4$tr VOL. LVIII. XO. 18,042. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. M HAIR IAKFS MflRF II1IIU II1IIUU IIIUIIL. liiiuons Progress of the War. British Troops Continue Successful Advance. m tha Associated Press.) m HUnSDAY mw both the British and X French armies in Picardy inaterl ally develoD their plans for the even tual enveloping of St. Quentln and CambraL The British made further tains around Gouxeaucourt and east of Epehy. while the French, striking; southeast of St. Quentln. brought the southern part of their nipper into a bet position for the squeeze against the town, which daily seemingly is growing nearer. EO BIG BUNS ARE CAPTURED More than 10.000 prisoners and in ex cess of CO large guns fell into the hands of the British during the big operation by Field Marshal Halg Wednesday northwest of St. Quentn. In addition, extremely heavy casualties were- in flicted on the Germans in the frontal attacks during violent counter attacks made by them In an endeavor to recoup their losses of ground. So badly was FfPnfh PrPPn HlnPr tfl Ollt-1 the enemy hammered during tbls fight- r ing that he did not attempt on Thurs. SKirtS 01 St. QUentin, and dr to rom hl trenches except griv listless battle on Uolstcd sectors 10 vno souiil ATTACKS OF FOE CRUSHED Germans Beat Vainly Against Franco-British Lines in Ef . fort to Stem Gains. Northeast of Sotssons the Germans are counter attacking vigorously against the allied forces holding strate- gla positions which are threatening the high ground along the Chemln des Dames, which the enemy hopes to save as a temporary haven of refuge In the event of a forced retirement from the west and the south. NotwlthstanC'ng the strength of the onslaught, the French everywhere repulsed the enemy. Likewise, south of the Aisne. in the region of Courland. the Germans en' deavored to beat back the French, but araln met with defeat, the French ar- LONDON, Sept. 19. The prisoners tillery cutting the attacking waves to taken by the British in the opera- pieces. il. yuenun now exceed iu.uuu, ac- ,onB,der.Dla mntual artlllerv shellinir. cording to Field Marshal riaigs re- but no Infantry engagements. A raid port tonight. More than 60 big guns I attempted - by the Germans against wre taken. I General Pershing a men northwest or Most of the fighting today was "t-A-aiou.,on cam, to naught. 1 r- k. J A IV I round oouzeaucoun. nu iu me In tha Macedonian theater the Bui East of Epehy. The text of the state- garians are still in full flight before the ment reads: I Serbians, who have recaptured numer "Fnrther renorts confirm the heaw ou towns, taken large numbers of nature of the counter attack which tXTZ we enemy delivered yesterday alter- the Teutonic allies, the enemy is dev noon north of Xrescauit and tnelastatlng the country he traverses, severity of the losses inflicted on his I leaving it a wilderness through the use divisions, including the Sixth Brand- OI lne lorcn "oexpiosives. In Gnrnntin Rn.xl. the Bnlanavlkl "Fighting has taken place today in and tne Germans for the moment seem the sector east of Epehy and also to have the upper hand over the Czecho in the neighborhood of Gouzeaucourt, Slovaks, who have been compelled to W w. era. nor! imnnH nm-th. f evacuate voisk. 5imDirsK ana Jtasan. o o I ri. ....... . ... . . tributed to a lack of ammunition and other supplies by the Cztcho-Sloraks. Gouche wood. Local Fighting He ported. "On the remainder of the battle front only local engagements are re ported. We captured a few nrison- . - - I . -,. . -. ... n . ers today in local fighting south of - . -ross.D.e FRANCE SENDS MESSAGE Auchy-Lez-La Bassee and improved our positions slightly west of Wyt Bchaete. Hostile raiding parties were repulsed east of Neuve Chapelle and north of the Ypres-Comines canal. Is Fetch's Appeal. NEW YORK. Sept. 19. President Jacob Gould Schurman. of Cornell Uni versity, who arrived here today after three months' tour of England and France, said he asked Premier Cle- "The prisoners taken by US in the I menceau for a message to the Amerl- Operationa begun yesterday northwest cmn Pple that the Premier re ef St. Quentin exceed 10,000. We also p"i: . . ' . . ... . , "We 'make war to the end to the captured over 60 guns. verv end of th. end . "Yesterday the enemy aircraft The next day President Schurman activity was slight. Four hostile met Marshal Foch and asked for a planes were. brought down and three similar message and the generalissimo others were driven down out of con- r'?i!e.!'