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1C THE SUNDAY OHEGONIAN. PORTLAND, AUGUST 4, 1918. ROUTE OF GERMAN 1 RETREAT IS WASTE Franco-Americans Kill Many ; of Enemy Endeavoring to Make Escape North. NEW OWNER AND 3IANAGER OF PORTLAND FLOURING MILLS, PURCHASED FROM WILCOX ESTATE. BOCHE DEAD LIE THICKLY Village of Saponay Presents Terrible ; evidences of Enemy Ruthless aess and Effect of Allied Guns In Injuring; Foe. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMT ON THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT. Aug. I. (By the Associated Press.) Before evacuating- Saponay. the Germans en deavored in vain to remove locomo tires and railway cars. Tha French and American heavy guns previously had severed the railway running north from Saponay and the Germans were unable to make repairs, owing to the continued shelling;. Saponay and the district extending; to Fere-en-Tardenois form an import' ant railway center, of which the Ger nana made much use until the allied runs cut the line. When the French entered Saponay on Friday-they found two locomotives which the Germans had attempted to destroy when they discovered that the railroad had been severed, and the railroad yards also had been damaged by German ex plosives. Friday was the first day Fere-en- Tardenols was not under the German artillery since the Germans had evacu ated the village. The French and Americans already have started to re store the shell-swept Tillage. A group of American engineers worked with the French repairing the roads and streets. Riii Destroy Everything. Previous to evacuating Fere-en-Tar- denols the Germans virtually destroyed everything which could be made use of. Including mirrors, beds and furniture. There waa not a single house which had not been shelled or dynamited. Practically the only things intact are the weathercock on the church steeple and the cobblestones of the streeta The trees in the village square were twisted as If by a cyclone by the fare well shells of the Germans. A large sign In German at the en trance of the church reads: "Remove Uats Upon Entering. Down the street a German sign, stretched across the roadway, reads: "Captured arms and loot must be stored here" The sign bears a hand pointing to rhere a house once stood. At a crossroads near Saponay lay five saddled horses, apparently killed by the same shell. Beside two of the horses lay dead Germane, just as they fell from their saddlea The roadways are littered with am munition, wagons and dead horses, some of them with their drivers, as they fell when struck by the big shells ef the Franco-American allies. Many ef the wheat fields are partially har vested, with the wheat stacked, the Germans having reaped what the French peasants had planted. Here and there dots can be seen from the road way Indicating where some German dropped. At one place a German killed by shrapnel had fallen head first Into a shellhole filled by a downpour of rain. Sheila Follow Eaesay. It was into this valley of death that the French infantry came Friday morn ing, as the Germans withdrew through the valley north of Saponay. The 1 French and American shells followed the Germans as they went- From the hill to the west and northwest of Sa ponay the French came from woods In a rainstorm from clouds so low that the tree-tops and clouds seemed to meet, and under their barrage the French marched Into Saponay. To the northeast the Americans ad vanced under the same conditions, to the woods east of the forest of Nesles and to the valley running north of Saponay. It was here that the French and Americans met. It II - f .7 r 4. . ' I r ,,;,. ; f F7M Xtm . '-. ' ;. i f , J. i ? , i - , i V i- i-mmy .; i V. r .u " " - A v i 1 S : S X ? v ' i ; I . t' N I St- iiK; if" i ' I maw A V I LEFT MAX H. HOUSER. RIGHT JOSEPH W. GAKOXG. HOUSERTAKES MILLS Grain Corporation Official $10,000,000 Deal. in PROPERTY TO BE IN TRUST Purchaser Not to Take Hold Until After War Trade. Expansion Sought Excess Profits to Go to Charity. Continued From Tint Pare.) EASTERN CITIES ARE BUSY Portland Man Writes of War Condi- tlons in Philadelphia. It is astonishing to get Inside a-limpaes of war preparations In big Eastern centers, according to letters written by W. P. Strandborg to Mrs. Etrandborg. from Philadelphia and vicinity. Mr. Strandborg is studying the handling of streetcar traffic in In dustrial centers where war work has entailed great burdens, and incidentally gets some close-up views of actlvitlea In war-engaged manufacturing planta To tell of the amounts of airplanes, munitions. Liberty motora and