VOL. LVII. NO. 17,706.
PORTLAND, 1 OREGOX, . .WEDNESDAY.. AUGUST 32, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
DEPUTY SEARCHES
GOVERNOR'S PARTY
RAGE PROBLEMS
WORRY GERFilANY
CUBA GIVES U. S.
4 INTERNED SHIPS
E PRICE OF GOAL
PRISONERS MUTINY
AT WALLA WALLA
UNION LABOR MAY
STRIKE FOR I. W.W.
FIXED BY PRESIDENT
OFFICER HTJNTS FOR HIDDEN
LIQUOR ABOUT AUTO.
PATMEXT REFUSED FOR CRAFT
TOTALING 2 0,000 TONS.
CONVICTS DEMAND RESIGNA
TION OF .TWO OFFICIALS.
BRITISH DRAWING ,
I1ET ABOUT LEHS
ill
Canadians Take 2000
Yards of Line.
REGION SEETHING CALDRON
German and Allied Forces
Choose Same Hour at
Dawn to Begin Battle.
FRENCH GAIN AT VERDUN
Villages of Regneville, Cote
L'Oie and Samogneux, on
Meuse, Are Taken.
- LONDON, Aug. 21. Two thousand
yards of German positions west and
northwest of Lens have been captured
by the Canadian forces in a drive
started early today, says the British
official communication issued this
10 i evening:.
Heavy fighting is still going on in
the region of the coal city, with the
Canadians having the upper hand.
Three counter attacks by the Germans
met with repulse.
PARIS, Aug. . 21. The battle of
Verdun has not yet ceased and on the
left bank of the Meuse the French
troops have captured several impor
tant points, including the village of
Regneville. On the right bank the
French have occupied Samogneux and
carried a system of fortified trenches
which links this place up with Hill
344. .
Germans Driven Back.
Counter attacks of extreme violence
were made by the Germans last night
In an effort to recapture positions
taken in tho French offensive on the
Verdun front. The War Office an
nounces that the Germans were beaten
back with heavy losses. The number
of prisoners now exceeds 5000.
The German attacks were especially
severe at Avocourt "wood and north
of Caurieres.
By the Associated Press.
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE
AND BELGIUM, Aug. 21. The fierce
battle which began at dawn today on
the outskirts of the city of Lens con
tinued throughout the day at close
quarters and late this afternoon there
was no diminution in the intensity of
the struggle between the attacking
Canadians and the Germans.
Teutons Lose Many.
The Canadians this morning fought
their way forward with bombs and
bayonets and occupied important en
emy defenses northwest and south
west of the heart of the city and since
then the Germans have been sending
in .wave after wave of infantry in
desperate counter attacks.
The- Canadians have held strongly
and the Germans have suffered very
heavy casualties, as they must have
expected, from the nature of their
counter thrusts, in which no thought
is given to the cost in life.
Foes Meet in No Man's Land.
The striking feature of the battle
lies in the fact that the Germans also
had massed troops for a counter at
tak at dawn against the newly ac
quired Canadian positions in the
northwest environs of Lens and had
actually started their advance, when
they were surprised by encountering
the on-rushing Canadians in No Man's
Land.
Both offensives had begun at the
same hour, but a heavy mist hung
over the ground and the Germans
were apparently unaware of the Ca
nadians' preparations until the Ca
nadians were upon them with the
bayonet.
. Brief, but bitter, fighting occurred
in No Man's Land. The German of
ficers tried to rally their men against
the Canadians, but the enemy infantry
gradually fell back to the trenches
which they had just left. The Cana
dians followed aid, leaping on the
parapets, hurled masses of bombs
down among great numbers of troops
which had been collected for the at
tack. The Germans tried to flee
through the communication trenches,
but the Canadians jumped among
them with bayonets and bombs, kill
ing many.
? Line Is Seething Caldron.
On the southwest the Canadians
were equally successful pfter very
heavy fighting:, in which the British
artillery was brought into play. The
(.Concluded on Fags S. Column Z.i.
