VOL. IVIII. XO. 18,034.
PORTLAND, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BOCHES PREPARE 4
BUR1AN JOINS
SUNDAY FILM SHOW
FOUGHT IN EUGENE
AGREEMENT BY CITY COUNCIL
OPPOSED IN PETITION.
WASHINGTON PUTS
LA FOLLETTE OUT
TURKS MASSING ON
BULGARIAN BORDER
ALLIES OF GERMANY SAID TO
BE ON VERGE OF CONFLICT.
ALLIES POUND FOE
FROM B LIS
REGISTRATION DAY
STIRS PATRIOTISM
i .I i 9
Whistles and Sirens to
Arouse Populace.
LINES OF DEFENSE
PEACE
E
THREE FRONTS BUILT BACK OF
HIXDEMSrRG XTXE.
O S
French Continue Gains
Toward St. Quentin.
BOCHE LOSES HINACGURT
British Progress Near Neuve
Chapelle and Armentieres,
j Despite Heavy Rains.
HUN SHOWS NERVOUSNESS
Civilians in Villages Behind
L Enemy Lines Are Forced
Xi. to Evacuate Homes.
' PARIS, Sept 10. Between the
Somme and the Oise the French have
advanced beyond Hinacourt, despite
Btxtmg enemy resistance, according
to the War Office announcement to
night.
LONDON, Sept. 10. Farther slight
progress for the British near Neuve
Chapelle and Armentieres p.nd local
engagements in the center of the line
in the vicinity of Epehy and Gouzeau
court, southwest of Cambrai, are re
ported by Field Marshal Haig in his
communication of tonight.
Weather Is Stormy.
Stormy weather still prevails on the
batjefront.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY N
FRANCE, Sept. 10. (By the Asso
ciated. Press.) (4 P. M.) Although
the- resistance from enemy rear
guards has increased all along the
line, especially in the center areas,
where a much greater volume of machine-gun
and artillery fire is being
encountered, the British troops have
made further progress. Rain has
fallen incessantly and the battle field
in many places now is covered with
soft mud and the shell craters are
filled with ooze which makes prog
ress difficult.
Generally the armies are still at a
pause and what forward movements
have been carried out have been more
in the nature of line straightening
and for the suppression of active Ger
man positions.
Civilians Made to Suffer.
From a number of reliable sources
it is learned that the enemy is evacu
ating the civilians from numerous
villages and towns in his rear and is
exhibiting his customary methods
while doing it. The civilians, in most
eases old men, women and children,
are being forced from their homes
with only a handful of their posses
sions; their property is either being
confiscated by the German authori
ties or being carried off by the
troops.
Further confirmation of the mutin
ous spirit in sections of the German
army has been received. Prisoners
who were in the immediate vicinity of
an engagement on August 22 say that
an infantry regiment of a Bavarian
division suddenly threw down their
arms. They retired, declaring that
they absolutely refused to fight for
Prussia any longer.
Defense Methods Failure.
In addition to other troubles which
seem to have been multiplying of late,
the German commanders now have
suddenly come to realize that their
system of defense with respect to
depth is totally inadequate under the
conditions encountered in continuous
fighting. A captured seventeenth
German army order says:
"A new outpost zone cannot be se
lected daily and the troops must hold
the foremost line. The troops must
understand this or they will retire
against the wishes of the command,
and describe the ground which they
have lost as an evacuated outpost
zone. This cannot be permitted for
tactical reasons and must not be al
lowed for moral reasons."
The fact that the Germans in the
north are working with all haste in
the preparation of their rear lines
east of the river Lys and that they
are being reinforced with concrete
machine-gun nests in considerable
numbers was corroborated today.
Australians Push Ahead.
Tns line northeast and southeast of
Hesbecourt, east of Roisel, has been
advanced by Australian troops and
Germans Xow Reported to Be Work
ing on Line Running From
Valenciennes to Civet.
PARIS. Sept. 10. There are three
German lines of defense behind the
Hindenburg line, the first closely paralleling-
It and the others providing for
retreats along wide fronts, according
to an outline of the German defense
system printed by the Matin today.
The first line In the rear of the Hin
denburg Dosition. according to the
newspaper, starts from the south of
Lille and parallels the Hindenburg line
at an average of from three to six
miles. The second comprises a line
running from Lille to Mets, the Inter
mediary point on which the newspaper
does not indicate. This line would be
about ISO miles long.
Finally, the newspaper adds, there
Is a fourth retreat line, on which the
Germans now are vigorously working.