aimilar war-winning Instrumentalities, the Portland Railway, Light A Power Com pany representative haa glimpsed would be to give information of value to the enemy. As he puts It. "the Kaiser would quit cold." were he priv ileged to see what the writer has seen. RECRUITS TO BE INITIATED Company A, Oregon Onard, to Give Drill for Their Benefit. Company A. Oregon Guard, will Ini tiate a number of recruits Into the sci ence of grenade throwing and bayonet drill In the heart of the city tomorrow night. In order that the many recruits added during the past week will be able to advance with the balance of the company at the next outing. Top Sergeant Warren, of Company A the unanimous choice of the company members, has been promoted to Second lieutenant. In succession to Second Lieutenant Lundberg, advanced to First Lieutenant. RYAN ON HIS WAY EAST Aircraft Production Director Says Enough Lumber Is Assured. RI'TTE. Mont- Ana-. 1. John TY P.yan. director of Federal aircraft pro-' four stores on the Third-street side. marketa practically closed to them, Mr. Wilcox and hia general manager. Mr. Ganong, opened up trade opportunltiea China. Japan and the tar i-ast. Pioneers in this field, they have devel oped the flour sales to a profitable point, and further development of the Oriental trade seems almost certain after the war. Company Reeeatly Reorganlaea. Transfer of the Ladd Interest in the company to Mr. Wilcox was made last February, shortly before Mr. Wilcox died. Two months ago the company waa reorganised, with a board of direc tors Including Edward Cooklngham, Chester Thorne. H. F. Alexander. J. W. Ganong. E. A. Stuart, W. P. Hawley and William Jones, all high in the fin ancial world. Mr. Ganong, who has been connected with the company since 1885, will con tinue as general manager, a position he has held for ten yeara He entered the milling business with D. W. Burn- side at Oregon City In 1882, at the age of 20. He recently was named cnair man of the Northwest milling division, having supervision over 225 nulla Coming to Portland about 10 years sgo from Pomeroy, Wash., Mr. Houser has developed a grain export business that before the war outranked all otn era In Portland. Upon assuming his duties with the Government. Mr. Hou ser organized the Pacific Grain Com pany, which is carrying on the business he started. Excess Profits to Red Cross. Mr. Houser has announced that all profits over the normal 6 per cent ac cruing from the Portland Flouring Mills Company will be donated by him to the Red Crosa or other war charity. "I regret that conditions were such that It was necessary to act at this time." he said yesterday, "but local pride and after-war considerations caused my decision to take control of the property rather than see It pass elsewhere. Arrangements are being completed for a trustee to have full supervision of the books and turn over all surplus earnings to war charity. "Because of plans for an extended vacation trip after the war, I was reluctant to take the action, but the opportunity to develop the Northwest flour trade was too great to be over looked. It Is my ambition to see flour from this section going to the four corners of the globe. This trade de velopment can best be carried out by a Joint, co-operative effort of mills here, as thla plan now is being out lined and practised in many Eastern manufacturing centers. Wilcox Family Gratified. Isaac D. Hunt, chairman of the board of directors, who represented the com pany In the transaction with Mr. Hou ser. when asked for a statement, said "During Mr. Wilcox' lifetime numer ous overtures were made to acquire control of the mills, but. owing to the large amount necessary to carry through the transaction, the deal never was made. Recently unexpected offers from dif ferent sources led to conferences, ru mors of which reached Mr. Houser. who made a cash offer. Because of his be tnar a Portland man and because he appeared able to handle the transaction. the deal waa made. The w iicox lamuy Is particularly gratified with the sale to Mr. Houser. STORE BUILDING TO RISE One-Storr Structure) Will Cost In Neighborhood of $25,000. Plana have been prepared for a one- story store building to be erected at a cost of 825.000 on the property of Uie First Methodist Episcopal Church nt Third and Taylor streeta The building will be a brick structure. 