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Jtitftiinf ;Jjj VOL. LVIII. NO. 18,003. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. "HOLD FAST," SAYS PREMIER TO NATION ll NORTHWEST STEEL TO ENLARGE PLANT SHIP LOADED INCREASE PLANNED IN INCOME SURTAX LOYAL LEGION FOR PLAN HIHIIO HDHI LA BASSEE CANAL WOUNDED IS Ull llfi MS TRACT FOR MACHINE SHOP AND DOCK IS ACQUIRED. MINIMUM 75 PER CENT ON ALL, ABOVE FIVE MILLIONS LLOYD GEORGE ISSUES WORD OF ADMONITION. AHGAIIS HOLD ad Aim mi WTH ULil IUUII Si fi T T ON FismesKepti Patrols Gross Vesle River, ALLIED ADVANCE IS SLOWER Heavy Rainstorms Assist Foe in Escaping; Villages Lie in Heaps of Ruins. U. S. FLYERS DOWN HUNS Airmen Score While Doughboys Crush Prussian Guards at Close Quarters. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE VESLE, Aug. 5. (By the Associated Press.) American troops today held onto Fismes and all other gains notwithstanding terrific artil lery actions by the Germans, and in the face of every opposition threw patrols across the Vesle at several places. French troops to their right . and left also calmly went about the completion of their plans and also moved patrols across the . river, the German artillery failing to stop them. It is not expected that every one of the small detachments sent across the Vesle will remain there. In every case they went for a special purpose, and roost of them will gradually withdraw to the southern bank. , German Defense Fails. American parties also crossed the river west of Fismes early today. .German artillery, snipers and machine gunners tried to check ' them, but once the river was crossed the men dug in or found other cover along the banks while the Franco-American ar tillery replied to that o"f the enemy, The men dashed over light bridges and some of them floundered directly through the water which was not very deep. The river is only 20 to 25 feet wide. The Germans have' made strong ef forts to dislodge the Americans from Fismes. For the time being that point is the most active and noisiest along the whole line. The captors of Fismes are still at the- apex and in the center of the line, as they were during the greater part of the drive from the Marne, and fighting with determination. How Fismes Was Taken. In taking Fismes a small party worked its way through the town to the southern edge of the river. It re turned from the exploration move ment when the Germans laid down a gas attack. On the report made by these men the plan for the assault was made. The guns on both sides had been active, but not until the men broke cover did the heavy barrage be gin. To the southeast of Fismes the Germans had stationed a lot of ma chine guns in low brush-covered hills. These were overcome with some diffi culty. The main body of the American forces rushed forward while the Ger man artillery on the high hills north' east of the town filled the streets and all the open spaces with shrapnel, high explosives and gas shells. Barrage Aids Americans. The allied artillery behind the Amer icans kept a barrage before the men and also bombarded the enemy artil lery north of the river. This fire pre vented the advance of German infan try and machine-gun forces to the aid of those in the town. The men rushed through the gas-filled streets, meeting concealed detachments of enemy in fantry and here and there a machine gun nest. There was some close work, but for the most part it was an artil lery duel and the fighting has been of that character ever since. The spirit of the American soldiers still is high and the wounded in the hospitals reflect the courage that has carried them through the operations since July 15. LONDON, Aug.5. The correspond ent of Renter's Limited at American headquarters in France in a dispatch timed 1 o'clock Monday afternoon, says: Advance Slower and Steadier. The rapid advance of the last two days has become slower and steadier, not only owing to the fresh show of enemy resistance, but from the neces sity of getting the implements of Prospects of Victory Declared Never Before So Bright, bnt War Not Yet Won. LONDON. Aug-. 6. "Hold fast" was the keynote of a message to the British Empire Issued by Premier David Lloyd George and promulgated in a drastic way through the kingdom at the hour of o'clock tonight. The message was read to the audiences in all theaters, concert halls and other place where people were assembled. Sealed copies of the message had been distributed to the manager of all thse places with the request that they ODen and read it at ' o'clock. The message follows: "The message which I send to the people of the British Empire on the fourth anniversary of the entry into the war is: 'Hold fast.' We are in this war for no selfish ends. We are in it to recover freedom for the nations which have been bru tally attacked and despoiled, and to prove that no people, however power ful, can surrender Itself to the lawless ambitions of militarism without meet ing retribution, swift, certain and dis