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THE OltEGOX STATESXAHt HATUIUWY. JULY 20, 1018.
r ; THE PRECOX STATESMAN t SATURDAY. JULY 20. 1018. ' . . . .
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EDITORIALS
OF THE
PEOPLE
(The Statesman la nleased to print
communlcattona upon toplca of general
interest at any time. There la scarcely
any limit to the topics of "genera.! In
terest." It is asked only that corre
spondents refrain from personalities
use care that nothing- te written
meeting where the resolutions were
adopted. Therefore his allusion to me
should not be as a "eoconspiraior.
since he relishes that term, but arcn
conspirator." 1 plead guilty to dit
ing engineered the whole matter and
am proud of the part that I took in
it. If I had the opportunity I wouia
do the same thing over, ior n u
had the result of acquainting iscn-
with the fact that there is one
body of patriotic and loyal citizens
of this state and city who are not
afraid of him or his dirty sheet and
dirtier methods, and It will be a long
time before he again offends in a
like manner.
As far as his intimations or gran
and incompetence in the state print-
.
of a libelous nature. Letters must have line department are concerned, 1 can
writer's name aad address, though net I nn i .av that anv one who Is ae-
aecessarily for publication. Ed.)
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WAR SUMMARY
(By Tk Aitocioted Presa)
Notwithstanding the fact tinat the
Germans have thrown large rein-'
forcements into the new battle line
' between 8oissons and the region of
Chateau Thierry, they could not stem
the onslaughts of American and the
French troops. T
Friday the Americans and French
battered their way eastward into ihe
deep triangle which has Solssons,
Rheims and Chateau Thierry as its
points. They withstood a terrible
' counter-attack on the plateau south
west of Solssons, where the allied
guns dominate this strategically im
portant town.
' The gains Friday were carried to
their greatest depth In the center, of
the 25-mlle line and on the southern
flank northwest of Chateau Thierry
where the Americans are holding
forth.
J The fighting was particularly vio
lent throughout the day around So
lssons and in the region of Chaudun,
where the Germans sent in large
forces of reserves in an endeavor to
push back the allied troops. Here
the American artillery did notable
'work, killing or wounding many of
the enemy and aiding greatly in stav
ing off the Germans.
"-- The Americans northwest of Cha
tcau Thierry have driven in the line
. upon the plateau north of Ronnes and
i. to the height to the north of Cour-
champs, the former position repre
senting a gain of. three and a half
miles from the point of original de
parture at Torcy. While it Is. not
possible as yet geographically to de
limit with exactitude the gains made
in the two days' fighting along the
front by the French and Americans,
St Is known that at its deepest point
the penetration has reached approxi
mately seven miles and that over the
entire 25-mile front It ranges down
In addition. & the infliction of. ex
tremely heavy casualties on the en
emy, the French and American forces
up to the present have taken more
than 17,000 prisoners, including two
colonels with their chiefs of staff,
and in excess of 360 cannon..
The offensive on the entire west
ern front seems to have shifted to
the allies. East and west of Rheims
where the Germans, last Monday
started a battle along a sixty-five-mile
front from Chateau Thierry to
eastern Champagne the enemy is now
on the defensive on most of the sec
tors where there is any fighting. Frl
day saw the Germans lose additional
ground along the Marne to the
French and Italian troops. East of
Rheims the Germans have not seen
fit to resume the. fighting..
Southwest of Ypres the British
have carried out another successful
incursion into the German lines, cap
turing the village of Meteren, a point
of strategic value for observation
purposes, while further' south Aus
tralian troops gained ground. The
two maneuvers cost the Germans
nearly 400 men and made prisoner
and the loss of a number of machine
guns. 7
The American armored cruiser San
Diego has been sunk off the Long
isiana coast, it is proDaoie that a
German submarine was responsible
for the disasten '
The Cunard line steamer Carpath
ia has been sunk by a German sub
marine off the Irirsh coast and the
British transport Barunga, carrying
unfit Australian soldiers homeward,
has also been sent to the bottom by
an enemy underwater craft.
ill AUTHORITY
K NOT GOBBLED
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ARBITRATION TO
BE CARRIED OUT
Railroad Administration Con
cedes Commission's Right
at Home
Editor of The Statesman:
As would be rematked in parlia
mentary debate, I arise on the ques
tion of personal privilege, and since,
fortunately for the editor of the eve
ning paper, I have no mouthpiece of
my own to answer his malicious
slanders. I ask that you grant me the
space necessary for this communica
tion.
