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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1917)
HOOVER IS SUSTAINED President Wilson Wins Fight in Con ference for Single Food Adminis trator During War Period. VICTORl IS SEEN IN PEOPLES’ ECONOMY pr«*siilc«l over by capable, dev«»ted men niul wumi'ii who sacrificed every in terest in this national service. This is the organisation of democracy, and this is positive prtx>f that U| h > ii call of national «luty our po«>ple will rise, ami rise over night, t«> the real defense of I their faith. “ ALLIES IN CREAT Washington, D. C,— Yielding to the urgent request o f President Wilson, - French and British Hurl Teutons Brief Resume Most Important senate and house conferees on the food Hoover Says Success in Certain 1 Airmen Drop Two Bombs and Retire control bill Monday eliminate«! the Back on 20-Mile Front. City, Alarmed. Watches Fight. Daily News Items. in Increased Food Supply. provision for a f«xxl board o f three members instead of a single adminis Paris — German airplanes made a ------------- trator and consente«l to make one more raid on Paris at 11 o ’clock Saturday effort to agree regarding the section night. Two bomba were drop|t*xl on creating a war expenditures committee the capital. The opinion is held here o f congress. The conferees had reacheil an im that the raid was made with the object - — — passe on the two proposals when the of testing the |x>*aibility of a success Events of Noted People, Government« President intervened, and there had Reports Made bv Pities Representing ful German attack in force similar to Germans Throw In Great Masara of been indications that a final disagree Freah Troops — Alii Establish and Pacific Northweat and Other 15,000,000 Population Show One- the recent raid made on London. ment might be rep«>rted. The war committee section, written into the A few minutes before 11 o'clock i Superiority o f Air Forres. Things Worth Knowing. Third Decrease in Garbage. bill by the senate and strenuously op watchers of the French aviation serv posed by the President, was the only ice in Paris heard the noise of a motor remaining problem. and then an explosion, followe«l after Before Monday's meeting the Presi London — British tnxqNi in conjunc Free postage for all soldiers, sailors Washington, D. C. — America will a brief interval by another. tion with the French forces on their and marines during the war is pro dent conferred at the White H«>use win the war, Herbert Hoover declared posed in a bill introduced by li epre- with Representative Lever, heading The perfecture of Paris was acconl- left attacke«! the German |iositions in a statement Sunday, because of its sentative Lonergan, o f Connecticut. ingly instructed to give the alarm long a wide front north of the river superior resources and through the Lya at 3:60 Tu«'s«lay morning. Andrew Avery, a negro, was lynched throughout the city. The last notifi- j The text of the British statement ability o f the American people to or on the main street o f Garland City, cation to the |>eople of the capital to announcing the offensive in Flanders ganize. The success, already evident, Ark., Wednesday night. It was take refuge for a jx>s*ible raid was says: charged that he had assaulted and rob o f the nation’s voluntary food conser “ In i*onjunction with the French given on the night of March 16-17. bed William Woods, a contractor. vation effort, Mr. Hoover said, points troo|>* operating on our left, we at Soon after the warning of the raid Vice Admiral Maximilian Njegovan, tacked at 3:50 o'clock on a wule front to a final victory. ers was given, the sky over the city commander o f the Austrian fleet, in an “ Germany accomplishe«! less in this was alive with defense airplanes, north of the river Lys. interview given to the Neue Freie “ The allied tron|>a have captured direction in 12 months," said Mr. Hoo twinkling like stars from which they Presse, declared he did not believe their first objectives on the whole Fire- ver, “ than our people have in four. hardly could bo distinguished, submarines would bring about a decis front attacked and are rc|M>rtcd to be sound- ion in the war. The only need of legislation and au men dashed through the str«‘et* making satisfactory progress at all ing alarms on powerful sirens and one thority is to curb those who would profit by one the street lamps flickered out. points. Deportations o f civilians from Mons, “ (ionsidorable numbers of prisoners Belgium, continue, the German gov by this voluntary movement.” Residents of the city, awakened already have been captured.” ernment sending away 129 men on More than 2,000,000 women, Mr. from their sleep, instead o f taking June 26 and 39 on June 28. It is prob Hoover announced, have enrolled as refuge in cellars, mounte«l to the roofs British Front in France The entente able