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THE W&ATHER QXXJOOfT Tonight and Sun-, dty probably fair: cooler; wind rnoslr westerly. Humidity 35. VOL. XVII. NO. 95 PORTt AND, OREGON, SATURDAY ' EVENING, AUGUST l, 1918. TWELVE' PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TMSINS AND NIWI STANDS riVK CENTS run J L. - irs AtL tnt " l J . m mm SEPT. IS DAY 12 10 REGISTER I DRAFT Pr..iri..t lc Prnrhmatlnn I After Passage of Larger Army i Bill Calling to Service All Men1 RptwPPn 1ft flnH 4 Years ! DeiWeen 10 ana tears. "This Will Be Final Demonstra tion of Loyalty and Will to Win," Says Executive; Ab sentees May Register by Mail. W ASIIINGTON. Aug. 31. (I. N. S.) Thursday, September j 1,1, was today set by proclamation of President Wilson, as the Mate j upon which Americas manhood between the ajres of 18 and 45 register under the manpower bill. The proclamation was published simultaneously vith the signing of the bill, which is designed, 4 through the extension of the draft ages, to make possible an army of , 4,000,000 men In France by midsummer of next year. The bill, which passed its final leg islative stage when the senate agreed to the conference report, was signed today by the presiding officers of the house and senate, and then sent to : the White House for the president's signature. The proclamation setting the registration day, which had been prepared In advance, was . then made public, The bill, signed by Senator Sauls i)ury, acting president of the senate, at 12:40 p. m., and by Speaker Champ Cooclufled on Tags Elfh:, Column Two William Duncan of Alaska, Missionary For 61 Years, Dead Juneau. Alana. Aug-. 31. (I. N. S.) After 61 years spent among the Alaska Indians as a missionary. William Dun ran la dead at Metlakatla today at the age of 96 years. A stroke of apoplexy ended his life. Romance, self sacrifice and achieve ment marked his life. When disputes arose a few years ago between Mr. Dun raiv and the federal department of edu-: cation In Its effort to take charge of the Indians' education at Metlakatla, the "apostle of Alaska" had the support of his flocks and won his point Mr. Duncan was born In Beverley, England. With his Indian followers he founded the town of Metlakatla. Soldier Loses Life When Canoe Turns Over; Girl Is Saved Alfred C. Miller, a private in the spruce production division, was drowned tn th Willamette river at 8 :30 o'clock last flight, near the Hawthorne bridge. In company with Miss Grace Emerlck of 5 East Twenty-sixth street. Miller left the Kellogg boathouse In a canoe at 8 :15. Kcreams from the girl were heard a few minutes later, which at tracted attentlqn at the boathouse. Rescue boats, which were sent im mediately, found Miss Emerlck cling ing to the canoe. Miller, who was unable to swim, had disappeared beneath- the water. Miss Emerlck is an expert swimmer. Hospital Train Is Hun Flyers' Target Washington, Aug. 31. (U. P.) Bomb ing of a hospital train -of 16 cars by German airmen near the Belgian front was reported in Red Cross cables re ceived today. Many of the doctors and nurse lost all their personal belongings and In many rases their surgical and medical kits. The latter were immedi ately replaced by the Red Crosa. Nq mention was made in the cable of any casualties. 1000 Homes Burned In Constantinople Amsterdam, Aug. 31. U. P.) Mare than a thousand houses were destroyed by fire In Constantinople, following an air, raid Tuesday night, according to the Frankfurter Zeltung. LENINE SHOT AT MOSCOW, RUSS REPORT LONDOIf, Aug. 81 (I. X. 8.) Tflckoll Lenlne, head of the Provisional government of Bus la, was shot and wounded by aa unknown assailant at Moscow, ac cording to a Russian wireless dis patch received here. The attack ocenrred Friday. The nature of Lealne's wonnds it not siren. TOWN BY STORM Germans Five Times Counter Attack, But Meet Heavy Losses at Chavigny. With the American Army on the Aisne-Vesle Front. Aug. 30. (Night) (I v S.)-American troops late today stormed Chavigny, on the French right and succeeded in opening up the road through Bols De Couronne, which ex poses Juvlgny to American attack from three sides. Before the Americans launched their drive this afternoon there had been no Infantry activity since yesterday when the Germans were cut to pieces in five I massed attacks. The enemy de- bouched from Bois De Couronne with orders to fight to the death. Five times the gray waves rolled en masse toward the American positions. Kvery attack was bloodily repulsed by American ar tillery, machine gunners, Infantry and tanks. Enemy Airplaaes Active. From Chavigny the Prussian machine gunners enfiladed the American posi tions and swept them with a withering fire until the American field batteries turned upon the enemy and smothered him. German