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Newspaper Page Text84 Pages Section One Page 1 to 22 SIX SECTIONS VOL. XXXV XO. 29. PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY 3IQKXIXG, JULY 1G, 191G. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DRIVE IMPERILS 11 TREHCHES British Capture Delville Wood, Repulse Foe. BAPAUME NOW ENDANGERED Winning of Bazentine-Longue-ville Line Followed by t New Rush Onward. RUSSIANS, TOO, SWEEP ON Central Powers, Beset on All Sides, Thought in London to Be Weakening. tXl.VDOX, July 16. "Further import ant successes." on- the German second line have been gained by the British, according to the official communica tion issued at midnight. The British captured the whole of Delville Wood and repulsed a strong counter attack. LONDON. July 15. The British of fensive was resumed today. The War Office announced that at one point the Germane were forced back to their third line positions. More than 2000 prisoners were taken. Germanit Admit Lonei. BERLIN, via London. July 15. The continuation of the British attack on the German lines between Pozieres and Longueval resulted in the penetrating of the German lines and effecting a gain of territory, the War Office an nounced today. The British also have occupied Trones wood. The lighting Is continuing. LONDON. July IS. (Special.) Gen eral Haiis's troops, battering at the third German line in PIcardy, are forc ing a breach through which Bapaume can be won. Today's stubborn fighting won for the British High wood and Delville wood, north of the Bazentine-Longue-ville line, carried yesterday. Thus Pozieres and Martinpuich and through them Bapaume are seriously menaced. Germany's Great Reliance Gone. The Germans are offering the stiffest resistance, but they are no longer fighting in front of their second de fenses, the line on which they relied to stem the British advance. In this new drive. General Haig's men have now advanced more than four miles. The energy with which the offensive is going is indicated by the ground gained and in the number of prisoners. Within the last day 2000 w ere taken, bringing the total to 10.000. London has been stirred more by the second British assault than by any pre vious success. Even those in a high position, who were inclined at the be ginning to be somewhat pessimistic about the advance, have now given themselves up to the highest hope. Great Retreat In Prospect. Unofficially the statement is made that yesterday's fighting was the most intense of the whole war. It has re sulted not .merely in a British threat and a threat that grows hourly but menaces seriously Pozieres and Peronne. with the prospect of compelling the Germans to retreat precipitately. That Germany is now placed in the greatest jeopardy since the beginning of the war is the opinion of officers who hold the highest stations and are known for their coolness of decision. The ring of fire is being forged stronger daily. The tremendous pres 4 t'omlulei on Pax? . Column 2. a INCREASED LUMBER RATES DISAPPROVED NORTHWEST WINS BEFORE . . . COMMERCE COMMISSION. Grounds of Uniformity Offered by Railroad Companies Are De . dared Insufficient. WASHINGTON, July 15. Increases ranging from 1 to 8 cents a hundred pounds on ' lumber ' from, the Pacific Northwest to New Mexico. Oklahoma and Texas were disapproved by the Interstate Commerce Commission today on the ground that they were not justified on the ground of uniformity. The increased rates held- unreason able are those filed to become effec tive January 15. 1916, and suspended by the Commission. The increased rates proposed were the same as rates once in effect, -but the Commission holds that this fact alone does not justify the increase nor satisfy the requirements of the statutes. The Commission also cites the con tention of shippers that were these increases to become operative Cali fornia lumber and particularly Cali fornia shingles would be able largely to absorb the New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas markets to the exclusion of lumber products -from the Northwest. t PENNY HOLDS UP RIFLES Shipment to Club Delayed 10 Days by Lack of Revenue Stamp. ALBANT, Or., July 15. (Special.) Because a 1-cent revenue stamp waa missing from a shipping receipt, the Albany Civilians' Rifle Club will be delayed about 10 days in receiving its supply of rifles for target practice. President Stellmacher, of the club, re ceived word several days ago that 'the rifles would be-" shipped from the United States arsenal at Benicla, Cal. Word came yesterday