Morning Oregonian., August 30, 1917, Page 3, Image 3

THE MORNING OREGONIAN. TIITJRSD AY, -AUGUST 30, 1917.
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A0STBI1S RALLY
III STRONG DEFENSE
Italians Take More Than 1000
Prisoners on Heights
Beyond Gorizia.
FIRING HEAVY ON AISNE
English Clear Strong Point Held
by Enemy Southeast of Lanjc-
marck Berlin Reports R-
capture of Indentation.
ROME, Aus. 29. The Italian troops,
pushing' forward en the Bainsizza
Plateau, have reached a powerful Aus
trian defensive lin and are now attacking-
it, the War Office announces.
On the heights beyond Gorizia the
Italians made gains. More than 1000
prisoners were taken yesterday.
The announcement follows:
'Fifrhtinir continued yesterday on the
Bainsizza Plateau. After having over
come the enemy rearguards our troops
encountered and are at present at
tacking a powerful line of resistance,
which had been previously organized
and which the enemy is defending with
desperation. On the heights beyond
Oorizia we made some gains. Alto-
Femer zi( airplanes participated In
the battle. A squadron of 40 Capronl
machines, which took part in the ac
tion east of Gorizia, dropped more than
7000 kilograms (7!4 tons) of projectiles
on enemy batteries in the Panovizza
wood.
"In the Stelvio region on the Tren
tino front the enemy at dawn Mon
day attacked one of our advanced posts
on the glaciers in the Upper Zebru
Valley and succeeded in penetrating it.
Our men, however, were able to occupy
a higher summit, from which they keep
their old positions under fire."
PARIS, Aug. 29. Violent artillery
fighting is in progress on the Verdun
front, between Avocourt and Hill 304,
and on the Aisne front, the War Of
fice announces. North of Caurieres
wood in the Verdun sector German
yeconnoitering; forces were repulsed.
LONDON, Aug. 29. "During the
night we carried out successful raids
northeast of Gouzeaucourt and south
west of Hulluch and captured a few
prisoners," says today's official an
nouncement. "Southeast of Lange
marck our troops cleared up a strong
point, in which an enemy party was
holding out immediately in front of
our new line."
BERLIN, via London, Aug. 29. Ger
man counter-attacks yesterday drove
the British from the indentation they
had made in the German positions
northeast of Frezenberg, on the Flan
ders front, army headquarters an
nounced today.
RUSSIANS 1'LEE IX DISORDER
Teutons Advance All Day on South
Roumanian Front.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 29. A Russian
division yesterday abandoned its posi
tions in the region of Fokshani, on
the Roumanian front, and fled in dis
order, the War Office announces.
The statement says the enemy con
tinued to advance all day yesterday on
the SouthernRoumania front, reaching
the line of Trechty-Deus-Varnitza-Fitioneshti-Chyolianitchi.
In the night
Russian positions in the region of Var
nitza were penetrated.
BERLIN, via London. Aug. 29. In
the Oituz Valley, of the Roumanian
front, Teutonic forces stormed hill
positions yesterday, says today's army
headquarters statement. More than 600
prisoners were taken.
Field Marshal von Mackensen's
forces, the announcement also states,
captured the village of Muncelui and
pushed back the opposing forces in a
northwesterly direction past several
positions on both sides of the Suchitza
Valley.
Prisoners to the number of 1000 and
three guns were taken.
lution," had appealed to the 'govern
ment to pass from words to actions
and help the army conquer the enemy.
Prince Peter Kuropatkin, who was not
on the list of speakers, was heard at
the request of the whole conference.
He called upon all Russians to prevent
the fatal eventuality of a German vic
tory.
This sentiment evoked a long-con
tinued ovation v onor of Prince Ivuro
patkln.
Other speakers who declared against
a separate peace were loudly ap
plauded.
BERLIN, Aug. 28, via London. Aug.
29. The newspapers denounce as
wholly false the reference made by
Premier Kerensky, in addressing the
Moscow conference, to a recent offer
of a separate peace. Nothing is known
of such a move in any official quarters
here.
