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Section One
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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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