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44 f - rfr -H - S-ira ALL HERE. M WEATnEn onvK Showers .tonight-. , ; and ITS ALL TRUE Jt '"fPTS- ier; Ufv,erl3I. 7. J k v 1 winda.'; llamidlly . ... ii ... . i i i li i i f " i i . .. . i i . i i ii i i' i i i i . iimi v i -s. -. i iii ii ii iiii t r . -vi i i ; jr. i i i . . ii VOL. XVII, NO. 69 Hi iSJllS s erman 1 Emperor Issues Procla- matron ; Telling Huns Numer ical -Superiority of American , Armies-Does Not Frighten Him ust Continue to Fight Until Allies' Spirit Is Broken, He Says; Relies on His Subma- - rines to Attack "Vital Forces." .--J ONDON. Aug. 1. (U. P.) For the first time .this year the allies' - fresh reserves are now stronger ; numerically than those of tffe Germans, although the . German armtes as a whole are stlH stronger in numbers, it was learned today. Amsterdam, Aug. 1. (U. P.) "Tha American armies' numeri cal superiority aoes noi irignien us," the kaiser declared in a proclamation addressed to the German arnry and navy today. "Descite the efforts of th world's greatest naval powers, our U-boatfs, sure of success, are attacking the forces vhich are streaming adross the sea to the 'aid of our enemies." The t$t of the proclamation, so far at received, reads : "Serious years of the war lie behind urn fjj :' 14 th war tnta the enernjr'a J; i . ui. . j . preserving the Morne'iarrd from " . horrors and devastation. In the oiKi And third years , of the war you broke the strength of the enemy in 4he east. ' Meanwhile your comrades In the west "offered a brave and victorious front to enormously superior forces. "As the frtilt of theser1 victories the. fourth. year of the. war has brought us peace in the east. In the west the enemy was heavily hit by jthe force of your attack.- Tha battles won in recent (Concluded on Pa Two. Column On) Falling Off in Month of 12.2 Per Cenf Sends Market Up 30 ! to 60 Points. Ker Tork, Aug. WI. N. S.) -The fovernnietit cotton condition report jno.wins a aeciine auring iu montn or .' y of 13.8 per cent, the greatest de- J5" , " " , " : ... i ti , jvhr ;Vlth; tux active trade demand, 'Tvsed tipturtsof 30 to 60 points on the ton ' rnarkel today. 1 ' ' ashiiiton, Aug. 1. (I. N. S.) The ,"' reporting board of the bureau of p estimates of the United States epartnwnt 1 of . agriculture, estimates rom the reports of the correspondents hd agents, of the bureau, that the con litlon of , the cotton crop on Jjily 25 vas .:. 7S.$s( per cent of a normal, as ,.n pared; w,tth ii.J on' June 26, 1918, md 70.;bn July 25. 1917. 72.3 on July 5. 191$,Jand 77, the average on July x, the past 10 years. : " 'Condition of 73.6 on July 25 fore- ,s Jjt-A a'vVIeld jper acre of about 177.3 : , nds and a total production (allow it" -6na" .'per cent from planted area for . Jidonment) of about 13,619.000 bales. ' it la, th final out tyrn will probably j larger ? or smaller. Han .this amount oraing tp conditions hereafter are ter or worse than average conditions. -st year" the production was 11.300.4 . 4 bales, two years ago 11,449,930, three; a r fco ai,ii,oiu. ana lour years ago 134,93(k bales. 1 Waiits to Sell Out; i Looks Like Good 4g unanceitor a an Headers of the "Business Oppor-" ,tunlties"i Column In- The Journal; v -Want'Ada are kept In constant " touch with the best to be. found. xf-For instance. -this Ad should sound V good to anyone wanting a small ' I.WILI tell mjf stock of croccr)Mod rent . " S the Sxturn. An opportunity for yen to 1 v. ,808 Mflmnkie tt. .v. -, ? If you are already la ; business X.t ecad want, to aell ut, let -The Jour - T- 1 HMf . i : f DaJIv H ' Joiirnn l srnoa , Intis v & homea. Jn .Portland andkthe 40-miie i t ine 'tna.11 any.