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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 23, 1918
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U. S. BEATS
WAR SCHEDULE
General March Says Progress
Puts Nation Five Months
Ahead of Programme.
900,000 TROOPS SHIPPED
Fighting at Cantlgny Cited as Strik
ing Example of Team Work Be
tween Infantry, Field Ar
tillery and , Staff.
WASHIXGTpN, June T!2. Definite
word from Rome of the repulse of the
Austrian drive in Italy, coupled with
announcement of General March, chief
of staff, that American troop move
ments to France now exceeded 900,000,
added today to the .growing cheerful
ness that has been apparent at the
War Department recently.
General March told the newspaper
men in his weekly conference that with
the 900,000 mark passed, the United
States is five months in advance of its
schedule for troop movements.
At the same time he briefly outlined
the battle positions in France and Italy
and drew the conclusion that the en
emy was being firmly held on all
fronts, though further great blows are
to be expected.
America's Progress Indicated.
The chief of staff's statements fur
nished the first authoritative informa
tion as to progress made in the tremen
dous effort the Government has been
making to meet the challenge of the
German drive on the west.
When the first blow was struck on
the Cambrai-St. Quentin line March 21,
troop shipments were behind schedule;
today they are five months ahead.
The speed with which the Army Is
being moved to the front is sharply in
dicated by the fact that approximately
200,000 men have been embarked dur
ing the last two weeks. The total
movement during May was not more
than 240,000.
It was only two weeks ago that Sec
retary Baker announced that more than
700,000 had been shipped. A week
later, at the first of his conferences
with the newspaper men. General
March said the 800,000 mark had been
passed and today he placed the figure
at more than 900,000.
Million Mark Keu.
On this showing, the 1,000,000 mark
should be passed by July 1. Various
factors enter into the problem of trans
portation, however, which forbid a def
inite prediction.
General March made it clear that time
gained in getting abroad enough
American troops to give General Foch
a mastering superiority over the enemy,
is the vital factor. Every day lost by
the Germans in pressing their effort to
achieve -military victory before Ameri
can aid can arrive in overwhelming
force is regarded as a day nearer ulti
mate defeat for them.
"The general situation looks . well."
was General March's comment -as he
looked at the great war maps where
all the operations are marked out. The
lack of fighting along the French front
is of primary importance to the allies,
by giving us a chance to get more
manpower. .
Germany to Strike Again.
"The present lull on . the western
front simply means that Germany is
refitting her combat divisions and pre
paring for another drive. It does not
mean that the great battle is over.
"We can look forward to a repetition
of what we have been passing through
these past few months, as far as Ger
man activity is concerned."
"The fighting at Cantigny was han
dled by our first division, under Major
Oeneral Robert L. Bullard, and was a
very striking example of the high-class
teamwork between infantry, field ar
tillery, and particularly the staff.
Staff Training Well Advanced.
"Itshows that our staff training.
which is one of the most important
things in connection with, the modern
army, has now reached the point where
It can wonk successfully.
. "The first division is the first divi
sion, not only numerically, but tha
nrst division landed in France, as
perhaps you all know, and is now a
thnrnnrtilv trainH hlffh.prad. imlt
"Other units, like ' the Rainbow
Division, which was organized from all
the states in the Union from National
Guard units, commanded by Major
General C. T. Mencher, is a fine rep
resentative of the National Guard, and
has also done high-grade work.
"At the Chateau Thierry fighting,
although the number of our troops en
gaged was small, a good deal of im
portant work was done by machine
gun units under a Major whose name
I do not know.
Harbord In Command.
"The whole brigade at that point
was commanded by General James G.
Harbord. who was recently Pershing's
chief of staff and who has been trans
ferred to that brigade. The 26th Divi
sion is reported as doing very well.
"The general situation looks well.
This present lull on the west front sim
ply means that Germany is refitting
their combat divisions and preparing
for another drive. It does not mean
that the great battle is over at all.
We can look forward to a renewal and
repetition of what we have been pass
ing through the past few months, as
far as German activity is concerned."
members of the commission are roak-
ing a thorough investigation and will
soon make recommendations. It is pos
sible that the commission will take
steps tomorrow to bring about a tem
porary adjustment, pending final set
tlement of the controversy.
league Held Responsible.
