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THE 3IOKXIXG OREGOXIAN. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2G,. 1917. FRENCH VARD OFF LIQUID FIRE ATTACK Enemy Is Repulsed After Ad vances Near Beaumont, North of Verdun. ATTACK AT YPRES FIERCE Germans Gain Footholds in British .Lines - on Narrow 1'ronts, but After lland-to-Hand Fighting, Are Driven Out Again. ARIS, Sept. S3. Liquid Are was used by the Germans in an attack on the French lines in the Beaumont re gion north of Verdun last night. The Krench. however, repulsed the assault with heavy losses to the Qermans. the War Office announced today. The bom bardment that has been in progrejs on the east bank of the Meuse iri the neighborhod of C'haunie wood was kept tip by the German guns during tne night. The statement follows: '"There was active artillery firing on the Aisne front, in the sectors of Hurtebise. and to the south of Juvin- court. We checked surprise attacks on our small advanced posts east of Teton and north of Hill 304. On the right bank of the Meuse the enemy continued the bombardment in the re gion north of Chaume wood, and re newed his attacks on our trenches near Beaumont. Notwithstanding the in tensive employment of flame throwers he was repulsed with heavy losses without obtaining any advantage. "Three German, airplanes were brought down yesterday by our pilots. "Our airships have carried out va rious bombing operations. In the day of September 24 and last night 10,000 kilos of projectiles were dropped in the course of these expeditions on Longuvon and Brieulle. "Several nres broke out in the struc tures bombarded." BERLIN, via London, Sept. 25. Trenches over a front of 400 meters near Beaumont, north of Verdun, were wrested from the French yesterday and maintained against counter attacks, the War Office announces. T V I Wl "V f " TV... awc ..a. livered a powerful attack against the British east of Ypres today. They suc- Kntish lines on narrow fronts. Hand- to-nanu iJKmint? cntiuea anu aiicr an other strong German attack, the British u i , . lutm ' " ' ' . i - ' ' 'J . f : . . i ....... v, 1 :.. v. .1 .L.t. i(n in Duiuiia .1 1 1 vi i t r. m "ii.Tut-'i men ,111c an Its entirety, according to Field Marshal naig s report toniisni. INSANE MAN'S STORY QUEER Investigation of Charge Against Minnesota to He Made. A disconnected tale of being taken out of the State Insane Asylum in Minnesota in company with two other Insane men anA brought to the Coast by an asylum attendant was told by Kred Scdernian, who was found wan dering about the streets in an appar ently demented condition yesterday by Patrolman Litzenbergr. Sod er man asserted one of the insane had been taken off the train in some town in Montana; that the other had been dropped off at -Seattle, and that the asylum attendant purchased for him a ticket to Portland, gave him a dollar and told him to come here. An investigation of the charge that Minnesota officials are foisting their Insane upon neighboring states will be made. ARGENTINA VOTES BREAK (Continued From First Page.) revolutionary character if an immedi ate settlement is not reached. The city's food supplies have been almost cut off. The cutting of tele graph wires has isolated the capital except from near-by southern points. The only cable communication, open is by way of London. Cable Service Interrupted, Strikers have cut the telegraph line to Valparaiso. Chile, paralyzing direct cable service to the United States. The government desired to postpone forma tion of its policy until it received from Ambassador Naon at Washington translations of the 415 telegrams re ceived or sent by the Swedish legation here. These messages were telegraphed to Dr. Naon with instructions to send translations. ASUNCION. Paraguay. Sept. 23. Ed uardo Cherer. ex-President of Para' fruay, today resigned his seat in th Senate as a protest against the policy of the government, which is said to lean toward a breaking oil of relation with Germany. WASHIXGTOX EXPECTS AVAR Economic Aid and Patrollng of Seas Aid to Allies. WASHINGTON. Sept. IS. Beside further consolidating the Americas in the war for democracy, the addition o Argentina to Germany's list of ene mies would mean the partial relievln of the United States and Brazil fleet In the patrol of the South Atlantic, even if there should be no spectacula co-operation by sending an army to France. The action of the Chamber of Depu ties caused little surprise among offl Cocoanut Oil Makes A Splendid Shampoo " If you want to keep your hair In good condition, be careful what you wash It with. Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the bair brittle, an Is very harmful. Just plain mulsified cocoanut oil (which Is pure and en tirely greaseless) Is much better thai the most expensive soap or anythln else you can use for shampoing, this can't possibly injure the hair. Simply moisten your hair with water and rub it in- One or two teaspoonfuls will make an abundance of rich, creamy lather, r.nd cleanses th ha and scalp thoroughly. The lathe rinses out easily and rfmoves every particle of dusf. dirt, danaruff and ex cessive oil. The hair dries quickiiy an evenly, and It leaves it fine and silky, bright, fluffy and easy to manage. You can get mulsified cocoanut oil at most any drug store. It is Terr cheap, and a few ounces is enough to last everyone in the family for months. Adv. clals of the State Department, and It Is believed here that the break will be followed by war. President lrigoyen has been con' latent In his determination not to per mit his country to take other than a neutral position, but it is considered mprobable that he will veto the action of the legislative branch of his gov- mment. A political danger would face his administration In such a course, since majority of the people appear to feel keenly the ridiculous position in hich their country has been placed by the duplicity of the German min ister. The discovery today tnat tne strikes and riots in Buenos Aires were instigated and supported by German agents only makes the situation worse. Although great military support might not be given the allies by Ar gentina, her economic aid would be important. Perhaps the largest pro- ucing country In faoutn America, sne could contribute plentifully to the food upplies of the fighting nations. $5,000,000 BONDS NORTH ITNIT SETTLERS WILL TOTE 0. ISSUE OCTOBER 29. Madras Mayor Declares Hnge Tract Will Be Made to Yield Handsomely If Properly Irrigated. NORTH MADRAS. Or.. Sept. 25. Special.) Directors of the North Unit rripation Association today voted to hold an election October 29 to deter mine if the people in the proposed dis- rict are In favor of issuing; bonds. The issue will be for $5,000,01)0 for the purpose necessary in carrying out chapter 357 of the general laws of Oregon and meeting: all obligations of the district heretofore and hereafter ncurred. The proposed North Unit project em- races 100,000 acres in Jefferson Coun ty. The estimated cost of putting: water on it is $50 an acre. This land raised this year only an averasre of four bushels, as agrainst 25 last year. when there1 was plenty of moisture. Lewis H. Irving:, Mayor of Madras, was in Portland yesterday en route home after accompanying- W. S. TJ'Ren, of Portland, attorney for the people of Madras, to Salem, where the appeal of Culver. In the now celebrated county seat fight of Jefferson County, was argued. Mayor Irving was interested In the action of the directors of the North nit Irrigation Company in calling an election for October 29. 'I was quite sure this action would be taken, as I am the attorney for the unit and the proposed bond issue is the important business at hand in con nection with the unit at this time." he said. "I hope the bonds carry, as t will mean much to that country to have water on the land. There are 99,300 acres of irrigible land and with water at a reasonable cost tLe land will be made highly productive." LANCASTER TO GIVE TALK Engineer Will Speak at Fulton Park Friday Night. At the Friday night meeting of the Fulton Park Parent-Teacher Associa tion Samuel Lancaster will speak on Making Use of the Beautiful." A series of pictures taken in Europe and America, will illustrate the lecture. A community sin?, led by W. M. Boyer, will conclude the evening. The asso ciation met yesterday and discussed many features and plans. Gophers and moles . as a community problem came in for a share of the discussion. Fulton Park seems to be attractive to gophers and moles and these animals are making havoc in some of the gardens. After this week the women or the association will do Red Cross work each Wednesday from 1 to 4 P. M. UNIONS RATIFY AGREEMENT 13 of 14 Affected San Francisco Bodies Accept Temporary Scale. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25. Thirteen of the 14 unions which voted today on the temporary wajre agreement reached Sunday by conciliators in the iron workers' strike here, which has tied up Government shipbuilding contracts totaling $120,000,000, ratified the agree ment, according to reports tonight at Union Labor Temple. Members of others of the 25 unions affiliated with the Iron Trades Coun cil are balloting on the ratification of the agreement tonight. Ballots will be canvassed tomorrow. Pendleton Man Sleuth. P. C. Stearns, of Fendleton, last night qualified as a detective by trac ng an alleged holdup man from his own town to Portland and causing his arrest by Detective Smith. The man under arrest is U. G. Jarred who. Mr. Stearns says, held him up and robbed him of $40 in Fendleton last week. Air. Stearns thought the man might come to Portland, so came here himself to look for him. The arrest was made at First and Madison streets. Jarred is held for the Pendleton authorities. Mr. Stearns says the pris oner and his partner are under in dictment in Pendleton. "Youtii Is Arrested. Karl Deyoe, 19. was arrested last night at Third and Market streets by Patrolman Evans and held on a charge of vagrancy, following complaint that he Had threatened to kill George Jo seph. of 2:15 Mill street. The lad fled when the policeman surprised him near the Joseph home, but was captured af ter a chase of several blocks. Lad Bun Down by Auto. Willie Battaglio, 10, of US East Ninth street, was run down and bruised at East Eleventh and East Carruthers streets last night by an automobile driven by Dr. Everson, of Milwaukie. The lad was taken home. Aleged Liquor Law Violator Held Frank Bowlls was arrested at Grand avenue and .ast atark street last night. He is charged with violating the prohibition law. Mrs. C. E. Rob erts. 25, and Henry Allen, a farmer, were arrested in the aame raid on a charge of disorderly conduct. SO Belgians Sbot as Spies. AMSTERDAM. Sept. 25. Advices have been received from the frontier by the Telegraaf to the effect that about 30 residents of Ghent, Belgium, have been put to death in the last three weeks on charges of espionage. Operation Is Fatal. Carl Hesler. 15. of Gresham, died at the Good Samaritan Hospital last night following an operation for appendicitis. He was taken to the hospital in a critical condition last night. Oregon City Woman Bead. Mrs. John Waldow, of Oregon City, died at the Good Samaritan Hospital last night following an operation. She was taken to the hospital last Satur ITEUTOH WAR PARTY IS FOR INDEMNITIES Germany's Security Declared to Rest on German Might as Well as Treaties. CONQUEST IS NOW URGED Leader Asserts Prussian Arms Pro tect Borders Fully, Making This Excellent Time to Begin Peace Negotiations. BERLIN. Sept. 24. via London. Sept. 25. The central governing committee of the National Liberal party, in gener al session yesterday, adopted a resolu tion outlining the attitude of the party In regard to current foreign and do mestic issues. In the n sw platform which was adopted unanimously, the Reich stag's peace resolution of June 19 is roundly scored as inimical to Ger many's future development- The reso lutions oppose also disarmament, estab lishment of a parliamentary govern ment in Germany and the restoration of Belgium, and advocate annexation of conquered territory. , Relobntas Is ChallenKed. The Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts, of Berlin, characterizes the resolution as a challenge to the Reichstag major ity. The resolutions say: "Germany's future security cannot rest on international treaties alone. It must be founded on German might and strength. Without ample war indem nities Germany would not be protected against future menace and our politi cal and economic development would be retarded by decades. The military situation gives the surety that Germany's borders are re ceiving ample protection and that our economic future as a result is fully safeguarded." The resolution opposes the introduc tion of a parliamentary system, but calls for confidential and intimate co operation between the government and the Reichstag. It also opposes the broaching of the Alsace-Lorraine prob lem, either now or at the time of the peace negotiations. The familiar criti cism of President Wilson is contained in the resolution. Germany Ready to Talk Peace. In addressing the committee. Dr. Gua tav -Stresemann outlined the party's national platform, which swings this faction far to the right among the Reichstag parties. Dr. Stresemann said that in the present excellent military and political situation. Germany was prepared to begin peace negotiations. The submarine, he