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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1917. CHEER HRONGS 1NGT NEW YORKERS GREET BALFOUR AND PMY British Flags Flutter From Buildings, and Grenadiers. Compose Guard of Honor. GREAT BANQUET AT NIGHT Simple rare But High Besolve Mark Most Wotable Occasion in History of the Waldorf-Astoria. GET YOUR RED CROSS INFORMATION t FROM HEADQUARTERS As the result of a number of cases that have come to light in which inquirers have been misdirected and misinformed concerning Red Cross work, local work ers wish to emphasize the fact that the only author ized source for all Red Cross information is 204 Cor bett building, the headquarters of the Portland chap ter of the American Red Cross. The telephone num ber is Main 4204 and the rooms are open daily from 9 to 5 except Saturday, when the hours ar 9 to 1. The work of the civilian relief committee is carried on directly from headquarters. Information also may be secured as to all first aid and nurses' aid work, memberships, forming of auxiliaries and any detail that has to do with authentic Red Cross activities. A workroom is maintained on the eighth floor of Lipman, Wolfe & Co. by the military relief committee of the Portland chapter. The tele phone number is Main 768 and the rooms are open from 10 to 12 and from l to 4 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for the making of hospital supplies. CONCERTED DRIVE ON MACEDONIAN FRONT STARTED BY SARRAIL Attacks Are Made by Allies Along 100 Mile Front With GreaH Success, BODIES FILL TRENCHES New York, May 12. (I. N. S.) Britain's former premier, Arth'ir . lamaa Tinlfnur aruH f h o acflTd ftf Tnll- l ,1 .,(..11 (;,. i ..' .. ... ' . r m t Vi r. mission which : he heads, were wet corned late Friday afternoon by ths American metropolis. The reception in the words of the P.rltish foreign minister, "nonel of us has ever Been the like of." The ceremony which was carried out In receiving the Trench mission was repeated in welcoming the Brit ish visitors. Their automobiles were escorted by mounted police and troops through streets lined with cheering crowds to the city hall. Park Row again was crammed with men, women and children. Grenadiers form Guard. British flags floated from building and were waved by the spectators. A company of men in the British grena dier uniform with towering beaver ,, hats stood on the veranda to welcome the British guests before they pro ceeded to the home of Vincent Astor. where they are lodged during their stay here. "You have told us that the Ameri can people have gone into this war in deliberation and wholeheartedly for a cause which has no taint of selfish ness." said Mr. Balfour in his address in the council chamber of the city hall. "You have told us that because of your moral sympathies you have been with us for two and a half years, while our peoples have struggled. You have told us that America can no . longer stand aloof and must bear a share, a grcnt share. Sympathy. Even. Was Helo. "I must say that even before the war the sympathy of this great nation, was no small help. But a happier oc casion has come. The United States nas thrown all of its powers of man hood and wealth, and those qualities which are greater than wealth, into the great struggle and she will now share our fortunes and share our trl umphs." Mr. Balfour was cheered with vigor. He had been preceded by Mayor Mltchel and Joseph II. Choate, for merly American ambassador to Great Britain. "Wonderful Scene at Waldorf. All the memories of .pact glorie3 faded Into nothing last ni?ht in the Waldorf Astoria. The "ghosts of din- ners and banquets past fled, never to be recalled. rui, uuuei iu iiifeii guiu ftna Diue arches of the grand ballroom, there met the Union Jack, the bloodstained Tricolor and ,the Stars and Stripes. liana to nana, heart to heart, shoulder to shoulder, they met in a spirit of brotherhood that drew tears and cheers , and "sptllbound unity. It was the great dinner In honor of the British and French war commis sioners, with New York cit" the host and France and England the guests. : - Choate'i Speech Brings Tears. Mayor Mltchel spoke his representa tive words of welcome, appreciation, honor and fellowship. Joseph H. Choate followed with jiraise so fraught with sincerity and nimple vows that the Frenchmen bowed their heads and the Britons steeled their cold eyes and inflexible features against the emotion to which their latin allies succumbed. Arthur James Balfour, England's secretary of state for forelen nffalrs held forth in his own British candor anent the aims of our allies in the great war for democracy. And on the . heels of that came Rene Vivianl, the French minister of justice, to almost weep forth the story of his heart the tale of the ravage of his beloved Franca by the Teutons and the. heaven born courage: of his countrymen, the courage that will not know defeat, that will create victory in the blackest hours of his country's history. Three Anthems Sung1. Scenes there have been in that huge ballroom. Heroes and ambassadors o great distinction have there been feted. Nobler repasts have been served, for this was simple American