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1 I a r-ozsnr- 9 -aw. mrjL 1 ""l. X XV ""F -a.V rx n rs el jrf "k I J '1'"' m VOL jLVIII. 0. 17,983. rOUTLAXD, OK EG ON, SATURDAY, JULY 13. 1918. PKICE FIVE CENTS. U.S. CANNOT COOPERAGE PLANT 1FRENCH HURL HUNS 0REG0NS OVER TOP IN LAYING CONTEST ENEMY- FINANCIER HYLAN APPOINTEE U-BOAT CAPTURES NORWEGIAN BARK CREW OF 19 MEN REACHES AT EANTIC PORT. "WE ARE INSULTED," SAYS VON HERRING German CheekFlushes . With Anger. DRINK DAMAGED BY FIRE AND KEEP OUT OF TWO TOWNS FINISHING SHED BURNS WITH LOSS OF 925,000. COLLEGE HENS YIELD 03 EGGS DURING LAST WEEK.. WARM Notice Served by Coal Producers. INSTANT PROHIBITION ASKED JJquor Declared to Curtail Mine Production. FUEL FAMINE THREATENED prospect of More Serious Condition Than Existed Last Winter Said to Exist- Notice Served on Wilson and Congress. BY ARTHUR SEARS HEKN1NG. Eta.ff Correspondent of the Chicago Tribune. , WASHINGTON, D. C Ju'y 12. (Special.) A sensational warning- by the National Coal Association that liquop is seriously curtailing coal pro duction gave additional impetus to night to the movement for prohibition of the liquor traffic for the remainder of the war. In an official statement, the asso ciation, composed of nearly all the bituminous operators, said that Nation wide prohibition for the period of the war is absolutely essential to speed ing up the mines sufficiently to pro duce the 100,000,000 additional tons of coal the country will require this Winter. Appeal Made to Garfield. An appeal to put "bone dry" pro hibition into effect at once was ad dressed by the association to Fuel Administrator Garfield, who has laid It before President Wilson, and to very Senator and Representative. The liquor traffic is curtailing coal production, the coal association says. and the, country cannot expect to "keep liquor In the mining sections sow and have enough coal later on." Frank Farrlngton, president of the Illinois Workers, is quoted as agreeing with the operators on the necessity of Immediate prohibition and " s-!A o pave so informed President Wilson and pr. Garfield. Issue Clearly Defined. "It is now up to Congress to make fc. clean-cut choice between booze for the mining communities and coal for the war and the public." said A. R. Hamilton, chairman of the Association pf Coal Production Committee. The warning uttered by the operators In the face of the growing prospect of a. coal famine next winter even worse than that of last winter upset all cal culations of war-time prohibition leg islation. Several "Dry" leaders at the capitol tsaid that Congress would be derelict In its duty if it should delay longer the .passage of the bill making the country bone dry on January 1 next. , Dry Zones Suggested. Some said they would urge action es tablishing dry zones at once in all min ing communities and around all local (nines. The attitude of the administration on the liquor question is exceedingly con fusing. Chairman Hurley and Commis sioner Colby, of the Shipping Board, fear that shipbuilding will be cur tailed if the ship workers are deprived cf beer, . despite the official reports Bhowlng that more ships are turned out In "dry" than in "wet" communi ties. Dr. Garfield agrees with the coal op erators that coal production is being curtailed by the addiction of miners to drink. Gompera Opposes Prohibition. Samuel Gompers, President of the Federation of Labor and member of the advisory commission of the Coun cil of National Defense, warns that the deprivation of the workers of alco nolle beverages will be a dangerous step at this critical time when the con tentment of all classes is important. He is backed up by Postmaster-General Burleson. On the other hand, Secre tary 6f the- Navy Daniels, member of the Council of National Defense, urges prohibition as a fundamental war measure. Dr. Garfield issued the order which will deprive the breweries of coal and close them down in a few months, de fplte Mr. Hurley's warning that a max lmum ship output without beer Is im possible. Wilson's Attitude Surmised. It Is assumed that President Wilson does not indorse Mr. Hurley's opinion. for he approved the brewery, coal cur tailment order before it was Issued. In view of this inconsistency of the Ad ministrator, Congress has been looking for some definite revelation of the president's views. It was hoped that Senator Simmons and Representative Kitchen, who called at the White House tonight, would bring back some information of the President's wishes in regard to pro hibition legislation, but Senator Sim mons said on leaving the White House that prohibition was not mentioned. Prohibition Not Mentioned. "We had a confidential discussion of revenue legislation with the Presi dent," raid Senator Simmons. "Prohi bition was not mentioned and the question of Congress taking a recess t this time was referred to in pass ing. It is my opinion, however, that if the telegraph resolution is passed Concluded en Pas 2, Column 2. J Company Officials Believe Flames Ignited From Overheated Motor. Warehouse Is