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Portland utd ridaityj Sunday fair; moderate winds, mostly northwesterly. . Oregon and WMMiftoni Sunday, fair; winds moderate, mostly waatarly. VOL. XV. NO. 22. CITY EDITION PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS I ! - HILLS NEAB n Lt 5 ULAIIVI HEM TOLL Prince Rupprecht Tries Des perately to Wrest From Grasp of British Positions Lost in Attempt tfr Hold French Coal District. News Index SECTION OX 14 PAGES Fag CANADIANS WITHSTAND LIQUID FIRE AND STEEL . a. 4. .19- l 11. IB. 11. Terrific Battles Fought in Air, 12 German Airplanes Be ing Brought Down While 18 Are Damaged; Second Verdun Is Predicted. Caaadiaaa Batata Hill TO. Xaaaia ta Dueui Saparata Faae. Wsrid't WUtt Crop la Behind. Wilaoa rnta War VtMli ia stftioa. "Wasa Up," Warn rerehiac. Tut ea luk C&acka R;ct4. OraroB Fooa CiuniMUmr K&kM Ap- OoraramtBt Coatrol mt Cvppn Via ttuipuoi Board Bil in Fav. Wioa TakM Hand la Labw Situatloa. Aoiarieaa ftoldian Wtch for Air Kaida. Ajnartca'f Pitvca ea Tp't Fropoaal to B Daf tMd. Larr Ipnct OTdr Eaportad. BU afiUioaa IMatrikated by Kad Croaa. Dr. Zataar Pofcl Lorajor Off for Traaca Xapleitara to faal Hoorar'i Pawar. V. t. CaaaW Co. a JEIoldiaf Casoara. 100. OCA V. . Trocpa la Traaca aooa. Oroa-ea load Work Bald TJp. Koorar'a Boyhood Bpaot 14 Oraa-oa. Laad Show Porter Tnx Awardad. Tralaiaf Camt Vawa LatMra. Amar. toaa Laka. fort Btaraaa. Ciaekamaa. Bae. McAdao Tall Why OorarnmaBt BhoaJd laaara Beldiara. Btnkaeraakar Fatally Woandad. Oora Wevld Bava Maa Pevor. OracesaUoraU Offiea:a to Con far. Kami Coea u ta Birart T. M. a A. at Cflunp Lavia. Oraataa; Baport as Faiaat Land. O. A. C. Extaaslea Ihraetor Hamad. Extra T;aaea Chaj-f d Afalnat Dr. J. X. Bcaith C. A. BprackaU Portland Vultor. OpportaBity Off an for Barriea la Fraaea. Boroptar Cartaia ta Ba B built. Oohooa Pro J act Bifaificant Daralop- maat Ptaa. bOQ Hap Plckara Waatad by Bapt. 1. 14. Caaadiaa Vortk Land Worka for Al had Victory. WHEAT CROP OFIRLOIS FAR BEHIND I K ING GEORGE V chatting with Colonel Charles H. Mc- Kinstry, U. S. engineers, commanding a regiment ot engineers sent overseas. Colonel McKinstry is well known in Portland, where he was formerly stationed. Directly behind the king stands the Duke of Connaught. North American Crop for '17; Will Not Come Within: 400,000,000 Bushels ofi Supplying Normal Demand, Says Herbert Hoover. AMERICA MUST COME TO WAR BREAD, HE SAYS TWO 12 PAGES With the British Armies In the Field. Aug. 8. (U. P.) With liquid fire, bomb and bayo net, the weight of massed divisions pressing forward in repeated as saults the Germans continued their efforts today to wre3t from tho British the conquered positions dominating approaches to the coal city of Lena. For the third day. the staunch Canadians holding Hill 70 anl nther nosltions east and north of the town, successfully resisted every attack. The Germans were driven back. with heavy losses Inflicted by Brit ish rnns which swept their lines with a deadly fire. ' Crows Frlaca Dttarmlaa Crown Prihe Rupprecht of Bavaria has ordered Hill 70 retaken at all cost In order to save the city of Lena. The raault of the order is the. mingling of blood of men from avery kingdom of th German empire on tha aodden icpea jof this mound ot-death. ... The Car.adlana are beatlnr them back. Men frh from the gory work told me to-lay they had never used their. barmet to such extent as they have'on Hill 70. Sixteen counter attacks have been mad against the newly won poaltlona of the British aince Thursday. The fighting haa been hand-to-hand, with bayonets, knives, clubbed rifles and bare fists. Constat Attacks All Alike It ! the heaviest continued close quarter fighting of the war. Every succeeding counter attack by th Germans Is like the one preceed lng lt the pourlrv? of the enemy from their trenches, the formation In fours. the march across the open field with Canadian artillery and machine guns tearing the ranks to pieces at every tep. Still they come on. They push forward over the bodies of victims of previous attacks. The Canadians are malting for them. They 'close in Then the bayonet, the bitter man to man atruirsle and the German survlv ors roll bick down the slopes. More than four German divisions have b'en used up In this sort of fight ing. They Include the crack Prussian Guards iA German division is usually computed at :-nn0 men ) Rival a Uffht Brigade Charge The advance of tho fruards across the valley and up the slope. In which they lvere practically wiped out. rivalled the famous charge of the Light Brigade, the Immortal Six Hundred of British history. Their mission wss almost as hope less. Yet they came foir abreaat SECTION Vara 1-4. Sports Inri aad Goettp. . La ktTsttc Pasxlalaod. Tha itery Lad 7. Odd facta &jxd Fanciea. S. Seal Eatate and SuUdia Watrs. 