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Newspaper Page TextUni- ersity of Oregon Library WEATHER Maximum vestordav, 89; minimum today, 4G. FORECAST Tonight and tomorrow, fair. edpokd Mail Tribune Forty-seventh Year. Dally Twplfth Yenr. BRITISH SMASH GERMAN LINES FOR GOOD GAIN Haig's Forces Attack and Capture German Forward Positions East of Hooge, Belgium Defense Stiffens After First Rush, and Heavy Fighting Follows. ItlilTISir FRONT IN FRANCE ViAXI) BELGHM, Aiii:. 10 Ki.-l.l ' Marshal Sir Douglas llaig's foyos lit daybreak this morning nttackod mid captured virtually all t lie German forward positions cast of the Belgian town of 1 lunge, on Hie liallle i'riint between Frozenbiirg and (lie Ypres Mcnin road. The assaulting forces trained vir lually all llieir objectives lo the depth of several hundred yards in the first rush. The German defenses stiffened lif ter .the initial onslaught and heavy fighting developed at some plaeos, hut at the latest reports the Briti were holding their new line strongly. Important gains by holli the Brit ish and the French on a seven-mile front, tailing in Westhoek and Bix sehoote, are also reported. British troops lust night finished the task of driving the Germans from the town of Westhoek and likewise eleared (hem from the lines on the ridge near the town V I'relKli Add to Cains. The- Freneli near Ilixselioote ad vanced east and mirth of that place, adding to their recent gains. Along stretches of the Arras battle front, there are evidences of pro nounced activity by the entente forces. Loudon today reports ex tensive raids by the British east of Monohy-lo-Prciix, in the Arias area, and reports come in of the notable work by the Canadians before the coal city of Lens. It has seemed several times that the fall of Lens was imminent, hut evidently the hour has not been con sidered ripe to deliver the final st roke. (jri-iiiun Official Itcport. BERLIN, Aug. 111.- Deep masses of British troops lat night attacked the Gentian positi'uis on the Arras front, between the Monehy-Polves road and the Arras-l'aaibrai road. The storming waves, according to the official German statement, suffered severe losses. and were repulsed uf tf ter liund-to-hand fighting. North of SI. ((ucnlin, the Germans captured some lines id' French trenches over a front of 1 1211(1 yards and took Li(l men prisoners. Hetween the Y-cr and Lys rivers, in Belgium, the statement says, the artillery activity was ' increased in drumfire this morning when allied infantry attacks were launched over wide sectors east mid southeast of Ypres. French Official liexirt. l'AUIS, Aug. in.--The French forces last night made furl her pro: ress against the German positions t the licLnan front. The Frenchmen broke into the German lines, occupied several farms to the east of Bix schoote and we-l of Langwarck, and captured a number of tmtcliiue guns, according lo the official statement given out today by the French war office. North of SI. Oiictiliu the Germans nttacked the French positions! along a front of nearly n mile in Ihe region of Fayette. The French stalcmcnl says the assault was repulsed, except at the center, where German detach ments pained a foothold in the French advanced trenches. In the course of the night the Ger mans also made violent attack on the French lines between I'antheoii farm and Fpine des Clievregnv, on the AiMic front. Some German detach incuts which chcl rated the French trenches were cither killed or ea tared after luind-lo-hand lighting. MAIHi'in, Aug. in. After negoti ations nil eiing n long period between the railroad employe and riiiplo.wr. the men Inst night broke off relation with Ihe companies, A strike of (lie men is expe ted to be-jin at 8 o'clock tonight. The government is taking all measures lo maintain IruXlic. WAR PROFITS TO PAY MOST OF COST OF WAR ti Senator Simmons Opens Debate Upon War Revenue Bill, Claiming That Most of New Taxes Are to Come From Incomes and War Profits Measure Explained. WASHINGTON', Aug. 10. In op ening senate debate on the $2,000,- 970,000 war tax bill today, Senator Simmons, chairman of the finance committee, declared the committee's purpose In revising the house bill was to raise sufficient federal revenues for extra war expenses without injus tice to rich or poor, and without in juring sources from which tho new and futuro taxes must come. The bill, said Senator Simmons, proposes to raise a larger proportion of war revenues by direct taxation and less by bonds, distributing the war burden between tho present and futuro generations. Ho pointed out that nearly $1,100,000,000 of the new war taxes are to bo obtained from incomes and war profits alone with over $200,000,000 more from intoxicants. Ten Billions This Year. "Before the war," continued Sen ator Simmons, "our total