.,. . , . . Cll lUV AU1CI 1 V-ll U C II U AS Ul M.11J troL Four of our machines are miss ing. Airplanes Do Good Work. "Our planes kept in touch with the advancing troops and assisted in the attack by bombing and with machine gun fire as well as by reporting many targets to the artillery. During the panic-stricken Boches Rush to Hol- 24 hours 16 tons of bombs were dropped.' men as possible and as quickly as pos sible, because the more men they send the sooner we will bring the war to an end. The American soldiers are fine soldiers. HUNS FLEE BOMBED CITIES land for Safety. PARIS, Sept. 19. The French, Amsterdam. Sept Allied air- continuing their attacks Southeast of men re da,ly Cologne. St. Quentin have reached the out ing or Injuring many persons, says the skirts of Benay, according to the War I Het Yolk! Office announcement tonight. I The newspaper says the number of In the Soissons sector numerous I casualties published in the German enemy counter attacks west of Jouy newspapers are much under the actual j i luit&i. x i m us in at iiiau x coiucu im vi I BRISBANE BREWERY INQUIRY ORDERED Senate After Facts of Beer Campaign. ' HUNS WOULD KILL EDUCATED SLAVS PliAX IS COMPLETELY TO STJB JUGATE PEOPLE. ENEMY INTERESTS INVOLVED Documents Naming Dernburg and Tauscher Produced. PAPER SCHEME DISCUSSED Alien Cnstodian Palmer Contributes Evidence That Causes Greatest Stir In Washington Since War Was Declared. BREWERS WHO BACKED BRIS BAVE IN PRO-BEER PROP AGANDA CAMPAIGN. Contributions to the fund from which advances were made were received from the following: George Eh ret, $50,000; F. Fel genspan. 125,000; Julius Lleb mann, 125,000; J. C. G. Hupfel. $7500; Jacob Ruppert, . $50,000; Joseph E. Ulhlern. $50,000; Ed ward Lansberg, $15,000; Reuter So Co., $15,000; A. J. Houghton Company, $10,000; William Hamm, $10,000; G. Pabst, $50,000; Fred Miller Brewing Company. $15,000; C. Schmidt & Son, $5000; F. A. Poth tc Son.' $15,000; Bergner & Engel, $10,000; U. S. Brewing As sociation, $30,000, and the U. S. Brewing Association, advertising, $25,000. WASHINGTON. Sept 19. The Fed eral Custodian of Allen Property, A. Mitchell Palmer, made public today the names of the 15 brewers who, with the United States Brewers' Association, raised a fund of $407,500, from which 3 75,000 was lent to Arthur Brisbane to buy the' Washington Times. ' Mr. Palmer acted immediately, after the Senate had passed a resolution in troduced by Senator Jones, of Washing ton, calling on the property custodian to show the proofs on which he made his speech in Harrlsburg. Pa., last Satur day describing the efforts of brewers to control a newspaper In pro-German interest, to exert their Influence upon Congress, and, finally, on which he harged that the brewing interests had advanced the money for the pur chase of a newspaper to "fight the battle of the liquor traffic under the shadow of the dome of the CapltoL" Official Washington Stirred Mr. Palmer's revelations of ' these documents shot a stir through Con gress and official Washington which (Concluded on Paso 3, Column 3.) Neutral Nations Are -Cnable to Pre vent Slaughter of Innocent Bourgeois Hostages. -' BY ARNO DOSCH-FLEUROT. (Staff " Correspondent New York World. Special Cable Dispatch. Copyright. Pub lished by Arrangement.) STOCKHOLM, Sept. 18. I hear from a most credible source that the reply made by Checheran. Bolshevik Foreign Minister, to the neutral nations, that the slaughter of bourgeois hostages by the Bolshevlkl Is no . concern of the neutrals, leaves them helpless to pre vent the further butchery of