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-ITS ALL HERB - tJ VOL. XVI. NO. 169 PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY -EVENING, NOVEMBER 26. 1917. FOURTEEN PAGES. . PRICE TWO CENTS 2SZSimlt!f?VAJl Be Next Seven Days Likely to Deter mine Whether Allies Shall Tri umph' Before 1919 or the War Is to Drag Along. British and French Impressed With Unselfishness of United States' Part in the War; Con ference Begun at Paris. Hy Fa L. Keen LONDON, Nov. 26. (U. P.) The most vital week of the war began today. On the outcome of events in the next Beven days may depend whether the allies shall tri umph before the spring of 1919 or the war drag further along. This week marks the first really practical determined ef- ' fort at general unification, co ordination and Intensification of allied war making to cope with Germany's advantages of geographical location and super-centralized control. The new lnter-allled conference will Inaugurate this effort. Prealdent Wll mn'i wise counsel, expressed throug-h his delerates Colonel House and Gen eral Tasker H. BlUs is re&araea cy 01 f leials mm likely to be of the utmost value in the preliminary work toward llnklng- the allies Into one vast war macnine IT. 8. Attlt Impresses Allies The American mission has had a far . reaching etXco., Allied - plans. Both British and French officials have been profoundly impressed with tne energy, the far-elKhtedneea. the complete unsel fishness of America's part in the war as evidenced by these commissioners. Their ' work has served to emphasise to a re markable degree the welfhty part the United States Is henceforth to play, not only In- the actual warring- but In the counells of the allied powers. The voice -of America both In the lnter-allled con ference and in the Paris supreme war council meeting, will be a powerful one. To Host for Weak Spots The initial meetings or uie aiuea rep- resentatlvea will be for discussion of military matters. First of all, there will be a critical, merciless examination of the weak spots In the allied war ma- ( Conducted on Wr E2Tm, Column Vive) Day Brothers Lose In Supreme Court Government 'Will Not Have to Pay for Extra Labor 1b Constractloa of Bnlkd head Many Years Afo. Washington. Nov. 26. (U. P.) rA $41,000 claim for damages by John G. and Isaiah N. Day, Portland (Oregon) contractors, against the United States waa today disallowed by the supreme court. They sought damages In con nection with a bulkhead built In the Co lumbia liver in 184. , The suit grew out of extra bulkhead ing of the Cascade Locks project during the exceptionally high water of 184. In that year the June freshet went to 34.6 feet In Portland. It was the year the flood waters reached Fifth and Morri son and Sixth and Stark. In years previous, the government had let contracts to do construction work on the locks on a continuing contract basis. A contract to build and complete the project was let to J. G. tc. I. N. Day contractors. To protect the work al ready - done, the Days bulkheaded the project' against the phenomenal rise. The Days contended the government should pay for this extra bulkheadlng, the government contended It should not. The Days filed suit to collect the extra .mount . expended and this suit, after hanging'flre for over two decades, is de cided lp the government's favor. , Sand Tax Held Legal Washington, Nov. 26. (I. N. S.) The supreme court today held the Kan sas law levying a tax of 10 per cent on all sand taken from its river beds con stitutional. The law had been held valid in Kansas courts. Papermakers and ; Government Agree New York, Nov. 2S. (I. N. 8.) An agreement In the newsprint paper case In federal court, fixing prices, was sub mitted today by representatives of the government. By the terms of the agree ment, from January 1. 