Slenaced. Fire which broke out in the finishing shed of the Western Cooperage Com pany in St. Johns last night practically destroyed the shed, together with a large amount of the valuable machin ery. .The loss Is estimated at between 125,000 and 130.000. It is believed by the officials of the plant that an overheated motor was re sponsible for the blaze. For a time the entire plant' was threatened with destruction and it was only by the most strenuous efforts of the firemen that the blaze was brought under, control. Eight companies of the fire department and the flreboat re sponded to the call. While the firemen played a stream of water upon the burning building the flreboat directed a stream on the bufldings of the plant near to the burning structure to pre vent the flames from spreading. The foundation and structure of the finishing shed burned away, allowing the machinery to fall Into the basement of the building. It was necessary to tear up the planking of the finishing shed, in order for the firemen to get at the fire. They were seriously hampered in the work by dense smoke. The warehouse of the plant was not burned. The plant is covered by insurance. Engines 32, 24, 8, 23, 1 and 3; Truck 4 and the flreboat fought the blaze. Owing to the dense smoke the firemen were seriously hampered. A. P. WINS JNH1GH COURT Judgment in Suit Against Postal Company Affirmed. NEW YORK. July 12. The appellate division of the Supreme Court has af firmed the Judgment of the lower court. which sustained the contentions of the Associated Press in the suit brought against it by the Postal Telegraph Ca ble Company. The telegraph company refused to al low to the Associated Press certain re ductions granted to others in leased wire rates on the ground that such re ductions did not apply In the case of an existing contract. The court holds that the rates gener ally announced were applicable n all users under similar conditions and that the attempt to collect from the Asso ciated Press a higher rate constituted an un jiaattdiscriminnMon, in violation of the interstate commerce act. - GRAND R0NDE HARVESTING Grain Ripens Suddenly; Fair Aver. age Crop Is Prospect. LA GRANDE, Or., July IV (Special.) Harvesting has begun in the Grande Rondo Valley. In some localities grain ripened suddenly and harvesting was instituted at least 10 days earlier than expected. While there is little evidence so far of a bumper crop, it is apparent that the yields will be above that expected when rain was needed. A fair, average crop seems to be the prospect, so far as threshing has advanced. Help is scarce. BELGIUM'S FATE DECIDED German Governor-General Announ ces Plans for Futnre Rule. AMSTERDAM, July 12. General Baron Friederich von Falkenhusen, the Ger man Governor-General of Belgium, has decided, says the Hamburger Nach rlchten, that Belgium shall be turned into a federal state on the lines Austria. Flanders and Walloon, the newspaper adds, will live sererately under one king or a president under German con troL FRANZ B0PP HOME IS SOLD Dwelling of Former German Consul General Brings $1000. BERKELEY, Cal.. July 12. The home of Franz Bopp, former German Consul- General in San Francisco, which cost $10,000 originally, was auctioned off here today for $1000. Miss Anna Schrei ber, Bopp's former housekeeper, was the successful bidder. Bopp Is serving a term of four years at the McNeil's Island Federal Peniten tiary for offenses against the neutrality of the United States. SWISS VICTIMS OF GRIPPE Thousands of Cases in Army Among Interned Troops. and GENEVA. July 11. Spanish grippe continues to spread rapidly in Switzer land. The military authorities announced today that on July 9 there were 680 cases in the Swiss army and among Interned troops. The death rate so far has been comparatively emalL MURDERER HAPPY TO LAST Joseph Sclioon Hanged for Killing of Stockton Policeman. SACRAMENTO, July 12. After a night spent In singing German songs and hymns, Joseph Schoon. convicted of the murder of James Briscoe, a Stock ton policeman, last year, was hanged this morning. He was said to be an. L W. W. Vital. Positions Won by Two Hard Smashes. ONE BLOW NETS 500 BOOHES n Pjcardy Poilus Push For ward More Than Mile. BRITISH HARRY GERMANS French Capture Villages of Castel nd Longpont In Assaults on Fronts Totaling 8 Miles; Eng lish Take 120 Prisoners. PARIS, July 12. French troops at tacked over a front of approximately three miles between Castel and north of Maiily-Raineval (in the PIcardy sec tor) this morning, according to the War Office statement issued tonight. The village of Castel. the Anclen farm and a number of strong positions were taken and more than 500 prison ers were captured. The attack pene trated the German lines to a depth of more than a mile. Longpont la Captured. The village of Longpont, on the Sa- vleres River, east of Villers-Cotterets, also was captured by the French in an attack last night on a front of about five miles. The French also continued their progress north of Chavigny farm and east of Kaverolles. Javage farm, north east of Faverolles, also was occupied. In raids north of Montdidler and in Champagne the Frenech captured 15 prisoners. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, July 12. (By the Associated Press.) British operations in the Mer ris sector since Tuesday have brought the line forward . to within about quarter of a mile west of that hamlet and secured for the British complete observation of German positions in the village. Four Anises Capture 40. Yesterday the British gained another strip west of Merris. At one point four Australians ventured across No Man's Land and by a quick assault captured between 30 and 40 prisoners. A considerable body of British troops was sent forward to exploit the victory, The British line was pushed forward without much opposition and more than 150 prisoners, with a number of ma chine guns, had been captured up to today. This morning the operations were still, being continued at various points and one strong position was captured southwest of Merris. Prisoners say the discipline of their troops in this zone is not up to the mark. Some older men of the fourth Bavarian division refused to go into the line again. It appears Prince Franz had made them disgruntled by several severe lectures because they had al Concluded on Page 2. Column 5.) CITY FOLK ARE EXPECTED TO SPEND THEIR VACATIONS a . Beaver State Entrants Not Only Take High Honors for Weekly Produc tion, but Take First Place. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallis, July 12. (Special.) The Oregons entered by O. A. C In the international egg-laying contest at Storrs, Conn., have gone over the top. "In the S5th week of the contest," says the report Just received from the Connecticut Agricultural College, "the Oregons from the Agricultural College at Corvallis, Or., won the honors for the week with a remarkable yield of 63 eggs. Tom Barron's White Leg horns from England were second with 58 eggs and E. A- Ballard's pen of Leghorns from Chestnut Hill, Pa., were third, with 56. "Not only did the Oregons take the high honors for weekly production, but they also Jumped Into first place, thus taking the lead from Knight's pen of " yandottes. which they have held for 23 weeks." The Oregons have gained on the first pen for several weeks at the rate of 10 eggs a week, but In the last week they gained 22 eggs. The total number of eggs laid by the Oregons since the con test started is 1485. while the pen which dropped from first place Is credited with 1484, and the third pen 1403. The contest will run 17 weeks longer. ROAD FUND TO BE HUGE Oregon Will Have $15,000,000 to Spend In 1919 and 192 0. SALEM. Or., July 12. (Special.) For the years 1919 and 1920 Oregon will have available $15,000,000 ,for the de velopment of good roads, according to a statement made today to Governor Wlthycombe by State Highway Engl neer Nunn. This total includes the balance of the $6,000,000 road fund which becomes available next year; Federal aid money, Bean-Barrett road bond money, the one-quarter or a mill tax for roads and the money from tho automobile license fee fund. TAC0MA INCREASES CARS Transportation Problem Somewhat Relieved, but That Is All. TACOMA, Wash., July 13. (Special.) That the Taooma Railway & Power Company has Increased the number of cars In operation in-Tacoroa from 75 to 105 since laBt Saturday was the state ment of City Attorney Harmon today. Seven-cent carfare : became effective last Monday. . This Increase of 33 1-3 per cent has relieved . the transportation situation somewhat, although it is still far from a final solution, he said. BRITAIN AFTER DISLOYAL Bill In House of Commons Would Revoke Naturalization. LONDON. July 12. The house of commons today passed on second read ing the bill providing for the revoca tion of certificates of naturalization. Under the bill the home secretary is empowered to revoke certificates in cases of disloyalty where the party Is guilty of criminal offenses or whose character is bad. Sor Or J? SS- i 7-xi v cr r& j-of Cukor Holds Big Office in New York City. ALLEGED PRO-HUN HONORED Accused Banker Mads Head of Civil Service Board. BOND INQUIRY PROCEEDS Developments Show That 20,000 Persons In . United States Invested in Teuton War Securities. NEW YORK, July 12. Morris Cukor, recently removed as director of the Trans-Atlantic Trust Company, has be come the outstanding figure of Interest in current revelations of enemy propa ganda in the United States. This is due largely to the fact that he Is presi dent of the municipal civil service Com mission. He was appointed to that of fice by Mayor Hylan only a week ago. Cukor was removed as a director of the trust company because of his al leged pro-German and pro-Austrian sympathies. Enlsrut. Rounded l How the Austro-Hungarian Govern ment got control of the savings of Its emigrants to this country through the Trans-Atlantic Trust Company, now seized by the Government, was told to day by Francis P. Garvan, Investigator for the alien property custodian. The emigrants, on their arrival In New York, he said, were met at th