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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.
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