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VOL. LVIII XO. 18,02S.
i POKTLAXD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, .1918.
PRICE FIVE CEXTS.
1RHINE WAR PLANTS
WAGES OF MILLION
SNOW PEAK SCALED
BY 2 ON HORSEBACK
BOB III FLIGHT.
40,000 CAUGHT IN
SLACKER ROUNDUP
nr.
BOMBED BYBRITISH
III.IL
WILL BE INCREASED
in puni on
FLFTEEX TOXS OF EXPLOSIVES
SUSPECTS HERDED IN SEVERAL
EASTERN CITIES.
DEE WRIGHT, FORE J T RANGER,
AXD WIFE ACCOMPLISH FEAT.
DROPPED BY AIRPLANES.
COTTON YIELD COT
4,098,000 BALES
Crop. to Be'Smallest in
Mil
YPRESTOPERONNE
Queant Falls and Slight
Gain s Made at Lens
Enemy Airdrome at Buehl Visited
3 Times and Railways at Ehrang
Are HJt From Ixw Height.
PRISONERS EXCEED 10,000
Ytres, Bertincourt, Doignes,
Velu, Roquigny and Other
' Cities Are Recaptured.
ALLIED DASH UNCHECKED
English Tanks Charge Over
Bodies of Foe and Big. Guns
Pound Rear Areas.
LON'DON. Sept 3. The British inde
pendent, air lorce within the last 24
hours hasxdropped 14 tons of bombs on
German military works in the Rhine
provinces.
Three raids were made on the Ger
man airdrome at BuehL Three ban
Kara were demolished and .direct hits
were obtained on many others.
The railways at Ehrans, lour miles
northeast of Treves, were attacked
from a height of 900 feet and every
bomb scored a direct hit.
At Saarbruecken, 40 miles southeast
of Treves, the Burbach works and
railways were bombed.
Arierican and British airmen in I
raid on the German airdrome at Vas
senaere, Belgium, have caused great
damage, says an .announcement today,
A gasoline and oil dump was set on
fire and this in turn ignited an am
munition dump and also reveral Fokker
biplanes. Two other machines were de
stroyed by direct hits with bombs and
large Gotha hangar was completely
burned. -
The pilot of a British two-seater was
attacked by seven hostile machines.
The enemy fired explosive bullefs and
the pilot was hit five times in the left
leg. Although his leg was almost sev
ered the pilot succeeded in landing his
machine behind the British lines.
' LONDON, Sept. 3. The report of i
the German evacuation and the Brit
ish occupation of Lens, which was
i i j i : j
current uere louay, is uou uuru. Lcsj Than Ha,f of B,bIo rn,vergtt,
from any official source and seems at
least to be premature. It is worthy
of note that Field Marshal Haig's
communication from British
WOMEN WILL FILL PULPITS
Students to Be Men.
neaa"IMany young women who are students
quarters in France tonight mentions in the Eugene Bible University will
only a slight advance of the British I no doubt be called upon to act as pas
outposts. I tors ,a cnurcnes ' the state during
French report late this evening! , nH th damand for the
says that fighting IS in progress Bervlces of the men elsewhere than in
the suburbs. I the home congregation. President E. C
Sanderson, of the Eugene Bible Uni-
LONDON, Sept. 3. Between Pe- versity, said today
ronne and the Sensee River the British A number of calls. President Sander-
:,,: XL -----i j I son said, were received lor women
and the needs of the church, he Biid,
ing to Field Marshal Haig's commu- wm no doubt require the services of
nication issued tonight. many more as the war progresses. He
Tii British now him narhui tho estimates an enrollment In the Bible
, .. - . . ft universiiT 01 &uoui xu, wan mure
isercincourxj, rjeaumetz-ies-iamorai,
voioitc, nnn nir in i navr niTTi r-
UU UIC lit HLL-UHI DHI ILL
LONDON, Sept. 3. (1 P. M.)
The British have captured the town of Federal Soldiers and Villa's Forces
Queant.
Bag Of Prisoners Large.
Half Railway Forces in
U. S. to Get Raise
M'ADOO APPROVES ADVANCE
Railroad Payrolls to Increase
by 100 Million Yearly.
PAY UP 10 TO 30 PER CENT
Move Will Benefit Many Classes of
Employes Whose Rale of
Compensation Is Rela
tively Small. .
Clash Near Chihuahua.
PI. DiCTI f - Cant 9 T'ti.
. r . i . rt nnn - I ' " "
Kiore wiaa iu.uyu pri-ners were aTr, wa kied it Thursdav
taken by the British yesterday. Ad
ditional prisoners were taken this
morning.