airplanes have been extremely active over the American positions. They succeeded in setting two observation "balloons afire bat both observers escaped by descending In parachutes.. American officers and men are loud in their praise of the new model light tanks with which the French have been assisting their operations. These tanks helped the Americans greatly in sweep ing over Von Boehm's elaborately ' con structed advance trench system between Chavigny and Juvlgny. along the Juvlgny plateau. The Germans tried in vain to check these tanks with their newest antf-tank rifles, a powerful gun which penetrates thirteen-sixteenths of an inch of steel at 220 yards. Two of these tanks caught fire during the fighting yesterday and the crews were rescued by khaki clad Americans who were advancing in conjunction with them. Hurl Hand Grenades In capturing the Chavlgny-Juvigny narrow gauge railway line, the Amer icans were forced to sprint across 300 yards of bare, open plateau which was raked by the fire of the enemy. After this heroic dash they occupied a small embankment only 10 feet from the Ger- I mans who were on the other side. Both the Germans and Americans hurled hand grenades ever the embank ment until the Germans were driven back by enfilading machine gun fire. By Fred S. Ferguson With the American Armies in France, Aug. 30. (U. P.) All prisoners taken by the Americans indicate that propa ganda is still strongly working in Ger many to satisfy everyone of the justice of Germany's cause. ' This has been principally effective among the Prussians, who fail to show any of the lost confidence or low mo rale displayed by prisoners taken in the fighting along the Marne and the Vesle. Warmest Day of Summer May Be Duplicated Today With a maximum temperature of 94 degrees, Friday was the warmest day of the summer. Today bids fair to be nearly, if not quite, as warm, the tem perature at S o'clock this morning being 67 degrees as compared with 65 at the same time Friday morning. Hot weather, was general in Western Oregon Friday, Roseburg reporting 100, and Marshfield 90. In Eastern Wash ington it was not so warm. Baker re porting only 84, while Walla Walla and Yakima in Washington, had 86 and 90, respectively. It had warmed up to 80 degrees at noon, which was. cooler by seven de grees than on Friday. Weather Ob server Wells said indications were thit the afternoon would not be so hot by several degrees. Six-Cenf Fare Hit By Missouri Judge Jefferson City, Mo.', Aug: 31. (I. N. S. Judge John G. Slate in the Cole county circuit court today knocked out the six cents streetcar fare recently granted the Kansas City and St. Louis car companies by the Missouri public service commission. Judge Slate held that the commission was without juris diction under the state constitution to change streetcar rates fixed by contract in a franchise. Attorneys for the rail way companies asked Judge Slate to withhold his formal order annulling the increase until September 2. At that time the attorneys will present an ap peal to the Missouri supreme court. Judg Slate agreed to this arrange ment. 1 - AMERICANS CARRY ITALIAN EDITORS STUDYING PORTLAND IN WAR IN THE PARTY OF JOURNALISTS arriving today are some of the brightest minds of Italy, who are touring the United States to see how America is reacting to war. In the group are, left to right, Dr. Alda Cassuto, Robert Rudd Whiting of the com mittee on public information, Dr. Antonia Agresti, Count Fran o Rainieri, Dr. Leonardi Vitelli, Dr.' Orazio Pedrozzi, Dr. Paola Cappa and Dr. Pietro Solari. LADS OF 18 WILL BE DRAFTED EARLY General . March Says Plans Are Only Tentative; Special Train ing in Colleges Proposed. Washington, Aug. 31. (I. K. S.) j publishers of that- ally of the United Under a tentative plan adopted by the ' States are visiting Portland today. They war department all men of 18 years of j re finding out what Portland and Ore . ,, . , . ..... , i gon are doing to assist in the winning age made liable to the military service . f war wnat th,s part of the CQUn. under the new manpower bill will be drafted for training as soolt as possible after their registration. Chief of Staff March disclosed to the senate military affairs committee this afternoon. Nothing has been permanently or definitely decided. General March made it clear. The tentative plan provides, however, that after drafting the 18-year-olds, large numbers will be special ly selected for technical training at schools and colleges. This does not mean that they will be exempted from military service even temporarily. Gen eral March said. "When their time comes they will be called just .s though they had not been selected for special training." Practically all American units that have been brigaded with the French