118, to April 1, the price of . newsprint paper In rolls will be S3 per ISO pounds f. o..b. at mill In case of carload lots; $3.25 per 100 pounds f. o. b. at mill for less than car load lots; for such newsprint paper In sheets the price will be 33.50 per 100 pounds f. o. b. at' mill In. carload lots and $3.75 per 100 pounds f. o. b. at mUl In less than carload lota. - When the agreement - la ratified by the court the case against the manufac turers will be dismissed, it was stated. It was stipulated - In' the agreement V that the . newsprint, manufacturers' as sociation . should ' dissolve. SOLDIERS AT FRONT COLD, SAYS TREAT AN ATLANTIC PORT, NOV. 26. (U. P.) REAR ADMIRAL FLETCHER AND HIS STAFF, MAJOR GENERAL JOHN F. O'RYAN AND HIS STAFF AND FIVE OTHER AMERICAN ARMY OFFICERS, REACHED HERE TODAY ABOARD A FRENCH LINER. MAJOR. GENERAL CHARLES TREAT. COMMAND ER OF THE OHIO TROOPS, WAS IN THE PARTY. ADMIRAL FLETCER AND HIS STAFF HURRIED FROM THE SHIP AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED FOR WASHINGTON. ADMIRAL FLETCHER REFUSED TO MAKE ANY STATEMENT. MAJOR GENERAL TREAT DE CLARED MUD, RAIN AND COLD THE WORST ENEMIES OF THE SOLDIERS. - "PEOPLE HERE," HE DE CLARED, -DO NOT REALIZE THE POWER OF THESE ENE MIES OF THE SOLDIERS. EVERY MAN SHOULD HAVE TWO PAIRS OF HEAVY SOCKS, TWO SUITS OF HEAVY UNDER CLOTHING AND TWO PAIRS OF HEAVY SHOES. I WAS ON THEs BRITISH AND FREIfCH FRONTS A MONTH, AND IN THAT TIME I SAW BUT ONE SUNSHINY DAY. EVERY SOLDIER I SAW, IT SEEMED. HAD A COLD. "WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR TIME ABOUT GETTING INTO THIS FIGHT. BUT WHEN WE DO GET IN WE'LL CLEAN IT UP." FORTY-SEVEN SURVIVORS OF THE TRANSPORT ANTILLES WHICH WAS TORPEDOED RE CENTLY, WERE ABOARD TH LINER. PULITZER IS SAFE: C Schooner Encounters Heavy Gafe After Leaving Unalaska: Goes Disabled because of lack of fuel and I with her deck load gone, but with ail on board well,- the gasoline schooner Jos eph Pulitzer arrived off the mouth of the Columbia river early this morning and Is awaiting a tow inside. This was the word received by Dr. Andrew C Smith of this city at S o'clock this morn ing. No other details Were given. The Pulitser ias been at sea SO days, . and throughout the time struggled against storms, which evidently carried her wav south of her onuran nnd mule It I impossible for her to reach her destina- tlon on Unalaska island .A report received by the Merchants Exchange a little later said that a gaso line schooner was passing In, but no name was given. The report gave the InfAfAnnjk that tha vhmnA, n. a a iwimlnv In under her own power. The instant zer, but Dr. Smith at 2 o'clock this after noon said this was wrong, the Pulitser being still outside awaiting a tow In. . Receipt of this news relieves anxiety that has been felt In .shipping circles for nearly three weeks concerning the safety of the Pulitzer. The anxiety be came acute a week ago, but Dr. Smith maintained there was no cause for alarm, voicing the belief that Bhe would soon show up safely. The Pulitzer sailed from Portland on October 5 and from Astoria two days later for Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, in the Aleutian group, and today was th'e first word heard from her since. She had apparently been sighted by no ves- sels, although her route would have takenher In the path of transpacific steamers. Queries had been sent to the V 01 i . ""1""'rl, . the commandant' of the navy yard at Bremerton had been " enlisted in the search. Soon after the Pulitzer sailed, a series of storms were reported along the route she would have covered, and there' were strong head winds. Judging from the report Dr. Smith has received, it Is certain that she fell victim to these storms and it Is pre sumed was carried far south of her course. The Pulitxer, a pilot schooner belong ing to the Port of Portland, had been chartered to Dr. Smith for the trip to Unalaska, where he. Is Interested . In sheep raising. Her cargo consisted of 43 tons of general freight, including grain and groceries ; 1600 feet of lumber and 15 barrels (54 gallons each) of gasoline. The lumber and gasoline were carried on the deck, and this is what she lost. Dr. Smith surmises that she also lost her fish boats and considerable coaj, wnicn sne aiso carriea on- deck. The vessel is in command of Captain Wendt. Others aboard include : A. L. Macintosh, commissioner of Deschutes county, who was interested with Dr. Smith in the sheep business at Un