Messrs. AVithycombe, Yeon and Ben
eon and Son Treated Just Like
Ordinary "Bootleg" Suspects.
GOLD BEACH, Or., Aug. 21. (Spe
cial.) Dry laws are made to be en
forced and it makes no difference
whether a man is Governor of a state
or a mere motor tourist, he must sub
mit to a thorough search when crossing;
into Oregon from California, so Gov
ernor Withycombe discovered when he
returned from the road meeting; in
Crescent City, Cal., on Tuesday. He
was riding: with S. Benson, chairman
of the State Highway Commission;
Amos S. Benson and John B. Yeon. .
The four were much impressed with
the scenery along; the coast road. They
carefully "noted how California main
tained her mountain highways, looked
at the ocean breakers dash against the
rocks, glanced upward at the high fir.
cedar and pine trees and were thrilled
by the views from the mountainsides.
They were enjoying the trip northward.
No one noticed when the California-
Oregon line was crossed. '
Suddenly a man stepped into the road
center and yelled "Halt." He then pro
ceeded to search the automobile. He
looked under the seats. Inside the extra
tires, in the grips, behind the gasoline
tank and inside the crank case.. Mean
while the distinguished gentlemen
waited beside the road with no more
consideration shown them than to boot
leggers. MR. GERARD IS KNIGHTED
King of England Honors ex-Ambas
sador to Germany.
LONDON", Aug. 21. The statement
that King George has conerred tlie
Order of Knight Grand Cross of the
Bath on James W. Gerard, former
American Ambassador to Germany, ap
pears here today for the first time in
unofficial announcement in the Daily
Mail, which says the decoration was
given Mr. Gerard in recognition of his
unceasing and. courageous efforts to
ameliorate the lot of British ' prison
ers in Germany.
The Daily Mail adds that the decora
tion was offered Mr. Gerard in Feo-
ruary, but he was unable formally to
accept it until his retirement fraru the
diplomatic service. The "G. C. B."
(Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) in
volves knighthood with the prefixed
title of "Sir." -
WAR GARDENS ARE LOOTED
Unidentified Persons Rob Owners of
Fruits of Their Labors.
The meanest man has been discov
ered.
Patriotic Portland residents who have
planted war gardens in vacant lots n.ear
the new Benson Polytechnic School on
East Twelfth street have been robbed
of tha fruits of their 1-bor.
The ripe potatoes, tomatoes, beans
and other vegetables have been- dug up
or cut down and carted away. The
thieves have been working at night.
The lots are somewhat isolated.
STRIKE RIOT HURTS FIVE
Railroads Ask for Additional Police
Protection; Shots Fired.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21. One man
was taken to a hospital with possibly
a fractured skull and four others' were
severely beaten tonight in the first
serious violence that has marked the
strike of a portion of the employes of
the United Railroads here.
The trouble broke out simultaneously
in many parts of the city and actuated
road officials to appeal for additional
police protection for their barns. Sev
eral shots were fired, but the police
said none took effect.
CASUALTIES TOTAL 14,243
English Soldiers Killed and Died of
Wounds in Week Total 2873.
LONDON, Aug. 21. British casualties
reported in the week ending today to
tal 14,243 officers and men. Of this
number 2873 soldiers lost their lives.
The detailed figures follow:
Killed and died of wounds: Officers,
325; men. 254S; total, 2873.
Wounded and missing: Officers, 846;
men, 10,524: total, 11,370. Total cas
ualties. 14,243.
PORTLAND FEELS -QUAKE
Slight Swaying of Houses That Lasts
for Moment Reported.
Residents at East Thirty-fifth and
Tillamook streets yesterday reported
they felt a slight earthquake shock at
2:10 o'clock.
Houses seemed to shake slightly for
a moment and then the tremor passed.
As no reports of the disturbance were
received from other parts of the city, it
is not unlikely that the shock was due
to blasting.
More Stiver 'to Be Minted.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 21. To increase
capacity of mints for coining subsidiary
silver, now at the limit, a meeting of
the heads of the various' mints and
superintendents of the Government re
fineries at Denver, New York, and San
Francisco has been called by Director
Baker at San Francisco September 12.
