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Newspaper Page Text, t Pledge, ypfaireelff ;gd::Ei ;Sapipb vjurie 23, THE iVEATHER Tonight showers and cooler; Satur day fair.. VOL. XVII, NO. 34 PORTLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, .. 1918 TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS OS) TWAINS NB MCW STANDS FIVI CSNTS , -L... 1.1JW.'. T t-n WJ JL SSJEUME ,, , , , - - , , i i i iTTT , J 1 1 1 1 " 1 " I'-" ' " ' . 1 "p"p"2) f2 y : -SP ' lull 15 NNB Q Is ns Si s Pledee Day, June 28, Democ- racy's Work Day, Gains Mean ing Which Is Reaching Every Man, Woman, Boy and Girl. Unparalleled Organization Has Taken Form in Which at Least Third of State's Population Is Taking an Active Part. W'T'HE government my banker." X "A partner with Undo Sam In financing the war." "A member of the great federal thrift company." Expressions like these flash across Oregon. Their dignity, and significance have won the active . participation of. at least a. third. of the stale's ' population lb the War Savl rigs drive. June Z8 is a date with a mean ing whloh is reaching every man and woman and boy, anil , glr!t tn the commonwealth. 4 Plans galrr dally impetus to complete on June, 28 the people's thrift pledge .of the 114.000.000 remaining in Ore gon's War Savings quota. It Is a dato that this year bring nigger inougnt man tne p-ourtn of July, for. while; the latter Is democracy's holi day. Jons SS la democracy's work day. (Concluded an Psee Two, Cohnaa Thr) ROLL OF HONOR WMTilnetm. Jnne 31. (TT. P.) Marine rmltiaa ennnnnced today totalled 127. dl viitert aa follows: Killed la action. 10; died of woanda, 1: aa verlv wmmded. AS. The Uit include: Kill In Actio PNIVATC J. .MeLIAN. Pwri. lUh. PP.TVATR T. W. VfKMPNER. London. Tnd. PRTTATW TK A. GFAHAU. CWlra, Ulna. PWrVATE U E. I.EK. NahTllU, Tenn. PRTVATB H. A. MATTINGLT. Cape Qlrar daan. Mo. PRIVATE P. T.. AT.PKRT. Brooklm. N. T. PRTVATK A. R. BAWTER. K-T Xfmt, Fla. SERORAMT J. fJRANT. Man Hill. Maine. RERORANT V. M. BOHWAR, Rt Lonta, Mo. CORPORAL W. R. Pannilay, Newton, Iowa. Dltef of Wounds PRIVATE S. M. CANNON, Waatminatar, Mum. PRTVATW J. X.. ORR. Matthew N. C. PRIVATE L M. RANTRTER. Vrytmn. Mleb. PRIVATK S. I. CARPENTER, Plttobart, Pa, PRIVATE A. D. SIMMS. MrmpMa, Tana. PRIVATE S. D. SHAN A FELT. Slcnraer. Iowa. ' PRIVATE R, U BRAINERD, AahUbnk. Ohio. PRIVATE 3. J. JOCWTM, Phibaqna, Iowa. PRIVATE C. H. CARET. Ralm, Or. PRIVATE A. R. EI.IJS. HrannU. Maaa. PRIVATE O. E. 9EIURP. Karth NaahUla, Taon. - PRIVATW R. W. SMITH, Oanaloharie, N. T. PRIVATE R, COOKE. Boston. Maan. PRIVATE P. M BLANKENSH1P. Roma. Oa. PRIVATE E. P. BCHLIEMAN, Boehaetar. H. T PRIVATE Mkth. QCINLAN. Manktiqtie. SERGEI , fiSjowa. TRUMP SERGEANT HAROLD J. COZE. Cedar Rap- CRfSRANT C. TT VtTKS. DiIiwl fRUMPETER C. C. COE. Chkao. Weuneed Serarely Privates t. H. PfckartB. WaUman. Mich.: P. H. Martin. Ballna. Ran.: H. C. Myan McLean. (Ooaelwlod an Pae Two. Oolnaaa Two) 3. BENSON, CHILDREN AND ' - - S si i I to 1 V 3 : I " iii ' ' ii U 'i :::-1 S M . .-. f I " k' .. .V"RX r J -W ' "m7S7.u sans . UHAm)K WILSON CALLS ON PEOPLE TO BUY W S. S. PRESIDENT WILSOK bat tailed upon the eltlsent of Oregon to meet its $17,00,O9 War 8a lags Stamp quota on or before next Friday, J one 18. Oregon has already Invested In a boot H,4t0,B0 worth of Stamps', leering some 114,000,999 to be In retted la "baby bonds." It Is to em re pledges for at least tbls imoiit that the next week's cam. pairs Is directed. The pledges tbat every man, woman and child who U old enough to nnderstand, will be asked to slga between now and June 18, proyide for earing and investment of a specified amount In War Barings Stamps between now and January 1, 11. The Stamps, may. be purchased wherever desired and whenerer, or 'will be delivered by mall carriers, at laterrals to'solt the purchaser, payment to be made npon delivery wi heady: say ;W. S.S. CHIEFTAINS State Is Ready to Come in With $14,000,000 Quota Balance, Says Wonacott. "We're ready," word, went out from Liberty Temple" headquarters of the War 'flaying ! drive, this morning. : "The tttta it ready to come n ulth Its war . B,ving quota .iajaoce or fit, BOO.OOff Jon 'June p St." 