alaaka; H. K. Smith, brother of Dr Smith and a mate, seaman and steward. The Pulitxer is 78 feet long, 22 feet beam and 9.7 feet depth. She was built In 1894 at Essex, Mass. She is equipped with an auxiliary gasoline motor. As soon as she reaches the river the Pulitxer will be towed to Portland. Seattle Track Man1 Killed in Action Seattle, Wash., Nov.. 28. (I. N. S.) William G. Cutler v of Victoria,- B. C, former student of the University of Washington. Is the first student of the state's university who has given his life. In the great war. Cutler has been killed in action as an air scout of the Royal Flying Corps, dlpatcbea here announce. Cutler was a sophomore here. He was active In track work. HG INTO MR SUBJECT OF DISCD No Details Are Given of Proffer and It Is Not Known Whether German Commanders Received Word in Person or by Wireless TITLES . IN OF NOBILITY RUSSIA ABOLISHED Confiscation of All Corporate Property of Nobles, Merchants and Burgesses Announced Break Appears to Have Started i Washington. Nov. 26. (U. P.) Petrograd and Berlin are In wireless communication, Ambassador Francis re ported to the state department today. Presumably the Russian peace offer is under discussion between the two capi tals. Russia's northern armies are running short of food and Jt Is feared they will leave the trenched and start pillaging-. Ambassador Francis also stated that 'another Socialist government" has been set up in a city near Petrograd." The dispatch, however, contained no In formation as to the active heads of this organization. Zurich, Nov. 26. (U. P.V The new Russian army commander-in-chief. Gen eral Krylenko, has made formal armis tice proposals to the German and Aus trian supreme commands, according to word received here. No details were given and It was not known whether any Russians had been formally received by German commanders, or .whether the ar mistice proffer had been transmitted by wireless. Lenlne's peace proposals appeared to have started a dangerous break in the structure of the Bolshevik! 'government today. The same proclamation announced confiscation of all corporate property of nobles, merchants and burgesses. Petrograd, Nov. 26. (U. P.) Lenlne's peace . proposals .appeared to have start ed a dangerous break in the structure of me uoisheviki government today. Even the Bolshevikl-dominated Soviet owed dissattefaotion - with "the- offers; which. Lenlne and Trotsky had fathered. Deputy Kamiheff suggested there be no proclamation of peace unless the Ger jjnans promised not to withdraw their troops now on Russian fronts for use against the allies on other lines, Other Soveit deputies openly remon- strated that the executive committee of (Concluded on rfe Thirteen. Column Seven) E TO Final Acceptance of Agreement Ends Strike Which Beeran Nov. 1 Electrical Workers Also- Will Go Back to Jobs. Six hundred Portland telephone oper ators prepared today to return to their switchboards and other places of em ployment with the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company, following accept ance of the agreement to end the strike, which has been In force since No vember 1' Electrical workers who I joined in the referendum vote will also resume their former positions with the company. Tnrri.t!nn.i vi, rint rr of San Franc)aco nas i88UeJ an order f or tho striker8 In Paclf 1c North- west to return to work. The California . , v,0h .iv , i i. pending negotiations for a settlement of the strike. Under the terms of the agreement. which was signed by employers, union officials and the federal mediation board, headed by Secretary of Labor Wilson, the striking employes are to be reinstated without prejudice as to their union affiliations. The employes have seven days in which to make the neces sary arrangement for their return toj work. The agreement, besides recognizing the unions, allows 12 H Pr cent increase In pay for the men and a provision for arbitration of the strikers' demands for an additional 12 Vi per cent. John K. Williams of Chicago is thearbitrator. The girl operators receiving the lowest wage scale get a rise of IS per cent and those getting the highest scale