- otner. fortland ? paper , Phone Main "7173 or A-6051.; nnTTnn nnnnmnii bui iun bunumun 1 SHOWS BIG DECLINE u. i ALL SEEKING NEW JOBS GO TO UNCLE SAM WASHISOT03r,'Ar. (L. Jr. t. The Vit State em. Plorwet service today, took charge of aU labor reermftlae; la the comb try nam after the vrar. Jfo employer with more thaa 19 men, aaleit he be a farmer or'ajent for a railroad, may advertise la any way for labor, aor take aay active steps towards recraitlaa- labor, ex--Cdpt thronfh the gbvernmeat areacy. This does not apply to bob war ladvstrles. The furnishing of labor will be done through state directors com inlttees, composed of one represen tative of labor and one of capital and the director aad cotnmanlty committees made op in the same way. IS NOT NOTICED HERE Companies Affected Continue in Regular Course of Business; Phone Merger Discussed, Government control of telephone and telegraph lines, which became effective in Portland at midnight, as a nation wide policy, was not accompanied by any new federal orders, the various com panies continuing today in their regular courses of . business. The companies affected here are western union Telegraph company, Postal Telegraph-company. Federal Tele graph company and the Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph company and Home Telephone & Telegraph company. It is expected, according to mews dis patches from Washington, that details of consolidation, of offices and merging of syVrtems will not be announced for several days. The local concerns stand ready to cooperate with the government In the new regime. Tall Issues Statement President Theodore N. Vail of the Bell system, of which the American Tele phone & Telegraph company is the pa rent .concern, has sent out to employes a telegraphic letter which in substance is: '.'In a conference' held In Washington the postmaster general asked for the co operation and assistance of those who had heretofore been responsible for the service.- ; , '.The - postmaster aeheral i' was em phatic In the statement of his desire to conserve the service " and properties of the companies with a view of return ing them when called upon so to do to the owners In as1 good condition as re ceived,- that It was his earnest desire that the owners should receive just com pensation in-, the full sense for their use. "The postmaster general until other Instructions are issued desires that the conduct of operations shall continue as heretofore and also Btates that no changes will be made until after con sultation and full and careful considera tion to all who are identified with the Bell companies.'' '.'.. Merger Is Foreseen ' While the status of the Home' Teler rhone &. Telegraph company has not been settled. It Is believed that plans are now being undertaken to bring the control of the automatic system in Port land under the Pacific Telephone & Tele graph company. Significant of this plan is the application In the federal court of the Portland district of Attorney C. H. Carey, in behalf of the manual line, ask ing the courts for permission to acquire tha Home company's business and prop erty. The city of Portland has already petitioned the department of Justice to allow the Pacific system to enter upon merger negotiations with the Home peo ple, and a merger petition tof similar im port has been filed, with the department of justice by the committee of bondhold-i ers In the Home company..! Ii According to' the annual report of the American Telephone & Telegraph com pany, there are In the United atatM t-l day about 11,200 telephone companies, of wmcn it concerns are Bell systemsj There are also 9129 Independent com 4 i"nlBS conneciea up with the Bell linesj and 2000 purely Independent telephone; nip.,nc3, eesiaes zz.zyy rural lines. Walkout Threatened Atlanta. Ga, Aug. l. (U. P.) The WostAm tTnln. a . , . . . T ..uvi., mi utsu jtoaay . to uist charge members of the! Commercial Telegraphers', union. Western Union officials stated that their policy with reference to the union is unchanged, union leaders declare, i Union officials have appealed in a telegram to David J. Lewis in chargfe of wire control at Washington for this immediate reinstatement of all lockedj out union -telegraphers. Approximately 140 men and women are locked out In Atlanta by the Western Union, union leaders claimed. ' ! j A walkout In th Atlanti office of the "witni union is mreatened. Show Mark of Respect Loa Angeles, .Cal,.i Aug J J. (U. P.)J Telegram instruments were silent in the officesrwf the Postal Telegraph company here at the hour when government con trol went Into eff ecu while all operators and employes stood for a minute at sa lute, facing the east j '"X" Steamer Encounters Diver Off U. S. Coast At Atlantic Port.1 Attr ' t tt r J... An encounter with Kan enemy subma- mues oxr sandy Hook this morning was reported by the crew of an- American steamer: which hero today. , , , t It was stated that the U-boat fired two torpedoes, both missing, 4:he secohd by only a few. feet as th dm around. . " , . i Thes submarine was ' observed about half a mile dlatant.