Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, September 13, 1917, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextTIIE MORNING OliEGONTAX, TIIURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1017. 5 V .ERRORS SPREAD WAR German Mistakes Blamed by Andrew Bonar Law. MILITARY GENIUS CREDITED Driving of United States Regarded as Greatest Mlsjudgmcnt of All Worth or Aid to Entente Is Freely Admitted. tOSDON', Sept. 6. Andrew Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking today at a luncheon given by the Empire Parliamentary Association to Med ill McCormick. Consressman-at-large for Illinois, said: "In everything connected with the military arm, the Germans have shown remarkable results, even genius. But in dealing with questions of human nature they have repeatedly made mis takes which have been the salvation of the entente allies. No mistake they have made will be so Breat in Its con sequences as that which drove the United States into the war." "The Germans lately," Mr. Bonar Law continued, "have been saying that the entente was relying on the United States as their last hope. I want to say to you that we do rely on the United States. End "Sot Yet Seea. "As Chancellor of the Exchequer, I am ready to say to you now what I should have been sorry to have had to say six months ago, namely, that with out the United States' financial assist ance the allies would have been In dis astrous straits today. "VV'e have not yet seen the end. "Perhaps I may be excused from speaking of the Russian situation ex cept to say how much we sympathize with Russia in her time of anguish and that we hope she yet may be able to render us assistance in the great cause. "The American people, like us, are people of hard practical sense and re alize that the war now has become largely a question of nerves, endur ance and staying power. Thank God we of England and America have those qualities and shall see this thing through to victory. Right of Cause Proved. "We have two special reasons for satisfaction at the coming in of the United States. First, it is the best pos sible proof that our cause is just and righteous; and, second, we know we now have on our side resources which are more than sufficient to achieve victory. "The United States possesses the greatest wealth and resource of any nation in the world. Moreover, as a Kation they have shown inventive ge nius and adaptability which they must inevitably supply successfully to the prosecution of the war." ,13 WOMEN 0N JURY LIST Call Issued for fall Term of Court at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 12. (Spe cial.) The jury list of the Superior Court, for the Fall term, which will open October 9, in this city, has been called. Thirteen women were called, i Following are the names drawn: ! IJistrirt No. 1 St. R. tiriflith, A. V. Tavi. V. J. Simons, F. A. Sinclair, Maud T-Mtmer. John Hutchinson, Joseph Earler. Joseph Wills. J. S. Maxon. Edward Dear born, all of Ridgefleld; Salome Cloush. Che latchee: IT. 1 .. Uunlap. John Caplea. both of IJionper: Andrew Leeper, Manor; Mark Bax ter. Ridgefleld. Kistrlct No. 2 Joseph Ward, W. S. Gassa ', Ch:rlott K. Kcotten, all of Battle Clround: Mr. W. K. Bennett, Mandlll David, fcevier Ogtenson, Mrs. John Karnatb. Mrs. J. V. Scotten. G. J. Mitchell. Karl Camp bell and Robert Stoller. all of Camas; John I.. Beaver. Proebstel; William McCall, Ella Keep and c. v. Cotterell, Waahougal. IMstrlrt No. G Alice Danford. Charles Sfrfc'addfn, Hugh McKinley. Bert Conner, I. Parma ntler. J. W. Poole, F. S. Davis. C. L.. fciliaefer, Jacob Westlioff and Melvin Thomp son, all of Vancouver; Lewis Hobbs, Orilla Kan, Lewis Anderson and Oliver Jones, of Lake Shore; Rose Nolan, Jaggy. 8,500,000 BONDS ARE SOLD rontlnnert From First Tage. therefore, directed to work the bride; crews during the period of the emer gency, which Is until the beginning of the rainy season, on 10-hour shifts in stead of eight-hour shifts, with the proviso that they are to be paid on an eight-hour-day basis, with double time for the two hours' overtime. CAPTAIN BOWLBY GOES EAST Oregon. Engineer Assigned to High way Office In Denver. Official notification was received yesterday by Captain Henry L. Bowlby, ex-State Highway Engineer of Oregon and of Washington, that he has been appointed senior highway engineer of the Federal office of public roads and rural engineering. His headquarters will be In Denver. Captain Bowlby is a West Pointer, though he did not