receive an lncrease-of 5 7-10 per cent. (Concluded on Page Thirteen,' Column Eight) Japan Again Declines German Proposals Amsterdam, Nov. 28. (U. P.) Ger many hals again attempted to detach Japan from the allies and has again I been refused, according te word reach ing nere toaay. it was reported the Ger mans offered Klao Chao to Japan and announced their willingness to discuss the future of occupied islands on the Pacific coast as the price of Japan's retirement from the war. Montana Man With Canadians Killed Ottawa, Ontario, Nov.. 28. (U. V. The following .American name appears ln the week end casualty list today r Killed In action ; A. d Ayres, Great Falls, Mont. HON R RETURN 10 WORK COLORS MAY FORCE WAR WITH AUSTRIA W ASHINGTON, NOV. 26. (I. N. S.) THE BLACK AND WHITE PAINTED PERISCOPE MAY PESMIT IDENTIFICATION OF THE NATIONALITY OF THE SUBMARINE WHICH SUNK THE AMERICAN STEAMER SCHUYL KILL IN THE MEDITERRAN EAN. THE SURVIVORS OF THAT VESSEL HAVE REPORT ED TO THb" UNITED STATES CONSULAR AGENTS THAT THIS WAS THE ONLY CLUE TO THE IDENTITY OF THE UNDERSEAS CRAFT. BY DIRECTION OF "THE STATE DEPARTMENT THE AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES NOW ARE - TRYING TO FIND OUT WHETHER, AS IS BE LIEVED, THIS SUBMARINE WAS AUSTRIAN. IF SO. THEN IT IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED THAT THE ACTION OF THE SUBMARINE .IN SINKING THT: AMERICAN VESSElf WITHOUT WARNING- WILL BE CONSID ERED BY THE ADMINISTRA TION AS AN ACT OF WAR AND CONGRESS WILL BE ASKED TO DECLARE WAR ON AUSTRIA HUNGARY. 7 WASHINGTON, NOV. 26. (U P.) "A FORMAL DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST GERMANY'S ALLIES SEEMS TO BE EXCEED INGLY ADVISABLE." SAID SEN ATOR STONE, MISSOURI. CHAIRMAN OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTcE TO DAY. "IF CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT SHOULD DECIDE TO EXTEND THE COURSE AGAINST GERMANY TO HER ALLIES, IT WOULD SIMPLIFY THF3 SITUATION. "THE TEUTON ALLIES ARE ALREADY F I G H T IN G OUR ITALY," HE SAID. "I UNDER STAND AUSTRIAN TROOPS HAVE BEEN ON THE WESTERN FRONT AND THEY MAY BE FIGHTING AMERICAN TROOPS THERI'V T Secretary of Labor Does Not Call on Governor Withycombe Mediators Are Due In Portltnd This Afternoon. Salem, Or., Nov. 26. Worn out by his long hours of labor, William B. Wilson, secretary of labor and chairman of President Wilson's mediation board, which arrived In Salem this morning, keeping to his bed during the commis sion's. stay in Salem. He did not accom- i pany other members or the commission when they called on Governor Withy combe and denied himself to inter viewers. "If Mr. Wilson Is to keep on with his work he simely must have rest," said Felix Frankfurter, secretary of the com mission. "He did not get to bed until 2 o'clock this morning." John la. Spangler of Pennsylvania, member of the mediation board, and Mr. Frankfurter and Max Lowenthall, as sistant secretary of the board, called on the governor to pay the respects of the commission and obtair any suggestions the chief executive ro.ght have to make. Portland Tats Afternoon. The commission will leave for Port land at 3 :46 this afternoon, over the Southern Pacific. There they expect to take up lumber and shipbuilding trou bles, and any other industrial difficul ties of national importance which, a. Y. Harry, government mediator new In Portland, may report to them for con sideration. They have particular Interest in any thing which will clear the way for a greater output of spruce umber for air plane stock. , Commissioner Spangler expressed pleasure at the vote given In Portland and San Francisco in approval of terms for settlement of the telephone strike. When asked what the commission will do if Seattle strikers refuse, as report ed In' the press dispatches, to accept the terms of settlement, Mr. Spangler said It will take no further action. rp to Employers If they want to keep up the strike that Is their business," he said. "But I do not think they will do that when they will not have the interna tional organisation back 'of them. They will not be able to do much striking by themselves." Besides Secretary of Labor