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TIIE MORXIXG OREGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1918. 3 HUN ARMY URGED TO CONSERVE HEN I the coming' weeks the crops on the territory occupied and conquered must be harvested. Vast stretches of land and huge fields under good cultivation promise us a rich harvest." Leas of "Wheat Area Serious. It adds extreme measures must be taken and that it must be remembered in allotting: the billeting: of the .areas it should be done so as to overcome the labor shortage. In other words. the units that were resting: were to have robbed the lands of crops planted by the French peasants. In this con nection, it was ordered that "every available man must be used without reserve. For example, the higher staff orderlies and servants must go into the gralnfields and form themselves into special working: parties." In conclusion, the order specified that the first work of the German soldiers should be devoted to the hay crop. The next task was to take an inventory of all the agricultural ma chinery and prepare it for use for "the coming: harvest." Now, however, a Ihtctm nortion of these crowine and un Captured Document issued in June I harvested crops, as well as a consid lerable amount of agricultural machin I ery. has been taken by the ' allied FOGH'S STRATEGY SPOILS HUN PLAN Secret Order Signed by Lu- dendorff Advised Change From Mass Tactics. VIGOROUS ATTACK WANTED Foe's Work of Four Months at Cost of 700,000 Men Goes for Naught. ENEMY RETREAT IN PERIL Points Out That War Cannot Be Won by Stubborn ' Defense. forces. This section of France is I most productive wheat area, and its I loss to the Germans is a serious mat ter, because of their lack of this grain I in their rations. WITH THE BRITISH ARMT IN FRANCE, Aug. II. (By the Associated Press.) A captured enemy secret or der signed "Ludendorff" lays stress on the necessity of economizing men. The order asserts that the two elements essential to the future conduct of the war are to "maintain everywhere our fighting strength and the spirit of offensive." The captured document was issued late in June. "It is essential." says the order, "that all commanders of whatever rank, as well as all troops. Bhould be imbued with the idea that the war cannot be won by a stubborn defense, but only by a further succession of vigorous at tacks. These attacks, however, can' not lead to victory unless we adhere to and improve on the methods of war fare adopted In the recent offensives. The order then goes on to say that everywhere under the well-tried prin ciples of the manual of infantry train ing In war and the additions made by the high command, namely, von Hln denburg and Ludendorff, success had been gained at small cost. It cites as an example the operations southwest of Noyon from June t onward. Casualties Must Be Reduced. "Not only is there a probability of obtaining other successes by these methods, but also the situation In re gard to reinforcements compels us to perfect them still further," the order continues. "It is absolutely essential that we should avoid our old fault of attacking in too dense formations and we should reduce our casualties by every possible means. The necessity holds equally good for the defensive fronts. The divisions must do their utmost to reduce casualties to the ab solute minimum by a distribution in depth and the creation of extended out post zones. "Notwithstanding Instructions." the order points out. "too much attention still is paid to the possession of ground, the holding or retaking of portions of trenches, villages and woods, and to fighting for points whose only value 1b that of prestige. Now, more than ever. divisions In the line during hostile at tacks, large or small, must, if possible, employ elastic avoidance even on so- called unhealthy fronts." German Strength Reduced. The order Is frank in explaining that because of the reduced German strength It frequently will be Impos sible to hold continuous trench lines and recommends instead the creation of centers of resistance. The document warns commanders that should the enemy obtain a foot hold within the German lines they must consider carefully whether a counter attack Is necessary or worth risking a large number of lives. Another captured order informs the German regiments that they must pro vide their own defenses against low- flying allied airplanes, as the German aircraft resources are so low that they cannot be expected to fight off the en emy while they are being engaged "on reconnaissance work." This order adds that complaints from units harassed by low-flying allied planes will not be forwarded. Lost Ground Important. The value that the Germans placed oil ground that they have lost is seen In a captured order signed by General von Hutier drawing attention to the difficulties in Germany's economic situation, and calling on his troops to assist in affording all possible relief In regard to food supplies. The order, dated before the opening of the present allied offensive, begins by ruling that not a scrap of food or forage, beyond ration limitations, shall be consumed. The document admits the rations are "lacking In variety," and calls on the troops to "exploit the occupied terri tory and thereby relieve the homeland from sending us supplies." It warns the commanders to pay no attention to demands of their men for "more or better rations," adding: "The intelligence of the soldier must be aroused by the words and example of their leaders to understand the