- It was asserted, and- several shots - fired at i t fVnm tha after "gun. -Some believe a hit was scored put there was no"Tproof of this. WIRE AN Portland, oregon; Thursday evening, august i i9i8. twenty pages. REGIE! OF SPICE GUT UPS TOGO'Oe- Men Who Are Getting Airplane 'Stock Out of Log Will Be Given Chance to Help Lick, Hun, Promises John D. Ryan. J - fleet of 50,000 Sky Craft, Some Able to Fly to Berlin, Is Pro gram Under Way; Liberty Mo tor Declared Best in World. T Ryan before 600 business men At the Chamber of Commerce Jjuncheon in honor of the direc tor of air craft production, this afternoon, that he is "leaving the spruce production situation in ' good hands"; that "Colonel Brice P. Disque seems to have the support both of the business helement and of the men -'that 1 work with their hands," and that "I can go back East now Avilh entire confidence in the work of the Northwest and turn my attention to. other things," ; were taken as a clearer avowal than he has before committed himself to, of intention to leave jfcolonel Disque not only as Com mander of thcspruce production division of the . signal corps, but head of the aircraft production corporation, when it is organized. . Ryan declared that "th. magnificent organization of the Loyal legion. of loggers and Lumbermen -has done a work:- In the promotion of war purposes ' greater than anything else I know." ijj He said "the" loggers and soldiers doing magnificent work under Colonel Disque." He gave the business men' wider dimensions by which to measure th national aircraft program' titan they had possessed before. " i - Mr. Ryan was introduced by City Com missioner Bigelow, acting for Mayor Baker. President H. L. Corbett of the Chamber of Commerce, who presided, detained the business man a moment after Mr. Ryan had finished speaking. wnen you come again to the North west," he said, "I want to. predict now that you will find the people J of this entire district have stood back of Col onel Disque and his organization and ihave aided in gaining results greater jthan are even now considered possible." Miniature airplanes decorated the room. An orchestra from the spruce production division rendered exaulsite music. A fleet of 60,000 airplanes in France, wun the compliments of America for the damage of the kaiser and his crew. Airplanes of 1600 horsepower canahln or operating in a 1500-mile I radius which means the bombing of Berlin. rmrty million feet of airplane spruce month a million feet a da'v to h the Northwest's contribution 1 to - the thrilling project of sweeping the Hun from the air from jiow on until further notice. i A regiment or spruce workers, organ ised and sent from the Northwest to France with their own officers, where they can see with their own eyes the resistless advance against the Germans of khaki clad Americans aided by watch fui fleets of American sky craft. These were military marvels that John D. ' Ryan. federal director of spruce production, made 10,000 soldier- spruce producers see as he- talked to them In the hush of stiained attention Wednesday afternoon at Vancouver. Director Ryan reserved for the men who are doing the first work' of taking airplanes from spruce logs the first an nouncements ; of some of (the most startling things involved In i America's tremendous air program. ; .-,,-,. And It j would have ' made the kaiser shiver to! hear how the soldier loggers rose to the occasion. .They (applauded and cheered when Ryan appeared Intro- (Concluded on Pe Six, Column Oat) ROLL OF HONOR Wasblnaton,; Aug. 1.- (t N. 8.)- Ons hun dred nd twenty nsnalties - in tb - Anwicu ExpoMtionmr (foroe were nnmneed today by the wr department, dirided follow: Twelre killed in ection. 