and the British have been withdrawn and placed under command of General Per shing. General Peyton C. March, chief-of-staff, told members of the senate military affairs committee today. More Regarded as Significant While General March did not advance any reasons for this move, it was re garded as significant by members of the committee and one which may presage important developments. Besides show ing the rapidity with which the Ameri cans have developed into finished fight jng men, it was taken to mean that the Americans henceforth wil operate as an Independent force under the direc tion of Marshal Foch. General Pershin-r now has a million trained men capable of being thrown Into battle. General March said. This would indicate that there are now over seas about a half million men whose training has not yet been completed. The "pushing back" movement will be continued, in the belief of Gtoeral March. It is in this kind of fighting that the great American army has been especially trained, he declared, great emphasis having Seen placed on indi vidual marksmanship and "hand to hand" combats. Tanks Like Open Fighting Army officers tbroad. said the chief of staff, recognise that American sol diers are superior to all others in "open" fighting, and they will still further prove their worth in the "pushing back" move ment, where they will have plenty of op portunity to engage the Hun at close quarters, Any-report that the American plan of campaign la based Upon a mobilization in the- east is a matter of pure specu lation. General March -told the com mtttee. No one on this side of the At lantlc knows what the plan is. and one guess is as good as another, he as serted. Only Marshal Foch knows what the American campaign is. he declared. More Airplanes Shipped Beyond stating that the. number of troops in France -new exceeds the mil' lion arid one half mark. General March gave no figures on overseas movements of soldiers, members of the committee said. Production and shipment of airplanes have been proceeding satisfactorily. Gen eral March stated. He" said that curing the past week no less than 1003 of the modified DeHaviland fours had been de livered by the factories. . and that of these 765 either had been already shipped or were at the docks ready to be sent overseas. - l ftl'f 1 ITALIAN EDITORS VIEW WAR INDUSTRIES Representing Italy in the broadest sense, the public opinion and the public press as well as the established govern ment, seven of the leading editors and try is doing for the war program of the nations allied against the common enemy of central Europe. One and all. they express their delicht and astonishment with what they are seeing in Portland, as well as what they have seen in their trip from New York along the Atlantic coast, across the south and south central states to the Pacific coast and on the coast itself. Italy's Leading Editors In the party are Dr. Orazio Pedrazzl Count of the Illustrazione Italiana Franco Rainieri, of the Glornale d'ltalia Dr. Alda Cassuto, of the Secolo and LARGE TRACT OP TIBER IS SOLD Eugene Owners Sell 5860 Acres in Coast Range to Montana Men; Will Build Mill. Eugene. Aug. 31. Sale of 433,000,000 feet of timber, located on territory cov ering an area ot approximately 5860 acres in Alsea and Lake Creek valleys In Lane, Lincoln and Western Benton counties, to Alfred Thomas and E. B. Kingman of Columbus, Mont., was com pleted here Friday by D. S. R. Walker and J. Darling of this city. The consid eration is reported to be in the neigh borhood of $600,000. The timber runs almost clear fir. The deal involved two separate sales, one of 6300 acres belonging to the- Mon roe Timber company of Monroe, Wash., and the other of 560 acres owned by M. L. Bugbee and Elmer Paine, both of Eugene. Two other men, A. H. Buck and Fred Walters, were Involved in the deals as heavy stockholders in the Mon roe Timber company. Immediate development of the timber is planned by the purchasers, who in tend to make their homes and headquar ters in this city. A small mill is to be erected at once on the smaller of the two tracts at the end of a logging spur already constructed to the prop erty from the Southern Pacific tracks at Glenbrook. Here the lumber for the construction of another and larger mill and for a logging railroad into the tim ber will be cut. September Call to Be for 150,000 Men Washington. Aug. 31. U. P.) Ap proximately 150,000 draftees will be called out during September. If plans of Frovost , Marshal . General Crowder re main unchanged. Part of the Septem ber call is already-ouU-- - -s- PORTLAND'S Messaggero ; Dr. Antonio Agresti. of the Tribuna ; Dr. Leonardo Vitetti, Idea Nazionale ; Dr. Paolo Cappa, Avenire and Corriere d'ltalia ; and Dr. Pietro I Solari', Tempo. With the party