innocent people in Russia. The neutrals can only protest in the name of humanity, which they ' have already done. Now the Bolshevik gov ernment replies that it will brook no interference by neutral governments. While they have not yet been in formed officially of this reply, the neutrals were not unprepared for it, I learn here. Never having recognised the Bolshevlkl, the neutrals had no of ficial relations with them, so the neutrals cannot break relations if that were considered desirable. All that remains between the Rus sian bourgeois hostages and death is the chance that the Bolshevlkl will fall before any particular hostage is shot. It is certain that there will be thous ands more of these executions, for the Bolshevlkl feel now that their power is failing rapidly. It was reported where I was in Rus sia, when most of the hostages were arrested, that the Germans suggested their arrest as a. means to prevent a counter-revolution. But even Germany cannot now save those who have been arrested. ' Many Russians, victims of the host age warfare, assert that Germany planned to destroy all educated Rus sians so that the country would fall under the leadership of Germans. DESTROY NOTHING WEARABLE, IS PLEA Club Women Urged to Save Clothing. M'ADOO APPROVES EXPRESS RATE RISE GARRETS CONTAIN TREASURES ALBERT STRAUSS CHOSEN Veteran . Banker Succeeds Warburg on Federal Reserve Board. WASHINGTON. Sept. 19. Albert Strauss, of New York, was nominated by President Wilson today , to succeed Paul M. Warburg as a member of the Federal Reserve Board. Mr. Strauss, who is 64 years of age, is a veteran banker who has been as sociated in recent years , with various large enterprises. ' During the last year Mr. Strauss, has served on the war trade board as the Treasury spokesman, handling bank lng and foreign exchange problems. SEDITION WORKERS FINED Prince HopkinS and Associates Pay $35,5 06 for Actions. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Se?t 19. Prince Hopkins ar.d three' associates who re cently pleaded guilty here to charges of violation of the esplonare act to day paid fines aggregating $35,506. Hopkins paid $25,000. Rev. Floyd Pardin pall $5000. Rev. George H. Greenfield paid $5000 and Carl Broneer paid $500. It was charged the defend- nts had circulated seditious books. Discards of Other Days May Be Recalled. DAINTY GARB NOT DECRIED Beautiful Gowns Still Possible, De spite Need of Conservation. Army Needs Wool, but Silk Is Available. "Conserve all cloth; destroy nothing. Ransack the garrets for old clothes and make them serve a useful purpose." Such was the advice of Miss Helen Lee Davis, professor of household arts at Oregon Agricultural College, speak lng at the Unitarian Church yesterday afternoon before the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs. Her address was one of a number of interesting and practi cal discourses, several of which aimed at conservation. Fine Gowns Permissible. Miss Davis did not try to discourage the wearing of dainty and stylish gar ments, nor did she approve the sug kestlon that all women should don uni form and plain garb for the peslod of the war. Rather, she explained, old clothes could be made over, attractive and stylish to a degree, surprising to one who had never practiced this form of conservation. She added the pleas ing information to those who like beau tiful gowns that f ilk should be chosen rather than wool, when purchases are made. 