The highest price ever paid by the
Government for. silver was recorded
today in the purchase of a large quan
tity at 87 cents an ounce for coinage.
This is an increase of more than 60
per cent since the war started.
Three Great Questions
Ever Present.
CONQUERORS ARE STILL HATED
Poles and Danes Vie With Cit
izens of Alsace-Lorraine.
INDEPENDENCE IS DREAM
Gerard Says One Talent Which Ger
" mans Superlatively Lack Is That
of Ruling Over and Assim
ilating Other Peoples. .
BY JAMES W. GERARD,
American Ambassador to the German Im
perial Court. July 28, 1913. to February 4,
' 181T.
Copyright, 1917, by the Public Ledger Com
pany. There are three great race questions
in Germany. First of all, that of
Alsace-Lorraine. ..It is unnecessary to
go at length Into this so well-known
question. In the chapter on the affair
at Zabern something will be seen of
the attitude of the troops toward the
civil population'.' the outbreak of
the war several of the Deputies sitting
in the Reichstag as members from Alsace-Lorraine,
crossed the frontier and
Joined the French army. "
If there is one talent which the Ger
mans superlatively lack it is that of
ruling over other peoples and) inducing
other people to become part of their
nation. . .
It is now a long time since portions
of the Kingdom of Poland, by various
partitions of that kingdom, were in
corporated with Prussia. But the Polish
question is more alive today than at
the time of the last partition.
Polea Dream of Independence.
The Poles are of a livelier race than
the Germans, are Roman Catholics and
ways retain their dream of a. recon
stituted and independent Kingdom , of
Poland.
It Is hard to conceive that Poland
was at one time perhaps the most pow
erful kingdom of Europe, with a popu
lation numbering 20,000,000 and extend
ing from the Baltic to the Carpathians
and the Black Sea, Including in Its
territory the basins of the Warta, Vis
tula, Dwina, Dnieper and Upper
Dniester, and had under its dominion,
besides Poles proper and the Baltic
Slavs, the Lithuanians, the White Rus
sians and the Little - Russians, or
Ruthenians.
The Polish aristocracy was absolute
ly incapable of governing its own coun
try, which fell an easy prey to the
intrigues of Frederick the Great and
the two Empresses, Maria Theresa of
Austria and Catharine of Russia. The
last partition of Poland was In the
year 1795.
Posen, at one time one of the cap
itals of the. old kingdom of Poland, is
the intellectual center of that part of
Poland which has been incorporated
Concluded on PaRe 4, Column 1.)
President Menocal Says Act Is for
Common Good Little Nation
Would Aid Allies.
HAVANA. Aug. "21. At the Presi
dential palace today, in the presence of
General Marti, Secretary of "War and
Navy, and William E. Gonzales, United
States Minister to Cuba. President
Menocal signed a decree transferring
to the United States Government four
large German steamships, the Bavaria,
Olivant, Adelheid and Constantia, of
an aggregate tonnage of approximately
20,000 tons, which were seized as
prizes of war by the Cuban govern
ment on the day this country declared
war against Germany.
Minister Gonzales, acting as the rep
resentative of the United States Ship
ping Board, when asked the amount
the United States Government was
paying Cuba for these ships, replied:
"Absolutely nothing." -
"President Menocal," he continued,
"declined to consider offers to purchase
or . lease, whether made by govern
ments, navigation companies or indi
viduals. He regards these prizes of
war not as agencies for commercial
profits, but to be used, as he stated in
his decree, for the common benefit in
aiding to bring the war against the
government of Germany to a prompt
and victorious end.
"President Menocal would not sell
them, but he has given them to the
United States. It is just another il
lustration of Cuba's generous spirit
and of her earnest purpose to co-operate
with her allies to the fullest
extent of her pwer."
U. S. AIRMAN IS MISSING
Member of Guynemer's Squadron
Believed Iiost in Encounter.