astrous, at the hands of the free na tlons of the world. "To stop abort of victory for this cause would be to compromise the fu ture of mankind. I say "hold fast!' because our pros pects of victory have never been so bright as they are today, "Six months ago the rulers of Ger many deliberately rejected the Just and Bridges Over Ancre River Destroyed. GROSSING IN ALBERT HELD British Continue. Raiding Op . erations Near Arras. FRENCH AT AVRE VALLEY Enemy Is Giving Cp Whole Western Bank of River South of Aubrli lers and Along Heights Taken on July 23. (Br the Associated Prui.) From the southeast of Amiens near Montdldler northward to the region around Tpres the German front seems all a-tremble with expectancy. In addition to a retreat near Mont dldler to the west bank of the Avre River, retrograde movements in the face of attacks around Albert and an evacuation of territory over a front of half a mile north of La Basses Canal. reasonable settlement proposed by the the Germans are nervously bombarding aine. inrowing aside me iasi muss. British and French nonitlon. at vnrln... of moderation they partitioned Russia, enslaved Roumanla and attempted to seise supreme power by overthrowing the allies in a final and desperate at tack. "Thanks to the Invincible bravery o( all the allied armies, it is now evident to all that this dream of nnlversal con quest, for the sake of which they wan tonly prolonged the war, can never be fulfilled. "But the battle Is not yet won. The great autocracy of Prussia will still en deavor, by violence or guile, to avoid defeat and so give militarism a new lease of life. .We cannot seek to escape the horrors of war for ourselves by laying them up for our children. "Having set our hands to the task. we must see it through till a just and lasting settlement Is achieved. 'In no other way can we secure a world set free from war. "Hold fasti' . LLOTD GEORGE." RAILROAD ORDERED JUNKED Colorado Midland Doesn't Fay Ex pensesCourt Stays Decree. DENVER. Aug. 6. The State Su preme Court today stopped temporarily the "Junking" of the Colorado Midland Railroad, ' granting an application to stay action until the Attorney-General taken, the War Office announced today. has had an opportunity to present an I On the northern front opposite La aDDllcation for a writ of supersedeas. I Bassee, the German guns have been points, possibly with the idea of aacer talning their strength. The Bethune, La Bassee, Hazebrouck and Tpres sectors are being particu larly chosen for the attention of the German artillerymen. (Br the Associated Press.) WITH THE BRITISH ARMT IN FRANCE, Aug. S. Advanred lines on a sector nearly half a mile long north of La Bassee Canal have been evacu ated by the Germans and the British have pushed forward and occupied this ground. Following the withdrawal of the Ger mans In the region of Albert all the bridges across the Ancre River in the region covered by the retirement have been destroyed. The Germans are still holding the river crossing In the vil lage of. Albert. South of the town the line nnf - runs from Dertancourt to Aieaulte. about, two miles to the north east, and thence to Albert. This new line is under heavy artillery fire from the enemy guns. Further south along the Avre River, where the Germans retired from their positions on the west bank on Satur day, all the bridges across the river have been destroyed and the roads leading to them have been dynamited. LONDON, Aug. 5. Raiding operations were carried out last night by the British southeast of Arras, near Neu-vllle-Vitasse, in which prisoners were With Additional Facilities, Company Will Turn Out Steamers in . Completed Form. Property has been acquired by the Northwest Steel Company at the foot of Sheridan street, adjoining its plan on the' north and comprising close to five acres, on which modern machine shops, a warehouse and a fltting-ou dock will be started at once, so the company can equip all vessels built at the yard in the future.. It is est! mat ed the improvements will be finished so that new hulls may be taken care of there" in October and not later than November. At present hulls built by the North west interests are shifted to the plant of the Willamette Iron & Steel Works at the foot of Seventeenth street to be fitted out. Since the launching of the British steamer War Baron, March 30. 