piers by an agent of the bank, who directed them to boarding-houses, the keepers of which were representatives of the Trans-Atlantic institution. Clergymen Partners la Deal. Even the services of clergymen were utilized to Impress Austro-Hungarlans with the importance of' placing all their funds with the establishment whose controlling hand-reached" from Vienna. Millions of dollars' worth of Austro-Hungarian and German war bonds were sold to these ' emigrants and to others who had become American citi zens. On the day Federal authorities seized the bank it had 14,000 depositors and 60.000 customers, scattered throughout the country. Its deposits totalled $7, 000,00f. Since its organization it had sent a total of 182,000,000 kronen ($72,- 800.000) to Austria-Hungary. Big Bualaeae Done. When war was declared to exist be tween the United States and tfre dual monarchy, the bank Invited depositors to place remittances with It "for trans mission after the war." and a big busi ness was done in this branch. The trail of German propaganda, fi nanced in America by money raised (Concluded on Pare 2. Column a. HELPING ON THE FARMS. tyV-VV VP?. i tV4 Kf oar Whether Seized Vessel Was Sunk or Converted Into Raider by the Germans Unknown. AN ATLANTIC PORT. July 12. A German submarine, appearing 300 miles off Cape Race on July 6, captured the Norwegian bark Manx King and or dered the crew of 19 to take to the boats, it was learned tonight, when the survivors were brought here on a Brit ish steamship which picked them up at sea. The survivors said they did not know what became of the bark; whether she was sunk or Converted into a raider by the Germans. The Manx King. 1729 gross tons, left here two weeks ago. She is the first craft to meet a U-boat so far north. The crew explained that they became excited and promptly obeyed the order to abandon the bark. Pulling away rapidly, they were overtaken by dark ness before they could see what dis position had been made of the sailin vessel. None of them reported having heard anv exDloslon. The Manx King was built at Stock ton. England, in 1884. She was regis tered at Fredrikstad as owned by W. Wilhelms and Axel Jacobsen. She was commanded by Captain Helgeson. H0RVATH TO RULE SIBERIA Manager Chinese Eastern Railway Provisional Head. LONDON. July 12. Lieutenant-Gen eral Horvath, vice-president and gen eral, manager of the Chinese Eastern Railway, having declared himself pre mier of a temporary Siberian govern ment, has been proclaimed provisional ruler of Siberia, according to a dis patch to the Mall, from Harbin. Tokio dispatches to London on July 10 said a new provisional government had been established in fclberla. which had the, unanimous support of the pop ulation and would continue to fight the central powers. The seat of this government, it was said, was at Vladi vostok. BOY DROWNED IN RIVER Thomas Reynolds Perishes In Wil - lamette Near Springfield. V x EUGENE,; Or, July 13. (Special. Thomas Reynolds, aged 15, was drowned In the Willamette River near Spring field today after Morrison Miller, aged 13, had made a vain effort to rescue him. The Reynolds boy could not swim and waded out beyond his depth. Young Miller swam to hliu and sought to give assistance, but was not strong enough to handle the larger boy In the water. Tnomas Reynolds was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Reynolds, of Spring field. Funeral services will be held at Springfield Sunday afternoon. British Bomb Constantinople. LONDON. July 12. Air force con tingents acting with the British navy dropped a half ton of bombs upon the city of Constantinople on July 7, it was announced by the Admiralty today. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTEXDAY'S Mulmnm temporature. SO dfgreft; minimum. 56 degrees. TODAY'S Fair, centle northwesterly winds. War. Allies continue salna In Albania. Pace 2. French sain.- Pace 1. Norwegian bark captured by U-boat. Fas 1. Huns baa; 6 U. 8. planes. Page S. Official casualty llKt. Page 2. Portland officer In German prison camp. Page 4. . Foreign. Austria believed crumbling under allied blows on Italian front- Page a. Chancellor Hertllng eaya Germany inaulted by vtllaon and Balfour. Page 1. Swlas Interests menaced by Germany. Page 4. National. Wilaon vetoea Z2.40 wheat. Page 6. Senate to vote on telegraph-telephone control today. Page 4. Domestic. Enemy banker appointed to high offlca by New York Mayor. Page 1. Gntxon Borglum Intimates defective airship caused Mltchel'a death. Page 6. Custodian Palmer suspects German flim-flam game. Page 2. Coal operators urge nation-wide prohibition. Page 1. Sprts. Pacific Coast League cloaea doors next Sun day. Pace 8. Shipbuilders' League may add more games to schedule. Paga S. Bill Steers Joins Marines. Paga 8. Fulton-Dempaey boat goea to Newark. Pago 8. Pacific Northwest. Beat men to win In officers training camps for civilians. Page 9. Oregon hena go over the top. Page 1. Dr. . H. Pence atlrs Chautauqua audlenca with patrlotlo address. Page 12. Governor says money is needed and calls meeting