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TE3TIIER Maximum yi?slcr(Iay, 88; minimum Totlay, 63. FORECAST Tonight 'au'il tomorrow, fair.
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IALIANS iN 1
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Tricolor of Italy Flying From Sum
ilmit of Monte Santo. Dominating
& 1 rtains Beyond Gorizia Austrian
MLines Broken in Several 'Places
rl f French Capture More Lines at
I Verdun ami British Continue
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t ROME, Auk. 23. Tho Hal-
'lan troops on tlio Isnnzo Trout
ure marching to complete vie-
i tory.
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front has been broken at several
I points by the Italians, it is announced
J 'Officially at Home. The Kalians,
'continuing their furious assaults be-
'tween Tohnino and the Adriatic, are
,ho)v pursuing file rolreiiliug Auslri-
,nnft, who are defending the clit't'icull
1 '.ground yard by yard,
j jfc (i of the most brilliant feats of
th? Italians was the capture of
.Monte Santo, 224") feef high. This
& fPenk, seven miles north of Gorizia,
dominutcs the broad plain beyond
that city and occupancy of it has cn
J "oblod the Austrinns to hold up the
J Jtnlian advance to the cast since their
Vplure of that city.
J ) French Still Advance.
Having gained their principal ob
it jeol ives son the Verdun front the
French are completing Ihoir victory
J byj local attacks to round out and
'I'fOflurc their new lines, Profiling by
the capture of Hill Illlf yesterday
thev advanced last night to the north
Vpf'it.
j'P Renewal of fighting in the Chnm
X jtagne' may be forecast in the state
j Inent of the official French report
ifchat violent artillery engagements
arc in progress there. In Belgium
Tahn in the vicinity of liixcooto the
big guns are heavily engaged.
At :
. ) Monto Santo Taken.
Vf jjOME, Aug. 25. Tho tri-color of
v Italy has been flying since yesterday
1 jDlj the null it of Monte Santo, which
W6s an Austrian stronghold on the
ft Isftnzo front, according to the offi-
pial statement issued today.
J IjThe Italian second army, General
J Cadornn reKirls, has broken thru the
V mistrn-llttngariun line of defense at
Beveral points and is closely -pursu-
the Austro-lliingurinns, who arc
wiring and defending tho dittieiilt
found yard by yard.
French rupture 8101.
Jl'ARIS, Aug. 2.".. The French
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VDiiiit regulation of wheat prices was
Vttrjefly discussed today In the senate.
AWiator Gronna of North Dakota de
tVUii'ed Unit the food bill has had a
rnjnoiis effect upon tho grain pro
JllUilon and instead of stimulating
Jtoai restrained it.
Senators lirady and Xewlands nrg
9d members not to be hasty in their
erfllclsm of the food administration.
-.3tlatnr tlrnnnn In renlv. protested
llgilnst the government taking over
Jeottrol of the 1917 wheat cvrop.
t .- I The farmers of North Dakota and
VaeK-hborlng states have been urging
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wf ni KnniuiuiK iiuu Kjeciioiiioii in
V ff '1l 1,0 "'"Pred and now that it
A M been they nro not satisfied." In-
iwtkupted Senator Nelson of Mlnne-
ioJ.
J telegram from farmers in Mon
t4.i urging that unless the govern-
iinl fixes a price of $2 T.O a bushel
fof wheat, the result would be ruin
tAm for them, was read by Senator
WM BID.
During August Expenditures Totalled
$24,000,000 for. Every Twenty
four Hours Over Two Billion
Dollars Expended, the Bulk of It
in Loans to Allies.
WASHINGTON, August 25. War
expenditures of the United States, in
cluding allied loans, have mounted
during August to more than J24,
000,000 every 24 hours.
The figures, minus $100,000,000
just loaned to Russia, are collected
in today's treasury statement. Two
tlifrds of tho great sum is represent
ed by advances to tho allies. The
United States has beon spending daily
during August, for its needs, an aver
age of $8,088,652. Tho alllos have
been 'receiving an average daily al
lowance of $10,375,000, including
cash already paid and the new Rus
sian credit, which will bepaid short
ly. Daily l'iMiises High.
The total dully expenses during
August thus reaches $24,408,052.
Since war was declared 140 days ugo,
tho treasury has paid out a total of
$2, 3S7, 41)0,080, of which $1,030,500,-
000 has been advanced to entente
governments. The average daily dis
bursement during the period of the
war has been $17,053,500. The aver
age daily payment to the allies dur
ing the 140 days has been $11,650,
000, the remaining $5,403,500 rep
resenting the cost of carrying on the
government and war expenditures for
the American army and vany.