'Wool is badly needed for our sol diers and will soon be off the market altogether," said Miss Davis. "There is a cotton shortage, too, and millions of yards are needed for bandages and for other war uses. Open your old trunks and chests; Burvey the contents of your closets, -and save all material poosfbhs. When it is absolutely past using, sell it to the rag man." Food Problem Discussed. Food conservation, which Miss Davis admitted should come even before the saving of cloth, was discussed by W. K. Newell, Food Administrator for Ore gon, speaking on the subject, "Our Food Problem." , There will be no change in the sugar regulations before next June, said Mr. Newell. "The present regula tions must be observed to the letter if we are to meet requirements." Mr. Newell also gave new emphasis to the needs of canning fruits and vegetables. It is Impossible, he said, to tell how much of these goods will be commandeered by the Government. The only safe way to be sure of a supply (Concluded on Page 3, Column 4.) OUR BOYS OVER THERE ARE LOYAL TO OREGON, ARE YOU? Cast res Is Captured. Holland for safety. The important town of Contescourt, I in the St. Quentin sector, is now en- PYR0MANIAC ADMITS GUILT tirely in the hands of the French, who also occupied Castres, farther to the I Woman Confesses Causing Fire in northeast. Which 63 Babies Lost Lives. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, Sept. 19, 2 P. M. (By the Associated Press.) Despite the MONTREAL. Sept. 19. The disastrous Grey Nunnery fire of February 14 last, in which 65 babies were burned to serious menace which the British deth. was purposely caused by a wom- established yesterday over the Hin- an orderly of the institution. Berths denburg line by their capture of I Courtmanche, who is said to have pe- iA. .nrilwt f Sf fWniin V- rioaicai auacas oi lire mania. " ci ..J... " nUMICU DDIRIPC UICITC ll'C in? on a large scale their costly umiiioii i iiiivvu iioiio u. o. counter attacks of last evening. Fighting still proceeded, particu larly on the extreme flanks of the battlefront, where the British were cleaning out strong points and straightening their line, but the ini tiative remained entirely with them. Germans in Bad Plight. That the situation created by the received today at the White House by British seizure of the long Hinden-1 Pr"dent wnson. burg outpost line and the dominating I heights in front of it could not re- NOTED PRELATE IS DYING main KtAtinnarv for lono Rpmwl a I Arcnoisnop jrcnuu, oi oi. nui xmo- i cese, Gradually Growing Weaker. Royal Guest Received by Wilson at I White House. WASHINGTON. Sept. 19. Prince Axel, of Denmark, commander of the Danish navy and head of a commis sion Invited to this country to study the American naval organization, was foregone conclusion. Whether the enemy would essay farther heavy counter attacks depended entirely on the badly drained resources at his command, for the next move un- ST. PAUL. Minn, Sept. 19. Arch bishop Jjhn Ireland, of the St. Paul I ilfAAAaA , . a Cman r.fhAlfn m.wk doubtedly belonged to tne Germans. I .k k. k.- m r . in.- i. - - ... i - o 1 Since they must push the British back I gradually becoming weaker. It was an- ..... . I T. J J ' r eg r 1 sy ... " I ii ill ft . r:MZ 1 . f i- :rm n ... 1 j i a i I Wm-tiM J Am . '?JI1 "SM-O " ' - " mts: A 7 -l II S - 0 A W -T 1 J f 11 i 1 ( 'i I III irfr- l i : U I ) Vs Va U -CSv Mi ii . v - . i jl ' rz ' . .i rv "v- i L"as-5i 5--l-. ZJTZ'lZHrZrl-J. V . I .-S I A 1 5!25S2. I I ' 'i Yfv- zf ZJZ&W X s- . I i I I ' 7. IJ -KW - fAJW, Ss'sS S X IT 1 tfA SSr. Xsf I t IT . - ar s-m w T I A I ' 1 1 1 tm M i. 1 COM5IERCE COMMISSION TAKE FINAL ACTION. TO Proposed Increase Declared to Be Necessary to Provide for Wage Advance. ' WASHINGTON, S(?pt. 19. Director General McAdoo today approved the application of the American Railway Express Company for further rate in creases estimated to yield $23,670,000 and has sent the proposal to the Inter state Commerce Commission for final action. The commission announced today that public hearings on the- matter would begin Tuesday, October 8. The amount realized by the recent advance In rates, approximately 110, 000,000. has been absorbed entirely, Mr. McAdoo wrote the commission, in mak ing wage advances to express em ployes The Director-General said he was ratisfied there must be a further in crease in wages and that some $12. 