PARIS, Monday, Aug. 20. Oliver
Chadwlck, of New Tork, a member of
the aerial squadron of Captain George
Guynemer, the famous French airman,
has been missing since Tuesday. It Is
believed ho was brought down in an
aerial encounter. -.
Corporal Harold Willis, of Boston, a
member of the Lafayette squadron,
whose disappearance already has been
reported, is believed to be a prisoner,
i ". :
PETR0GRAD FINDS ' SPIES
Hospital Discovered . to Re .German
Espionage Institution.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 2L A hospital
in the center of the city which was
raided today by the military authori
ties proved to be the headquarters of
a German ' espionage organization. A
patient entered on the records as being
an officer from Novo Gorod admitted
he was a German Lieutenant.
The directress of . the hospital was
found to be a German spy.
DOG TAX JS PROPOSED
Senator Weeks Would Have Nation
Protect - Sheep Industry.
CHICAGO. Aug. 21. Senator Weeks,
of Massachusetts, will introduce a
measure In the Senate to fix an annual
tax of $1 on every dog in the country,
it 'was Announced today at a meeting
of the National Sheep and Wool
Bureau.
TALKING TO HIM IN THE ONLY-LANGUAGE HE
Dealers to Be Regu
lated Next.
PRODUCTION COST IS BASIS
Washington Is Highest, With
Base Rate of $3.25 a Ton.
COAL DIRECTOR EXPECTED
President of Williams College Is
Slated for Place After Wheat
Committee Completes Price
Fixing by September "1. .
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Bituminous
coal prices were fixed by President
Wilson tonight for every mine in the
United States. The next step in coal
control, a White House announcement
said, will be to fix the prices to be
charged by middlemen and retailers.
Prices were set on cost of production
estimates furnished by the Federal
Trade Commission after months of ex
haustive investigation. The country is
divided into 29 districts, and every pro
ducer in a district will market his out
put at the same price.
Washington Price Highest.
The President named no agency to
carry out the provisions of his order,
but is expected to appoint soon a coal
administrator, who will be given entire'
control of the coal industry. Rumor
tonight named President H. A. Gar
field, of Williams College, as the' man.
Mr. Garfield now heads a committee
named by the President to fix a Gov.
eriynent price for wheat. His work
will end by September 1, when the
wheat committee probably will be dis
solved. ,
The prices named for run of mine
coal in the large producing districts
average . slightly. .more "than $2. In a
few . districts they are below that
figure, and In the Western territory
they are higher. Washington state is
highest, with J3.25 at the mine. The
price for Washington state prepared
sizes is 3.50 and for slack or screen
ings $3.
The President's statement said:
Scale Is Tentative.
"The scalo of prices is prescribed
for bituminous coal at the mine In the
several coal-producing districts. It is
provisional only. It is subject to re
consideration when the whole method
of administering the fuel supplies of
the country shall have been satis
factorily organized and put into opera
tion. "Subsequent measures will have as
their object a fair and equitable con
trol of the distribution of the supply
and of prices not only at the mines,
but also at the hands of the middlemen
and the retailers."
The prices fixed range from 20 to
35 per cent under the maximum price
iConcluded on Pace 2. Column 1.)
UNDERSTANDS.
Cell Walls and Doors Are Hammered
and Windows Are Broken When
Oregon Boots Are Hurled.
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Aug. 21.
Mutiny among the prisoners of the
Washington State Penitentiary here
continued all day and tonight. Tomor
row a special session of the Board of
Control will be held . to consider the
situation.
The convicts demand the resignation
of Acting Captain of the Guards Burk
and Turnkey Dickson, of No. 2 wing.
Burk is to take office September 1 after
about four years" experience as chief
turnkey. He was a former police offi
cer in Tacoma.
As & result of the mutiny the jute
mill was closed all of today and near
ly all prisoners kept in their cells. It
has been Impossible to discover all of
those who have joined in the hammer
ing on the cell walls and doors, but
about 60 are believed implicated.