they will be to work on the Ger or into the streets to watch the dron members o f the food administration man front in France. ing airplanes. At 1:10 o ’clock the allietl forces which launched their and pledged themselves to follow its firemen gave the signal that all danger offensive Tuesday morning have ad- British casualties in all theaters of directions as to saving food within the was over and the Parisiennes turned to vaneed well beyond the ahell-shattcre«! military operations published in the front line German trenches. In many household. Within 60 days, he said, their betls, having seen nothing of the newspapres during the month o f July places they have reached the second enemy. total 71,832 officers and men. The many more millions will have become line defenses on a 20-mile front of at officers killed, wounded or missing to members. tack, according to early report*. tal 2503, while the men number 69,- British and French troop* went into “ No one can rightly be gl«x>my over 329. battle under rover of what perhaps the outcome for the American people The Navy department has ordered Only 50 of 200 Who Went to Front was the greatest barrage fire yet seen 5,100,000 pounds o f canned peas, to be Expert whose appointment as National in this war,” said Mr. H«x)ver. “ Suc during the war. Return- German Women Fight. Food Administrator is assured by cess in this war is a question of re delivered as needed at tentative prices Between Dixmude ami Bocainghe victory o f the President over Senate sources and of the will and ability of o f $1.15 to $1.50 a dozen cans, with Petrograd — When the Russian wo the attackers reported they had se Conferees. all orders subject to revision so prices the people to reorganize themselves to men’s battalion, known officially as the cured the two first lines of trenches may be based on cost plus a reasonable use them rightly and to endure. Many “ Command of Death,” went into ac after having fought over the most profit. difficult terrain imaginable. the house members, and Senator Cham thinking Americans and the whole tion against the Germans near Smor- The British ugain have captured I .a With President Wilson’s indorse berlain, the administration’s senate world has been watching anxiously the ment, the foreign relations committee spokesman, and earnestly insisted upon last four months in the fear that dem gon July 26, they captured a number Bassevile, which they re«-ently relin has favorably reported Senator Mc- one-man food control and elimination ocratic America could not organize to of women, from whom it was learned quished to the Germans. The British and French forces are Germany for the first time that German women Cumber’s resolution opening the way of the clause creating the expenditures meet autocratic Germany. by treaty negotiations for drafting committee. Within an hour after re has been confident that it could not be also were fighting on the battle front faring a large concentration of Ger man artillery and fresh troops which ally subjects in this country into the convening the senate conferees yielded done. have been rushed up. on the food administration section, "Contrary proof is immediately at in western Russia. American army. The entente allies have establishe«! adopting the original house provision our door and our people have already Ten wounded heroines o f the wo - \ Dark days literally are coming for for appointment by the President of an demonstrated their ability to mobilize, Petrograd rom|detc air suj»criority. men’s battalion arrived Berlin. An order has been issued re individual administrator, not subject organize, endure and prepare volun The entente military officials say the Sunday, leaving their commander, stricting the lighting o f stores, hotels, to senate confirmation. morale o f the Germans here is not up tarily and efficiently in many direc restaurants and cafes. The order is The President’s personal interven tions and upon a mere word of inspira Vera Butchkareff, and Marya Skryd- to the old standard. due to the admittedly inevitable coal tion, the conferees declared was tion, aside from the remarkable as loff, a daughter of Admiral Skrydloff, shortage and tranportation difficulties largely instrumental in breaking their semblage o f our army and finances. former commander of the Baltic fleet o f the coming winter. The newspa deadlock in the food administration “ We entered the war four months; and Minister of Marine, in a hospital pers complain nothing is being done to dispute. His course was criticised by ago and it was announced by the Presi- at Vitebsk relieve the situation. some members and some sharp tilts in dent that one o f the great problems o f ; Interviewed, the women said it was Chicago Reports 20 Fatalities in Day; the war would be food. There has reported that o f the 200 o f the corn- Believing Bob Silester