follow the Army pro fession. He was commissioned a Cap tain In the Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps on August 15. For several years he was professor In civil engineering at the University of Washington. He served as State Highway Engineer of Washington from 1909 to 1911 and as State Highway En gineer of Oregon from 1913 to 1915. WATER COMPANY SUES I Bi JUNCTION AGA1XST PUBLIC SERV. ICE COMMISSION ASKED. Order Lowering; Rates on Sutherlin Project in Douglas County Re sisted in Federal Court. The Public Service Commission of Oregon and each of the Commissioners individually are made defendants in a suit brought In the Federal Court yes terday asking an injunction restrain ing the Commission from putting into effect an order lowering rates to water users on land of the Sutherlin Land & Water Co., In the Sutherlin Valley, Iouglas County. The plaintiffs are De Pauw Univer sity, of Indiana; the Luse Land & De velopment Co., of Canada; the North western Trust Company, of Minnesota, and Ira C. Oehler, as trJstees for the Oregon concern. Carey & Kerr are their attorneys. The suit raises a fine legal point In volving the Jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission over companies that sell water solely to purchasers of their lands. The Sutherlin Company, the complaint recites, furnishes water only to per sons who have purchased land on its 3828-acre tract in Douglas County. As only these purchasers, and not the pub lic generally, are served, the complaint assert3, the company is not a public service company, hence is not under the Jurisdiction of nor subject to regu lation by the Public Service Commission. Houlton, which is now a part of the town of St. Helens by annexation, but not throuerh St. Helens proper. Selection of this route settles a long mooted question. It eliminates 13 rail road crossings, besides saving two miles in distance. Commissioners Ben son and Adams voted for the west side route a: d Commissioner Thompson did not vote. Road to Reach Arlington. The Commission also decided that the Columbia River Highway this side of Arlington, in Gilliam County, shall follow the Columbia River from the John Day River, which . divides Sher man and Gilliam counties. This brings the highway into Arlington via Quin ton and Blalock. The condition was made that the Gilliam County road dis tricts involved shall vote a 10-mill levy to be expended on the highway. The decision to adopt this route to a considerable extent nullifies the previ ous tentative decision of the Commis sion, pending an investigation, to route the highway in Sherman County away from the Columbia River and by way of the town of Wasco and McDonald's Ferry, and thence to Arlington. That part' of this proposed route via McDonald's Ferry is automatically eliminated by the decision to follow the Columbia River in Gilliam County. Wasco May Vet Ciet Road. So far, however, the Commission has not officially determined what route the highway shall follow from Sher man, in Sherman County, the point at which Sherman County people propose it should branch off from the river to the town of Wasco, to the John Day River. So there is still a possibility that the highway may be routed by wpv of asco. The east side trunk road of the Pa cific Highway is to be completed be fore the west side road, the Commis sion decided, because, in view of the de tsire of people of the west side for a circuituous route from MeMinnville to Rellevue to Ballston, and thence to Dallas, the east side road will be much more direct. The Commission took the view- that the interests of the state as a whole require completion of the di rect route before any nieanderlnr; route shall be constructed. Bridges to Be Rushed. This decision Is understood to be satisfactory to officials of Polk and Yamhill counties, with whom Commis sioner Adams conferred In person. The Commission, in line with pre vious action in regard to work on the Pacific Highway in the Srskiyous and on the McMinnvlIle-Sberidan road, de clared that because of the near ap proach of the rainy , season, which would stop work, an emergency exists relative to construction of bridges on the Columbia River Highway in Co lumbia County. State Highway Engineer Nunn was. 'LANTS TO BE HONORED Vancouver Arranges Banquet for Owners of New factories. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 12. (Spe cial.) A banquet in honor of the cap tains of industry, who have recently located in Vancouver, is to be given by the business, and professional men of the city at Hotel St. Elmo on the even ing of September IS. There will be 5 guests and 75 hosts. In addition to the banquet there will be numerous speeches, music and spe cial stunts. A few months ago the waterfront was being used as a dogpound, but now one firm is giving employment to 1000 men on the site in building six ships for the uovernment. Italy Gets Bread and Flour Cards. ROME. Sept. 12. Giuseppe Canepa, the Italian food controller, today or dered the introduction of bread and flour cards throughout Italy after October 11. El 100 TONS FISH LIBERATED Two Men Fined $2 50 Each for Op erating Traps in Closed Season. ASTORIA. Or.. Sent. 12. (Special. 1- F. A. Munson and S. Falanjcus were ! fined $250 each yesterday for Illegal trap fishing. Falangus, who did not plead guilty, said he would appeal. Deputy fish wardens opened 15 traps on the Washington side of the Colum bia between Cathlamet and Kalama Sunday. The owners of these and sev eral traps on the Oregon aide will be prosecuted. Warden Larson arrested Tom Taylor for operating a fish trap in closed sea son. Fifteen tons of fish were liberated from the Taylor trap on Grimm Island. upwards of 100 tons of fish were released from traps Sunday by the wardens. M iller's" Prepared Months Ago We Can Serve You Now .With the same high-grade cloth ing sold by us fir 5 ? i u1 "Zrni? x Last Year Under present market conditions the new FALL and WINTER SUITS and OVERCOATS which we are showing would be at least 30 per cent higher in price. We bought these Suits and Overcoats months before the big advance. That's why we can give you $20 Suits and Overcoats for 3y so Open Saturday Night for your convenience. Outfitters for Dad and Son THIRD AND ALDER STREET is. ALIEN DRAFT IS PLAN Inequalities of First Draft to Be Corrected. HARDWICK IS CRITICISED Military Committee Reports Ad versely on Resolution Requiring Consent ot Drafted Men Be fore Being Sent Abroad. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. Drafting of all aliens In the United States ex cept Germans, others exempt by treaty, and those of countries allied with Ger many, who have resided In this country one year, is proposed in a Joint reso lution passed today by the Senate and sent to the House. It is estimated that more than 1,000,000 aliens would be affected. Under the resolution by Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, chairman- of the Senate military affairs committee. subjects of the allies or neutrals claiming treaty exemption, would be allowed to leave the country within 90 days. Inequalities of the operation of the draft law because of exemption of large proportions of aliens in many districts were cited by Senator Cham berlain to show the need for his reso lution. German May Have to Work. The pending resolution by Senator McCumber, authorizing the President to negotiate for drafting aliens In this country had failed, he said, to bring results, and Senator Lodge assailed the Administration for not taking inde pendent action. Amendments adopted would permit the use of aliens of Germany in this country for other than military pur poses and would provide that in future drafts credit shall be felven for the excessive proportion in the recent draft due to the exemption of aliens. Denouncing introduction of such a proposition, the Senate military com mittee today reported adversely Sen ator Hardwick's resolution which would provide that the consent of every drafted man must be obtained before he is required to perform foreign service. Spirit of Opposition Bad. The committee, the report says, be lieves the draft law Is constitutional and that every man drafted into the National Army can be used abroad. The situation arising out of this spirit of opposition to the selective draft act Is serious, says the report, "and taken in connection with the unrest amongst the civilian population, growing out of commercial and Industrial conditions, stimulated in some cases doubtless by pro-German sympathizers and propa gandists, places our country in a situ ation of extreme peril at a time when all should be united in a common cause. "The psychological effect of calling in question an act. the principles of which, it seems to the committee, have been sustained by the courts of the country. Is bad and the tendency of it all is to Impair the military efficiency of the men who are already in the service and of those who may yet be called to serve