100x120 feet. 1th basement under one-ball or the structure. It will be occupied by a garage on the Taylor-street side and The playground girls, under the direc tion of Miss Nllson and Miss Weinstock, gave a number of folk dances, and this was followed by a clever ballet dance by Marjorie Reynolds. Miss Helen Buckler, well-known Portland musician, rendered four solos. Miss Helen Duck accompanied her on the piano. Miss Eleanor Hirt, who gave an esthetic dance, was followed by Miss Uhles, who rendered an un usual imitation of the Dlccolo and flute, The park director next made a brief address, explaining the purpose or me Wednesday night entertainments and boosting for a community house at Co lumbla Park. It is announced that the new motion picture machine will be in stalled In time for use the . coming Wednesday. The programme was concluded by the singing of the "Star-Spangled Ban ner," Miss Buckler leading. General dancing on the lawna was then in dulged in for another hour. ANTI-LYNCH1NG FUND BIG San Antonio Paper to Pay Keward to Ones Apprehending; Guilty. U-BOAT OFF CANADA SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Aug. . An nouncement will be made tomorrow by publishers of the San Antonio Express of the establishment of a fund total ing 1100,000 to be maintained for five years, for the purpose or combating and punishing lynching and mob vio lence within the bounds of the con tinental United States. In announcing the fund It Is stated that a reward of 8100 will be paid to each person directly responsible for arrest and subsequent conviction of any person or persons Instrumental In arousing a mob to commit lynching or participating In the lynching Itself when the victim is white. A reward of $1000 is provided under similar con ditions when the victim of the lynching Is a negro. The offer applies both to officers of the law and private citizens of any state. British Schooner Looted and Burned Off Brier Island. CREW OF NINE MEN SAVED German Submarine Evidently After Large Vessels, as Its Position Commands Shipping From Yarmouthand St. John. duction. pasaed through Butte early this afternoon over the Chicago, Mil waukee A St. Paul Railroad on his way to Washington from the Pacific Coast, where he had been inspecting spruce camps and mills. He said that he was returning to the National capital with the full assur ance that all the lumber required for the National aircraft programme would be forthcoming. Park rose Babies- to Be Tested. To comply with the Government re quest, the Parkrose School will hold a meeting for weighing, measuring and registering of babies of district No. 2, Tuesday, August C. from to 4 o'clock. each 60 feet deep, although of various sixes to meet the needs of the lessees. Excavation for the building will begin Immediately, and its construction will be rushed. PARK PROGRAMME PLEASES More Than 1000 Persons Present to Enjoy Entertainment. The regular Wednesday evening pro gramme at Columbia Park last week proved the ususl pleasant affair. More than a thousand people were present, and the entertainment waa enjoyed. HEAT GRIPS SOUTHWEST High Temperature Records Broken In Missouri and Kansas. KANSAS CITT. Mo.. Aug. 3. A severe heat wave enveloped the Southwest to day and tonight. Reports Indicated that high temperature records in many parts of Missouri and Kansas were broken. Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas cities also reported high temperatures. In Kansas City the temperature went to 108. Throughout the Kansas corn belt the heat Is reported to have caused considerable damage. Examining Board Named. CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Aug. 8. A board was appointed today which will examine all applicants for com missions as Second Lieutenants in the Quartermaster Corps, according to the provisions of the bulletin received here yesterday. The board Is composed of Captain Harry A. Kluegel, Captain Arthur C. Johnson and First Lieutenant George W. W. Meyers. OIlie James Wins. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 3. Returns from 55 counties in today's state-wide primary election indicate that Senator Ollle M. James, now on a sickbed in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, was renominated by an overwhelming ma jority over W. Presley Kimball. Phone your want ads to The Orego- nian. Main 7070, A K095. EASTPORT, Me., Aug. 3. The first successful foray of a German subma rine In Canadian waters was reported here today. Captain Charles E. Dag well, of the British lumber schooner Dornfontein, and his crew of eight men landed In their small boat- on Grand Manan Island in the bay of Fundy at 6:30 A. M. today and reported that their vessel had been held up, looted and set on fire by a U-boat 25 miles southwest of Brier Island at 11:35 o'clock yes terday morning. The submarine