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I THE WEATREI ITS ALL HERE - f -., , and - - - ITS ALL TRUE- otxock OUXXK .Tonight kDd TUet T day fair;, wester-?. Jy , wind g "Us .. . VOL. XVII, NO. PORTLAND,;: OREGON, " MOND AY EVENING, JULY, '8, : 1018. FOURTEEN PAGF.J PRICE TV(0 CENTS trim ttm Jit r rrtvv t 4 n nn nnrn niiiu 0 IVICN iviniiL urtnu tut II 1 1 I 111 III! II Ul UUIVIIIIL. Australians ' Advance Positions Along 3000 Yards Scottish V Troops Successful in Raid in F.andersf" Prisoners, Are' Jaken French Report Artillery Battle 1 Along 15 Mile Front North of Marnej Two American Negroes Cited for War Decorations. ONDON, July 8.- -iv. P.) Aus- j Li trallan troops again advanced their line on both sides of the Sommo along a front of nearly two miles, Field Marshal Halg today reported. A -4 ' i "The Australians last night ad- a need their positions slightly on r . a 3000 yard front ; on both sides of Jhc Somme, the statement said. . j "A aucceaaful raid wm ctrrtod out i by Scottish troops south; of the La ; Bass canal, resulting in tb captura of a ,fw prisoners, --v., , - " . I I nn innnjF irancuvi wr ibu en tered east of Hasebrouck toy Austral I Ian : troops, a f aw prisoners ' being i brought beck. - ............ . '. . "Hoatlle artillery has been active on both sldee of the Somme ' a result of ur operations, also .west of Beau-mont-Hantel , anL In the neighborhood Parish July' l.-U. - P.) An artllUry '; battle eJong the .16 mile front, between VU)leraCottcrtaw forest and the War ne. 'M arorte4 by4 the frencb var efflos 4 today. , .':.'' " 3 -'.'Between Foreat da Vlllera-OottereU r''r and ' the Marne there ;,vu artillery fighting,1. ,the; eoromonkiue aaid. - y v r j;'t By Bert Ford. ' ' . ". i With the .; American Army at the j Marne, - July 7. 4 p. m. (I. .N. 8.) p There Has been another great burst of alr activity on the American sector Or 1 4Coaeldd oe Pas Two. Qalamn Thne) Carl E, Gray WiU Be j In Portland Tuesday I Seattle. July I. (I. N. 8.) In order to familiarise themselves with transpor tatlon problems of the Northwest. Carl It. Gray, director of operatlona in the United States railroad administration. 11. Ev Byrarn, federal manager of the , Chicago. Milwaukee St. Paul railroad and others connected with the, manaare ment of the federal Vail road system are here. The party arrived Sunday direct from St Louis, and will leave tonight for. I'ortiano. - ; - : Gray, who is next to Director General McAdoo In the railroad administration, aid it is four years since he has. been an the Pacific coat and he felt ha would be better able to consider the problems "in. connection with the transportation systems In this section if he made a per sonal inapectlon of facilities. . In the party also are James R. Wood worth. Chicago, assistant to Regional Director in charge of traffic In the Northwest, and L. C. Oilman, district director of operation in Washington and Oregon. . " American Officers j Die in Auto Crasji Paris. Jaly sWt. P4 Several X werleaa f fleers were filled aad other lajared when t we aatemobtlea eellided Bear Featalaeblea, It was, re ported - today. WALL STREET PAYS TAXES Uj MILLIONS VfjASHI? A8HI!GTOX, Jaly Svd. K The second lateraal rav dtntrtet ef Sew Terk leads' Ike. satiea la tax collections for 1118, lth a total ef M7,i8,. SlS.lt, aeeordlag to flgares made pablts this afternoon by the barea ef lateraal revtaae. Tke flgarea show Uat this dls triet, la which Is located the : Wall atreet sectlea. retaraed $414,SSS,. I?J4 la laeome aad exeet's profits Uses and I4S,44 la mtaeel. laaeoas takes.' ' i ;The tad dlatriet ef PeaasylvaalW taeladlag - Ptttabsrg, raaks aeeead,' tetaUBg tlSS.USJ01.4t.. ef whlea tStS47MSJI was la laeome and egreas profits taxes aad litest,. Slt.14 ia mlaeallaaeosa taxes. i Collections la tke 4 dlttrtets In tke Talted States, Hawaii aad the rhlllppme.' for the flaeal year Itls. frmesated to tMTllMSMK For the fiscal year 117 they ameaated to $0f JSS.I4M4 ; WILSON SENDS GREETING BRITONS NOW COMRADES - , - 1 " -: , ,: ' W ASHINGTON, July 8. (I. N, S.JlAffirminp; the closer relationship of the people of Great , Britain and . the w United States, President Wilson, reolvine to a resolu- tion of greeting proposed by Winston Churchill in London: on; juiy, thiSiafternoonsent to Viscount Bryce '.a. messagem which he declared the aims of the two countries to be the samel The president's reply follows: . f v ; "The generous resolution of the great meeting held on July 4 by the citizens pf London in celebration of the anniversary of .the independence of the United States has been receiveckwith the : deepest appreciation. The people of the United States have entered this war not only with the feeling that its issues are the issues of their own national life and action. but also with a pro found sense of their comradeship with the other free peoples of the world, and it is with keen satisfaction that they find them selves associated in close fraternal purpose and understanding with the people of the British empire' 8 YANKEES TAKEN BY HUNS LIBERATED WHEN U. S. FORCE ADVANCE By Henry G. Wales. i ' Correspondents' Headquarters .on the British Front, July (Night) Eight ; Americana and a score of Australians, captured in German counter attacks north of Hamel (on the Plcardy front) early Friday morning, were liberated and 60 Germans were made prisoners when the Australians and Americans reattacked. ; There is not a single American cap tive in the hands of the Germans now In this Section. . The allies captured a dosen machine .guns which had been brought up by the Germans, who ex pected to recapture, a segment of their line, i :- .;. f. - , , : Half - a dosen Americans, who took part in the fighting around Hamel on the Fourth of . July and subsequent to that date, have been recommended for the military medal. " ' - " , v Dariag Captare Hade A score of Australian veterans will be- decorated.- .-,..u,,. .... " One of the rnoat noteworthy exploits was when an Australian corporal and two: American privates. located from an airplane photo a telephone line running te the headquarters of a German bat. ton. 4 . . v w V . . , ' Tha.v small, allied , force made ; their Way cautiously to the,fcieadiuartr, 'Btc,wereiaa -uuou. - aaflrUsr" dered . the occupants ' oul on t pain of being killed aith hand grenades if they refused. Tbe prisoners troopea lorux. Including ' a;? battalion J commander, a captain,, two lieutenants and tt privates. ' The Australians., are, loud ;-ut , weir praise of the Aroericans. . I am- glad - they era not fighting against us," is the reply pi an Australian when , asked what he , thinks ! of the Yankees. - . Scares ! Haas Bayoneted The Auetallan veterans are delighted with the work of the American machine guna and grenade throwers and also with their bayonet work. ' -. . ' i' Not an' American was bayonetted in the- fighting in the Hamel area. All the American casualties were from machine guns and rifle bullets. Saores of Gert mans were burled who had been bayon etted to death. , A Chicago captain, describing the ter rible . condition in the former German lines, said: "We found English dead that had lain unburled since April when the Germans captured Hamel and also 75,000 rounds of machine gun . cartrldgea. The Ger- Governor Withycorhbe Wires Sec retary of War That Fires Endanger Ship Work. , Salem, Or., July . Complying . with the request from the state board of forestry.. Governor - Wlthycombe last night. sent a telegram to the secretary of war urging that' soldiers from Camp Lewis be detailed to patrol logging camps and timber . districts, where deemed necessary, as a precaution against forest fires, which are threat ening ship ana airplane materials. . . The long dry spell has made the situ ation Very acute in Oregon forests, me- cording to State Forester Elliot. - ' The governor s telegram to the secre tary of war -says : "The acute forest - fire situation in Oregon now not only imperils ship and airplane material and railroads, but threatens to call out for fire fighting great , numbers of laborers needed for shipbuilding, lumbering and grain har vesting. , "To avert a serious labor situation as well as to protect resources, it is essen tial to increase, .the. efficiency and authority of the patrol to reduce the atartlng of new flrea. "I urgently request the war depart ment to authorise the local military au thorities to detail from available lim ited service men at Camp Lewis one or more military patrolmen to each logging camp, necessary railroad unit or timber district. The state forester will arang the detail of