The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, September 02, 1917, Section One, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREb ONI AX, PORTLAND, SEPTE3IBER. 2, 1917. TEUTON HEWLYrRKGH PAY 8100 FOR HI Bavaria Overrun by Tourists, Who Take Food Needed; . by Poor Peasants., ; RIGHT TO STRIKE IS DENIED 3f unitions Workers, ' Weakened, by Malnutrition, . Decline Offer of More . Pay . Conditioned, ou Added Time Spent at Tasks. ZURICH. Switzerland, Sept. l.-Spe-clal.) It is reported here that the gen erals commanding various German re gions have ordered notices posted in the munition factories- throughout- the country ' prohibiting the cessation of work and denying the right to strike. The general commanding the Coblentz district threatens the strikers with ten years at hard labor." " According to Vorwaerts, the Social ist organ, great agitation reigns among the- textile workers -and -it fears that they are on the eve of a serious strike. ' The workers demand it considerable in crease In wages in order to live. The employers are- disposed .to grant a 25 per cent increase, provided the em ployes will consent to work 55 hours weekly. Defective nutrition during the war lias affected the healthof the peo ple, making it impossible for the em ployes td accept any proposition Involv ing an increase in the hours of labor. Vorwaerts adds that the workers have no confidence in the military authori ties nop in the civil: courts. . I.elpni Worker Strike. In Leipsig, according, to news re ceived, from that city, a number of laborers have been on a strike since August 15. The Leipsiger Volkszeitung declares nevertheless that all the im .portant factories are still at work. Bavarian newspapers say that the number Of foreign tourists that Is, travelers from other part of Germany who come to Bavaria seeking hospi tality and additional food Is attaining alarming proportions. In 1916 there were 400.000 of them. The' Munchener Abf-ndzeitung says: "It was as if all the German tribes from the north had emigrated to the southeastern part of the empire.- No farm, no hut was free from tbehi with files of money, and when that failed, with impudence or wrath, they extorted from the peasants the products which they themselves needed. The booty, accumulated in trunks, baskets, boxes and cases, departed for.-, the north." - lUch Tourists Fay - High Prices. ' Prussia, according to the newspapers, granted Bavaria 100.&00 kilograms (220,000 pounds) of frozen meat as a compensation, but the epicurean visit ors from the north refused this coarse food, which was fed to the wounded in the hospitals. Von Batocki, the food dictator. categorically refused the slightest favor to Bavaria, and the lat ter threatened to close its frontiers. The tourist companies and hotel syn dicates protested so energetically that the frontiers remained opeii.;.Througri out the Summer of this year the situa tion has been much more seriou3 than It was last year. ; . For example, a rich tourist family arrives with numerous domestics, who proceed to buy up the food from the peasants, paying 20 marks ($5) a pound for butter and more than 10 marks ($2.50) a pound for honey. Under these conditions the inhabitants cannot get food at the maximum prices fixed by the authorities. Most of the Ger man tourists from the north are those enriched by war profits. The money they have thus earned has small value. and they pay any price for what they want, thus adding to the cost of liv lug. The Munchener Abendzeitung says that a ham recently brought 400 marks (100) from one of these nouveaux riches. was ready to make a clean breast of the whole' affair. 1 ' ' "Kelly then said - that he wished to confess and Meyers sent word to me not to take, my train. "Kelly was then brought to the courthouse, and, in the presence of a number of witnesses, made a detailed statement of the crime. J. . J. Hess, an attorney of Council Bluffs; - Sheriff Meyers, J. J. r Risden - and two other, persons, both . residents of Logan, whose names I do not know, were present, as well as two court report ers whom we called in. "So far as there being any Intimi dation, as ' far as Kelly is concerned, ha- was anxious, to make the - state ment, and talked at length upon the crime: ' He" was Informed by myself and others present that anything he said would be used against him and that he need expect ho reward in the way of. clemency or . otherwise. "He was told this at least 20 times during the night. He began to make his statement, at about 12:30 and fin ished it about "3:30. i "Three or four hours after he had returned to the ' jail he again called for the .SherifT, this being shortly after 7 o'clock Friday morning. I had left the city and was' in Council Bluffs. Kelly told -the' Sheriff that he desired to dictate an account of the crime This he did, in the presence of . the Sheriff, county attorney and clerk of the court, making his statement while it was 'written down directly upon a typewriter. - "This statement '" he read over, signed, and swore to, entirely of his own free will, and without the slight est pressure being used." ADVAIIGE ITALIANS ON 70-fillLE FROHT Soldiers Wildly Enthusiastic and Believe Trieste Cer- , tain to Be Captured.' 