The total of $1,6.10,500,000 ad
vanced the allies tints far is less by
$425,000,000 than the total author
led credits which, with today's Rus
sian loan, agregate $2,066,400,000,
or mora than the entire proceeds of
the first issue of the Liberty loan.
With the new national army under
arms, the shipbuilding and aircraft
construction programs well under
way, expenses wll soon reach greatly
higher levels. A conservative esti
mate of tho treasury dally expendi
tures by the beginning of next year
places the total at from $35,000,000
to $40,000,000.
War Tost $777,0(10,000.
The United States has paid out for
its own needs since it entered the
war $770,900,086, of which $741,
156,765 was spent in military, naval
and administrative functions.
At tho present time tho govern
ment is spending a sum estimated at
from $5,000,000 to $6,000,000 daily
above the current receipts from ordi
nary sources.
The $2,000,000,000 Liberty loan,
of which approximately $300,000,000
Is yet to be paid In by subscribers,
and the sales of short-time certifi
cates of indebtedness in anticipation
of the next bond offer have made pos
sible the expenditures.
m'TTK, Mont., Aug. 25. Mining
operations of the Anaconda Copper
Mining company are completely sus
pended in Hut to and Anaconda today
and the plant at Great Falls will be
closed within forty-eight hours. W.
11. Kodgers, mediator of the ledernl
department of labor, returned to
Unite last night alter an absence of
several weeks and endeavored to pick
up tho tangled skein of the local la
bor situation. Altho company offi
cials have nnnounccd that tho clos
ing of mines and smelters has result
ed from the refusal of the men at
Anaconda to appear for work, the
lenders in the metal trades who ad
vocated an "individual strike" of
member nflcr their unions had sign
ed a two years' contract under u new
wage scale, announced today Hint
they view the shutdown in the form
of a lockout. This is the position
they will assume, it is said, when an
effort bv American Federation of
Labor officials is made to force
mi'!iilK'rj of unions allied with thai
organization to live up to their con
tracts. No forecast is made from
any source as to future develop
ments. '
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Key to code raiisbitlons ns worked out by censor... Mother limrlnus ;
between "mother" mid "father" indicate number of divisions... For Instance
four divisions... Adlron. tucks Havre, Fiance... Word "ouo" indicate routo,
days tells tune Intervening before sissngo of intereeptiiiK point.
ORDERS TO KILL
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PORTLAND, Aug. 23.r-Detnch-ments
of Oregon troops began taking
to the forests of the state today,
aimed and with orders to kill any
persons found in the not of setting
forest fires. The order for drastic
action came from federal and slato
authorities jointly, because investiga
tion had shown that a majority of
the fires now burning in fifteen
counties were of incendiury origin.
The first loss of life in the fires
was reported from Clatsop county.
Two Bulgarians fighting fires near
Knnppu were burned to death last
night. Their bodies were not recov
ered. (,'oos county was isolated today.
Fires had 'destroyed all wires lead
ing to that district. Repairs wero in
progress.
At Hood Uiver it was impossible to
see ncross to the Washington shore
of tho Columbia river becuusc of the
smoke.
Greatest damage in national for
ests was reported from the Minimi,
lies Chutes and Cascade reserves,
the first two in Central Oregon and
the third in the western portion of
the stale. In all of these reserves
large bodies of green timber wero re
ported burned.
BUTTER SELLS AT .
$1.05 PER BRICK
BUTTERFAT.48 CENTS
PORTLAND, Drc., Aug. 25.
Iiutter in Portland today sold at 4
the highest price ever recorded,
55 cents a pound or $1.05 for a
2-pound brick at retail. At
wholesale the price advanced 8
cents a pound, to 47 cents in
parchment wrapped of 4 8 cents !
In cartons. Mutter fat advanced
to 46 and 4S cents. Dealers pre-
dieted further early advances,
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BY FOREST EIRE
ST. HELKNS, Ore., Aug. 25. For
est flro late yesterday destroyed the
Trenholm saw mill together with Its
outbuildings and two logging engines,
according to word received here to
day. It as located near Warren,
Col n nil) la county. Ten head of cat
tle were destroyed. Two ranchers
barely escaiied. Moro than 150 fire
fighters are working In Columbia
county,
OREGON, SATURDAY,
UNION
CABLMGRAM
A U O U 8 T ONE
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PA T HER- LIFT TODAY WITH ' , .
D B F 0 R t A U T 0 TRIP THROUGH
OONEITEN DAIS
ACTION TAKEN
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Wage Disputes in Shipyards to Be
Handled by a Board on Which the
Government, the Workers and the
American Federation of Labor Are
Represented Macy Chairman.' "
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.r.-Wage
disputes in shipyards ure to he han
dled by a board named today on
which the government, tho workers
and the American Federation of La
bor arc represented.