patrol with the local of ficials. This proposed action la indorsed by Colonel Dlsque, District Supervisor Wehtworth lof th shipping board and plstrfct , Forester Cecil of isj United State forest service.") . - " -, At a . meeting of the state board of forestry, la Portland Saturday a resolu tion was adopted: urging 'thla action. Governor Lister of Washington ha also been requested to ' make a similar re quest for that, etate. ; ' C . . . State- Forester v Elliott- ay that fire in this state are now fairly well under control, but.no on can tell when a big fire will get a start, imperiling war work by, destroying. materials and taking-1 borers, . , - . ' . ' SOLDIER FOREST PATROL IS ASKED mans had not removed the ammunition as they thought they would be able to hold onto Hamel. . . "We have now buried every dead Ger man soldier." Aastrallaa Makes Big Captare At noon on Saturday an Australian crept to the, new German lines and shot a machine gunner. Not .satisfied with this exploit, he brought back as nriaon- ara a German officer - and 13 privates whom he had taken single handed from a dugout Thla daring achievement waa carried out in broad dayila-ht The Am tralian explained that he wanted to rive some souvenirs to the Americans. The doughboys who were returning to me gk - in me- Hamel zone were warmly greeted by their Jealous but ad miring comrades, among -. whom they aiairinuiea,; aouvenirs;while the band piayea,' , , . . German-AmerleaBs Great Fighters - ByWIUlam PkUlr Slnmi. " With? the British Armies In Fnru.. Jttly .U. P,) "If anyone doubts now German-Americans are fighting ior mo .uniieq iaies. jess Krueger thinks he can convince them. . - Acting: aa an amateur reporter, ICrue tr interviewed the Hamel heroes when they returned and gathered up the. fol lowing st-rfes-f, , . - '-tPriyale Bewf ainngw'-ITatffive grenaaea. witn on he arot two Oafmkft machin? gunner: with -'the second he cleaned ut; a secUon of a trench the third, ended; Boche -who tried to wing him with a rifle. He brought back the outers two, ; ,, .. v- . -i iaman Liieoerman encountered six German guarding a machine gun. He leveled an empty rifle atvthem. They surrendered, two of them crying like cwiarciT na oegging ror mercy. Arthur Munk. a former haberdaaher found a German officer with his hand Shot offi He .unbuckled his emergency kit, bound up the off leer's wound and got a stretcher t bearer to help carry him In." . Fred Sullenberger. who was a clerk in a department store, followed the boys over the top with several palls of hot tea. Shrapnel occasionally hit the buckets, but he kept on. ' A corporal. . whose name cannot he mentioned, because he is a casualty, was hit in the shoulder by shrapnel. but kept on fighting because he said he was determined to "get a Heinle." He got one Just before he dropped from loss of blood. Signs Indicate Former Premier of Britain Plans to Align With- Lloyd George. ? London, July 8. One of the chief aub Jecta of political gossip here has been for some days the gradual "rapproach ment" between former Premier Asquith and Premier Lloyd George. Close ob servers see In this evident conversion of the former premier to the uresent government' view and policies, a strong nopeiui sign or tne ruture, indicating as it does that Great Britain's "home front" will close ranks more and more and present an unbreachable unity to any peace offensives Wllhelmstrasse may have In store. - Characteristic of the press comment is this remark of the political corre spondent of the Sunday Times. . "It would certainly be no surprise to some of Asquith's more intimate friend if at a not distant date he should cross to the ministerial bench, perhaps as leader of it." Senate Bm Would i . Stop Liquor Sale Washington. . July !. I. N. S.) Th manufacture of beer and win would be atoped In four month and th sal of whiskey in six months, under a change in the amendment to the food production bill 'agreed upon by th senate ; agricultural - committee , thla afternoon:-' - . ; Italian Journalist France Tkrii July ? tMtr. P.)--Th I ttaliaa Journalist, Hanau.