possessed of the conference were reported. Cleveland II Mercury 102. Success o f the food administrtion, been no consequential national or local mand who reached the front, only 50 an evil spirit, George Johns, James Chicago Eleven additional deaths Jefferson, Lena Jefferson and Rosey President Wilson told the conferees’ legislation, yet the greatest spontané- remained. Twenty were killed, eight depends upon its ous volunteer effort ever made in his- were taken prisoner and all the rest from the heat were reported to the po- Wilder, Indians, beat Silester to death leaders, largely i lice We<lnesday evening, making a with clubs Tuesday afternoon and bur management by one man. He said a tory has not provided us with a larger were wounded. ied his body in sand, according to an larger board would “ seriously inter stock o f food supply as a result o f “ Several tim es,” said one wounded total o f 20 in Chicago in 24 hours. other Indian, who reported the murder fere with successful conduct of the patriotic planting in every quarter, girl, “ we attacked the Germans. Es- Seventeen o f this number were men There were persistent but but waste is being eliminated out o f ¡ pecially memorable was our attack at and three were women. No account is to Everett, Wash., officers Wednesday, i war.” unconfirmed reports that the President every crack and cranny o f our homes Novospassky wood, near Smorgon, taken of the numerous deaths o f babies All four are under arrest. felt retention of either the three- and of our industries, and this is being I where the enemy, hearing the voices i in the congested districts. Of the Damage mounting into thousands of member board or the congressional done without compulsion of the law, of girls, lost their nerve. The result large number prostrated many will die. dollars was done to crops in North committee would be sufficient Cleveland, O., re|x>rts maximum cause but by spontaneous effort and self- was that many o f them were killled, eastern South Dakota by a hail storm for a veto. Senator Chamberlain de tenqs-rature o f 102 and 14 deaths, in denial of the people. wounded or taken prisoner. Among Monday night. Hundreds o f telephone clared positively that the President In Detroit the “ Our present prospects indicate an the prisoners were a few women, from cluding 11 babies. and telegraph wires in the region are gave no intimation to that effect dur increase of production o f cereals by whom we learned for the first time street thermometers show 103, with 94 down. It is reported that one strip of ing the conference. There have been 850.000. 000 bushels. Literally mil- j that German women also were lighting. the official figure. farming land two mlies wide and ten nine deaths in Detroit. Bittsburg re- In yielding on the food administra lions of new gardens have been planted “ We did not feel the slightest fear miles long between Westport and Gro tion section the senate conferees se- or extended everywhere. We have o f our personal safety. Our passion |s»rts the hottest day o f the year and ton was devastated. Another strip, cured“ ~adoption'of a new section pro the largest supply o f vegetables ever was to serve the fatherland. We ad eight deaths. near Warner, also was levelled. Manufatcuring centers in New Jer- viding for a board o f three members, in our history. vanced gaily against the foe with Since the beginning o f hostilities one o f whom would be the president of “ The wolf is at the door o f Europe laughter and song, our only unpleasant » e y j’eportjrom one to four deaths and 366 persons have been killed and 1092 an agricultural college, to fix wheat and with all these surpluses, our stock sentiments being when we first came in Boston business was generally sus Official injured by>air raids in the London me prices based upon the standard pre of foodstuffs would still have been too to the corpses. Once, when replying pended because o f the heat. tropolitan area, according to a state scribed by congress for next year’s little for the demand upon us during to the enemy’s severe rifle and ma forecasters say the heat wave is gen ment made by Sir George Cave, the J crop o f not less than $2 per bushel for the coming year if our people had not chine gun fire, we discovered to our eral over the entire central valleys. home secretary, in the house o f com- ; No. 1 spring Northern, responded to the call for wise use, amazement that all our men comrades New England and the middle Atlantic The conferees also formally voted to economy and elimination o f waste. in the neighboring mons. During the same period the trenches had states. The lower lake region and the secretary noted 2412 persons were abolish the rule establishing secrecy The response not only in planting, but treacherously fled, leaving us— a hand south and southwest are included in killed and 7863 injured