Wilson and Mr. Spangler, the other member of the mediation board on the special car is Verner SS. Reed of Denver. John Walker of Illinois and E. P. Marsh of Washing ton,- the other two members, wnl join the board at Portland. In the brief conference between Mr. Spangler and Governor Withycombe, the chief executive assured Mr. Spangler that both employers and employes in Oregon are ready to cooperate in set tling their differences, and that with the exception of . the strike at the paper mills 'at Oregon City te ..state is now nearly free of labor troubles. Representatives of the Portland Cham ber of Commerce and a number of men prominent in administration circles, in cluding Colonel Robert A. Miller, Colonel Moore, collector of customs ; Judge Sam uel White and Federal Mediator G. Y. Harry, will meet Secretary, Wilson and party at the, Union depot on the arrival of the train at 4 o'clock this afternoon. An invitation has been extended Mr. Wilson to address the employers of Portland during his stay here. -Another meeting, under the auspices of the labor organizations, has been arranged at the Auditorium for Friday evening. - WILSON IN BED, MUST HAVE RES Sets OF BOM ' General Byng Continues Drive on Hindenburg Line With Cambrai As Principal Objective Que ant Is Nearly Surrounded. CROWN PRINCE TRIES IN VAIN TO STEM TIDE British Use Bayonets With Dead ly Effect in Close Conflict for Possession of Small Town in Their Path. By William Philip gimma With the British Armies In the Field. Nov. 26 (U. P.) The sixth day ot Gen eral Byngs treat drive today saw Cam brai and Queant both wobbling from the great crack In the Hindenburg- line and the everlasting battering of the British troops. The Crown Prince Rupprecht's garri son at Queant, head of the "switch line," is entirely Imperiled. The town is almost surrounded. Cambrai Is useless to the enemy. To day It had been cut off from Queant by the British hold on Bourlon village. The Queant defenders, therefore, had only a precarious line of communications to the north. - Hills Saturated With Blood The dominating heights of Bourlon have been saturated with German blood spilled in mad assaults to take this promontory. Whoever holds Bourlon wood holds a constant menace over the land for miles on either side. The wood itself has been literally blasted away. The village la a crumbling powder of ruins. The whole German sector Is rocking with the shock of impact of the British battering ram. Picked German troops perished like flies In the hand to band struggle around Bourlon village today. Germans Fight With Freaiy Fighting with almost insane frensv. I they doggedly advanced inch by Inch j in the face of fearful fire. Then they . came to a halt in hand to hand battle literally stopped In their tracks by ! Utter. . exhaustion- The .British, holding strong against the desperate onslaught, wielded their bayonets with deadly effect. German corpses littered the streets of Bourlon. They spread In twisted, con torted groups out over the battlefield adjoining. The ruined town was a shambles of blood, mangled bodies and Concluded on Page Elercn, Column Foftr) Attempt "to Wipe Out Family Fails Monticello. Ind Nov. 28. (I. N. S.) Frank Warner, son of a former sheriff I of White county, is held In the county j jaU here today as insane, after an at tempt to kill his wife and children and j burn his home at Wolcott, Ind., Satur- ! day night. Nine men are suffering from wounds j lniiiciea Dy vvarner wnen ne urea a shotgun at the crowd that assembled to fight the fire. According to Warner's wife and son. he poured gasoline over them and over 1 the house and garage. He then set fire but the members of Warners family. were rescued and the fire in the house extinguished. , . . . lnree Americans m Force in France Die Washington. Nov. 26. - (U. P.) -The death of three American soldiers In France from various causes were an nounced today officially. Private Joseph L. Boyce. Infantry. emergency address : Lawrence Boyce, ui x ansa ssu s. iiidluu, ro. ouiier Marion F. Stoddard, infantry, died No- vember 15, accidental bullet wound : mother : Mrs. Georgia M. Stoddard, Sil- ver