'maid AssoeUts Stats Director C. N. Wonacott. - "The ' 'airftfrsrenaF IdlBtrict comprising Multnomah county, is 100 per cent ready,' aid Hettry EL rscd. aiairm manager. ..; - ' "In. Portland. General Frank McCril- 11s has appointed his' oolonels and these ht turn their captains. County Com .mlasloner Muck, as head of tfte county division outside of Portland, has per fecfed hla organisation, appointing road supervisors as colonels. . AU to Hare Chance , "A. T. Banney, In charge of industr.al plant v organisation, has organise 1 110 plants, representing more than 40.C90 employee. "We will have $000 solicitors actively engaged In Multnomah county, and no person will lack opportunity to !nct to the limit in War Savings Stamps.' Further organisation announcements included one from George W. Caldwol). head -of the speakers' bureau, that every day next week. Portland audiences vill hear from 10 to 12 War Savings Stamp addresses In addition to the four-rrilnuie men talks before theatre audiences. Although the War Savings erganl-sa tion Is so complete that every person in every profession, industry or occupa tion will be reached, there will aiso h opened a special pledge bureau tn Lib erty tempi, wnere any person mny sign the War Savings pledge. Booths to Be In Banks The pledge card, when filled out. gives the name and address, the. amount al ready Invested -and the pledged amount of Investment during the remainder of the year. Edgar. Sensenlch, chairman of the bankers' committee, took steps this morn ing looking to the placing of War Sav ing booths in the city banks. The Central Labor council announced that it would appoint a committee of 25 to aid the general W. S. S. organization. An organisation of the 'Limit Club" Is to be perfected, composed of those who have Invested each in 11000, maturity value, of War Savings Stamps, this being the limit permitted any one person. Next Monday evening there will be a War Savings mass meeting at The Audi torlum, which will be crowded if workers only attend, but It is open to the public. Among other program features. Dr. Ea ther Clayson Lovejoy will tell of her vivid experiences at the war front in France. '. enwrap . - '4 ' -J? , -XT , -5KT r-'- -N K ' ta jkixt, ZZZ-' ' 2s. . 'C . COST II JIIJKE Differentials Will Be Allowed to Farmers So as Not to Cut Down Their Expected Profits Flour Prices Are to Advance. Hoover Hopes to Keep the Basic Price at $2.20, but May. Allow Slight Margins for Increases in Thresher Costs; Cars Move WASHINGTON, June 21. (U. P.) Increase in the price of wheat to the consumer to meet higher freight .rates and increased production costs is under consid eration by' the- food administra tion, it was learned officially to day. This is .the first time deviation from the fixed wheat price his ; received serious attention : from "Food Administrator Hoover. H follows protests from farmer who faced losses of one L& four cents a bushel on wheat because of the proposed 25 per cent1 in crease in -freight rates which win affect the entire wheat belt. Increases If granted will be reflected in a 30 to 60 cent price increase per barrel In flour to the general public. (Concluded on Page Six, Column 8eren) Chester J. Hogue to Build Big Shipyard Chester J. Hogue. district secretary of the West Coast Lumbermen's asaocla tion. has accepted a position as reaident engineer In charge of the construction of a $25,000,000 addition to the Alameda plant of the Union Iron Works of San Francisco. Mr. Hogue Is now in San Francisco and will remain there until the completion of the plant. The Union Iron Works, subsidiary: of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding comporatlon, is engaged on work for the government. The new 'plant covers 160 acres and Is the largest of Its character on the Pacific coast. " It will be equipped with 10 ways, ac commodating vessels of 20,000 tons. Con tracts for 10 17, 000-ton transports for the United States government will engage the attention of the plant when com pleted. HV.W.a.s. Prisonei Meeting Prospect Improves ' Washington, June 21. U. P.) Ger many has agreed "In principle" 10' a conference with American delegate over exchange, maintenance and vei ls re of prisoners. Final communication In expected -oon and Berne probably will be the nr.eo.-Ing-place. - the state department an nounced' today. " y- sty - . - -Ssjsn.aasss ' VeTWJVlssT eVsns. -..- ewT s-essssn-, -sjnnrf1-ss- 0sMI7W-t . .. "HMfli iTsnF GERMANS LIE IN REPORTS OF U. S. FIGHT By Frask 1. Taylor W 1TH the American Army Is Lorraine, Jose SI. (TJ. P.) There was ssssaally heavy artillery fighting north of Tonl last sight, the Germans throwing orer OSS shells. Boebe artillery was also bssy la other Lorraine sectors, using large qsastltlet of gas. The German official report ef a sseeessfal attack on Selcbeprey Is a lie. There was so raid. The 0BI7 one the Hans eres attempted died a-bornlBg. -' f BAYLIES DOWNED E American Flyer, Ace of French "Storks," Credited With Eleven Victories. Paris, June 21. (I. N. S.) Sergeant Frank Baylies of New Bedford, Mass one of the American "aces" flying with the French army, has been brought down eight miles within the German lines, following a duel with German airmen said a dispatch from the front today Baylies was attacked by four Ger mans while making a flight. A French airmen, who witnessed the fight, last saw Baylies' machine on fire. .The " American "ace" belonged to flying squadron known as the "storks," and is credited with having brought down 11 German machines. The fight occurred on Monday, v The sky was overcast and heavy cloud were hanging low,- which made ths 'vUlbtlltv very bad. ; Baylies" and. his companions ota not see tn uerrnan-rnacntaes and were attacked unexpectedly, v Although jordy . years old, Baylies has had spectacular career since ha Joined tlvej French army. ,9Th . "stork' squadron,-- to which he belonged, 1 credited with having downed 185 Ger man airplanes. It was once led by the famous French airman, Lieutenant Guynemer. In addition to the 11 ma chines Baylies was officially given credit for, he Is unofficially supposed to have downed five others. Baylies' fate is unknown, - but his comrades hoped that he escaped death. BUY W. S. S. W. U. Books to Be Turned; Over to Jury New York. June 21. (U. P.) Books and records of the Western Union Tele graph company will be turned over to the federal .grand Jury, which today started its Investigation of charges that the company has operated' in competl tion with the postoffice department. The announcement followed a conference be tween Assistant United States Attorney Harper and representatives of the com pany. BEHIND HUN UN Benson Family Is First In Oregon-100 Per Cent In War Savings Stamps Simon Benson, retired lumberman and' chairman of the stata highway commis sion, and his entire family of three) gen.' orations threa sons, two daughters And eight grandchildren art 100 per cent owners of War Savings Stamps, each of the 14 possessing' stamps having s ma turity value of $1000, the maximum amount any one person can hold. - So far as known, the Benson family Is ths first in the state to have every7 member enrolled in the Limit club. " MX OKOIUIlAi - GRANDCHILDREN Fifty Thousand Said to Have Particioated in Riots; Reso- lutions Demand That Bread Supply Be Restored to People. Government Asked, When Possi ble, to Enter Into a General Peace on Basis of No Annex ation: Parliament Called For. LONDON. June '21. a. N. S.) Following food riots in which 50,000 persons took part, the VI . enna Labor Council adopted