23 , died from wounds received In ectlon, 11 front diaeua, two from irplnne toident, : fie from ecideot nd other esuses,- 61 wounded. sereirlT, two wounded 'degree , undetermined, three missinc la action, and one made prisoner. j v , - ' Fire camialtlea 4n the marines attached to he Ameriean . Expeditionary . Force were an nounced today at marine , corps j Headquarteta, dirided as folkrws: ! . Three died from wounds received i action and fwo wounded Mrerely ia action. , The officers In the list were as follows: Killed In aetlew I - trEUTENAST VVOiEI C BXSSETT, New bem. N. C. ' m , ; ; - J : - LIECTEANT WILLIAM , WAtLKICH, Shawnee, Wis. ' If t. - OleeJ From Wounds ' MAJOR JAMES C. WILLIAMS, Rimer. Ala LIEUTENANT - THOMAS It. BHADLET. Wasahachie, Teraa. -n 1 . . IJECTENAST WALTER W. CBAIQ. Wew Bethlehem. Pa. , ' , . LIEUTENANT f'EtE HADDCC.- Erenwood. Va. . LIEUTENANT ELMEH E. HACIJEtt. Sprinil field. III. , ' LIECTEVANT JAMES TV. TtAXRFRnv W.hlMI SfftftMK ' LIEUTENANT ... . HOWARD f &. HMTflV i"i'li ... ' : y - "r! -j: LIEUTENANT.WIELIAM :'t, LECOMPTK. AtlanU, . ' I - (ConoludeVoa Pace Seren, Olnan One. Draft Ages Are ToBel9and40, General Staff Plans for Enlarge ment and Reorganization, Said to Be Approver by WilsonJ Washington.'tAug. 1. (U, P.) A new manpower bill changing the draft age limit will bes Introduced In congress early next week, Secretary, Baker an nounced today.. -Practically all details of the measure have, been worked out.1 ' Baker has already submitted the bill to Chairman Dent of the bouse military committee and will confer with Senator Chamberlain, of the senate military committee, tomorrow. j : Baker said some details of the pro posed legislation may have to be em bodied In later bills, but the main; fea tures are expected to be ready for! con sideration on the floor of the house and senate when the two bodies reconvene late this month. t The purpose in Introducing the meas ure now Is to give house : and senate military committees time to discuss it before congress meets again.' Washington, Aug. 1. (1. N. S.) The army general staff and the administra tion will ask congress to extend the draft age to i include all men between the ages of 19 and 40, it was learned today. Leading members of the house and senate military affairs committees have been informed that the president will favor these limits, and it Is not un likely that they will b the onas finally decided on, although a number of metn bers would like to see the maximum age made 45 instead of 40. It Is understood that the army staff plans for expanding the present forces of the United. States have all been com pleted and . approved by President Wil son.- They will be sent to the military affairs committee of both houses Just as soon as congress reconvenes for reg ular sessions. The leaders. say that these army plans will be rushed through with out delay in ; order to avoid the neces sity .of calling Into action members f of the deferred classes under present reg istration. ! 1 Present "supplies of men In Class A are nearing the dangerously low mark and congress will have to act speedily if an injustice in calling men with de pendents is to be avoided, officials say. , Incidentally, it became known here to- day that the utilization of -women - in stead of men in, every government de parunem, wnere sucn action win release men for war duty, munition plant work and the like, is being urged by admlnts tratlori officials, Tha Whit Udwel-ia one place that ha, fallen into Wars. There the three, most expert. ctenosrra h tiers m me - executive nff bft-wf tiarlM &am, the president's confidential Aide, arren Johnson; and Thomas Hendricks . 