"What the Milk Commission needs is
facts pertaining to the milk situation
and your co-operation," said Milk Com
missioner Brewster before tha conven
tion yesterday. "You attempted to
take this matter into your own hands
and force an increase in the price of
raw milk. Tou have brought this
fight upon yourselves and the gentle
men responsible have something to re
gret, in my opinion.
"However, the Milk Commission will
do all In Its power to bring you needed
relief. Unfortunately, there is a crop
shortage and the cost of labor has
mounted high, but if we are to give
you any aid, you must give lis your
co-operation. Thus far we have had
the co-operation of the distributors."
Chairman Reed, of the commission,
read letters sent by officials of the
league showing that notice was sent to
the distributors of an increase in price
of milk from $3 to $3.50 per hundred
weight f.o.b. Portland, on June 14, effec
tive June 20. No copy of this letter was
received by the commission, and not
until June IS did officials of the league
communicate to the commission in con
nection with the increase in the price
of milk.
Notice Merely "Feeler."
That the original notice was merely
"feeler" to pave the way for an in
crease in the wholesale price of milk.
was the explanation offered by Presi
dent Katz of the league, who admitted
that perhaps he haM erred in sending
out the letter and apologized to the
milk commissioners for failing to first
communicate with them.
"I don't care if you take these mat
ters up with the commission," said Mr.
Reed, "but If you wish to have our
aid, you should give us your co-operation.
We can't be held responsible for
conditions which we do not create."
Regardless of the outcome of the
controversy, many milk producers are
of the opinion that the only solution
of the milk problem lies In the estab
lishment of milk depots throughout
the city and total elimination of the
milk delivery system now in vogue.
Many of the dairymen hold that the
producers should organize a company
and establish a large milk distribution
plant in Portland, selling milk direct to
the consumer.
. Feed Coats Excessive.
The excessive cost of feed and the
extreme difficulty in securing hay at
any price were pointed out as two dis
couraging factors which are likely to
drive many dairymen from the busi
ness. Some farmers reported that they had
toured the state and were unable to
purchase hay at any price. Others said
that last year at this time they had
quantities of hay stored away, whereas
now they have no supply. The yield of
oats will be meager, they explained,
and with the young men leaving the
farms to engage in shipbuilding or to
enter military service many dairymen
are ready to throw up their hands and
quit.
The present price of $3 per hundred
weight f. o. b. Portland, was declared
to be below the cost of production. The
farmers supplying the condensery
plants declared they were confronted
with an even more serious situation
than the farmers supplying the city.
The condensery plants are paying $2.15
per hundred weight for milk, a price
which the farmers hold is almost 12
per hundred weight short of the cost
of producing the milk.
FVderal Regulation Sought.
The Oregon Dairymen's League has
appealed to Senator- McNary, at Wash
ington, to take some steps to secure
Federal regulation of the milk situa
tion. The Food Administration, ac
cording to telegrams from Senator Mc
Nary, disclaims power to regulate milk
prices, but further conferences between
members of the Oregon Congressional
delegation and members of the Food
Administration will be held In an effort
to secure some relief for the dairymen
in the Willamette Valley.
"Some action ia necesR&rv tn nnvn ih
dairy herds in the Willamette Valley,"
om var, aula, j. ne iarmers are sell
ing milk to the distributors in Portland
below the cost of production, and many
of them are planning to send large
herds to the slaughter-houses. Many
have already don so."
Resolutions commending the recent
action of the executive committee and
pledging the support of the convention
to President KLats were unanimously
adopted by the league. Another reso
lution appealing to the Food Adminis
tration in Washington for action in
regulating the milk situation in Oregon
was also adopted by unanimous vote.
Hudson Hastings, of Reed College,
special investigator, attended the meet
ing, and in a brief talk told the milk
producers that If they lent their co
operation to the members of tha milk
commission the present differences
could be adjusted. .
Reasonable Profit Necessary.
"The milk business must be placed
on a reasonably profitable basis," he
said. "Milk ia a vital necessity and the
dairy herds of this state should b
maintained. The general public seems
to think that the price of milk and car
fare are absolutely fixed. Everything
else may mount in price, but when
either the price of milk or carfare is
Increared there is a cry of profiteer
ing. "Therefore, it becomes a difficult
problem to solve and it is the duty of
every dairyman to see that there is no
waste of feed during this crisis."