re strictlons and the self-denial neces eary to bring the war to a victorious nd and bring about a German peace. The order says: "Now and during FALL INTO RIVER FATAL NORMA C. DIEBEL, 25 YEARS OLD, . DROWSED. Steel Company Employe Pushing Logs Along Llnnton Ferry Slip for Boathouse. Norman C Diebel, aged 25, of 31 East Seventy-sixth street North, was drowned in the 'Willamette River at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon near the ferry slip at Llnnton, where he was engaged in building a boathouse. The body was recovered shortly afterwards by W. H. Evans, who saw Diebel fall into the river and rushed to his rescue. Evans at first dived for the body, but the water was too deep for him to reach the drowned man. He later re covered the body by means of a heavy hook on the end . of a long rope in about 40 feet of water near the elip where the drowning occurred. Diebel. who was an employe or the nrovoked only Northwest Steel Company, was engaged In putting some logs In near the ferry to be used in the construction oi boathouse. He was pushing the logs along the ferry elip when he fell Into the river, according to Evans. Tne body was taken in charge by the Coroner, who notified relatives of the accident. The deceased is survived by -his idow. residing at 31 East Seventy- eixth street North. He is a son-in-law of G. E. Johnson, of 31 East Seventy sixth -street North. His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Diebel live at Palouse, Wash. Prompt Escape of Von Hutier's Troops Believed to Be Impossi ble; Aviators and Artillery Cover Way Out. (Continued From First Pare.) Official Casualty list. ASHINGTON, Aug. 13. The Army casualty list Issued today shows: Killed In action, 14; died of wounds, 8: died of accident and other causes. 1: wounded severely, 52; wounded, degree un determined, 19; missing in action, 1; to tal. KO. Fatalities among officers follow: KILLED IN ACTION Lieutenant S. Bax ter, Cleveland. DIED FROM WOUNDS Lieutenant Frank H. II. Cash. Washington. SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Aug. 13. Sec ond Lieutenant Lawton B. Evans, of Augusta, Ga., died this afternoon at the base hospital. Brooks Field, from Injuries received when the airplane he was driving fell in a tail spin near the field yesterday. ABERDEEN. Wash., Aug. 13. (Spe cial.) Sergeant George F. Browning, son of Mrs. Carrie Browning, a widow residing at 221 West Hume street, is the first Aberdeen man to lose his life in France. His name appeared in Sun day's casualty list, accident being giv en as the cause. No details are ob tainable. Mrs. Browning is in Tacoma. Young Browning was 23 years old and before his enlistment followed a sea faring life. He was not in the draft list and is supposed to have enlisted early In the war. Teuton Formally Accepts . Of fer. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. Formal ac ceptance by Germany of the American proposal for a conference on treatment and exchange of prisoners at Berne. Switzerland, "the middle of Septem ber," was transmitted to the State De partment today through the Spanish Foreign Office. The United States has appointed delegates headed by Minis ter Garrett at The Hague to attend the conference. Questions relating to in terned civilians also will be discussed. Another Warehouse Jfeeded. ASTORIA. Or., Aug. 1$. (Speclal.)- As all the space in the Port of Astoria grain elevators, bins and warehouses has been engaged for handling wheat and for storing Alaska packed salmon, the commission at its meeting today took up the matter or erecting another fireproof warehouse. Plans were or dered prepared and bids on the con struction will be called for In the 1m mediate future. Gov. Frank B. Willis Wins. COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 13. Unofficial returns from 402 precincts in 12 scat' tered counties tonight indicated that former Governor Frank B. Willis re- I ceived the Republican nomination for Governor over Edwin Jones and John H. Arnold, at today's state primary I election. Governor Cox and the re mainder of the Democratic state tick et had no opposition. f he Program Nowadays . Is to Save ! Grape-Nuts food fits in fine with this idea. No fuel re quired to prepare; no sugar needed; there's no waste;' and the use of bar ley, in its making, conserves wheat. Grape-Nuts is economical, nour ishing and delicious. Try a package. . Propagandists to Visit Serbia. LONDON. Aug. 13. Reuter's Agency says it learns from a well-informed source that the Austrian government Is sending a deputation of selected pro- German Swedish journalists to Serbia I in order to attempt to prove to the world that the treatment of the peo ple of Serbia is entirely satisfactory. I Spanish Influenza Guarded Against. NEW YORK. Aug. IS. Nine sailors from a Norwegian liner which docked here yesterday were taken today to the Norwegian hospital, where they will be kept under observation to I ascertain whether they are suffering from Spanish Influenza. KEEPING YOUR FLEDGE. - W. 8. 