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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
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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.