The British also hold Doignies, Velu
and Bertincourt and Eocquigny, rep
resenting an advance to a maximum were killed and 80 Villa followers lost
depth of four miles on a 20-mile front their lives.
effected this morning.
hun
in
battle which lasted all day at Filar D
Concho, southwest of Chihuahua City,
between the federal command of Gen
eral Ernesto Garcia and the forces of
Francisco Villa-
One hundred and twenty federals
In Flanders the British forces have
captured the town of Wulverghem,
two miles southeast of Kemmel.
Contrary to expectations, the ene
my has not reacted heavily with a
view to the recapture of the Queant
Drocourt line, but has left the British
in undisturbed possession of it
Southern Front May Flare.
The British found Doignies and Velu
Unoccupied.
The situation in the southern part
of the battlefield is said to be ex-
The news of the fight was brought
here today by an American from Chi
huahua City.
M0T0RLESS DAY SUCCESS
Request to Conserve Gasoline Gen
erally Complied With.
WASHINGTON. Sept. S. General
I compliance by automobile owners, east
of the Mississippi, with the request of
Ibe fuel administration to conserve tae
I gasoline supply on Sunday for war uses
was announced today by the Admin.s
tratinn on the strength of repor's fiom
tremelv interestincr. hut nothing more the states affected.
o- W ..M r, .v. ,mt n"e n anempi was mauo 10 e-.ii-
I J1I II 3 I J I C BIIIUUIIL Oat tu, vua ftU woo
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FRANCE. Sent. 3. iBv the Asso
ciated Press.) (4 P. M.) The Brit- FOOD FOR 5000 PRISONERS
ish victory in the battle of the Dro-
court-Queant line seems complete. Ked tross .staDiisnes xwo More
Without having delivered a single Large Warehouses,
counter attack and staggering from
the blows administered vesterdav. the WASHINGTON. Sept. S. Large ware-
Germans last night and this morning houses fr torafe f ""pp"" r Am-
- , , , . . I lean prisoners in Germany have been
were in iuu iugnt xor me eastern siae ,e(,ur.d ,n Cooenhaten. Denmark, and
Of the Canal DuNord. Renens, Switzerland, by the American
- , . CL.if.,j I Red Cross Bureau of prisoners' relief.
""" " I The r d Cross will assemble food,
The enemy is trying to save what clothing, comforts and tobacco enough
men and material he can from the maintain 5000 Americans ror six
.1. A vv: J r v monins Jl mat many enuuiu m tap-
lCt.A. 1 11 auu WTIIIIIU Ulc Uivdv
powerful defense systems ever de
vised. The much-boasted Drocourt
Queant line, or, as the Germans call it,
the Wotan line, is totally shattered.
The British are driving far through it
and the Germans are hurrying east
ward, leaving behind only pockets of
machine gunners and even resistance
from these is gradually melting away.
Strong British forces are now fight-
WA SHINGTON, Sept. 3. Increases in
the-pay 'of nearly 1,000,000 men were
authorized today by Director-General
McAdoo. Those affected are track la
borers,, watchmen, other maintenance
of way entployes, clerks, station agents
and other classes of employes drawing
relatively low pay.
The new increases, the second grant
ed in supplement to the Governments
general wage order, will add nearly
sioo.000,000 to the annual railroad pay
rolls, it is said.
Total Rise Half Billion.
This order will raise to nearly 1500.-
000,000 the annual increase in wages
granted railway employes since the
roads were taken over by the Govern
ment.
It was understood the increase un
proved today would be retroactive as
of January 1, 1918, although announce
ment of this provision was withheld..
The classification of station agents
Includes a number of freight handlers
who will participate in the advance.
Increases High as 30 Per Cent.
Most of the increases range from 10
to 30 per cent above present wages.
Details of the new order will be an
nounced tomorrow. The DirectorrGen-
ral adopted most of the recommenda-
lons of the board of railroad wages
and Working conditions which Investi
gated requests of employes for . more
pay. .
Pay increases for railroad telegra
phers are the subject of another report
to be made soon to the Director-Gen-'
eraL
The latest increase is the result of
Mazamas From Portland Who Spent
Holiday in Mountain Climbing '
Witness to Spectacular Trip.
To the top of Mount Adams on horseback.
That ie the Labor day feat accom
plished by Dee Wright, forest ranger,
and Mrs. Wright, over a rough trail
and up a series of grades never known
to have been negotiated by a horse
man before, the Wrights attained the
12,307 -foot summit of the peak. There
they were seen by .nine Mazamas from
Portland, who spent the holiday on
hiking trip.
