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DAILY EDITION 0 HANTS PAM, J08KPIIIXB OOUJITT, OKiXJOX, Till lUiDAY, SUTKMIIKR 87, I91J WHOLS XlstfiER MM. VOU VIII., Xo. l. ', - v . HA1G IS $11 P AT llltlTIKII HKLD M.lltrlll.W, MVT COMTKVr WITH fMIKAT VIC. , TIHIV OK TlrKDAV . i OrniNii launched I'liwrrful Attack In Kutlle Attempt to Ureas, up the Kmh (rd llritlsh Advanr Wnnhlimlon, Kept. 27. The llrll Uli victory In Flanders yesterduy ap pears o lie about as complete any limy have gained lu three years' operations. TmUy foti nil I hu lit In poimt-Milon of ground whlrb they hail wun un a slx-uille front from the Tower of llnuili-u to Si. Julian. . They are continuing (he premium of Ih (ierman hard aflnr repulsing nuiiitroua counter-atlui-k. New fighting developed toduy aoiith of Polygon wood, the 'AuKtrallmia on that front giving I he turd preimed Oermana no real. 1 I. lint nlKht the Hermans attacked the French unsuccessfully on the Alnne front. The most lintiortant points In volved In the new offensive, a wns the cant six daya ago. lay illretly east of the city of Ypre. belwoei the Ypres-Uoulers railway, and (! Ypres-Wenln highway. Hern arc altuated those strongly held eleva llona that still remain to the (lot man out of the numerous rldg and (origin, which formed a'vilul part of their defenao In thin section of Belgium. , Last Thursday they suffered a rniHhlnx blow In ' the loss of imcIi Ntronnbold an A nunc, Nun's rood, (llrncorae wood and Inverness ipso and now an ever-rlslm tiJt ! ."racli Ing out for tl 111 mora. The (lermun uniijub'.edly linww thut the attack was pending nt.1 ll la tirohalile thut Ihclr heavy counter attacks yesterday and IiihI' night against the British positions on the rldge east of Ypres, Polygon wood and Tower Hamleta were carried out In an attempt to frustrate the Brli IhIi plan. The Hrltitlh artillery had been pounding the whole front of tbe new offensive for duys, hut laat night a concentrated fire wan turned on that section where the counter-attacks were mailo and the entire ground waa torn and amiinheil, toxother with the men who. hidden under sparse ahelter, were endeavoring to hold thla point of vantage. Hnlg'e new thrust was delivered from the base of front lino pottltlons completed Inst week before which the Oormana held nnmeroua vantage polnln of strategic value, barring the way to further" Inrouda by tho Brit ish or for'pusslng the British line by machlne gun and ririo bullets. Aa on prevlonn occasions, Unix loosed a verltablo Inferno of artil lery fire against the Herman before launching hi attack early Wednes day, and when night fell many Im portant ponltloni had been ridded of the enemy. STATE. PROSPERING Salem, Ore., Sept. 27. Ilimlnes-t prosperity In roflected In tho Btatp ment of the 20 Imnkn nnd trust com panies In F'ortlnnd, according In figures compiled toduy by S. 0. Sar gent, supnrlntendnnt of banks, bused on conditions tit tbn close of bus iness on Septoinlior II. , . Deposits show a not Increnne for the year or $ 1 7,2S.4 97.0X. Total resources of the Portland banks amounts to $115,234,884.73, which Is a net Increane for the yenr .of 18,.730,8i3.32." f OUNDING GERMAN LINES PEOPLE DEUO . ai u nt I'lpiilar lieiiHinnirHiliin In iiuriu .lire in Knvor of hum, dim Hrrnk Willi Teutons liuenoa Alien, Hepl. 27. Tbe greatest demonstration liuenoa Aires ever aaw occurred yesterday aa an evidence of lh almonl iiniiil- nioui feullng of. tbe people agalnat Qermany. Two hundrid tlioimnnd 1'eople punuied the l reels, led by senators and members of the cham ber of rivpitJle. The populace almu the line of mar. h threw flower and flaga on tbe Iho.inr.nd parading and cheer ed repreneittatlvef from the con grena of 1'raguay for the evidence given by their presence of the aoll darliy of Interettn and lympathlei between I'raguay and Argentine. FLOOD DEVASTATES - IVklng. rtept. J5. (Delayed) Kloodn threalvu the dvntrurtlon of Tien Tuen. The river la rapidly rla- Ing and portion of the foreign con- cennlona aa well nn the Chinese city are already Inundated. Millions of 'hlnene are homelenn. Tbe great plain aoutheant of Peking In covered. f,V honaih.awh ms IS I'lmilAIII.Y Umdon, 8pt. 27. Caplaln J. Vt. Law, llrltlnh aviator, waa report ed mlnalng yenterday. He haa not returned from flight over the Oer man linen. Young Uw la a son of Andrew Tlonar-Iw, chancellor of the exchequer. Now York, Sept. 27. Wm. M. Dennett who Is contesting the repub lican nomination for mayor of New York with the present Incumbent, Mayor Mitchell, gained 220 votes, while Mitchell lost 91 In the re count now In progress. With the compeltlon of the re-count In the 17th assembly district, Dennett has a lead of 314. TAX PAYMENTS BEGIN 0N0.SC. NEXT WEEK rni'tland. Sept. 27. The m Vnlted rftatea government will begin next week tbe payment of approximately H.tiOO.OOO to one Washington and eight Oregon counties on back taxes nn the Oregon & California