of men.
The enemy has been active in the
air recently and has been bombing the
back areas freely.
OBJECTIVES QUICKLY GAINED
Prisoners Arrive at French Rear Soon
After Battle Starts.
PARIS, Aug. 20. The Temps says
that in one hour and 20 minutes after
the French infantry advanced to the
attack at Verdun, this morning, the
first objective had been attained and
German prisoners were going to the
rear.
A dispatch from Bar-le-Duo to the
Temps says:
"The last phase of the artillery
preparation for the attack in the Ver
dun region ended at 4:40 o'clock this
morning. By 6 o'clock our first ob
jective had been attained and German
prisoners were going to the rear.
"No adjectives can give an idea of
the infernal action of the artillery,
which lasted three days. Hill 304, Dead
Man Hill and Talou Ridge were
plowed up completely. The enemy was
obliged to abandon his first line, but
our attacking columns, with undimin
ished spirit, passed from trench to
trench, reducing all living combatants
to submission.
"Our aviators signalled our advance.
It was tragic and overwhelming."
5000 GERMANS CAPTURED
(Continued From Flint Pige.)
MANY 1. W. W. INTERNED
OREGON BOYS GUARD AGITATORS
AT ELLEKSBCRG CAMP.
Portland Motor Tourist Sees Miles of
Haystacks From Hill in East
ern Washington.
Hundreds and hundreds of hay
stacks, as far as the eye could reach,
were what Robert C. Wright, Portland
attorney, beheld when he climbed a
hill near Ellensburg, Wash., while on
a recent motor trip.
Mr. Wright was still meditating on
the value of that vast field of fodder
when he left an Ellensburg hotel for
an evening stroll. A man with rifle
at ready halted him in the gloom, say
ing: This way, please. The visitor
made the detour without protest, ob
serving that a certain square was
roped-in and guarded.
"What's that building you're guard
ing?" he asked a soldier, who proved
to be one of the Oregon boys.
"That's 'Wobbley Hall.' " was the
response. "They call the L. W. W,
'wobblers hereabouts. Eighty-five of
em are prisoners in that building."
Mr. Wright was told that members
of the I. W. W. were arrested and im
prisoned as fast as found.
At North Yakima, where Mr. Wright
next stopped, an even greater number
of the agitators were under guard and
companies of Oregon troops were on
guard and patrol duty.
. W. W. STRIKE IS
NOT EVEN STARTED
Nobody in Oregon Pays Any
Attention to Call for Gen
eral Tie-Up of Industry.
AGITATORS FEEL HURT
turned a heavy fire on the fortifica'
tions and the Germans were killed or
else they surrendered. The enemy
casualties were heavy. Great num
bers of Germans were seen fleeing,
terror-stricken, as the tanks appeared
in the distance and a great number
threw down their arms and surrend
ered without offering resistance.
Tanks Clear Territory.
The tanks cleared the whole terri
tory desired and then trundled back
home. They suffered no damage and
the casualties for the operation
totalled 15. Thi3 has been the most
striking incident of the latest fight
ing along this line.
There have been Intense artillery
bombardments and the air services of
both sides have been unusually active.
Last night the air was full of British
and German planes, which bombed
their way into each other's territory
amidst picturesque but awesome
flashes from breaking shrapnel and
long white rays from searchlights.
The French engineers have encoun
tered considerable difficulties amid the
marches into which their troops have
advanced on their lefl, but the work
Is proceeding with marvelous rapidity.
Up to date the French have captured
about 25 German guns since this of
fensive began on July 31 and the ma
chine guns taken are innumerable.
Some of the captured redoubts were
SHOT HITS PERISCOPE
British Steamer Encounters TJ-Boats
Both Ways on Trip.
AT AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. 20.
A. hit on & German submarine on the
outward voyage and the successful
thwarting of an attack by another Ger
man submarine on the trip back to this
country, were reported by officers of
a British steamer which arrived to
night.
The first submarine was sighted
about 300 miles off the coast of France.
Naval gunners aboard the steamer im
mediately opened Are. The third shot
hit the submarine s periscope and the
under-water craft disappeared.
