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78 Pages Six Sections Section One Pages It o22 VOL. XXXVI NO. 48. PORTLAND, OKKGOX, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2. ' 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRITISH HIT BACK AND GERMANS HALT Byng Checks Thrust in Cambrai Sector. TERRITORY GAINED BY ENEMY Two Great Attacks Delivered on 12,000-Yard Front. BRITONS FORCED TO RETIRE Bloody and Desperate Hand-to-Hand Struggle Takes Place When Ten-, tons Attempt to Make Turn . ' ing ,Movement to North. (By the Associated Press. BRITISH HEADQUARTRS IN FRANCE, Dec. 1. The Hindenburg troops yesterday made their first pre tentious attempt to oust the British from the territory won by General Byng last week. They have thus far failed to accomplish their object, al though they captured a considerable stretch of territory in the Gonnilieu region, just south of the scene of the recent British offensive. Two great attacks were delivered yesterday morning-. One extended from , Moeuvres to Bourlon wood; the other was along approximately a 12,000-yard front between Vendhulle on the south and Crevecoeur on the north. Both assaults were made in very strong force, and the infantry was supported by fire from newly concentrated Ger man guns. Germans Make Advance. In the northern attack the Germans succeeded", in pushing down betw.een Moeuvres and Bourlon wood for a con siderable distance, but were hurled back by a counter attack after par ticularly sanguinary fighting. The line in this section today was virtually as it stood before the Germans attacked. In the southern battle the Germans broke through the British front south of Villers-Guislain and. by executing a turning movement to the north, suc ceeded in enveloping Gauche wood, Gouzeaucourt.. Gonnelieu and.La.Vac querie temporarily. , Fighting la Bitter. After the first shock of the attack by a superior number of forces, the British organized a counter attack and sent up reinforcements. The British troops were thrown against Germans in Gouzeaucourt which represented the enemy's extreme advance, a distance of about 4000 yards. The Germans . got into Gouzeaucourt about 10 o'clock in The morning and from that hour until 3 o'clock in the r afternoon hand-to-hand fighting of a most terrible nature took place there. The British were outnumbered, but so furious was their onslaught that they rushed the Germans back from the town and reoccupied it. Ridge la Retaken. . Just east of Gouzeaucourt is a ridge, and the Germans had occupied this in force. The British continued their at tacks and gradually forced the enemy from this ridge to the lower ground beyond. As a result the ridge was retaken by the British, together with Gauche wood, southeast of Gouzeau court, and they pushed on the western edge of Gonnelieu. In the meantime British counter at tacks at La Vacquerie had proceeded successfully and the Germans were thrown out of this place with heavy losses. The German line this morning was Just west of Villers-Guislain, which represented an advance of about 3000 yards. At Gonnelieu the enemy had made very little advance and his gain farther north had virtually been nullified in many places. At no point is (Concluded on Page 2. Column 1. ) i - 1 vr maw- wmm : cross &s & fAJ AVf) vy z rpsc o cvyz 2v L!" AUTOMOBILE KILLS BRIDE OF A YEAR HUSBAND AND MOTHER, ALSO STRUCK, ARE INJURED. Party, After Stepping Orr Trolley Car, Walk, in Front or Speeding Machine. Mrs. Frank Mlllich, 21" years old, a bride of a year, -vas killed, her hus band suffered a broken arm and sprained back and her mother, Mrs. John Cosgrove, was bruised painfully last night at 7:30 o'clock when, after leaving a southbound Woodlawn street car at Union avenue and Church street, they walked behind the car and were hit by a northbound Vancouver-Portland automobile stage driven by C. Byrn. Mrs. Millich was formerly. Julia Cos grove. She and her husband lived with her mother at 403 Church street. Mr. Byrn, driver of the auto stage, said that the three stepped Into the path of his approaching auto so sud denly that he could not stop. In his machine were two passengers, one of whom was C. E. Wehun. of Orchards. Wash. Mr. Bryn was held on a charge of involuntary manslaughter by order of Deputy City Attorney Deich. His bail was fixed at $1000 cash, which he was unable to furnish. Mrs. Millich died within a few min utes after being hit. Her body was taken to their home, as were Mr. Mil lich and Mrs. Cosgrove. It was raining at the time of the ac cident and save for the passengers in the auto stage there were no witnesses so far as now known. The auto was going about 15 to 17 miles an hour, ac cording to Mr. Bryn, and although the streets were slippery, it did not skid far. The wheels had no chains. The accident occurred less than half a block from Union avenue and Killingsworth, a busy corner. The Coroner has started an investiga tion. Mrs. Millich's death was due to in juries about the throat and breast, the latter being badly crushed. CABARET TAX EXPLAINED War Revenue Calls for 10 Per Cent of Admission Charge. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Twenty per cent of the charges for food, drinks. table reservation or other service In a cabaret will be regarded as an admis sion charge on which the war tax of 1 cent for each 10 cents admission is based under the war tax act. Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper ruled to day that if one's bill In a cabaret is $5, then 2 per cent, or $1, is to be con sidered admission and the war tax would, be 10 cents- This applies to cabarets making; no formal charge for admission. "V ' INDIAN RECRUITS SOUGHT Chier Mexes, of Wolf Clan, Expects to Enroll 500 0 In- Service. SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 1. Chief Mexes, a Mescalero Apache of the fam ous Wolf clan, arrived here , today in company with, his wife, Princess Lone Feather, to conduct a campaign for obtaining recruits among the Indians for service in the United States Army. The chief, who bears the message of Chief Thunder Water, commander of the Council of Tribes of American In dians, is touring the country and ex pects to enroll more than 6000 Ameri can Indians. WYOMING SALOONS TARGET Drink Shops May Close Early to Con serve Man Power. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec 1. On the ground that all-night Baloons are "im pairing the efficiency of Wyoming's man power when it is needed in the war," Mayors of all incorporated towns in the state are asked in telegrams sent late today by Frank L. Houx, acting Governor, to urge their City Councils and Town Boards to pass ordinances prohibiting saloons from remaining open between the hours of 9 P. M. and 7 A. M. " PICTORIAL (JEW WAR CONGRESS WILL MEET mi Long5" and Important Session Is Forecast. ARMY MAY BE 5,000,000 MEN Draft Law. Likely to Be Changed, Age Lowered. - CROWDER'S VIEWS URGED One of Problems "With Which Con gress Must Contend Is Shipbuild ing Programme Wilson to Tussle With Labor Question. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Dec 1. The session of Con gress which will open Monday noon is destined to be a long, busy and impor tant one. Its chief duty will be to make pro vision for carrying on the war during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 191-8, and to provide for such deficiencies as have been created in the earlier war preparations. Appropriations and reve nue will come foremost; then there will be a flood of necessary war legis lation, and the changing of war meas ures enacted at the past session. In addition to this, the usual appropria tions must be made and a certain amount of general and local legisla tion put through. The opening session, the second ses sion of the Sixty-fifth Congress, is in determinate as to length, and its du ration will depend upon the amount of business' to be transacted, the speed with which it is disposed of, the vol ume of extraneous matter that is per mitted to creep in and the length of time the Senate will waste in speeches. The latter is likely to prove the prin cipal guide in fixing the length of the session. Budajet to Be Submitted. On. Monday the Secretary of the Treasury will submit to Congress the annual book of estimates, correspond ing to the budget. This will set forth. In considerable detail, the amounts now thought to be necessary to meet all purposes, of the Government. But from time to time, supplemental estimates wlll.be sent in. as new projects develop which .were, not foreseen today. And these supplemental estimates, if at all like those of the special session, will mount into the billions of dollars. First consideration first in point of importance will be given the legisla tion and the appropriations for the Army and Navy, the active war-making agencies. Other matters less Impor tant, however, likely will be taken up ahead of the Army and Navy appropri ations, for it will take time to formu late the -.Army and Navy appropriation bills and rather extended hearings will be held on both measures before they are reported to the House, where ap propriation bills must- originate. According to information that has been permitted to leak out of the War Department, high Army officers hold that Congress, this term, should grant authority for raising an Army of 3.000, 000 men; some want It made 5,000,000. What Secretary Baker will recommend is not" yet announced. . Whatever the figures. Congress will be urged to pro vide for enormous Increases in the fighting" force, and the rapidity with which this additional Army Is to be raised will have bearing on other legis lation that must follow. If the need for 3,000,000 men, or even 2,000,000 is deemed immediate, then Congress must provide for more training camps; must provide for more uniforms and equip ment; for more transportation and sup- (Concluded on Page 9. Column 1. ) COMMENTS ON SOME EVENTS IN THE WEEK'S INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 43 degrees; minimum. 