THE MORXIXG OKEGONIAN. MONDAY, JUNE 17. 1918.
WAR VICTORY FIRST
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CLUBWOMAN, OF ROSE CITY PARK, WHO WILL BE ENTERTAIN
, MEM CHAIRMAN AT COMING LAWN PARTY AND ROSE SHOW.
Director-General Sets Forth
Purposes of Railroad
C Administration. '
ARMY OFFICERS
PUBLIC WILL BE SERVED
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED
A SHIPMENT OF
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Sympathy and Understand!!!
twccn Managements, Employes
and JPatrons to Be
Promoted.
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WASHINGTON. June 16. In a com
prehensive statement of policy made
public today, Director-General McAdoo
declared that the Railroad Administra
tion's aims in order of importance are
to win the war by moving troops and
war materials promptly; to give effi
cient service to the public; to promote
sympathy and understanding between
the railroad managements, employes
and patrons, and to apply sound busi
ness policies to railway operation.
He said he hoped future development
would "humanize the science of rail
roading and negative the idea that cor
porations have no souls.
Director Names Purposes.
"The policy of the United States Rail
way Administration," said the Director
General, "has been formed and shaped
by a desire to accomplish the follow
ing purposes which are named In what
I conceive to be the order of their im
portance: "Kirst The winning of the war,
which includes the prompt movement
of the men and material that the Gov
ernment requires. To this everything
else must be subordinated.
"Second The service of the public,
which is the purpose for which the rail
ways were built and given the privi
leges accorded them. This implies the
maintenance and operation of railway
properties eo that transportation facili
ties will be provided at the lowest cost,
the object of the Government being to
furnish - service rather than to make
money.
Good Keeling; to Be Promoted.
"Third The promotion of a spirit of
sympathy and a better understanding
as between the administration, railways
and their 2,000.000 employes as well as
their 100.000,000 patrons, which latter
class includes every individual in the
Kation, since transportation has be
come a prime and universal necessity
of civilized existence.
"Fourth The application of sound
economies, including;
"(a) The elimination of superfluous
expenditures.
"(b) The payment of a fair and liv
ing wage for services rendered and a
Just and prompt compensation for in
juries received.
"(c) The purchase of material and
equipment at the lowest prices consist
ent with a reasonable but not an ex
cessive profit to the producer.
"(d) The adoption of standardized
equipment and the introduction of
proved devices that will save life and
labor.
"(e) The routing of freight and pas
senger traffic with due regard to the
fact that a straight line is the shortest
distance between two points.
"(f) The intensive employment of all
equipment and a careful record and
scientific study of the results obtained,
with a view to determining the com
parative efficiency secured.
Taik Declared Great.
"The development of this policy will,
of course, require time. The task to
which the Railroad Administration has
addressed itself is an immense one. It
is .as yet too early to judge of the re
sults obtained, but I believe that great
progress has been made toward the
goal of our ideals.
"All those who have had a share in
this great work, including especially
the members of my staff and the offi
cers and employes of the railways, have
shown intelligence, public spirit, loy
alty and enthusiasm in dealing with
problems that have already been solved
and attacking those that still await so
lution. "With their continued co-operation, I
feel assured of a future in which the
lessons of our accumulating experience
will be effectively employed to human
ize the science of railroading and nega
tive the idea that corporations have no
eouls."
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GERMAN SOCIALIST DENOUNCES
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MRS. TV. P. RICHARDSON.
The rose, queen of -the garden, will be present In profusion at the combined
rnn show and lawn nartv to be held at the Rose City clubhouse on Friday
evening, June 21, at 7 o'clock, when the charming little suburban district will
Mrs. W. P. Richardson has been named general chairman of the entertainment
committee and the committee comprises the entire membership of the cluD.
Thcra will be a lawn nartv. with dancing and refreshments. Several of the
riannoa will he hv irraceful little folk, attired in costumes.
The rose show will be devoted chiefly to the choicest blooms of the many
varieties but other flowers are not to be excluded. A prize list is to be
announced.
AUSTRiANS GIVE WAY
Offensive on 100-Mile Line
Against Italy Fails.
ENEMY GETS ACROSS PIAVE
Defenders Report 3 00 0 of Assault
ing Forces Taken Vienna Offi
cial Report Claims Capture
of 10,0 00 Prisoners.
(Continued From First Psce.)
ments encountered an attacking: group
which had been prepared during pre
vious days, and before whose counter
thrust a portion of the captured terri
tory was evacuated.