The continued outbursts of venom
on the part of the editorial writer of
the Evening Grouch, yclept the Jour
nal, remind one of the ravings of a
mad dog as he surges along the high
way snapping at everyone in sight.
I feel, however, like apologizing to
the dog for the comparison, for a
dog, unlike the public scold that mis
manages the Journal, usually under
stands when he is in the wrong and
shows a proper repentence for his
past offenses.
-Fischer," like all of his ilk.
evades the issue, and following the
characteristics of the slimy octopus
when his skin is punctured, squirts
his inky venom into the clear waters
of public opinion by resorting to ly
ing attacks upon those who have had
nothing to do with the matter under
discussion. By carefully guarded
lies and outright misstatements of
fact he hopes to get out from under
the weight of opprobrium that en
velopes him.
He has the audacity to tell the
public that he merely criticised the
"unprincipled leaders" of union labor
and not the rank and file Itself. A
reference to the article that has
placed him on the defensive, even
with that portion of the public that
does not have any affiliation with or
sympathy for the labor movement,
will show that he is even a poor liar,
as well as a malicious one, for he said
in that article: "Next to the kaiser
the nation's most dangerous enemy
is union labor and its irresponsible
and ' unprincipled leaders." In the
urn arttclA hA also stated that ''the
commercial telegraphers. like CLARK CLASHES
engaged in war work, are for the
kaiser unless their unreasonable de
mands are met." This Is an indict
nent of every individual member of
inion labor, from the highest to the
'owest. and no evasion on the part of
he editor of the Journal can clear
bis skirts of the charge that he has
vilified beyond recall millions of pa-
'rlotie and loyal citizens of the Unit
ed States, any one' of whom is so far
ibove blm from the standpoint of
uanhood and every virtue that roes
to make up a good citizen that there
' at a i4m f nr- iAmnflriAfi
C a a w ... awi ,-..a a . i.i
So . far as his personal attack Is
concerned, I may add that every
statement he makes in regard to the
action taken by me in the matter of
the withrdrawal of the union print
ers from the Journal office is man
ufactured out of whole cloth and Is
the product of a diseased imagina
tion. I am not a labor leader, never
have been and never expect to be;
and no one, not even my Immediate
superiors in the state printing office.
had anything to do with the initial
move. ' I am a delegate to the Cen
tral Trades and Labor Council from
the Typographical Union, and wrote
and introduced the resolutions adopt
ed by that body, as well as the ones
adopted by the Typographical Union
later on. The Central Labor Council
Is composed of men from every labor
organization in the city, and is there
fore a representative body. The Tes
sa v
nuaintoH with Arthur Lawrence, the
state printer, knows that the con
temptible subterfuge is only another
of the many manifestations of venom
on the part of Fischer to leach the
executive branch of the state govern
ment. I. hold no brief for either
Governor Wlthycombe or Mr. Law
rence, as both gentlemen are able to
take care of themselves. DUl i ao say
that an incompetent man finds him
sef in disagreeable company and
lasts but a short time In tne siaie
printing office, as several of them
have learned to their sorrow. The
nrosent force is as efficient s can
be found in any office In Salem or in
Portland, and having followed the
nrlntlng business for twenty-seven
years, both as a Journeyman and em
ployer, I feel tnat I am compeiem io
judge of the capabilities of others,
if not of, my own.