7-10. Wast Ada. 11. kfarkata aad Fiaaaca. lt. kUrtae Vtwt. SECTION THREE 12 PAGES Pag. ! Excess of Other Cereals Suf- i ficient to Make War Bread Not Only for Europe but for Canada and the United States, He Figures. s. 4. . 7. na. Feed Production Tlaaa Photoplay Kiwi Ia Staaataad In Vaud.Tilla Editorial Trwra Toaiea Or. on Country to Otva Its Bpnioa liluatrated M.wi Baviawad On tha Wut Front By Frank H Bunandi Aatomebilas and Good Boada SECTION FOUR 8 PAGES fX. Tha Waak la Bociaty 4-. At Baach and laiand BaaorU . Varied Bad Croil ActiTitiaa From Tanina Bay to tha Columbia 7. Wemta's Clab Affairs Tha Baalm of Muaic S. Fashion Chat By Mma. Qui Viva Baaaty Talk By LUliaJi Busaall ICeadlawark D.n To the Hoatckeapar SECTION FIVE 1 PAGES (Fiction Xacaxina) SECTION SIX a PAGES (Comic) present Court Holds Love Was Only Pretext (Concluded on Tige Two. Oorama Fow) PEACE PROPOSAL OF POPE NOT POLICY OF RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY Peace Policy of New Govern ment to Be Pressed at Inter-Allies Conference, Kansas City. Mo, Aug. H (I. N. 3.) In a divorce granted to Mrs. Rose Man sour, Jl. here today by Judge Bird, the court held that Farrls Man sour had perpetrated a fraud upon his wife by professing his love for her in order to obtain her consent to marrlace so he might escape the draft- Mrs. Mansour testified her husband i told her after their marriage. June 3. two days before the draft registration, that he did not love her and only mar ried her to keep from going to war. "Now I've given this man back to the nation for war service If the gov ernment wants him." the court an nounced after Issuing the decree- Washington. Aug. IS. (T. P) North America's 1917 wheat crop won't come within '400,000. 000 bushels of supplying the shorty-, age of European allies and neu trals, Herbert Hoover announce! tonight. As a partial remedy he sug gested that every person In United States use one pound less I wheat flour per week a reduc tion of 20 per cent in consumption. Substitute other cereals, of Which there are plenty, he says. If these ' cereals corn, oats, barley and 1 rye are- substituted in the Ameri- can loaf It means that "war: bread" becomes part of the Amerl can diet tnls conser vation to us and will reduce the ) privation for our allies." His estimate of the shortage la baaed on normal consumption in a inree year SrJ?4-., France, Italy and the TJnited King dom, he said, moat Import ES7,0o9,00 t uehels of wheat and 674.000.000 of other cereals if normal consumption rrquirements are to be met. Depend on XJ. 8. aad Oanada The fritted States and Canada ar the markets this wheat can come from, the South Amerlcn crop having been practically a failure; Bulgarian and 1 1 . 1 I W PUTS WAR WHEELS INTO IT! JEANNETTE RANKIN, congresswoman from Mon tana, who predicts govern ment control of Butte mines if production is interfered with. u President Calls Upon Vari ous Departments of Gov ernment and Gives Impetus to Projects Planned and Under Way. ORGANIZATION GROWS WITH INCREASING SPEED Hoover Urges That Some Other Cereal Be Substi tuted for Wheat to Extent of Pound a Week for Each Person to Cover Shortage. APPEAL BOARD GRANTS BUT THREE OUT OF 13 EXEMPTION PLEAS Hoover suggested that I publfc Urged to Give Any In- vation will be no pri-1 - -r i . Xi Tormanon i ending to onow Claims Are Spurious, FOOD COMMISSIONER MAKES AN APPEAL TO PEOPLE OF OREGON Washington, Aug. 8. (U. P.) President Wilson today turned hia shoulder directly to the govern ment war wheel. War prepara tions gained momentum, and peace j talk waned as tha president worked. J He called at the Hoover com . mission, at the federal trade com ' mission, department of Justice anl ! the priority board of the national ' defense council. j Immediately after it was learned I the president early next week will direct priority shipment of coal to suffering districts in the Great Lakes regions and authorize th9 , federal trade commission to direct nrices and distribution of coal Every Man and Woman in the from an mines to the consumers Qo o Miict Uclr, in Thic' To Seek Dlamiasal of Draft Cases uiaiu muoi iidy hi i iho (Conrtnaad on Page Two. Cdlama Ttiree) .JTeatlmoDy was taken in 13 appealed clalna for exemption Saturday, by the appellate 'exemption 'board of District 1 of the state of Oregon. In three of the cases exemption was denied, in seven cases a further hearing was or dered and In the remaining three con