27,302 PRISONERS TAKEN WILSON GULLS ON YOUTH BIBLE TEXT MOVES SLAYER Contlnnd From First Pagre.) WORK . OK. BOYS' WORKING SERVE IS COMMENDED. RE- High Privilege No Less Than Patriotic - Doty, to Help Support Nation, Says President. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. Young men of the country between the ages of 16 and 21 not now employed are called upon by President AN llson to serve the Nation by joining the United States Boys' Working Reserve. In a letter made public today by Secretary Wilson. the .President says it is the patriotic duty of the young men to help support the Nation in the present crisis. . The President's letter says: "Permit me to express my great ap preciation of the work undertaken, by the united States Boys' Working Re serve of the employment service of the Department of Labor.. To give, the young men between the ages of 16 and 21 the privilege of spending their spare time in productive enterprise without interruption of their studies at school. while their older brothers are battling in the trenches and on the seas, must greatly increase the means of providing tor the forces at the front. It Is a high privilege, no less than a patriotic duty. to help support the Nation by devoted and intelligent work in this great crisis." Progress of the War. WITH the closing of a" week of comparative Inactivity along the western fronts, numerous sins of a revival are apparent. In Flanders the British guns are again thundering the threat of re newed infantry thrusts agaipst the German lines. The French, while com paratively quiescent in the Verdun re gion, are giving another display of their successful dashing tactics in the Aisne region. On the Austro-ltalian front General Cadorna apparently has aligned his forces for another drive in force on the Bainsizza. Plateau and again edging forward toward Trisete, on the Carso. While the Italian offenslvo has the aspect of larger importance, the French assault in the - llurtebise legion, on the Aisne front, Friday evenins: was perhaps tne most interesting develop ment of the 24 hours. In one sweep. after brief artillery preparation. Gen eral Petain s troops drove the German out of their trenches along a front of nearly a mile on the Chemin des Dames and rushed the French lines forward more than 300 yards. The newly won ground was held against three counter-attacks, Paris declares. now." or "Yes, Lord, they're coming . QUI CK. i lie was not sure which expression he ised. Then, while the blood of his listeners almost ran cold, Kelly told liow he grasped the handle of the ax : and proceeded to slaughter. - From the children's room. Kelly says lie went into the room where Mr. and Ulrs. Moore were sleeping. Here the voice again prompted him, "More work yet. There must be sacrifices of , blood." Kelly says he told God he was (Working as fast as he could. . Confession Is Repudiated. t Kelly's confession was made early Friday morning in the presence of At torney-General H. M. Havner, Sheriff II. iy. Meyers, of Harrison County; ,i Deputy Charlie Atkins; J. E. Risden. r state agent, and J. J. Hess, Council , Bluffs attorney. J Later in the -day. Friday, J. A. Mc ;i Kenzie, of the legal firm representing Kelly, went to Logan and visited the j preacher in his cell. McKenzie then ! said Kelly completely repudiated the ; confession. Judge A. L. Sutton, of Omaha, of Kelly's counsel, says the ronfession is not worth the paper it :, is written on. Drastic third degree i nethods were used by stata authorities , to get the signed statement from Kelly, : Judge Sutton declares. On the other hand, those present when the confes- . elon was secured absolutely deny using ; any force or coercion on the preacher. ' CONFESSION IS VOLUNTARY Attorney-General Says Prisoner Acted of Own Free Will. EES MOINES. Iowa, Sept. 1. The confession signed and sworn to by the Rev. Lynn George J. Kelly, tut later repudiated, was entirely vol i untary upon his part, and was ob tained by the most pacific means, Attorney-General H. M, Havner tonight declared in an authorized statement. Mr. Havner told for the first time the exact circumstance surrounding the confession.