4-rhave Joined the aviation corps,; and if -present plans .are followed they will be replaced with women. The correspondence of the 1 White House has increased more than j 50 cent, officials say,- and women how per are being employed where in the past ajen oniy neia rortiui, other departments taking similar action. I i ;. i arc AT LOWEST' POINT Failure of Crown Prince Ludendorff Reflected in pression of Prisoners. and By William Pallia 81mm With the; British Armies in Franca, Aug. 1.U. i P.) "Thaj heart ( bAwed down," is the German tune nowadays. : German officers and men taken brls- oner near Merrls, Morlancourt Sind east of Amiens- are extremely depressed as a - result of the crown prince's r failure and General Fooh's Staggering japTy- to uuueiiuurii, ! ' ? i . F After the first few weeks of Jthe Ger man offensive I declared the German morale to be : high-higher than ; ati any time. They ;stnitteid, then, inside! .the prison rages as If 'they already owned the world. They replied even to kindly treatment with contemptuous and ! con descending smiles. They sneered at American fighters and jeered at Amer ican help. ? ' j-. f ;.: Today I believe It is .equally true that the German soldier afield is more deeply depressed than at any period. Prisoners admit supplies are low, arid that! ammu nition is not plentiful.! (They say I It Is very difficult to obtain I recruits tlo fill the ranks of. worn-out divisions. Food. mey report, is gretiing: scarcer, i instead of a smashing victory, they now long for immediate f peace. Events are going against them, while the allies are grow ing 'stronger1 each week.) . J .'i.- : Slowly tha truth seems to be seeping into the German lines.' They are begin ning to hear that the 1 Americans not only are well represented on thef west front, but. are also beating thej bast Prussian treops. -. They have heard that the crown prince Is retiring Instead of advancing, and that Prfnce Rupprecht's offensive against the British was; post poned because of this and other 'actbra From thv statements f prisoners, some of them obviusly feared thjlt the British would assume tha offensive.: In short, they ii are very unhappy, f have seldom seen! the front so oulet as it hsL been here.1 Bave for British shelling and the spasmodic bursts of German? shells. xna iront resembles a Sunday afternoon in av country cnurcnyard. i 1 Daring Daylight KobberyNets $5000 tjou Anreles, Cat, Ape. 1. (U P.V The Westlake branch of the Home Sav ings bank, was robbed, this afternoon, three masked .' bandits escaping with about $5000 in cash, t I Tba bandits, wh- are believed to have had an automobile, entered thai bank, forced j th cashier and two. clerks Into a vault, locked the" door, ' took all cash in Bigat ana fled. !.' - Adminrstration And Staff Agree GERMAN MORALE itAffiSSS! B tli! if s 10 STREET S5KWP W FRO NT RAD CuDlO Fred Thurber ,s Believed to A RRP Tlfllfl R R P I TTR ll P IihH rUnril Have Been Seen on Heihts Ulllll I t III rllhll llllin Unll I flllLU Car; Left for Park Entrance. H U U U I Uli U I UUI I lUlUU ADVOCATED War Labor Board Declares Action Immediately Necessary if Com panies Are to Be Kept From Threatened Bankruptcy. Congressional Action to Give Federal Agency Power ;; to Consider How to Standardize Rages Has- Been Suggested. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, (I. N. p.) Granting radical in creases of wages in the various trolley: transportation cases Re ferred; to it for -decision, the fed eral yar labor board ; today de clared that advances in fares must Jbe given to the companies if bankruptcy is to be avoided. So serjioiis is the situation in-'jthc opinioh of the board that it iiad suggested to President Wilson that special congressional action be secured which will give some executive agency of the federal government the power to jos sider j how such increases shall be standardized to "meet very perilous financial conditions"! j The necessities of , the war, thei board holds, j justified federal interference; Pending the determination of whether such a federal agency can be created the board urges upon the local .authorities everywhere the necessity Immediately of meeting tha4Bltuatlon. t j H j v 1 local .ctnriltione(. the lkwrd itolds,) Nt is uw Tfj.iBK curetaiy tne-winning 01 the war. The increases must be given to keep th "atreet railway compartfs out f bankruptcy. Their credit no s ex hausted and they need the monej);.' ; Portland Case to' Be Derided Case in; which decisions will jbe ren dered probably next weekiarei .ibfiCansas City Street Railways. Kansas City. Mo. ; Mempnis street 4 Railway 1 Company, Memphis ; Cincinnati & Dayton fraction compahy, Cincinnati ; Interurbahl lines, Portlaidr Or.:: Pacific Electric Railway company, y Los Angeles Georgiia Rail way At Power company, Atlanta : Wilkes. oarre j Railway company . Wllkiesbarre, ra. ; uenver j City Tramway cpfnpany. uenver,.