39 degrees. TODAY'a-Haln; strong southerly winds. - ' War. German drive halts when British hit back. Section 1. page 1.- Italtana, attack Monte Pertica without re sult." Section 1. page 2. War council of allied countries opens at Versailles. Section 1. page 2. German Foreign Secretary echoes Chancel t lor's - recent war statement. Section 1. page 3. Belgians flee before German advance at start of war. Section 1, page 5. Foreign. ' " ' Details of secret agreement among entente allies disclosed by Bolshevlki. Section 1, - page 8. - - - National. Congress reconvenes tomorrow in vital ses sion. Section 1. page 1. Children of America urged to enlist In serv ice of country. Section 1, page T. Ships held Nation's greatest necessity and war employment service announced. Sec tion 1. page 1. Creel's censorship held "without rhyme or reason.' Section 1, page 5. Domestle. Mrs. de Saulles acquitted. Section 1. page 1. Trainmen of entire country ask for advance of approximately 4U per cent. Section 1. page 4. ' Sport. Army camp sports - thrive. Section 2. page 1. The Oregonlan selects all-star collegiate football team. Section 2. page 2. Bremerton sailors defeat Vancouver Engi neers. 6-0. Section 2, page 2. Twelve die of football injuries In 1017. Sec tion 2, page 2. Basketball season opens In Independent cir cles. Section 2. page 2. Many ' changes ' shown In standings of Scholastic League teams since 1910. Sec tion 2.. page 3. - Scholastic League all-stars picked. Sec tion 2, page 3. Sacramento still hopes to enter Coast League. Section 2. page 3. Camp Grant eleven defeats Camp Cus ter. Section 2, page 3. Flanigan lines up tine Butler Club boxing card for Friday. Section 2. page 4. Stanford may change back to American game. Section 2, page 4. Giants lose 22 games by. single run. Sec tion 2V page 4. Pacific North went. Willamette River swollen 18 feet as result of recent rains. Section 1, page 1. Senator McX'ary announces intention to run for re-election. Section 1, page 4. Older Boys' Oonferehc'e plans working re serve to aid war. Section 1. page 6. Resolutions to Impeach Mayor Gill prepared . for presentation to Seattle Council. Sec tion 1, page B. , Mop and dlshpan help to self-supporting students at Agricultural College. Section 1. page 8. State Superintendent of Public Instruction says that county achools are dirty. Sec tion 1, page 7. "Bohemia" Sharp, friend of Grant. McClel lan, Le Lesseps. dies public charge. Sec tion 1, page a. Judge C. C. Gall, who died recently at Gold Hill, held marriage record in Southern Oregon. Section 1, page 11.- Commercial and Marine. Advance In hop market expected by dealers after turn of year. Section 2. page Corn and oats weakened at Chicago br abatement of car scarcity. Section 2. page 13. Wall -street stock market unsettled by reac tion in rails. Section .2. page 13. First Government wooden ship-launched on Paclfio Coast. Section 2, page 14. Schooners D. I. Allard and City of Port land commandeered by Shipping Board. Section 2, page 14. Establishment of fourth steel shipbuilding plant under consideration. section 2. page 14. - - t Portland and Vicinity. Mrs. Frank ' Millich. killed, husband and mother - injured by auto. Section 1, page 1. . All allied nations to benefit by big bazaar. Section 1, page -10 "Jimmy" Montague, formerly reporter on The Oregonlara, revisits Portland from New York. Section 1, page 11. Dr. Morrison's long rectorship distinct suc cess. Section 1. page 12. Home Products week to be ' featured by Portland merchants. Section 1, page 12. Plentiful supply of water for all purposes assured Portland. Section 1, paga 12. Poultry Show opens tomorrow. Section 1, page 14. Sale of war stamps begins tomorrow. Sec- . 1. page 14. Draft boards move to Courthouse. ' Section 1, pagel6. Expert to aid Government in delving Into ex cess profit tax law. Section 1. page 10. "Elizabeth Cottage" to be dedicated. Sec tion 1, page 18. Council of Jewish Women aid In war-relief work. Section 1, page 20. Volunteer officers of Red Cross named. Sec tion 1. page 21. Commissioner Mann opposes big approprla tlpn for. city paving plant. Section 1, page 18. Thrift stamps and war-saving certificates go on sale tomorrow. Section 1, page 19. : Four unnaturalized Germans arrested for being too near waterfront. Section 1, page 19. County waste la scored by Benson. Section 1. page 20. Portland man invents water-current wheel. Section 1. page 20. American Red Cross Society announces ros . ter of volunteer officials. Section 1, page 21.