-' He said: "I went to Harrison County last Thursday particularly to make a speaking engagement at Magnolia. I - took with me a statement of addition al evidence gathered in the Kelly -. case, and which by law we are re quired to serve upon the defendant In advance of the trial. - inis statement or evidence was read, to Mr. Kelly by Sheriff Meyers : of Harrison County shortly after 10 o clock in tne evening. I was not present and had not planned to see Kelly before catching my train to Council Bluffs. "Before the Sheriff completed read Ing the statement, Kelly stopped him. Declaring mat he was guilty of the muraer ana was , ready to make a statement. -- . . "He told the Sheriff that he wanted to see me, and Meyers told him there was no use talking to ma unless he In the Isonzo fighting on Friday General Cadorna's troops took more than 700 additional prisoners, bringing the total for the offensive up to more than 27.000. The Italians captured ad ditional trench elements on the Carso and withstood successfully violent counter-attacks by the Austrlans on the slopes of Monto San Gabriele. From the Russo-Roumanian front the German claims of successes are growing less comprehensive. Field Marshal von Mackensen's drive against the Moldavian lines northeast of Fok- ehani does not seem to be gaining the force which it promised to attain for a time, and press dispatches have re ported the Roumanians hopeful of re taining Moldavia in spite of heavy Teutonic pressure. Petrograd reports the repulse of an attack on the Rou manian lines In the i-okshani region. Berlin avers German forces carried hill position there after a terrific fisht. There Is more artillery activity than usual along the Russian northern front, but no pronounced movement against Riga, such as was suggested by Friday's Petrograd advices, has as yet developed. In Macedonia the entente troops have attacked at several points. Berlin re- Dorts repulses for Italians, Serbians and French in attempts upon the German-Bulgarian lines. ANTI-DRAFT MEN ARRESTED Montreal Police Believe They Have Dynamiters of Editor's House. MONTREAL, Sept.' 1. Seven alleged anti-conscriptionlsts were arrested by the police today in connection with the dv..amlting recently ot the Summer home of Lord Athelstan, publisher, of the Montreal Star. Elie La Lumiere, head of the con stitutionalists, an anti-conscription or ganization, also was arrested on a war rant charging attempted murder. AMERICAN POWDER FAULTY Part Small Arms Ammunition Af fected by Chemical Reaction. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. Practically one-third of the small arms ammunition supplied ' to General Pershing'p troops in France has been found defective from Chemical reaction set up in the powde after manufacture r.t tha Frankfort arsenal. New , supplies have been sent over and steps have been taken to correct the defect in manufacture. Airship Sheds at Pols Believed De stroyed, for Austrlans Sent hut . Single 'Machine in Plve Days. Bridges Built Under Fire. ROME, Sept. 1. The number of pris oners taken by the Italians has been ncreased to 27.302, the War Office an- ounces. Of these 720 are officers. WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. In the Ital ian offensive, counter attacks are being eaten hack at all points, according to late dispatches received at the Italian mbassy today, and General Cadorna. wno is said to be conservative, declares that, the battle is the greatest -of the war. - For the last 11 lvs the Italians ave progressed steadilv on a. 70-mile front. The report that the Italians destroyed the airp'ane sheds at Pola seems to be confirmed by the fact bat one enemy airplane has appeared In five days and Lixai. was snot clown. According to the disDatchex. fhm Ttal. Ian troops are wildlv enthusiastic si-a it seems certain that Trieste will be taken. After the Isonzo watt rrnsii n 14 bridges put un under the fire of he enemy the soldiers have been easrer o overtake the Austrlans, and the plans vjcMcmt vaaorna nave Deen carried ut . without disarrangement. ROME, Sent. 1. Heavv rniintr at tacks by the Austrlans at Mnntm Gabriele and east of Gorizia were re- pnisea with large losses to the attack- ng lorces, tne Italians retaining their new positions. ROUMANIANS REPULSE ATTACK Von Mackenscn Reported to Be De manding Reinforcements. PETROGRAD. Sent. 1 Tnr,..j illery fire in the Vllna. .i Krevo sectors toward th nnrii,..n of the Russian front Is reported in to day's official statement. The rrti1 by the Roumanians of an attack in the Fokshani region on . tho Roumanian front also is announced. LONDON, Aug. 31. The rr.j. ent of Reuter's. Ltd.. at Odpxsa Ha the following under yesterday's date concerning the Roumanian situation- "TIlO la,AC .. . I - - .ciot. i.uiiuuuiucdiions irom the Roumanian battle front report fierce resistance, often favorable for Russo Roumanian forces, against violent en emy attacks from the region of Oituz, Ocna and the valleys of the Sereth and the Putna. The losses have been heavy on both sides. It is affirmed from authoritative sources that Field Marshal von Mack- ensen urgently demanded strong rein forcements for his arm V. Roumanian army circles are still hopeTul of re taining Moldavia, counting on the co operation of large Russian