in this time of need." FRENCH TAKE TWO LINES Advance Made In Champagne Re gion and Prisoners Taken. PATHS. Sept. 12. French troops last night attacked the German trenches in the region of St. Sonplet in the Cham pagne and succeeded in smashing the first two German lines and entering the third positions. All the German troops garrisoning these trenches, the French War Office announced this afternoon, were either killed or taken prisoner. LONDON. Sept. 12. German troops this morning attacked the British trenches east of Hargicourt, Field Mar shal Haig reported today from the British headquarters in France. The assault was launched under cover of a heavy barrage, but the advancing waves were met by rifle and machine gun fire and the Germans were repulsed. WW Paradise THE Cascades in their evergreen glory in vite you- with a special call this year. Come neighbor with Nature in this wondrous mountainland. Truly a camper's paradise. Lake Gkel an America's Lake Most Beautiful is a scenic gem 60 miles long, 2,000 feet deep, sur rounded by mountains reaching over 7,000 feet above the lake. You'll find new scenic thrills in the Lake Chelan region. Come in and let's talk vacations. Trains leave Portland daily, 10 A. M.f 5 P. M., and 12:30 midnight. Ride on the ORIENTAL LIMITED, fast train to the East, 7:10 P. M. daily. Visit Glacier National Park en route. Tickets and reservations at City Ticket Office, 34S Washington St. H. DICKSON, C. P. & T. A. Phones, Marshall 3071, A 22S6. 111 gZr- - AMERICA TO AID RUSSIA EXCISES ATVD CARS WILL BE SEXT ACROSS COUNTRY FAST. Railway Men May Take Charge of Part of Trams-Siberian Line and Train Crewa for Other Sections. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. Immediate aid in solving Russia's transportation problems will be given by the Ameri can Government. Shipment of locomo tives and cars to Vladivostok will be rushed across the I'aciflc. in Japanese vessels, and American railway men will be sent to serve as inspectors along the Trsns-Siberian Raiway. The breaking down of Russia's trans portation system has been one of her chief handicaps in prosecuting the war. Thousands of tons of freiqrht is piled on the ground at Vladivostok which Russian railway men have found no way to move. American officials are considering proposing to the Russian government that a section of the Trans-Stberlan line be turned over to a group of Amer ican railway men for operation. The Americans would train Russian crews, who would be distributed to other sec tions as fast as possible. . FUGITIVE CAUGHT, FREED Man Accused by Carbonado Girl Is Held Brief Time at Sumner. TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 12. The City Marshal of Sumner reported to police headquarters today that he picked up Friday night Bennett Stoddart, the en gineer accused of assaulting little Mamie Torkke at Carbondale. but later released him. The Marshal said Stod tiart was traveling toward Sesttl. MjuwaaMKjsWv rtrwnwwnBKi s Sense and Nonsense rA man may sometimes try to "put one over" on a friend as a joke, but it is a serious matter to sell clothes that way for the joke always has a "comeback." We are offering Bradbury System Clothes to the men of Portland. Only the best is inexpensive ordinary clothes aren't good enough for the Eastern's patrons. Style is what you buy. You expect quality. You get plenty of both in these famous Bradbury System Clothes Moderately Priced $20 to $40 Always the newest in Hats for Men Adrienne, East ern and Mallory. $3, $4 and $5 Your Charge Account Solicited 'Outfitting q53 Washington Street, at Tenth WasK t&e Electric Way, TAKE things easy on Washday. Don't rub away your strength and beauty over a tub of boiling suds. Conserve your vitality for other things of more im .portance and let Electricity do your washing. By 9 o'clock the work will be over. Your clothes are spotlessly clean and you feel as fresh as if the washing hadn't even been started. Even the wringing is done electrically. Costs Only a Few Cents to Operate The average cost of Electricity for a large family washing- is only 5 cents. An Electric Washer soon pays for itself. Cuts laundry bills; saves time, labor, health and clothes. Will wash the heaviest blankets or the flimsiest laces equally well and can't tear or wear the most delicate piece. A tubful of clothes takes only 10 minutes or so. Get an Electric Washer on our easy payment plan. We will be glad to have you call. ELECTRIC STORE Electric Building I