ditional discharges were granted. The large number of continuances were due to the fact that the evidence supporting these particular claims (Concluded on Page Ten. Column One) Railnvln. tHat the. Inunrh and natrl fotic support of the, people of the, city j the (raaea' brought'agaTnst' th'i'act' tha Crisis, Declares Official. The Justice department began the preparation of briefa to defend the constitutionality of the draft law. It la planned to move for dismissal ot aad state la tha first essential for the success of the work with wnich he has been entrusted. "W. B. Ayer, Oregon's newly appointed federal food commis sioner has opened his campaign for conservation with a strong- appeal ata ri ressed to every man, woman and child within the boundaries of the state. (Oonrladed on Page Two. Column One) Germans Accused Of New Cruelties Paris, Aug". 1 f - r Twenty-six battalions of French military pris oners have been organited by the Ger mans for work in dangerous positions st the front, arrordlng; to the revela tions of H. GaKU member of the cham ber of deputies. The government today ser.t a formal protect to Berlin. i GaJll declared the German In I violation of the rules of civilised war fare, had forced French prisoners to do military work under the gun of the allies, thus releasing larger num bers of German soldiers for actual fighting. He asserted It had been proven that this condition existed. Six Prisoners in Seattle Break Jail Seattle, Wash., August 1 (I". P.)- Stlcklng a knife and gun Into the ab- I domen of Chief Jailer Aln Stark. six county Jail prisoners forced their way out of the county Jail and escaped at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. Twenty minutes later City Detective Majewski captured two of the men. Stewart Hewett. convicted of murdering- his children at Auburn, anj John Ross, convicted of robbery. Washington. Aua II. (U. P ) Russia will press her own peace policy no forcible annexations, no punitive indemnities, free development of all nations at next month's lnter-allies London conference, Russian embassy officials declared today. Foreign Min ister Tereachenko's statement that Rus!a would adhere to her peace de clarations was interpreted by Russian diplomats here as meaning that Rus sia would endeavor to bring her allies around to a revision of their war alms to correspond with those proclaimed by the Russian revolution. In reply to the question as to wheth er the Vatican's) peace proposal resem bled the peace policy of Ruaala, Rus sian diplomats here aaawered In the negative. The pope's peace note has been de livered to the foreign .office at Pelro grad. but Russia will not venture a reply without consulting her allies, the embassy said. Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor, was closeted with Ambassador Bakhme tieff for more than an hoar today. In the abaence of any official atatement. It was urmlaed they dlscuaaed the Stockholm peaca conference aad the effects of tha Vatican's peaca raor on the Russian working- people. - i German Munitions Head Has Resigned Geneva. Aur. 18. (By Agence Radio to the I. N. 8.) General von Groener has signed as head of the munitions supply of the Germany army. He will take command at the front. General von Scheuch Is mentioned as his prob able successor. Mrs. Mooney's Bail Fixed at '$20,000 San Francisco. Aug. IS. (U. P.) sir. Rent Mooney'a ball waa fixed at 110.000 this afternoon by Superior Judges Griffin and Cabanisa. Judge Fran Dunne will be asked to agree on this arrangement. at All Greece Placed Under Martial Law Athena. Aug IS. CO. P.") Martia' law waa extended today to include all t Orwae. . - ... A WORD TO THE WISE sTaBUJ.'ta"a"ejlB -zr:--ti v Amit... j v far" it -. t -.,:,u rt .. in -?aa. j--Jiga 1 - .; Ifrvj Us .is. :TiUxr ?r ir-1i- ll f a i -,J .. -h .: w:. ,-...-.. .A.i. " f .s-.. J -mj , - -f ' r-T'ar3 M . 1 HIlHLwMLHLMHHs S I "1 , ; aw"v ,. -lUi.J.-ViH.Wj''. J first day the supreme court worka after meeting October s. Hoover announced a North American shortage of 400,000,000 bushels of wheat in the supply needed by the al lies this year, and urged that one pound a week of aome other cereal be substituted for wheat by every ' person in the United States, j The exports council decided to add 'cotton to the list of products subjected to license before export. Treasury Certificates to Ba Used Secretary McAdoo announced the is suance of $250,000,000 more in short time treasury certificates. 