Springs, N. Y. Corporal Horace Foulds. headauarters com nan v. tnfintrv died .November l, nepnritis ; emergency SnTencV Clinton address: Harry Koulds, 308 Place, Newark, N. J. Moraht Sees 'Cause' of Premier's Speech London, Nov. 26. (U. P.) It re- matned for Major Moraht, Germany's be provided and Portland could an mUitary critic, to discover today one1 nounce that any vessel which comes to of the reasons for Premier Lloyd George's "brutally frank" speech re cently. Moraht, In articles just received here from Berlin, is struck with the In spiration that Lloyd George's disagree able remarks and his scolding of the allies distracted attention of the Ger mans from the west front and offered effective camouflage for General Byng's operations. Robbers Make Big Haul in Cleveland " ' i In the discussion of coal bunkers for Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 26. (U. P.) Portland, It hae been suggested that the Three watchmen were bound and lm-QOcJt commission could provide bunkers prisoned in. a vault all night by safe- on a common user basis at its St. Johns blowers, who last night blew the safe in terminal where the grain elevator is be the Hlgbee company department store lng built. There hae been intimation here. It was discovered today. : that certain Interests were organizing to Thousands of dollars worth of furs bring (Alaska coal to be handled over and leather goods and about $25,000 In - bunkers" such aa might be provided by cash composed the booty of the rob- j the dock commission. It is generally bers, according to the police. , . . . considered that all the' possibilities Two of the watchmen were handcuffed ! should be .determined by thorough m together. L The robbers worked on the j vestigation ' and that something should safe an hour before they got it open: be - started at the port commies ion's No arrests have been made. ' , . meeting on Wednesday. . r - - - ' r "" - r . - Mrs. De Saulles On Stand - e t at t ' w t : ' Husband's Life Is Bared BIANCA DE SAULLES, the Chilean beauty, is on trial at j ' Mineola, L. I., today, charged with the murder of her hus- I band. Tohn L,. De Saulles. New York societv man and club I man. The photograph is a reproduction from a portrait in oil of I i the young woman madeJa$t May " : 1 ' .. - - ; v. v I "4 Si'" " ! , y 4 t?,i - vi''- i it li- 11 HL I!! Pictures De Saulles as Gay Rounder, Who Squandered Her For tune, Boasted of Love Affairs With Other Women Insulted and Neglected Her. Mineola, Long Island, Nor. 16. " Smiling and perfectly at ease, Mrs. , Blanca de Saulles today told the jury. In I her murder trial, that John L. de Saulles, her divorced husband, whom aha killed. nnanii.nu fnitim. unit hnutui of his love affairs with other women. ae pictured De Saulles aa a gay .ir inn.itij nd nir. wtd her! and oonsorted with the Duke o Manchester on his steam yacht with Its cargo of girls. "He took my money until t was bank rupt," she said calmly. Sorry She MIsjed Lv sit an la "His conduct nearly drove me crazy. I was scandalized. I- narrowly escaped ailing with the Lusltanla on Its last voyage. When I heard it had been sunk, I was sorry I had not sailed with It." O'REILLY SUGGESTS II Port Commissioner Has Authority to Erect Bins and to Arrange . for Bringing in Fuel Supply. Portland need not be without coal Dunkers. says Port Commissioner Drafee c- O'Reilly. Two ways of bringing to Portland coal for ships are offered. The j law passed by the 1917 legislature gives ' ample authority. ! ,Mr- r"aLrm.ani VIM AVI Ui. IVI V WIlM.