that the ship ment could not be made until a 1-cent revenue stamp was sent for the ship ping receipt. The stamp was sent at once, and when it reaches Benicla the rifles will be shipped. I. W. W. THREATEN INVASION Army of 500 on Outskirts or Lin coln, Neb., Ready for Attack. LINCOLN. Neb.. July IS. If the Lin coln police do not drop their 'Russian ized" methods. T. J. Thome. I. W. W. leader of Kansas City, will "invade" the city with 600 followers, according to a letter received today by Chief of Police Antles from Thorn. "I am holding 600 men who will leave at a moment's notice for your Russianized' community," the letter reads. County and city police forces have been active in urging: the Indus trial Workers members to move on through the city. WOMAN SLEEPS 17 DAYS All Errorts by Doctors to End Peace ful Slumber Fail. DENVER. July 15. Mrs. Wess Har vey. 23 years of atre, who on June 28 suddenly lapsed into a deep slumber, still slept today without having re sponded to efforts of physicians to awaken her. Aside from breathing deeply, the woman appears to be nor mally healthy- Nourishment has been administered in liquid form. ITALIAN TREATY PROPOSED House Resolution Designed to Exempt cx-Subjects Krom Army. WASHINGTON". July 3 5. A resol u tion Introduced today by Representa tive James, of Michigan, would direct the Secretary of State to open negotia tions with Italy for a treaty to exempt ex-Italian subjects, who have become American citizens and their sons, from service in the Italian army and navy. It was referred to the foreign affairs committee. VACATION-EVE IMPRESSIONS OF AN OUTSTANDING EVENT IN THE ORPET --'MOra, Ul MIL Jury Is Out Five Hours Before Deciding. THREE BALLOTS ARE TAKEN One Votes for Conviction on First Two, Then Changes. STUDENT LEAVES FOR HOME Vouth Silent With Emotion After Verdict Read Mother Receives Knowledge as Though It Is Matter of Routine. W AUK EGA N, III., July IS. William Orpet, the University student charged with murdering Marion Lambert, a high school girl and his former sweet heart, was found not guilty tonight by a jury in Judge Donnelly'e court after five hours' deliberation. The Jury retired at 2:50 o'clock. At 6 o'clock its members were taken to dinner at a boarding house where they spent half an hour. One hour later came the flash that a verdict had been reached. Probably 50 persons were still waiting for it. Orpet, who had taken his evening meal, was sent for in his cell. Judge Don nelly, a cripple who had been seated In a chair on the courthouse lawn chat ting with the lawyers, made his way painfully upstairs on a crutch. Woman's Shriek Follows Word. The defendant as usual was seated between his mother and Mrs. Edwin Taylor, his landlady at Madison, when the Jury filed in. Only one sound broke the stillness with which for a few seconds the ver dict was received. It came from a woman about 50 years old, dressed in black, who had attended every session of the court. She made an inarticulate sound something between a sob and a shriek. She had never explained her interest in the case except to say that she was "a friend of humanity." Orpet was silent through excess of emotion. He was barely able to return the handclasps of his attorneys. He accepted, the hand of a reporter, but muttered a scarcely perceptible "please don't." Orpet Silently Shakes Hands. He made his way to the Jurors and shook their hands one by one, smiling wanly but saying nothing. Mrs. Orpet did not lose her self possession for a second. She received the verdict as If it were a mere matter of routine. She noted, that a photog rapher was trying to snap a picture of her son and herself and warned him. meanwhile shielding her own face with a newspaper. James H. Wilkerson. chief of coun sel for the defense, was unable to keep back the tears and they trickled from his eyes white he, with his associates, Ralph F". Potter and Leslie P. Hanna, were receiving congratulations. Mr. Wilkerson said that in his opin ion that Orpet had been more than de- clarMl nflt criillfv " "He was proved innocent," said Mr. Wilkerson. "He is going home with his mother now. Then he is going into the country for a much-needed rest after the nerve-racking experience brought on him by & remarkable, if not unprec edented series of circumstances. Then he will come, back home and make a man of himself." The defendant, his father and mother, his brother. Mrs. Taylor and intimate friends, made their way into the wit ness room, where their privacy was safeguarded by a bailiff. Half an hour later they emerged. "We'll go home now, William." said (Concluded on Page 2. Column 2.) INDEX OF TODAYS NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 63 degreei ; minimum. 