The Portland Damascus Milk Com
pany is refusing approximately 40,000
pounds of milk dally from the members
of the league, it was said. Some of
this milk has remained at the docks
undelivered. but effort Is being
made by league officials to send this
milk to country creameries to be made
into butter.
LEHIHE-TROTZKY
REGIME TOTTERS
Czecho-Slovak Movement in
Siberia Develops Menace
to Bolsheviki.
SLAV PREMIER TO RESIGN
Scmenoff Jfo longer Military Factor
In Far East Ex-Czar Trans
ferred From Moscow to
Yekaterinburg.
WASHINGTON, June 22. Official
dispatches from France today say the
success of the Czecho-Slavs In Russia
is upsetting the Lenlne-Trotzky re
gime. The dispatches say the move
ment which has broken out In Siberia
is dangerous to Germany and Germany
will aid the Bolsheviki.
ZURICH, Switzerland, June 22.
Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevik Premier
of Russia, has expressed his intention
of resigning his office, according to a
Moscow dispatch published in the
Deutsche Tages Zeitung of Berlin.
HARBIN, June IS. (By the Associ
ated Press.) General Semenoff s move
ment against the Bolsheviki in Eastern
Siberia has proved definitely abortive
in the opinion of British and French
military observers in Manchuria.
BERNE, Switzerland, June 22. Ex
Emperor Nicholas has been transferred
to Moscow from Yekaterinburg, which
was no longer safe, owing to the move
ment among the Csecho-Slovaks, ac
cording to the Zeitung Am Mittag of
Berlin. r
LONDON, June 22. Chinese soldiers
are available for co-operation with the
Japanese at Harbin and near the Si
berian frontier and if necessary more
will be sent. General Tuan Chl-Jul, the
Chinese Premier and War Minister, told
the Pekin correspondent of the Dally
Mail. The Premier added:
"The threatening situation on our
frontiers certainly demands safeguards.
We do not want the Bolsheviki in
China."
With reference to Chinese participa
tion in the war on the European battle
fronts, the Premier said:
"I would like to help the allies and
would be glad to send 40.000 or E0.000
troops, but am prevented by financial
difficulties and the activities of the
provincial rebels."
BUXiGARS AND TURKS DISPUTE
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MILK SUPPLY IS MENACED
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assemblage that he needed no assist
ance and walked out.
(Mr. Eckleman later produced receipts
showing that he has bean a liberal
subscriber to all war activities. He
acknowledges that he is of German na
tivity and has never secured his final
papers, but also explains that he left
Germany on a ship to escape military
service under the Kaiser and never
passed through Ellis Island. He de
clares he possesses his papers showing
bis intention to become a citizen of the
United States.
Mr. Eckleman has invested $1100 in
liberty bonds and has given more than
$400 in cash to various war activities,
such as the T. M. C. A., Red Cross,
Armenian relief and others.
Immediate Action Necessary.
The meeting yesterday emphasized
the need of Immediate action to ad
just the difficulties between milk
producers and distributors. The mem
bers of the Oregon Dairymen's League
are determined to stand behind their
officials i the recent action taken to
increaso 'Cos price of milk, and in ad
dition express their unwillingness to
continue much longer "producing milk
at a loss for the benefit of the Port
land distributors."
At the same time the distributors
have gone to distant dairy communi
ties and arranged with non-leagua
members for new supplies of milk for
Portland.
Chairman Reed, of the Milk Commis
sion, announced yesterday that the
Milk Dumped. Is Charge.
President Katz fold the members of
the league that he had received a state
ment from the Portland Damascus
Milk Company showing that during
the period extending from April 1 to
June 1 the league sent 127,936 pounds
of milk to bo utilized in some manner;
that 18,000 pounds of cream was se
cured from the entire allotment of
milk and 210 gallons of skimmed milk
were sold for S10. The remainder, Mr.
Katz said, had been turned into the
sewers.
"I urged the creamerymen to convert
the skimmed milk into cottage cheese,
but they claim they were forced to pour
it into the sewers. If they did not do
so. then they did not pay us for the
milk, so they either robbed us or fal
sified," be said.
