THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 2, 1917.
PERSHING ADVISES
PATIENCE IS HEEDED
Ins patrolled by Kentucky National
Guardsmen and the civil authorities
have augmented their night police
patrol as the result of a series of out
breaks In the principal streets here
today between negroes and soldiers.
Tonight the town Is quiet but sup
pressed excitement and ill feeling Is
apparent and threats of further trou
ble are heard.
The street fighting today was the
culmination of a series of disorders
between soldiers camped at the edge
of the city and negroes who have been
flocking to Lexington during the
week from a fair nearby. One negro
was taken to the hospital in a serious
condition, while numerous other
blacks receiver lesser injuries. The
soldiers escaped with minor bruises.
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Force Suitable for First Line
Fighting Not Made by
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GIANT STRIDES ARE MADE
2Vo Effort Will Be Made to Take
Place at Front Until Army Is
Capable of Doing Share at
i Side of Its Allies.
PARIS, Sept. I. Major-General Per
shing, who has remained in Paris clear
ing up the work at his old headquar
ters and who is not going to field head
quarters until Sunday or Monday, de
clared today in connection with the
plan for the coming Winter that the
American people must learn the mean
ing and value of patience and not ex
pect that the expeditionary forces
landed in France can be rushed imme
diately to the front line trenches. To
put an inadequate, insufficiently sup
plied force into actual combat, he said,
would merely be making a mistake
which the Germans unquestionably (
have hoped and expected the United j
States would make. It is the deter
mination rather that when America
does take her place in the line shoul
der to shoulder w.lth the other allies
next year she will be fully prepared to
go through the Summer campaign and
make the Germans feel the full weight
of her mlttlar'y power.
Tank Is Immense.
"Those of us who have fully studied
the situation and who know what must
be done," said General Pershing to the
Associated Press, "are anxious that the
people at home shall strive to realize
the immensity of the task in which we
are engaged and shall, through pa
tience and confidence, strive to accom
plish that task in the shortest possible
time. Everything is going well with
us both as a Nation and as an Army.
We are making giant strides day by
day, but we are just started.
"We came into the war without an
army. We always have been a peace
loving people and undoubtedly the
great majority of us hoped we should
be spared war. So now we must build
an entire new organization and build it
so big and so strong that we can take
our place along with our allies, who
already have had three years' time and
experience.
Great Problems Solved.
T realize how very difficult it Is for
the people at home to visualize the war,
to visualize the effort that lies behind
the war. Our problems are greater
than any France and Great Britain has
to solve, but we are solving them and
will continue to do so. -
"It is impossible to create a vast
fighting machine merely bythe wave of
a. wand. I wish that it was possible
to do o and that we might be fighting
the German government this minute.
We know that the only way to defeat
the German army is to hammer and
keep on hammering it. That is what
we expect to be doing with all our
fresh strength and enthusiasm during
next year's campaign. 'But "until we
can properly take our place in the line,
the people must be patient and a"s confi
dent as we are, who know what we are
doing and what we must do."
CONCERT INTEREST HIGH
DOBSON AND DOSAHTE TO SING
AND PLAY FOR SOLDIERS.
Proceeds of Programme of Clever
Yonng Musicians Will Swell Third
Oregon Ambulance Fond
Widespread interest has been aroused
in the benefit concert that will be given
on the night of September 17 at th
public auditorium by Tom Dobson,
well-known Portland singer and com
poser, and Lester Donahue, the New
York pianist, now quite a sensation in
Eastern music circles.
The concert is arranged under the
auspices of the Oregon Army and Navy
Auxiliary for the benefit of the Third
Oregon ambulance and emergency fund.
The local committee is composed of
Mrs. A. D. Charlton. Mrs. S. B. Huston,
Mrs. George L. Baker .and Mrs. G. J.
Steele. The entire seating capacity of
the Auditorium will be offered at $1 a
seat and the advance interest indicates
the Auditorium will be crowded.
Mr. Dobson will include in the pro
gramme many of his own compositions.
These compositions include reveries of
the child world. Southern and Irish folk
songs, a modern French group and a
group of songs written by Mr. Dobson
in collaboration with Mr. Donahue, with
whom he has frequently appeared in
the East.
Mr. Donahue is recognized as a. bril
liant pianist. He gave a concert in
Portland last season under the auspices
of the Portland MacDowell Club. He
will offer several interpretations from
Liszt and Chopin, among other things
on his programme.
MEAN THIEF IS ABROAD
THIELHOR.V LOSES TROUSERS
HAIDEX ISLAND.
ON
500 SOLDIERS -TO MARCH
Vancouver, Wash., Plans Great Pa
A radc for Labor Day.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 1. (Spe
cial.) One thousand workmen, 500 reg
ular soldiers and three big bands, in
cluding the Fourteenth Infantry band,
from Vancouver Barracks, the S., P. &
S. band and the Juvenile Artisans' band
will make up- Vancouver's greatest
Labor day parade Monday morning.