expendi tures were between $700,000,000 and $XOO,000,000 exclusive of postal costs. It Is evident that the expendi tures during this fiscal year will reach something like $10,000,000, 0110. These conditions suggest in comes and war profits as the chief and just source of revenue to defray the expenses of the war. Apparently the house did not take this view. As tho war profits for 1916 exceed thir ty nundred millions of dollars, the house levy of $200,000,000 from war excess profits in the hill, estimated to raise $1,800,000,000, does not meet t lie manifest equities of the situation Your coinniitteo thought that the equities of the situation required at least one-half of the sum proposed to he raised should bo drawn from in comes and excess profits." Senator Simmons submitted sta tistics said to have been compiled by .1. P. Morgan & Company, showing that forty-five great corporations alone will pay, under the proposed committee revision, wnr profits taxes of $239,977,000, against only $77,- 7:10,000 proposed under tho house bill. Tux on 'War Profits. Senator Simmons declared that Mils comprises a specific war profits and not an excess profits tax. Tho liouso standard is "wholly unsatisfac tory, artificial and arbitrary." Iteasons for Increasing corporation income taxes. Senator Simmons gave as follows: i ! The necessity for increased revenue on Recount of the large deficiency estimates for the army presented by the secretary of the treasury after the bill was re-coniinltted at military re quest on account of tho Rmoot amend ment to the food control bill mill the proposed tax on corporations' undi vided Mil-plus, would more nearly bal ance the relative conditions as be tween corporations, partnerships and (Continued on Page Three.) NEW YORK, Aug.. 10. Sriniviis S. Wagel, a native of India, alleged by the government to huvo been treasurer of Ihe Indian revolutionary organization in the United .States was given a hearing before n United States cojiunisMoiicr here" today in proceedings instituted for His re moval to San Francisco, where he i under indictment for plotting against liriti-h rule in India, in the interest of Germany. Wage!, who was for several years financial editor of the North China Daily News, denied hav ing been connected wilh any Mich plots. The government contends he paid for the munitions forwarded lo India thru Ihe anus coinpanv beaded by Captain Hans Tauscher, former agent of the Krnpps in this country. His ease was adjourned to await the arrival from San Francisco of wit nesses uyaiuit him. MEDFORD. SOLVE PROBLEM Of 4 WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. American seamen and their em- ployes have coma to a full agreement on wages and work- ing conditions during the war, " which government officials said today solves the problem of oh- tabling sufficient men to opcr- ale the great merchant fleet the country is building. WHAT FOOD BILL DOES TO REGULATE WASHINGTON', Aug. 10. For mal appointment of Herbert Hoover as food administrator under the food legislation was announced at the white house late today. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 The ad ministration food control and food survey bills were signed today by President Wilson and became law. The food bills were signed today by Speaker Clark in the house and by Senator Saiilsbury, president pro tempore of the senate, before they were taken to the white house for President Wilson's signature. The appointment of llerbort Hoo ver as food administrator, and the full organization of machinery for control nnd distribution of the na tion's food supply is expected to quickly follow. The bills provide for stimulation of production and Ihe second for con trol of foods and fuels' i ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. The bill empowering the executive to com pel priority in shipment of food and war materials in interstate com merce was signed today by President Wilson. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. This Is what tho food bill President Wilson signed today does in its final form: Creates a one-man dictatorship. Gives the government control of food, feeds and fuels. Provides drastic penalties against boarding and speculation. Establishes licensing system giving President Wilson comploto control over dealers In necessities. Gives the president enormous re quisitioning power for army and navy. Authorizes the president to close exchanges and hoards of trado if nec essary to stop speculation in necessi ties. Authorizes tho president to buy and sell wheat, flour, meat, beans and potatoes at reasonable prices. , Guarantees n minimum price of $2 a bushel for No. 1 northern wheat until May 1, 1919. Prohibits use of foods In whisky making and authorizes the president. if he sees fit, to impose similar pro hibition on beer and wine-making. Dirocts president to commandeer spirits In bond or stork for war pur poses, i Appropriates $10,0(10,000 to en able the president to buy nnd sell for tllizer to farmers. Appropriates $ I ." 