- recently paroled aft er conviction on a charge of communi cating vwith th .enemy, ha been 'ex pelled from France, it was announced today. " ' " - - ' - - " TeldInSoIn 11. y. LETS OUT UfllOfl OPERATORS Telegraphers Are Discharged as , Soon as They Appear With Union Buttons; 150 Out in Atlanta; New Orleans Affected Question of Giving President Power to Take Over Telegraph Systems Still Main Topic in Senate; Demands Early Action Washington. Js.1t 8 (I. s. R.) Tfce A swell retolatloa. ptovtdln for eeatrol of the telegraph end telephone llaes far period or the war, waa reported oat of the senate this afternoon without recomlneBdailon by the eomaaittee en faterstate eoameree. New. Orleans. La July 8. (L N. a) Members of the Commercial Teleg raphers' union hero, who reported for work wearing their union buttons, were summarily discharged, by the Western Union today, according to report No statement regarding the situation has been issued by either union or com pany. Atlanta- Ga. Jul v a f TT Tml lelegrapb union officials todav in formal statement placed responsibility for the ' lockout of approximately 150 taiegraphera in Atlanta upon Western Union officials. W held mass meetings yesterday," said President A. F. Joyner of the local union, "and openly declared our union affiliations. A fast as the names reached Western Union officials these men1 and women were discharged." Western Union officials said they had S6 strike breaker on the Job here and that business waa moving normally. : Union leader state that with the ex ception, of officials and a few office clerks, who- were former telegrapher, the wires In the Atlanta office today are practically unmanned. . , Washington. July . fU. -P;) .1 De- mands for immediate action by? the sen ate on : the resolution empowering the president to take over the telegraph and telephone line- were voiced todaic wtten u :enat-me.,: -&7. fg-x.'ll Senator Srrt of Georgia iatroffuced a eelwtten, discharging -; the - Interstate commerce committee from consideration of the resolution. This would brinr the resolution immediately before the senate. Smith's resolution goes over, undet- the rules, until tomorrow. -Senator Smith of South Carolina. chairman of the Interstate commerce committee, may . forestall Smith of Georgia, however by having his com mlttee report the resolution today with out recommendation. Smith, in sum moning bis committee to meet at. I p. m. today, told member he sees no rea- (Concluded on I'm Two. Column rtvel TO TAKE HOME PHONE Corporation With Capital $3,000,000 Organizes to Redeem Mortgage. of Formation of a hew company capital ised at 13,000,000 to take over the prop erty of the Home Telephone company, by redemption of th mortgage against the property, was revealed today by the filing of article of incorporation at the courthouse . and with the secretary of state. e . The incorporators are: Joseph M. Healy, Richard W. Montague and J. C. Potter. The new name of the concern is the Portland Home .Telephone company. The present Home company, which is in the hands of Receiver Oswald West, has outstanding debts. The Interest of the bondholders totals $2,900,000. Foreclosure proceeding are now pend ing. D. C, Sunday, to appear before the department of justice in behalf of the petition of the Home company bond holders to merge with the Pacific. Tele phone A. Telegraph company. The ere. ation of the new corporation, it is be lieved, is prompted by the necessity of preventing the property from being bought In by the rival concern .at Its own price. Negotiation for the sale of the Home holding to the Bell company .'are al ready pending, under the -erma of which the bondholders would get 70 cents on a dollar. Government Places Orders for Lumber Order were received this morning by H. B. Van Duxer. head of 'the fir pro duction board, for 2.000,000 feet of fir timber for th United States quarter master at New York. An order for 2S0. 