reso lutions, said a Central News dis patch from Amsterdam today, con taining the following demands: That full 'bread rations be re- . . ,', . " .That more food be given the" public- - V :. .Tbat the- governrnent. whenever ' possible enter into a " general peace on the basis of no annexa tions and join a league of nations for the enforcement of peace. That parliament be convened at once. The food situation In Austria Is de scribed as terrible. Prague, Bruenn, Galicla and Buda pest have been reduced to bread, not having had any leguminous food In months. The Neue Frele Prease warns that a (Concluded on Tage Sixteen. Column Four) Hollweg 111; No Hope Held for Recovery Amsterdam. June 21. (U. P.) -No hope is held for the recovery of Dr. Theo bald von Bethman-Hollweg. former Ger man chancellor, seriously ill at Hohen lowe. following a stroke of apoplexy, ac cording to reports received here. Mr.' Benson bought $1000 of stamps for himself and for each of the eight grand children when the stamps first were placed on the market and since then his older children have purchased their limit of stamps and he has provided the limit for the younger sons. The sons are Amos S. Benson, Gilbert T. Benson and Chester Benson, all of Portland ; the daughters are Mrs. Alice Benson Beach of Portland and Mrs. Sig- ( Concluded on Pur Two, Colamn One Airmen Will Try Transatlantic Flight Not Later Than October 1 Announcement Officially Made by General Branker of British Air Forces; Success Is Assured. Washington, June 21. (I. N. S.) Transatlantic flights by allied airplanes will be attempted not later than the latter part of September or first of Oc tober, It was officially announced here this afternoon by Major-General Brank er, chief controller of equipment of the British Royal Air Forces. The success of the flights Is absolute ly, assured, declared General Branker. The only thing that can Interfere with any of the plans will be the weather. The enterprise, which General Brank er stated must be undertaken to relieve the shipping situation by delivering the new American bombing machines at the battle front under their own power, will be "fifty-fifty" British-American. The planes will be American-built, equipped with the English Rolls- Royce engines. Each will carry two Americans and two Britons. The crew of four will be divided as follows: One navigator, two engineers and one pilot. The engines with which the machines will be equipped will be of the seaplane type, will be two tn number, each cap able of generating S75 horsepower. The starting point will be In New Found- land and the landing point In Portugal via the Azores. It Is expected the ma chines will average from 90 to 100 miles an hour, at height-of WOO feet, and will land In Portugal between 20 and SO hours after, leaving America. All necessary steps win- be taken. In the early flights to make rescuer: at sea easy in case of aeddent jio any of the BY COL. DISQUE St. Johns Lumber Company Said to Have Paid Too High Wages. The St. Johns Lumber company, em ploying a force of about 250 men, has been closed down since Monday. Ac cording to authentic reports the mill was closed at the order of Colonel Brlce P. Dlsque. head of the spruce produc tion bureau. The plant has been working on gov ernment orders and, according to re ports, has not been conforming to rules laid down for the operators of mills in the Northwest. It is claimed the St Johns mill has been working on a nine hour basis instead of the eight hour schedule required by federal regula tions. When seen this morning Colonel Dlsque refused to Comment on the situ ation and would neither deny nor verify the report that the mill had been clos?J at his orders. Officials of the SU Jol.jf Lumber company refused to talk about the trouble with the spruce production bureau. Other -Portland mlllmen say the St Johns company was paying nlgher wages than the scale fixed by