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moderate westerly winds.
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VOL. XV. NO. 2L
CITY EDITION
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BAKER SAYS
o hours is r
DAYS WORK i
Secretary of War, on Behalf
of National Council of De
fense, Requests the Lum
ber Mill Employers to
Favor Strikers.
LOYALTY TO COUNTRY
USED AS ARGUMENT
Allies Will Need All Available
Timber, and Delay in Its
Production Is Held to Be
Big Help to Germany and
Its Allies.
News Index
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-ifat Boars fr LtunW If 3 workers.
ai.im Ainua AJT1TI j our. .
Vwun Owirwi la Caalareaae.
Anirrtlt cm All War Fraata.
Direr Kama Eaearaioa Staanter.
Exematloa aefat Married ataa.
CM(Tia Taaae Hag Taak.
6aa T raaciaee Cunta Strike.
Labor Frty Leader' torm Caatar.
Sanate ftariaioa of eveaae- SOI
Araaaaa Kitchia.
A4ae ta Keavar.
Eaipptne; Bears' Sacks rre Sum.
Partlaad ta Oraat Bntiaa Oaaeral.
facltata rropoee Paeae Talk.
Earfaaa Offtoara njay laraw alf Dia
aar. rra.idta Sroaant Offican Await Tata.
Add it wnai Treape Aaaca Clacsamaa.
Aaarlaaa Lake Veva Letter.
Cratar Laka'a Baanty Daacribed.
Sr. Lor. joy ta &a to Fraaoa.
Caiaaa. arena Opened.
O tfoaiaa liw KavolDtlaa ta CUaa,
Oar.ramaat Officiala Oaaaarre Haait.
Amarioaa Eatarprua la Koraa.
Imiaaaaa Ariattoa Fia'.d Uadar Way.
Cuba to Oooparmia ta Trod Program.
UHa'a State Baajtk Off tear 1
motorboet Prajact Cailapaaa.
rnrtoar Bbipauiiaiar riaaa KM.
Bnyara' Waak la Endaa.
fanlaad Ckinaaa Vot at faaoa.
Kata Hart Bald aa Spy.
Kyda-Basaon ftattlamaBt Ha!d Up.
Hillabera Caananaa Uadar Ooara.
Oraoa Daaaaa Laacua Commlttaaa
Xaasad.
IWurlaa Fir far Alrplaaea.
BaaJty Ooaraatioa I Endad.
Orarea'a ktatal Tlald Bho-wi Oata.
At Tart Br. ram. Traininc Camp.
Umatilla Exaasptiaa Board Busy.
Fortlaad Boy Wrltaa Frcm Fraaca.
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Seattle. An. 11. (I. N. S.)
Pointing out that every foot of i
lumber that can be produced la j
needed In connection with war ;
preparations and that every lm-!
pediment that ia placed in the
way of Its production givea aid and
comfort to the enemy, Secretary of i
War Baker, acting for the nation- j
al council of defense, late this aft- j
ernoon in duplicated telegrams to j
Henry Mr White. United States !
commissioner of immigration. Cap-1
Sparta wa ad Gaaalp.
IUaatratad Vawa Kariaw.
How Ckildran Laarn Fanmamhip.
Baal Eatata aad Buildiac.
Waat Ada.
alarkata aad Fiaaaea.
atariaa.
Racanatruetlea of Orafoa City Lock.
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af Casuaittaa aa Poalla Iaar-
matiaa
Photoplay Kava
la V.ud.nlia
Editorial
Brief Informatl.a
Toa Tepioa
Otw.f o Blast Fanvaca Enliraaad
S-ll. Aatomokllaa aad Oaad aVoadi
11. Ia PuzzlaBd
Th. Btary Lady '
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YS. Taa Waak la Baeiaty
-. Vava of tha Baaarta
T. Wimu'i Clnk Afaira
1. Faakioa Caat By atna. Qui Tlra
Baauty Soffaauaaa By LUliaa Xaaaall
Vaadlaarark Daai-a
OP ALLIES TO
ARRIVE TODAY
Col. Rees, Major Perfetti and
Capt. Dourif Principals in
Party Which Is Examining
Spruce Industry.
