The Sunday Oregonian., August 05, 1917, Section One, Page 5, Image 5

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND, AUGUST 5, 1917.
AMERICAN FIELD
SERVICE AT FRONT
Section 9 Cited in Orders for
Work in Removing Hun
dreds of Wounded.
RAINFALL GROWS LESS
JYcneli Patrols Explore Considera
ble Areas, Pushing Back Ger
man Outposts Renewal of
t, Attacks Anticipated.
fTty The Associated Tress.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE AND BELGIUM, Aug. 4.
The Germans this morning were put
ting a barrage fire of great intensity
on several points about the Ypres sal
ient, thereby indicating the possibility
of counter attacks in an attempt to re
grain the ground wrested from them on
the first day of the battle of Flanders.
As this dispatch was filed, however, no
reports had been received that the en
emy had launched an infantry attack.
Bellewaarde ridge, just above Hooge
and Rotijze on the Ypres-Zonnebeze
road southeast of St. Jean, were under
cevere shell fire as were positions fur
there north.
The rain stopped, at least temporari
ly this morning and the sun was
struggling valiantly to pierce the dense
low-lying clouds which enshrouded the
new battle front. There was a change
f the wind for the better and some
indications of clearing, but no weather
prophet would stake his reputation on
a prediction.
BrltiMh Hold Saint Julien.
The re-occupation of Saint Julien by
the British yesterday was followed by
one of the severest artillery duets de
veloped since the first days of the
drive. The British entered this place
shortly after the advance begun Tues
day morning and held it throughout the
day and night, but on Wednesday with
drew their lines into the form of a close
salient about the village. Both com
batants immediately concentrated a
heavy artillery fire on the position sur
rounding it, and St. Julien was turned
into a "No Man's Land" unoccupied by
troops of either side.
Yesterday forenoon the British in
creased the intensity of their gunfire
with a disastrous effect on the German
batteries and then under cover of a
heavy and effective barrage, sent the
infantry forward to occupy the place
and again straighten their line. This
area has been consolidated and the
British this morning were established
In a strong position.
French Morale Highest.
The Germans have continued an in
termittent shelling of the allied forward
lines and battery positions throughout
the zone of the new offensive. A large
number of 15 and 21-centimenter guns
had been turned against the French on
the left of the BrUish, but the French
positions are strongly held and the
morale of the troops continues at the
highest pitch.
Berlin announces an Increase in the
artillery f jre to great violence at times
on the Flanders front. Apparently the
renewal of the great battle in all its
fury is only awaiting the return of
favorable weather.
British Men Xot Shifted.
The London War Office makes it
clear that no shifting of British troops
was found necessary to cope with the
situation created by the German diver
sion of Thursday night near Monchy
I.e Preux on the Arras battle front,
through which inroads were made upon
the British position on Infantry Hill.
Attacks carried out the following day
and night by the troops on the spot,
the official statement announced,
forred the Germans out and completely
restored the positions.
PARIS. Aug. 4. Despite the contin
ued bad weather along the battlefront
in Belgium, says an official statement
issued this afternoon by the French
War Office. French troops pushed for
ward last night, advancing beyond the
Cabaret of Kortekeer.
Americans do to Front.
Section 32. of the American field
service, went to the front today under
command of Keith Vosburg, of Azusa,
C'al. The City Club, of New York, pre
sented the automobiles for the section
and organized the personnel.
Section 9, of the field service, has
been cited in Army orders and received
the war cross for its work in having
moved hundreds of wounded. The sec
tion remained on duty 27 consecutive
hours until its task was accomplished.
BERLIN, via London. Aug. 4. In the
course of last night the artillery fire
on the Belgian front increased to great
er violence at intervals, says the offi'
cial statement issued today by the Ger
man general staff, but no infantry at
tacks of great importance took place.
In the Argonne. German shock troops
broke into the French positions south
west of Leintrey and returned with a
great number of black French pris
oners.
CANADIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, Aug. 3. (Delayed.) Four
days of a steady downpour have made
ditches of the trenches all along the
western front, and on this part of the
line have brought about a cessation of
Infantry movement on any large scale.
Rain Doea Not Silence Guns.
There have been several small en
counters between patrols out in No
Man's Land, but for the most part the
men in the trenches are fully employed
in preventing the flooding of their po
sitions. The enemy, at some low-lying
posts, where drainage cannot be se
cured, has been forced out into the
open, and has been brought under the
fire of our guns, with serious results
to them.
Rain has not been permitted . . to
silence the guns. Many thousands o
projectiles are expended daily. The
cellars in Lens, in which the enemy
now shelters his reserves, are subjected
to a bombardment with the "heavies.
The frequent explosions in the city
Indicate that the German stores of am
munition also are kept in these cellars
and that the loss of life among their
garrison from the interminable pound
ing of our guns must be great.
The conditions in Lens are much what
they were on the Belgian front before
the opening of the offensive. It now
Is known that three divisions of the
enemy were so badly cut up by th
British artillery fire that they were
withdrawn on the eve of the assaul
and fresh troops put into the line. Five
other divisions now have been relieve
on the front over which the offensive
extends, much of their toll of casualties
being due to the gunfire.
San Salvador Fund Is $18,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 4. San Fran
Cisco's subscriptions for relief of earth
quake sufferers in San Salvador totaled
more than S18.000 today, the ban Fran
Cisco Chamber of Commerce announced
Many additional sums were expected.
MAP SHOWING TEUTONIC GAINS ON RUSSIAN AND ROUMANIAN
FRONTS.
elf f
4.UB1.IH J JD J 1 W
, UMBERS ;
The Black I.lne From Riga to the Carpathians Shows the Russian Front
as It Stood at the Beginning of the Third Year of the War Last August.
Shaded Area Marked A Indicates Gains Made hy General Kornlloff's Rus
sian Troops in the Offensive Started on the First of the 1'resent Month.
Shaded Area Marked R Shows Gains Made lr Teutons I p to Yesterday
in Their Counter-Offensive. Shaded Area Marked C Shows Roumanian
Territory Occupied by the Armies of Maekensen and Falkenhayn After
Their Victorious Campaign Last Fall and Winter.
GALIGIA IS GIVEN UP
Russians Hold Only Narrow
. Strip Along Borders
EMPEROR PRAISES TROOPS
Auslro-Gorman Rear Guards Xorth
of Husiatyn Driven From Position
Willi loss of 13 Prisoners,
So Pctrograd Reports.
BERLIN", via London, Aug. 4.
Austro-German troops, under command
of General von Boehm-ErmolH. yes
terday crossed the Russian frontier to
the northeast of Czernowitz. the Bu
kowina capital, says the official state
ment issued' today by the German "War
Office.
All of Galicia, with the exception of
narrow stretch of -ground from
Brody to Zbaraz. northeast of Tarno-
pol. the statement adds, has been
wrested from the Russians.
Emperor William, on the occasion or
the capture of Czernowitz. ordered that
flags be hoisted and that salutes be
fired in Prussia and Alsace-Lorraine.
He telegraphed felicitations to Arch
duke Leopold.
Emperor William, in speaking to a
deputation of German troops on the
Courland front, thanked them for hold-
ng their own against superior Russian
forces which made possible the vic
torious Austro-German push in South
eastern Galicia, and. concluded with
these words:
'Thus the old German perseverance.
tenacity, iron courage and firm will
formed a barrier against which the
Russian advance was broken. It was
of great importance to our operations
in the south.
PETROGRAD. Aug. 4. Xorth of
Husiatyn. on the Russo-Galician fron
tier, the Austro-German rearguards
were driven from their positions on the
eastern bank of the River Zbrocz. says
the official statement issjued today by
the Russian War Department. Forty
three prisoners were taken and seven
machine guns were capturea.