000,000 of additional revenue would be needed for that purpose. OREGON S DOLLARS TO BACK ITS BOYS Double Amount Needed In Present Loan. 62 FRENCH GIRLS ARRIVE Young Women Will Attend College In United States. NEW YORK. Sept. 19. Sixty-two French girls, advance guard of 130 who have been awarded scholarships In American colleges as part of a move ment to strengthen the ties of Franco- American relationship, arrived here to. day. They were chaperoned by Mrs. Stockmiller, of Denver, and Dean Mary L. Denton, of Carlton College, Minn. The collegians will be matriculated in colleges in various sections of the country. Among the colleges to which the stu dents will go are Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash.; Baker University, Kan.; Washburn College, Kan.; Mills College, Cal., and Pomona College, Claremont, Cal. AIRPLANE WOOD PLENTIFUL Cutting 'of Pine Stock for Fliers to Be Discontinued. SPOKANE, Wash., Sept 19. (Spe cial.) So heavy has been the produc tion of spruce on the Pacific Coast that it has been decided to discontinue cut ting-pine stock for-airplanes, accord Ing to Kenneth Robs, representing the Aircraft Board, who arrived from the East today. He says the airplane fac tories are well supplied with lumber. "Loggers will be given until October to deliver to the sawmills logs al ready cut," said Mr. Ross. This will be welcome news to the loggers, as pine suitable for aircraft is exceedingly hard to get and the work naturally disarranges other logging operations. MONEY DEADLIEST MUNITION Banks Ask That Pledges Be Made Through Solicitors. DRIVE TO RENEW VIGOR Solicitors Being Sent Back to Cover Territory Where Pledges Are In sufficient; New and More De termined Tactics Discussed. LIBERTY LOAN COLONELS CALLED TO MORNING CONFERENCE. Instructions are hereby issued for all colonels of the Portland campaign divisions to meet at Liberty Temple this morning at 8:30 sharp to participate in an important conference regarding the success of the local drive. Portland confronts an issue that must be resolutely faced by both public and field forces. It has taken up a task in which it must not fail. To ' the present the progress of the fourth cam paign has merely been moderate ly successful. It must receive new Impetus. It must go for ward, regardless of all obstacles, to complete victory. There should be but one pur pose and one slogan "Work!" By order of GUY W. TALBOT, General In Command. "YELLOW DEMON" IN CROOK Great Patriotic Parade Precedes Afternoon Meeting at Redmond. PRINEVILLE, Or.. Sept.. 19. (Spe cial.) Practically the entire popula tion of Prineville turned out tonight to hear the liberty loan speakers, who ar rived here this afternoon aboard the Yellow Demon." At Redmond, where meeting was held this afternoon, the stores and schools closed and the speak ing was preceded by a parade. Be sides addresses there were 'musical umbers and patriotic features. Judge Stevenson, of Portland, de Back of every boy with a bayonet or a' bomb are tha dollars pf. the folks at home. Wriggle and twist as much as we may, the faet pins us down that dollars are the deadliest munitions of all in the game of "getting" the Hun. Two silver dollars of the fourth lib erty loan must stand where there was but one in the third drive. The need for fighting funds is intensified. Every subscriber whose patriotism is acid-proof, and who can rake up the ringing coins, is in duty bound to double his previous pledge to the fight for freedom. Hard Work Necessary. Faced with quotas approximately twice as large as those of the third loan, Portland and Oregon have no laxy lane to travel If the fourth loan rum bles In a winner on the morning of September 28. The problem Is essen tially the public's problem. It must answer the sum in terms of golden patriotism.- It may not turn the volun teer solicitor away with empty prom ises and lax excuses. "Work!" is the symbol before the people of Oregon and the liberty loan crusaders. Throughout Oregon and In Portland the fourth drive is making progress. Numerous lnsplrlngly successful re ports have come from individual Indus tries, towns and counties. But state- 1lv. !, -l. - l J 1 . . . , . . 1 1 unci BuuicaB ii r i e tuniEni I . ... . . , . 