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THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 9, 1917. V nrnp?mip nnrniiDC FIELD THRONE OF BRITAIN'S MONARCH. $2.20 WHEAT PRICE From Buenos Ayres NAVAL ATTACK TO BE BIG TAI ED Came to us yesterday an order for a pair of our Hand-Woven-to-Order ELASTIC STOCKINGS. 'Tis a truth that this industry, established by us 15 years ago, has by sheer merit become known in many lands. Surgical Elastic Garments Include Stockings, Wristlets, Anklets, Knee Caps, Thigh and Fleet, Believed to Contain i High Seas Ships, Making Chief Protests Coming From North Dakota, Where Crop Is Failure. Way Into Baltic. ... DIVERS LEAD FLOTILLA PLAN RUNNING SMOOTHLY Russian Batteries Drive Oft Enemy I Ships in. Gulf of Riga and Irbensk Sound Teuton Trawlers Are Observed, STOCKHOLM, Sept. 8. It Is reported by the Svenska Dagbladet that German naval forces of considerable strength nave been observed In the Southern Baltic, taking a northerly course. The leading- squaaron, it says, con sists of submarines and torpedo-boats, with cruisers following them. It is believed to be the German Baltic fleet, reinforced by part of the high" seas fleet. A. great naval attack on Russian Bal tic Coast towns is expected. PETROGEAD, Sept. 8. German war craft again have been sighted in the Gulf of Riga and have been shelled by the Russian coast batteries, the War Office announces. Russian torpedo boats discovered a German submarine and enemy ships, apparently trawlers, were observed in Irbensk Sound. They were forced by the Russian batteries to retire. KAISER PRAISES MEN AT RIGA .Victory, Obtained Sooner Than Ex- I pected, Thrills German Nation. BERLIN', Sept. 8, via London. In thanking the Eighth German Army for the capture of Riga, Emperor William in an address to the victorious troops at Riga, on Thursday, declared that euch victories increase the prospects that tha end of the war will come (oon. The Emperor, according to an offi cial statement, spoke as follows: "Riga is free. When this news ran through all the districts of Germany a storm of jubilation and enthusiasm arose everywhere in the fatherland and in the foremost trenches in the enemy country. "This town, founded by the spirit of the old German Hanseatic League, witn a German history, and which always lias endeavored to maintain its German origin, has gone through heavy times. By the German army, in which is in corporated all the German tribes, this town again is liberated from long op pression. "The operation, which by the com mand of the supreme army commander and under the direction of Prince Leo pold, of Bavaria, was began and under taken with confidence in the efficiency of the troops which in over three years of war so brilliantly have stood the test, has been carried through by all arms more quickly and more energeti cally than was expected, arid was a surprise to the enemy. A crushing blow hit him and so be lost his bridge head. "The liberation of Riga Is the deed of the Eighth Army and its well-tried commander. It -again has proved that our steel-hard will to victory will de fend us, no matter how long the war lasts, but such blows as Ihe battle of Riga increase the prospects that the end will come 'soon. They add to the glory of our arms and give fresh lau rels to the troops particlipating.' "Therefore, I express to you my thanks for the brilliant feat of arras, the fatherland's thanks and the en thusiastic thanks of the people, who stand behind you watching your deeds, but who also create - and labor with their hands and till the fields to give us our daily bread. The present har vest, now well brought in, will feed -us. "Also In this respect, the Lord of creation has granted our prayers, and by his daily bread protected this army and your people at home against dis tress. Therefore, happen what may, and no matter how long it may last, on, then, upon the enemy with joyful hearts and iron will to victory over all the enemies of Germany." GERMAN DRIVE IS SLACKENED Russians Entrench Near Venden and Will Hold Dvinsk Firmly. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 8. Leading German military circles consider that with the capture of the important naval bases of Riga and Duenamuende, op erations on the Riga front virtually have been ended, says a Berlin dispatch to the National Tidende. It is consid ered too late in the year to advance further. This would require the build ing of new roads and the establishment of depots. On this account, the dis patch says, it is unlikely that Field Marshal von Hindenburg will permit the troops to continue the advance with Petrograd as the objective. BERLIN, via London, Sept. 8. rThe Russians arc hastily intrenching in the Riga region to the west of Venden, says today's army headquarters statement German cavalry is in touch with them on this new line, and advanced Russian detachments have been pushed back. PETROGRAD. SeTt. 8. No further advance by the Germans on the Riga front is reported in " today's official communication. The Russian positions are being reeonnoitered by German