BIG MASS MEETING TO
BE HELD-MONDAY NIGHT
Motion Pictures Will Show
Impdrtanc'e of Aircraft in
Modern Warfare.
Burbank Has New Wheat
Ready for Distribution;
49.88 Bushels to Acre
Santa Rooa, Cal.. Auar. 11. (I. N. 8.)
What many men admit la one of Lu-
Tther Burhank's rreatAat achievements
In hla endeavor, aa he puta It, "to
rive to the world better frulta, flow
ers and cereala for he dellgrbt and
benefit of mankind" la his "Burbank
wheat," hinted at some time since aa
nearlng perfection and officially an
nounced this morning aa ready for
distribution to the farmera.
It took Burbank just 10 years to
perfect the "Burbank wheat," 10 years
of faithful working with many selec
tions and crossings and breeding;.. It
meant 10 years of study of the wheats
of this country, England, Italy, Ger
many and a dozen other countries to
produce the wheat that promises to
revolutionise wheat production in the
United State and increase the 15
bushels conceded a good crop now to
one, when properly planted, of 49.88
bushels per acre.
The time-has passed. In the opinion
of Burbank, when farmers can plant
wheat in any old way of cultivation.
Just because there Is plenty of land on
Which to plant. .
The future production will be a
great crop on a small acreage. In
producing thla new wheat Burbank
estimated thla afternoon that he had
K-orkAri with a.t least fig different va-
BIG CROPS IN
1918 NATION'S
GREATESTNEED
Governors of Six Western
States, in Conference Here,
Urge Absolute Necessity of
Industrial Peace.
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Killed in Action
Vancouver. Waah.. Aug. 11. Wilfred
Henry Bland. 20. aon of Mr. aad Mrs.
J. r. Bland of S10 .West Twntr
fourth, street, Vancouver, baa been
killed in action in Fraaca, according
to a telegram received today by Mr.
tain John V. Blaine, northwestern
representative of the United. ,
States shipping board, and Dr. '
Henry Suxzallo. chairman of the
state council of defense, urges the VanCOUVer YOUth IS
acceptance si lug eigui-iiuur wum
day. as the basis for an agreement
between lumbermen and the em
ployes, now on strike. In this
state.
At War With. Aatocrat
Secretary Baker, in bla n es sag a.
said:
"Emperor Wll'.lam. a foreign auto-
ml. ku nntflnlr AMtrmhl tha Htm
oar -people wiinai wuguaiu m taair t!"M
uauaj and legitimate avocations at seav T" telegram signed by tb aTTctor
of records of the Canadian army.
"Bomevhoro in Prnce," read: "Deeply
: regret Inform you 7613H Sapper Wll
! frod Henry Bland, services, officially
' reported killed in action."
Toung Bland was well known and
popular la Vancouver. lie came here
' with hla mother direct from England
In 1111. He Joined the Canadian forces
July 4. 117. at Fernle. B. C.
The telogram followed a letter from
Bland received Friday, In which he
said he was wen and happy, even
compaaiona had
In a baseball
before.
The father Is an 8, F. - 8. engineer.
(Caocladed as Pic Two. Col una Four)
EXCURSION
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RAMMED BY U.S. DIVER,
ALL ON BOARD SAVED b&t
Three of America's allies will be rep
resented in Portland officially thi
afternoon and Monday.
All day Monday they will be busy
carrying their message to Portland
folk.
In the morning they will visit the
plants producing spruce for aeroplane
atock.N At noon they will addreas the
business men. In the afternoon they
will talk business with the lumbermen
and In the evening they will meet with
every man, woman or child who can
find a way into tha new municipal
auditorium.
The three honored guests are the
foreign representatives accompanying
the aeroplane committee of the council
of national defense They are Lieuten
ant Colonel L. W. B. Rees. British
Royal Flying corps; Major R. Perfetti.
Italian army, and Captain Henry Dou
rif of the French army. In the party
also are'E. T. Allen, prominent forester,
who is chairman of the commission.
F. A. Douty and Watson Eastman, well
known lumbermen. Eastman and Douty
'arrived in advance Saturday morning.
Party Arrives Toaay
The American government la xepre
aented by William Cadeayne, superin
tendent of the Curtlss plant, and mem
ber of the aeroplane committee of the
council of national defence.