The parade will move at 9:30 sharp,
the military section having orders to
nrch at that hour, which will be
strictly followed. Members of the va
rious unions which will be represented
In the line of march will assemble at
9 o'clock.
Many from Portland are expected to
attend. Speeches at the City Park and
field day sports are planned for the
afternoon.
Violin Teacher Saved From Going Home
Draped In Barrel Th.oofih Kind
ness ox strangers.
Bathers should beware the trousers
thief of Hayden Island.
Emil Thlelhorn, well-known, violin
teacher, was his victim yesterday. Mr.
Thlelhorn was lounging on the sands
of the island preliminary to a dip in
the Columbia. He thinks he must have
dozed, for he discovered his clothes,
rolled into a bundle, had been disar
ranged and the trousers, containing a
watch, diamond ring, bunch of keys,
an English marine glass and loose
change, had disappeared.
It was only tne kindness of dwellers
in a nearby houseboat that saved Mr.
Thielhorn from going home in a barrel.
Moreover, he was so annoyed by the
theft that he no longer felt like swim
ming and was made to lose his dip.
Mr. Thielhorn's loss was considerable.
His ring was worth more than S100.
He was put to no end of inconvenience
through the loss of his keys, to which
was attached his name and address.
The scene of the theft was on the
north shore of Hayden Island, near
the Interstate bridge. A few days ago
a Finnish swimmer, disporting in the
water at that point, also suffered the
loss of his trousers.
FOOD SCARCE IN 0STEND
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German Deserter Says Sugar Unob
tainable and Bread Limited.
HAVRE, Sept. 1. Milk, butter, eggs
and vegetables are not obtainable in
Ostend, Belgium, according to a de
serter from the German army, who has
arrived here. Meat is scarce and when
obtainable the administration of the
commune distributes 75 grams weekly
to each person. Bread, he said, brings
5 francs a kilogram and sugar is not
obtainable. Three hundred grams
two-thirds pound) of bread is distrib
uted daily to each person by the Ameri
can relief commission.
The residents of Ostend, he adds, are
depressed by misery, but are always
hopeful of victory. The general morale
Of the population is good.
TRIAL RESULT TO BE TOLD
Military Inquiry in Waco Case "Will
Not Be Kept Secret.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Sept. 1. Major
General John W. Ruckman, comman
der of the Southern Department, an
nounced tonight after reconsidering
his decision earlier today not to give
out the findings of the courtmartial
of the negro members of the Twenty
fourth Infantry who clashed with civil
authorities at Waco July 29. that he
would make a report Monday covering
the proceedings of the trial.
FIRE INJURES THOUSANDS
Population of Russian City Driven
Into Fields for 3 6 Hours.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 1. Several thou
sand persons are reported to have been
1 killed and injured in the fire which
Bwept the city of Kazan on the Kazan,
ka River, 430 miles east of Moscow
early this week.
The fire burned for 36 hours, driving
most of the population outside the city.
LUMBER COMPANY SUED
Brokerage Concern Wants Damages,
Alleging Breach of Contract.
Lumber prices have nearly doubled
since April of this year, according to
the complaint of the Duncan Lumber
Company, which started suit yesterday
against the Willapa Lumber Company
for a $15,700 judgment on an allege?
breach of contract.
" In April, the complaint aets forth,
the plaintiff contracted with the de
fendant concern for 431,500 ' feet ot
lumber at an agreed price of : $42 ' a
thousand feet. The defendant company
has, failed to deliver the greater share
of lumber ordered, and the price for
the same quality is now $75 a thou
sand, it is asserted. The plaintiff com
pany wants damages amounting to the
difference in cost it is now required to
pay.
DEER HUNTERS ARRESTED
Three Men of Coquille Violate Gov
ernor's Proclamation.
MARSHFIELD. Or., Sept. 1. (Spe
cial.) P. Endicott, Milton Epperson
and Otto McGill, of Coquille, were
caugSit in the closed deer season with
two bucks and a doe, and were arrest
ed by Deputy Game Warden J. M.
Thomas and ordered to appear in the
Circuit Court, October term.
Deputy Thomas spent two days about
the camp of the hunters. He was as
sisted by Constable J. G. Houser, of
Bridge. Mr. Thomas says he has evi
dence the men knew of the closed sea
son and that they made slighting re
marks about the Governor and his
proclamation.
Irrigation Ditch Polluted.
BEND, Or., Sept. 1 (Special) Plead
ing guilty to the charge of polluting
an irrigation ditch, John Marsh, John
Harper, Charles Anderson and A. Har
per, who were arrested yesterday aft
ernoon, were fined each $10 and costs
in the local Justice Court. The charge
against the men was that a sheepherder
in their employ let sheep lie in the
water, causing a severe epidemic of
dysentery and one death among users
of the water.
TROOPS AND NEGROES RIOT
Lexington, Ky., Patrolled by Sol
diers Following Several FJghts.