PARIS, Aug. 29. A JIavas dispatch
from Moscow says that after Premier
Kerensky had read President Wilson's
message of greeting' to the National
conference, he said he had instructed
the Minister of Foreign Affairs. M.
Terestchenko, to inform the American
Ambassador, David II. Francis, of the
feelings of gratitude which the Presi
dent's telegram had inspired among
the delepates to the conference.
This statement of the Premier was
cheered enthusiastically.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 29. German
newspapers are not disposed favorably
toward the Moscow conference. The
Cologne Gazette describes it as the
"comedy of Moscow," adding that it is
intended to excite the Russian people
to further mad sacrifices. The Kreuz
Zeitung says:
"Premier Kerensky's speech proves
that the Russian government is acting
autocratically. - The Russian peasant
has to bleed at the government's com
mand and without knowing the gov
ernment's aims. This is the freedom
which the revolution has given the
country.
lU.S. NAVY HAS NEW
WAYSTO BAG DIVERS
Allies Share in Valuable Plans
Worked Out Since Amer
ica Entered War.
RELIEF SHIP TORPEDOED
Two Norwegian Craft Are Victims of
German Submcrslblcs.
LONDON. Aus. 29. The Norwegian
steamer Kongsli, from St. Nazarre,
France, for the United States, has been
sunk off the Spanish coast, according
to a telegram received in Chrlstiania
from Sai tander and forwarded by the
Morning Post correspondent.
Sinking by a German submarine of
the Norwegian steamer Frigga, 1046
tens, is reported by the Norwegian For
eign Office, an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Copenhagen says. The
crew was saved.
The Maritime Register reports the
Norwegian steamer Kongsll as a Bel
gian relief ship. She measures 3663
tons net and is reported last as arriv
ing at Amsterdam on Jun-3 6.
NEW YORK. Aug. 29. The British
steamship Assyria, a vessel of 6370
tons gross register, under charter to
Hm Cunard line, has been sunk by a
German submarine, according1 to ad
vices received today.
RUSSIANS BEING UNITED
(Continued From First Page.)
was the influence of government com
missaries, whose appointment he as
serted created dangerous duality of
power.
The General maintained that ' after
publication by the government of the
declaration of the rights of solders, all
respect toward leaders disappeared, the
officers becoming veritable martyrs and
having to pay very dearly for the of
fensive of August 1 and the subsequent
retreat. The General cited some re
markable illustrations of this. On one
occasion, he said, when an attack was
being launched the force which ad
vanced was made up of 28 officers, 20
non-commissioned officers ir.d two sol
diers. All the others looked on coldly
while these heroes perished.
The General declared it wculu be Im
possible to carry on the war to a vic
torious conclusion unless the strongest
possible efforts were made by the pro
visional government and by the troops
themselves to reanimate and regenerate
Call to Action I ftsued.
After Madame Catherine Breshkov
the army.
fkaya, the "irrandmother of the revo-
ENGLAND WANTS APPLES
Government Is Petitioned to Remove
Embargo on Food Product.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Aug. 29. The State Department
today furnished Representative Sinnott
a copy of a petition signed by 15 lead
ing apple dealers of England urging
the British government to suspend its
embargo on American apples.
The petition quotes officials of the
principal British trans-Atlantic steam
ship lines as saying there is ample
cargo space on liners to carry this
fruit to England if governmental sane
tion can be obtained. Until this em
bargo is raised, the dealers assert, the
English people will be deprived of a
very necessary food supply, and a vast
industry in England will be destroyed.
U-BOATS WORK IN PAIRS
CLOTURE PETITION FILED
(Continued From First Page.)
this year's profits, estimated between
$3,000,000,000 and $4,000,000,000.
Warm Debate Likely Today.
Tomorrow the war profits debate
will get really under way with a speech
by Senator Underwood, in support of
a new substitute by Senator Bankhead
which would substantially increase
the amount of the levy as now pro
posed by the committee.
Final disposition of the bill early
next week is Senator Simmons' aim in
formally initiating cloture. Before
seeking action on cloture. Senator
Simmons hopes to secure unanimous
consent to fix a date for a final vote
on the bill.