Between the Rivers Dniester ana
Pruth and in the Carpathians, the Rus
sian troops still are retiring to the
eastward.
The Russian War Office statement
says that a battle between Russians
and Teutons is raging to the northeast
of -Kimpolung, in Southern Bukowina.
Tha Austro-Germans have occupied the
town of Watra.
LONDOX; Aug. 4. A dispatch to the
Times from Russian Southwestern
headquarters, dated Tuesday, says the
improvement in the morale of the ar
mies is not substantia, and warns
against optimism unless the political
situation changes completely. The au
thority of the officers is still unrecog
nized. While the so-called revolution
ary armies have opened a front for
the enemy to enter, the railwaymen
have struck at a critical moment when
everything depends on the prompt re
moval of property.
ARMY REGISTRANTS MARCH
Eight Thousand Men In Chicago
Sing Patriotic Songs.
CHICAGO. Aug. 4. As Chicago's
answer to the call to the colors and
Chicago's rebuke to slackers and draft
rioters, more than 8000 whose names
have been called by the draft boards
marched through the streets today to
the music of military bands and the
accompaniment of cheers from thou
sands.
As they marched they sang, and the
brave words of "Wake up, America!"
and the refrain, "If You Don't Like
Your Uncle Sammy, Just Go Back
Home," showed the' sentiment of the
marchers and won hearty response
from the onlookers.
Each division of the 86 companies of
registrants, one for each of the ex
emption districts, was led by one of
the student officers from the training
camp at Fort fcheridan.
The parade, the first of its kind in
the country, was reviewed by Major
General Thomas H. Barry, commander
of the central departm nt of the Armv.
With him were the Russian Commis
sion.
TIMES' CONTROL WILLED
GENERAL OTIS FAVORS DAUGHTER
AND SON-IN-LAW.
t handlers Asked to Preserve Tradi
tions of Great Paper, "Moat Pre
clous' Posaeaaion of Late Udltor.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4. A declara
tion . by General Harrison Grev Otis.
whose death occurred here las,t Monday,
addressed jo his son-in-law, Harry
Chandler and Marion Otis Chandler, his
wife, and concentrating "the future
ownership and control and also the des
ORDER GERARD SERIES NOW.
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iimes. in tne nanus (before my death)
oi memDers or my own ramily," wa
made public here tonight.
Ihe document bore the date of N'o
vember 12. 1914. and explained that the
Chandlers would be "sole owners of
more tnan two-thirds of the capital
siock or tne corporation," the Times
mirror company, publishers of the
ximes.
i-reserve ana protect with tni
fastness and determination the record
irauiuuns ana achievements of the
limes. tieneral Otis wrote in hi
declaration in outlining "f undamento
injunctions as to its future course and
conduct in' your hands."
Mr. Chandler has been assistant run.
eral manager of the Times for a num
ber of years.
RELIEF SENT TO SYRIANS
American. Commissioner Reports
Remittance of $400,000 In Week.
NEW YORK. Aug. 4. The American
commissioner for Armenian and Syrian
reuei nas announced here that more
than ?400,000 was sent last week to its
agents in the near east, where destitu
tion is said to be greater than in any
other part of the Ottoman empire. The
money was cabled to towns in the Rus
sian Caucasus, Persia and Asia Minor.
The present Turkish government is
reported to be kindly disposed toward
the work.
Robbers Capture $5100 Payroll.
CHICAGO. Aug. 4. Three robbers,
armed with revolvers, bound and
gagged three men employes in the of
fices of J. W. Snyder & Co., contrac
tors, in Michigan boulevard at noon to
day and escaped with $5100, the con
cern's payroll.
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NDDRDAM HITS MINE
No Casualties Occur. Despite
Heavy Sea.