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LEXINGTON, Ky.,
streets of Lexington
Sept. 1. The
tonight are be-
Blanket Ofdcr Issues.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 Proposed
commodity rate increases of all sorts
throughout the east were disposed of
temporarily today by the Interstate
Commerce Commission with a blanket
order suspending the operation of rates
until December 30. A selected list
ot articles excluded from the pro
posed increases, vhich were to become
effective today, will be announced
within a few days.
Marriage Licenses Issued.
TACOMA. Wash., Sept. 1. (Special)
.marriage licenses were issued here to
day to E. Erickson, Seattle, and Jean.
ette Clovis, Portland, and to Francis
D, Yeager and Blanche Brown, both of
centra.ua,
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Announcing
The biggest combined
programme of stars and
plays ever shown any
where in the world in
the entire history of
motion pictures.
Commencing yesterday with
"Skinner's Baby," the funniest
comedy drama ever shown in this
theater, the Majestic will offer to
the public during the coming sea
son the most gigantic collection
of super-pictures ever known.
At enormous expense the entire programme
has already been purchased, and there will
not be a single week during the next nine
months that the Majestic will not have an
attraction of supreme quality.
The programme is so good that every pic
ture will.be shown a week, and the policy
of the house calls for the opening of all at-,
tractions on Saturday, instead of Sunday,
as formerly.
The following is a partial jpfr , 'y , v
"The Honor System"
(Coming very soon)
"The Spy"
"Jack and the Bean
Stalk"
Annette Kellermann in
"Queen of the Waters"
Theda Bara in "Cleopatra" and "Camille."
William Farnum in "The Conqueror," "When a Man
Sees Red," "Les Miserables" and "The Doctor'
(by Ralph Connor).
Dustin Farnum in "North of Fifty-three" and "Du-
rand of the Bad Lands."
Madge Kennedy in "Baby Mine," "Nearly Married,"
"Twin Beds," "Fair and Warmer."
Maxine Elliott in "Fighting Odds" and "The Eternal
Magdalene."
Jane Cowl in "The Spreading Dawn."
Mae Marsh in "Polly of the Circus," "Sunshine Al
ley," "Fields of Honor," "The Cinderella
Man."
Mary Garden in "Thais."
Mabel Normand in "Joan of Flatbush.'
Rex Beach production, "The Auction Block."
British Official War Pictures "Battle of the
Somrae" and "The German Retreat From
Arras."
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CLATSOP VALUES GO UP
ASSESSOR MAKING VP ROLL ON 100
PER CENT BASIS.
Multnomah County Assessment TV'tll
Be Continued, as in Former Tears
on 60 Per Cent Plan.
ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 1. (Special.)
Assessed valuation of taxable property
In Clatsop County on the roll now In
preparation will show an increase of
approximately 40 per cent, when com
pared with last year's roll.
It is understood a si.nllar increase
is being made in practically, every
county in the atute. at the request of
the State Tax Commission, which has
expressed a desire tor higher valua
tions in a hope of securing a propor
tionate reduction in tax levies.
Assessor Leinenweber, who Is pre
paring: the new roll, will not total the
figures until after the board of equali
zation meets, but it is expected the
roll will be nearly 27,000,0OO without
the holdings of public service corpora
tions. Taxable property inside the city
limits will total approximately 17,
500,000. Assessment rolls in Multnomah
County will not e totaled until late
in October. Henry 12. Heed, Assessor,
last night said thero would be little
change in the assessments.
Some weeks ago the State Tax Com
mission sent out letters to all coun
ties asking that property this year be
assessed pa a 100' per cent basis. As
sessor Reed assumed st night that
the Clatsop Assessor was conforming
to the requet of the Commission. Mult
nomah County assesses on a basis of
60 per cent for all classes of property.
The Multnomah assessment will remain
at 60 per cent for this year anyway,
and so far as Mr. Reed knows, no
other counties have adopted the 100
per cent plan.
AUTO LICENSE GAIN IS BIG
More Titan 45,000 Machines Regis
tered in Oregon.
SALEM, Or., Sept. 1 (Special.) The
total amount of license fees received
by the automobile department of Sec
retary OJcott'a office up to today for
this year Is $183,386. as compared with
$137,596 for the same period in 1316
and $146,254 for the entire year of 1916.
During August this year 7247 in
fees was paid in. these fees being paid
on 1693 automobiles, 123 motorcycles,
10 dealers' licenses and 270 chauffeurs'
licenses. So far this year 45.558 auto
mobiles have been registered, as com
pared with 31.847 for a similar period
last year, or 33,917 for the entire year
in 1916. The number of motorcycles
registered so far this year is 3281. as
compared with 3368 for last year for
the entire year and 3294 for a corre
sponding length of time last year.
Sclo Fair Publicity Man Named.
ALBANY, Or., Sept. 1 (Special.)
Ralph R. Cronise, city editor of the Al
bany Democrat, was today appointed
publicity manager for the Linn County
j-a.lT at Sclo on Scpteuiuer 13a 19 and
20. Mr. Croniso handled the publici?.-
most successfully for the 'Western Or .
gon Round-up here last July.
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