The Sunday Oregonian., July 29, 1917, Section One, Image 1

Section One
Pages 1 to 18
72 Pages
Six Sections
VOI,. XXXVI.-NO. 30.
rOHTLAXD, OKEGOX, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 69, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
'DRY' SECTIONS OF
FOOD BILL SETTLED
Importation of Distilled
Liquors Barred.
TWO POINTS ARE UNDECIDED
Consideration of Measure
Continued Until Today.
Is
WHEAT MINIMUM IS KEPT
Guarantee of $2 a Bushel Will Ap
ply to 1918 Crop -if President
l'inds It Accessary to Stlinu
t, late Production of Grain.
WASHINGTON, July 2S. Senate and
House conferees on the Administration
food control bill today smoothed out
their differences on a prohibition pro
vision, agreed to the section fixing a
2 minimum per bushel for wheat and
met again late tonight to consider the
two big points left in dispute: the ques
tion of whether food control shall be
exercised by one man or a board of
three, and the Senate section creating
a joint Congressional committee on the
conduct of the war.
Adjournment was taken without an
agreement 'being reached. They will
meet again tomorrow.
The prohibition provision approved
provides that SO days after the bill be
comes law no person shall use any
foods, fruits, food materials or feeds in
the production of any distilled spirits
for beverage purposes, with a separate
stipulation that the prohibition shall
not apply to the fortification of sweet
wines. Importation of distilled spirits
Is prohibited in a new section.
Liquors nay Be Commandeered.
The House conferees receded in their
opposition to- the liquor commandeer
ing amendment, which was adopted
substantially as written by the Senate
except to include whisky in stock as
well as in bond. This authorizes and
directs the President to commandeer
any or all such distilled spirits for re
distillation where it may bo necessary
for munitions and other military or
hospital supplies. The spirits com
mandeered would be paid for by the
Governmen.t
It was understood at the Capitol that
the President has no present purpose
of resorting to the commandeering
authority. The President is given dis
cretion to stop either the manufacture
r importation of beer and wines.
;uarnny Delayed ITntll 10 IS.
There was little opposition to the
Senate's $2 wheat guarantee - amend
nient, but it was changed so as to make
it apply to next year's crop instead of
this year's.
The section authorizes the President
xvhen he finds that an emergency ex
ists. requiring stimulation of wheat
production, and that it is essential for
wheat producers to have the benefits
of a guaranty, to require the food ad
ministration to determine and fix i
reasonable guaranteed price to assure
the producers a reasonable profit, not
less than J2 per bushel, at the principal
interior primary markets. It also pro
vides for additional customs duties on
wheat, when necessary, to bring th
prices of the imported article up to the
guaranty.
Fnel Prices Mjiy Be Regulated.
The $10,000,000 appropriation for
nitrate stocks in a Senate amendment.
as agreed to, authorizes the Presiden
to procure necessary stocks of nitrate
of soda for increasing agricultural pro
duction during 1918 and dispose of
them at cost.
I he conference already had agree
to Senate amendments aimed to stop
Gove:.iment advisory agents from hav
ing pecuniary interis- In war contracts
and to authorize the President, if it
should become ..ecessary for the Na
tional defense, to fix coal and coke
prices.
HAY JUMPS WITH HEAT
Pendleton Quotations Read $14 in
Stack and $15 and $16 a Ton.
PENDLETON, Or.. July 28. (Spe
cial.) Hay today was quoted here at
$14 In the stack and $15 and $16 a ton
f. o. b. Hermlston. The rise in price Is
due to the extreme hot weather, which
has been so prolonged as to cause ap
prehension among the stockmen of the
section.
The Camas Prairie district, a large
stockgrowing community of the county,
never has experienced such a drought
in 35 years, and all the stock in the
district will have to be driven here to
be fed during the Winter because of
the failure of the hay crop. Stockmen
expect the range to dry early.
"AMEXES" IS TITLE CHOSEN
American Troops In France Follow
Plan of Australians in Name.