cavalry. The encouraging feature of the Riga situation is the seeming firmness of the Russian. resistance. The German pur suit appears to be slowing up, and in military circles it is not anticipated that the enemy will risk much further penetration while Dvinsk remains un conquered. According- to Information, the spirit of the troops in the Dvinsk sector is much more favorable than on other fronts. Colonel Podjoursky, a member of the Dvinsk army committee, tele graphing to Colonel Kuropatkin, chair man of the special council army com mittee here, said that the army was standing firm, that there was no inten tion to surrender Dvinsk and :hat the army committees were in full accord with, the commanders. AMSTERDAM. Sept. 8. Emperor William has arrived at Riga, a Berlin dispatch reports. He reviewed the troops and distributed decorations on the battlefield. I Herd ot Elk Is Promised. SALEM. Or.. Sept. 8. (Special.) "W. A. Taylor, well-known rancher, living near Macleay, eight miles southeast of here, has received word from the State Fish and Game Commission that it in tends to place a herd of 30 or 40 elk on the headwaters of the Abiqua River some time in the near future. No de tails were given as. to where the elk will be secured, .but probably from .Wyoming. Read The Oregonian classified ads. ' S 3 t : . KING GEORGE ON BATTLE FROST. Although the "throne" of England is popularly believed to be the huge upholstered chair at Buckingham Palace, there is "an old legend to the effect that "where ye King- sits, there ye throne of England stands." If this be true, the humble, battle-scarred kitchen chair Bho-7n In the abova photograph is particularly exalted, for it not only holds his majesty, George the Fifth, but has actually enthroned him on the ruined battlements of the Chateau Thiepval In Northwestern France. England and France, fighting side Thiepval back from the German hosts, British General is explaining: the- battle of strategy, -and la quick to reward a ITALIANS LOSE 6000 Austria Retakes Ground in Hermada Sector. SAN GABRIELE IS RETAKEN Teutons Say Hand-to-Rand Fight ing Required to Drive Foe Back Across the Dal Artillery Fire at St. Catherlna Is Heavy. LONDON, Sept. 8. In the Hermada sector on the front northwest of Trieste, the Austrians have recaptured ground gained by the Italians, accord ing to an undated official statement from the Austrian War Office received here today. The statement says the Italians can no longer boast' of having gained a yard of ground. Up to the present time, according to the announcement, the Austrians have taken more than 6000 prisoners in the Hermada region. According to official announcement, the Austrians pressed back the Italians from Monte San Gabriele, northeast of Gorizia. The Italians are said to have fled. ' The announcement follows: t"Our troops in hand-to-hand fighting yesterday pressed Dack the Italians from Monte San Gabriele. At noon the enemy fled west across the Dol. lie was caught by our annihilating fire. He concentrated fresh reserves and at tacked once more at 8 P. M., suffering heavy ' losses. The-enemy's heavy ar tillery shelled the mountain day and night without interruption. - During the early hours this morning the fire in creased. St Catherine also was heav ily shelled. Attacks against Panovitz and Selo were easily, repulsed. - "In the Hermada sector our troops, by a bold stroke, regained the territory previously taken by the Italians on the 11th battle of the Isonzo. The enemy can no longer boast of having gained a yard. of ground. In vain the enemy exasperated,-attempted by mad thrusts to reconquer what he had lost. Ihe .attacks were crushed by artillery and hani grenades.. At this point up to the MAP ILLrSTHATINO . C ADORN A' S DRIVE ON THIESTliU TOLMINO From the Literary Digest. Portion f Italia Irredentla Already Hr rlalmed la ShwTrn Mvtwern Hmtt Ulavk Line Slarklns; 9iurtk t rout and the Italian Frontier. ( vs. v M. pP-'r Plioto Copyright by Underwood. by side, have only recently wrested who seized it many months aeo. A to his majesty, who Is a close student victorious leader. present 160 officers and 6300 men have be-n taken prisoner. "Trieste has again been bombed, by aviators." ROME. Sept. 8. Italian forces, says the official statement, are still ener getically exerting pressure upon the Austrian lines northeast of Gorizia (the San Gabriele region), keeping them under an intensive barrage fire. The Carso fighting 'is being mainly carried on by the artillery, the state ment indicates. CONVOYED VESSELS SUNK German Submarines Destroy Two British Steamers. AN ATLANTIC PORT, Sept. 8.The British steamship Deiphlc. of 8273 tons, one of the White rtar Line fleet, has been sunk by a German submarine, ac cording to word received today. The sinking occurred August 15. some dis tance off the Irish coast and while the vessel was under armed convoy. All the crew was saved. Advices from the same source also reported that the British steamship Middlesex, formerly known as the Knight Bachelor, a vessel of 7264 tons, likewise under convoy, had been sunk shout the same time as was the Del phic. The Middlesex was built in 1914 at Glasgow and was owned by the Federal Steam Navigation Company, of London. RUSSIAN CITIES 'HUNGRY All Bread In Moscow Distributed and Famine Impends. STOCKHOLM, Sept. 8. A food crisis In Petrograd and Moscow Is reported In advices received here from Papa randa. AL Jurenew, Russian Minister of Communications, is said to have asked M. Pieschehonof f. Minister of Supplies, to take further extraordinary measures to save these cities from famine, saying supplies on hand in Petrograd would suffice only for 10 days and that conditions in Moscow were worse. All the bread in Moscow has been distributed. TRANSPORT GUARD IS PLAN Board to Work Out System for Eluding Submarines. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. A. joint board of Army and Navy officers headed by Captain William R. Shoe maker, of the Navy, has been appointed to work out a system to be employed in getting American troop transports across the Atlantic in safety. Neces sarily its conclusions and recommenda tions will be regarded as confidential. Submarines have made an entirely new system of convoy regulations necessary. CHINA MAY JOIN ENTENTE War Committee's Advice Regarded Favorably by Government. PEKIN, Sept. 4 (Delayed.) The war committee of 50 prominent Chi nese, headed by Lu Cheng Haiang, has addressed the government to Join the entente allies, to sign the London agreement against a separate peace and sign the Paris economic pact. The government is disposed to adopt the recommendations and has referred it to the provincial officials for their opinion. Tacoma's Drafted Men Leave. 1 TACOMA, Sept. 8. Thirteen sturdy sons of Tacoma motored down Pacific avenue today en route to Camp Lewis, while crowds in the -business district paused to cheer and bid them Godspeed. Ten automobiles carried the men, friends, relatives and members of their respective draft boards. Dong Chang. Chinese, Tacoma's first man drawn in the draft lottery,-was at the assem bling place early. Sparta Drafted Men Honored. '-. BAKER, Or.. Sept. 8. (Special.) Crowds coming from within a radius of 30 miles met at Sparta, a little agri cultural community east of Baker, at an entertainment and dance given in honor of the Sparta young men who were drafted. - Farmers Will Average 83 Per Cent More for Wheat Than They Did Last Tear; Consumer Should Profit by 2 0 Per Cent. . WASHINGTON. Sept. 8. Th price of $2.20 a bushel for wheat fixed by President Wilson .will be maintained, it was made clear today at the food administration, despite Isolated pro tests from farming Interests that the figure is too low. "Virtually the only objection of any consequence, It was said, has arisen in North Dakota, where the crop was unusually poor. North Dakota farmers, are demand ing S3 a bushel for their wheat and are asking for removal of the food administration's regulations designed to prevent speculation. They particu larly object to restrictions against ele vators storing grain more than 30 days. Dr. R. A. Pearson, assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture, is Just back from a trip throughout the West with a report that he found the wheat price generally acceptable except in com munities where crops were far below normal. Farmers Gain la One-Third. The result of the price fixed, food administration officials say. Is that the farmer will receive about 33 per cent more a bushel than last year. On the other hand, through arrangements made for the elimination of specula tion and to control distribution, the consumer shculd, they contend, obtain a saving of at least S3 a barrel on flour, or 20 per cent under the average of the last four months. Herbert Hoover, the food administra tor, foresees some actual suffering among farmers in North Dakota and in localities in other states whatever the price. The wheat failure in some dis tricts, he said today, means that some growers will lose money. Plan Itannlnar Smoothly. "The plan generally," he said, "Is running smoothly, except for the neces sarily expected local misunderstand ings and the food administration will not depart one iota from the prices determined on by the President for Government purchases either now or throughout the year. I believe that the sense of support shown the Gov ernment in dealing with the difficulties of war is an ample guarantee that wheat will flow regularly to our con suming centers and to the allies. "The arrangements made by the rail roads permit - their handling wheat more rapidly this year than last. So far the roads have been able to take care of all movement and probably can continue to do so until a little later in the Fall. J.' W. Sullivan, who represented- the American Federation of Labor on the wheat price fixing committee, said today that if the price of wheat came up again-for review labor would demand a lower figure. FRENCH GAIN AT VERDUN IMPORTAST POINTS AND KOO FRIS. r . OXERS ARE TAKEN. British Fatrola Also Inflict Consider able ' Casualties on Germans in Ypres District. PARIS, Sept. 8. The French troops