On the return voyage the steamer
encountered the second submarine, but
did not believe they scored a hit, as
the enemy submerged too quickly.
Leaders Are Keenly Disappointed
That Workers Should So Thor
oughly Ignore Them and Go
Right on at Jobs.
The so-called "general strike" of
I. W. W. members yesterday resulted
just as expected. It was a complete
failure.
So far as the civil and military au
thorities could learn not a single man
obeyed the strike order. Of course a
large number of defections were re
ported by employers everywhere, but
the number yesterday was no greater
than has been usual on any day for
the last few months since the ab
normal demand for labor has prevailed.
Local officials of the I. W. W. were
themselves unable yesterday to learn
of any appreciable obedience to the
strike order. In fact they predicted
Sunday night that the strike would not
be successful in Oregon.
Washington Disappoints I. W. W.
However, they had looked for more
encouraging results from the Washing
ton side of the river. Their reports,
received during the day, from Everett,
Seattle, Spokane and other centers of
I. W. W. activity indicated that the re
sponse to the order in those localities
was not general. It must have been
disappointing to the leaders of the or
ganization, who .had been making
great boasts of their Intention to
"tie up" every construction activity
of the Northwest.
Meanwhile, however, the local au
thorities were not to be caught unpre
pared for possible disorders. Mayor
Baker had arranged with Chief John
son, of the Police Bureau, to hold a
squad of officers in ready reserve for
emergency calls. But the oflcers were
not needed.
The lumber mills. shiDvards and va
rious other Industrial plants renorted
their usual forces of workmen yester
day. All plants are in need of men
and there has been a constant shifting
of men from one plant to another and
irom one industry to another for many
weeks. But the movement yesterday
was no different than usual.
Reports From Farms Few.
Reports from the harvest fields of
the Willamette Valley and the great
grain belt of Eastern Oregon were slow
in coming in yesterday, but this was
taken as a hopeful sign. Local author-
ties believe that had there been anv
disturbances they would have heard
about it.
The prompt action of the militarv
authorities in causing the arrest of 27
ringleaders of the I. W. W. at Spokane
on Sunday night was the final blow, if
any was needed, to break the backbone
of the threatened strike, officials here
Deneve. Ihe Spokane prisoners are
held under military law and will be
treated as such. Few I. W. W. agita
tors have the temerity these davs to
buck up against the Federal law.
But those publio officials civil as
well as military who know anything
at all about the I. W. W. movement
realize that their failure to make the
strike yesterday a success is not going
to Dreatc up the organization.
Disgruntled Join Cause.
The I. W. W. have cunningly appealed
to almost every dissatisfied element of
society pacifists, slackers, pro-Ger
mans, anti-Americans and other oppo
nents of the present war, and at the
same time have sought to attract mem
bers from the more conservative classes
of working men and women.
The lumber workers and shingle
weavers of Western Washington, who
have been on strike for the last few
months for the eight-hour day, some
what resent the insinuations of the I.
W. W. leaders that the eight-hour
movement is led by the I. W. W.
They declare that the I. W. W. have
appropriated the thunder of the real
mill workers and that the confusion,
in the minds of the public of the L W.
W. and the eight-hour cause really has
served to discredit the men who actual
ly do the work in the mills and who
are the only ones directly concerned In
the outcome of the issue.
GOVERNOR GETS NO REPORTS
State Ready for Trouble, hut None
Is Expected by Officials.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 20. (Special.) No
reports were received at the Governor's
office of any trouble in Oregon grow
ing out of the L W. W. strike, which
was scheduled to start today.
Miss Esther Carson, private secre
tary to the Governor, will immediately
advise Governor Withcombe, who is in
the south for a conference with Governor
Stevens, of California, and highway of
ficials, and Adjutant-General White if
any difficulties are reported, and it is
understood that the Adjutant-General
has instructions to act in any emer
gency that may arise.
But little fear of any trouble in Ore
gon is expressed at the executive of
fices. It is known, however, that if any
trouble of a serious nature arises in
Oregon steps have been planned in ad
vance to meet and cope with It.