Every window on the east side has
been broken and some cell 5oors are
weakening. The convicts have succeed
ed in removing Oregon boots and to
night were heaving them through the
windows with ropes made from bed
ding. A guard was stationed at the
prison gate and the public excluded.
PARENTS' GRAVES SOUGHT
Baker County Tragedy of '6 0s Re
called by Walla Walla Woman.
3AKER, Or., Aug. 21. (Special.)
In search of the graves of her father
and mother, who were killed in the
Scott Indian massacre. Mrs. M. Kitchen,
of Walla .alia, is in Dixie, this
county, but so far without success.
She was a baby at the time of her
parents' death and narrowly escaped.
The massacre was in the '60s. Old
timers tell how Scott and his wife
were ambushed and shot on Dixie
Creek, when they were returning from
a dance to Rye Valley. The father
was instantly - killed and two shots
pierced Mrs. Scott's body.
Their children, a boy of 2. and a
girl, 'an infant, were asleep in the
bottom. of the wagon and escaped. The
girl was Mrs. Kitchen.
TAC0MA DRYER THAN BONE
New Order Issued tt Druggists Near
Troop Station.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 21. (Special.)
Police orders issued today make Ta
coma dryer than it has ever been be
fore. Captain James Falconer notified ev
ery local druggist within a radius of
a mile of the Tacoma Railway & Power
Company's plant at Fourteenth and A
streets, where troops are stationed,
that no alcohol, bay rum, Jamaica gin
ger or any other alcohol-containing
liquid or medicine shall be sold with
out the presentation of a. physician's
bona fide prescription.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 78
degrees; minimum. Zt'J decrees.
TODAY'S Fair; moderate northwesterly
winds.
Foreign.
Rioting prevails In many Spanish cities
Page S.
Cuba gives to United States four Interned
ships. Page 1.
War.
Canadians and German guards battle to
death at Lens. Page 12.
Russians take villages In Caucasus region
Pago 2.
Canadians draw lines close about Lens
Page 1.
Germany Is expected to hear Pope's pro
posals sympathetically. Page 3.
Italians take 10,000 prisoners. Page 2.
Gerard tells how conquered peoples of Po
land. Schleswlg-Holsteln and Alsace
Lorraine hate Germans. Page 1.
National.
Dissension appears In consideration of war
tajc bill. Page 3.
President fixes prices for coal. Psga 1.
Domestic.
Shipbuilders of New York vote to strike
Page 7.
Howard Gould's ex-wife deserts gay life
Page 2.
Enemy aliens are arrested. Page 2.
Civil War veterans parade in Boston. Fags 4.
Pacific Northwest.
Spokane Labor Council threatens strike un
less I. W. W. are freed. Page 1.
Exemption claims closely scrutinized.
Tage 5.
Governor's party searched for hidden
liquor. Page 1.
University of Oregon to train men for ord
nance, department. Page 5.
State roads suggested for early improvement
Page 4.
Governor hopeful about coast road. Page 8.
Convicts mutiny at "Walla 'Walla. Page 1.
Pports.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland 4,
San Francisco '2; Salt Lake 5, I,os An
geles 4; Oakland P, Vernon 3. Page 0.
Bader and Gandll stage fast flirht after
White Sox blank champions. Page 6.
Golfers return from state tournament at
Gearhart. Page T.
University of California football squad hit by
war. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Grain estimates better than expected.
Page lo.
Bethlehem Steel bears brunt of concerted
drive. Page 15.
Owners of small river craft must take out
licenses. Page 12.
Wheat advances 5 cents overnight. Page 15.
Portland and Vicinity.
Five hundred and one wards of vsrlous in
, stitutlons are picnic hosts of O.-W. R.
& N. Company. Page 10.
Carmen discuss demands with President
Griffith. Page 16.
Mayor will present ordinance creating police
pension fund to Council today. Page 0.
Feeding of game birds with grain to cease.
Page 11.
Home Guards become part of Oregon State
Guard. Page 11.
Hope f-r Chinese tong peace pact vanishes.
Page 10.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 12.
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining Company
suea py smelling corporation. Fage 11.