divisions. out tne noumanian government is tak- ng an tne measures dictated bv nm. dence. A great number of Roumanian deputies have arrived at Odessa, i'RESCli HOLD CAPTURED LAND In One Sweep All Objectives Carried on Tlireequarter Mile Front. PARIS. Sept. 1. French troons on the Aisne front opened an offensive yesterday in tne Hurtebise region. In one sweep they carried all their ob jectives on a front of more than three quarters of a mile to a depth of more man .sou yards. l ne captured ground. the official statement says in making this an nouncement, was held against three counter attacks. Prisoners to the num ber or loo were taken. LONDON, Sept. 1. "Unsettled weath er prevails," says today's official state ment of operations along the Franco- jseigian rront. The enemy's artillery showed some activity during the night South of Lens and near the coast. There is noth ing of particular interest to report." ARIZONA MILL MEN STRIKE Four Mills Tied Up and 500 Men Out of -Work. FLAGSTAFF. Ariz., Sept. 1. A strike of lumber workers employed in the camps of four lumber companies in this section today resulted in the shut ting down of operations by the com panies affected. The strikers said ap proximately 600 men had quit. The men stated they wanted a 9-hour workday, time and a half for overtime and full pay for time lost through niuries or sickness. The strikers asserted the move Is being directed by the American Federa tion of Labor and denied any connec tion with tho Industrial Workers of the World. ITALIAN POET IS WOUNDED D'Annunzlo Attacks Enemy Infantry With Aeroplane. PARIS, Sept. 1. Gabriele D'Annun zlo, the Italian poet, took a prominent part in the recent Italian ctr raid over the enemy lines above Pola and was wounded slightly, according to a Havas dispatch from Milan. On the morning of August 19 D'Annunzlo remained over the enemy lines for 48 minutes at an altitude of between 300 and 800 meters, attacking the Austrian infantry with machine gun fire. He repeated the per formance in the afternoon. The poet's machine, which he calls "the Ace of Spades," was pierced by 177 bullets. D'Annunzlo was wounded slightly in the left wrist. House Asks Japanese to Speak. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. The Japan ese mission was invited today to ad dress the House next Wednesday, 0.-W. R. & N. EXTENDS LINE North River Valley Will See In creased Agricultural Development. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Sept. 1. Spe clal.) A crew ot GO men is at work on the 3-miie extension being made to the O.-W. R. & N. line In the North River Valley. A shingle mill is to be built this Winter near the new ter minus by Centralia capital. The road now extends 11 miles north of Cosmopolis and accommodates three logging companies, one shingle mill and a large number of farmers. Com pletion of the new extension will bring increased agricultural and dairy devel opment in that valley, it is predicted. The Store of a Million Friends: The Golden Rule Has Been Applied to Labor Employer and employe have, realized that it is to their mutual interest to work together instead of apart. In the Year 1834 Oberlin College adopted as its motto "Learning and Labor" and required daily manual labor from every student. Thus the Nation formally approved Labor. In the Year 1884 the Knights of Labor selected the first Monday in. September and called it "Labor Day"; the states ratified it. Thus the Nation formally approved Labor. January 1, 1917, this big store instituted a monthly profit-sharing bonus plan. The first seven months have paid $1244.96. Here, .too, employes DO NOT "punch a time clock"; commands, harsh words and the dictatorial spirit are "taboo." That's why everyone in this big store is so full of enthusiasm and sin cerity. When you need furniture, go to Edwards and you'll marvel with delight over the courtesy, service, quality, right prices and their Easy-to-Pay Way. m ' 'Yes9 Indeed! Let Joy Be Unconf ined! Entire Quarter Block Store Closed Monday, September 3, Labor Day Tuesday Ushers in "Housecleaning" Time Two Rooms Full of Elegant Furniture $1 "Sent to your home on cash payment of ,:. ... . . . JL 2 IKfcrU'-lr...1' Ivory Enameled Set as Pictured That daintiness and elegance of Ivory Enamel, which appeals to the most discrim inating taste, is embodied in each piece of this set. You could pay ' $95 for a 6imilar, but you'd never-be better satisfied than with this one at $ 7 3 Four Pieces Solid Oak "Large Settee, Chair and Rocker, have leatherette upholstered auto-cushion - seats, Library Table has 42x24-inch top; all are finished to match in deep and rich "Hand-Rubbed-Golden-Wax" or "Fumed." Worth $60 but Edwards' price, is $1.00 Meekly will pay for either of these two suites. $4 ;JJLj iggf liiiipli LIMibpf --St-Z .M it.! rzvmm K5rm fE&s.!a Km mm EXTRA! EXTRA! 