Although cloture would be vigorous
ly contested by the so-called radicals
on war profits taxation, the necessary
two-thirds vote for its adoption is re
garded as sure in the event an agree
ment is refused. If adopted, the rule
would give each Senator but one hour
to discuss the bill and all amendments.
Higher Levy to Be Attempted.
Senate forces favoring even higher
taxation of war profits than the com
promise advances of the finance com
mittee are lining up to support a flat
levy of at least 50 per cent.
The new Bankhead proposals would
levy war profits taxes based upon cap
italization at the following graduated
rates, after exemption of $5000 and 8
per cent; on profits of & per cent ad
ditional, 5 per cent; between 5 and 10
per cent, 10 per cent; between 10 and
15 per cent, 25 per cent; between 15
and 20 per cent, 50 per cent, and above
20 per cent, a tax of 7 per cent.
The effort promised tomorrow by
Senator Underwood, ex-House leader
and financial expert, "in the contest
against the committee provision, was
viewed with unusual Interest by many
Senators because of its possible bear
ing upon future Senate leadership.
Debate on the publishers taxes was
begun by Senator Shields, of Tennessee,
who supported Senator McKellar's sub
stitute and argued that magazines and
other periodicals, not newspapers,
cause the defict in carrying second
class mail.
Newspapers Are Defended.
"T am satisfied " he said, "that the
daily newspapers are paying practfcally
all, if not the full amount, for the serv
ice they receive. Rates on magazines
and other publications which cause
the losses should be increased."
Senator Shields said newspapers do
not require the same service of the
Postoffice Department that magazines
do and that they render much of it at
their own expense.
"The newspapers really are the peo
ple's papers." the Tennessee Senator
continued. "They are the papers whichj
supply information to 90 per cent of
the people of the United States, and any
increase in the burden of transporta
tion is an increased burden on the people."
Magazines, according to statistics.
are not read by more than 12, per cent
of the people, he added, and those peo
ple are more able to pay an increased
cost than those who read newspapers.
Senator Smith, of Michigan, took ex
ception to the statement regarding the
percentage of magazine readers, de
claring he believed it was much higher.
Readjustment la Proposed.
Senator Shields characterized as "in
defensible" and "discriminatory" the
proposed 5 per cent tax on publishers.
"It is the most unjust and iniquitous
in this whole bill, and I think there are
several that ought to be left out," he
added, and declared that 'while the
present second-class postal rates were
a subsidy and should be readjusted, it
should not be withdrawn all at the
same time. Me urged the adoption of
the McKellar amendment and opposed
all others.
Senator Smith of Georgia also de
clared the 6 per cent tax on publish
ers unjust. Statistics show, he said,
that it costs the Government 1 cent a
pound to carry newspapers 275 miles
and magazines 1 cent a pound for 50
miles. For that reason, he said, it was
unfair to place a tax of one-quarter
cent on newspapers where the principal
loss results from transporting mag
azines. '
The McKellar amendment provides
that after January 1, 1918. second-class
postage shall be graduated by a zone
system beyond the 300-mile limit from
2 to 6 cents a pound. An amendment
by Senator Sterling would exempt
farm and religious papers and all other
periodicals maintained by religious,
educational, scientific philanthropic,
agricultural, labor or fraternal organ
izations not organized for profit, whose
rates remain the same n-a at present.
Huge Wireless Submarines Used to
Provision War Craft American
Soldiers Complain of Food
l'urnished on Transports.
IXJNDON. Aug.. 29. (Special.) From
a friend aboard one of the first Ameri
can destroyers in these waters, your
correspondent has the first story of
the American sailors chasing U-boats.
It is impossible to give details, but I
can state that the Americans have
bagged a "number" of U-boats, that
the American Navy has introduced sev
eral new features in the hunting of
submersibles and that their system of
protecting merchantmen has reduced
losses materially.
After several months of constant
work the informant believes that the
submarines are most successful in the
Spring and Fall, in the early morning
and late evening and in a choppy but
not a rough sea.
Many Mines Laid.
Most of the U-boats are working in
pairs and reporting by wireless im
mediately after sinking a ship. Sev
eral huge wireless submarines are
being used to provision the others at
sea. They are still laying many mines
but depend largely upon getting a
torpedo home.