Fischer has neither the courage
a .1-11 akrf
nor manliness io me u""1
charge of graft, but hiding behind
such evasive expressions as proo-
ably" escapes the libel law.- Ana
since every member of the printing
force in the state office has secured
his situation according to the.ruies
followed in ail union offices, by pri
ority right, his statement that they
secured their positions through po
litical "pull" is a lie on Its face. If
all of his charges in other Instances
and against other Individuals are of
the same degree of veracity as mis
one. It is not to be wondered at that
his paper has neither dignity nor in
fluence with the intelligent ana
thinking masses.
Men like riscner are. no oouui,
like' war, smallpox, measles and oth
er excrescenses which are said to be
the handiwork of God, necessary con
comitants of an Illogical social an
achronism, "necessary evils," as it
were, created as a constant reminder
tn man that there Is no limit to tne
tionth nf degradation that may be
reached by the human race.
Respectruiiy yours.
Fred L. Sefton.
Salem, July 19, 1918.
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WITH TODD
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(Continued from page one)
CARS ABUNDANT,
SAYSfADOO
Director General of Railroads
Makes Surrey of Portland
Situation .
rOKTLANO. July 19. William G.
McAdoo. secretary of the treasury of
the United States and director gen
eral of railroads and his official par
ty arrived today and made a compre
hensive survey of terminals and con
ditions here. Mr. McAdoo said the
country now had an abundance of
cars and locomotives and tnat tne
railroads were well equipped to han
dle the business of transportation of
the country. There was no shortage
of coal so far as it would be due to
transportation of fuel, he said. It
would be moved as fast as It is pro-
d uced.
Mr. McAdoo, following a confer
ence of railroad heads of the north
western district and with Regional
Director It. II. Alshton. authorized
an order by which the "North Coast
Limited" train of the Northern Paci
fic would be operated beginning July
28 over the Spokane. Portland and
Seattle, the Northern Pacific and the
Chicago and Northwestern railroads
between Portland and Chicago.
II. L. Corbett, president of the
chamber of commerce of Portland,
conferred with Mr. McAdoo on off
short traffice out of this port and af
ter the conference It was unofficially
announced that Portland would try
to secure the operation of steamers
to Asiatic ports and that the rail
roads would move traffic consigned
to thla port.
Mr. McAdoo visited the terminals
at the mouth of the Columbia river
this afternoon.
Mr. McAdoo was accompanied by
Mrs. McAdoo, Oscar A. Price, private
secretary: Carl It. Gray director of
operation, and Edward Chambers,
director of traffic. R. II. Alshton.
northwestern regional director. Join
ed them here.
Meet Airs. KHto, Who Is a Coroner
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Fifteen Millions Made
Available for Highways
State Highway Engineer Nunn has
submitted to Governor Wlthycombe
a statement showing the total of es
timated available funds for highway
improvement purposes contemplated
by the commission for the five-year
period 1917 to 1921 inclusive.
The statement shows that from the
several sources a grand total of 115.
058.500.12 will be produced. Since
up to July 1. however. SI. 895.525.91
bad been expended the total amount
available in the next five years will
be $13,162,974.22.
DIM. fA. UaMJi:Rr I olutidns which I speak of were adopt-
a loiii ivi siauutiug- uuuuu i ed witbout a dissenting voice, unless
Problems Made at Meeting
With Disque
v R. H.r Alshton, regional director
for. the railroad administration, told
members of the public service com
mission in Portland yesterday that
the administration will defer to the
Oregon commission, relative to the
policy of the latter on grade cross
ing questions and also that it will
not be necessary for the commission
to surrender its Jurisdiction over in
trastate traffic and short line rail
roads that are not under control of
the government.
"Only two particular crossings
were mentioned to Mr. Alshton,"
said Chairman Miller today. "These
were the crossings at Divide on the
Pacific highway in Lane county
where the commission has ordered
an overhead crossing, and that at
.Votaw on the Yamhill division of the
West side Southern Pacific linos,
where the commission has ordered an
underground crossing.' lie promised
i to order both crossings. Mr. Alshton
requested us to keep-expenses to a
minimum, but said he would defer
to our Judgment. He mentioned the
necessity for economy at the ptfsent
i time 'and emphasized the need of co
operation of state commissions with
the railroad administration to the
end that nothing Interfere with trans
portation of troops! and war materials
"The question of Jurisdiction over
Intrastate tiaffic was not taken up in
detail because It is a legal matter.
