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I HEDFORP ME ' TRIBUNE. rEDFOTlB. nKCOX1, TTTTTT?SD'AT. JULY " 2fi. " 1917 r PAGE SIX KAISER'S DREAM HOW DESTROYER OF OVERLORDSHIP ACTS UN ATTACK NOW SHATTERED BY SUBMARINE German Prisoners Believe War Must End by Diplomacy Rather Than Victory Prepared to Hold Out Until End Conditions Not Bad In Germany. LONDON, July 12 (liy mnil). nnimiy's dream of world conquest has been shattered mid the belief nnioni; nil classes tliere now is that the war must end through diplomacy rather than by n brilliant vietory, according to tlio German prisoners in England. A representative of the Assoeiated Press who has just returned here nfter a visit to the Inro internment enni at Dorchester, where approxi mately 11100 German prisoners are (iiartereil, is enabled to present many interesting side lights on the German viewpoint as represented by men of nil types who have fought with the ( i i-i-ii in 11 J'orres on land and Hen and in the air. These may be HummariKed ns follows: (lenuany having held out thus far, she is prepared to hold out to the end. Xo Shortage of Materials. The ceouoniie situation ill .fier mnny is not as bad as it has been represented either by the belligerent r neutral press. rontrnry to reorts, there is no visible shortage of materials iietu nlly needed for the proseeution of the war. Ameriea's entry into the war will prolong rather than shorten it. Tha United States being essenti ally a commercial nation, she cannot make her jreat ninn power felt soon enough to ehnnge the conrsi) of events. The submarines are doing all that was expected of them. A young Herman airman who was brought down recently off Dover seemed to express the view of. the more intelligent class of prisoners by asserting there had been "so many declarations of war'' against Ger many when the United Slates came in that any more did not matter. Ignorant of AiiierlcA. Threo Prussian youths, who were taken prisoners by the British in the recent Messines push, were believed to huvo represented the attitude of the peasant classes when they as serted that they did not even know the United- States had entered the war. A tall, distinguished looking fellow who bud been a prisoner taken in the battle of the .Manic, and who said lie was formerly a lawyer in Ftu Vuria, expressed the belief that the war would uudoubtt-dly result in giv ing the German people a more demo cratic form of government. Jli doubted, however, whether unv at tempt to remove the emperor would succeed. Prisoners (Vintcntcd. The remarkable training of the Germans is shown in the discipline maintained at the Dorchester prison camp. Although more than 'JO, (Ion prisoners have been interned there since the war started, only two have nlti'iiiptcd to escape. Almost with out exception the Germans sav they are contented with their surround ings and are well treated. Perhaps the one thing that im presses an Aiiieiieiin inos is the spirit of sympathy wlia-h seems ti exist between the llriti-h olluial and their German charges, ami hieh is shown not so miieh in tlieit- imli tnry salutations as by the earc the one has taken not to contribute any inore than is necessary to the dis comfort of the other, while tile pri oner himself smilingly accepts his l,,t lis one minutely better than that ot Ills former comrades in ninis. Correspondent Aboard Warship Convoying Troopships Describes U-Boat Attack Vessel Narrowly Averts Torpedo Apparatus Is Quickly Manned. OF rOKTI..NI, July 'Jo liev. (1. U. live, who says he is pastor of the First Ihiptist church of Mount Ver lion, (V, is at liberty under lOHli cash bond here today, having been nrroslcd on the charge of setting fin Tuesday night to a dwelling In 'unit ing to him hen1 to collect fJ.'iUO in surance. George Clark, who lives near the Dye dwelling, said tic saw a man running from the burning builidn'g on (ho nielli of the fire ami later identi fied Kev. live, police assert, liev Dva assert his innocence and said be did ot arrive in Portland from Ohio until Suliird.ix morning. Fire men said the J ire was started in five different pluees. BRITISH PORT ON THE SOUTH COAST, Juno 27 (by mail). Just how a British destroyer acts when attacked by a submarine was unex pectedly demonstrated to an Associ ated Press correspondent today while tnrveling on one of the mod ern oil-driven torpedo bout destroy ers from Knglund to France. The correspondent had been taken aboard the destroyer for the pur pose of observing British methods of combatting the submarine menace, when the boat was suddenly attack ed by a snbinnrine, a toi-pedo missing it by a scant six feet. Convoying Troop Ships. The destroyer was one of a cer- tain number which were convoying sonic large transports carrying Brit ish troops to France. The groi p of ships was half way across the chan nel when suddenly one of the look outs saw a pair of twin jeriscoies rise for a moment a few inches nut of the water, a half mile nwav. They were gone the next instant, but almost before they had gone came the shout, ''Submarine on port