Hiding to the top of Mount Adams
is a spectacular feat even for Dee
Wright, who is already well known
for his accomplishments in the moun
tains. He is a ranger in the Oregon
National Forest, but was lately as
signed to the Herculean task of "pack
ing in" the materials to be used in
the construction of a lookout house on
Mount Adams. Wright, who has been
in the forest service since 1910, last
year packed in 'the material used
building the lookout house on Mount
Pitt, which has an elevation of 9483
feet.
- Three Years
ALSACE IS JBACK ON MAP
United States Issnes Orders Relative
to Addressing Letters.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3. The his
toric region of Alsace has been put
back on the map of France by the
United States Postoffice Department,
postal authorities announced here to
day in directing that letters addressed
to that region be addressed '"France,
instead of Germany, as in the past.
The order applies to the 60-odil towns
which have been taken in Alsace by
the allies in various drives. It super
sedes an order which has stood for 47
years, and which directed that all let
ters sent to Alsace should be addressed
"Germany."
BRITAIN SEIZES SALMON
Food Controller Orders Canned
Stocks Placed at His Disposal.
LONDON, Sept 3. The British food
controller has issued an order requiring
that all canned salmon, on arriving in
the United Kingdom, from Canada and
the United States, shall be placed at
his disposal. No person in the United
Kingdom will be permitted to deal in
canned salmon from Canada and the
United States. r
The. food ministry is preparing on
certain conditions to purchase canned
DISASTER WITHOUT PRECEDENT
Government Issues September
Report and Forecast.
DROUGHT
y
WORKS
HAVOC
Prospective Production Officially
Placed at 11,137,000 Bales.
Adverse Conditions Affect
Entire Cotton" Belt.
." WASHINGTON, Sept 3. A disaster
unparalleled in the history of the cot
ton growing industry in the United
States has befallen the American cot
ton crop this year as the result of a
severe drought in July and August
The Government's September cotton
report, issued today, forecast the pros
pective production this year at 11,
137,000 equivalent to 500-pound bales
4,098,000 bales less than was forecast
at the beginning of the season.
Cotton growers planted this year the
second largest acreage on record and
prospects seemed bright for one of the
largest crops ever grown.
Deterioration Greatest Known.
Drought during July, however, re
duced the crop by 1,616,000 bales.
Dry weather in August caused the
greatest deterioration ever recorded in
single month, there being a decline
if 17.9 points in the condition on Au
gust 25 as compared with July 25.
The entire cotton belt was affected.
1 ut in Texas and Oklahoma and the
western part of the region it was
greater than in the east
Loss Over 2 Million Bales.
The extent of the depreciation
amounted to 2,482,000 bales, reducing
the prospective production, Jt ifi00
bales. A crop - of that size would be
slightly smaller than those of the last
three years.
NEW YORK, Sept 3. The Govern
ment's cotton -crop report today, con
sidered sensationally bullish by the
markt here, caused a swift advance of
Task of Housing, Feeding and Guard
ing Presents Big Problem in
New York State.
NEW YORK; Sept 3. Federal offi
cials estimate that more than 40,000
slackers had been arrested today In
New York and nearby cities.
The suspects were herded in the ar
mories of the various cities.
Indications tonight were that the
men caught today would have to re
main in the "corrals" for two or three
days, even If they were innocent, be
fore examination could be completed.
As the task of housing, feeding and
guarding the suspects became hourly
more serious, Charles F. De Woody,
head of the Federal investigation of
the bureau, conferred here with Gov
ernor Whitman. .
Many of the 10,000 arrested were
from out of town.
This feature was explained by Cap
tain David Asch. assistant to the di
rector of the draft in this district, who
declared "that New York is the great
est slackers' retreat in America" and
that "men . who want to evade their
duty have come here in droves from all
parts of the country."
KAISER STOOPED AND GRAY
War Lord's Hair Snow-White; Eyes
Feverish; Mien Sad, Say Swiss.
GENEVA, Sept 3. Swiss who saw
Emperor William and King Ferdinand
at their Nauheim conference recently,
according to the Democrate, say th
German ruler has aged greatly, his hai
is snow-white and his shoulders
stooped. The Emperor's eyes are fever
ish, his gestures abrupt and his face,
which ia severely lined and tanne
gives the general impression of a man
suffering a great sorrow.
The Democrate learns that the Em
peror's visit to King Ferdinand was fo
the object of obtaining Bulgarian di
visions for the western front in order
to release German reserves to fill th
gaps.
French Troops Gain East
Bank of Canal du Nerd
LINE IN SOUTH IS RIPPED
Franco-Americans Push For
ward and Menace Front
East of Ailette.
