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VOL. XVII, NO. 34
PORTLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, .. 1918 TWENTY PAGES.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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. "
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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.
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BAYLIES DOWNED
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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
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