5S deeree. TODAY'S Showers; winds mostly south erly. War. British penetrate third line of German trenches. Section 1, page 1. Italian-German pact declared violated by Kaiser. Section 1, page 4. British cavalry engage in first charge In history of western front warfare. Sec tion 1, page 4. Foreign. Professor Metchnf koff, famous bacteriologist. Is dead. Section 1, page 2. ' Mexico. Battery A win praise for neat appearance of men. Section 1, page 6. Troop A has .First fun Vita mounts. Sec tion l. page o. National. Oregon Senators decline chance to introduce naval base amendment. Section 1, page 3. Northwest wins fight against increased lum ber rates. Section 1. page 1. Political. Mra. Hughes to accompany husband on trip to Coast. Section 1, pace . Domeetlc. William Orpet acquitted of murdering Marion Lambert. Section l; page 1. St. Joseph prosecutor's wife assassinated. Section 1, page 2. Clpriano Castro prevented from landing In United States. Section 1, page 3. Sweltering heat takes many victims. Sec tion 1. page 5. John M. Parker. Progressive Vice-Presidential candidate, urges new convention. Section 3, page 1. Interstate travel of children to be regulated .to prevent spread of epidemic. Section I. pagt 5. 8 port. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 7. Oakland tt: Salt Lake 5-8. San Fran cisco 1-T; Vernon 2, Los Angeles1 1. Sec page 1. Cubs beat Dodgers, 5 to 4. Section 2, page 2. Johnny Coulon says Kllbane is too heavy. Section 2. pae 3. Speed demons to vie at Rose City park Speedway today. Section 2. page 4. Waverley calls off post-Western golf tour ney. Section 2. page 5. Fromme leads all in twirlens records. Sec tion 2. page 2. White Soa take both games from Phila delphia. Section 2, page 2. Do Resta wins ISO-mile auto race at Omaha. Section 2, page 3. Portland rowers win over Idaho ecullera. Section 2( page 2. Inter-city game today to be decisive. Sec tion 2, page 4. Pacific North wettt. Hood "iver to join Spokane Fruit Agency. Section 1. page 30. Marshfleld and North Bend to hold big fete August 24-26 at opening of os Bay road. Section 3, page t. Wasco County has record crops. Section 1. page 20. Enterprises worth f 3,000. 0O0 promised to Medford. Section 1. page 10. Mr. Evans at Chautauqua declares stool pigeons wilt be used despite court. Sec lion 1, page 8. Marhlehead docks at Astoria. Section 1, page 18. Two shot and one stabbed in strike riot at Seattle. Section 1, page 1. Commercial and Marine. Flour market strong and higher, nith broader demand. Section 1, page 21. Three-cent Jump In wheat at Chicago on black rust reports. Section 1, page 21. Financial markets bMnjr readjusted In an ticipation of pecne. Section 3, page 21. Columbia River ralmon pack delayed by high water. Section 3. page 21. Engineers await signing of bill by President Wilson. Section 2, page ft. Strike lends Oriental color to steamer Has aaio. Section 2. page 9. Portland and Vicinity. Medical examiner eliminates 11 in Battery A. Section 1, page 6. Dr. and Mrs. T. C Humphrey honored on wedding anniversary. Section 1, page 11. MLes Diana Erskfne accepts theatrical offer. Section 1, page 11. Women finish TOO kits for Oregon troops. Section 3. page 12. Buyers week is trade evolution. Section 1. page 12. Mazamai chooRe camp base for outing at Three Sisters. Section 1, page 12. Portland likely to get National roue experi ment station. Section 1, page 7. Boys Scouts receive IS.'.O at organization meeting. Section 1, page 37. Mo ies appeal to public against censor. Sec tion 3, page 19. Transportation Club excursion to Tillamook big success. Section 1, page 39. Evangelical eampmeeting opens at River view Grove tomorrow. Section 1. page 39. James Level held for fraud charged In con nection with non-payment of note. Sec tion 3, page 3 9. Mexicans pay tribute to gallantry of Lien tenant Adair. Section 1. page 18. Missionary declares American prestige dwin. dies in China. Section 1. page 20. Pacific Coast states raise barriers against paralysis epiaemic. section 1, page 1. M rs. San ford Whiting sues M ra. Mary .merges ior xou.