000 feet of fir lumber waa also received this morning, to be delivered to the Hog Island shipyard to the account of the United States shipping ' board. , Order received at the office of the fir produc tion board ar apportioned -among the mills of Oregon and Washing-ton. Or ders for fir- lumber product aggregating 80,000,000 feet have been received during the past rew weeas, according to Mr. Van Duser.. ; Shipment : of fir - ar -' being supplied to all war activities. Several ..hundred carload . per month are- vsed In ' : the manufacture of airplane and -immense quantities go . to ship -constniction and th .building of, cantonmenfa. ' Recent orders have included several million feet of material for new freight cars. ' ,' COMPANY OVER TROOP SHIP GUNS SINK TWO. DIVERS TORONTO. Oat, Jsly 9-iV. PJ A Casadia troep ship thai ..was la the fleet of boats waea Ike BriUth teaatahlp Oriaa waa' attacked and saak eft -the Irish toast, bresght word that tw b laarlaes were saak after-the Oris a, was torpedoed, according to dla abled soldiers reaching here today.' The ship o which the nea were retarding to Caaadav left aglaad Jaae Si aad was the object ef aa attack by tw V-boata the foUow. lag day.- Major George Washington of To reato declared the ship also waa twice attacked by sabatarlaes a Its way to England. enn TACTICS BRING Assassination of Von Mirbach Is Beginning of Russia's Reawakening, YiW. By J. W, . Xaeea tTnited Pas .War Expert Ne-r York. July. . (U. P.) KlhUlsm has returned, to Russia. The assassin tion of the German ambassador. Von Mirbach, at Moscow, IS he beginning of Russia reawakening. - r ,'. The . same measures of desperate self defense' enforced" on . the people by the absolutism Of the Romanoffs have been called 'again Into play by the ruthless- nee of German dictation to the present Slav government Russian liberty.; en meshed by the HohenxoUern militarists. Is taking to bombing it way to freedom. This new phase of the revolution was bound to occur sooner Or lar. The people who : risked their Uvea uninter ruptedly for liberty under the caar ar not of the breed to be cowed forever by German militarism. ve . . r Opposed to the terror of the German sword, ha now" come the terror of the Russian bomb. Germany cannot de stroy this new enmity by force. Nth II imn flourishes best when effort at it suppression ' ar most relentless. It I strange that the famous Nihilist lead- ers have not gone - Into action again the German before this. But there probably ha been some reluctance to set the terrorist band at work anew U BOMB rx fff wr roi-n.; lnierrupi 'in auc Jieaaful working: out f tae-revoluUon,'"' Norr however, that GerwanVTiifiu- ence ar plainly seen te be Insidiously trying- xo) unaermine the revolution, there is no reason why Nihilism should not resume it former policy of meeting blood with blood, r The German are placed In a very difficult position by the assassination of their ambassador.. If they take no measure of reprisal, their prestige win ran. If. on the other hand they assist in assuming control of the ponce departments of Moscow and Pf iruBru, iutj ww inevitably invite still more ieroctous Dorab attacks. ROLL OF HONOR wunuutoB. jm (I v .- b1U far the American espcdltonarr fnca m nnounerf today y the wmr dep.rtm.ot. 41- SU killed in aetiafi. IB Aim two from eeeidejtt and other cause and 29 wars Mvervlj wounded. in army Ust was ai follow.: KHIe In Action COOK WALTER U CROl'CH. Rlmdale Kin PRIVATE GUST AX1KEWICH M.J.,ZZ Mich. . " PRIVATE BEKNIE W. EAST m..ihi. PRIVATE ALBERT HACK, franklin. La. PRIVATE LLQTD H. STlTJj. Wibanx. Mont PRIVATB MARVIN G. WRIGHT. An-,,.7. Ga. - Die From Weeetfa SERGEANT GC1DO CA9Tinr.Tnw a. Pael. BraiiL ' ' BEKUBAST KAX - A. WOOD, HicbUsdl. COOK CARMINE UNCO. Central ButUadTl vt. PRIVATE ELMER A. CHiTniy Bath, font PRIVATE MICHAEL GILU Hatrark. Uoat PBIVATE MEHTOX V. HAIR. Early. lowat PRIVATE EIW. J. MIM.ER. Alton. III. PRIVATE UEORCE D. O LOCGHLIN. Stuart. Iowa. THOMAS C. SEDER. Ra.macroft. Teha. ARTHl'R U SINNELIj, Babylon. N. T PRIVATE JOSEPH H. SCHL'LTZ. N'.m.w N. J. ' WnXUM H. TAYLOR. AMcnhot. 8 D ALEXANDER E. VAI TRAIN. New Orleaiia. aceMaitt an Other Oaum PRIVATE JAMES H. BOOTH. Vftl.l. N. 1 PRIVATE HARRT V. PARKER. Malhhnr. Md. " Weunea Savarslf SerseanU John E. Crow. Raiaiah V r HtT O. StabttleneM. Roacnbent. Texaa- WU Ham XV. WhIU. Hoeshton. Mich.; Cornomli r rani vn. Aaaaraon. nozDury. aiaaa. ; thariia R. Rrantles. Rconwtowa. S. C : Joacnh rtnmn Old Orchard. Maina; Jinn E. FiUwHwit. New txnaaon, a. h.; Jamaa n. lxrl. Ihtlueotha Ohio; Jrxwph U. 8tB. Gerry. N. T: pri ratea Willis BarUrU. PottariDc. Pa.: Th Comb. Hamilton. Ohio; Santo Front. East Bos ton, si ana. ; jmm a. tijt. HanstonL Texas ; i iimm at. noiKi. .ni, 9. if. ; org T. HolUkald. nroeknort. UL : Ira It. Hnlannl. Glondire. Mont; Charlas A. Khoury. Lorrtnc- ten. onn. : Froil KrtcB. rortan. wis.: wit. Ham T. McGraw, BT8 Ktrlla arontM, Los Ari- nlea; Halpnaat ruM, MuMlttowii. Conn.; Wil liam J. Push, Serantea. Pa.: Franklia C Rose. CostosrUIe. Pa.; Joseph gtillitana. Harorhlll, Mass.; VineMt nper. Bar City. Mich.; John Tollaaon, Waldron. Ark.; Edw. H. Toirnarnd, DanriUe. Ala.; Lair A. Wray. B2S Tenth ara- ihm. soartio. vtaan.: Aaonn 1.. Tonne. Phil. delhia ; Frederick M. Yoons. Elmharsi, N. T. PrUonors - (Proriouslf Rspsrts Misatne) Corporals Fred W. ChlUy. New Ha ran. Conn. ; r rant 11 a j. lanoa, orooaiyna, saass. ; Joseul Rahatird. Brooklre. S. I. : Bnaler Jaaanh U McNamara. ' Haven, Conn.; PrlTatos Leon S. Bernard. HoPkinUm.