LONDON, June 16. Italian head
quarters, according to the official re
port received here, claims the cap
ture of 3000 prisoners in the battle
now proceeding on the Italian front.
British Hurl Back Foe.
The Austrian troops that penetrated
the line held by the British on the
Italian front have been driven back
and the British line has been com
pletely re-established.
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Members of Center and Conservative
Parties In Reichstag; Leave When
Maaucrci Are Exposed.
AMSTERDAM, June 16. A scene was
caused in the Keichstag Friday by Dr.
a socialist memoer, when, ac
cording to the Cologne Gazette he de
clared:
j.ne Doraer states nave become a
Oolgotha, where lie bleaching the
bones of the best in the land who have
been slaughtered by the misled German
soldiers. -
An uproar followed this declaration
and Deputy Cohn was called to order,
but he continued: "The entire war has
become a family affair of the Hohen
zollerns. It is possible that we may fi
nally remain tne only warriors in Eu
rope and the entente will have to sub
mit, but Europe will have become
continent of beggars and we shall all
suiter tne consequences or such a
peace.
Lieutenant-General von Stein, Prus
sian Minister of War and State, in re
ply, asserted:
It is not one family in this country
which is waging war, but the German
people, under the Kaiser, is waging
war tor its existence."
According to another account of the
excited debate, several independent So
cialista shouted: "Robbers! Murder
ers!" when Dr. Cohn said that people
were being "slaughtered by the misled
German soldiers." Members of the
Center and Conservative parties there
upon left the chamber, it is reported.
PINE SOUGHT FOR PLANES
Jvlamatli Lumbermen Learn of In
vestigation to Be Made.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. June 16.
(Special.) That the War Department
is planning to use pine lumber in cer
tain parts of the airplane construction
and that Kenneth Ross, a special repre
tentative of the airplane service, will
probably visit Klamath Falls in the
near future, along with other Oregon
lumber centers to see about securing
supplies of timber, is reported by prom
incnt Klamath lumbermen.
The pine now being sought is fo
"wing beams" of the airplanes, it is de
clared, it being necessary to have the
highest grade of the lumber in strips
-0 feet long and about inches wide
ROME, June 16. (Havas Agency.)
The Austrians, after a violent
bombardment, attacked the French
positions, but the very efficacious fire
of the French broke down' the thrusts
of the Austrian infantry.
Enemy Losses Heavy.
The enemy casualties were heavy,
and, in addition, he left numerous pris
oners in the hands of the French.
The battle is in progress along the
whole front.
LONDON, June 16. The opening
of the latest Austrian oitensive in
Italy is described by Reuter's corre
spondent with the British army in
Italy.
British Pcsitions Attacked.
The correspondent's dispatch under
date of Saturday-afternooc follows:
The Austrians opened a heavy
bombardment at 3 o'clock this morn
ing and attacked the British positions
on Asiago plateau at 7:30 with a di
vision composed of Austro-German
and Bosnian troops.
"The enemy's objective, apparently,
was to reach eventually a line of hills
about the plateau and Cima Di Fonte,
some lour kilometers behind our
front.
"The enemy reached our front lines,
but made very little progress. They
were repulsed on the right completely
but gained a few hundred yards near
the left of our center.
Original Line Intact.
LONDON. June 16. The British offi
cial statement says of the battle:
"The pocket in the British front men
tioned in the communique of last night
has been cleared of the enemy during
the night and the early hours this
morning and we are now again eatab
lished on our original front line."
(Four Austrian divisions attacked the
British line Saturday and on the left
penetrated the front to a depth of 1000
yards along an extent of 2500 yards.
There the enemy was held.)
The official statement continues:
"More than 350 prisoners have been
counted and we have in addition cap
turea two mountain guns and a con
siderable number of machine guns.
Italian Aid Effective.
"In the early hours of yesterday
when the hostile attack was first
launched, invaluable assistance, both
in infantry and artillery was provided
by the Italians on our left, and this as
sistance was largely responsible for
bringing the Austrian infiltration to an
immediate halt.
"Heavy fighting is continuing in
many places along the Piave, on the
eastern end of Montebello Heights and
astride the Brenta Valley.
"Three additional enemy airplanes
were destroyed in air fighting yester
day, seven having previously been re
ported. The clouds remained low and
distant reconnoissances were impossi
ble. ROME, July 16. There were scenes
of great enthusiasm in the Chamber
of Deputies today when the Minister
of War, General Zupelli. announced the
success of the Italian troops and the
repulse of the enemy, despite his nu
merical superiority, on the greater
part of the front.