1 Congress will be asked to direct that all three and a half per cent Liberty bonds be converted into four per cent bonds when the new loan is issued. This is done because the proposed sur tax on the new bonds would increase the premium of the old bond. Another week of the war, featured by the pope's spectacular bid for peace, showed tremendoua net results. Two If r GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF COPPER MINES IN I MONTANA PREDICTED IKE UP!" PERSHING'S MILS. American Commanding Gen-" era! Says Every American:: Must Realize War Will Not. Be Won by "Talking and; Subscribing to Red Cross." : WAR TO BE WON ONLY BY GREAT TRAINED ARMY Full Realization of What War Means Imperative, Says Commander; U. S. Troops See Great Battle From Hills Near Their Camp. Miss Jeannette Rankin Insists Labor Troubles Must Be Settled Promptly. Butte. Mont, Aur. H.(T7. P.) Tha government will taka control of the copper mines of tha Butte dis trict and end once and for all the la- I bor troubles which have partially tied up the a hafts if the production of cop per Is interfered with so that the manufacture of munitions is delayed. Thla was the prediction of jMlas ! divisions of troops are being brought j into shape for immediate service in France. A regiment of marines is to ; be sent for training in Cuba. Plans : have been completed by the railroads i and the war department for mobilizing i the first 687,000 troops in the national army. Guard rorces will be moved south to training camps within the next 10 daya. Congreaa Acta on Measures The senate moved rapidly along in eliminating for discussion features of Jeannette Rankin, congresswoman from on tana, here this afternoon America's first congresswoman atood in the center of the Columbia Gardens baseball park and told the result of her three day investigation of Butte's labor traubles. There waa no note of hesitancy in her voice, no chance to question her remarks. She announced the result of her Investigations in un derstandable English and the thou sands of husky strikers, ovrall-clad, applauded her a score of times. For an hour this afternoon she stood before a crowd of 16,000 persons who Jammed the park. "Bustling Card" Condemned Miss Rankin condemned the "rustling card" system and denounced the mur derers of Frank Little, I. W. W. leader, whose body was found hanging to a railroad trestle August 3. "I have no patience with the spirit which sn-eks to destroy property for personal grievances," she declared. "Neither have I any patience with the utterances of Little, but I have the greatest contempt for that form of 'di rect action' which permitted the raur- ider of the I. W. W. leader. I Paris, Aug. 18. (U. P.) I America must awake to full reali- zation of what the war means Major . General Pershing, com mander of the United States x- ' peditionary force, warned this aft-' ernoon in an interview wltn tno United Press. Victory will be won only by a forceful blow, struck by a well trained army, working with tho allies, the American commander .declared. . Pershing deplored the luke warm attitude of the folks at home. "Every man, woman and child must realize that the war will not be won by talking and subscribing to the Red Cross," General Pershing declared em phatically. Get Behind Administration ' "It la necessary that all of them get behind the administration in its effort to keep up the morale of the army and that of the allies. '. "It is necessary that they glv us s the supplies, guns and equipment that . will be needed. This war will be won only by strong, I forceful blows from a great and per- ' fectly trained army, working in con ' Junction with the allies. "Everyone should understand IhJs now and full realization of what tha war really means is imperative." Troops Bold Sham Battle The glare of real war that suddenly . broke over a sham battle the Ameri' : '. can troops were engaged In last night j whetted the appetites of the men for action more than ever tqday. . . The Americans were engaged , In grenade practice, firing rockets and ' general ly working out the problems of modern warfare in the darkness, when the horizon suddenly glared red. ; Gun flashes could be seen. From the die- - tance could' be heard the rumble of artillery. The battle on the lino along which the French and Germans have . been contending for three years waa ' under way in all of Its Intensity. TAX ON BANK CHECKS iOM REVENUE the $2,000,000,000 revenue bill to which , ' f ,r ia nn nnnnaitinn I lynching is concerned. Ex-Senator The house ways and means commit ; tee discussed the proposed $7,638,946. : 000 bond ieaue to take up the Liberty Issue and float $4,000,000,000 addi tional. Occasional Local Showers Predicted ' Washington, Aug. 18. (I. N. S.) The weather bureau today Issued the following