720 Yards Best 95c Bur lap Back PrintLinoleum Per Square Yard . . . ; EXTRA This is not a sale of "old culls" there are 12 rolls of first-class stock (2 rolls of a pattern). Designs that are pleasing but dis continued by manufacturer. To make room for rapidly arriv ing Fall stock these must go. KEEP THIS AD. BEFORE YOU SO THIS SALE AVONT BE OVERLOOKED Your Credit Is Good as Gold Have the kind of Furnishings you like. It's-Easy-to-Pay-the-Edwards-Way. $ 50 Worth $ 5.00 Cash, $1.00 Week $ 75 Worth. . . .$ 7.50 Cash, 1.50 Week $100 Worth 10.00 Cash, 2.00 Week $125 Worth $12.50 Cash, 2.25 Week $150 Worth. . . .15.00 Cash, 2.50 Week i Here's One That Burns Even the Smoke Is A single-draft so built, as not to let any cold air get to the fire super-heating expansion air reser voir and an automatic draft that adjusts itself to the condition of fire. Burns anything from paper to hardwood or coal with the very best results. If you want the best, get none other than EDWARDS' PATENT. Pay7 $1 Week, gQ f?( the price is 5tOl i 2 Blocks North of Washington amrinffiiriiiiif JOINT FOOD PLANS HADE CANADA AND UNITED STATES TO WORK TOC2THER. England Will Import Bacon, Batter, Hams and Lard Under Llceuc, Baying; Aftency Opened. OTTAWA, Sept. 1. A -working agreement on the food problem be tween the United States and Canada has been reached after a conference of two days between F. G. Walcott, repre senting: Herbert C Hoover. United States food administrator, and repre sentatives of the Canadian food admin istration. It was announced from the food controller's offices here today. The official statement in part says: "Plans are maturing for joint action to obtain essential commodities for export while protecting the general public against exploitation and permit ting fair returns to producers. "There la absolutely no foundation for the recent reports that the British government will not require any more Canadian bacon and hogs. A reduction of at least 25 per cent In home con sumption in the Dominion is essential If sufficient ouantities are to be re leased for export to Great Britain and other European allies. What the Brit- sh government has done is to prohibit the import of bacon, butters, hams and lard except under license. "The Brltisn food ministry is estab lishing a single government buying agency in the United States for these Canadian and American products and will make all purchases through the agency, beginning September 3." ARMY CAMPS TO BE READY Cantonment at American L.ake Is Completely Finished. WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. The 16th National Army cantonments, each rep resenting a small city for the housing of 40.0'J0 soldier inhabitants, will be ready for occupancy as rapidly as the troops are called to tne training camps. Secretary Baker announced today. Kight of, the cantonments are prac tically completed, and at others con struction work has reached tho point where ample accommodations are as sured for the various increments as they arrive. Among those completed Is the cantonment at American Lake. Wash. Camps at Des Moines, Fort Riley. Kan., and Columbia, S. C. will be ready on September 6 to accommo date 60 per cent of the full Quota assigned. At an expenditure of approximately $150,000,000 the War Department has under construction JS cities with sew age, water, light, power, telephone. paving and fire protection systems. Aviatrix' Flight Is Short. CHICAGO. Sept. 1. Miss Katherine Etlnson's Chit-ago to New York flight in an airplane lasted jut 41 mlnutrs today. Miss Stinson, ambitious to break Ruth Law's record for the flight, left the ground hfr at 5:V9 A. M. At Porter, Ind.. nt 5:50 her engine acted badly and she volplaned. She failed to see som telephone wires and her machine waa damaged. The aviatrix was unhurt. BABY WILL SLEEP WELL IF ITS SKIN IS HEALTHY MOST of the cases of troublesome babies can be traced directly to physical discomfort, due to irritation or chafing of the tender skin. A baby can only express Its distress by crying out; It can't always trace the cause of the trouble, but it knows the trouble Is there and signifies the fact by lusty lung exercise. In such cases immediate relief can be given to the little sufferer by an application or two of Santiseptic Lotion, a preparation with marked heal - J Ing and soothing properties. It Is fine for relieving insect bites, poison oak or ivy, windburn, sunburn, chaps, fever blisters, etc Delightful after shaving. Santiseptic is easily procured at most drug stores, a good-sized bottle costing but 50c If your druggist cannot sup ply It, twenty-five cents In stamps or coin sent to the 'manufacturers, the Ksbencott Laboratories, Portland, Ore gon, will secure, postpaid, a large in troductory bottle. Adv. 3 EriHKanVKS MALE AND FEMALE HELP WANTED Over 16 years of age. Light factory work under favorable conditions. In out-of-town woodworking establishment. GOOD" WAGES Address AV 6 1 4, Oregonian.