They are working over a wide area
but frequently concentrate on a given
locality, showing that their secret
sources of information remain good.
As the anti-submarine devices have im
proved, the U-boats have gone further
to sea, except at night, when they
slip in and plant mines.
After several months of this work
all the American sailors have the hi&h
ut admiration for the work of the
British navy. The British' had perfect
defenses as the attack developed, while
the American Navy has started just
where the British, were, when the
United States entered the war.
Americans' Plans Adopted.
The Americans have brought in many
new and some extremely valuable ideas
which all the allies are sharing. The
American Navy does not underestimate
the seriousness of the submarine, but
it believes it will be beaten eventually.
There have been heard some com
plaints among American soldiers about
the life on the transports, and today
the London correspondent of the Man
chester Guardian writes:
"1 find there is a strong feeling, ai
any rate among those I have met. that
they were not well treated on the
ships which brought them over. They
complained very much about the food,
saying that it might have been all
right, but it was not all right when
they got it. The result was that they
were constantly buying stuff from the
stewards at high prices, and they did
not think there was any necessity for
that.".
Among the Navy there is not the
slightest complaint on any score.
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Goods Purchased Today Go on Your October 1 BilWo
t"Merchandi'se of cJ Merit Only"
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and the first clearance sale of j
our new Seventh-floor Piano De- 1
partment comes to a close. A !
truly successful event has been J
this
August Piano
CI
earance
WAR BOND BILL STIRS
REPUBLICANS FEAR LOSS FROM
, LOANS TO ALLIES.
Secretary McAdoo Says I-'Innnrlal Aid
Is Necessary, and Approves 10
Billion Budget.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 29. Passage of
the $11,538,945,460 war bond and cer
tificate bill by the House by next
Tuesday or "Wednesday was despaired
of tonight by Administration leaders
after a day of little progress in the
ways and means committee.
Secretary McAdoo again was ques
tioned tor several ' hours about the
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Now Secures
the Greatest
Piano Bargain
of Your Life
At the Great Closing Out
Sale of
Our Great Fourth
Street Music House
Closing out 118,000 copies of the
world's best sheet music Vocal,
Instrumental, Classical and Popu
lar. Take your pick, 8 copies for
Selling out at lowest prices ever,
Ukuleles, Guitars, Violins, Banjos
and every other type of small mu
sical instrument.
Closing out latest Phonographs
$250 Models now $195.00
$125 Models now $ 97.50
$ 50 Models now $ 39.00
All other models similarly reduced.
Payments as easy as wanted.
Wholesale cost and less for
many of the world's finest
player pianos, grands and
uprights.
3 YEARS TO PAY
88-note music rolls,
4, 6, 12, 19
also greatest variety of the very
latest 3 for $1
Benches, Cabinets, Rugs and every
thing else -at similar reductions.
153 FOURTH STREET
also
283 MORRISON ST.
Eilers Music House
and a goodly number of homes
I" have been made more cheerful J
and more homelike as the result. I
Talk it over in the family circle 5
I and then come here expecting A
I to find the very instrument that J
you want, with c
I ' PRICES AND TERMS I
5 ALSO TO YOUR LIKING "
Then, too, that attractive ar- I
" rangement of ours for giving 9
I FREE MUSIC LESSONS i
has a particularly strong appeal, f
j r Seventh Floor.
t"MorckooJU. of J Morit CM
general fiscal relations of the United
States and her allies by Kepubllcans of
the committee, who later began a fight
to limit the Secretary's authority in
selling foreign bonds taken in ex
change for loans from this country.
Debate on this section will be resumed
tomorrow. Republicans insist there
will be no assurance that this Gov
ernment will receive dollar for dollar
for its loans unless the authority to
sell foreign . bonds below par is re
stricted. Republicans made an unsuccessful
effort today to induce Democratic
Leader Kitchin to call financial experts
before the committee to testify regard
ing the possibility of disposing of the
bonds at the rates proposed by the bill.