- Mass.; Riehanl a Brishtmaa. Fall Birsv. Mass.; Edw. Clark. Coi UasTiUa. Conn.; James F. Colessan. rw Ha ram, - Corrn. ; Harbart ' W, CoUinsa, Morwalk. Cona: HaroM F. DoUn. Now Ha.cn, Conn.; .toroia buwa, noraw, mmm. ; nesrmai S. Gm. Caribou. Ma.; Jamas C. ttoMrlckv Kca Hasan. Conn. : . Chariot B. Knnr. Komlk Conn. ; Harry M. Lnrkin. Freridenee, R. L : Ber nard T. Lynch. Brooklyn. N. T.: John T. Me. Cartin. New Hasan. Conn. ( Edw. A. Olsoe, Bris tol, Conn.; Jsmss E. ' PttochalH. Pawtnckat. R. I ; Clarenaa H. Riadla, Bristol. Coan.; CariUe Tiasoaa, uayron. ay. - Ottawa, Oat., Jaly . iU. P.) Tbo fallow. in Amartcas aevsera in today a Canadian alty bat: . ' i Irlf, d. athaasaj, tswlele. Iehe . ?lf 1 May -.Rpsume. Relations , Rome, July S. (XI. P.) -Rom news papers, commenting .. on th .'interview between th .pop and Denya Cochin. French ' political ' leader . and .minister l without - portfolio . in the f Br land cabi net.. declared that resumption of Fran- 1 co-papal relations , is-probable. V. A FORBES DROWNS on FISHING TRIP Prominent Attorney of Bend and Ralph Poindexter, Druggist, Are Drowned! in. Lake Crescent While in Canvas Boat Fishing. Frail Craft Collapses and Both Men Are Seen From Bank to Disappear Wreckage' Found on Surface of the Water. Bend, Or.. July a. Vernon A. Forbes. Joint legislative representative from the Twenty-first district, and Ralph Poln dexter, proprietor of the Owl pharma cy. or Bend, were drowned In Cres cent lake. 65 miles, south of Bend,' Sun day night when a boat from which they were fishing broke n two. un aooiaent. waa . seen by person on: in shore who immediately rowed out- to the spot, but arrived too late to effect a rescue. Three, car left her lat last night for th lak with grappling apparatus aad ar now drag gins for the bodies.' The boat from " iwhU'h th. were fishing was a liarht canvas affair la which they had installed an SO pound motor, rrom the wreckage found float ins on tne water it waa apparent, that tne weight or. the motor had broken th boat in. two parta On part sank with th motor. Th other part waa found floating with a hat. a pip and fishing tackle.-, There was ' no trace of the bodies.! and .becaus of the .very deep water in which the accident- occurred, difficulty in finding betn I expected. Mr. Forbea had been a , resident of Bend.alnce 1B10. coming here 'to begin the practice of law f Uowlng hi gradua tion 'from th -University of Minnesota law chooL.. Through' his c skill and ability he rapidly .built np osm of th largeet and moat succeasf ui law prao tioes in thU city, having tor hi client many of J the leading companie : inter ested in Central Oregon. He was elected to. the tate legist tur' la II U and re elected In 1U and- 1911 but waa not -a eandidat at ? thf ? primaries thla year.1 While a member of fh iegUlatur Mb, For be took . a -prominent prt-4n its work. hoMtYig. important committee Taa ignment and. in th last session, acting a Republican leader In the house.: In April, 1914. he married Mia. Ann Market of Bend and there ha been corn to them on child. Vernon A. Jr. . Beside Mrs. Forbes and th aon.' there surviv hi parent,. Mr. and Mrs.. Smith R. Forbea. and. a alater. Mis Oall Forbea. all of Bend. Mr. rolndexter waa born in Prlnevlll. moving to Bend In Mil to open a drug; store. He 1 survived by his widow, hi father, 1 Perry Poindexter of Prlnevllle. and two married sisters. . $' Arrangements Made For Mitoner Funeral Theodore Bsereli . aad Other Pre mi. neat Nea Are to -Be Hoaorarr Pall bearers at ew Tork Service. New Tork. July a. (U. P.) The body of Major John Purroy Mltcbcl. former mayor of New York, who was killed Saturday - in an airplane accident at Lak Charles. La., win arrive here Tues day morning and will b taken to the home of his mother. Wednesday It will lie in state In the. rotunda of.th city hall. Th military funeral wUl b Thurs day morning and burial will be in th family plot at Woodlawa cemetery, with funeral services-at th Church of St. FTancis Xavler.