9 . . . , , wiuc u..to- U 11 LI -II tJ OULtoa w. a w. - nm.u iuiu jl iiia luim.uiBie nCCQ Oi IUnO.8 I with 0vhlch to prosecute the war against I the Huns. I NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 80 degree..; minimum 60 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and continued irm:tm.th. westerly winds. War. Huns would atibjugate Russia by kllllnr all educated Slavs. Page 1. British capture more than 10.000. Hum use Bolshevlkl In conspiracy to dis rupt Roumanla. Paae 2. Allies pursue Bulgara. Pace 2. Colonel Replnrton saya infantry yet moat j potent In war. Page, 3. Ralph D. Paine tells how Hun U-boat met i Turks take Baku. Page 5. Official casualty list. Page 5. Foreign. Czarina and two daughters reported burned to death. Page 3. Hlndenburg talks peace. Page 4. National. McAdoo Indorses proposed Increase of ex press ra.es. .rafts x. House to adopt 'war revenue bill today Page 4. Draft treaties with France and Greece rati- ilea, .rage t. Domestle. be lnveatl- easa. Brisbane beer propaganda to gated. Page 1. V Ten arrested In new Army graft fage . Arrests made In new Army graft ease. Page 0. American mothers pledge loyal support of war. fago i. Sports. Eight school! to compete In league. Page 14. Boxers eager for sound of gong. Page 14. Commercial and Marine. I Government butter requisition order does not apply to facme loc .rage lu. Corn higher at Chicago on frost predic tions. Page IB. Shipping shares atrong feature of Wall. street market, rage lu. Wage rise sought by Grainhandlers Union. Page 15. ' Portland and Vicinity. Save all clothing. Is plea addressed to Fed eration of women a uiuoa. rage 1. Oregon's dollars will back boys In France. Page l. Erection of all non-essential buildings to be topped. Page 1!0. Interstate Commerce Commission member holds hearing In -.B per cent freight-rate Increase. Page 15. Mrs. Eva Ballia Douglaa home from Persia. land are not to be based upon Isolated Instances of genuine generosity. Seme Are Apathetic. Oficlals of the Portland campaign de clare that the volume of subscriptions is not what it was in the third drive. Solicitors are being sent back to cover territory already visited, because the first pledges are not sufficient There are black spots of apathy here and there. There is a weak belief that all is well, anyhow. Before the city forces stretches the hardest fight that the city ever undertook. Still resolute that it shall be won in record time, city officers of the fourth loan held a conference yesterday morn ing at Liberty Temple, discussing new snd more determined tactics for the prosecution of the Portland drive. Present at the conference were Ed ward Cooklngham, state evecutlve chairman; Emery Olmstead, city chair man: Guv W. Talbot, general com manding the city forces; Liuetenant General Cranston, divisional command er, and Major John Daly, representing Lleutenant-General Julius L. Meier, di visional commander. Banks Iasoe Statement. In. addition to the statement that success will come only when workers and public fully realize the magnitude of their task, and when subscriptions practically are doubled, the conference directed attention to the desire of Port land and Multnomah County banks that all subscriptions, whenever possible, be made through the official solicitors. Every liberty loan worker in the city and county is an authorized representa tive of all Multnomah County banks. Initial payments on pledges should be made in cash or check payable to the bank where bonds are to be delivered. Though subscriptions are being taken at all banks, and will continue to be taken, the banks and liberty loan of ficials prefer that subscriptions be given to solicitors, as this method greatly facilitates the campaign and systematizes the general work. Official Buttons Scarce. There Is a shortage of official but tons of the fourth liberty loan. For the present the pledge pennants will be la- ' j bounced at his home here tonight. Page 13. i eat her report, data and forecast. Page 19. tCoacluded on Paie 3, Column 3- tConcluded on Page 8, Column 1.) Byi 101.2J