-wn.ll which Investigated steps necessary to provide the port with coaling facilities. In Its report this committee urged the port commission to proceed to Install bunkera. British Columbia coal, the committee found, can be brougnt here on barges by utilising the dead time of the port's , t,.mo,fn f un cents a ton Inclusive of the time of the . . . . - ; We.stagtom Coal Offered ! But to make th ouUay for hulk and blmker bond l98ue TnU8t voted PPle of thl district. The next genr era! election will be held in November, jvio. x u. i uuiuiiilmiuu hiu iivi. tb 'ouncl that it has the funds to meet the expense vi a special cietaivn. The committee found that Washing ton coal for vessels could be brought by rail and. furnished at the same price as at Puget Sound if the port would absorb in the neighborhood of $1.50 a ton. If this plan should be approved and the ex pense authorized and money available, said Mr. O'Keilly, the coal could be broueht here at once, bunkers could this oort can be provided with coal at as low a price as at any competitive port. "As a permanent proposition the com mittee approves the plan of bringing coal from British Columbia and recom mends that the equipment be Installed as soon as possible." added Mr. O'Reilly. Thoroaf h Isselry Is Promoted "To bring coal from Washington by rail and absorb the extra cost might serve as -a temporary expedient, but we do not think well of It as a permanent matter. "The port must, however, provide coal bunkers and there should be no avoid able delay In doing so." COAL BUNKER PLAN by Marcus Aurelrus Rasko. While others wept at her story, she remained at ease and smiled after tell lng of de Saulles' escapades. "When we discussed divorce, he prom ised to give me the baby but he broke his word," she said. Defense Counsel Uterhart read to the jury letters which ,he wrote to her h us band and to women friends showing that de Saultea' neglect broke her heart and her spirit. She Implored de Saulles to retrun to her and lavished endearing phrases upon him. Some of the notes to women friends told of her great love for the baby boy. Jack. Says FaU Fractsred Shall Mrs. de Saulles' examination started by Uterhart with the question: "How old are you? Where were you (Concluded on Pag-e EleTco. Column Six) E SPRUCE PLANS ARE GIVEN Central Plant for Cutup Work ls being Considered and It Mly Bl xJM U al e LOCated Near Mere NO Fluino- in Re rinne r lying TO De UOne. mill rcivrii uruiisuni mil uw United States signal corps is about to set at. worn iu.uw soldiers getting put spruce for airplanes in Oregon and Washington, that a big spruce "cutup plant is about to be built by the gov ernment, and that aviation drill Is about to be organized on an extensive scale at Vancouver military post,' the United States signal corps has modified its pol icy of keeping its elaborate Northwest operations temporarily from public gaze in order to clarify the facts underlying the rumors. Ten thousand soldiers will be available to get out spruce for military airplanes If necessary, but their services If used will only be supplementary to existing organizations that are devoting their plants and crews to meeting the govern ment's necessity for tremendous output or clear airplane stock. A central plant is being considered where under government Inspection flitches of clear airplane stock will be cut from spruce that otherwise has curly grain or knots or other faulta sufficient for rejection. Within a few cays u is to be decided whether or not this plant will be built and if it Is its location will be in the vicinity of Portland as being the most central place for the assembling of the spruce and . for transcontinental transporta tion. There is no plan to do any lying for drill or practice at the Vancouver post. Officers have beh assembled here not for vrill, but to aid in the spruce production program. Submarine Menace Is Being Overcome Six U-BoaU AeeoBsted For Is Week Ceavlaces Amerlcaa Kaval Officers Haiders Have Become AslsaBces. Washington, Nov. 2. I. N. & Six submarines "accounted for" in the last week has sent a wave of enthusiasm through naval officers- here. Lloyd George reported five sunk when be thrilled the house of' commons last week. Saturday the American navy added another to the toll." The news wae?haiied here as proof of the passing of the submarine menace into the nuisance stage. What was needed was more destroyers .than England, 'with all Its great naval building facilities, could ; furnish.. The United States threw that deciding few into the balance. The safety ot the seas will steadily Increase from- this time on, it It believed , In - official circles. , Z - . AIRPLAN If iiffi . i . s . " : i Several Austro-German Regi ments Annihilated by Defend ers in Fierce Fighting; Tor Supremacy on Asiago Plateau. : !. -r Veteran Prussian Guardsmen and Seasoned Warriors From Ba varia and Wurtemberg Fail to Pierce Italians' Lines. ! BERLIN, via London 26. (U. P.) More NOT. than 300 English prisoners and 20 machine guns were taken bjr German-, troops in repulsing minor attacks around Bourlon and cleaning up "nesti."