HOG PRICE REACHES $19.75
Figure Rises Daily tor Almost Calcn
dar Month.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. Hog prices,
which have risen every day since July
21, reached a new high record today
when they soared to $19.75 per 100
pounds.
In August. 1914. hogs sold for 18.90
The top price during August, 1915, was
$7.85: during August, 1916, it was
S11.50. On August i. 1917, the price
was S16.30.
agitator, has been arrested under the
espionage act. Bond has been placed
at J6000, which he has been unable to
furnish.
ALU IDAHO REPORTED QUIET
Governor Alexander Gets Messages
Saying "Xo Disturbances."
BOISE. Idaho. Aug. 20. "No disturb
ances" was the tenr of reports re
ceived tonight by Governor Moses Alex
ander from every section of Idaho on
the Indrstrial Workers of the World
situation.
Joseph Hansen, the Governor's -"war
secretary," who has temporary head
quarters at Lewiston, Idaho, tele
graphed that everything was quiet
there.
T. A. Walters, Attorney-General, tel
egraphed from Wallace, Idaho, that no
trouble had been experienced with the
Industrial Workers of the World in the
entire northern section of the state.
GOVERNMENT SEIZES I. W. W.
Moscow Organizer Arraigned for
Smuggling Way Into Country.
MOSCOW. Idaho, Aug. 20. (Special.)
C. S. Marhow, in Jail here as an I. W.
W. for the past month, was taken into
custody today as a United States pris
oner on a warrant charging him with
being in the country as an alien in
violation of the immigration laws.
He was arraigned before W. J. Mc
Connel, Immigration Inspector, but the
hearing was continued to enable him
to get a lawyer.
He admitted in a previous hearing of
being an I. W. W. organizer, that he
was a native of Bulgaria and that he
smuggled his way into the country.
STRIKE AT ASTORIA FIZZLES
I. W. XV. Headquarters Knows Noth
ing of Order for Walkout.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 20. (Special.)
The state-wide industrial strike that
was reported to have been scheduled
for today was a failure so far as Clat
sop County and the lower river district
were concerned, and no trouble oc
curred. The local headquarters of the I. W.
W. reported that it had received no
strike orders and knew nothing of a
contemplated strike further than state
ments that had been published in the
papers.
NONE QUIT NEAR SEATTLE
Vote on Strike Will Be Taken on Sep
tember 10, Says Official.
SEATTLE, Aug. 20. L W. W. con
struction workers of the Seattle dis
trict will take a referendum vote on a
strike September 10, according to Frank
Baker, secretary of the district.
"We have no desire to see the work
at American Lake delayed or held up,"
he said.
No members of the organization in
the Seattle district, which includes all
of Washington west of the Cascade
Mountains, went on strike today.
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LIEl'TESANTS TO ATTEND BAKERY
SCHOOL FOR. TRAINING.
Men Will Have Charge of Installing
Kitchen and Mess Equipment
for Nevr Regiment.
TACOMA, Aug. 20. (Special.) The
first of the 1400 officers assigned from
the Officers' Reserve Corps and from
the National Army for the training of
the 46,000 men to be gathered at Camp
Lewis, American Lake, next month re
ported for duty today to Major David
L. Stone and his Adjutant-Captain, P.
J. Rosenberg. The 13 Lieutenants who
reported are the vanguard of the great
tody which is to be at the camp Au
gust 29. The officers have been or
dered to attend the bakery school now
open at Murray and prepare them
selves for supervising the installation
of kitchen and mess equipment of each
regiment of the new troops.
Also among the arrivals at camp was
Captain James H. Como, Quartermas
ters' Corps, U. S. A., who came from
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, to
assume the duties of camp quartermas
ter. Two officers of the Three Hun
dred and Sixteenth Engineers, both
from Los Angeles, have also reported.
They are Captain R. EL Robson and
Captain Edward Z. Collins.
I. W. W. STRIKE FAILURE
(Continued From First Page.)
the World from Southern California to
Join the armies in the Northwest that
not enough- men remain In Los Ange
le to launch any movement against
the "capitalists." This is the consen
sus of opinion of the few members who
met today.