The party will arrive at the union
depot today at 2 10 p. m. There they
win be met by Portland's reception
committee aad escorted to. the Port
land hotel. At their own request tha
visitors wlU be permitted to rest dur
ing the afternoon.
On Monday morning they will be
taken to the different spruce produc
ing plants, for thetr mission mtwlB'
to t spact all lumber that is suited to
CONGRESS FACES BIG
TASK OF RAISING AND
SPENDING
NS
Three Bills Already Before
Houses and Fourth, Bond
Measure, Projected,
SAN FRANCISCO FACES
Washington, Aug. 11. (U. P)
Congress, after monthe of war declar
ing, speech making and money raising,
still faces the biggest part of its
pedal session task securing addi
tional war revenue and appropriating
billions of dollars more to maintain
the military establishment of the
country.
STRIKE BY CARMEN
OF UNITED RAILWAYS
Men on Crosstown Line Stall
Cars at Intersection; Some
Fail to Walk Out.
DRASTIC PUNISHMENT
" OF AGITATORS URGED
Employers and . Employes
Begged to Get Together
While War Endures.
San Francisco, Aug. 11. (TJ. P.)
Demanding the eight hour day and the
same . wages as the city pays men
working on its municipal car line em.
ployes of the United Railways, esti
mated at about 20t in number, gath
ered at the Labor Temple late tonight
in a mass meeting which followed
the abandoning of their cars and at
Thres bills are now in congreaa t least temporarily tied up car service
aeroplane construction. They are mik
lng a tour of all lumber producing
sections of the United Statea, making
a careful Investigation of aeroplane
stock.
W Mee-t Xcu bars iea
At noon they will be met at the
Portland hotel by the reception com-
(Ctaatlaaed oa Par Two. Column Tfcraa,
the 12,000.000.000 tax bill, the general
deficiency bill, with appropriations
that may reach close to $10,000,000,000,
and the Insurance bills with hundreds
of millions of dollars to protect sol
diers and families of soldiers from
want in case of injury or death.
A fourth bill is now in prospect a
new bond bill whose total will be at
least $5. 000. 000,000 and probably more.
The shipping board will ask for ap
proprlatlona approximating $750,000,000
mora thla season.
A forthcoming deficiency bill, sprung
as a surprise by McAdoo Just as a
tl.870,000,000 revenue bill was to be
laid before the senate, win probably
laaat tS.tOO,000.000. If pleaa
of department heads are answered
favorably by the house appropriations
committee that Is considering the bill.
The senate leaders oppose any mora
revenue or bond legislation before tha
December session.
Administration leaders fear that If
congress finishes up about October 1
as it Is thourht it may there may
be need for additional appropriations
during the two months'
throughout the system.
The strike took the railway company
and the traveling public equally un
aware. It ia estimated that fully
10,000 people were waiting for cars be
fore emergency fcrewa began to move
a portion of the traffic.
Two carmen have veen arrested for
blocking traffic in tha Mission district.
According to some of the carmen all
of the platform employes of the United
Railways were pledged to strike when
the cross town lines stopped tonight
but all did not leave their ears 1m
1 mediately.
The trouble has not spread to the
municipal line or to the cable car lines.
The United Railways platform men
have been unorganised for several
years. .y
Springfield, Til Aug. il. (TJ.. P.)
The street car strike here, which has
been In progress for two weeks, and
which resulted In the death of one
policeman, was ended tonight when,
members of the striking carmen's
anion voted to accept the .agreement
algned by their committee and the lo
cal car company. Wage increase is
granted the men and a change In work
ing conditions. 1
Coonaratlon Is Purpose.
There will be close uniform- s
Itv . of action in dealing witn w
any emerrenoy that may arise
in th Pacific coast state, xne w
authorities of the various statea
will give close cooperation tq
the federal government. Noth-
ina- serious la anticipated, but
there should be preparation t
a-ainst any emergency.
If troops are needed to queu ,t
any disturbance, calls will be et
sent In by the governors only,
thus eliminating lndiscrim-
fnate calls that have from time
to time been sent tn by sheriffs,
corporation heads and others. 4k
Tha alien question win oe
dealt with summarily if occa-
slon arlaea.