PARIS, July 28. The American
troops in France have chosen their own
sobriquet, according to the Matin to
day, adopting the name "Amexes." This
was formed by piecing together the
first two letters of the words, "Amer
i-.an Expedition" in a manner similar
to that adopted in forming the word,
Ansae." by which the Australian and
New Zealand troops in the British
forces are known.
MEN" ALSO REPAIR' DAMAGED
STOCKADE BEFORE BEING FED.
'.'
Interned Agitators - Then Dissolve
Tlieir Prison" Organization- and
It's Every Man for Himself. .
MOSCOW. Idaho, July 28. (Special.)
Every I. "W. "W. fn the internment
camp here, 42 in number. Joined in a
hunger strike today. They demanded
better meals and better living condi
tions. When refused they went on a
unger strike.
They refused to- eat their breakfast
nd later in the day- tore down a
portion of the prison fence.
Sergeant W. H. . Adendroth. of the
United States Army, commandant of
the camp, reports that on the bill-of-
fare for today these men had bread.
potatoes, coffee, sugar, rice. eggs, milk
and fresh beef.
They held out until the middle of the
fternoon and then ran up the white
flag.
They were informed by Sergeant
Adendroth then that they would get
nothing to eat until they had repaired
the fence torn down.
After grumbling for a time longer,
they finally repaired the fence and re
ceived the regular allotment of food
which they are required to cook and
repare themselves. .
Of the 42 men, 28 are from Latah
County and 14 from Clearwater.
They have announced that their or
ganization in the prison is broken up
and that now it is every man for him
self.
AIR RAID ALARMS PARIS
Firemen Early Today Give Warning
on Sirens and Bugles..,
PARIS, July 29. Soon after midnight
this morning firemen thronged the
streets sounding an alarm on sirens
and bugles indicating another air raid.
French airplanes had been humming in
the air since sundown and many more
quickly appeared, flash-lighting signals
to one another.
As this warning was sounded an hour
later than on the previous night, there
were only a few people in the streets.
No details of the raid were obtainable
at 1 o'clock.
Bugles sounded at 1:15 o'clock an
nounced the air raid was over. One
German aviator passed over a hospital
near the front, descending very low,
close enough to distinguish the Red
Cross painted on the roof. Four bombs
were dropped, alj. reaching their mark.
One doctor, a chemist and a male nurse
were killed immediately and a second
doctor died soon after from injuries.
A third doctor and an administration
officer and several patients were seri
ously injured.
CAVALRY CAPTURES U-BOAT
Stranded Craft Surrounded and
Members of Crew Captured.
PARIS, July 28. The German sub
marine that ran ashore on the French
coast west of Calais on Thursday was
not destroyed when its crew set fire to
the gasoline tank, but was captured by
troop of -Belgian cavalry, recalling
the exploit of the French Hussars, who
in 1794 captured an ice-bound Dutch
fleet, according to a dispatch from
Calais today.
The stranded submarine was first
sighted by a customs officer. He called
upon some Belgian horsemen who were
exercising nearby to come to his help.
They rode down the beach, surrounded
the U-boat and made prisoners of the
PERSHING TO VISIT CAMP
Commander to Inspect Permanent
Station of Troops for First Time.
PARIS, July 28. Major-General
Pershing, commander of the American
forces in France, will leave Paris by
automobile early next week for his first
visit to the permanent American train
ing camp since the troops arrived in
France. He will spend two days at the
camp.
The first day he will visit Major-Gen-
eral Slbert's quarters and on the second
day will make a detailed inspection of
the various units. . General Pershing
previously has visited the French and
British fronts.
CHINESE OUTLOOK
DARK
Break Seems Inevitable
Between
North and South.
LONDON. July 28. The outlook in
China is very serious and a complete
rupture between the north and south
seems Inevitable, according to a dis
patch from Shanghai to the Times.
Dr. Sun Yat Sen, who recently was
reported to be leading the rebels near
Swatow. has gone to Canton to organize
a league of the southern and south
western provinces. Proclamations re
fusing to recognize the government at
Perkin have been issued in Kwang
Tung, a southeastern province.