"Southern California is not immune
from an attack by our great army,"
said one speaker. "Our army is mobile
and some day it may visit Southern
California to correct some of the ex
isting conditions which are far from
being satisfactory to us. Much de
pends on how the visit of the army
to the Isorthwest ends.
V. W. BliTJFF IS CALLED
Federal Troops on Duty at Lewiston
Are Ready for Trouble.
LEWISTON, Idaho, Aug. 20. (Spe
clal. ) "The threatened strike of the
L W. W. is a colossal bluff, which has
been called by the Federal, state and
county officials," said Sheriff George
w. v elkers today.
Federal troops are stationed at Lew
iston and have complete control of
the situation. Captain Morse said his
instructions are to use any force neces
sary to uphold law and order.
P. E. Stookey, special officer of the
Department of Justice, has announced
that Phil J. Pearl, a local barber and
30 CONVICTS "HOSED"
RIOTOUS PRISONERS AT WALLA
WALLA ARE SCBDl'ED.
Warden Uses "Water Cure" After
Mutinous Men Keep Bedlam.
Throughout Night.
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Aug. 20.
For the first time In several years the
"water cure" was used on mutinous
convicts at the State Penitentiary early
today, after about 30 of them had kept
the entire prison awaKe all night nam
mering their cells with Iron buckets.
Warden Drum would not use the hose
only as a last resort, and then kept the
prison physician nearby to prevent la.-talities.
Tiger Johnson, of Spokane, Sears of
Tacoma, and Casey, of Walla Walla,
the ringleaders, withstood the punish
ment for several minutes before giv
ing In.
The state prison has been undergoing
reforms for several years, and there
are no dark solitary cells any more.
these having disappeared soon after
the locksten was abandoned.
The trouble arose several days ago
when several were kept in their regu
lar cells after being caught trying to
escape. Bread and water failed to
quiet them, and other men sympathized
and aided in the disturbances. The
situation was well under control to
night.
BRITISH ADMIRAL ARRIVES
Great Xaval Battle Is Expected Be
fore Germans Give Up.
AN ATLANTIC PORT. Aug. 20. Rear
Admiral Hugh T. Hibbert. of the Brit
ish navy, arrived here today on a spe
cial mission for the British Admiralty.
As to the effectiveness of submarine
warfare, he said that while the situa
tion called for unrelaxed vigilance and
was undoubtedly serious, he did not
believe that It would ever be effectual.
He believes that the Germans are
holding back their navy as a last re
sort and that they will not end the war
without a great naval battle.
FLAG PUT ON 1. W. W. HALL
Minnesota Soldiers Raise Banner,
Aided by Industrial Workers.
HIBBING, Minn.. Aug. 20. Members
of a military company surrounded the
I. W. W. headquarters here today and
climbing to the roof raised the Amer
ican flag amidst cheers of those who
witnessed the spectacle. As the flag
was raised the company stood at atten
tion. The few I. W. W. men in tne
hall furnished ladders for the soldiers
to climb to the roof.
There had been no American nag on
the hall for months.
WEKERLE NEW PREMIER
Successor to Esterhazy Formerly
Hungary's Minister of Finance.
AMSTERDAM. Aug. 20. The Wolf
bureau, the semi-official news agency.
in a . dispatch from Budapest, an-
ounces that Dr. Alexander Wekerle
has been appointed Premier of Hun
gary, in succession to Count Ester
hazy. Dr. Wekerle was Premier and Min
ister of Finance in Hungary from
April. 1906, to January, 1910.
eating utensils $7.73. The soldier's gas
mask costs $12; his steel helmet $3 and
his rifle $19.50.
The first 600.000 to 800,000 of Amer-
lca's fighting men will be equipped
with the present Springfield Army
rifle, those to follow will carry the En
field, used by English troops.
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OUTFIT COSTS U. S. $156.30
Clothing for Each Soldier Repre
sents Outlay of $101.21.
Mn I
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. It costs the
United States Just $156.30 to equip an
infantryman for service in France.
Figures made public last night show
that of this total clothing represents
$101.21: fightlner equipment $47.36. and
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