We told Mr. Alshton, however, that
we expected to assume our ordinary
authority over Intrastate traffic and
abort line roads in the state and he
agreed that thla would be proper."
PORTLAND, July 19. Provision
for arbitration affecting employes
and employing lumbermen and log
gers of the Northwest were framed
here today when nearly 200 operat- stateg District Attorney Haney
It may be said that they were hardly
strong enough to suit the member
ship. .
Tuesday, the day following the
publication of the contemptible artl
cle in the Journal, and the day pre
vious to the adoption of the resolu
tions by the'lahor council, I made a
trip to Portland at my own expense
and took the matter up with United
gaged. He insisted that thla was no
time to enter upon a project which
he asserted,-- entailed too .much ex
pense and was of 'doubtful utility.
Moreover, the school district now
has an unused" school building on its
hands, and that one or two projects
have been attempted in the past and
then abandoned. "He declared other
institutions .had undertaken the me
chanical department and found it an
elephantine expense.
Superintendent Todd came baca
warmly with a reminder that schools
in Portland and Washington cities
had introduced the department and
not only found it of practical utility
but largely self-su porting. He sta
ted that forty-two states of the union
are now making use of the Smith-
Hughes act. and reminded Clark of
a former contention tnat tne ursi in
stallment of the government money
would practically cover the cost of
a temporary structure, tws runner
fact was cited that a government rep
resentative had been on the ground
and endorsed the project.
As a final effort Mr. Clark ad
vised delay tn letting the conts&ct
ior a ouuaing unui a committee ui
the board could visit other buildings
of the kind and gather data of the
cost. After some further discussion
It, was moveA by R. C. Bishop that
bids be advertised for. covering the
fwo types of building, wood and con
crete, the floor and foundations to
be made of concrete suitable for i
permannent building, said bids call
Ing for the completion of the build
ng not later than August 31. This
motion carted.
WASHINGTON. July 19. A ten
per cent minimum income tax for in
dlvlduals and corporations in Ilea of
the present four per cent for indi
viduals and six per cent for corpora
tions, was favored at today's ex ecu
tive session of the house ways and
means committee, which Is drafting
the new war revenue bill. No con
clusion was reached, however. Low
erlng the fixed amounts exempted
from taxation also was discussed, but
sentiment largely was In opposition
1r
ors of Oregon, Washington, Idaho j Hariey decided that Fischer could not ttledlCal Men VlSlt Camp
ana western Montana met witn col
onel Brice P. Disque, commanding
the spruce production division of the
United States signal corps. The ac
tion of this conference is considered
A. ST .11 . m mm
most eiieciive ana rar-reacning as
a potential power for adjusting la
bor problems.
ine resolutions oeciare for a mu
tual understanding of employes and
employers; open shop; a basic eight
- J M.
nour nay, now ana alter tne war; a
conierenee committee of employes
from each plant to meet with enr
plpyers and .a general committee
named by Colonel Disque. Colonel
Disque. Colonel Disque Is to act as
solo arbiter.
r i a f
ioionpi. uisquo aeciarea tne ac
tion was most important because
"the employers have taken the em
ployes into partnership."
wniic our lads in r ranee are
gaining a grrat victory in the world
war for democracy, the spirit of de
mocracy has won a signal victory in
the lumber organization of the
northwest and will be surely an -aid
in winning the war." said Colonel
Disque.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children
In U so For Over 30 Years
Alwci bears
EigMtorcof
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was
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CADET KLIEK-KILLED
SAN DIEGO, Cal.. July 19. Al
bert Melvin Emery, a cadet flier at
tached to the aviation school at Im
perial Beach, near 1ierc. was killed
south of that rrtace late today, fall
ing tnree thousand feet in a tail
rpin. Emery was doing acrobatic
flying at the time of the accident.