in ordinary I of their discussions. also in conservation, has been of such a ful o f women — to face the enemy the spread o f torridity. In striking contrast with the torrid street accidents in the same territory. spontaneous, magnificent order as to alone. ” ity o f the rest o f the country, points give us confident optimism in the abil The editor o f the Polish Review, in Oregon and Washington report light ity of our people to prepare and to published in London, has received from frost which is said to have damaged preserve. A. R. Lednitsky, chairman o f the com tender vegetation, temperatures there Ariadne, 11,000 Tons, Torpedoed -All "Our American canners will this mittee appointed by the Russian pro On the Conti year produce about 1,700,000,000 cans Several Hundred Work in Chicago Car falling to 30 at night. But 38 o f Crew Saved. visional government to settle affairs in nental Divide, maximum temperature of fruit and vegetables. Our govern Shops Wear Overalls. Poland, a telegram saying that the London — The British cruiser Ari- is 40 degrees. At Fort Riley, Kan., government has granted amnesty to adne, o f 11,000 tons, has been torpe- ment and the allies will require about . . Chicago — Employment of several maximum temperature is 115 degrees 200.000. 000 o f these cans. The re Polish prisoners of war who are Rus- doec| an(j 8Ungi according to an official turns we have from various state or hundred women as laborers by the and one death and numreous prostra sian subjects and who fought against statement issued Monday by the Brit- ganizations indicate, from the results Ryan car plant, South Chicago, begun tions resulted. Russia in the Polish legions and that ¡8h admiralty. There is a bright side to the situa obtained for the first half o f the sea they will not be treated as rebels. j Thirty-eight members o f the Ari- as an experiment several weeks ago, tion, as the hot days and nights are son, that the American women will A strike o f workmen in various adne’s crew were killed by the explo- preserve this year 200,000,000 jars and has proved so successful that several making the corn crop with remarkable trades in Rio Janeiro is growing. The | sion. All the other sailors were cans of fruit and vegetables, and will large manufacturers are considering rapidity and the world will need a lot saved. bakers have joined the movement. thus supply any deficiency called for the advisability o f adopting the plan. o f com. by the armies. The Belgian mission, headed by The women range in age from 18 to 45 Roumanian Morale Fine. Paper Contract Made. “ The eliminaton o f waste in the Baron Moncheur, has returned to years, receive 30 cents an hour and London — The Times correspondent New York— The Editor and Publish country has been most gratifying. Washington after a 9000-mile tour of at Roumanian headquarters, telegraph er published Saturday an announce The best index o f this saving is in work eight hours a day. the country. ment by the paper committee o f the garbage returns from our large cities. Experience has shown that in the ing Saturday, speaks enthusiastically The British submarine C-34 has been American Newspaper Publishers’ asso We have the returns from the month lighter tasks the women perform as o f the morale of the Roumanian sold sunk by a submarine, it is officially an ciation that through a contract made o f June from cities o f population of much work as men, but in the heavier iers and their successful advance, nounced from Berlin. The sole sur by the committee with Lord North- 15.000. 000 showing a reduction of lines one man will often do twice as which resulted in the capture o f 240 vivor was taken prisoner. cliffe’s Newfoundland mill, 80,000 tons their garbage by 32 per cent under the much work as a woman. About 75 machine guns, 80 guns and 3000 pris The fire at the Atlantic Refining of newsprint annually will be available month of June last year. The cor per cent o f the women who begin work oners on the Eastern front. company, o f Philadelphia, late Friday without contract for small newspaper “ Now that we make a broad survey at the plant remain, while the others respondent sAys, however, that, owing night, caused a Iosa estimated at publishers in the United States and oth o f the country after four months we quit after a few days. The women to the situation in Galicia, operations $500,000. Nearly 400,000 gallons of ers who have been paying high prices find every state spontaneously creating wear overalls and are provided with on a great scale were unlikely in Rou gasoline were destroyed. for their print paper. manie. a definite and active food organization special washrooms. GERMAN PLANES RAID PARIS COMPILED FOR YOU WASTE SECOND LINES TAKEN IS REDUCED HERBERT C. HOOVER RUSSIAN GIRLS BEAR ARMS HEAT CAUSES MANY DEATHS BIG BRITISH CRUISER SUNK WOMAN LABOR IDEA SPREADS