asserted, was the deciding weapon. At the outset of the war British tonnage compared with German in the ratio of five to one. England was now compelled, he said, to carry on the war with stop-watch in hand. Her rank as a maritime nation had been shattered and if she decided to go on the U-boat would force her to make peace. The speaker deplored the fact that Admiral von Tirpitz, for mer maritime minister, had not been permitted to carry out his plan. The opinion was expressed by Dr. btresemann that the Reichstag peace resolution had materially harmed Ger many's prestige abroad. TAX VOTING TO BE UNIFORM Compilation of Special Laws Print ed for Supervisors. OREGON CITT. Sept. 25. (Special.) To facilitate special tax procedure in county road districts Attorney Hedges has completed a compilation of the spe cial tax laws and prepared a series of printed blanks to aid the supervisors over the county wnere special taxes are to be voted this Fall. The procedure of road tax additional levies and the annual budget meeting is confusing as outlined in the Oregon laws. Last year the levies in two or three districts were declared invalid in the Circuit Court. County Judge Anderson and District Attorney Hedges are of the opinion there will De no trouble this year if the printed in structions are followed. POET WILL TALK FOR DRAMA LEAUIE MO.XDAV A1GHT. , AathiiDj Eower. The initial outside attraction brought by the Drama League the season of 1917-1918 will be an evening of "Author's Read ings" by Anthony Euwer, Mon day, October 1. at the Little The ater, Twenty-third street near Washington. Mr. Euwer is well known here and, like so many of those who have come from the East, has felt the lure of the West. One critic has written of him: "To an elect few has been given a me dium to express this call and Mr. Euwer is the peer of these. In his poems he has gotten be low the surface and has pictured the realities of life. He sees under the glowing red skin of the apple to the core within and beneath the well-kept orchards, the majestic pine forests, the queenly domination of Mount Hood, he sees the pain and sweat, the toil and struggle which call the fruit into being. The life is not all sorrow. His humor is plentiful and most rich, and his audiences chuckle with him over some of the episodes of ranch life." Since Portland has heard Mr. Euwer he has captured New t York. He visualized Hood River J for New York. a - - i - I - . - ' - - Store All Today Jewish Holiday Jipmait & (Sod . riercnanoiso BASTION IS SEEN Associated Press Man Visits Troubetskoi Prison. LIFE IRKS PR0T0P0P0FF Cells, Below Water Level, Sub ject to Inundation, Arc Sc cure out Not Insanitary or 'Uncomfortable. (Continued From First Pace.) now wear their own, Baid -w. jvurin den.- "We supply gratis the ration of a soldier, but the prisoners are allowed to purchase an officer's ration, which all of them do except Protopopoff, who, declaring that he is the cause of Rus sia's misfortunes, persists in eating private's fare. The prisoners' friends. who may visit them twice weekly, are allowed to bring certain authorized foods, among which one may find caviar. The prisoners are, permitted to smoke but are allowed no alcohol. Most of the prisoners," continued the assistant governor, 'among wnom are three of Russia's most cultivated citizens, read all day under no re strictions, except that newspapers are not allowed. They have little notion of the events of the last six months in Russia and the outside world. They receive letters and may write mem three times a week. Tlie letters are examined by the procuror, but after the revolution the prison administra tion ceased the practice or testing ior vlihln ink which had Deen in vogue continuously since the reign of Peter the Great. The nrisoners exercise In tne court yard twice daily with only their guards for company. x ney never ten other. The doctor visits eacn cen daily, but in case of Berious Illness tne nrisoners are sent to hospitals outsiae. as were, for instance, the late Premier Sturmer and the former Empress" friend. Mile. Virubova, as there is no hospital within the fortress. The pris oners behave extremely well and are never querulous now. Immediately after the revolution, however, we had here the Black Hundred jew Daiter, Orloff, who raised trouble daily. tne only request we receivea lately was from General KennenKampn, wno. oe ing afraid of lynching, begged us not to transfer him to another prison." The corresDondent next inspected