These were developments at m
the closing session of the gov-
ernora' conference Saturday
evening.
No formal action was taken
nor any resolutions adopted.
The decision in regard to
troops was reached following a
conference with Colonel Dentler
of the western department.
Every question was discussed t
from strike troubles to crop
production. Any Impression that
the conference was called be-
cause of fear from any one
source la wrong, declared Oov-
ernor Lister, who presided, at
'Sub' Carmen
Are Deported
ByK. C. Mob
Kansas City. Mo., Aug. 11. (U. P.)
Surrounded by a cheering mob of
thousands of strike eympathUere, 800
Bergoff-Waddell strike breakers, im
ported from New York city's Aast side.
were deported shortly before midnight.
After being virtually besieged by
strike sympathisers in one of the street
railway car barns the entire evening,
they capitulated and begged to be
given a chance to return to the east.
The mob, orderly although threaten
ing, silently formed in a double cor
don. In twos and threes the strike
breakers emerged from the car barn,
and. hands aloft, took their places
within the roped enclosure. Between
three and four hundred deserted.
With motor horns honking, sirens
screaming and thousands of people
cheering the cordon moved through
the business district. Hundreds of late
pedestrians, waiting for their chance
at a Jitney to get to their homes.
Joined the escort and by the time the
procession n eared the union station it
had swelled by thousands.
At the head of the "deportation
party" rode several policemen. But
they were not there to preserve order
they were an Integral part of the
mob. The mob proved good natured,
however, and no violence was offered.
Earlier In he evening four street
cars were burned at the car barna by
strike sympathizers. A score of- sa
loons in the vicinity were ordered
closed by police.
ALL FROWTS
IN BIG WAR
ARE ACTIVE
Both Allied and Teutonic
Forces Resume Offensive at
Various Points Surrounding
Central Powers Series of
Battles in Galicia.
BRITISH AND FRENCH
REPORT SOME GAINS
Germans Contend Advantage
in Vicinity of Westhoek in
Flanders Heavy Fighting
Again in Progress North of
St. Quentin.
Economy in Use op
, Gasoline Is Urged
Washington Aug. 11.
Owners of pleasure ears must curtail
their use if the United Statea and her
allies are to have sufficient gasoline
for war purposes.
The warning went forth from the in
terior and navy departments today.
Fleet, aeroplane and truck: uaes will
By Ed L. Keen
London, Aug. ll.(TJ. P.)-.
After a period of almost winter-.
-'ii-
like deadlock on all fronts, due in'
part to weather conditions, active
fighting is now In progress "wltf
offensive movements belns
(U. P.) launched at various points by both'1
allied and Teutonic forces. ;
From Flanders, on the western;
front, on across the battlellnfl to.
the Alsne and Champagne regions,;
British, French and German
armies are exchanging blows. f
In Galicia, Roumanans, Russians.-'
Th west should prepare now to
grow. In 1118 great crops for the as
sistance of the nation at war.
Employer and employes, equally
reprUi taTabuld rtrltrate their dif
ferences and confer on their problems
in a spirit of amdllation bom of
patriotism. . '
The "foreign and treasonable influ
ences which aggravate labor troubles
should be dealt with drastically. The
Industries of the west should be kept
under full operation at all costs.
Suoh were the ohief conclusions
require 15,000,000 gallons yearly, it w Germans and Austrlana are locked in
estimated. This gasoline cannot be a series of battles, which -have been
Kf.-i --t - .-tattr,- a.h. 'a progress for four days.
can supplies, and tha American car British and Prenoh Progress
owner will probably soon find himself ' Both British and French progressed.
uauig lunor aimua vi b. i iouy, uespue counter a. iibchs launtneil
Mexican oil makes poor gasoline for by the Germans, who claimed ejection'
the most part, thoug-h If - sufficient of the Engllah in the. region of Weat-
transportation could be arranged this hoik.
oil could be substituted for some gen j a local repulse was reported by. Field
erai uses ror wmcn good gasoline is Marshal Haig tonight.
now absorbed. "North of YDres-Menin road tntmy.
it is seua mere is sumcieni gas- attacks on our new noaltiona after i
oune ror normal uaes nut there la notl heavy fighting, resulted In pressing-
enougn to permit me auiomoDiie ewwwjbaic-tnrr-llnes in Glencourse . wood,
w niui- or mere i his statement said.
pleasure.