land grunt lands, according to a tele gram received from Washington to day by Oswald West. On account of the receipt of this money some counties may reduce their tax levies, West asserted. ' r WASHI,(JTOX WANTS A NKW HIGHWAY (X)IK Ilurlingham, Sept. 27. The , ex ecutive committee of the Washing ton good roads association, In con vention here today, recommended to Governor Lister that he appoint a committee to re-draft Washington road laws. R. L. Sparger of Seattle, president, pf the association, made the statement that the war time la bor shortage and higher wage scale hud Inrreasod from 30 per cent to RO per cenf the cost of road build ing this year. Sparger also nr.god the delegates assembled to , pledge tholr services to the government In furthering economical toad building. Mexico City, 8ept. 27. ReportB that foreign clergy are to he ex pelled from Mexico were denied to day by the judiciary department of the government. ' ' "" ' " ' U STARTS SERIES WAR STATEMENTS HIWT OKKK I.IIi WAIt lKIAHT MKXT ANXor.NCKMK.NT O.N n HITI'ATIO.V ALLIES ARE OM THE OFFENSIVE 1'r.igraiu of Allrlllon I nlll foiled NtMtr Army TlirwHa lm'Mlii Weight Into lUlnar Washington, Sept. 27. The Drat official statement by the United HI a tea war department concerning military operations In general waa Inaued by Secretary Maker laat night. Thla announcement probably Inau gurates a scrim which will be devot ed largely to the a?t!vt! of Ameri can troops abroad, though the first announcement refera to the situa tion In general rather than Ameri can forcea. "It may he staled affirmatively that the ascendancy In the went has passed definitely to tbe allies, air though the latter are content by tac tics of attrition to wear down the enemy, giving no respite until such a time aa the fu. e of our army may make Itself felt In the field. "The week Just cloned has been jone of Increased activity on the part of the allies, and may be taken as a presage of what the enemy la to ex nect next spring. ' ''Aa the time draws near when military operations on t large acale must come to a standstill, owing to the approach of winter, It becomes evident that the enemy does not feel himself In a position to undertake the much-advertised offensive action so often boasted of at home during the past summer, In order to end the -war victoriously by Christmas. (X)Ali 8ITI ATION IX HUNCK IS HKTTKIt Paris, Sept. 1. (By mail) The coal situation has taken on bright er aspect alike M. 'Ixjucheur, the new coal minister, assured parlia ment energetic measures were being taken. The municipal . authorities now announce there will be no shortage, of coal If transport facili ties can be Improved. The monthly supply for Parla Is 100,000 tons. THE HEIGHT OF ' " ' ' 'If ' . ' : 1 ' . - ' . ' - i ARRESTS SHOW PLOTS ON WAR SUPPLIES OVK HIMHtKU MCVY VOKK OKIU mash iur.M:o IP .MICH v K llKN(TJ roi'MI Mim lilnUla Planned to Itaetroy Mo-aUiu-iiMiklii Mitvliiiiee wid Marine Knglnea New York, Sept. 27. Plans to wreck the machinery In munition making ahops throughout America at tbe bidding of German agents In Europe, are believed by the police to have been defeated through the arrest of over 100 Germana and their sympathizers in raids which began last night. All the aliens arrested were taken to Kills Island, where they will probably be Interned for the dura tion of the war. ' Nearly all of those arrested are mechanics and several of them were employed In munition plants or on navy contracts. In the possession of some of them were found quantl ties of carborundum In pulverized form, a chemical used to destroy delicate machinery. Tbe detectives who made the ar rests brought with them aatchels. suit cases and bags which It was Intimated contained Important docu menta. One of tbe men taken Into custody was Helnrlch Wetterhahn, wjreless expert on the German steamship Friedrlch der Orosse, on which Incendiary bombs were man ufactured to aet fire to ahlpa carry. Ing munitions to the allies before this country entered the war. Groups of aliens also were brought from nearby cities. COOD ADVA (: SKAT HAI.K mil WOULD SKIUKH Chicago, Sept. 27. There have been more than 75,000 applications for seats for the world's baseball championship series received at the park of the Chicago American league club, It was announced. Tbe seating capacity for the Chicago games has been over-subscribed three times. It was said. THE STORM. Cartar in Philadelphia Press. IT IMPORTER OF BOOZE JAILED draala I'aaa Maa Hkutm Ftuoi tl Ifonila) With Hiiltraae) rilled With Conlralwad A. B. Danks of tbla elty waa ar rested by Chief of police Mclne as be stepped from the northbound train thla morning, carrying a suit- cine which looked suspicious to the chief. When aearcbed, the suitcase waa found to conuin alx quarts and one pint of whiskey which Danks had purchased In California. - He annerted that It was for his own use, but Mckane soon convinced him that even If