It runs from Valenciennes, 20 miles
east of Doual, in a southeasterly direc
tion to Givet, on the Meuse, at the Bel
gian border. The front thus Indicated
extends for about 60 miles.
Bid Made for Exchange
of Views.
HUN REPORTERS ADDRESSEO
Austro - Hungarian Minister
Talks for Publication.
CONCILIATION HINTED AT
MILITARY POLICE CUT DOWN
When Forest Fire Danger Is Over
Force Will Be Reduced to 100.
SALEM, Or.. Sept. 10. (Special.)
When the forest fire danger is past the
Oregon military police will be cut to
about 100 men, half of the original
force. Governor Withycombe announced
today following a conference with
Major Deich, commander of the organi
zation.
Already, the executive eald, 40 men
have been relieved from duty, and the
trimming off process will continue
gradually.
Arrangements were also made here
today for sending a squad of the police
to the State Fair for patrol duty. They
will be here a short time before the
opening day. Major Deich stated, to be
come familiar with their duties.
Latest Development in Propaganda
launched by Enemy Follows
Declarations of Crown
Prince and Czernln.
GRIPPE SPREADS IN NAVY
Radio School at Cambridge Placed
Under Quarantine.
BOSTOJf, Sept. 10. Naval officers
stated today that 1109 cases of grippe
had been reponted among the men of
the first naval district since August
28. Thirty-six of these cases developed
Into pneumonia and 20 men died. Ef
forts to stop the spread of the disease
apparently are meeting with success.
Today the radio school at Cambridge
was placed under quarantine and all
instruction was suspended. Command
ing Officer Nathaniel F. Ayers said a
number of the men had heavy colds.
PESTS YIELD $1200 CROP
Wild Evergreen Blackberry Is Now
Valued by Lane County Farmer.
EUGENE, Or., Sept. 10. (Special.)
Wild evergreen blackberry bushes on
the farm of J. S. Rauch, near Deerhorn,
which were regarded as a pest in
former years, have developed into one
of his most valuable farm resources.
Mr. Rauch said today that he would
market $1200 worth of berries from the
vines on his place this year.
Mr. Rauch has been giving attention
to these berries for several years. He
has been cutting out runners and keep
ing open lanes so that pickers may bar- I
vest the berries easily.
AMSTERDAM, Sept 10. Baron Bu-
rian has become an active factor in
the Teutonic peace offensive. The
Austro-Hungarlan Foreign Minister is
the third representative of the. central
powers to become conspicuous within
the last few days in the peace propa
ganda campaign now in progress.
The recent effort of the German
Crown Prince appears to have had an
unpleasant effect in Germany owing to
its manifest insincerity.
Count Czernin's declarations made
public yesterday were, it appears, in
the nature of an introduction to the
appeal that Burian has just launched.
Peace Hint Broad.
According to today's advices from
Vienna, Burian tentatively suggested
exchange of views between the central
powers and the entente in an address
to visiting German newspaper men.
Baron Burian is quoted in the dis
patch from Vienna today as saying:
"I am certain that this war must cost
this tormented earth a terrible amount
of bloodshed and an immense destruc
tion of precious possessions before the
end can be reached by the military
overthrow of the enemy, if. indeed, this
at all is possible."
'Defensive" Plea Made.
- Continuing, the Foreign Minister
said : " ' ' ' '
"We are oppressed by the same cares,
but we are not downhearted. Tou can
convince yourself here that we, just
as in Germany, are waging a defensive
war, rejecting all responsibility for
the prolongation of the war, which was
criminally forced upon us by the enemy.
"No party can be sure -of the Issue
until the end of the war, but it is not
to be expected that either party should
renounce the possibility of a military
victory.
"This question arises," said the For
eign Minister: 'Isn't it a crime against
humanity even to think of completely
pulling down a structure which has be
come historical, and which certainly
Proposed Presentation of Patriotic
Motion ' Picture Conflicts
With Sabbath Law.
EUGENE, Or., Sept. 10. (Special.)
Petitions were in circulation in Eugene
today asking the Mayor and members
of the City Council strictly to enforce
the provisions of a Sunday-closing
law prohibiting motion picture shows
on Sunday.
Mayor C O. Peterson and members
of the City Council, with one excep
tion, agreed that a film to be shown
at the Eugene Theater on Friday and
Saturday might also be presented on
Sunday afternoon and evening because
of its patriotic qualities.
The forces opposing the Sunday pre
sentation of the picture take the posi
tion that the showing of the picture
on Friday and Saturday is sufficient.
without an Infraction of the Sunday
closing rule.
Representative Beaten
for Renomination.