apparently was watching for bigger game. She was In a position commanding shipping from the Canadian ports of Tarmouth, N. S., and St. John. N. B., and was only a comparatively short distance outside American territorial waters. An American patrol boat took Cap-1 tain Dagwell and his men from Grand Manan to St. John, N. B. According to Captain Dagwell the commander of the U-boat told him he had been on this coast six months and would be here until October. The sub mersible looked to Captain Dagwell to be 275 feet in length. She carried two guns and had a crew of 75 men. The submarine, which came to the surface a short distance from the schooner, fired a warning shot and sent a small boat aboard. Fires were started on various parts of the vessel and today. 24 hours after the Dorn fontein was attacked, a smudge of smoke from her hulk was visible from Grand Manan Island, Indicating that she was still afloat. The Dornfontein was of 1000 tons deadweight and was launched six weeks ago at St. John, N. B. AN ATLANTIC "PORT, Aug. 3. An anarchist plot to destroy an American troop transport is believed by the authorities to have been frustrated to day with the arrest of a man who said he waa Frederick Rouchat. The prisoner, caught climbing a rope ladder up the side of the ship, a former German liner, admitted that he had been selected by lot to blow up the vessel. LONDON, Aug. 3The British steam er North Cambrai has been sunk in collision with an unknown steamer, ac cording to a dispatch to Lloyd's. Seven of the crew have been landed. The re mainder are missing. T FLAYS PART LIFE OF SOLOIERS Men Aboard Trains Are Given Every Consideration by Army Secretaries. CAMP LIFE IS DESCRIBED Zera Snow Critically 111. Reports last night from the bedside of Zera Snow, widely known Portland attorney, who has been critically ill at his apartment in Alexandra Court, were to the effect that he had shown de cided Improvement In condition during the day. Portland Institution Donates Freely of Its Money and Time to Aid Men Called In Defense of Allied Xations. The Portland T. M. C. A is dls tlngulsbing itself by Its ministrations to the soldier and to the selective man before he becomes a soldier. All over the country the "T is an integral part of the great Army camps and cantonments, but it is undoubtedly true that in Portland more Is being done for them than in perhaps any other "Y" in. the country. In addition to conducting a large hut. eauiDDed to care for their every need, the local "Y" is administering to them as selective men by organizing a com mittee of 60 business and professional men who are to hold classes for the purpose of imparting information necusarr to the comfort and welfare of the men when they become soldiers. Besides furnishing regularly every Saturday night special entertainments In front of the "Y" building, where tramea are played. music is provid-ed ami refreshments are served with tha assistance of various organizations, the association is extending its worn eo that it reaches every man in a way that is of (treat benefit to him, both before and after he enters the service of his country. Instruction Given Selects. The organization now being formed to instruct selectives on vital points is but the latest of a series or ad vanced administration features put into Operation by the service department, of which Barclay Acheson is secretary. The board of directors, or wnicn W. M. Ladd is president, long ago adopted the slogan of H. W. Stone, general secretary, "Everything neces sary for the soldier shall be given him." A feature of remarkable benerit to the men is that recently put into oper ation, which calls for the placing of a business or professional man on every train load of eelectives or soldiers leav ing Portland for any Army camp or cantonment. These men co-operate with the Army T man, If one Is on board, but If not, they administer to the requirements of the men alone. This is proving to be one of the finest things ever introduced nd Is one of the many developed elnce the war came on that Is highly praised by Army officials, railroad attaches and 11 coming Into contact with it. Secretaries Describe Camp. Recently, a train of 16 cars the longest troop train ever pulling Into Camp Lewis was sent out from here with 820 selectives aboard. Two Arm "Y" men and one man representing th local association accompanied the great aggregation, all of whom were from Portland and a few other Oregon points. Several other smaller contin gente went from here the before and the day after, all with Portland "Y" men accompanying. "Y" secretaries