2 .."00,000 to carry out the purposes of tho hill. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Mem bers of tho American mission to Ilus- sla leave today for their homes, K hu Hoot going to New York. All will return later to aid In tho work of Russia's rehabilitation. Sending of American troops to the eastsrn front would not, ill the opin ion of all the commissioners, except Charles Kdward Russell, who sug gested tho plan, be helpful to Russia, On the contrary, they aro convinced that it would prove detrimental. What Russia Is most in need of, say tho commissioners, Is encourage ment by the American press and peo ple, particularly as an off-set to antl Amerlran propaganda being carried on by Germain in Russia. OREfiOy. FRTDAY, AUOUST 10, 1917 BRITISH LABOR E Decision Today Whether to Partici pate in Stockholm Conference Ask Reparation and Restoration for Invaded Countries No War of Conquest. LONDON, Aug. 1(1. The confer ence of the liritish labor party held at Westminster today voted lo send delegates to the Stockholm eonsul lalive conference by l,04(i,()00 to 05,000. The conference was in an uproar, which ended only when the result of the curd vote was an nounced. LONDON, Aug. 10. An Important conference o" the labor party will be held at Westminster today to decido whether British labor shall bo repre sented at tho international socialist congress at Stockholm in September. The conference will consist of dele gates from all trades unions and oth er labor socialist representatives, and is expected to have momentous con sequences. LONDON, Aug. 10. A special sub committee of tho British labor party executlvo committee has been pre paring a memorandum upon tho is sues raised in the war and the ideas of British labor in regard to the peace proposals. This Is printed in today's Daily Telegraph, and Is to bo presented to the lebar conference In London today, and further will bo submitted to the special conference on August 21, prior to its proposed submission successively lo the allied and international social conferences Demand Iteparatioii. Briefly the memorandum Is r strong endorsement of the demand for the reparation and restoration in behalf of Belgium and other invaded countries; a declaration in favor of the right of individual peoplo to set- tlo their own destinies; liberation of oppressed peoples from Turkish nils- government, and a demand for the establishment of a league of nations for tho maintenance of pe,ace and the elimination of war from the world The memorandum indicates that Gor. many is threatening the existence of Independent nationalities, striking a blow at all faith in treaties and de clares that tho victory of Germany would be the defeat and destruction of democracy and liberty. It disavows the desire to crush Gor many politically and economically and declares that while it Is resolved to fight until victory, It is equally resolved to resist any attempt to transform tho war Into a war of con quest. Congi-at ulales Ittissla. Tho memorandum heartily con gratulates tho Russian peoplo upon the destruction of tho czardom and warmly welcomes "assistance to the cause of human freedom in council no less than In the battlo field that Is now being arcordod by tho American people." i It declares war Is being waged against tho ruthless imperialism of autocratic governments, and con tinuos: "Tho conference asks the peoples (Continued on 1 age Two.) SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10 Names of 2 2 successful candidates for commissions under the federal service In the Oregon National Guard were announced here today. The men and the grade they havo won by examina tion follow: Fred M. West, captain. First lieutenants, Orvlllo A. Ste vens, James F. Alexander, Oscar I. Crenoweth, D. C, Plllsbury, James C. Shirley, John T. Henry, A. Q. John son, Dana II. Allen, Alexander David son, Win. II. Kllenliiirg. Second lieutenants, Peter Laurin en, Ernest II. Combs, T. A. Hrown, A. J. II ii n 1 1 n el on , Arlio It. Van Atla. Fred J. Malinko, Curran L. McFad den, Thomas V. Grenr, Francis N. Ilanta, J. Waldo Finn and Adolphus A, Schwari. i PARTY OUTLINES TERMS OF PEAC WASHINGTON. Aug. 10 A buimcr displayed at one of the while houso gates by a worn- r ail's party suffrage picket, nil- dressed to "Kaiser Wilson," was torn down today, aflcr an indignant crowd had jeered and lissed the suffragists for sev- oral minutes, TO WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Evi dence of a conspiracy among large packing interests to corner tho entiro tomato output of tho Pacific coast has boon