Trouble Due to Quarrel Over Spoils
of War Balkan Kingdom Is
Near Revolution.
YEAR-OLD CRIME UNVEILED
Sheriff of Union County Makes Ar
rest of Alleged Murderers.
LA GRANDE, Or., Sept. 10. (Spe
cial.) Nearly a year after William
Moore, a recluse and a hermit domi
ciled in a tiny box house near Perry,
three miles up the mountain side,
was killed and his body Jammed under
the Perry mill flume, two men have
been arrested charged with the crime.
Sheriff Warnick kept up a constant
vigil until he ran down Ray McFerron
in Los Angeles. McFerron was ar
raigned today and given until Thurs
day to plead. A second man, named Mc-
Fall, Is also in jail charged with the
crime.
MASKED BANDITS TAKE CAR
La Grande Residents Robbed
Forced to Wralk Home.
and
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. Today's de
velopments pointed strongly to the pos
sibility of an early outbreak of hos
tilities between Turkey and Bulgari
The move that threatens to preclpi
tate an armed clash is the reported
dispatch by Turkey of a large force of
troops to the Dorder of Bulgaria, where
Spokane Democrat Is Ahead trouble u brewing over division ot
Lciruunai spoils or war Detween these
two allies of Germany and Austria
Hungary.
The possibility of war betwee
Turkey and Bulgaria is known to be
causing serious misgivings at Berlin.
The revolutionary spirit is rife in the
Bulgarian army and among the civilian
population, according to reports. The
Bulgarians want more territory an
Hadley and Johnson Not Opposed in I are 6aid to be determined to secure
an or berbla and even a portion
DILL WINNING CLOSE FIGHT
of V. T. Tustin.
MILLER VICTOR IN SEATTLE
Respective Districts Apathy Is
General Vote Light in All
Parts of State.
LA GRANDE, Or., Sept: 10. (Special)
To be robbed of about 300 in cash
and to be ordered out of their own car
and see two masked bandits ride off
in it. and then be forced to walk to
town. Is the thrilling and costly ex
perience of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rice, of
this city.
On their way home from Hot Lake.
10 miles away, late at night they were
held up as Just related. No clue to
the robbery has been found.
(Concluded on Page 3, Column 1.)
SECURE TRANSIT PLANNED
American War Prisoners May Re
turn on "Safe Conduct" Ships.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. (Special.)
Tentative plans are being made so
that American war prisoners in Ger
many who would be exchanged through
Sweden, may be brought back home
on commercial ships having safe con
ducts outside the war zone, instead of
being shipped on transports taking the
risk of submarine destruction.
Ira Nelson Morris, the American
Minister to Sweden, Initiated the ne
gotiations in Stockholm.
PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS.
IN WASHINGTON.
Representative, First District
(Seattle) Republican, John F.
Miller (renominated) : Democrat
ic J. M. Hawthorne (unopposed)..
Representative, Second District
(Northwest) Republican, Lind
ley H. Hadley (renominated).
Representative, Third District
(Southwest) Republican, Albert
Johnson (renominated), unop
posed. Representative, Fourth District
(East Side) Republican, Dr. John
W. Summers has defeated W. L.
La Follette, Incumbent, for the
nomination.
Representative, Fifth District,
(Spokane) Republican, Judge J.
Stanley Webster; Democratic, C
C. Dill, probably renominated,
over V. T. Tustin.
Count slow and results not
available on Supreme Court Justices.
I Austria.
They have secured already a strip of
Northern Turkey, including- one-half
of the City of Adrianople.
Another cause for dissension is the
I fact that when Bulgaria was awarded
the Dobrudja In the Roumanian peace
treaty dictated by Germany, Turkey
demanded the cession of that portio
of its northern territory that had pre
viously been given Bulgaria as a re
ward for entering the war on the side
I of the central powers.
LICENSE TO WED TOO OLD
Tacoma Physician Presents Medford
Document at Oregon City.
OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 10. (Spe
cial.) Dr. J. S. Davles, a Tacoma phy
sician, and Miss Ruth E. Her presented
marriage license dated in 1911 to
Justice of the Peace Sievers Monday,
I and asked him to perform the cere
mony. The license was granted in Med
lord to the couple In 1911 and had not
been used, although the doctor claimed
that elaborate announcements of the
I wedding were sent to all their friends.
The Judge looked askance at the cer
tificate and suggested that they get a
new license. The couple did not obtain
a new license In Oregon City, and as
I far as known the ceremony was not
performed here under the old license.