- Four-mlnute 'men talk war before audiences at Portland theaters. Section 1, page 22. SHIP LABOR SUPPLY WILLBEAUGMENTED War Employment Ser vice Is Planned. ATTENTION TO PACIFIC FIRST 6,000,000 Tons of Ships Must Be Launched in 1918. SHIPPING MEN ARE COMING Organization to Be Perfected First In Seattle Portland, Columbia River and California to - Re Organized Also. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Dec. 1. To achieve the goal of 6.000,000 tons of ships for 1918. the Shipping Board. In co-operation with the Department of Labor, has evolved plans for augmenting largely the sup ply of labor in all the shipbuilding yards of the country. The Pacific Coast will receive first attention, as labor, relatively, is scarcer there than in other sections, and in itial operations will be begun at Se attle, where the Government, on Mon day, will take initial steps designed to treble the ship output. When Se attle and Puget Sound have been pro vided adequately with labor. Portland and the Columbia River will receive attention at the hands of the Govern ment, and later California points. The general plan to be followed is illus trated by an authorized statement to day, showing what is proposed at Se attle. ' The plans contemplate .a Nation-wide war employment service to be estab lished by the Department of Labor in co-operation with the Emergency Fleet Corporation. This service will handle the supply of men for all war work, but for the present wilt confine itself to shipbuilding labor. This is a recog nition of the fact that ships are now the greatest need of this country. ,000,000 Tona eeeMarr. . . The announcement of Chairman Hur ley and Secretary Baker that 6.000,000 tons of ships must be launched In 191 was. not merely the expression of a hope it is a matter of necessity, if the United States Is to maintain Its force In France and continue' Its services to the allies. Shipping Board . officials. today pointed, .out the wonderful opportuni ties that are presented to the employ ers and employes of the Puget Sound shipyards. It is probable that 20,000 additional men will be required in Puget Sound yards and affiliated indus tries if the increase in the shipbuild ing programme is to be made possible. The status of the older employes will be improved, rather than Impaired, by the new forces coming into the yards. The new men must be drawn from as far East as Wisconsin and as far South as Iowa and Missouri, a large part of the skilled mech riles being asked to give up less essential occupations and work at shipbuilding for the period of the war. Aid will be given to them and to their former employers in re turning to occupations in which they were formerly engaged when the war is over. Organisation. Due Today. F. A. Silcox. representing the De partment of Labor, and James L Hughes, from the Emergency Fleet Corporation, will reach Seattle Sunday, with Instructions to perfect the organ ization. The Seattle office will be opened in co-operation with Immigration Com missioner Henry White, but it will be a distinct and separate war orsranlza (Concluded on Page 2. Column Z. NEWS CARTOONIST SC IS 4 V Sfsyo s- stressor-' TO feT) rl IK 'fill . TP& 1 ilf 5 RIVER SWOLLEN 18 FEET NEAR SALEM BEXD EXPERIENCES FIRST FALL OF SNOW FOR SEASON. Persons Attempting to Co North on Pacific Highway In Lane County Halted by High Water. SALEM, Or.. Dec. 1. Unusually se vere weather has prevailed here for the last two days. The Willamette River, swollen by' heavy rains, has raised 15 feet in the last 48 hours, while in the hill districts of the Wil lamette Valley there has been a fall of snow. A big raft of logs was torn from its moorings at the Spaulding Logging Company's plant and lodged against one of the piers of the new Willam ette River bridge, now under construc tion. The logs threatened the structure with damage for a time. BEND. Or., Dec. 1. (Special.) With the breaking of the dry rpeli that has prevailed hero since last Spring half an inch of snow fell last night and more followed today. More than an inch and a half of rain preceded the snow, which is 26 days later than the first snow last year. With colder weather landslides in the Deschutes Canyon have ceased. EUGENE. Or.. Dec. 1. (Special.) The first snow of the Winter was re ported at Marcola today. The hills above Coburg also are mantled with white. The river, which had been rising rapidly for 48 hours, was fall ing today, after reaching a stage of 9.5 feet early this morning. Persons attempting to go north on the Pacific Highway were turned back by the high water at the Harrisburg