The Interior department suggests
tnat auto tats not run their engines
when their car Is not in use and
would have kerosene used for cleaning
instead or gasoline.
(Oenclnded oa Pica Nine, Coltuaa Tares)
Allied Authorities on Aviation Reach City Today
Accident Occurs in Dense Tide Turned Against
Fog-Control of Subma- Anti-Draft Moves
nne Said to Have Been Lost
Boston. Aug. 11. (I. N. S.) The
excursion steamar Mayflower of tne
Nantasket Beach line, with from 1!.J
to 2000 men, women and children
aboard, was rammed in a fog off Fo. ;
Independence, in Doaton harbor, today
by a United Statea submarine. The
submarine, coming at the steamer di
agonally, struck it on the starboail
side Juat forward of the paddle box.
The steel nose of the submarine cut
through the aide of the ateamar with
a terrible crash. The steamer stopped.
The submarine waa kept with lta far-
ward end Jammed into the
i. st tha steamer be sunk by water rusl- ;
lag Into the bole If the submarine
withdrew.
The steamer Rose Standlsh of tne ,
Nantasket line, which was coming up j
tfl a narbor. crew alongside and toox
off all the paaaeagera of the May
flower. 'Some of the passengera on the May
flower ware injured, one seriously.
The fog was dense, making it Im
possible to see but a few reet ovr ;
the water. It was said that Juat be-1
I St. Paul. Minn.. Aug. 11. (U. P.)
I After a week of rising anti-draft
i movement, officiate tonight believed
' they had aucceeded in turning the
j tide.
Editor Bergmeler of the St. Paul
i Volks Zeltung. is interned as an alien
I enemy.
State Secretary Sugarman of the
j SociaKat party and J. O. BentalL So
! c la list candidate for governor lart
j year, are Jailed for alleged dlaloyaity.
j Pacifists, meanwhile, are planning
! fox the national meeting of the Peo-
' pies' Council at Minneapolis Septem-
ber 1. wnen announcement or oeace
learner. , i will ha rinrunilril
Grain Barons Are to
Feel Hoover's Hand
Washington, Aug. 11. (U. P.) The
grain barona will be the firat to feel
the 'fire of Herbert Hoover's fight
against the food speculator.
Beginning with a statement Monday
morning, in which he will reveal
fore the collision those in charge of, '"""'"' " ,wlcn revea! tne
navigating the submarine lost control "enl ? ,7, , CT1 wtlet
f the craft so that thay were unsble pril"- Tr w1"j ""5h h f'ht
to avoid tie collision. Hevator. and mills lack sufficient
! wheat to make flour to last the entire
nation until inristraas, it waa an
nounced today.
BOAT FOR A FOftD
2 ROOM APTS.
AatomOhCe AooessorUs 44
CLOSE ; in 6 acres. Vancouver. Wn.
Also 1 lots "Rose City Park; un
incumbered. Trade for automobile.
X-aanohes aad Boats 4
GOOD lT-ft, boat, S ft. beam, with
reverse) gear. Will seU at a ber
g In or trade for Ford.
Ptue ad aad Tafo raished
ATTRACTIVE 2-KOOM APTS.
Well furnlahed aultes; ideal lo
cation, wal lng distance; near
parka.
Kaiser Says Peace
Is Near at Hand
Petrograd, Aug. 11. (By Agence
f-Radio to the L N. 8.) The correaoon-
eent or tne remya teregraphlng from
the Riga frcnt today said that on the
recent visit of the kaiser to the front
he addressed the soldiers, telling them
that a peace pact would bo signed
witnin tnree months.
It Is believed here that the visit
was the prelude to naval operations in
the Gulf of Riga and along the Fin
nish coast.
T.o-sekpLg Booms,
Pnralahed a 1 Ta rarUhed
SINGLE rooms, complete for
housekeeping. -All conveniences.
Use conveniences. Use of piano.