His death was Instantaneous. Emery
had almost finished bis course of
flying Instruction, His home was
in Washington state. ,
be reached through the .espionage
act, for which he expressed regTet,
but his condemnation of the "asinine
and idiotic article," as he expressed
it, and its more asinine and mentally
unbalanced writer was extremely vig
orous and to the point.
Upon my return to Salem I called
upon the president of the local union
and showed him the clipping, which
he had not seen. At my request, and
also by his own inclination, he called
a special meeting of the union for
the purpose of taking action on re
cent editorial appearing in the Cap
ital Journal." This notice was post
ed lq the Journal office, as well as
the other offices In the city employ
ing union men, and of course: Fischer
saw it. Here enters the small Hand
edness and petty duplicity of tjie In
dividual, -fof,rt scenting trouble of
some character, he wrote what he
peased to call a "commendatory" ed
itorial praising the International
Typographical Union and published
it, "hoping the.fby to forestall action
by the men whose loyalty he had de
liberately outraged. As recent events
have shown, he" reckoned without his
host, and could he have heard some
of the remarks that were made at
the meeting his ears would burn with
shame, if such a virtue is still a part
or his insignificant , entity.
To my positive knowledge, and 1
atn willing to take oath as to the
truth of this statement, no man ex
cept myself, or set of men. politicians
or otherwise, had anything to do
with the matter from start to fin
Ish. with the exception of the stale
printer, who accompanied me to Port
land, at my request, and who took
but a secondary and inconsnicuons
part in the proceedings, even at the
on Last Day of Meeting
CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma. Wash.,
July 19. The last day of a three-
day session of the Tri-State Medical
associations annual meeting was
held here today when 472 physicians
fiom Washington. Oregon and Idaho
were in camp all day.
The physicians and surgeons Ie-
gan arriving ear'y this morning from
Seattle where the first two days were
spent, and spent the forenoon In
observance of the methods used In
the base hospital. This afternoon
they met In the Y. M. C. A. auditor
ium where short talks were given
them by medical officers In camp on
the general theme of the physil cx
animation of recruits.
.laier tney inspected the garage
transfer station, the milk depot and
in tbe tnlirn.ar.es.
Ten Per Cent Proposed
Minimum for Income Tax
TAXKEH HAS :WM M EX.
NEW YOItK. July 19. A tank
steamship arrived at . quarantine at
10 o'clock tonight and reported that
she had 300 men on board. They are
presumed to bo survivlrs from the
San IDego.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At Cincinnati
Score: R. II.
Boston i 4 11
Cincinnati 6 S
Rudolph and Wilson; Ring. Ja
cobs, Regan and Wlngo.
At Chicago-
Score: R. II. E.
Brooklyn 2 10
Chicago 0 2
Pfeffer and M. Wheat; Douglas
Carter and O'Farrell.
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p lit fV
fiVV VvV- -U b
Mrs. Lillian Kitto Is the coroner
at Woodland, Cal.. her home. She
can't understand why any one should
be surprlrsed she has taken such a
:
place nor why she likes It. Other
officials of her county say the is
performing her duties as well af any
of them. - - .. v.
Score:
New York . .
St. Louis ....
Sallee and
Gonzales.
McCarty;
R. II. E.
2 10 1
.. 5 14 1
Ames and
At Pittsburg
Score: R. II. E-
Phlladelphia 2 10 0
Pittsburg 3 4 3
Oeschrer. Davis and Adams; Corn-
stock and SchmidL
1 AMERICAN LEAGUE j
At Boston
Score: R. II. E-
Detroit 0 3 2
Coston 5 10. 0
Bailey and Spencer; Mays and
Schang.
At Washington
Score:
Chicago
Washington
Russell. .Benz.
R. II.
5 7
C 12
Danforth
E.
1
4
and
Schalk:
Plcinich.
Ayers, Reese, Ilovlik and
At New York
St. Louis-New York game postpon
ed; rain.
At Philadelphia
Score: R. II. E.