discovered, It was said today at tho offices of tho federal trudo commission. Tho committee's Investigators In California reported today that three large canning concerns are Involved Armour and Company, Morris and Company, and Llbliy, McNeil and Lllitiy. Theso companies, it was do clarod, have attempted to purchaso the entire tomato crop from local canners and prices consequently arc Jumping. Although at 92 Vj emits a dozen lo cal canners aro assured lit a good profit, the three packing compunlos, according to tho trade commission, have sent the prices up to $1.30 and higher. Tho retail prlco, investiga tors' reports say, also Is taking an upward turn. Trado commission officials aro of the opinion that tho California situa tion should not greatly affect prices in other parts of tho country, as the total California output is only ono twelfth of tho entire country's pack, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. lO.-Guy II. lirotighton, formerly assistant professor of chemistry at tho Uni versity of California, who was n r rested In Berkeley lust Monday for refusing (o submit to physical ex amination incident to his call in the selective draft, continued defiant when arraigned here today before United Slates Commissioner Francis Krull. "Jf every citizen look your view against Ihe law nnd organized gov ernment," said Commissioner Krull "there would be chaos in the coun try. ''..', "Some laws are so vicious, Hroughlon rejoined, "that a little chaos is the only way to get llieiu out of the way." He announced that he intended to attack the ctinstitu tinnality of the draft law and would persist ill his refusal to sinauit tr physical examination. He was held for further examinn lion in $.ilH) bail. Uiinhle lo provide the amount, Broughtnn was sent lo jail. OVER m 30,000 "WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. The big drive to recruit tho marine corps to It? new war strength of 30,0(10 men is over. Mnjor-Gcncral Harnett to day ordered the recruiting stations closed for a ten-days' rest for the officers and men who have niado It possible. They will re-open to recruit men to allow for rnHiialttes among those "first to fight." SANTA FE INCREASES WAGES OF EMPLOYES CHICAGO, Aug. HI.- An increase of from 10 to l" per cent in wages of employes of the Atchison, Topcka & Santa Fe railroad shops was an nounced here today. The ndvnnce goes into effect September 1. RAN E FOR ARID FORCES PROVIDED ARMY Bills Introduced Put Insurance for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines at Minimum Rates Indemnification for Disabilities and Rehabilitation Being at Government Expense. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 Au thority to make effective the govern ment's program of insuring the arm ed torces of Uio nation was sought of congress today in bills introduced in bulb houses by Senator Simmons and Hoprcsontnlivo Alexander. The proposed bills would put in surance at a minimum cost for Amer ican soldiers, sailors and marines, tho insured men paying the prem iums. Indemnification for disabili ties and tho re-education nnd rehab ilitation being nt government ex pense. A feature not previously an nounced would make it compulsory for officers and men to allot a min imum of $15 a month out of their pay to dependent wives nnd chil dren. These allotments would he supplemented by family allowances to be made by the government of from lo $fi() n month, neeordin to tho circumstances and number of lependenls. Liberty allowances for partial and entire disability nro in cluded in the progrnm, from $10 to $(i5 per month minimum, up to $'.'00 a monlli for officers. IiLHiintnco PrcniliiiiiH. Insurance would be written by the government on Ihe lives of tho men nt a rnlo of approximately $8 per thousand in sums from $1000 to $10,000, tho premiums payable in installments. The cost to Ihe government, ns es. timated by Secretary McAdoo, would approximate the following: Family allowances First year, $111,001); second year, $I!)0,(I00,0(I0. Death indemnities First year, $1,700,000; second year, $'j;t,OIIO,(IIIO. Compensation for total disability First year, $r,'J5l),(UI0 ; second year, $:i:i,ooo,ooo. Compensation for partial disnbil ily First year, $:I,'2I)0,()(I0; second year, $21,1)00,000. Insurance against death nnd disability-First year, $2:1,000,000; see. ond year, $112,r(IO,UIHI. Totals First year, $l7(i,l.ri0,000 second year, $:iH0,f)00,()llf). Over Half llillloii. The lotal for Ihe two years is thus placed at $.Vili,(i,"i0,0l)l), which Mr. McAdoo estimates at less than (i per cent of the cost, to the country of conducting the war. In its general features, the bill was approved by Ihe advisory com mittee of insurance representatives siiuiinoncd by Secretary McAdoo to Washington, July 2. "They opposed, however," Mr. M Adoo advised Ihe president, "tl grant of any government insurance over and above tho' compensation Thev favored over and above com pensation the payment by the gov ernment of $1000 in each ense of death during service or within five years after discharge of service in lieu of insurance." Children up lo IS years of age and wives of men and officers would be given family allowances. Other dependent relatives would he given allowances only in ease volunlarv al lotments were made tlieui out of the pay of the mini insured. Principles I tecogn I mnI . The bill does not attempt lo cover (Continued on Pago Two.) SUSPECTED SPY SEATTLE, Aug. 10.