ENEMY DIES FIGHTING HARD
jr...rr"..T.."., . -in, already oaid for by traders in ' approximately Jll a bale in the: Price
.. - , ' tha United Kingdom. , of futures as compared with the closing
quotations on Friday.
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 2.)
33 SHIPS AUGUST OUTPUT
Big Addition to Wooden Fleet An
nounced by Piez. :
maintenance of way men and other 1 the unitea lungaora.
classes shortly after the original wage
order was announced.
These men said that they were
granted little more money under that
order than they had, received before.
Non-Union Wag-en Lower.
. An advisory body created by the
director-general investigated and found
that the unorganized groups had not
been allowed wage increases in the
past commensurate with those allowed
strongly organized 'classes of employes.
Even the general advance did not
enable many of these to meet growing
expenses under war prices, and the
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 3. American
shipping was increased by 33 wooden
vessels during August, it was an
nounced today by Charles Piez, vice
president and general manager of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Mr. Piez said most of the new ships
would, be -used In the American coast
wise trade.
HUNS CAUGHT IN TRICK
Attempt to Sink Ships Interned in
Chilean Port Arouses Government.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept 3. Crews on
German steamships interned at the
Chilean seaport of Corral, in "Valdivla,
today attempted to sink their ships.
This would have rendered the port use
less.
The government and the people are
much exercised over the occurrence.
tured.
GIFTS WILL BE BOUGHT
Seattle Rejects Request of National
Council of Defense.
SEATTLE, Sept 3. Request of the
National Council of Defense that
I Christmas giving this year be discour
aged was rejected by the trustees of
ing their way down the Hindenburg I the Chamber of Commerce and Com-
line itself and are rleanino- it nn mere ai L.uo loaay.
xr vn It was explained that merchants
V-Wcj. yj, iucouwiuic, a nine euutiii. . . , ,i Btn. B a , thmt m
from here, another force is driving on I spirit, of useful gift-giving is valuable
the xlwaenourg line irontally. 'ihe in benefiting the general morale.
Hun has tasted disaster in the Dro-
court line battle and now his disor
ganized and badly depleted forces are
working fast to prevent an even
greater catastrophe overtaking them.
The British are rapidly approach-1
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uig anu re me vanai uui YAKIMA. Wash, Sept 3 (Special.)
Nord, the territory behind which is coroner H. R. Weils, of this city, has
even now under heavy fire from many I taken from his 40-acre ranch this sea
British cannon. I son a crop which returned him close to
Thm tnm. lu-. !,; mn-.m..f I 30,000.
vmxns m menace i fume oi ma lorces, nd the remainder is chiefly pears and
(Concluded aa 4, Column 1.) I apples.
40 ACRES YIELDS $30,000
Eighteen Thousand Boxes Peaches
Part of Yakima Man's Crop.
SCENE AT HUN HEADQUARTERS ABOUT NOON SEPTEMBER FIRST.
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PAPER PROJECT-RULED 0U
Issuance of Soldiers' and Sailors
News Barred in California.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3. The State
Council of Defense announced tonight
it had denied an application submit
ted by an organization calling Itself the
Patriotic Press Association for leave to
solicit' funds covering the issuance of
paper to be known as the Soldiers'
and Sailors' News.
The council asserted It based its re
fusal on the belief that wartime proj
ects which it deemed unnecessary or
In the nature of a duplication of effort
or purpose should not be encouraged.
AERO LIEUTENANT KILLED
Sidney Greene, of Georgia, Sleets
Death. While Instructing Cadet
FORT WORTH, Tex., Sept 3. (Spe
cial.) Lieutenant Sidney Greene, of
Calhoun, Ga, was killed today at Bar
ron Field when an airplane in which
he was, at an inconsiderable height
instructing a cadet went into a tail
spin and crashed to the ground.
The cadet was not seriously injured.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
85
on
The Weather.
TESTERDXTS Maximum temperature.
aegrees; minimum, ov aegrees.
TODAY'S Fair; gentle northwesterly wind.
War.
French cross Eomme. Page 1.
Huns flee, Ypres to Peronne. Page 1.
Allies win in Northern Russia. Pare 4.
Official casualty list. Page 6.
Official war reports. Page 5.
Rhine war plants bombed. . Page 1.
Battlefront aflame for 60 miles. Page 4,
Foreign.
Bolshevik! proclaim reign ' of terror.
page o.
Clash of war lords reported. Page 2.
National.
Senate debate continues to delay Tote
proniDiuon. jage s.
College war-work plans completed, Fresi
dent Campbell starts home. Page 5.