forecast for the week be ginning Sunday, August 19: Region of the Great Lakes Consid erably warmer weather will prevail during practically the entire week. The weather win be generally fair, al though occasional local showers are probable. . Plains States and Upper and Middle Mississippi valleys The coming week wilf be one of warm and generally fair weather. Rocky Mountain and Plateau regions The coming week win be one of, nor mal temperature and generally fair weather, although local showers are probable in southern Rocky mountains, i Pacific States Except for occa sional local showers on the north Pa cific coast the week will be one of generally fair weather with normal temperature. Dixon of Montana, who manageJ Roosevelt's presidential campaign In 1912, told me Little was not killed be cause of any treasonable uiteranot-s against the government. He said that was only the excuse made for '.he deed." The congresswoman called the "rustling card." a blacklist on a na tional scale. Fhe declared that the system discouraged the men from be coming organised and prevented them from demanding enforcement- of laws requiring safety devices in the mines. Conditions in Butte mines are grow ing more and more unsafe, she de clared. "I have heartbreaking letters from the wives of miners," she de clared, "who feared every time their husbands went to work they never would return." IS CUT Fl MEASURE BY SENATE Small Parcel Post Packages :1 Also Eliminated; Publica- ; -tions Under Debate, - ' Charles Dana Gibson's coutrUmtlon to food conservation. i Draft Eesister Is Accused of Threat McAlester. Okla.-, Aug. 18. (I. N. S.) "Abraham Lincoln said that the most dangcroua weapon in the world ia a match. There are still plenty of ! matches left." This speech was attributed to one of the drift reslsters on trial here today by a witness. "Beat the army draft with matched," he was alleged to have cried, holding up a handful of matches. Will Hoebler. former leader of the lone dove lodge" told of preparations to - resist the draft by buying arms, ammnaltloa and dynamite. . NEW TODAY WANT'TOURING CAR Automobiles Wasted 78 WANT TOURING CAR 6 passenger late model. Must be in fine shape. Will pay from $500 to $800 cash. Automobile Accessories DELIVERY body. Fit Ford or other light car. Top, seat and everything complete. Only $9. Business Opportunities 30 FOR SALE Blur 2d hand furni ture and notion store. Excellent location. Big stock of furniture, stoves phonoarrapha and records, etc. Well established business. Owner retiring. r 1 The above Want Ada may be found complete under their re spective classifications in the classified section of today's Jour nal. . Under today's Hew Today col umn on Section 2 are a few of the most brisk and worth while merchandise . offerings In today's Journal. These ads precede th Want Ada, the great market place, for Portland's buying and selling public You, will find It profit able to look over today's New To day Ada. Washington. Aug. 18. (I. N. S.) -By a vote of 38 to 22 the senate to day struck from the war revenue bill the provision imposing a ne-csnt . stamp tax on bank checks, drafts, non-, interest bearing certificates of de posit and orders for payment, expected" to yield between $10,000,000 and $12. 000.000. Thompson of Kansas made the move to eliminate the tax. He waa supported by Underwood of Alabama,. Smoot of tUtah, and Norrla of N" braska. Simmons of North Carolina and Lodge of Massachusetts defended s--the tar. Underwood declared the tax was -a bad public policy and would handicap business. Simmons claimed lt was an easy and inexpensive way of obtaining., revenue. " ' The' senate accepted an amendment , which exempts small packagea from' . the parcel post tax. The amendment -adda one cent for every 25 cents post age above the first cost of 25. cents. Originally the bill proposed charging , this tax on each 25 cents' worth ot postage. . i: w Debate began on the second elass mail matter provisions. Hard wick of Georgia continued his fight to boost ' the tariff on newspapers and maga zines. In an amendment he proposed -a tax of one, cent per pound on the reading matter in publications and a tax of 3 cents per pound on the part -devoted to advertising until June . 1918. From then until June 30, lllf, the reading rate will be one cent per . pound and the advertising rate six cents. After June, 1919, the rate would ' be one cent for the reading matter and eight cents for the advertising - por- tions. Broussard of Louisiana, put In an , amendment allowing the allies to im port, raw sugar free into this country -and export the refined product,