fare. And Uie national anthems have there been Fung; gloriously, fervently. But in nil the history of this country, never were men so inspired as when the ' three great anthems the Merseillalse. iod Save the King and Star Spangled , banner that arose from those thou sand throats, a triumvirate prayer. It was something more than a mere ; scene to gee men in the gold, drab and Hue of three armies sing with real vvc,. uieii ittiuifu ncfc?K3. it was : .something more than a picture to hear ; the women in the galleries sob the ; hymns in sheer ecstasy of patriotism. j i was worm an tne clays and years . or searching for beauty to see Gen : eral Joffre grasp the hands of Gen eral wood and blink in silence unable , to speak, unable to hear. f Balfour Tells of Arms. J Mr. "Balfour, after the cheers which ; greeted him died out, referred to the speakers, American, who had preceded : him and who had urged their country- men to Join he allies. And he con ; tinued: "Personally, It was the right of these J gentlemen toi make that appeal. It is not my right, and I have not come here FISHERMAN WANTS TO COMBAT H WITH .C.L EGGS OF WILD BIRDS But, Attorney General Rules, Game Laws Bar Scheme of Port. Orford Man, MARSHAL JOFFRE LOUD IN PRAISE OF CADETS SEN AT WEST POINT Students at Famous Officers' Training School Are Re ceived by Hero of Marne, Three Hundred Prisoners Taken by Al lies "With Three Machine Gone Berlin Says Allies Suffered. Salem, Or., May 11. George Forty, eJ noted deep sea fisherman of the Port Orford district, wants to help combat the soaring cost of living by market ing the eggs of Murrahg, Thags and other birds which are numerous along the coast. He has written to Attorney General Brown asking if it will be against the law for him to do so. He says the game wardens have threat ened to confiscate the eggs if he col lects them for market. Without taking time to make a thor ough search of the game laws, the at torney general said it appears that the laws are such that no one has au thority to permit Forty to make use of these eggs at a time when anything to help keep the cost of living within the reach of the common people ought to be encouraged. "Considering the great cost of living at the present time," writes Mr. Forty, "I would like to bring eggs into the market Murrah and Thag and others. Can I do this in any wav without infringing on the game laws? They are not game birds. The game wardens say they will confiscate them if I bring them into the state. "I could secure thousands of dozens of these eggs and it certainly would be an item in bakery and other modes of cookery, also at the same time pro tect the small fish which they live on. "As the laying season commences about May 25 there is no time to lose. This must be an oversight of the food commission, don't you think?" London. May 12. (I. N. S.) From the temporary stalemate battle In the west interest shifted Friday to the Macedonian theatre of war, where Gen eral Sarrail, commander m chief of the entente s Saloniki expedition, has opened a concerted drive along the whole 100-mile front. Friday the French war office re ported a substantial success In the cen ter of the Macedonian line, west of the Vardar river. Here the entente troops, charging over extremely difficult ground, carried Skra dl Legen, south of Huma, and held it despite embittered Bulgarian counter thrusts. At the same time, the Crbs attacking further toward Sarrail's left wing, seised two fortified works north of Pojart. Enemy Bodies Till Trenches. Altogether 300 prisoners haye been taken, including nine officers. Three machine guns were captured. "A great number of enemy bodies fill the trenches and strew the ground," concluded the official Paris com munique Friday night. The German war office asserts the entente attackers suffered "especial heavy losses," and' declares that all as saults broke down. Official accounts regarding this new allied offensive, intended to regain control of the Orient railway and cu: off the central powers from their east ern allies, are conflicting. Sofia, Ber lin and Vienna assert that the entente troops suffered sanguinary defeats ail along the line, falling to pierce the front anywhere. Entente Claims Satisfactory Progress. The French and British war offices report satisfactory progress at some vital points of the battle line, with captures of trench systems and pris oners. The British official account frankly admits a temporary reverse, due to a fierce Bulgar -Teuton counter offensive. This was offset, however. by a rallying thrust on the part of the British. ! The offensive Is still in Its initial stage, as is indicated by the emphasis laid in the Bulgarian and German re ports of the tremendous artillery preparations by the entente. Day and night General Sarrail's big guns are pounding the opponents' line In preparation resembling that which preceded the present offensive in the west. All Teutonics on Tiring Una. All soldiers of the- Teutonic allies are on the firing line. It is believed the defense of the Macedonian front has been entrusted to Field Marshal von Mackensen. v ' On the attacking sRle soldiers of no fewer than seven entente nations are battling together French. British, Russians, Italians, Serbians, Montene grins and Greeks who have enlisted in the army formed by former Premier Venizelos: On Sarrail's left wing around Monastir, the Serbians are in the fore, fighting with the bitterness and tenacity of men recovering the soil of their native land inch by inch. The center of the Macedonian line, on the Vardar river, is held by the French and the right by the British, around Lake Dorian. Wheat Killed by Winter. Springfield. 