GENERALLY FAIR FORECAST
Local Showers Expected to Keep
Temperature Near Average.
WASHINGTON, July 28. Weather
predictions for the .week beginning
Sunday, issued by the Weather Bureau
today, follow:
"Pacific States Generally fair, ex
cept for occasional local showers in the
North Pacific States. Temperature near
or below the seasonal average."
IU Ntll-UL blAlt
Vigorous Offensive Is
Near Death.
QUICK PEACE IS TEUTON HOPE
Entry of United States Year's
Vital Factor.
FUTURE LOOMS BRIGHTLY
Fortune Has Favored Entente Allies
Consistently Since. Turning Point,
"When Smashing Drives by Kai
ser's Hosts Were Stopped.
LONDON, July 28. America's en
trance into the war is the most im
portant development of the third year
of the great conflict, in the opinion of
MaJor-GeneraL Frederick .L. Maurice,
chief director of military operations at
the British vv ar Office, as expressed
In an interview in which he summed
up the situation.
General Maurice said that today Ger
many, whose whole military gospel was
to prosecute a vigorous offensive. Is
reduced to " a pitiful state of military
helplessness in which she is barely
able to hang on" in the hope that her
submarines will force the people of
the entente powers to demand peace
while Germany has the "big pawns"
with which to make a bargain.
French, in Need of Support.
"Speaking from the military point of
view," said Major-Ueneral Maurice,
the greatest event of the third year
of the war is the fact that America
Joined us.- Up to the present, France
and Russia always have been able to
say to their people that when Eng
land's full weight was in the field
the pressure on French and Russians
would be somewhat loosened. That
still is true, but only to a limited ex
tent, liven England is getting near
the point where she must say that she
cannot extend her work much farther
in France. Meanwhile the strain in
the continental countries is becoming
greater and the French are In real
need of more and more support.
"Of course, the same is true, and
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 1.
RUSSIAN LEADER WHO IS STRIVING HEROICALLY TO
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1 KERE SK Y
2 U. S. HOSPITALS
SET UP NEAR FRONT
CNITS ESTABLISHED IX AMERI
' CAN" BATTLE ZONE.-
French. Institutions Are Taken Over
by -Organizations ". Including
Well-Known Surgeons.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP IN
FRANCE, July 28. Two American base
hospital units, organized under the di
rection of the Red Cross, but taken
over by the United. States Army, have
Just arrived In the - American Army
zone in France and are established
some 20 miles apart.
Both units have taken over French
hospitals, where, however, there are
few patients. The work will soon be
organized of caring ' for the American
sick and wounded sent back from the
advanced field hospitals and the cas
ualty clearing stations.
The first of the units to reach France
was Base Hospital No. 18, organized
at Johns Hopkins University, Balti
more. ' This was quickly followed by
Base Hospital No. IS, from Roosevelt
Hospital, New York, the latter being
organized and equipped largely through
the interest of Clarence Mackay.
Each of these organizations is capa
ble of caring for 1000 to 1500 patients.
They have brought over largo supplies.
but one of the great problems they
will have to meet is that of keeping
warm . this Winter, for a serious coal
shortage is threatened.
The Roosevelt hospital unit -now is
established in a number of Summer
hotels, which are not provided with
heating facilities for Winter, but plans
are already under way to Install stoves
or, if possible, set up a steam-heating
apparatus. The Johns Hopkins unit is
temporarily housed in a French base
hospital, but may later take up its
quarters in a barracks, which is easier
to heat. v
The units include some well-known
American surgeons and physicians, who.
while awaiting American patients,
probably will visit most of the French
hospitals in this zone. America's medi
cal aid now is very great at the battle
front, considering that six great Brit
ish hospitals were taken over in June.
"EXEMPT" BUTTONS SENT
All Rejected Men Entitled to Wear
Bronze Emblem.