1917. two of the type, 8800 tons deadweight, have been completed there. Two others, the Western Maid and Western Comet, now are receiving their machinery and equipment at the Wit lamette plant. x At first the two organisations en tered Jointly into contracts, one to build hulls and' the other to provide machinery, but since the completion of the eighth vessel the Willamette has handled the work under a sub-contract from the Northwest. Recently the Emergency Fleet Corporation proposed that the Northwest Steel Company es tablish another yard Just south of the property of the Coast Shipbuilding Com pany, there to have four ways, as well as a complete plant for fitting out the vessels. - Construction of the new yard was deferred on the occasion of the visit in July of- Director-General Schwab and Vice-President Pies, of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, and the decision to provide full machine shop facilities followed. The Supreme Court's action does not restore train service, which was dis continued this morning. Inability to meet operating expenses was the cause of the Circuit Court's decree. very active. They have shown some activity also north of Bethune and be tween Hazebrouck and Tpres. WITH THE FRENCH ARMT IN FRANCE, Aug. 4. (By the Associated (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. MATCHES BURNED IN CAR Blaze in Albany Yards Extinguished .With Nominal Loss. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 6. (Special.) A carload of matches on a northbound freight train caught fire this afternoon while the train was switching in the Southern Pacific yards here. The fire did not spread eo rapidly as the nature of the contents of the car would indi cate, for the boxes were packed closely together. . . . Railroad employes with the aid of the city fire department soon had the fire extinguished. About 20 cases of matches were destroyed. The car was consigned to a firm in Seattle. OCH CONFIDENT AT START Significant Conversation of General With Premier 'Recalled. PARIS,' Aug. 5. (Havas Agency.) The Echo de Paris recalls a conversa tion between Premier Lloyd George and General Foch soon' after the Gen eral was appointed to the supreme al lied command. The Premier asked General Foch if he had to choose between his maps (the allied position) and Von Hindenburg's which he would take General Foch re plied: "My own." Warilda Torpedoed, 130 Reported Dead. AMERICANS ON BOARD SAVED Several Women Nurses Among Those Missing. SURVIVORS NUMBER 650 Conduct of Officers and Crew He roic; Morale of Invalids Waiting to Be Taken Off Described as ' "Too Fine for Words." (By the Associated Press.) A BRITISH PORT, Aug. 3. The tor pedoing early this morning of the Brit' ish ship "Warilda was one of the most harrowing disasters in the history of submarine warfare. The number of dead is variously estimated from 10S to 130 and upward and Includes sev eral women nurses. The ship carried 600 sick and wound ed. Among them were seven Ameri cans two officers and five enlisted men all of whom have been accounted for. There were aboard 89 nurses and members of the voluntary aid depart ment, and the crew comprised about 200 men. Over 650 Rescued. More than 650 survivors, brought here shortly after o'clock, were given first-aid treatment, food and clothing. The patients were placed aboard spe cial trains and sent to hospitals. The torpedo struck the after part of the engine-room, killing the third en gineer and two other members of the engine-room force. The dynamo was destroyed, plunging the vessel into darkness. Just over the dynamo was the ward room, which contained more than 100 patients. Most of these were killed outright fey the explosion,, and the' others, many of whom had been freBbiy injured by the torpedo, found themselves trapped. Imprisoned Mfi Drowned. It was impossible for outside aid to reach them, and all, except a few who Jumped overboard and were picked up. perished. This part of the ship quackly settled and water flooded the ward room, drowning the men caged there. Stories of the fearful struggle in the darkness to " rescue helpless invalids are told by survivors. The ship re mained afloat more than two hours, but for a great part of the time con tinued under headway because the en gines could not be stopped. This con dition greatly hampered the rescue work, and in addition three or four boats were smashed while being low ered, throwing their occupants into the sea. All the soldier patients and the (Concluded on Page 2. Column 1.) MISS MARTIN CAMPAIGNING Independent Candidate for Senate in Nevada Tours by Auto. RENO, Nev., Aug. 6. Miss Anne Mar tin, independent candidate for the United States Senate from Nevada, to day commenced a second campaign tour. She recently completed a trip through 16 counties, traveling by automobile with a woman companion and camping when her itinerary took her away from the beaten track. STATE GETS 97,216 ACRES Land Valued at $2,000,000 Patent ed to Montana. HELENA. Mont.. Aug. 5. The state of Montana today received a patent from the Government to 97,216 acres of land valued at 12.000,000 and situated the Glasgow land district. This is the largest acreage ever patented to the state in a single transfer. Most of It is lieu land given in exchange for state nd relinquished within forest re serves. AIR RAIDERS0FF ENGLAND Enemy Sky Fleet Fails to Penetrate Far Inland. LONDON. Aug. . Hostile airships approached the east .coast of England about 9:30 o'clock Monday night, the Admiralty announced early this morn ing. The enemy airplanes did not pene trate far inland. PARIS. Aug. 5. The long-range bom. bardment of the Paris region was re sumed this morning. PR0KIBITI0lMS EXTENDED Liquor May Sfot Be Sold to Merchant Marine Recruits. ACoaiinued on i'e 4, Cuiumn. i.. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. S. Prohibl tlon of intoxicating liquor to the armed forces of the United States has been xtended to the merchant marine re cruits being trained by the United States Shipping Board, it - was an nounced here today by Captain L N. Hibberd. supervisor of sea training for California, y. .................... ...... .. THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT. I aa 4THB I 1 1 tP-g. I U.S. j J? I ; 'IMAMIMLIJLtM.J,WIIJIIMIMMMI ,,tAJUA Ways and Means Committee Reaches Important Decision; Two Lux uries Lists Submitted. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Surtaxes on all Incomes above S200.000 were In creased with 75 per cent on all above 35,000,000 by the House ways and means committee today In Its consid eration of the 38,000,000,000 revenue bill. Incomes between 3200,000 and 3300, 000 will pay 55 per cent surtax, in stead of the 52 per cent heretofore planned; incomes of 3300,000 to 3500,000, 60 per cent instead of 58 per cent; 3500,000 to 31,000,000, 65 per cent in stead of 63; 31.000,000 to 35,000,000, 70 per cent, and all above 35,000,000, 75 per cent instead of as at present. Speaking for the Treasury Depart ment, R. C. Leffingwell, Assistant Sec retary in charge of the internal reve nue, advised the committee in favor of the English system of both excess profits and alternative war profits taxes, the Treasurer to apply which ever plan promised the greatest reve nue in each case. He proposed leaving the excess profits plan as tentatively agreed upon and adding the provision for the alternative plan to reach war profits. T. S. Adams, a Treasury expert, gave similar views. The luxuries report submitted today lists two groups of articles, one alto gether luxuries and the other In part luxuries. As to the first group, the committee recommended a 10 per cent tax on retail sales and on the other it suggested that the sub-committee should have several weeks to deter mine Its final recommendations. The full committee today took no final action on the first group. It re ferred to the sub-committee the ques tion as to method of levying the luxury taxes and final recommendations on the whole subject, indicating some sen timent that jewelry ought to be sub jected to a manufacturer's tax instead of a retail sales tax. The sub-committee will make a final report later. Friendly Settlement of Disputes Aim STANDARD WAGE IS FAVORED Colonel Disque Named Arbiter Lumber Workers. THREE AVIATORS RESCUED British Steamer Enters Atlantic Port Towing Crippled Hydroplane. AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. 5. Tow ing aster a hydro-airplane and carry ing three American aviators who were picked up 25. miles off this coast, a British freight steamship arrived here from Liverpool. The aviators had been In the water three hours, having been forced to descend because of engine trouble. They were unhurt. WAR LECTURE IS ENJOYED War Toilers in Logging Cumps and Mills "5Ieet Hulf Way" Lumber Operators In' Settling AH Grievances. WHEAT CONFERENCES ON Government Price for 1919 Will Be Discussed at Washington. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. The Join advisory committee of the agricultural department and the food administra tlon began conferences today on th subject of the 1919 wheat crop. The Government price for 1919 will be among the matters discussed. CZAR'S LAST WORDS GIVEN 'Spare My Wife and Innocent Chil dren" Is Final Appeal. AMSii-nuAM, Aug. 4. wnat seem to have been the last words of Nicholas Romanoff, former Russian Emperor, ai he faced the firing squad, were: "Spare my wife and my Innocent, un happy children. May my blood preserve Russia from ruin." INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 78 degrees ; minimum. 69 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; gentle westerly winds. War. Official casualty list. Page 3. Lloyd George bids Britons "hold fast. Page 1. Marne battle swells TJ. S. casualty lists. Page . Big gains mad by French and British In region o Albert. Page 1. Americans hold all gains in France. Page 1. Hospital ship sunk; 130 reported missing. Page 1. United States troops land at Archangel. Page 12. Bolshevlkl plan to unite with Huns. Page 2. Huns expected to continue their retreat to Alsne. Page 6. , Foreign. Kaiser holds Czar responsible for world war. Pago 4. Baron Uyehara may command allies In Si beria. Page 0. National. New draft bill is introduced in Congress. Page 2. Increase In Income surtax planned. Page 1. Domestic. Mrs. Wilson christens ship. Page 3. Canada Maru floated. Page 3. Packers and'' railroad accused of rebating. .rage. a. Eastern heated area widens. - Page 5. Sports. Baseball players scurry to shipyards. Page 11. Norman Ross, crack American swimmer, to enter big meet in New York. Page 11. Pacific Northwest. State-built . road construction Is saving. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. Oregon potatoes look better. Page 15. Stocks show strong gains. Page 15. Corn prices advance. Page 15. Peninsula Shipbuilding Company employes hear appeals to patriotism. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. :' Northwest Steel Company to enlarge Its plant. Page 1. Red Cross benefit at The Oaks today. Page S. Convict chase is full of thrills. Page 10. Arbitration plan favored by workers. Page 1. Major Brandon says whole Hun nation must be beaten. Page 10. Man milliner visits Portland. Page 7. Monocco accused by coroner's Jury of mur dering girl.' Page IB. Weather xert, data and forecast. Pas lu. War workers In woods and mills yes terday "met half way" the lumber op erators of the Northwest, who recently delegated full powers of arbitration to Colonel Brlce P. Disque, commander of the Spruce Production Division, United States Army, and laid the basis for friendly settlement of all questions of mutual interest between employe and employer. In a big delegate convention repre sentatives of 85,000 Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen of the Coast division organized for full co-operation with the operators in establishing permanent grievance and adjustment committees. It is to be the province of these local and district committees, composed equally of employers and em ployes, to take up every problem or grievance presented and seek, through friendly, honest discussion and investi gation, to effect the proper and equit able adjustment. Standard Wage Sought. On specific problems of labor and hours affecting the production of tim ber materials for the Government both sides have placed the power of arbiter in the hands of Colonel Disque the employers at a conference held in Portland July 19 and the wonkers at the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lum bermen convention, which sat at the Municipal Auditorium yesterday. In the resolutions adopted the 1500 spruce workers pledged themselves to do their utmost" to help win the war; asked for establishment of both mini mum and maximum wages and declared in favor of enrolling every camp and millworker as a Loyal Legion memben Legion Declared Loyal. The resolutions adopted were: "1 We agree to Article No. 2 In Bul letin No. 63, relative to the basic eight hour day and the perpetuation of same, both now and after the war. "2 We request a maximum and mini mum scale of wages. "3 Every man working In the camps or mills, we believe, should become a member of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen. "4 We request Colonel Disque to act as sole arbitrator and agree to abide by his decision on all labor questions that may arise while he Is occupying his present position. "5 Whereas, the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen are one of the most patriotic labor organizations in the world, be it resolved that we, as members, pledge ourselves to our ut most in our labors to assist the Gov ernment in winning this war and crushing the Kaiser, and 6 Be it resolved, that a vote of thanks be tendered to the Rev. Dr. Boyd for his opportune remarks; also to Colonel Disque and his co-workers and to the City of Portland for the courteous reception extended to us." Colonel Disque Pleased. Actions of the convention were highly gratifying to Colonel Disque. "If the employes in all war Indus tries," he said, "are showing the same spirit and determination shown by the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumber men, I am sure that we have completed the organization of our Industrial army which Is so vital to the success of our Army in France." District committees were selected yesterday at the convention. After dis trict committees have also been named In the Inland Empire division and the employer and employe halves of the committees have been amalgamated a general counsel will be selected. This will be a small, but important body, to which appeals from local and dis trict committee decisions will be taken and which will promulgate many of the working rules for the industry. The employe members of the district committees, in the eight groups west of the Cascades, were chosen yester day, as follows: District Committees Named. District No. 1 (Coos Bay) J. E. Rlor dan. North Bend, Or., chairman; George Young, Wendling, Or.; Henry Beard, Mills City, Or. District No. 2 (Tillamook) Charles Nelson, Black Rock, Or., chairman; W. H. Kent, Mohler, Or.; L. E. Hanley. Wheeler, Or. District No. 3 (Columbia River) T. Hudson, Portland, chairman; S. R. Moon, Knappa, Or.; H. Kirbyson, Ray mond, Wash. District No. 4 (Willapa Harbor) J. L. Hudson, McCormick, Wash., chair man; R. L. Stollard, Raymond, Wash.; H. C. Harrison, Onalaska, Wash. District No. 5-(Grays Harbor) H. M. Bevls, White, Wash., chairman; Jack Collier, Aberdeen, Wash.; C. F. Rich ardson, Aberdeen, Wash. DiHtrict No. 6 (South Sound) J. H. Dobson, Shelton, Wash., chairman: Concluded, u age . Column, 4.)