TUG RESCUES PASSENGERS
Members of Crew Return to Dam
aged Craft and Continue Into
Port Many Lifeboats
Are
Crushed by Explosion.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 4. The Holland
America line steamship Noordam struck
a mine while bound for Holland and.
although badly damaged, reached port
under her own steam. Owing to the
low water, however, she was not able
to enter, and salvage vessels are stand
ing by. The cargo will be unloaded
and officials of the line declared that
the Noordam might have to be run
aground.
The Noordam carried 237 passengers
and a crew of 270, all of whom were
saved.
The explosion occurred at 4 o clock
the afternoon, in stormy weather.
with a boisterous sea running. Ihe
passengers were transferred to the tug
Thames, which accompanlea ine steam
er at the time.
Astonishment was expressed . that
Dutch warships did not come to the
rescue, but it is explained that this was
due to their strict orders to avoid the
mine zone.
This is the second time the Noordam
has struck a mine. Her cargo's value
s estimated at $2,000,000.
Describing the occurrence. Dr. Henry
Van Loon, one of the passengers, said:
'On August 3, during a very severe
storm, the Noordam was hit on the
starboard side by a mine, probably two
mines, as there were two explosions.
completely demolishing the lifeboats in
the second class and causing a danger
ous list, but no casualties. Although a
heavy sea was running, under the most
praiseworthy discipline all the passen
gers were saved, after the women and
children were first helped.
"The tugboat Thames picked up all
the survivors in the course of about
three hours. Again the heavy danger
ous squalls threatened the complete
destruction of the small and overloaded
craft and floating mines added to the
horror of the 18 hours' trip to land,
which was borne in exemplary and
cheerful spirit.
"Meanwhile the Noordam. although
apparently hopelessly crippled, contin
ued her voyage. All the stokers and
other members of the crew returned to
their ship, where the captain and of
ficers had been using all their efforts
to save food supplies for those aboard
the tug."
There were only two Americans
among the passengers, who were for
the most part Dutch colonials and of
ficials homeward bound. Charles
Drost, a business man in Boston, was
one of the Americans. f rom nis ac
count and that of others it would ap
pear that the Noordam. after enjoying
fair weather down the Norwegian
coast, ran into rain squalls, in which
the steamer doubtless ran across the
edge of the safety channel into the
mine zone. After the explosions, which
were not excessively loud, engines were
immediately reversed. There was no
panic, although the lowering of a cou
pie of sick passengers into the lifeboat
caused some difficulty and anxious mo
ments.
The tug Thames stood by the Noor
dam for about seven hours, during
which the re-transfer of the crew was
made. and. then set a course for land.
The passengers in the meantime were
provided with meals and blankets and
huddled together, thus spent the night
which fortunately became calmer. All
the baggage remained aboard the Noor
dam.
CRIMEAN VETERAN AMAZED
British Eulistments in IT. S. In Their
War Nearly Caused Clash.
NEW YORK. July 18. Crimean vet
erans must rub their eyes on reading
that the enlistment of British subjects
has started in America, for when Brit
ain tried to draw a force tnence lor tne
war against Russia it all but brought
hostilities with the .States, says th
London Chronicle. It was really no
Britain's fault. unemployed Briton
is
were to repair to Canada and there tak
the shilling, but a German agent sough
to effect open enlistment in America
then swore that the British Ambassa
dor. Crampton, had authorized his con
duct. Crampton straigntway received
his passports.
Bat the strangest part of what might
have been an international tragedy re
mains to be told. While feeling was at
its gravest height an American attache
In London, conforming to the tambas
sadorial usages of his country, sought
to attend a royal levee in his customary
frock coat and black tile. The costume
offended the nobility of a court flunkey
and the man was turned back. The
combination of incendiary sentiment
and crass absurdity brought us as near
to conflict as anything that happened
during the great Civil War.