of Stat Tax Commission. Paga 6. Commercial and Marine. Condition of Oregon peach crop 25 per cent of normal- Page 17. Enlarged milting demand causes Chicago corn prlcea to soar. Page 17. Trading In Wall atreet entirely in profes sional handa. Page 17. John H. Rosaeter tells how Portland may win. Page o. Portland nnd Vicinity. Olga Petrova puts Oregon atill further "over the top." Page 6. Annual commonwealth confereno opens ses sions in Portland. Page IS. Florence Holmea wins Federal position. Page 11. Good boueea must be provided to make work ers moat efficient. Page 13. Attorney asked opinion on legal status of three officials after June SO. 1910. Paga 7. Portland preparea welcome for Schwab party. Page 7. Cooperage planta burns with loss of to $30,000. Paga 1. Bootleggera said to be active. Page 14. Problem of after-war trade discussed. Page 12. Ttaaxher report, data aad Xoracut, Pa;. 17. CHANCELLOR YOICES GRIEF All Because U. S., Allies Agree Huns Must Be Whipped. FIGHT THREAT REITERATED Remarkable statements Made in Reichstag In Course of Discussion of Retirement of Foreign Minister von Kuehlmann. LONDON. July IS. Debate on the general political situation was opened in the Reichstag on Thursday by Im perial Chancellor von Hertllng, who discussed the retirement of Dr. Richard von Kuehlmann, the German Foreign Secretary, the foreign policy of the government and economic problems arising from developments in the east. According to a German official wireless message, the Imperial Chancellor said: "I maintain the standpoint of the Im perial reply to the peace of Pope Bene dict. The pacifist spirit which inspired this reply has also Inspired me. Leag War Aim Disavowed. "At the time 1 added that this spirit must not give our enemies free conduct for an Interminable continuation of the war. "What have we lived to see, however? While for years there has been no doubt whatever of our willingness to hold out our hand toward an honorable -peace, we have heard up to these last few days inciting speeches delivered by enemy statesmen. "President Wilson wants war until we are destroyed, and what Mr. Balfour, the British Secretary of State for For eign Affairs, has said must really drive the flush of auger to the cheeks of every German. Dealre to Destroy Alleged. "We feel for the honor of our father land, and we cannot allow ourselves to be constantly and openly Insulted in this manner, and behind these Insults is the desire for our destruction. As long as this desire for our destruction exists, we must endure, together with our faithful nation. "I am also convinced I know it that in the widest circles of our Na tion the same serious feeling exists everywhere. "As long as the desire for our de struction exists we must hold out. and we will hold out, with confidence in our troops, in pur army administration and our magnificent nation, which bears so wonderfully these difficult times with their great privations and continuous sacrifices. Policy to Be Unchanged. "In the direction of our policy noth ing will be changed. .If. in spite Of these hostile statements, by these statesmen, any serious efforts or a paving of the way to peace were to show themselves anywhere, then quite certainly we would not adopt a neg ative attitude from the very begin- J nlng. but we would examine these seriously meant I say expressly, seri lously efforts immediately with scrup- Iulous care. ' "Naturally It is not sufficient when (some agent or other approaches us and says to us: T can bring about peace ne gotiations, then and there.- But it is necessary for the appointed represen tatives of the enemy powers, duly au thorized by their governments, to give us to understand that discussions are possible, discussions wHich for the time being naturally will bo within a limited circle. Terms Plainly Stated. "But the statesmen who have spoken up to the present time have not said a word about such possibilities. When such possibilities manifest themselves and when serious Inclinations toward peace show themselves on the other side, then we shall immediately go Into them. That is to say, we shall not re ject them and we will speak, to begin, within a small circle. "I can also tell you that this stand point is not merely my own standpoint, but that it is shared emphatically by the chief of the army administration. "The chief of the army administra tion, also, does not conduct war for the (Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.) ALL WHO SIGNED W. PLEDGES. S. S. Do not wait for notices. Begin now to make your purchases of war savings stamps In accordance with your pledges. Buy from any authorized agent- Every pledge will be carefully checked Individ ually within a few weeks and the stamps you hold will be your evidence of having purchased ac cording to your pledge. The soon er you purchase the full amount pledged the more it will profit you. Limit Club buttons are ready for those who purchased the S1000 limit. Call at headquarters, S00 Journal building. C N. WONACOTT, Associate State Director War Sav ings Committee.