- . i The following honorary pallbearers have been named : ! Colonal Theodore Roosevelt, Cleve land H. Dodge. Nicholas Murray Butler. George w. Wickersbam. Jacob H. Schlff and Frank Lv Polki Enrollment To Devote Harvesting Oregon's clamorous call for farm help is being sounded from Liberty Tempi today. ' j' Th enrollment of a thousand men. who will dedicate their vacations to the harvesting of foods needed lr prosecut ing the war. began this morning, with W. A- William as director tn charge, assisted by C 8. Samuel, secretary of the Portland business men's farm help committee. Return began to come early. Half dosen men were waiting for th doors to open. . . ( Th first name on th morning list of vacation farm volunteer waa that of W. 8. ITRen, well known Portland lawyer, who not opjy unconditionally proffered his owrr ervtce but suggested that h be on of 100 Portland legal lights who should go out a a company for farm work, j Preferences Ar Stated " O. F. Crpenter, number two on th list. tated hla preference for handling machinery. Robert' Hughes, a carpen ter, offered himself for II kind of farm work. Herbert Hagan. a student, asked - for opportunity to run a - gas engine. H. T. DeToung expressed a preference for picking fruit, and Robert Surney ' for handling hore. D. A. Norton. . a : lawyer and club man. sug gested that he would . rather , handle horse or- a tractor' and at th question. "Would . you rough It with other help "Depend., on how on farm?" wrote, rough it la." . Henry ' Peterson, a student professed his readiness - for' any. kind of farm v. a; Forbes PROMINENT, member of the .Oregon legislature, drowned while fishing in Crescent lake, in the Cascade mountains. ' i fill tins 1 1 o;: sin LUDENDORF GOES TO ITALIAN FRONT German Leader Prepares to Re sume Austrian Offensive, Is Swiss Report. Pari. July t. (U. P.)Gneral Lu dendorff visited Austrian headquarters In the Trentino to hasten preparations for reaumptloa of the offensive on th Italian front, according to ad vice a from Swlas Bourcee today. Reinforcements ar said to be con- i centra ting In th Innsbruck and TrenU- bo reaion. Th Swiss frontier has been dosed. . ''Vienna, via London, July S. (U. P.) A ctrong Italian attack In Albania ha forced the .Austrian to withdraw allghtly. thaAutrla,ww.!-orflc an nouuoed today. if , '- ' rin Albania th ItaJlana strongly. At tacked ' yesterday on th , aalddl .And lower Vojuaa, th.tatmnt said. "We withdrew . to our, mala positions to th yally." .... n.iiu i. U'ai tn tValsin With the Italian Armle. in th Field. K JuStof'anl aTr. July .-U. P.)-Th latest Italian Tic- td to ?o?n frJI ih th. -tmL! torf Puahed the Austrian , back four rthl ly.t mil, farther from Venice, as th result troo wfkl !l?lwi- - of on of th most atubbomly fought ac- .rfl!.' imfS!., tion of th war. In th wet triangle of Oerraan damanda r will abdicate. , dykea and raud-f lied canal on the lower '""' u probabl. a i?oV" Premier Lenin U reported to have pre- Th Austrian had atrongly fortified fr ' fiP0,t?r-" ..wtU b'for- every house, milt and Infrequent dry spot In thla region. Italian artillery materially aided in the victory by pre venting the enemy bringing up food from the mainland. Thousands of soldiers fought In water (Conehidad on Pass Ftro, Cohtmn Fvar) German Submarine Fired Upon, Eeport a An Atlantic Port. July I A German submarine hovering off . th Atlantic cokst wa fired upon by a ' British steamer, according to paaaengers Qf the hip. which arrived Sunday. Officer of the vessel admitted firing th starn m ' WM ..1 tiavine mi'mMmA m ft- boat. Unusual precaution , ar being rrattc,"0' liV. P.) -Our taken by ail vessels against a rabmarln business now end th bvalne of aver surpris. It was declared, and eklppers Usiog now 1 "winning th war. . hesftat even t respond to dUtresa lg nals. lest they be but a lure to entice their ship to destruction. of 1000 Men Vacations to Comnlended work : ; W. W. William wanted to .get Into