MCYIPAMC ci cc nourT
SEATTLE. Wash Sept. 10. (Spe- .'- wnnu . . I iiu Uiinr I
rial Returns at 11 o'clock from to
day's primary election Indicate that Laborers Rushing Across Border Are
Representative John F. Miller (Rep.) is
nominated by a large majority over Z.
B. Rawson in the First Congressional
District. J. M. Hawthorne (Dem.) was
unopposed. Representative Llndley H.
Hadley (Rep.) was unopposed for nom
ination in the Second Congressional
District.
An interesting feature of the primary
was the defeat of W. L. La Follette,
Representative in the Fourth District,
by Dr. J. W. Summers. La Follette's
war attitude had been attacked.
With a small registration, the vote ifQ Tf" LIDI fl CCCOIOM
cast today Is probably the lightest, rel- iivi-l vjiooiju
ative to population, ever cast In this
Scandinavians to Take Important
Step, Say German Papers.
Informed of Immunity.
EL PASO, Texas, Sept. 10. A rush
of Mexican laborers returning to Mex
ico for fear of being inducted into the
United States Army, caused Brigadier
General J. J. Hornbrook, District Com
mander here, to issue a proclamation
today assuring the Mexican nationals
that the act of registration Thursday
would not induct them into the Army.
(Concluded on Page 6, Column 1.)
iCeaciuded ea Fas 2, Column 1.1
BANK BURGLARS GASSED
Bottle of Formaldehyde Bursts When
Safe Is Blown Open.
KANKAKEE. 111., Sept 10. A small
bottle of formaldehyde accidentally
placed in the vault of the Farmers'
State Bank at Buckingham saved thou
sands of dollars early this morning,
when bandits attempted to reach the
safe within the vault.
When the robbers blew open the
door of the outer vault the force of
the explosion burst the bottle of for
maldehyde. The fumes which resulted
were so intense that the robbers were
unable to get to the safe.
3 LOST IN ALASKAN WILDS
Sailors From American Naval Craft
Found by Searchers.
SEWARD, Alaska. Sept 10. Lost in
the wilderness of the interior of Ke
nal peninsula, three seamen from an
American naval craft who went on a
hunting trip a week ago last Saturday
were found last night by William De
witt and Charles Einswiler, old resi
dents of the peninsula.
Three Government searching parties
have been looking for the men for the
past three days. The seamen were
none the worse for their experience.
They had lived chiefly on wild berries.
FIRST LIBERTY BOND SOLD
Frank L. Finney, of Leona, Has
Honor of Being Initial Subscriber.
THE EVOLUTION OF A PACIFIST.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Sept 10. (Spe
cial.) The first liberty bond of the
fourth issue was sold here today, the
purchaser being Frank L. Finney, of
Leona. He has entered into the spirit
of the Oregon campaign, "Let'er Be
All Over But the Shouting" at 9 o'clock
cn the opening day.
If all others who intend buying lib
erty bonds follow his example the com
mittee will have its labors greatly
lessened.
LONDON, Sept 10. Newspapers in
Germany, according to an Amsterdam
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company, commenting on the forth
coming annual conference at Copen
hagen of the kings of the Scandinavian
countries, say the monarchs may seize
the opportunity of taking steps of in
ternational importance.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 80
degrees; minimum, 54 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; gentle northwesterly winds.
War.
Huns build four defense lines. Page 1. -Allies
sain. Page 1.
United States soldiers show fine spirit
Page 5. ,
American vessel claims to have sunk U-boat.
Page 3.
British take 75,000 huns In month. Page 2.
Official casuJlty list. Page 4.
Many Slav officers are murdered by Bolshe
vik. Page 7,
Foreign.
Turkey massing troops on Bulgarian border.
Page 1.
Burian joins in enemy's peace offensive.
Page jL
National.
Men of 19 to 20 and 32 to 26 to be drafted
first. Page 7.
Dry legislation makes progress. Page 4.
Revenue bill criticised in Congress. Page 2.
McAdoo favors surtax change. Page 13.
Domestic.
Debs expected to testify today. Page 3. '
Snorts.
Vaughn shuts out Red Sox and Cubs take
their second game ot big series. Page 12.
Head of Y. M. C. A. war recreations will be
bere today. Page l'J.
One hundred and twenty-dollar horse wins
$10,000 stake. Page 12,
Pacific Northwest.
Washington wheat farmers patriotic Page 7.
Proposed presentation of film show in Eu
gene arouses opposition, .fa go x.
Representative W. L. La Follette defeated
for renomination in v asnington. Page 1.
Commercial ana Marine.
Oregon cereal crops harvested without dam
age from rain, .rage a.
Corn liquidation at Chicago due to railroad
embargo. Page xt.