Weather repot, data and forecast. Page 12,
Spokane Council De
nounces Arrest.
RELEASE OF MEN DEMANDED
Resolutions Assail .State, City
and County Officials.
OUSTING OF GOVERNOR AIM
Resolutions Also Call for Removal
of Colonel Wilkins From Com
mand and General Strike
of All Industries.
SPOKANE, Wash.. Aug. 21. (Spe
cial.) Declaring Its belief that the In
dustrial Workers of the World were
justified in resorting to the strike as
the only weapon at their command, the
Spokane central labor body has made
the following demands:
That these men now In jail be re
leased at once.
That Governor Lister be removed
from position of public trust.
That Major Wilkins be at 'once re
lieved from his command.
That all men representing labor re
sign from the Council of Defense.
That a general strike of all Industry
be called until such time as may be
necessary to insure "observation of the
law."
D. P. Reid. A. J. Germain and A. H.
Nowk, the last two named being, re
spectively, president and secretary of
the council, were the committee which
drew up the document. The compila
tion of tho resolution was framed by ,
Mr. Reid.
Governor's Hepresentative Named.
E. H. Blaine, chairman of the State
Public Service Commission, who ap
peared for the Governor in the mili
tary proceedings of Sunday, is especial
ly named in the resolution, as are coun
ty and city officials who signed a
statement last week declaring that un
der tho law they could not suppress
the I. W. W.
A telegram to the Governor asking
to say whether or not he authorized
or approved the "outrage" remained
unanswered.
Coat en WUI Stick to Post.
W. J. Coates, who is vice-president
of the State Federation of Labor and
secretary of the District Exemption
Board of the Army draft, which is
handling appeals from the local de
cision, intimated that he had no In
tention of resigning his public posi
tion, regardless of any action of the
Central Labor Council.
"Of course, I can't say what I shall
do until I get an official notification
from the council to which. I belong,"
Mr. Coates said.
"However. I was nominated to the
presidency by Samuel Gompers to do
this work, and I hardly consider that
the Central Labor Council can ask me
to drop It."
Prisoners Are Examined.
Examination of prisoners taken in
the raid on the Industrial Workers of
the World headquarters was begun to
day In the County Jail by Major Cle
ment Wilkins. who made tho arrests,
and United States District Attorney
Garrecht.
Two of the men. arrested here Sunday
afternoon In a raid on I. W. W. head
quarters were released from the County
Jail today, following an Inquiry into
their cases by Major Clement Wilkins,
in command of Guardsmen patrolling
this section, who made the arrests.
One of the men was found not to be a
member of tho organization. ' '
The cases of about 10 of tho men.
were investigated today, but Jaracs
Rowan, executive secretary, was not
among that number. The investigation
will bo continued. Major Wilkins Bald.
Neither Major Wilkins nor United
States District Attorney F. A. Garrecht
had received any word tonight of a call
for a general strike of I. W. W. in the
Northwest September 1, they said.
Just before the examination of the
prisoners began. District Attorney Gar
recht said that ho and Major Wllkina
could see no reason for not holding
JamesRowan, district secretary of the
I. W. W., who signed the orders for a
general strike, as a military prisoner
indefinitely.
Conspiracy to Be Investigated.
'In tho meantime, the military au
thorities and the Federal officials,"
said the District Attorney, "will en
deavor to connect him and other I. W.
W. leaders with a conspiracy to give
aid and comfort to the enemy, which
can be charged under the Federal stat-.
utes."
An effort to have Rowan released
under habeas corpus proceedings failed'
in the state courts, when a superior
judge told the attorney who. presented
the petition that tim state courts did
not have Jurisdiction. The Judge, how
ever, agreed to hear at a later date
arguments which the attorney said
would convince him that the state has
jurisdiction.
No reports were received today of
Industrial Workers' striking, but 15
men struck at a lumber mill at St.
Maries, Idaho, for higher wages.
The company had refused to grant
them an increase of 25 cents a day.
which would have made their wages
$4. It was not known If they are
members of the Industrial Workers of
the World
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