on these trains do several things which have been found to be very beneficial to the men and "which have proved of much help to the Army officers who come Into contact with them later, upon their arrival In camp. In the first place, the "Y" man, us Ing a trumpet, makes-a speech of about 10 minutes to the men in each car. In this he explains to them what they are to expect upon reaching camp; what they will undergo the first thing after leaving their train; how inspection is made; how they are assigned to quar ters and to companies; the quarantine provisions, etc., thus putting them in readiness to meet these various things as they reach them without fear or surprise and with the least possible nerve racking. Stationery la Provided. Meanwhile, the speaker's assistant Is busy passing postcards to each man, so that he may -be put In an attitude at once of writing home. This habit. formed quickly and at the outset of the long journey to Berlin, becomes firmly fixed in the large number of cases and becomes part of the man's life while he is absent from his loved ones. Still later, an envelope and sheets of note paper are passed around, thus afford lng every man on board a chance to write more at length. Large numbers of them do so. As the train approaches the camp, the Y man, having pre vlously supplied stamps, gathers the mail and in due time posts it for the men. so they have nothing to bother them when they step off and are taken in charge by the camp military author ities. Camp Paper la Praised. Copies of Trench and Camp, official camp paper; map of the cantonment and current papers are also distributed en route and, if time permits, the "Y" men lead in the singing of popular songs, direct the playing of dominoes, checkers, etc, and attend to anything the men may wish them to. Many times, personal messages are sent back through the "Y" men and things over looked in the hurry of departure are entrusted to him and are looked after upon his return home. In many ways the men express their appreciation for all of this work, so systematically arranged and per formed all gratis to them. Only the postage stamps are sold, the other ar ticles being provided free. Never in the history of the world has an army been so splendidly cared for as tne armies or the United States and our allies, the authorities having ar ranged everything necessary for their material and moral comfort. And the "Y" has its great part in the big game of war, wherever the allied flags fly. It now goes with the soldier from his home to. his cantonment or camp, to the point of debarkation, on the trans ports clear to the first-line trench. It shares his sorrows "and his joys and helps to make his lot easier. 3 FALL IN HOT FIGHT Holdup at Cleveland Full of v Dramatic Features. $22,864 CASH RECOVERED Two Policemen Shot, One Bandit Wounded in Course of Running Battle Fought From Decks of Speeding Autos. DISPLACEMENT 160 PER MORE THAN IX 1914. CEXT GOOD NUCLEUS OF OUR FLEET OF SEAPLANES GATHERED HERE. Baasssaaaaaaa"aaaaaassssiss - t LStswamnirn .j.Oi.nrmcuuiv rn-"'"- ' ----- - w.- v "ScS-i. ' t - - V- , - , - 7r J-J L ..- , 4 PC Allies Cnt Marine Losses to Fraction i Less Than 1 Per Cent of Convoyed Vessels Sunk. LONDON, Aug. 3. The Secretary of the Admiralty has made public figures dealing with the naval situation of the allies. The British navy, apart from the American forces, consists of warships ana auxiliary craft with a total dis placement of 6,500,000 tons against 2,500.000 in August 1914. During that period about three-quarters of a mil lion tons have been lost but at the present day the growth of the fleet shows an increase of 160 per cent. The original 146,000 officers and men have grown to 394,000. Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty, on March 5, 1916, said Brit ish and American naval forces were sinking submarines as fast as they were built; and on July 30 says the statement, he announced that during the last three months of the first half of 1918 the world output of tonnage exceeded the world's losses from all causes by no less than 100,000 tons per month. In the period from April to June of last year, before the convoy sys tem was established, British steamers suffered losses through enemy action of 6.41 per cent of their total num ber. From March to June of this year, during which 93.8 per cent of the ships were convoyed, the losses had dropped to 1.23 per cent. American troops who reached Europe by July 27 of this year totalled well over one million. Nearly half of these were carried by American ships and the United States