( coio. ; Rhode Island company Boston i Elevated Railway company Elyria A Cleveland Railway company : Kansas City & Western Railway com pany 3 Lieavehworth, Kaa, and Payton SStreet; Railway company, DaytOri, Ohio. The boafd 7 held that it was not a question of overcapitalization, j of cor rupt ; former methods or of exorbitant dividends In the past. It now is a (Contlrmed an Pace Sixteen, Column Three) $376,401 Interest ionment Made f. " 1 ' 'Ml'- Statf Treasarer Divides' Interest From ' State Irredneible Corarnos j School Fsnd; Some Coaatles Show Loss. ; ' 1 - - ! j Salem, Aug. 1. State Treasurer Kay today apportioned f 376,401.73 aiming the various counties, jor the state for 'the benefit of public "schools. -This sum is Interest collected from loans to the state irreducible common school fund, it is apportioned to counties on a basis of school population, which this year totals Zu5,f8 lor tne enare state.. The appor tionment is $183 per capita, ! .. -! The largest sum goes to Multnomah which gets $97,454.82. while the smallest sunt goes to Curry, which gets'$1857.9. Counties in turn apportion their allot ment to? the . various school districts. Twenty -k counties in last year! lost a total of 3023 In school population, while 16 counties gained 8324, making a net gain for tha state of 801 for pie year. Multnoman maae we biggst gain In school populadon, - its increase being 1727, - while Clatsop' comes second with 321 .Lane suffered the greatest loss, its decrease being 235, and Douglas" comes net with a Joan of 826. j King George Sends Messenger to Yanks American contingents, landing alt several British ports, were handed j the follow Ink messagafrom King George today. rThe pfeople of the British Isles wel cotne you on your wayi to take your stnd beside the army of many nations fighting the great battle tot human freedom. The allies galp new heart and sparlt through your company. L I. wish I could shake tha hand of every one of you and bid, you Godspeed."!" ; J f r i i.. i American Committee Eeceived by King London, Aug. J. U. P.) -King ueorgs toaay .receiver r. ina American congressional naval ; committee. The committee was Impressed with tha king's grasp or American affairs. particularly a regards the navy.- On information from Charles Mc- Ewan, a member of the state military police, Chief of Police Johnson this afternoon sent a posse of patrolmen armed with rifles Into the district of Portland Heights adjacent to Reser voir No. 4, Washington city park, and on ' to the Canyon road in quest of Fred Thurber, escaped convict. McEwan, who was off duty on sick leave, saw a man resembling Thurber at Twenty-third and Washington streets. He followed to Twentieth, where the man waited as if looking for someone, and then to Sixteenth, where another wait was made. The man then boarded a Portland Heights car and McEwan did likewise, losing his man after the Ford street bridge was reached. The first report was that tha suspect was Bennett Thompson, the escaped mur derer. Ther police are inclined to believe that Thurber If It was he was wait ing to meet Thompson In Washington street when he saw he was being watched. ' Salem.- Aug. 1. While the man bunt for Bennett Thompson and Fred Thur ber, the two desperate convicts who escaped Monday night. Is In full swing near Portland, three more convicts made their escape last night. They were trysties, but all of them have bad prison records. Warden Murphy Is personally leading a posse In pursuit of the fleeing men, while at the prison Deputy Warden Burns has tightened ' his grip on the convicts who are left. The privilege of going outside the prison walls has been withdrawn from some of the trusties. The four convicts who attempted to follow Thompson and Thurber Tuesday night and worked their way outside the prison walls before being discovered are now confined In the "bull ring" under "eye 'Of the guards. The three who escaped last night were: James Kelly, sent up from Multnomah