Early losses In stock market largely regained.
Page 17.
Boilermakers to take up question of shorter
week today, rage i-i-
Portland and Vicinity.
Registration day tomorrow stirs patriotism.
Page l.
Multnomah Guardsmen revel for fund bene
fit. Page tt.
One-way traffic plan must wait till war Is
over. Page 11.
Officials confer on home-building plan.
Page 10.
Victory First day Is Portland plan for fourth
liberty loan, rage iu.
Three Shlmnaco Indians held In Multnomah
County Jail as draft evaders. Page 9.
Deputy shoots man on LJnnton road. Page ft.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 13.
GREAT EVENT IS TOMORROW
Modern Paul Revere to Sweep
Through City's Streets.
MAYOR MAKES APPEALS
Public Asked to Observe Occasion in
Fitting Manner; Employers Are
Urged to Give Men Plenty
of Time to Register.
Gabriel's celebrated trumpet scarcely
will outvie. In the clamorous Insist
ence of Its appeal, the patriotic noise
which is to inform Portland tomorrow
monning of the advent of selective
draft registration day for military
material between the ages of IS and
45. The sleepiest night rambler pos
itively will be stirred from his slum
ber as the call sounds through the
city.
Factory whistles, hoarse-toned and
insistent from much practice; sober,
coaxing church bells and blatant auto
horns and sirens will merge in that
cataract of noises that is to pour
copiously into the drowsy ears of the
city. For it is the purpose of Port
land to let it be known, beyond mis
take, that patriotic business is afoot.
and that those who are summoned bad
best be about it.
Mayor Issues Proclamation.
Mayor Baker has iBSued a publlo
proclamation to the citizens of Port
land requesting fitting observance of
the day and urging the public to co
operate in setting its significance
squarely before those concerned. The
Mayor's proclamation readB:
"Thursday, September 12, has been
designated by the Government as the
day for registration for military serv-'
ice of all men between the ages of 18
and 45, except those who have regis
tered previously. It therefore will be
one of the biggest days of the present
patriotic period and as such should be
fittingly observed in order that Port
land may continue to live up to the
previously established record for
whole-hearted patriotic service.
'The public is asked to display the
American flag everywhere. Factories
and plants and churches are asked to
blow whistles and ring bells for a
period of five minutes commencing at
A. M. Automobile drivers are asked
to blow their horns during the same
period. The public generally is asked
to participate in the mass meeting at
Liberty Temple at 8 P. M. tonight,
September 11."
To the Portland Ad Club had been
delegated the duty of sharing a por-
on of the publicity burden for regis
tration day, and the Ad Club appealed
the Oregon National Guard for
assistance iin carrying out its plans.
Thus It was that a committee was
appointed and that arrangements were
made for the modern Paul Reveres
ride which will sweep through the city
this morning.
The National guard has arranged
with many industrial plants to start
their whistles shouting at 7:05 A. M.
sharp, has pledged the fire companies
to roll out from their engine houses at
the same hour and thoroughly awaken
their districts, and has enlisted the en-
re Rose City Motorcycle club to race
squawking through suburban streets.
Guardsmen to Argue Public Also.
The real Paul Reveres of the occa
sion, however, will be the guardsmen
themselves, who will visit all parts of
Portland in 150 automobiles volun
teered by the Ad Club members, shout
ing in stentorian tones: "Hear ye!
Hear ye! Today is registration day!"
The Portland Railway. Light & Power
company has agreed to halt the cars
upon Its 80 city lines while guardsmen
pass through with their message.
Tonight a huge mass meeting has
been called by Mayor Baker to assemble
before Liberty Temple, at 8 o'clock,
when Bishop Sumner and Frank Branch
(Concluded on Paso 11, Column 1.)
EVERY WORD OF NEW SEA
SERIAL INTERESTING
Ralph D. Paine's gripping
story. "The Fighting Fleets,"
telling for the first time of Amer
ica's share in the naval war
against Germany, will appear In
' serial form In The Oregonian
starting Sunday, September 15.
T.' ....... . f thta ...-iinHf,. ati.v
by the world's greatest naval re- i
porter, by the' man who wrote I
the story f the battle of San- I
tiago Bay, is intensely interest- t
ing. t
i The account is not only a mas-
terpiece, but it is real news, be-
ing the first complete report, t
given first hand, too, from a mas-
ter writer who has for five t
months been continually with the i
Allied fleets. Moreover; the f
story has the sanction of the na-
val departments of the United I
States, Great Britain and France
and has not only been passed by J
the heads of these departments i
but highly complimented by them, f