that be true, bis method of Importation waa hardly compat ible with the new bone dry law of Oregon. Danks was lodged In the county Jail and will be arraigned either late this afternoon or tomorrow. IS ui IK I1IU Washington, Sept- 27. The gov ernment's ship building labor board leaves Wednesday for 8eattle to take up the Pacific coast strike sit uation at first hand. It will later visit Portland and Ban Francisco. The adjustment board haa been trying to settle the Pacific coast strike for some weeks without suc cess. The members are Everett Macy, E. F. Carrie and A. J. Berres. In each of the cities to be visited, representatives of the ship builders and the strikers will each name a temporary board to deal with the situation In that particular locality. BRITISH HARVESTS London,. Sept. 27. An official statement from the food production department gives a reassuring view of the harvest prospects In the Brit ish Isles, aid by way of contrast, a summary of the gloomy situation in enemy countries. In England, It Is stated, recent re ports of damage from rain and storm were heavily exaggerated. "While the recent storms damaged crops In some areas, there Is, speak ing generally, not the slightest ground for publicanxiety or alarm" says the statement. In Germany, on the other hand. the Information received by the British agricultural authorities la that "the crops are not only exceed ingly bad in the best areas of the German empire, but the whole har vest of the central powers will in all probability prove disastrous in con sequence of the violent weather which has prevailed over western Europe." KEIXY Ml'RDKR CASE HAS OOXK TO JI RY Red Oak, Iowa, Sept. 27. The case of Rev. L. 0. Kelly, on trial for murder in which he is accused of having killed eight persons with an axe, went to the Jury at 5. o'clock yesterday afternoon. Rev. Kelly In sisted that he was innocent np . to the last. . . -v YEAR'S WAR BILL IS ' Washington, Sept. 27. America's war bill for the first year will be at least $18,600,000,000. . !- Treasury experts today computed that the United,. States government is now spending about $ 1.500, 000, Ono a month, t,b,000,000 a day or more than $2,000,000 an hour. . America has loaned to, the allies to date $2,426.400.000 at the rate of about $13,480,000 a -day. EIGHTEEN STRIKERS AND POLICE CLASH AT PORTLAND MAYOH BAKER TAKES COM MA. VI) AND PROHIBITS AU PICKCTIXO AT YARDS TEH PICKETS I11STB tiorerajor, Hayor, Hhertf staid Armf Officers Join in Seeiaf That 0 der Is Preserved Portland, Sept. 27. Ten pickets were arreated today at the shipyards hlch were recently dosed fcf strikes. Several yards mads fntils) attempts to re-open on the opsm shop basis but It la estimated that only about ISO out of the 7,00 strikers returned to work. Cwr&wZ' Wlthycombe announced today tha, . he would not withdraw the troops) from Astoria until the situation had become settled. Police sod deputy sheriffs clashed with shipyard strikers late yester day, when about 200 men attempted to picket tbe plant of tbe Willam ette Iron and Steel Works, aa "open" shop. The strikers were stopped a block from the worka by police and were) notified to disperse. They refused and several arrests were made, based upon' a ; new ordinance, adopted er the people last Jane, prohibitive; picketing. . .A feature of the aituatloa waa that Mayor Baker, who is also eons mlssloner of. public safety, directed the police in person. Also presort were Sheriff Hulburt, Adjntant-Geav era! White or .the Oregon national guard; Lieutenant-Colonel Carls) Abrams, commanding certain troops, and practically .every command log officer In the bureau of police. RISKIAXS 8U18CRIBING WKLL TO LIBERTY VCtAX Petrograd, Sept. 27. The treas ury announces that subscriptions to the liberty loan have reached 3,90.- 000,000 rubles. . . . ,. ....... . ... Portland, Sept. 27. The report reached hero late this afternoon that the physicians of Senator : Chamberlain expect to operate for appendicitis, tonight., or. tomorrow unless his condition changes for the better. , DENMARK REDUCES ITS STANDING ART.1Y Copenhagen, Sept. 27. The Dan ish government has ordered another reduction In the size of the standing army. The step Is taken, it is stated, "mainly for financial rei3ons. but ' also because discipline in the army has been weakened nnd its quVil , detei-lorated under protracted ser vice." : At the beginning of the European war, Denmark called up 45,000 men lit addition to the 12,600 who are. always under training. This force was gradually 'reduced to 25,000, and a further reduction of about 25 per cent has now been decided upon. '' ; All the parties, except the conser vative group, have approved of the government's . decision. . The censer-, vatlvea declined acquiescence on the t ground that they could not admit that "the danger of a violation of Denmark's neutrality has 'been, es- sentlally diminished." Mill ACES SEVERE 0PERAT10