bow," accompanied by a shrill call of warning from the destroyer's whis tle and the fluttering out of the flug which notified every other shin in the convoy of the enemy's presence. tin every ship things began to happen more quickly than the tellinp. Guns were swung in tha direction! from which the periscope bad been seen, ready to speak if it appeared again. Torpedo tubes likewise were swung into line, and the numerous anti-submarine devices along deck were manned. Tonxxlo Plainly Scon. But even while this was being done came the tnredo, clearly visible from the deck, its gleaming brass body glistening in the bright sun light, its propellers sending it at ex press train sieed straight toivnnl the destroyer. Even thus, it might have found its target but for the presence of mind of the BO-year-old coxswain. He had been first to sight the peri- copes and had rushed to nn emerg ency lever whereby he instantly stopped the port engine, thus swing ing the ship to n lurch to the left. The torH-do whizzed through the water six feet behind the stem of the destroyer. Saved by Coxswain. Except for the coxswain's action iu twisting the ship from its course, the missile would apparently have made n square hit in the stern maga zine. Meanwhile, the wireless wa.? nt work notifying the shiips in all di rections that the enemy was near. "We sighted a submarine on the port bow, just off blank buoy, 2;o;i p. m. TorjH'do passed just behind our stern, missing us. We are proceed ing with our convoy," said the cap tain's message. It was caught sim ultaneously ashore and afloat by n hundred vigilant wireless operators. me destroyer s captain, aeroiding to ins or.lers, must m,t leave his con voy to seek nut and attack the U boat. Others would attend to that. Already they were gathering fur the -iiiini eis, causers, drillers, destroyers, even a dirigible airship hail caught the wireless call, and with the ipuek turn of a sea gull wa swooping donn to the pursuit. Occupied Few- Seconds. Tl. in.- iiiuispciis nn destroyers, although fairly confident that the I -boat would scarcely dare show herself niiuin. were nevertheless tak ing every precaution. Every slop was at lull speed, nd-liuniiinr .le- storvcrs constantly protecting their eliarges. llie whole attack occupied bare seconds. Convoy and charges were out of range in a few minutes at tin most. Twenty minutes later the trans ports were safe in their port of les dilation. Meanwhile the business of seek ing out the enemy was going on in the licet of the submarine hunters, which had gathered around "blank oiiov, jusi now me worK ws done and just what was the result it is not ermitted to tell. George II. Cecil, district forester, expect to return to hit Portland eadtiuartera Thursday night. 11 has been In the Prospect and Crater Lake district for several days. TRACTOR AGAINST U-BOAT; THAT'S WAR ISSUE BOOKS WANTED FOR LIBRARY OF Jitney Horse Already at Work Huge Success Secret of the Ford Tractor Is Told. DETROIT, July 20. Henry Ford against Krupp. Detroit against Essen. Tractor against submarine. Tbls Is the new array of forces In the world war. ... The submarine is the engine of starvation; the tractor Is the engine of plenty. The submarine stands for destruction; the tractor for produc tion. It Is the submarine's mission to starve the allied world Into submis sion to Germany; it is the tractor's purpose to nourish it for victory over kalserism. Henry Ford has invented the trac tor. He has perfected it. He is be ginning to manufacture It in large quantities. Ford's tractor will revolutionize farming. It will multiply the produc tion of farms. It will double, triple, quadruple the yield of crops. It will stock the allied world's pantry. "My tractor Is a. proved success," sold Henry Ford toduy. "It will ac complish all I have sought for It to accomplish." Ford, the patriot. Is fighting IS hours a day In the fore line of the bat tle against autocracy. He believes vic tory rests with the alliance or nation that can feed its people longest. And Ford is fighting to produce the food. This Is Ford's conviction: If the allies fall to force a victory with land forces, sea navy and air navy, their last weapon is the tractor. A military stalemate means a war of starvation. And the tractor will feed democracy while kalserism shrivels from the starving. The tractor Is neither as romantic as the submarine nor as picturesque as the "tank." It Is only eight feet long and four feet high, a cross between an automo bile and a traction engine. It can do any farm work a horse can do, and at least six times as much. One man and a tractor can accomplish as much as six men and six horses. The yield of a farm depends on the labor expended on it The tractor will labor 24 hours a day; seven days ft week; 365 days a year. It will plow, harrow, plant, cultivate, reap, furnish power for farm machinery and haul crops to market. i . Othor tractors now on the market will do these things and do them well. Four thousand tractors were used in the spring planting In Kansas alone. But Ford's new tractor is to the