tne prison guards, who are of two classes. The first is a regular military unit, posted on the periphery of the bastion. The second is composed of two repre sentatives of every regiment in Petro grad, who are stationed inside. These men Jealously watch the prisoners. Escape Held Inconceivable. General Kurinden declared that es cape from the prison was inconceivable and that none was on record in modern times. In the library the correspond ent found volumes in Russian, French, English, German. Italian and even in Finnish, the last for the use of the Finnish patriots who, under former Premier Stolypin's oppressive "equality law," were tried and imprisoned in Russia. In the courtyard, because of the rain that was falling at the time, no one was exercising, making a congruous im pression because, though overlooked by the forbidding barred windows, it can e reached only through a metal cage, in which the prisoners wait. The yard itself is a green paradise, overgrown by now flowerless jasmine and lilac bushes and shaded by tall lines of pop lars, aspens and maples. It is rimmed with a broken pavement from the crev ices of which rise wild plants and un trodden grasses. Under a towering tree In the center of the yard a shapeless bath-house used by the prisoners strikes another incongruous note. Next in order came a visit to the unoccupied obsolete part of the prison under the commandant's house. This consists of real "stone sacks," with earthen floors far below the river level, and with windows guarded by cum brous bar work, designed to imitate a row of medieval halberds. "There," said the procuror, "lan guished. I believe, Peter's son Alexis before he was tortured to death, and the next cell held the beautiful but unfortunate pretender. Princess Tarak hanoff, whom adventurers set up as the daughter of Empress Elizabeth." Returning to the chancellory, the cor respondent examined the roll of past captives, among whom were the ter rorist assassin. Gershuni, and the chemist. Nicholas Morosoff, held in the bastion for 25 years under suspicion of complicity in the assassination of Alexander II. In the roll were two other entries of a striking character in a different way. The first reads: "1905. January 12: Pieshkoff Alexis Ma ximovitch." This is the real name of Maxim Gorky. The second entry reads: , "Gillik. Issyye, identity uncertain, be Closed Day 01 v wy HO lieved surname Mazantzeff, handed over for execution February 7, 1908." hile the roll was under examina tion there occurred the most striking incident of the visit. After putting his head into one of the side rooms, the procuror announced that the examina tion within the room had been fin ished. Into the chancellory with two soldiers behind him walked, well dressed, but collarless, a man of middle height, slight figure, small features and a short, grayish beard, with eyes unnaturally bright and almost feverish and an expression of extraordinary re finement and dignity. That." said the procuror, "is M. Protopopoff." The former Minister of the Interior stopped in the middle of the room. "We can speak English?" he' began at which the procuror intervened "Please do not," he said. ' On this M. Protopopoff, with a smile evidently intended to express sarcasm began speaking in Russian. Asked re garding his health, he answered enlg matlcally, "It is too good." Convinced that he would not be al lowed to touch on politics, the Asso ciated Press correspondent required re garding the treatment the former Min ister was receiving and as to whether he had complaints to make. "I have no complaints of any kind," answered ju. irotopopotr, and he con tinued: "Would any of you American complain if they knew they were des perate criminals? Here M. Protopopoff smiled again, apparently in sarcasm, and the corre spondent, thinking the words were in tended as an oblique protest against nis treatment, said: "You mean that as irony?" "It is not Irony," answered M. Proto popoff. I have no right to complain oecause t am guilty of crime." "That," said the correspondent, "Is i strange remark in the presence of th procuror, whose duty is to pile up evi nepce against you. tne rormer Minister's head again was tnrust quickly to one side as he said, without a smile: "i supply the evidence myself. I am guilty of the most awful crime of not understanding the spirit of my age." Repeating the words, "spirit of my A NEW SHOW Shown over 900 times in New York City. 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