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i ian i ii i i. 'a r H ' - an. SiJ 3 I I 1 m S IS aa " i I W,
i ;av , -xi yy rii t " 1 - h, zi't?L$
Heavy fighting was again tn prog-
continued on raga Two. Cola ma Mr
EXEMPTION DENIED .i
MAN WITH WIE WH0 1
APPEALS TO
BOARD
Japanese Furnish
More Patrol Ships
London. Aug. 11 (U. P.) Addi
tional Japanese naval units have
Joined the allied forces in European
waters, the admiralty announced to
day.
The strength of tne Japanese units I r.il r u 1 1 n I
not being announced, how many war- raillt!! UJ VVUHIdll ndi UUUU
ships Japan now has in European
waters is problematical. The first
Japanese vessels to Join in aiding the j
allied sea patrol were destroyers,
which have been operating in the
Mediterranean.
Position and Dentist Ac-
cepts Ruling as Made, j
Over In the Classified Section of
todajrae Journal you can find the
above Waat Ads complete under
their respective beadinrs. You
will find sOso that The want Ad
Section of The jjourna Is fried
with thousand a of bargains. The
buylag and selling public havs
learned that a Journal Want Ad .
gets TUS KE-ULTS. That la why.
Former President
Taf t Is Uecovering
! Clay Center, Kan, Aug. 11. (U. P.)
! After a day of decided Improvement.
1 former, President William Howard
i Taft tonight was declared out of im
mediate danger by his physician a. Un
less complications set In the ex -president
probably will be able to travel 1c
five or six days, when he will. start
(or his summer home In Canada - .
Left to right Major Raffaele Perfetti, Italian aviation authority; Lieutenant Colonel L. W. B. Rees of the British Royal Flying corps
and Captain Henry Dourif of the French aviation service.
Foremost among the members of
the allied aircraft commission that
reatche Portland today aire Lieutenant
Colonel L. W. B. Rees of the Britiah
royal flying corps. Major Raffaele Por
fettl of the Italian mission and Cap
tain Henry Dourif of France.
The presence of these three authori
ties on war aviation gives additional
weight to the conference of the com
mission with the timber and lumber
Interests looking toward speedlag . up
America's aircraft conatructoln pro
gram. Lieutenant Colonel 1 W. B. Reea
of the British royal flying corps, one
of the comparatively few . men In tha
British army who wears, both the Vic
toria Cross 4nd the Dlatinguiabed Sere-
lo Order, cams to tha United States
with the British mission almost dlrecf
ly from the front and after being se
verely wounded "tn action.
Colonel Rees got the Victoria Cro-s
for his exploit In driving back single
handed across the German lines a
squadron of 10 German planes.
Sourtf Capable Engin sex '
Captain Henry Dourif, here aa rep
resentative of the French svlation
service to give the American authori
ties the benefit of his experience, after
thres year a of war service, was en
gaged in tha manufacture of chemicals
at Huntington. West Virginia, when
the-war broke out. Ha bad been in
this country several years, living at
Tiffin. Ohio,' and at Huntington. He
returned i to France immediately, ar
riving early In September, and joined
bis regiment an artillery regiment of
the famous French T 5a. At this time
be bad never flown.
"In February; HI5. airplane spotting
work was started 'In earnest and Cap
tain Dourif was assigned to assist In
perfecting; It. Heiwa not allowed to
take any observations from airplanes
himself, but put bis whole time into
developing an accurate and scientific
system for utilising the observations
of the actual fliers. In May' he was
finally permitted to go up himself and
for, the next nine months ha was ac
tively engaged In taking observations
from Uve air, locating enemy artillery,
taking photographs of their lines,
checking up on their troop movements.
and - similar operations, all the time
working to perfect the whole observa
tion system. .
Bines his experience as a pilot began
Captain- Dourif has met a number of
German fighting machines and has
driven several down behind the lines.
He Is the wearer of several service
decorations. t r "
; Psarfsttt Xs Technical Aat-orKy
Major Raffaele Perfetti of the Ital
ian mission is . probably as . familiar
with tha whole development of ZSuro-
pean aviation, both technical and gen
eral, as any man alive. He has been
for seven years connected with the
Italian aviation, service, first in the
dirigible and Oien in the airplane
branch of .the service.