-l',rnesl Ley holdl, formerly engaged in the lumber business in Itritisb Columbia, was ar rested late last niL'ht at Long Lake, about five miles from the Pugcl Sound navy yanl. Levboldl, who, with Alvo vim Alvorslchcn, Hans Cron and George I1'. Sehloctciiherg, all of Scuttle, is suspected by the government of spy ii'-tivities, cover ing the northwest, will be interned for the remainder of Ihe war. Long Lake, where Lcvboldt was taken into custody, is believed to bo the heud ipiarlcrs of the alleged spy ring. XO. 120 FEW MEDFORD MEN E D Names of Successful Applicants for Training Camp Include Carpenter, Geary, Hubbard, McKee, O'Brien and Vorhies From Medford; Big ger and Hemphill of Grants Pass. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 10. Thirteen alternates who will tako tho places of Oregon men selected for the second reserve officers' training eninp at Sun Francisco in enso tho latter cannot attend, were announced today by Captain L. L. Pendleton of Vancouver barracks. Captain Pen dleton also announced that the sue- essful candidates must report nt Sun Francisco, August 21. Tho al ternates are: If. I). Hridges, Oakland, Or.; Allen 1'. Hughes, Astoria; F. W. Haynes, lloseburg; H. 0. Vinson nnd II. F. KeHcns, Eugene; Key Wolf, Klamath Agency; J. II. Harmon, Grants Pass; ('. M.'l!riston, F. K. Manning, P. B. ('order, Do Witt Williams nnd G. O. Wylie, Portland; 1!. T. Willinms, Wasco. The following ore successful appli cants for the second reserve officers' training camp to opai at Presidio, August 27: ',' Charles 15. Anderson, La Grande; Harrison F. Anderson. The Dalles; Henry C. Akin, Sheridan; Ellis J. Hrngg, I'm Hand ; Alonzo E. lturgh duff, Portland; James C. IJiggor, Grunts Pass; Arthur P. llaiigh, Eu gene ; Waller T. Hird, Portland; John II. iielknap, Corvallis; Jesse E, Hal lou, Portland; Wallace O. Pcnson, Portland; Perc S. Brown, Portl.md; Hoy C. Barth, Salem; Aubrev H. Bond, Eugene; Alexander G. Hurry, Astoria; Paul 11. Croutor, Union. Alfred S. V. Carpenter, Medford; Itenj. II. Cooper, Corvallis; Arthur II. Clothier, Wasco; Joseph II. Cirnn lian, Klamath Falls; Kinnelb L. Cooper, Mosier; James O. Convill, Aaron N. Cohen nnd William 1!. Carl son, all of Portland; Wallace B. Cuu fichl, Oregon City, William (Jr. Curry, Hoseburg; ,1 iimcsW. Crawford, Poit land; Charles I), Despain, Pendleton; Willis U. Dallas, Newburg; llohert M. Duncan, Vale; Harry S. Donnan, Portland; Albert U. Do Hr.rgh, Fort land; Albert M. Ejiperley, Lebanon; Haskell E. Ferrin, Forest drove; Ifoscoe Fawcetl, Portland; Chester Fee, Pendleton; Franklin E. Folts, Odrll; Sclb T. French, Albany; Jas. A.' Fee, Pendleton; Haenian T. Elem ing and Alexander M. Eletning, Port land; Put Foley, La (Ir.inde; John M. Grief, I'orlland; Curl D. Gabriel son, Salem. Arthur M. floury, Portland: Ells worth It. llaiinn, I'orlhiiid lien L. Ilolschul-, Oregon City; Willinin L. Ileinphcll, Omuls Pass; Karl W. Haninaii, Echo; Milton Harris, Sa lem; Kenneth E. Iloilginan, Ciiquille; llodncy L. llerrick, Portland; Georgo C. Hoggins, Ktamtilh Falls; Witsscl! G. I loll mi, Drain; Frank II Hamlin, Hoseburg; Theoih in J. Mewill, Port land; Leonard S. Hopfield, McMinn villc; Georfge l' Herbert, Baker; Earl S. Harbour, Portland. Harry L. lliibbard, Medford; James ('. Johnson, Gold Hench ; Chris II. Jensen, Springfield ; David .1. Jor dan, Port land: William W. Johnston, Hunts; l-'ranklin Korrell, Portland; Andrew Koeincr, Empire; IvHn II. Longliary, Monmouth; George E. Leonard, Portland; William II. Mc Kee, Medford; William V. Miller, Paisley; Enincis L. Michelbnok, McMinnville; Hubert L. Murray, Tho Dalles; Howard E. McDorman, Port laud; Lionel C. Mack ay, I'orlland; James I-;. Moiilgomerv, Washington, I). C; Walter V. Monger, Park Place; William H. McMurray, Ralph (Continued on Fags Two.) LONDON, Aug. 10. An oxploslon and firo In a big chemical works III East London last night wrecked tho building and killed or Injured scores of workers. Thirteen bodies of wo men so far havo been taken from Ihe ruins. A large, number of Injured linvo been treated at tho police sta tions nnd other civil places. Uodtcs arc still being searched for.