-jm ror stealing her hus band's love. Section 1. page 20. Dr. Axford returns home and says he waa Kianapea. section l. page 20. Roberts Bros, gain by kindness to employes. Section 1, page 20. Rails WJII Go North. SEATTLE, July 15. The freight steamer Burlington will sail from Se attle July 25. with 3000 tons of rails and other steel for the Alaska Gov. ernment Railroad, to be delivered at St. Michael, near the mouth of the Yukon and thence conveyed up the Yukon and Tanana rivers to Nenana. FOUR STATES UNITE TO ESTOP EPIDEMIC Health Officers to Be Notified of Suspects. PRECAUTIONS TO BE STRICT Persons to Be Observed for Paralysis Symptoms. COAST ADOPTS RULES Sjieakers at Conference Point Out Tliuf Little Is Known of Dis ease and Extra Measures Should lie Required. PROTECTIVE MEASURES AGAI8T INFAXTILB PA RALYSIS AGREED I'POX BV PACIFIC COAST STATES. First The Surgeon-General of the United States Public Health Service to be requested to notify State Health Officer in each state or province of any person leaving an infected area destined for such state. Second Railway companies to . be requested to notify State Health Officer of any person holding a ticket from an Infected point. Third Railway companies to be requested to notify State Health Office of any sick person on any train entering the state. Fourth Sick persons to be treated according to public health regulations of the state or province into which they come. Fifth Suspected persons to be kept under observation for 20 days. Health officers of the four Pacific Coast States and British Columbia yes terday united to throw a uniform pro tection around the West, against the possible entrance of the epidemic of in fantlle paralysis, which is now raging In the East. The United States Public Health Service and the railroads serving the Pacific Coast pledged their co-opera tion to make the preventive measure effective. This is the first step that has been taken in America by so large a group of states to secure uniform and co-op erative methods of protecting the peo pie against the danger from this disease. Thus far in the East, protec tive measures have been confined to single states or to even smaller areas and the action of the Western health officers sets a pace for the rest of the country. Committee to Frame Rnlea Named. The meeting which was held here yesterday and which resulted In this sweeping and Important action, was called on the initiative of Dr. David N. Roberg. of the Oregon State Board of Health, and representatives of the health offices of California, Washing ton, Idaho, Montana and British Co lumbia, who came to Portland to par ticipate in the conference. The morning was devoted to a public meeting at which general discussion of the causes and methods of combating infantile paralysis was held. A com mittee was then appointed to meet and draw up a uniform sett of rules and regulations to which all of the states interested might subscribe. Members of the committee were: Dr. T. t. Tuttle. of the Washington Health ConMud.l on Page 5, Column 2.) NEWS, BY CARTOONIST-ADMIRAL NEW PROGRESSIVE CONVENTION URGED VICE-PIiESIDENTIALi NOMINEE WOCLD CARRY OX FIGHT. "Patriotic Men and Women- Called On to Nominate Sew Candi dates for Highest Offices. " NEW ORLEANS, July 13. A state ment and call to "the patriotic men and women of America," to hold a new National convention of the Progressive party in Chicago on August 5 and nom inate candidates for President and Vice-President and continue the party's existence as a distinct political organi zation, was issued tonight by John M. Parker. Vice-Presidential nominee of the Progressive convention held in Chicago last June. He urges the Pro gressives "eternally to bury" the "bull moose," which, he asserts, "led his loyal followers into the wilderness." and to adopt in its place the American eagle as the emblem of the party. Mr. Parker does not mention Colonel Roosevelt or any other Progressive leaders or any candidates by name. He declares, however, that the Progres sives had supposed its leaders to be "red-blooded Americans, who promised with their 'life blood' to stay with the party to the finish" but that the party had been deserted by a large part of its officers, who could not stand the acid test. He charges that the leaders, for "steam roller "reasons, have elected to be steam rolled." and that the time has come when every party working for human welfare and the future of America should unite against both dominant parties. In connection with the Republican party the statement in directly refers to Charles E. Hughes. Republican candidate for President, as "a splendid man" selected by the Re publicans "as the man behind which they hope again to secure control of state and nation." Mr. Parker declares he does not want office and declares his willingness to withdraw as the Progressive candidate for Vice-President