tractor world what Ford's automobile Is to the automobile! The Ford trac tor's characteristics are these: It Is cheap. It Is easy to operate. It burns gasoline, kerosene or alco hol. It is simple to construct. It can be built in vast quantities. "Quantity production" is the key note of Ford's plan for defeating the submarine with the tractor. The more tractors, the more food. Ford has beitun to build tractors for England at his experiment plant at Dearborn, a Detroit suburb. He Is rushing enlargement of this plant to make certain delivery ot 7000 tractors to England by February in time for next season's farming. England gets the first because Ger many is trying to starve England first. Ford Is building another tractor plant at Cork, Ireland. Tractors built In Ireland are sure to reach their des tinations In the British Isles. And food raised in the Hrltish Isles is sure to reach the mouths of the British people. A dozen Ford tractors already are tilling English soil. These the Brit ish government has heartily approved and thankfully accepted. I found Ford in the rush of his la hors. Ho has almost entirely forsaken his fioo.ouo.ooo auto plant and for six months has devoted himself day and night to his tractor. The com pleted machine is the product of years of thought, bat It has been brought to perfection In these six months. iXow 50 of them are proving their worth on Ford's 4000-acre ranch at Dearborn. i Two months ago Ford told close friends: "At last I have the tractor to a point where It can be produced and marketed successfully. It's a winner." The "winner" Is the evolution of So models that have been built and tried at Dearborn In the past two years most of them during the last six months of Intensive effort. Ford thinks of his tractor not only as a weapon of war, but blessing In peace. lie foresees the day when the f.0.- OOtl.OOO farmers in the world will be equipped with tractors. The price of each tractor, when ma terials reach a normal level, will be about 300. i no lulled States government Is co-operating wiih Ford to obtain quantity production of the tractor as a farm necessity. The house of rep resentatives, largely on recommenda Ford tractor nt work hauling gang plow to help beat U-bon,ts. A. E. Beanies returned' from Port land Thursday, accompanied by E. B. Tongue, county attorney of Hillsboro. Hon of Secretary of War Baker and Secretary of Agriculture Houston, has appropriated S-190,000 to make the River Rouge navigable. This is to provide water transportation to assist Ford in building the Immense tractor plant and blast furnaces he plans. The tractor plant and furnaces will eventually dim In magnitude the Ford auto plant, with Its 37,000 employes. Detroit will defeat Essen.' Ford will triumph over Krupp.' SERBIA 10 ESTABLISH SAN JOSE APPEALS FOR FEDERAL COM IT, July 2(1. The Serbian government contemplates nn early re-establishment of the seat of gov- ,.T.nmmit mi Serbian soil. The first move will be to Saloniki, where King Peter and Crown l'rince Alexander have already established themselves. Later the scat will be established I near Monastic. ' SAX JOSE, Cal., July 26. The war department was appealed to for troops to guard life mid property threatened here by 20011 cannery strikers, City Manager Thomas II. Reed announced today prior to a meeting of city and county officials and citizens' committees. The Seventh company desires to ex press Its appreciation for the gift of about 100 flno library books donated by Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Clark. This gift Is doubly appreciated since the company will be located for an indefi nite time where no literature will be available and tbls splendid gift will "assist in providing entertainment dur ing many dreary hours for the men of the company. One of the company clerks has been assigned as librarian of the company, f and has catalogued and numbered the library of the company consisting of about 150 books. The volumes will be checked out when drawn by any member of the company and the libra ry will be conducted in the usual methodical military stylo. ' , ; Any one having a surplus of good literature will find a welcome place for It by presenting it to the Seventh company library. The list of books already, possessed by the company comprises complete sets of Dickens, Mark Twain and a few other standard t works, besides many ot the best pop ular novels, biographies, etc. How ever, several hundred more can be taken along If they should be donated to the soldier boys. Captain Vance will be glad to send a messenger after any books that may be donated before the company leaves for Fort Columbia. Mr. and Jlrs. Solon H. Williams of Yreka, California, are spending the week end in Medford. f ' TAPlant that Grows ' Jt I..",.. AmMM .with theTimes 1 ffli&fylll' f ' VS. Jijf About five years ago we conceived a tremendous idea the iNVjlfll I'l . : i. , -AityA A'W uMl idca of S""11 to America a scft drink such as it had never JMgi Uf ' .' J$$j, !i;Jf ffiS before tasted. 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