Major Perfetti has been In the
United States before, as he was here
from February. 1915, to September,
1911, as agent for the Italian govern
ment to purchase raw materials foj
aircraft and dirigibles. He was for
many months at London as the techni
cal representative of his government,
and while there was known as a strong
and capable man. He has visited all
of the war fronts. Including the Brit
ish and French as well as the Italian,
and althougn he has not seen active
service as a pilots has made many ob
servation , trips, over the esemy linen,
and has been ; thoroughly familiar,
through personal visits, , with condi
tions at the'front. - , ' '
Wheat Shortage Is
250,000,000 Bushels
Washington, Aug! 11. (U. P.)
.America and her allies face a short
age of 250,000,000 bushels of wheat .to
tide them over until 1918 harvests, the
National Service Handbook, issued to
night by the official bureau of public
information, declared.
Simultaneously it was learned from
other sources that the government Is
making a world survey to determine
other sources of wheat supply.
Sinking of Steamer
Costs U.S. $1,779,770
Washington, Aug. 11. (U. P.) The
Ca.mrja.nls hv a German submarine I
August 8 incurred a loss to the gov
ernment war risk bureau of $1,779,
770, the treasury department an
nounced today.
The loss is divided as follows:
Hull. 81,150,000; cargo, $750,600, and
crew, 5&9.Z70.
King peorge Sends
Kerensky Message
London, ' Aug. 11. (U. P.) King
George today telegraphed Premier
Kerensky of Russia assurances that
there has been no relaxation of efforts
against the common enemy of the allies.
"I recognize all that Russia is called
upon to bear and have faith in her
powers to face and overcome the
formidable difficulties in this hour of
trial," the king's message concluded.
Six Free Schools of
Navigation to Open
Boston, Aug. 11 (V. P.) Henry
Howard, director of the United States
shipping board. recruiting today, an
nounced that sfx new free government
schools of navigation will be opened
on the Pacific coast soon- -
Thev will be at San Pedro. Ban
Diego, ..Ban Francisco, Portland, - Or.,
Astoria, 'Or., and Seattle, r 1
-v ,' , a . . , , -
The first ruling on a depndent claim '
for exemption in Portland was made I
Saturday by the exemption board of
division No. 3 in the case of Dr.-Nor f
rls Sykes, a dentist registered in '
Waterville, Wash., but appearing here
for examination. "
The board held that although Dr. i
Sykes' wife was dependent solely upon .:
his earnings for maintenance and el-
though she shortly expected to become
a mother the fact that her father oc- v-
cupled a remunerative position was i
sufficient guarantee that she would '
be cared for in case her husband was .
drafted. ' " . -
Applleaat Accepts Dedal on
Sykes was absolutely satisfied with .
the decision of the board aad said he ;
would make no appeal.
Harold H., Gilbert, a dra-ghUman
employed at the Alblna Engine V Ma
chine works, was the flrat man to ap- .
pear before the Oregon Appelate Board "
of District No. 1.
Gilbert presented an occupational'
claim for exemption.
He was granted a conditional dis- '.
charge from the operation of the draft
for a period of six months, with the t
understanding that if be should -change
to any other line of work, bis
discharge would immediately be re
voked. He will be compelled to report i
to the board at specified intervals dur
ing the six months and at the expire-''
tion of that time a renewal of the dis i
charge can be secured it the board I
sees fit.
18 Are Bejected
Forty-eight subjects of draft regis
tered outside of Portland appeared
during the last week for examination
before local division exemption boards. 4
Thirty have -aid claims to cxemp-
tion and 12 have been rejected for i
physical disability. .
Airplane Makers to
Standardize Craft
V VrV A 11 IT. 11. fU. . P.V
America's biggest airplane companies,
organised under the name of the Manu- !
facturerr Aircraft association. have
appointed Samuel L. Bradley of Brook ,
lyn, general manager, ana will take .
immediate steps to standardize flying l
machine production for the govern- ?
ment, it was announced tonight. - T
Th companies in tne association ar r
the Aeromarine, Burgess, Curtlss. Day- f
ton-Wright, I W. F. Standard Aero,
Sturtevant, Toomas-Morsev and I
Whlffbt-Martin,
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