111., May 12. (I.N. S.) Of the 1.752.982 acres' of winter wheat seeded last fall, 45 per cent la winter killed, according to the crop bulletin issued today by the state board at agriculture. MAYOR HARLEY RNED $40 AT A STOMA FOR- ASSAULT UPON DRIVER Option Is Given of 20 Days in Jail; MayorlAnnounces He Will jAppea His Case. ANOTHER TRIAL PENDING UTS A. Jaloff Charges Assault by Zxecu- aad Old Soldier Declares He Will Pile Suit. Astoria, Or., May l:. F. C. Harley, mayor of Astoria, was found guilty in police court Friday afternoon of fight ing on the public streets and fined 140 with the option of 20 days in the city Jail. The mayor eaid he would appeal, fho case caused more attention than anything that has occurred In munlcl pal affairs in years. Mayor Harley was arrested last Monday night while engaged in a f is Lis encounter with Jack Bay, an auto mobile driver. The arrest was made by Policemen Carlson and Howard, who wero dismissed from service by the mayor as soon as the party reached the city hall. Bvldence was produced In court to show that the mayor was the 6- .gressor, that Bay made every effort to avoid trouble but that he was un able to do so. Mayor Harley was rep resented by C. II. Lipps, an attorney who recently came to Astoria from New York. A. W. .Norblad prosecuted. On May 22, the case of A. Jaloff against Harley will come up In jus tice court. The mayor is charged with assault, and battery, the trouble occurring on the same night that the mayor attacked Bay. C. A. Law ton, editor of The Senator, the official publication of the Knights of Pythias, an old soldier, has an nounced that he will file suit for dam ages against the mayor for false imprisonment. Hojntori Goes South. B. F. Boynton, claim agent of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company, left Thursday evening for Sacramento, where he will bid fare well to his son, Fred, who is about to depart for France for service in the Red Cross ambulance corps. authorized by my government to set myself up or set my friends up as in structors of the great American people. They know and you know how to man age your affairs and do not require us. It may be, it probably is, the fact, that a study of the purpose, a very minute study,- of the history of the war will show those who run and desire to read that there are certain mistakes which a great democracy, imperfectly pre pared for war, may only make. We shall be happy to describe those mis takes for you, if happily 'it will be your desire to learn the lesson from them. "World Hangs In Balance. "But I do not propose either now or at any other occasion to set my self up as an adviser, or monitor of these great themes. It Is enough that I proclaim my unalterable conviction that we have reached a moment in the world's history of which the future, not of this country, but every country, not of its interests, but of every in terest thatuhe very heart of civiliza tion is crumbling in the balance. At that critical moment it is my bounden duty to whatever nation or people, to raise my voice and to appeal to all who will listen to me today in the great task which we have been bear ing for two and a half years and which you have cheerfully and gener ously determined to take the very weight of upon your shoulders." German Ends Barbaric. The British minister said that tho German cause was "the calculated and remorseless use of every civilizel weapon to cary out the ends of pure barbarism. , "To us people of English speech it seems impossible, incredible, that a nation should clearly set itself to worn and work and coordinate every means of science, every means that knowl edge, that industry can provide, not for the bettering of its own peopn but for the demolition of other people. "This is not a case of a new Na poleon arising to carry out a new ad venture this is not a case of adven ture, of genius. This is something far different and far more dangerous for mankind. Cannot Crush Tree nations. "It is the settled determination to use every means to put the whole world at her (Germany's) feet. "Tho free nations of the earth are not thus to be crushed out of exist ence." As the great English statesman con cluded the applause again became deaf ening. It died down only to be renewed as M. Viviani began his speech. The French statesman spoke along the same lines as did Mr. Balfour. He spoke in French and emphasized that the French commission had come to the United States in a spirit of assistance to this country and assured those present that they '"might trust Marshal Joffre and me to do all in our power to aid America," "West Point. N. T., May 12. (I. N. S.) "It Is perfectly beautiful. They are among the finest trained