county for two to five years for bur glary. He had served time In prisons at San Quentln, Cal., and Elm Ira, N. Y. H. Armstrong, sent up from Lane county for one 1 to seven years for lar ceny; He was Received In 190$ and was paroled. While on pafols ha committed a crime In California and served a tqrm in san "V en tin. and then was returned to the Oregon prison. . i. C. D. Jones, sent up from Hood River for two to five years for burglary. He escaped once before from the flax fields, stole an automobile and got as far as Medford, where he was captured when his machine broke down. Jones and Kelly were employed In the dining room of the guards' quarters and were wearing white clothes when they left. These clothes were discarded and were found today a few hundred yards southeast of the prison walls. They filled their shoes with red pep per, as about midnight last night, when prison bloodhounds were following their trail they ran Into the pepper. The con victs evidently are making their way south.- I . WRECKED VESSEL iBMMSSWSSMSSBSSsSSSSSSSSSMSSSBaSSSSSS Canada Maru ' and $4,000,000 Silk Cargo ProbablWill Be a Total Loss. 'A Puget Sound Port, Aug. 1. (I. N. S.) The.' Japanese liner Canada Maru went on . tha rocks off Cape Flat tery at the entrance to Puget Sound Tuesday morning and Its 14.000.000 silk cargo probably wilt be a total loss, ac cording to word-; reaching here today from tha wreckjjwhere salvage crews are ready to taff charge -of tha Vessel. The vessel haV been pierced with a pinnacle rock which penetrated hold No 2 five feet. The crew Is casting over board soma of the less expensive articles in the cargo. - Part of the silk and crude rubber cargo nay be saved unless the wind -becomes stronger. A heavy swell was running, last night and two anchors were unable, to hold the vessel steady. If the sea becomes rougher it Is feared the craft -will go to pieces be fore Its cargo can be taken of f. ; ' The 176 passengers, SiO pieces of bag gage and 250 sacks of mall have been landed at a Canadian port. t According to J. Nortsuga. purser, tha vessel was steaming slowly through a dense fog when tha accident happened. A strong current that sets In along this particular part of the coast is also de clared to have fceen responsible, for 'the crash. . . - . I Vhen the; liner, grounded the passen gers were prepartrtgfor breakfast. A panic was narrowly averted by the cool- jieas of the craw. Holes were punched in two compartments of the vessel and they filled with, water. ' If a gale springs up, ship men. say the vessel Is doomed. The Jiner is valued at fl.500,000. :. '-MMsasswiMssfesiiassi.(aaM.a(aaal 'Y..W.' Secretaries ;:ai-njDiforms Chicago, Aug.; X-ritr. p, T. W. C. A. secretaries in war work will be -unl. formed, it wa : announced . here today through, tha war work council of the as sociation.. Hostess house secretaries, traveling- secretaries, and those now In Europe wIU' be garbed In tailored suits ox norixoa blue, plain skirt and short coat, white shirtwaist, -blue cravat, black tricorn hat with, a bluer band .The blue triangle Insignia will appear on tha coat sleeve and hatband. STRONG CURRENTS ; v 4 ; price:; two Hill 205 and Cramoiselle Are Captured by General Mangin's Army; Battle Is Progressing; Other Troops Take Meuinere Wood; German Fire' Heavy eSSSPSSSSSSSSSWSelSSllSSSSSSMSSSSBSSSSBlSSBSSesaSSSBSSSSWStSa Unsuccessful Surprise Attacks Are Tried by Enemy on Right Bank of Meiisc .(Verdun Front) and Along Chaume Wood in the Nature of Feelers BY LOWELL WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, Aug. I. (U. P.) (8 A. M.) General Mangin'. army attarlrrl brwMn Frr.in.TrHrnm nnrl Pleiaier Hullu this morning (a front of nearly 10 miles), taking Hill 205. east of Grand Rozoy, from where Fismes is vis ible, and capturing Cramoiselle (four miles northwest of Fere-en-Tardenois). At the hour of cabling, the attack was still progressing. Other troops took Meuinere wood, in the salient south east of Cierges. Throughout the Frenrli frnnt th Otrmana ar nfriiin using the artillery heavily, especially in th neighborhood or rtnerms and Montdidier. ihey also unsuccessfully at tempted sunrise attacks alone the rivht hank nf the Meuse (Verdun front) and reel out the allied front j r BYNEWTON C PARKE . With the American Armv on tJiirAisne: 'Aiitr . - (L N. !S.)