METAL WORKERS STRIKE
Several Salt Lake Plants Hit When
9 00 Men Walk Out.
SALT LAKE CITY, June 22. Between
900 and 1000 metal workers in Salt
Lake City laid down their tools at noon
today when demands for an increase
of SI a day in wages were not met
by employers. Seven plants are said
to be affected. An Increase of 50
cents a day has been offered, according
to a committee of employers, but. this
was refused by the men.
Kuehlmann Notifies Kelchstag of
Disquieting Developments.
AMSTERDAM. June 22. Differences
have arisen between Bnlrarln mrA Tup-
key over the division .of lands taken
from Roumanla under the peace agree
ment with the central powers. Dr. Von
Kuehlmann, the German Foreign Sec
retary, indicated yesterday In address
ing the Reichstag at Berlin upon the
occasion of the Xlrat reading of the
Roumanian peace treaty.
"We all take the standpoint," said the
Foreign Secretary, "that the provisional
arrangement, which we desire shall
continue as short a time as possible,
must find its rational solution in the
union or the Northern Dobrudja with
Bulgaria, in accordance with the desires
Of the Bulgarian people.
"As in the present case, it is a mat
ter of the difference of opinion between
two of our allies, which will be bridged.
We must, bound as we are by exactly
equal ties to Bulgaria and Turkey,
avoid everything which could evoke the
impression abroad that the German
policy favored the claims of the one at
the expense of the other.
"The question of Dobrudja or of the
compensation due to Turkey, if this
question be solved in the Bulgarian
sense, has in a high degree excited the
public in both countries, which ars
looking with -keen attention for every
expression of the central powers."
FARM PRICES NOT FIXED
Meeting of Federal Wheat Corpora
tion Nest Week Slay Take Action.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, June 22 Representative Sin-
nott has been urging the Federal
Wheat Corporation to state in writing
tha farm prices that will apply in Ore
gon this season. He has urged that
farmers are entitled, to know exactly
what to expect.
The uncertainty grows out of inter
pretation of the price-fixing order,
promulgated last Spring. A letter re
ceived today from the grain corpora
tion in New Tork states that a meet
ing is to be held in that city Monday
next, at which this question is ex
pected to be settled finally.
PRIMARY ELECTIONS HELD
Western Union Employes Take Step
Toward Organization.
CHICAGO, June 22. Employes of the
Western Union Telegraph Company
here have taken their first step toward
the formation of an organization to
represent them in dealings with their
employers, in holding a primary to
nominate candidates for division elec
tors to be voted for on June 28.
Leaders of the telegraphers said
similar action was being taken in
Western Union offices throughout the
United States and Canada.
The electors to be voted for on June
28, it was said, would select delegates
to represent each division at a conven
tion to bo held on July 10.
DESK WANTED. ,
The Red Cross salvage bureau is In
need of two desks. Anyone desiring to
help the cause by loaning these desks
for the duration of the war will confer
a favor by calling Main 177 or calling
at 80 Third street, corner Oak. Adv.
GRAFT TO CAUSE REFORM
lnrormatlon Bureau AVill Defeat
Contingent Fee System.
WASHINGTON. June 22. A new
bureau to supply Information on war
orders to prospective bidders may be
established by the Government as a
result of the Department of Justice's
fight for discontinuance of, the contin
gent fee agency system.
Representatives of departments nego
tiating contracts will confer next
week to work out means of facilitating
an ecc negotiations Detween manufac
turers and the proper Government of
ficials and render middlemen unneces
sary.
Portland Man First Lieutenant.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. June 22 Commissions in the
Officers' Reserve Corps have been is
sued to the following: Grover Rodgers.
10S8 East Lincoln street. Portland.
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First Lieutenant. Quartermaster Corps:
John R- Steagall. -I'acoma. Captain.
Medical Corps: William B. Shea, Poca
tello, Idaho, Second Lieutenant. Engi
neers, Columbia Counts Another Victim.
PASCO, Wash, June 22. XSpecial.)
Word has been received here that
George McCotter was drowned in tha
Columbia River abovs Hanford somo
time last night. Particulars ara lack
ing except that he and his brother
James were working on a raft, and
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WORKS IN POISON OAK
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THE Laurel Hill Cemetery, of which
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oak for fiva months. I commenced
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