WASHINGTON, July 28. The little
bronze buttons that -will be worn by
those exempted from service in the new
Natio.ial Army were being sent out to
the local boards today. Every man re
jected will get one.
On the button there appears the
word "exempt" above the National coat
of arms, and beneath are the . words
"Un'ted States."
AT LEFT) ADDRESSING TROOPS
- - - jr h lory
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STREETCAR STRIKE.
TO BE- ARBITRATED
Company Yields to
Men's Demands.
UNION AFFILIATION INCLUDED
Peace Sought - for Duration
of War.
NOTED MEN ARE SELECTED
Judze Bean, of Portland. Among
Those Named by President Leon
ard From Whom " Board of
Four Would Be Chosen.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 28. An offer
to submit to arbitration all differences
between the Puget Sound Traction,
Eight & Power Company and their em
ployes, including the question of affil
iation with the national organization,
was announced tonight, by A. W. Leon
ard, president of the company. The of
fer will be submitted to the strikers in
the morning.
The company further proposes that
the board of arbitration shall consist
of four persons, to be selected by the
strikers from the following list:
Robert S. Bean. United States District
Judge. Portland; .Wallace G. Collins,
Seattle; H. C. Henry, Seattle: John T.
Heffernan. Seattle, Bishop Frederick
W. Keator, Tacoma; Judge Kenneth
Mcintosh, Seattle; Rev. M. A. Matthews,
Seattle; Clarke Nettleton, Seattle;
Bishop Edward J. O'Dea. Seattle; Frank
H. Rudkin, Untied States District Judge.
Spokane, and Dr. Henry Suzzalo, Seat
tle. Peace for War Period Aim.
Mr. Leonard's statement, containing
the offer, declares "failing to mutually
adjust' existing differences, and realiz
ing the :public interest, your interest
and that of the company, during the ex
istence otthe4)r ar, demand that this last
effort be made to settle all controver
sies between us." the company la moved
to make, the proposal.
He closes with the suggestion that
the awards of the arbitration board
should be binding upon the company
and Its employes "until a period of three
tConcluded on Page 7. Column 1.)
SAVE HIS COUNTRY.
IN FIELD.
, Photo, from Underwood.
DRAFT ERROR TOLD
AFTER ENLISTMENT
BAKER MAX SEEKS TO BEAT
FATE THAT WASN'T HIS.
Revision of Conscription Reports
Shows Glen Ward Far Re
moved From Call.
BAKER. Or.. July 28 (Special.)
Beating the Army draft. Glen H. Ward,
of Hereford, enlisted in the United
States Railway Engineers' Corps, only
to find that he was not drafted.
The press dispatches gave Ward's
number, 1183, as among the first to be
called, so the youth hastened to Baker
and enlisted. Official reports received
today show, that the number should
be 1813, which Is three more than the
highest In the county, while Ward's
number is far from the first hundred
that are expected to be caught in this
county by the draft.
The official draft shows that Edwin
Emery is the first on the list, instead
of forty-ninth; that Paul D. Parrish is
forty-sixth, instead of eighty-ninth,
and that Ezekiel Calhoun, of Whitney,
is not among the first hundred, as orig
inally reported.
COWS DIE FROM POISON
Cremation of Head Animals Pre
vents Investigation of Cause.
GRESHAM. Or.. July 2S. (Special.)
Several dairy cows belonging to farm
ers in this district have died recently
from the effects of some poison. In
each case, however. County Agricul
turist Hall found the dead animal had
been cremated and it has not been pos
sible to learn the cause of death.
About 25 cows have died on farms
near Cherryville. one farmer havlns
lost six. E. E. Welling, at Anderson
station, on the Cazadero electric, lost
three cows.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY" 8 Maximum temperature, 69
dffcrees: minimum. ZM degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; Moderate westerly winds.
War.
British expert, reviewing third year of war.
says Uermany is barely ablo to banc on.
Section 1. page 1.
Russian provisional govArnCTient ' bars travel
across frontier. Section 1. page 3.