The whole house rose and applauded.
The war minister said that the capture
of 3000 prisoners was proof that the
Italian troops were truly heroic
Great Battle Described.
The text of the Italian official state
ment reads:
"A great battle has been in progress
on our front since yesterday.
"After artillery preparation, which
was exceptionally intense on account of
the violence of the fire and the number
of guns employed, the enemy has begun
his expected offensive by launching
large masses of infantry to attack our
positions in the eastern sector of Asiago
plateau, at the end of the Brenta Valley
and on Monte Grappa, by attempting at
several point to force the Piave. and
by carrying out heavy local demonstra
tive actions on the remainder of the
front.
'Our infantry and that of the allied
contingents fearlessly bore the tempest
oi destructive rire, and. supported by a
Barrage of their own artillery, which
had already prudently anticipated the
enemy s preparation with a timely and
deadly counter preparation bombard
ment, bravely sustained the enemy's on
slaught In the advanced defensive area.
Front Line Position Taken.
'On the ISO-kilometers' front tnnr
intensely attacked, the powerful storm
ing columns of the enemy occupied in
their initial rush forward only a few
line positions in the Monte dl Val Bella
region, in the Asolone area and at the
head of the Monte Eolarola salient.
Some troope succeeded in cassinar to
the right bank of the Piave River in the
Nervesa area and the Fagare-Muslle
region.
"During the day our troops Initiated
along all the front energetic counter
attacks, which succeeded in holding
back the powerful pressure of the en
emy and in regaining a good portion of
the positions temporarily yielded in
some of which, however, isolated de
tachments had with great valor con
tinued to remain at all costs.
Fee Being; Pressed Back.
"The struggle did not diminish in vio
lence during the night and is continu
ing fiercely. But our troops are firmly
holding the front along the Asiago
plateau; have completely reoccupied
their original position on Asolone and
at Monte Solarola salient and are very
closely pressing the enemy infantry
which has passed to the right bank of
the Piave.
"The number of prisoners so far
counted is more than 3000, including 89
officers. ,
"Our own and the allied airmen are
taking a strong part in the battle by
bombarding the crossing points on the
Piave and by attacking the enemy's
massed troops with machine gun fire.
Thirty-one enemy airplanes have been
brought down."
GOLD SUPPLY IS NEEDED
ALASKA DEPENDED IP OX TO PRO
DUCE LARGE AMOUNT OF WEALTH.
Secretary McAdoo Urges Necessity (
United States Accumulating All
Precious Metal Possible.
-WASHINGTON. June 16. The neces
sity for a maximum supply of gold from
Alaska during the war was emphasized
in a letter from Secretary McAdoo to
Delegate Sulzer, of Alaska, which wa
read in the House Saturday In the dls
cusaion of an appropriation for contln
ulng work on the Alaska railway.
The House approved the $5,250,000
appropriation for the Alaskan project
after Delegate Sulzer told the House
that completion of the railroad was
needed to bring gold from Alaska, but
other members insisted that the $5,
250,000 was sufficient for the project
next year.
"At no time has this country so much
required the largest possible produc
tion of gold as at present," wrote Sec
retary McAdoo. "Next to food and am
munition, gold is one of the most need
ed war essentials. In order to plan
the enormous amount of Government
bonds required to finance our war ex
penditures, a large credit structure will
inevitably be erected on our gold re
serves. And it is necessary that those
reserves, which are the foundation of
the structure, shall be maintained on
the broadest possible basis."
Bend, Or., are well under way. Will
iam Davis, potentate of Al Kader
Temple, has just returned from a visit
to Bend, where he conferred with
Shrlners In regard to the coming cere
monial, which is set for June 29. A
large number of Shrlners will attend
from Portland, Klamath, Burns, The
Dalles. Baker, Eugene and Albany.
The Mystic Shrine band of Al Kader
Temple, the Arab Patrol and the Chan
teers will attend.
MUSICIANS GO TO FRANCE
Walter Damrosch Leads Company of
50 on Tour of V. S. Camps.
NEW YORK. June 16. With tnelr
salaries paid by Harry Harkness Flag
ler, president of the Symphony Society
of New York. Walter Damrosch and BO
musicians have sailed for France to
make a tour of the American rest and
concentration camps in the country
under the direction of the overseas di
vision of the T. M. C. A., according to
announcement here.
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