8. Buy your stamps early. Those you purchase are evidence tnat you are keeping your pledge. Tou also pledged yourself to economize during the war. The Government Is requesting that you do not buy articles not nec essary for your health and effi ciency. Tou will thereby release both labor and material for the manufacture of articles needed to support our brave boys "over there." who are just now so hero ically driving the Huns back. They make good their pledge. Are you keeping TOURS? Buy all you can afford. C. 8. JACKSON. State Director W. S. & offensive purpose. In the Northern battle area, especially in the Bray region, new enemy defensive barbed wire has been found, while earthworks are being const-ucted at several places behind- the German line. Probably the enemy has removed much of his ma terial and has sent in nearly all the reinforcements he cares to risk at the present time. Morlancourt is being heavily shelled, while the enemy, with aerial bombs, has apparently attempted to blow up the ammunition dumps he left in his hurry to get away. British Fond German Rear. British and French guns have been busy today pounding German rear areas and the crossings over the Somme. Enemy shells that are coming in are being fired at an extreme range, pros- bly from well on the other side of the Somme. This is especially true of shells aimed at the districts south of the Amiens-Nesle road. Between the Ancre and the Somme the operations of the British, which resulted in a small material advance and the capture of enemy positions. scattered shelling from field gunst British airplanes continued to drop tons of shells on the enemy, especially in the neighborhood of Peronne. Enemy transports are also suffering from the British bombers. One of them secured a direct hit on a transport train on the Ham-Nesle road. It is now established that a giant Gotha, with five engines, which was brought down a few nights ago near Talmas, carried a crew of nine, all of whom were killed. Enemy Moving In Troops. Allied forces holding their new lines gained in the second battle of the Somme improved their positions, beat off a few feeble counter attacks and increased the number of their prison ers last night and this morning. In the meantime the enemy1 appears to be moving in a considerable number of troops. Quite heavy movements west ward are reported by aerial observers, but no really great force is available without calling on the German Crown Prince for assistance. Proyart remains firmly in the hands of the British this morning, having been finally taken by them yesterday. North of the Somme the Americans spent a quiet night, the principal action in this locality being at the southern end of -their position on the spur be tween Etineham and Bray. There the British Improved their positions along the whole length of the spur by storm ing and capturing enemy defenses, in flicting casualties and taking prisoners. Counter Attack Gains Slightly. There has been some little fighting In Madame Wood, about 2000 yards southeast of Herleville, where the Aus tralians are in touch with the enemy. A German counter attack yesterday at Chilly, further south, resulted in the British withdrawing to the edge of the town. Chilly is now in No Man's Land. Another counter attack east of Lihons, north of Chilly, was smothered under British fire. All told, over 30 German divisions have so far been engaged by the allied forces in this battle. Twenty four have been in action against the British alone. At least five are ex hausted and either have been or soon will be removed from the line. During last night the enemy launched a counter attack east of Fouquescourt, but was drivi off with casualties, the BritishposItions remaining intact. Enemy reinforcements now are re ported concentrating east of Roye, but they are being badly mauled by bombs and shells from both the British and the French. There was an action last night well up the line in Flanders toward Kem mel, but reports of its results have not been received. At any rate It was relatively unimportant affair. LONDON, Aug. 13. British troops have gained additional ground north of Roye and on the north bank of the Somme, says the official statement from Field Marshal Haig today. The Germans last night attacked the British positions in the Merris sector, Flanders. They were repulsed. The Germans delivered a local attack near Fouquescourt, on the line between Roye and Chaulnea. It was repulsed. Text of Statement. The statement reads: "On the battlefront our troops effect ed further Improvements in their posi tions north of Roye road and on the north bank of the Somme, and captured. additional prisoners. "A local attack made by the enemy in the neighborhood of Fouquescourt was repulsed. We captured a few prisoners In pa trol encounters south of the Scaue (Arras front) and in the neighborhood or vieux-uerquin (Flanders). A hostile attack against our posi tions in the Merris sector was repulsed after sharp fighting." German troops are evacuating trenches In the river bed of the Oise. Just west of Bailly, according to news received here early this afternoon. The village of L'Econvillon has been captured by the French and further ground has been gained by them north of the St. Claude farm. (L'Econvillon is about 3 miles southeast of Lasslgny and virtually on the crest of the ridge overlooking the uise.j The move has been forced by French pressure in tne valley of the Oise. (Bailly is on the east bank of the Oise about 1 miles east of Ribecourt. It is near the southern end of Ours- camp forest, which is of great strat egic value.) The French are working around Rove to the west and the south of this im portant' German holding point almost in the center of the Picardy battle front and now hold high ground in this region. The wooded area around Des Loges, south of Roye, was captured by the French last night, but a German coun ter attack drove them back. Hans Destroying Villages In Rear. The enemy is reported destroying villages in his rear. The ruins of Peronne are