Russian "Legion of Death" meet armed
Germsn women. Section 1. page 2.
Great Britain has fighting force of 7,000,-
0O0 men: Section 1, page 3.
French beat off series of German attacks.-
Sectlon 1. page S.
Two United States hospital units established
in American battle zone. Section 1.
page 1.
Russians being driven from Galicia, says.
Berlin. Section 1. page 2.
National.
Oregon Senators differ on details of food
bill. Section 1. . Page 4.
Conferees on food control bill agree on pro
hibition sections. Section J. page 1.
Gravity of duties Is impressed on members
of exemption boards. Section J. page 3.
Military secret not revealed by Associated
Press. Section 1. page 4.
Senate will raise additional revenues from
Incomes. Section 1, page o.
Government's war purchasing system is re
organized. Section 1. page 0.
Jometir.
Charlie Chaplin announces willingness to
answer call to colors. Section 1. page 4.
Five die in Wisconsin-Minnesota heat wave.
Section 1. page S.
Hoover predicts victory on will of America
to conserve food. Section 1. page 0.
Switchmen on 10 "railways strike at Chl-
cugo. Section 1. page 7.
Sports.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland B-4.
l.os Angeles tl-o ; San Francisco o. Oak
land 2. Suction -. page 1.
Patriotic golf tourney programme Is an
nounced. Section page 1.
Mrs. Constance Meyer training hard for Cali
fornia swimming meets. Section 2. page 2.
Gritty players big aid to Chicago White
Sox. Section 2, page 2.
Vote against rescinding eligibility ruling hits
O. A. C Section page J.
Women are being taught to shoot. Section
L, page -.
Catlin Wolfard wins singles event In pa
trlotic tournament. Section 2, page 3.
Chances abound for championships at traps.
Section 2. page 3.
Claim of K.ld Lewis to be welterweight
ninn .if wnrlll ) flllPlllnn.ri. SC
I tion 2. page 4.
Denny benefit fund Is growing. Section 2.
page 4.
Ty Cobb keeps In lead in batting. Section
:, page 4.
- Ikarific Northwest.
Striking Seattle streetcar men reject settle
ment basis proposed Dy company. sec
tion 1. page 1.
Washington lumber mill owners determined
to redtst strikers demands. section 1.
page 7.
Edwin T. Hatch, of Vancouver, tells of
rtverboats before days of railroads. Sec
tion 2. page 14.
Enlisting to escape draft. Baker man finds
his name wasn't drawn. Section X,
page 1.
I. W. W. In Idaho stockade go on hunger
strike until they become hungry. Sec
tion 1. page 1.
War Department wants promising technical
students to continue studies, says Com -mlbsioner
of Education. Section 1.
page !.
Commercial and Marine.
Grain men less pessimistic over crop out
look In Northwest. Section 2, page 13.
Switchman's strike at Chicago causes ad
vances in cereal prices. Section 2,
page l.'l.
Advance In war stocks due to covering by
shorts. Section 2. page 1,.
Snake River survey ordered for canalization
project. Section 2. page 14.
Change In Shipping Hoard pleases Pacific
Coast builders. Section 2. page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Dancing carnival for benefit of Women's
Auxiliary of Army and rsavy to be given.
Section J, page In.
Portland's new police chief returns from
trip. Section 1. page lO.
Fuel shortage faced by city. Section .
page 11.
New auto law to become effective Wednes
day. Section 1, page 12.
Kids and grown-ups frolic at opening of
Columbia Beach. Section . page 12.
Star witnesses in tong murder Jailed for
store keeping. Section 1. page 12.
Draft data covering exemption claims given.
Section 1. page !.
River trip planned for visiting buyers. Sec
tion 1. page 1.1.
Five Titian paintings brought to Portland.
Section 1. page 1.1.
Oregon Coast Artillery Is mobilizing today.
Section 1. page lf.
Credit for "Oregon First" given to Adjutant-
General White. Section 1, page 16.
Civic center to be built for Belgian colonists.