the gov ernment. It Is understood negotiations between Colonel Dlsque and officials of the St. Johns Lumber company, aiming at an adjustment of the difficulty, are now in progress. The St. Johns mill, under the adminis tration of its president, N. E. Ayer, has been paying Its employes a bonus tn the form of a share in the profits as part of the working contracts. Mr. Ayer was absent from the min this morning and a statement of his side of the controversy could not be obtained. OWN LIMIT OF WAR 10 DIVE Campaign Begun Few Days Ago by Aus- trians Appears to Have Been Turned by Italians Into Their Own Offensive; Victory at Nervesa; Army Pressing On Hold of Austrians Shaken by Italian Successes; Enemy Is Showing Lack of Enthusiasm in At tacks; Italians Confident of Winning L ONDON, June 21. (U. P.) victory at Nervesa, on the fighting to complete. their authoritative source this afternoon. (Nervesa, an important railway crossing, guards the southeast ern approach to Montello crest, the keystone connecting the river " and mountain lines.) r It was -at this. point that Premier. Orlando admitted a consid- erable enemy gain to the Italian parliament last night, the Aus- -trians' progress crossed- ihe!.MGntebenunatusefcajiA railway .jit several points- , r, ...... . . - vs.. The Italians Jiave hurled the Au$trians back at this point, re entering Nervesa. '.They are now battling to push on to the river, thus splitting the enemy forces again, and beginning the first phase of a flanking movement northwestward to cut off the Aus- ; trians on Montello. An Italian force already has divided the -enemy forces a few miles to the southward. Violent fighting is under way in the streets. The Italians are striving desperately to consolidate their successes and reach the river. v On the lower Piave the Austrians have been swept back again. -The Italians have now regained more than half the ground lost in this region. . . The Austrian drive so far is a complete failure, but they may make a great effort to retrieve their reverses. They are reported to have considerable forces in reserve, the greater part of them be- -i ing in the mountains. Rome, June 21. (U. P.) American aviators, making their " first flight on the Italian front yesterday, blew up a bridge the Austrians had just thrown across the Piave, dispatches from Italian headquarters announced today. London, June 21. (I. N. S.) The critical moment of the great battle in Italy, which began with the Austrian offensive last Satur day, has been reached, said a wireless dispatch from Rome today. The Austrians have thrown fresh forces into the engagement and violent fighting is taking place on the Piave, especially in the -sector of Montello. . , With the Italian Army in the Field, June 20. (U. P.)- (Night.) Fighting rages incessantly along the whole Piave line from Montello to the Adriatic. ' The Italians appear to have the advantage everywhere on this front; particularly above Zenson. Their attacks are carried out with vim and dash, while the less frequent Austrian counter at tacks lack spirit. Open fighting has permitted the Ital- Ian cavalry to act as such for the first time since the new offensive began. In a certain sector on the Piave) tOO mounted lancers mads a spectacular charge, hurdling five barricades and slaughtering great numbers of ths ene- ISIS in Montello Zone Is- The Italians have gained a big west bank of the riavc, and are ..' success, it was. learned from an - my. They captured 70 prisoners, three cannon and three machine guns. ' It Is now established that five enemy divisions ($0,000 -men) are on the west side of ths river. A considerable num ber of these are north of Ban Dona df Piave, where their temporary bridges (Osaeleded en Pes Ms, Co tun SU) STAMPS 1 - ezoncxx 7K.. JS3BOkAX&2- RsVDT GH3S&XCTS SBXaoat c-sj 'Jl)jr -.- fM''al --mdt-ii.. , . r . f f , . . . , : . - - - ...... . v jL . ' . . J - i .7--,