Administration bitterly attacked In Sanate.
Page z.
Employers of child labor may be hit hard
by revenue biiL Page 2.
United States recognizes Independence of
czecno Slovaks. Page 5.
Domestic.
Million railroad employes to get more pay
Forty thousand slackers caught In Eastern
cities. Page i.
Smallest cotton crop In three years forecast
Pags i.
Sports.
Cubs and Sox ready for opening
Page 30. ,
Murray defeats Tilden for tennis champion-
snip, fage iu.
Pacific Northwest.
Pendleton host to Afethodlsts. .Page 7.
Forest fires rage in Clarke County. Page 7,
F. R. Gooding in lead for Republican sena
torial nomination , in laano. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Government reserves 60 per cent of butter
supply held in storage. Page 15.
Hog pricea decline at Korth Portland stock-
yaras. .rage o.
Corn higher at Chicago, owing to bullish
crop estimates. Page 15.
Strong stock market based on favorable
war news. Page 15.
Representatives of Fleet Corporation and of
Oregon shipyards compare efficiency
notes. Page 15.
Portland and Vicinity.
Oregon fuel oil scarcity over. Page 9.
Dee Wright, forest ranger, and wife, scale
Mount Adams on horseback. Page 1.
Oregon Wood Shipbuilders Association
formed, with F. C. Knapp president.
Page 10.
Council discusses traffflj in congested dis
trict. Page 16.
Portland school registration increases 14 per
cent. Page 11.
"Tom Cat" enthusiastically entertained be
fore leaving for tank service. Page 3. 1
Draft machinery of state delayed by lack of:
official advice. Page 7. 1
game.
Path of Allies Is Marked by
Heaps of German Dead; At
tack Is Aided by Tanks.
PARIS, Sept. 3. French troops
have crossed the Somme near Epen-
ancourt, according to the War Office
announcement tonight. They have
also gained a foothold on the east
side of the Canal Du Nord.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, Sept. 3. (Noon.) (By
the Associated Press.) The battle
for the plateau north of Soissons ha3
used up some of the best divisions
remaining in the German army.
This was evidenced this morning by
the field being strewn with the dead
of the Prussian Guards. They are
piled one on top of the other in some
trenches and long lines of them show
where the Guards counter attacked
five times in a vain effort to stem the
tide of battle which was running re
lentlessly against them.
Tanks and Planes Help.
Both tanks and air squadrons con
tributed to the rout of the Guards.
Aviators flying low over the field met
the attacking forces with a galling
machine gun fire and pursued the
shattered lines as they retired before
the unflinching French troops.
Tanks drove into the enemy's lines,
machine gunning and shelling the as
saulting waves and opening big gaps
in the German lines.
South of Leuilly, French mountain
troops crossed the ravine of Fontaine
St. Remy and took the St. Remy her
mitage, giving the French a solid hold
on the plateau leading to Laffaux and
the road leading from the hermitage
to Terny-Sorny. On , the left 'of the
line of attack the French troops took
the wood just west of Coucy Le Chat
eau and gained r. footing in the woods
west of the Nogent Mill, which bor
ders the road from Chauny to Terny-
Sorny. -
Mangin Holds Ailette.
These successes make , serious in
roads upon the line. of defense east of
the Ailette and on the plateau that the
German troops were ordeied to hold
at any cost. The first line of the de
fense of the plateau is now entirely
in" French hands and breaches have
been made in the second line.
Soissons gets more elbow room as a
result of these operations and the
river Ailette with its formidable de
fense works is entirely held by Gen
eral Mangin as far south as the
Chauny-Terny-Sorny road, while the.
south bank is dominated to the region
north of Vauvallen.
The French now are only five mile3
from the line they held before the
German advance across the Chemin
des Dames.
PARIS, Sept. 3. (Havas Agency.)
Constant movements toward the
rear- of the German lines on the
Somme front in the regions of Ham
and Guiscard are reported.
Allied Planes Active.
Hospitals and dressing stations are
being hastily cleared, while convoys
are moving northeastward, harassed
by entente airplanes.
Apparently the German local com
manders are being left more and more
to their own resources by General
Ludendorff. This is a sign that con
fusion prevails along the German line
and likewise of a scarcity of reserves,
for in losing its reserves the supreme
command loses its best reason for in
tervening in the direction, of affairs
at the front.
FRENCH . ARMY HEADQUAR
TERS, Sept. 3. (Reuter's) General
Mangin's advance yesterday between
the Ailette and the Aisne rivers is Ihi
most important so f ar His army has
reached Bethancourt and also has ad-
.(Concluded m luge 4, Column 4.).