Section 1. page li.
O.-W. R. N. Employes' Club picnic at
tended by iJono. Section 1, page 17.
Granges hold merry field day at Gresham.
Section 2. page u.
Weather report, data and forecast. Section
2, page 14.
GRAVITY OF TASK IS
TOLD DRAFT BOARDS
Men's Lives in Balance,
Says Gen. Crowder.
NATION'S iNTEREST PRIMARY
Question for Decision Is Right
of Individual to Exemption.
CRITICISM NOT UNLIKELY
For Every Discharge for Conven
ience or to jKscapo Personal Loss,
Someone Else Must Incur
Danger, Says Statement.
WASHINGTON, July 28. The gravity
of the task which faces members of
local draft exemption boards is called
to their attention in solemn language
In a communication sent broadcast by
the War Department and made public
tonight by Provost Marshal-General
Crowder.
"The selected man offers his life,"
says General Crowder. "It will"
strengthen you to remember that for
every exemption or discharge that i3
made for individual convenience, or
escape personal loss of money or prop
erty, or for favor or affection, some
other man whose time would not other
wise have come, must incur the risk
of losing his life."
Nation's Interest First.
The boards are told that they are not
courts to adjust differences between
two persons in controversy. "You, act.
ing for the Government," says the
communication, "a-e to investigate each
case in the interests of the Nation and
ever in the interests of an individual."
General Crowder closes with th
declaration that the Nation needs men
quickly and the boards will receive
little praise and some blame. "Your
only reward," he said, "must be the
knowledge that at great personal sacri
fice you are rendering your country an
indispensable service in a matter of
the utmost moment.
President Asks Caution.
President Wilson tonight issued an
executive order directing Government
officials to exercise "the greatest care"
In issuing exemption affidavits to em
ployes in the civil executive depart
ments, emphasizing the high National
Importance of carrying out "the spirit:
of the selective service act and of its
fullest effectiveness by holding to mili
tary service all drafted men who are
not absolutely Indispensable" to de
partment work. He says discharges
should be reduced to t e "minimum
number consistent with the main
tenance of vital National interests dur
ing the emergency of war.
"It is earnestly hoped, moreover," the
order concludes, "that, acting in the
spirit as the Federal departmental offi
cials, all citizens who may be called
upon, as employers, under section 44 of
the regulations, to make affidavits for
obtaining the discharge of persona
deemed to be indispensable to National
Industrial interests, during the emer
gency, will exercise the same conscien
tious and tcrupulous ra tion. to the
end that there will appear to be no
favored or exempted class amon-,- the
Conclurted on Page Ti. Column II.)
i AMBASSADOR P K N F I K T. D'S
t STORY OK AUSTRIA-HUN-
I liARV.
S "Austria-Hungary From the In-
side" Is the Interesting story told
by Ambassador Penfield on page
12, section 3, of The Sunday Ore
4 gonian today. It is a full-page
article, describing conditions In
the dual monarchy, where the
J rulers are now fighting to pre
4 vent economic collapse, and to
J hold their own against the enemy,
I instead of to defeat them.
I Mr. rcnfield's trenchant re-
4 marks have been recorded by
Henry N. Hall In brisk style.
4 Vivid pen pictures of the pover
t ty and misery on one hand and
4 the still gay life of Vienna on th
f other are painted. Figures are
4 given on the losses in men and a
7 description of their prison camps
4 is interesting because of the
t United States' entrance into the
great conflict
Facts of the financial declivity
facing Austria-Hungary are
cited.
The fight against unscrupulous
contractors who (furnish shoddy
material to the army is detailed.
Trial by Jury has been sus
pended for reasons given by Mr.
Penfield.
More than 900 newspapers have
suspended publication.
Salt is a scarce commodity be
cause of the lack of cars to
haul it.
One cigar a day is allowed
smokers; ten cigarettes only may
be purchased at a time.
These and many other absorb
ing facts are told by Mr. Penlleld.
Page 12, section 3, The Orego
nlan, today.
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