FRUIT JARS ARE PLENTIFUL
Department Denounces Dealers for
Raising of Prices.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. Retail deal
ers who have raised the prices of glass
fruit Jars were denounced by the De
partment of Agriculture in a statement
today which declares the increases be
gan with the Government's emergency
campaign for preservation of food, and
that there is no shortage of jars.
Two Divorces Granted.
OREGON CITT. Or., Aug. 4. (Spe
cial.) Divorces were allowed here by
Judge J. U. Campbell today to Elma
Seidel from Emil Seidel, and to Mary
Steinkamp from Fred Steinkamp.
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LANDTAG IS CLOSED
Finns Bow to Manifesto Issued
From Petrograd.
THREAT OF FORCE IS USED
liet Adopts Resolution Calling for
Obedience to Central Government
and Admitting Error in
Proclaiming Autonomy.
HELSINGFORS. Finland, Aug. 4. The
Senate under the Presidency of the
Governor-General decided by seven
votes against six to publish the mani
festo issued by the provisional govern
ment dissolving the Landtag and ap
pointing a general election on October
1. The decision was communicated to
the Landtag, which then adjourned.
Reassembling 10 hours later, the Presi
dent declared the Landtag suspended
sine die.
The deputies immediately quit the
House.
The Governor-Ccneral, with the com
manders of the Baltic fleet and the
Sveaborg garrison, attended a joint
meeting of the naval and regimental
committees. The Governor-General ex
plained the reasons for the dissolution
of the Landtag and said the opening
of the new body coincides with the
meeting of the constituent assembly,
when both bodies will be able legiti
mately to pronounce upon the political
future of Finland. He added that if
the Diet refused to dissolve, force would
he used.
At a. joint meeting of the Senate and
Landtag in the presence of the Governor-General
of Finland, the follow
ing resolutions were adopted:
"First All Russian citizens must
obey the orders of the provisional gov
ernment, which is the legitimate organ
of Russian social democracy.
"Second The Finnish democracy
made a mistake In proclaiming auton-
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ment with the Russian democracy.
"The only solution of the situation
is a mixed commission consisting of
an equal number of representatives of
the democracies of Russia and Finland
for a settlement of the conflict."
MOTHER APPEALS FOR SON
"Physically Unfit" Is Plea for Re
lease From Army.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 4. Mrs.
Amelia Armstrong today invoked the
aid of the Federal Courts here to ob
tain the discharge of her son, James D.
Armstrong, from the new California
Field Artillery Regiment, known as the
"Grizzlies."
On her allegations that her son was
"physically unfit and suffers great pain
in drills," Federal Judge Frank H. Rud
kin, of Spokane. Issued a writ of habeas
corpus, directing Captain R. L. Dinely,
of the regiment, to appear August 13
with young Armstrong, and show cause
why he should not be released.
DUKE OF OPORTO TO WED
New York "Woman, Widow of W.
Chapman, to Be Bride.
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LONDON. Aug. 4, The engagement
has been announced at Naples of the
Duke of Oporto to Mrs. Philip Van
Valkenburg, of New York, according to
a dispatch to the Exchange Telegram
from Rome.
Mrs. Van Valkenburg's first husband
was William Hayes Chapman, who died
in 1907. leaving her a large fortune.
She divorced Mr. Van Valkenburg in
1914.
The Duke of Oporto is a brother of
the late King Carlos of Portugal, lie
is 52 years old.
AUSTRIAN ATTACKS FAIL
Italian Air Squadrons Cause Pire at
Pola Arsenal.
ROME, Aug. 4. More Important of
fensive actions were taken by the Aus-iro-Hungarians
on Thursday and Fri
day night against the Italian positions
east of Vertoiba, and on Monte Rombon,
it was announced officially today. All
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"The Come Back."
GENE DEBELL
Chatter Box.
the attacks failed.
Italian air squadrons last night again
bombarded 'the Austrian arsenal and
military worl.s of Pola. the statement
adds, causing great destruction and big
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