th - haying and Edward Wood e.proased a . preferaace for h.rrest work. At th .Liberty Temple, assisting Mr. :,,.T ''rr'T'' t 'V": "'I; the 'information desk and telephon ...... . w. - i- n a ai.. It. i mTN V n J.JS.SSi-ilTt J: " ovl ZiVmmmMw tArti ika Mt. of volunteer character. , ; Irgeet Call Is Filled J. W.' Brewer, federal farm help specialist,. under whoee genersi' dlrec- tion the campaign la being carried on. said this morning that h had been able to fill an urgent caU for half , a dosen good ,mn through "th volun- teers t Liberty Temple. - While volunteer ar being- registered at Uhartv ta-mrtla nntfllnl aT v tion teams ,will canvas club, office and' buslne houses. Every maa who ha th physical ability to perform farm work la needed to help harvest crop la Oregon In orderto prevent loe of staple highly bnporVnt tn feeding sol dier at th front, . Evry man who can ao farm work is xpecta to enlist hi vmeauon time and to nuka th sacrifice of gtrtna- up hla usual vacation, ia the mountains or at th Masher. . To work is - not a. contribution, Workers ar paid going wages and th government xerc!ss supervision to- sea to it that working conditions ar sat- lsfetorw.,.i ' -,:'..v - r llll in nnnpf.iMn: Killing of Ambassador MirbachV Used as an Excuse to Take ! Charge of Petrograd- i' and y Moscow to Preserve Orders Prediction Made in Stockholm- That Bolsheviki I Will-'. Either Surrender to Berlin or" Abdi-T catej Russian "Fleet "in Peri!;' AMSTERDAM. Julr 8. (U. P.) The kaiser, hesxins; of tb -. assassination of Ambassador Mir- , bach, who was a close friend, or dered Foreign Minister . Kuehl- i mann to break off relations with- the Russian delegates la Berlin, according to dispatches received ' hero today. 1 .- - - The "delegates' referred l evW : dently are those : whp' went , to " ; -Berlin recently to. adjust matter left open by the Brest-Lltovsk? peace treaty. ? 1 Stocaholm. July 8. (U. P.) -;'; Germany will ' demand the right to occupy Moscow: and . Petro- . grad. under the guise of main taining order, as the . result of the assassination of .Count Mlt bach German . ambassador .to Bus- sis; according to InTormaUon from -diplomatio sources today..? Th. OermarA, "ho 'chais-hXtf lh muroer r ut worsr or In eatent, will further demand free pa as age of troop ta ! the Murman coast by way of Petrograd. in ituseian innaoiUat of. that r rion. Ia an anticipation . of. a Oermaa- --"- (Concladad eaj Pass Tan. Column few) Various Ways in Which Advertis ing Men Can Help Whip Huns Discussed. - :n f "HI That wa th declaration f p.. g. Florea. executive manager of th Ao- -elated Advertising Club of th World, In hi annual report, and today It. r- -echoed throughout the proceeding. ; The '.convention held It first formal v esston at 10 o'clock this morning; -when -President W. C- TrArcy mad th open-. ing add res. Th remainder ' of the) morning wa given over to th business of winning th war, with W. H.-John of New York. Paul E. Fauat of Chi- ' cago, T. W. Stewart ef Montreal. Can ada, C. R. McCauley of New Tork and W. T. Mullaiy of New. Tork. all repre senting the committee on pubUs infor mation. discussing th various way- la which advertising can, help whip Oer-. many. , . This afternoon th big Brltlab tank "Z "" -lTJCZ piloted It over th battlefield of th Somme. will head a military pageant I convention delegate, will carry a hug erisaaS vtv SuraivW : eeMA n an tiv XM an aW a : m eaav m.m,m iJaa .at 1 ".r 7.1 " ' " V .T 1 dui . ii(own sits hsi a- taned to place in the line of march. I Late 4 In the aft.rnoen, departmental t aeaaion wUl begin, about J separat I ri ""l'c"?" 1"" ef the bulk of the delegate early San- day. and, : following th Inspirational rrveetln in the-af Urrveon at th Greek' theattr at Berkeley, the contest waa on spiritedly. Chart M. Schwab, "bos shipbuilder.- made th addr at Su mjiB' J , ' . Nw Orleana, St PauL Kew Tork aa4 J1"? . X , l,Z M .. w 1 wnswawr ws,iimm. Attempt at Peace A , Meeting Is Failure U London. . Jury t X. N. S-V A , high , Austrian official who 1 tn ctoee .touch vtth Emperor Karl, has made an tn success ful attempt to open preliminary peace negotiation with representatives ef th allies at Bertie, said a. Geneva dispatch to th.Kpra today, giving th newspaper Socolo, of Milan, as Its authority. . . : . " . " - r