Cleveland 0 3 0
Philadelphia .....2 3 0
Coumbe, Enzmann'and O'Nelllu;
Watson, and McAvoy.
I COAST LEAGUE
At Los Angeles
Score:
Vernon
Los Angeles
Dell and Devormer;
Lapan.
R. IT. E
..4 C 1
. . 1 S 1
Fitter and
BASEBALL GOSSIP
Reds is reds. As In previous
years the Cincinnati Reds started
like a whilwind and then faded away
before July 4.
"Babe" Ruth, the Red Sox ham
mering marvel, has chalked up el
even home runs so far this season.
The veteran Jesse Burkett Is pi
loting a teatn of speedy roller!
in the semi-pro field of New Eng
land this summer.
Rube larqnard. Brooklyn's flos
sy twlriercertalnly has the number
of his old team mates, the Giants
this saason.
Nearly all the members of the New
Orleans teams have landed berths
In the big yard since the closing of
the Southern league. -
From the way the Senators have
been going of late-there doesn't
seem much to be the matter with
Clark Griffith's astlpmers.
It begins to look as If the Pirates
had seen their best days., at least so
for as this year's campaign Is con
cerned. The Cleveland Indians appear to
be in good condition to start some
thing, should the Red Sox or Yan- .
kees hesitate In -the American
Eagle pennant struggle.
Despite of the fact that he had a
ahot-to-pieces team with which to
start the merry doings this year.
Pat Moran has kept his Phillies well
up In the race.
The Boston BravePwere the first
big league team to 7 play ' twilight
baseball, their games at name betas
scheduled to start at i o'clock.
Pitcher "Hippo" Vaughn is hav
ing one of the best years of his car
eer on the mound, with considerable
benefit to the Cubs In their race for
the flag.
The -gsme fight which the New
York Yankees have been putting op
is an excellent testimonial to tho
abilities or Manager: Miller Hug
gins. The St. Louis Browns were for
tunate In annexing a string of vic
tories In the early season, other
wise their recent slump would have .
landed them in the cellar.
Bob Steele, the Pirate pitcher
shipped to Kansas City, should prove
a high' card for the' Blues In tht ir
battle for the meArlcan Associated
pennant.
Captain Eddie Collins of the
White Sox has averaged a pass to
first per game so far, and 19-fit-tntpes
of continuing the clever work up to
the close of the big show.
Even with their great record ot
victories the Bridgeport Eastern
league leaders can't afford to fal
ter for a second. Right at their
heels are New London and Protl
dence and both going strong.
Luzerne Players at Chautauqua
Present "PLAYS OF OUR ALLIES"
Artistic Arches Will
Be Bailt on Streets
DALLAS. July 111. (Special t"
The Statesman) At a meeting or
city council this week a resolution
was adopted favoring tho construct
ion of concrete arches over the mill
race at the Intersection of Lvens.
Church and Jefferson streets. The
new concrete arches will .take the
place of the old wooden ones which
are considered dangerous to travel
by the eouncilmcn. Bids on the con
struction of the new Improvements
will txt let at an early date and It
13 propopd to have the work com
pleted this falL
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Hays of Our Allies, one of the Ostnr renbara of the Chautauqua thla season, consists of four one-art drsmst
taken from the best works of Ecr?xa d-TL lists. They truly depict the life and customs of our allied countries
acrossthe Atlantic. The Lurerrs I-.) era. is-ier the personal direction of Luzerne West rot t CrandaTl. who will pre
sent -Plays of Our Allies.- is a co-jpa-, 0f eer?eace4 artists, poees,!ng hlstronlc ability of a high order. Mr.
Crandall was formerly Managlnx-rMrectw cf Us People'. LitUe Theater Company of San Diego ,nd is at present
Instructor In Dramatics and Public PW.i at the Cveisity of Arizona. DnHnc the ranaraa-Callfornla Exposi
tion in San Diego in 1916-17. Hi. CrvadalT compacl. presented several productions with unusual success for the
Exposition management. - '