frntshed for them forty ocean escorts and 335 escorts of destroyers. The total tonnage of ships of all na tionalities convoyed in all trades since the introduction of the convoy system is 61.691.000, of which 373,000, or ap proximately .61 per cent, has been lost while in convoy. Since August 4, 1914, the British CLEVELAND. Aug. 3. Two city policemen were shot, one perhaps fatally, one payroll bnndlt killed or fatally wounded and two others Injured in a gun fight today following the theft of 322,864, the payroll funds of the H. J. Walker Company, Airplane plant. The money was all recoverod when ' the bandits' car was wrecked in its flight. Norman Walker and C. A. Carey, of ficials of the Walker Company, were returning to the piant in the pay roll car with the money when they saw an other automobile standing near the curb. The driver had his hands up. while two men disguised as city police men stood at either side of the machine. As the pay roll car came up to tho machine, one bandit ordered Carey, who was driving, to stop. Payroll Money Seised. "We are searching for concealed weapons," the uniformed man ex claimed. After Walker turned the only revolver In the car over to one of the supposed policemen, the other struck Walker on the head with a club, seized the bag containing the pay roll money and both men leaped into a machine and drove away. Carey followed, picked up Patrolman Perry Smith and Edgar Smith. As the pursuers drew near the fugitive car, the police and bandits opened fire. Patrolman Perry Smith was struck In the head, arm and body by buckshot and Patrolman Edgar Smith was slightly wounded. Bandit Car Ditched. A second machine carrying policemen joined the chase during which there was constant shooting by the bandits and policemen. The bandits' machine later swerved from the roadway and went into a ditch. The robbers jumped from their wrecked car, held up the driver of a passieg automobile and jumped into It. One of the bandits. who had evidently been shot, dropped at this time, but his companions dragged him Into the car and fled. abandoning the money bag, which had fallen in the roadway where it was recovered by the police. The bandits have not been caught. CHICAGO, Aug. 3. George Neybert. assistant secretary of the Gottfried Brewing Company, was probably fatally shot and robbed of 31,700, the firm's payroll today, by two unidentified men. navy has transported nearly 20,000,000 1 1 nnn fiMirre CUnc ITVII rT men to different stations, 2,000.000 ant- unUUn UlllU.rO rnt t-AIUU mals and 110,000,000 tons of naval and military-stores. , The men lost through enemy action during the transportation bear the pro portion of 1 to every 6000 carried. Seven Blamed for Vancouver Strike May Be Punished. EX-CATTLE JONG IN EXILE General Terrazas, of Mexico, Has I Lost All His HerMf . EL PASO, Tex., July 20. A little, white-haired man with the stoop of extreme age in his shoulders, testify ing as a witness in a cattle hide suit filed in the Justice Court here recent ly to recover 720 hides alleged to have I following VANCOUVER, B. C. Aug. 3 Organ ised labor In Vancouver will be asked to vote on the proposed removal from office in the trades and labor coun cil and exile from the province of British Columbia of seven leaders John Kavanagh, George Thomas, J. H. Cottrell, Joseph Taylor, V. R. Mldgley and Messrs. Pritchard and Winch. This was the result of conference today between committees representing the longshoremen and the returned sol diers, with Mayor Gale as mediator, disturbances which arose hn taken from cattle stolen from over the Z4-nour strike called by the Americans, said he had owned 190.000 Trades and Labor Council and the head of cattle at one time, but now owned none. He is General Luis Terrazas, known at one time as the "cattle king of Mexico." He is living in exile here be cause of political conditions in his own country. At one time he was known as one of the powerful men In North- wealthy. It was possible to ride for SHIPS TO 24 hours across nis ranges ana nis herds were said to number more than 600,000 at one time. The revolutions robbed him of many of his cattle, many more were confiscated by decree and the remainder are running wild on the open range of Chihuahua. The waste of beef cattle by revolu tionary and bandit bands In Mexico is considered by cattlemen to be one of Metal Trades Council as a protest against the killing of Albert Goodwin, prominent labor man, by a Dominion policeman, who was attempting to ef fect his arrest as a draft evader. The longshoremen agreed to proposal and will return to work at once.. BE RETURNED TJ. S. Will Turn Back Craft to Neu trals When Own Fleet Is Ready. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. Neutral ships taken over by the American Gov ernment gradually will be returned to the control of the nations from which the great crimes of the revolutionary they were taken, as the completion of period. Cattlemen owning great ships by the Emergency Fleet Corpora ranches in Mexico tell of finding 20 tion lessens the country's need for or 30 of their fattest steers killed and foreign ships, it was learned today at the tenderloin steaks cut from their the War Trade Board, flanks, the remainder of the carcasses "While no proposal for an Immediate being left behind for the coyotes to devour. At one time a revolutionary force left the border for a campaign with nothing but a barrel of Bait In the commissary wagon. They de pended upon killing enough beef to feed the force of 150 until a town could be captured and food comman deered. Killing cattle was not the only crime done In the name of the revolu tions in Northern Mexico. Windmills were wrecked or burned, cement water tanks dynamited and ranch houses and corrals destroyed. General Terrazas was not the only InrpA cattle nDerator in Mexico who suffered. Many American firms lost Charges Against Fleet Corporation all of their cattle and several became release of Dutch tonnage is at present under actual consideration, an official of the board said today, "such rapid progress is being made on the Ameri can shipbuilding programme that the time can be foreseen when the United States will be in a position to handle Its own ocean-borne traffic in Ameri can ships and to dispense more and more with neutral shipping, for which it Is now paying eo extremely a high price." FURTHER INQUIRY COMING bankrupt following the industry. the paralysis of I J.S.T0 FINANCE FARMERS Advances Will Be Made as Periods of Stress May Require. President Wilson has placed at the disposal of the Treasury Department nd the Department or Agriculture 5.000.000. to be used in financing farm ers in certain parts of the West who are not able to secure loans through the usual channels. Flans are now being formulated for making loans un der this authorization. The primary object of the fund Is not stimulate the planting ol an in creased Fall acreage of grain, nor even ecessarily to secure even a . normal planting, but rather to assist in tiding the farmers over the period or stress. The fund will doubtless be admin istered through the Federal Land banks in the districts affected. Hlll,FamIyi Honors Coachman. MINNEAPOLIS, July 10 Almost the entire family of the late James J. Hill Maitland, for more than 25 years thei coachman for the Hill family. Mr. Maitland for many years drove tho late empire builder, and every day be tween 10 and 10:30 a. m. it was a familiar sight to see Mr. Hill and Mrs. Hill rading down to Mr. Hill s office. In fair or inclement weather, Mrs. Hill for 20 years rode down with her hus band and Mr. Maitland was always the driver. Is Being Probed in Senate. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. Further In quiry Into the requisitioning of un completed ships by the Emergency Fleet Corporation is to be made by the Senate ship investigating commit tee. Chairman Fletcher announced to day. Fleet corporation officials will be called. It was understood that the committee would question the corporation offi cials particularly regarding the charges recently made by E. L. Doheny, an oil operator of Los Angeles, Cal., that the corporation had requisitioned shipbuilding for his company, and that after their completion the company was notified that It could have the vessels by paying considerably In excess of the original contract price. Early Closing Sought In Chicago. CHICAGO, Aug. 3. All public amuse ment places in Chicago, Including parks and "dry" cabarets, will be closed by 1 o'clock In the morning If the ordi nance recommended today to the city council by the home defense committee is passed. Ex-Steel Official Arrested. NEW YORK, Aug. 3. Otto Kafka, ex-president of the Vulcan Steel Prod ucts Company, who is said to have been Captain in the Austrian army, was arrested today as a dangerous enemy alien and his Internment recommended. The Nnclens ef the Bis Fleet of Seaplanes That Uncle Sam Is Going to Have Is Shows Here. aA. IK VImm Ava ShAwn AHvIbk nr AH the R,W-h. This Aviation I Head The Oregonian classified ads. The Japanese are the only people who have ever undertaken the system atic plantin gand harvesting of sea weed and other marine vegetation.