also Is Enrico Falcidia of New York, represent ing the Italian press of the United States. The editors are in charge of Kotiert Rudd Whiting, editor of Ains lee's magazine, who is with the foreign bureau of the committee on public in formation. With him Is Carroll Hutch ins. In charge of arrangements. On the Pacific coast M. G. Montrezza of the Roman legion is directing the tour, and in Portland the party was met by Cavalier Paulo Brenna. Italian consul for the Northwest, whose ead quarters are in Seattle. Kept Bust Here ' Arriviner from San Francisco at 7 ;30 1 this morning, the party was met by a , reception committee representing tne.au tne wuiserenie, no (Concluded on Pw Eight, Column Four) APPEALS William D. Haywood and Associ ates Given Stay to Try Plea in Higher Court. Chicago. Aug. 31. (U. P.) William D. Haywood and 93 other I. W. W., convict ed of conspiring to interfere with the war program, were in jail here today, while their attorneys were at work on an 'appeal that is the last hope between the convicted men and the Fort Leaven worth federal prison. Sentences ranging from 20 years' 1m- j prisonment and a $20,000 fine tor Hay- j wood and 14 other defendants to 10 days in jail for two others were pronounced late Friday by Federal Judge Landis. j The men will be held in Chicago on Judge Landis' order until next Friday, after which they will be taken to Fort Leavenworth. A special train was to have carried the men to prison Friday night, s but Judge Landis delayed their departure to permit their attorneys to take action toward an appeal. Before pronouncing sentence Judge Landis declared that there was "no ave nue of escape" from the verdict the Jury rendered. Practically all of the defendants heard their sentences stoically. Haywood walked quietly away when his fate was pronounced. Later he declared -the ef forts of his organization will not relax because he is in jail. Ben Fietpher, .Philadelphia, a negro, grinned at Judge Landis as, be tool a 10-year sentence, and remarked : "Judge Landis is using poor .English today : his sentences are too long." In the rear of the court 40 women, wives and sweethearts of the defend ants, listened fearfully to the sentences meted out by the court. There was no outbreak from them when their menfolk were hurried a'way to the federal build ing in patrol wagons. Later all were permitted to spend 15 minutes with the defendants in a room set .aside for the purpose '.. I. W. W, ARE IN JAIL; PLANNED I j i l i i nkv&. at IS L Break Regarded Probable Be cause of Torpedoing of Ves sels by Hun Divers. London. Aug. 31. (I. N. S.) The German-Spanish situation is critical, accord ing to a dispatch from Madrid early to day. Premier Dato was reported to have been closeted with the American charge d'affaires for several hours. Madrid, Aug. 30. (Night) By Agence Radio to the L N. S. The Spanish cab inet went Into session at 5 o'clock this afternoon to consider the situation grow ine out of the torpedoing of Spanish shiDs by German submarines. Premier Dato cautioned correspondents Just be fore the meeting that the situation calls for extreme calmness and unity. Spam s interests must be held above those of Survivor's Version Sought Madrid. Aug. 31. (I. N. S.) The Spanish government today officially an nounced that it had Instructed the Span ish consul at Cardiff to forward Imme diately the stories of the survivors of the Spanish ship Carasa. sunk by a German submarine with a loss of 16 lives. The announcement stated that the cabinet had heard the secretary of state's account of the torpedoing. A rigorous censorship has been established. British Casualties For Week 16,803 London. Aug. 31. (U. P.) British casualties published in official lists during the week totaled 16.803, divided ai follows : Killed. W'nded. Miss'cr. Officers' 327 974 144 Men 2.360 12.054 944 Total .2,687 13.028 1.088 ROLL OF HONOR In tlx cuualt 7 lint Mow then is bo cam of ny man from tl Icific Nortbwert. IJt 13. :tirni 2: WMhinton. Ana. 81. Th list of rwnaltfe is the United Btatef K-rrice made public today contaitu a total joI 110 names. There -are no member of the marine oorps included : The list is dirided a follows: Killed in action RS Wounded severely 55 Total 110 KILLED IN ACTION LIEl'TENANT EGBERT K. TETLET. North Chelmsford, Mass SeroaanU JOSKPH GFTOKR. New York. N. T. RICHARD JOHNPON. Eau Claire, Wis. M L. UXC. Siadiiion. Wis. HARRY JAMES LEONARD. Alma. Mich. - ARTHUR CLIFFORD PATTERSON. Owesso, Mich. - . Corporals GEORGE W. CHAPMAN, Edsar. Wis. GLENN G. DAHI.EM. Morris. Hi. . HMs JOHN. ENGLISH. Rndvard. Mich. WARD MONTGOMERY ls&RDING. Corunna. Mich: GAYLORD PLATTE LEACH. Manistique. Mich. JOHN WICKLCN. Eau Claire. Wh. Privates EDWARD BORB8. ScotthsTen. Ps. MARTIN OLIVER BROWN, rieasant