ferry last night. ALBANY. Or.. Dec. 1. (Special.) The first snow of the Winter fell here today, but melted as it struck the ground. A heavy snowfall is reported in the mountains of this section of the state. This is unusually early for the first snowfall here. GERMAN LANGUAGE TABOO Marshflcld People Ask That Study lie Dropped by Schools. MARSHFIELD. Or.. Dec. 1. (Special.) The tJoard of Education will be pre sented with a petition now being circu lated by Coroner F. E. Wilson and igned by hundreds of taxpayers, ask ing that the teaching of German be stopped in the pub Ho schools' ef -the city. ; The. objection is not against the teaching of the ' language, but against the German ideals which are presented in the text-books. AIRPLANES BROUGHT DOWN British Scoot Patrols Fire 15,0 00 Rounds on Enemy Troops. LONDON. Dec 1. The official report of aerial operations Issued tonight says: "Yesterday' our scout patrols fired more than 15.000 rounds from their machine guns on enemy troops and transports on the roads behind the fighting line. "Fifteen hostile airplanes were brought down and three others were driven down out of control. Seven of our machines are missing." L. J. SIMPSON NOT IN RACE North Bend Man Denies He Is Can didate for Representative. MARSHFIELD. Or.. Dec. 1. (Spe cial.) L. J. Simpson, of North Bend, has made a public statement denying that he is a candidate for the nomina tion for Representative to Congress at the Republican primary election against W. C. Hawley. The - report has been in circulation that Mr. Simpson would announce him self as a candidate, but he says he positively will not be out for that of fice. REYNOLDS i t - i n 'Hc'jv it a e. a m al..i.l.a.aata -e-a a a e. e.ae. eeaeeeeeeee. jaseea. a. m A DE SAULLES HELD NOT GUILTY Verdict Brings.Avowal: . "I'm So Happy!". FIGHT TO BE MADE FOR SON Flashlight Startles Acquitted Woman After Trial. JURY GIVES CLEAN BILL No Insanity Clause Contained in Verdict Which Frees Slayer of Husband Finding Is Made Within Two Hours. MINEOLA, N. Y.. Dec. 1. It required only one hour and 43 minutes for a jury in Supreme Court here tonight to reach a verdict of not guilty In the trial of Mrs. Bianca de Saulles for the murder of her divorced husband. John L. de Saulles, former Yale football star and clubman, at his home near Westbury, L. I., the night of August 3. In the verdict no reference was made to Insanity. It was a plea of temporary loss of accountability which formed the basis of the defendant's case. Flashlight Startles Woman. Mrs. de Saulles, who had maintained an air of self-possession throughout the two weeks of the trial, received the verdict smilingly. She shook hands with each of the jurors as they left the box. As Mrs. de Saulles left the court-room a newspaper photographer touched off a flashlight. The shock of the explo sion, coupled with the young woman's heightened nervous tension, caused her to stagger, but she was prevented front falling by Dr. J. Sherman Wight, her physician. She was taken into a near by room, where she soon recovered. Defendant la Happy. "I'm so nappy." was her only com ment, according to her attorney, Henry A. Uterhart. The case went to the Jury at 5:50 o'clock.- Justice David F. Manning im mediately announced a recess until 8:30. during which the Jurors were taken to a hotel for dtnnef. They returned at 7:40 o'clock and were at once closeted., to begin their deliberations. Mrs. de Saulles has stated heretofore that as soon as she has cleared up all right to the possession of young Jack de Saulles she will take him back to Chile. At Vina del Mar. "The Vineyard by the Sea," as her mother's estate near Santiago. Chile, is called. Mrs. do Saulles intends making her home for the present- It was this palatial home which she left in 1911 to become the wife of John L. de Saulles. She was then 16 years old. Few Persona Hear Verdict. There were not more than 50 persons, aside from press reporters and others connected with the trial, who heard the announcement of the verdict. Mrs. Bianca Errazuriz, mother of Mrs. de Saulles, was not in the courtroom. She has been on the verge of a nervous breakdown for several days, according to Dr. Wight. Miss Anialla Errazuriz. a sister, was the only member of the defendant's family present when the Jury's findings was made known. Her brother. William Errazuriz, was said to be at his mother's bedside. The mother, two daughters and son, will soon return to Chile, accompanied by John L. de Saulles, Jr., according to a statement by Attorney Uterhart to night. ' When it was announced that a ver dict had been reached and Mrs. de Saulles was brought from the Jail to the courtroom, every eye was intently fixed upon her. She stepped briskly, a (Concluded on Page 4. Column l. IS t V fTI 1 05.2