-- The war office, in reporting this today, bald the fighting had ' been hand character. "The enemy made repeated to hand in t -. obstinately attacks at. Inchy, which were completely . -. repulsed. In local mountain fighting we were successful In maintaining our positions -against counter attacks," said -the statement in discussing te , Italian driva. V Rome. Nov.' 2s (L N. S.) Several Austro-German regiments have been an nihilated In the fierce fighting on the Asiago plateau. Dispatches from that 1 front today dwelt upco the severity - I Ten tons' losses and 'tha eompllBss , of the check administered to the inva ders by the Italians. , ...... ; . a,--t The weather in the mountains ef the Asiago plateau has become stormy; but In spite of rain, snow, . fog and : wind the struggle has continued with' great violence. All efforts of the ' Teutons, , however, to break through and encircle the Italian left wing have se far crumpled under the Italians' resistance. Two German and Auatro-Hungarlan regiments, mistaking each other's iden tity In- the darkness, fought fer, hours. Inflicting severe losses before. the; error.-. was discovered. i ' Many hundreds of unburied bodies ' lie In the valleys and In the wood,, that flank the mountain sides, t". ' For two weeks veteran Prussian guardsmen and seasoned warriors from Bavarian and Wurtemburg regiments . have tried In vain to break the Italtaa " ' defenses between the Brenta and ha,Y." P"ult.river. th ,ow'r T"V rh Italians have been called: upon v l10 lcm sucn wnnrun' vuihihuwuvuw I as were hitherto unknown on the I Italian front, but despite their vlo- lunce. the cannonade failed to shak the nerve of the Italian soldiers. . -. I . . ,1 CRUCIAL BATTLE IS RE-1 PORTED SWINGING IN FAVOR OF DEFENDERS . .-.' With tbs Italian Armies, Nov. 26. (U. P.) The crucial battle between the 11 mils gap between the Piave and Breata rivers was Swinging la Italy's favor today. The fighting Is Indescribably bitter. The armies have been locked tu a. death -grapple almost continuously for - days. The Italians are not only winning de- ' fsnsively, but in the past 4$ hours have assumed the offensive. Their , great guns have poured an almost ceaseless : rain of shells on the German and Aus- In two weeks It is estimated the snemy haa lost 60.000 men and so far there has been no diminution in his attacks. I'.o inforcement after reinforcement ' has ' been hurried up and flung into the line. One ridge In the mountainous line ' changed hands three times yesterday, its rocky contour llteralry blasted away by the terrific artillery fire of both sides. . .. Italian aviators fluttering close over the enemy's lines have performed won' derful service in locating Oermao and Austrian batteries. Their ranging has given the Italian guns an opportunity for deadly accurate shooting. Over one position behind a ridge today Italian troops swarmed over to discover many i of the enemy guns blasted out of their emplacements. No effort Is made , to disguise the fact that the situation. for Italy in the enemy's drive Is still seii ous, but the morale of the army. efOeers ' and men. Is probably the best It ever has been during the war, and the al most confidence Is expressed of ulti mate victory. - . Hf J sr. New Offer Xot .Planned Rome, Nov, 26. U. P.) Flat denial that the pope Intends a new peace offer was made today by the Oaeervatere Ro mano -. - j . ' , Pomerene Postpones La FoUette Hearing Washington. Nov. 26 U. F. Sen ator Pomerene today postponed c Indefi nitely the hearings on charges of dis loyalty against. Senator La FoUette. Illneee of Senator : Walsh, " one of th committee, and absence of. former Sec retary of State Bryan .from Washington made postponement of today's .seealoa advisable, said Pomerene. -i, ? - -