Democrats and Republicans alike j
joined today in asking the Secretary
how long he thought it would be nec
essary for the country to lend finan
cial aid to the allies. Mr. McAdoo
foresaw no end until the end of the
war. -
The Secretary also approved as cor
rect a statement presented to him by
Representative Moore, of Pennsylvania,
forecasting total governmental expend
itures for the present fiscal year in
excess of S19. 000. 000.000.
Madame R ichet 's
Class Starts
Tuesday
September 4th
Can You Make Your Own Dress?
Can You Make Your Children's Clothes?
YOU CAN !
If you attend Madame Richet's classes. You learn cutting, fitting
and all the details of the dressmaker's art. And, just think, the
entire course of 10 lessons for $1.00! Tickets at Pattern Depart
ment. Second Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
Today
A Disposal of
35 D
resses
Pongee
Gingham
Cotton Voiles
Attractive dresses, suit
able for house and street
wear. For rapid disposal
we have marked at a very
special sale price.
Less Than
Half Regulai
Third Floor
Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
$5.95
Clean-Up of
Voile Blouses
.Today
$1.25
Very dainty voile, in
plain or fancy styles. Big
collars, lace or ruffle
trimmed effects. In white
and colors.
Third Floor
Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
New York Hastens
to Send Us New
WOOL
VELOURS
The leading material
for Autumn wear! Such
colors as beet root. Con
cord, myrtle, navy blue.
Burgundy and black; 56
inches wide and priced
at $4.00 a yard.'
Second Floor
Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
"Distinctive"
You'll Say When You See the
NEW FALL HATS I
A Sale'of
"Sterlum"
They've just arrived, these orig
inal creations in hats for street and
, dress tvear! We take pleasure in
inviting jjou to see them. Some
are demure, some dashing, and
all are delightful. Prices range
from $10.00 to $35.00.
Third Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
MILLS BUSY FOR ARMY
Treasurer Kay Says Oregon Plants
Vorklng Hard on Orders.
SALEM, Or.. Aug. 29. (Special.)
Every woolen mill in Oregon is now
working on Government orders, said
State Treasurer Kay, who conducts a
woolen mill in this city, today. Prac
tically every one of them is working
night and day.
tfr. Kay has just announced that on
September 1 the employes in his mill
here will receive another substantial
increase in pay. Similar increases
wre made January 1 and June 1 of
this year.
PICTURE FRAMES
33c
So many Portlanders are
framing pictures these days
pictures of the boys who are
going to the front, and pictures
of other folks, too that the
Picture Framing Department is
offering a series of very special
sales. Sixth Floor
Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
Extra Large Bath
TOWELS 25c
When you think of the ad
vance in price of cotton yarns,
you'll realize what a splendid
opportunity this is to buy plenty
of towels for the months to come,
when prices are sure to go flying
upward.
PILLOW CASES
25c Each
Of good sturdy muslin, with
out dressing. Second Floor
Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
Rich Imported
CORDUROY
$1.19 yd.
War conditions have made it
impossible to complete our color
line, so we are offering our
present supply at this special
price. Colors, Burgundy, Copen
hagen, myrtle, old rose, white,
prune and damson.
You will note that all are
colors that are most called for
this season! Second Floor
Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
't Eat Less
Eat
Better
' y . How to prevent waste and at the same time perfectly nour
ish the human body is a matter of intelligent food selection.
There is no need of anyone going hungry. Americans should not
eat less they should eat better. They should eat foods that sup
ply the greatest amount of digestible nutriment at the lowest cost.
The whole wheat grain is the most perfect food given to man.
It contains every element needed for building healthy tissue
and furnishing energy for the day's work.
But be sure you get the whole wheat grain, and be sure you
get it in a digestible form.
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is 100 per cent, whole wheat grain prepared in a digestible form.
Every particle of the whole wheat berry is used nothing wasted,
nothing thrown away.
V i It is what you digest, not
what you eat, that furnishes
energy for the human body.
We make the whole wheat
digestible by steam cooking,
shredding and baking.
Two or three of these little loaves
of baked whole wheat with milk,
sliced bananas, berries, peaches, or
other fruits, make a nourishing, satis
fying meal at a cost of a few cents.
Made only by THE SHREDDED WHEAT COMPANY,
Oakland, Gal.
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