Plains. N. Y. JOS Bt'BNS. Alamo. Ga. EARL HARRISON CAMPBELL. PopUr Bluff. MO. r CHRIST W. CHRISTENSEN, Gillette. Wis. ANDRES P. DADIZOX, Caibuau, Lejrte, Ptiilrprnna Island. (Concluded om Psf 'Elerea," Coiuma Six) GERMAN-SPANISH CRlTlCA BRITISH Hill HIE LIST Bailleul Reported Captured and Ad vance Continues; Further South French Pushing Toward Coucy and Threaten to Shatter German Line on Vesle River Americans Cooperating With French at Southern End of Salient, Where Heavy Fighting Is in Progress; Battle Line Ex tends Today From Ypres to Rheims LONDON, Aug. 31, 1:35 P. M. (I. N. S.) French troop have advanced east from the Ailette to the outskirts of : the woods one half mile from CoucyLe-Chateau, the. In ternational News Service learned here this afternoon. (Americans are fighting with the French in this sector. Earlier advices told of the Germans fighting desperately to hold Coucy-Le-Chateau. If they lose the city it is believed they will be forced to abandon their line along the Vesle.) British troops have pushed on east of Bailleul, which they captured yesterday, for a mile and a half, it was learned here th siafternoon,by the International: News Service. Lestrom If now held by the British troops and Mont De Lille has been occupied. LONDON, Aug. 31. (U. P.) British troops are advancing' along practically the whole Flanders front, Field Marshal" Haig reported today. They have progressed from one to two miles on two fronts, one of nine miles and one of three. In the northern sector, Dranoutre, the Bailleul railway station, and Mont De Lille hill have been occupied. The British are reported to have occupied Kemmel Hill, south of Ypres, principal enemy bulwark in the northwestern portion of the Flanders salient, which the Germans captured months ago after one of the bloodiest battles of the war. Vieille-Chapelle and Lestrem have been occupied in the other sector. Australian troops are attacking directly west of Peronne and are approaching the city along the north bank of the Somme., They have captured Mont St. Quentin and are now only a mile north of Peronne, it was learned this afternoon. The city is thus practically surrounded. In the Arras region English troops have occupied Eterpigny and are advancing along the Arras-Cambrai road. British troops have made satisfactory progress north of the Scarpe in the past 24 hours. They firmly hold Plouvain and have occupied a thousand yards of the German front line north of Ar-. leaux-En-Gohelle. Allied pressure continued today along a front of 175 miles, from Flanders to Rheims. French Forces Making Progress From Noyon By John De Gandt Paris, Aug. 31. (U. P.) French troops are reported in the vicinity of Guiscard, the important town lying about midway be tween Noyon and Ham. They are also approaching Chauny, the great railway center 10 miles east of Noyon. North of Soissons, French and American troops are striking both northward and eastward. They are advancing obliquely upon Vregny (four miles and a .half northeast of Soissons and two miles north of the Aisne), and at the same time are progressing northward along the road from Terny-Sorny (four miles and a half north of Soissons) to Coucy-Le-Chateau (nine miles north of Soissons). Paris, Aug. 31. (U. P.) Violent artillery fighting between the Ailette and the Aisne (where Americans are fighting) and along the north canal was reported by the French war office to day. ' , r . The battle east of the Ailette river is proceeding violently. The enemy is unable to resist the Franco-American push. Break in Line May Compel Big Retreat Bj Ed. L.. Keea , London. Aug. 21. (U. P.) The bull's eye of the military experts. Interest to day was In the region of Arras where the British have cut the - Hlndenbnre line. Here -the heavleet allied effort is now regristerfne- Its purpose is to crumple the Dro-court-Queant "switch" and jeopardise the stability of the entire Hindenburc line by exposing its northern flank. Unleaa the Germans porsess a new switch behind Queant. continuation of the allied boring tuctlca Is liable to com pel a much bigger retreat than last year's. The next strong German stopping place is probably the line before Lille and .Valenciennes to Lbs lleuse This KtllEL OF BIG SPHG wculd mean an additional retreat from 10 to 10 mi:i. In this connection it is remembered that recent reports from Germany stated that thousands of pris oners. Including Belgian civilians, were hastily completing the old Meuse forti fications. The enemy, realising the crisis, is showing steadily increasing resistance In the switch region. Bullecourt, recap tured by the German, and Riencourt. which Is ours, are the bastions of the switch line. By Lowell Sfellett Same Devastated Ares. Found . 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