made gains today on the right bank of the Meuse, Verdun sector, occupying important positions and capturing more than S00 prisoners, according to the an nouncement of the War Office tonight. German attacks last night in Lor raine, east of Rheims and on the Aisne front, were repulsed, it is announced officially. The French . took prisoners in successful raids. BERLIN, via London, Sept. 8. The French have resumed the offensive in the Verdun region, according to today's War Office statement. They attacked last night on a 20-mile front, but were repulsed, it is declared. This morning the battle was renewed. LONDON. Sept-"i-"In patrol fight ing on the Ypres front last night the enemy suffered considerable casualties northeast of St. Julien," says today's official statement. "In the neighbor hood of Gavrelle, a successful raid was carried out by a small party of our troops. - "Langemarck was heavily shelled by the enemy yesterday evening and there was some hostile artillery activity at other points later in the night. No in fantry action developed." AMERICAN DRIVERS CITED Great Coolness Under Fire Wins Praise of French War Office. PARTS. Sept. 8. Robin Jay Flynn. of San Francisco, a driver of section 1 of the American ambulance, was cited today for courage and coolness when. a shell having destroyed the body of his car, he continued to carry wounded men from a perilous advanced post along a road constantly under the fire of gas shells. The car was the fourth which' has been destroyed when he was driving. Donald Belcner, of Newtonville. Mass., an American- ambulance driver. has been cited in an order of the day for having gone to the rescue of offi cers and men of a battery of artillery who were being subjected to a violent bombardment by shells of large caliber and aided in removing the wounded. The order, of the day. in outlining the feat of Belcher, says he showed courage and devotion above praise. A dispatch from Paris September 6 said the war cross had been awarded to Belcher. FOREST GUARDS CALLED IN Soaking Rain Puts End to Fire Dan ger in Eugene District. EUGENE, Or., Sept. 8. Soldiers who have been gruarding- the forests of Ore gon with orders to "shoot to kill" all persons detected in the act of setting out fires were withdrawn' today as the result of a soaking: rainfall last night. It was the first rainfall in this section of the state in 77 days. Fire danger for the season is believed at an end. Shoulder Pieces, Belts and Supporters, woven on our looms to exact measure of each case. They fit right and give just the needled support, correcting Strains and Sprains, Weak and Rheumatic Joints, Varicosed (enlarged) Veins, Relief and Safety for the Overf at and those recovering from Appendicitis and similar Operations. Pregnant Women will find our comfortable Belts at once a safeguard against accidents, an aid to continued health and correct figure. PRIVATE FITTING ROOMS with skilled attendants men and women in charge. 2d Floor. UT8 TWO DIE Itl ARSENAL Explosion Wrecks Building at Frankford Station. FIRE TAKES 3 BUILDINGS Two Young Women Are Among 23 Injured Carelessness of Some Workman Believed to Have Been Cause of Blowup. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8. Two work men are known to have been killed and more than a score of persons badly in jured in an explosion at the Frankford Arsenal here early today. According to workers the explosion was acci dental, there being nothing to Indicate that it was caused by an outside agency. Two of the 23 injured are young women. Major Montgomery, commandant of the arsenal, and nis aides are investi gating the explosion and decline to make any statement until they have completed their .inquiry. Carelessness of a workman, it was believed, was the cause". . The explosion occurred in one of three small buildings known as de tonating dry rooms, where the primer caps for three and six-inch shells and small arms cartridges are dried. The building in question has its walla packed with cinders and every precau tion was taken to prevent accidents. Fire followed the explosion and spread to several other small buildings known as the artillery assembly unit. In these there were three and six-inch shells, but prompt work of arsenal em ployes and city firemen saved the buildings, and their contents from de struction. Today's explosion was the second fatal one to occur within the past f-.e months. Two. men were killed by the bursting of a shrapnel fue in the high explosives building last April. The monetary loss is estimated at about 30,000. Three small buildings were destroyed together with about 80,000 detonators. Baker Gives Books. BAKER, Or., Sept. 8. (Special.) A consignment of 357 books and 359 magazines, given by Baker people, was shipped today to Portland, from where they will be sent to American Lake for distribution among the soldiers at the training camp. The collection was aecureci through the efforts of Miss Lula Smith, city librarian. Phone your want ads to The Orego gronlan. Main 7070. A 6095. 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