and labor in the ranks and on the atump to prove his loyalty to Progressive principles. His Inclusion of women in the call is taken to mean that the party is to be un reservedly pledged for woman suffrage, and that the women voters in the suf frage states are invited to Join the Progressive party and work for its success in the coming election. BERLIN BEER-DRINKING HIT Templars Protest Against Barley Use Other Than ns Bread. AMSTERDAM, via London. July 15. A protest against the consumption of barley for the making of beer is made in a letter sent to Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg. signed by 80.000 membera of Good Templar Lodges in Germany. The letter points out the "gigantic waste of bread material," in the use of large quantities of barley for the production of beer. It urges that here after beer be only supplied on bread tickets. WILSONS OUT ON OCEAN Presidential Party Cruising Off Vir ginia Capes. OLD POINT COMFORT. Va., July 15. The naval yacht Mayflower, with the President. Mrs. Wilson and a party of relatives on a week-end trip from Washington, was cruising today outside the Virginia Capes. The Mayflower anchored late last night in Tagnier Sound, half way up the Chesapeake Bay, leaving early today. DUKE DE ROHAN KILLED French Nobleman Dies From Wound in Battle of Somme. PARIS. July 15. Duke de Rohan, member of the Chamber of Deputies frorn the Department of Morbihan, died yesterday in a hospital at the front from wounds received on the preceding day in the battle of the Somme. The Duke recently was promoted to be a Captain of Infantry. REYNOLDS. 2 SHOT, 1 STABBED IN STRIKE RIOTS Seattle Victims' Are Seriously Injured. ONE IS NEGRO STRIKEBREAKER Fight Breaks Out Near Heart of Up-Town Retail District. VOTE ON AT SAN FRANCISCO Employers Expected to Accept Pro po.sal of Strikers lo Return at Old Wages and Open-Sliup Conditions Tcniorarily. SEATTLE, July 15. Two men were shot and seriously wounded and a third, a -negro longshoreman strikebreaker, waa stabbed and severely beaten during a riot which started early tonight , at First avenue and Union street, near the heart of the uptown retail district. Bystander la Shot. The negro was set upon by a gang ' of strike sympathizers as he was leav ing the waterfront, and was chased to First avenue and Union street, where he was knocked down and kicked into. unconsciousness. Policemen who rushed to the scene pursued the negro's assail ants up First avenue toward the Pike riace public market. During the pursuit several nhot3 were fired. F. A. Webb, a butter and egg dealer at the market, was shot In the leg. and another Man, a union longshoreman, was also wounded. All of the wounded men. It was said at tbo City Hospital, will recover. . TACOMA. Wash.. Jnlv is rut,.. scenes have prevailed in the principal business streets of the cily for half an hour, with crowds of longshoremen. siriKers and sympathizers chasing negro strikebreakers from the Mil waukee dock, but as yet no one has been reported seriously hurt. A half dozen negroes have been assaulted. Many special officers are attempting to keep the big Saturday night crowds moving. SAN FRANCISCO, July 15. Negotia tions between employers and strikers in the longshoremen's strike here halt ed today pending the outcome of a se cret ballot by the memrcr of the rig gers and stevedores to decide whether they will accept the offer made yes terday by the Employers' Union to re turn to work Monday under open shop conditions and the ante-strike wage scale and negotiate a permanent com promise later. Acceptance Deemed Probable. An unofficial canvass of the voting strikers taken late today indicated that the proposition would be accepted. Although the compromise proposition being voted on was submitted to the local union' longshoremen officials, the employers refusing to deal with the Pacific Coast district officers who called the strike June 1. district officers advised the men to accept. Gordon Kelly, vice-president of. the Interna tional Longshoremens Association, and members of the Pacific Coast district executive board especially urged fa vorable action. The district officers previously turned down a much more favorable offer of compromise earlier in the strike before the Chamber of Commerce here opened Its million-dollar open-shop fight, which brought about pressure from local labor leaders to end the strike. Other Unions to Act. It was generally reported today that President J. J. Foley, of the Pacific Coast district of the longshoremen a. fOoncluod on Pace 6. Column 2.) "