men that I ever saw. Please extend my thanks for their courtesy In reviewing for me. "I have always understood that the United States military academy was the greatest officers' training school in the world. Now, after what I have seen on the plain at West Point, I re alize the absolute truth of this repu tation." Thus Field Marshal Joffre. soldier of France, delivered himself this aft ernoon after reviewing the cadets of the military academy here. Six hun dred and forty of them made an im posing spectacle in their blue-grey dress uniforms in the first ' full regi mental parade ever witnessed in public here. Marne Victor Appreciative. The hero of the Marne voiced his ap preciation to Colonel John Biddle, com mandant of the academy, shortly be fore he was driven away to Colpnel Biddle's home for luncheon, a very in formal affair. The marshal was greeted with a salute of 17 guns when he arrived here from the Newburg ceremonies. Drawn up at the station was the academy de tachment of negro cavalry with drawn sabres and the superbly mounted cav alrymen escorted the visitors up the hill. The cadet corps, the academy band and a special detachment of field music was formed in front of Cadet Barracks on the road near the fort division. Officers Meet Joffre. The party proceeded to the level plain in front of the library and then taken for a brief view of the post and then to the officers' club. Here all tna officers attached to the academy were Introduced to Marshal Joffre with their wives. At the review the marshal first viewed the cadets from the stand and then went upon the plain for a close up inspection. The French party re turned to New York late this afternoon. Auto Victims Run Down Second Time f tidsY SITED EH . i Pittsburg' Broker Badly Hurt In Hew York Is Hurt Again on Way to Hospital. New York, May 12. (I. N. S.) Run down fey one automobile and again in jured when that automobile was hit by another as it was conveying him to a hospital. Warren Wattels, a Pittsburg broker, is in a F""'n'j con dition today. Wattels. with is wife and two friends, was run down by an automobile driven by William Hast- j ings at Broadway and Sixty-third I streets. Hastings took the injured man into his car and started for the Roose velt hospital. Another automobile driven by John A. Bird smashed into Hastings' ma chine Just as the latter started for the hospital. Wattels was the only one of party hurt. his 1 Court Is Adjourned To Advance Farming John Day, Or., May 12. In order not to interfere with spring farm work. 1- Circuit Judge Dalton Biggs adjourned court here until June 11. This will relieve the situation to some extent. as the labor scarcity is becoming se riously felt. The scale of farm wages is soaring rapidly and it is difficult to I get men at any price. Grant county, i with a total population of less than ! 6000, has already sent more than 100 young men to the army apd navy, practically all of whom were recruited from the farms. Rats and Mice Carry Disease KILL THEM by Ming Steals Electric Paste Pull Directions in 15 languages Bold everywhere 25c and U. S. Government buys II I! Three More Porters Held on Booze Charge Three more Pullman porters Were ar rested Friday and charged with the illegal possession of intoxicating liquor. They are R. Williams, George Dover and E. D. McCabe. The trio, each with a suitcase alleged to con tain "booze." were picked up bv Dep uty Sheriffs Phillips and Harden shortly after the arrival Friday of Southern Pacific train No. 16. The men were releaesed on furnishing $100 bail each. Passengers Arrive From England. New York, May 12. (I. N. S.) Forty-eight passengers reached an American port Friday from England. Nc submarines were sighted and the voyage was . without incident except that the vessel's commander installed a dummy gun made from a stovepipe at the stern, in the hope that it might iave tb steamer from U-boat attack. Junior to Answer For Theft of Auto Corvallia. Or., May 12. Roy I.,. Couch, a junior in the O. A. C, who was arrested by Chief of Police Wrells Tuesday for the theft of an auto, was arraigned before Justice Black, waived examination and was held to the grand jury in bonds or ?L-0. The auto was the property of Professor H. C. Sey mour of the extension department of the college, and he left it in front of the Christian church Monday. When he came from the church his car was missing. Couch's home is in Wallowa county. Selective Draft For Women Urged, Omaha, Neb.. May 12. (I. N. S.) Mayor James C. Dahlman announced Tuesday that he favors selective con scription of women from 18 to 30 years eld for farm work. He would have tnem register a men will be required to register for the army. "Wives of the rich." he said, "should iearn to do their own housework so thalr servants could be released to help the farmers' wives. The farm women can do much of the real field work If they are- relieved of their housework." u The real Burley m THINK of a cigarette "served" to you as appetizingly as the hot, buttered toast that comes to your breakfast table. Well, that's the idea on this new Lucky Strike cigarette: the tobacco it's toasted. 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