reported to be burning. Fires have been observed by allied air men at various points. So far 33 German divisions have been Identified in the fighting. The indi cations are that the enemy's reserves are gradually being exhausted, and he is drawing troops out of the line to extend his flanks and cover any gaps. This is an operation, however, which can be carried out only to a limited degree. - . c "Merchandise of cJ Merit Only THIS STORE USES NO COMPARATIVE PRICES THEY ARE MISLEADING AND OFTEN UNTRUE t . . . ! For One Day Only A Sale of NE W j BLOUSES ! at $5 Georgette and Crepe de Chine Blouses, in a great variety of styles. There are dressy blouses and tailored models and some that are in between. NEW COLLARLESS BLOUSES AND BLOUSES WITH THE POPULAR SQUARE NECK, AS WELL AS PRETTILY BEADED BLOUSES AND SMARTLY TUCKED AND PLEATED STYLES IN WHITE, FLESH, PINK, MAIZE, GRAY AND NAVY AND SOME IN COM- BIN AT IONS OF COLORS. The Loveliest New SILK LININGS that will make the new Winter coats and suits things of beauty. 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Brand, conducting the investigation m of the Department of Agriculture s bu reau of markets, tnat exacwus ""' and Navy speculations nave vuumu uted toward higher prices. For arti cles for which in private trade inferior grades are used with complete success, the witness said, the Government de nartments have required .white cotton of the finest type. .,.. Announcing tnat tne m.u6" 1 i 1 rt intA tne enure uuuu prices where cotton is grown, milled and traded on contracts for future de livery, Mr. Brana oecmicu mo-i. present differences in rates "seem to be wholly unjustified." The bureau has conducted a general inquiry into the sharp differences be .nnt anri exchange prices, he said, and purposes to apply a remedy, but 1b seeking the views of the public and of the brokers before compiling its final report. TR0TZKY MUST EXPLAIN (Continued From Flrat Page) cow advices to the Rhenish Westpha- lian Zeitung. They have received unlimited power to take all measures necessary to gain victory in the fight of the Soviet re public against its enemies. Kerensky Leaders Vanish. The advices add that the leaders of the Kerensky party, who had been kept under strict soviet observation, have suddenly disappeared. It is believed in Moscow that they fled abroad. The German newspapers show much perturbation over the situation in Rus sia as it affects Germany. "Inexorable fate is driving Germany toward a fresh state of war with Rus sia unless a remedy shall be found at the last moment," says the Vosslsche Zeitung, of Berlin. The newspaper describes the German embassy's flight from Moscow to Pskov as "a retreat from Russia," and con tinues: "A nation torn asunder by a thou sand conflicts and weakened by revo lution and civil war has yet found the energy and enough unanimity to tear up the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty. Peace No Longer Exists. "This much is clear: The peace made at Brest-Lltovsk no longer exists." - LONDON. Aug. IS. The British gov ernment has issued a declaration form ally recognizing the Czecho-Slovaks as an allied nation and the threee Czecho slovak armies as an allied force regu larly waging warfare against the cen tral powers. The Germans intend to occupy Petro grad, a dispatch to the Copenhagen Politiken from Helsingfors declares, the Exchange Telegraph correspondent in the Danish capital reports. The troops for this purpose are al ready being brought toward the objec tive, it is added. WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. Bitterness among the peasants of the Ukraine against the Germans is steadily in creasing, according to advices reaching the State Department today from an eyewitness In the Russian province. Peasants Torture Germans. German soldiers travel about the country only in large squads, according to this information, otherwise they are attacked by peasants vho endeavor to capture them for torture or burial alive. The Ukrainian government is re ported training troops for a Ukraine army and has approximately suo.uuu men. The same informant reports that when in Petrograd recently he saw 100 fed men being taken to Kronstadt. Renegade Slav in Command. German and Austrian former prison ers operating with the Bolshevikl In Siberia are commanded by the renegade Russian General Von Taube, who at the beginning of the war was removed from his Russian command on account of his pro-German proclivities. This information was made public to day by Captain Vladimir S. Hurban, the Czecho-Slovak officer in Washing ton, to report to Professor T. G. Ma saryk, the Czecho-Slovak commander-in-chief. Von Taube now commands the Bol. shevik forces between Irkutsk and Vladivostok. similar to the situation existing at one time between Russia arid Germany. American Consul Poole informed the State Department of the incident in a message dated August 2 and received here six days later. He has not Deen heard from since. Two Consols. Arrested. Tk. next word that was received from Moscow was a press report trans mitted to the State Department stat ing that the British and French con sular officials had been placed under arrest by the Bolshevikl. The Consuls later were reported released. Since these events lenine ana iroizsy have fled to Kronstadt, according to reports from several sources. ins State Department js awaiting tumicr word from Mr. Poole with keen Interest. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 13. 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