(5 P. M.) American forces smashed- for ward clear to the northern fringe of the Meuniere wood. After artillery had pounded the wood throughout yester day, American infantrymen swept through it today. The wood was full of German machine ' gun men. : ' ! :. Mauniere, is southeast of Fere-en-Tardenois. ' , . r i .'. London, Aug. l.-(U. P.) -(3:45 P. M.) A new Ger man army, under General von Eben, has been thrown into the Soissons-Rheimt pocket, it wa$ learned this afternoon. ... By John De Gandt 3 N Paris, Aue. 1. (U. P.)-(l P. M j N'cw advanrrt'hv. iho A i.: I T7 1. i-wuicj iv.iii aiiu rrcnui were rcponca Rheims-Soissons battlcfront today. . . Ther allies 'went forward in the Oulchyllc-Chateau and trict,1 near Cierges, and made fairly considerable progress toward the! Rheims road in the neighborhood of Uligny. ; Souih of the Courfnont-Fismes road the Americans hurled oacx me oermans imo-me wocKis pn the right flank of; the. salient the Americans are making progress toward the Ardre valley, in larpenois i By Frank J. Taylor WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE Aug. 1.-J (U. P.) (8 A. M.) American! trooos struck again last i j night at the apex of the allied .advance on the lower por tion of the Soissons-Rheims salient, storming the height between Sennges and Sergy.. They gained their objectives. J The doughboys drove forward behind ( an Amrioan - made smoke cloud. They were preceded by a scries of heavy rolling barrages. i - , The advance was maae possible by an allied at tack.in the sector directly east of the Americans, which cleared out a small Grman pocket. ' 1 ! With the American Armjes in France. Aug. l.-(U. P.)- (Nooni) The Germans, in an effort to hdld their present linej are reported to be beginning to dig in. These efforts are tefng . greatlV harried by the American artillery. , ' . i Th: enemy has undertaken no infantry action since Wednesi ' day afternoon; their artillc'ry fire ii lighter, and their activity Js lessening. , '' i . " : , . , : !: I A Bocbeforce. attcmDtincr a consolidation of RhllriAt. in'tuJ omsKins oi ennges was wiped ine American artiuery continues to batter the German ma L cmne uruns. ' intense nann-to-hand fthtmcr rr.s : M I' W 4 m wooded retrion where the Americans I are attacking . ' : , T ' j j A.German airplane,: yhich was straffing American infantry. ' was brought-down and its pilot and Observer captured.!' v With the Amerlcsn" Army at Mama, Aug. l.p tl. N. S.)-tI:I0" tt. m.) The Germans have, been driven from Meunlera wood, south of Fere-eo-Tardenols at ( tha point of tha bayonet Amerklan . elements that " 'advancad through, tha southern ilrof tha wooi found wheyV'Oer man field guns' and machine ''guna" had been abandoned. . ! Tha .Americans defeated fresh di vision that - had ' bean flun-g into, the fighting by r General von , Schiller, It reached Cierces yesterday morning, i Prussian troops counter attacked fha American 'fiv times but Were beaten off by battalion of husky dough boys, - who used . to be lumberjacks be fore tha war. . ' r ' -Before defeating tha German counter assaults tha Americans had cleaned uu cents; MELLETT the Chaume wood, seeking to . .--:-J ...... over a large part of the Saponay region, between FcrVen-Tardendis, in the Arcy wood dis near loussoncourt. 't -f- P the region of Ville-en- out Dy American mortars. ..... ' -m"--"P V- I VU. sVJ & thth Qsrman maclilna runs ifn hamlet." , . t .The. Americans debouched in a eonJ centric movement Trom Clerses ' an Roncheres, driving ofr the .enemy. ' ( Paris, Aug. t U. i P.) Noon A Carman attack southwest fbf ;Rhlms was fepulsad.. after . heavy flthUng. tha Freneh war1 off lea announced today. ; . Attempted enemy ds In tha Verdun region and leewhere ytrn unsueoessfut: 'Southwest of Rheims a German at tack on Bilgny mountain waarspulsed after! heavy fighting," the communique lid. ' "Several enemy rails In the Four-da-Parls region and along tha right bank 0 the Meuse were unsuoceAsful. Wa Inflicted losses and took prisoners," i'1 V - L X