Early and peaceable adjustment of
labor disputes in shipyards is expect
ed by the creation today of on ad
justment board to consist of three,
four or five- members, according to
the nature of the problem to be
solved.
Macy is Chairman.
President Wilson npHiinted V.
Evrit iraey of New York president
of tho national civie federation,
chairman of the board. The second
member will, ho nnmed by Samuel
dumpers, president of the American
Federation of Lubor, tho Emergency
Fleet corporation naming tho third.
In the event that a dispute involves
the navy, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Roosevelt will sit as a member
of the board. , When tho trouble con
cerns a private shipyard, a represen
tative of local labor and locul ship
ping interests will sit. The secretary
of war, gs chairman of the national
defense council, will have the decid
ing voto in the case of a tie when
Secretary Roosevelt, silting on the
board, raises the number to four.
Averts Threatened Htrlko.
Hy the creation of the board, it
is believed that the strike in New
York will be sell led and Unit the
threatened strike of more than 10(1,
0(1(1 men on the I'neilic coast will be
averted.
Members of the board feel confi
dent Unit I hey will be able to adjust
not only cnding di-piitc.fi, hut thai
Ihcy will be able lo prevent serious
interruption of work thnioiil the
war.
WASIllN'fJTON, Aug. 2.V Pro
vost Marshal (li;neral t'rowder sent
to governors of slates today an or
der changing the proiortion of the
various slates' quota, of men, select
ed for the national army, (hat are
reipiircd to be furnished on certain
dales. The new order calls for .1 per
cent of each slate's quota to report
at cantonments September !i, 41) per
cent on September lit, 40 er cent on
'Mober .b and the remaining 15 per
cent ns soon Ihercaftcr as practicable.
AUGUST 25, 1917
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f atlier Infantry; letters In word
"mother with father" would mciui
by code use of Initial letter... Ton
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 2q.
An apparently innocent ncrsonnl ca
blegram can easily signal a German
sea and air raid on New York Cily,
and scud lo death 1(1, 0(1(1 American
soldiers by prenrrnnging n subninrine
attack on United States transports
pit Boston harbor.
That's n concrete possibility of the
diabolical German spider web which
may well galvanize every American
citizen into taking every possible pre
caution. You would like to he a United
Stales censor? Well, censor this ca
blegram for yourself:
"To Jorn I'bl, Kottordijni, Holland.
"New York, Aug. 1. Mother and
father left today with three friends
for auto trip through Adirondacks.
Gone ten dnys. Staying with Emmy
till their return. Hush deed I wrote
you about so house cun b( transferr
ed at once. Getting $10,000. Good
price. Will send your share.
"Grelchen Uhl."
An innocent little message from an
Americnti girl of Dutch ancestry to
her brother or uncle in Rotterdam.
Here's what American navy cen
sors say it meant:
"John Uhl, German secret agent,
Rotterdam, Holland. Open door to
Berlin :
"New York, Aug. 1. Three divis
ions of marines and infantry left to
day with threo battleships git con
voys by southwest routo for Havre,
France. Will pass southwest inter
cepting point in ten ilavs. Port of
New York meanwhile protected by
only four naval units. Good chance
for submarine uttack. Station sub
marines off Boston harbor lit once
lo ntlnck in sixteen days 10,000 sail
ing U. S. troops. Moro funds need
ed. Will report lo you by mail thru
Oscar at Mexico Cily,
"Grelchen Uhl, Geruian spy.''
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SAN PltAN'CIHCO, Aug. 25. Iilf
ferenres between tho Hun Francisco
chamber of commerco and Mayor
Ralph regarding tho measures of po
lice protection given tho L'nlted Itall-
radH, most of whoso platform men
are out on strike, culminated today
In newspaper advertisements four
columns wide in which tho chamber
of commerco declared:
"Mayor James ltolph, Jr., you have
failed to prescrvo law and order; you
have fulled to protect life und proper
ly." This referred to I ho murder Thurs
day night of a United Railroads con
ductor which led to tho arrest of six
men said to he strikers or sympa
thizers. R F. Lodcr and Dan Hutchinson
aro week end visitors In the city to
day from Klamath Falls.
OF PEACE AIMS
FROM MICHAELIS
German Chancellor Refuses to Be
Pinned Down to Any Definite
Peace Program to Define Peace
Objects Maintains Ambiguity and
Is Accused of Bad Faith.
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 2r.-Yes-terday's
session of tho main com
mitteo of the reiehstng was produc
tive of further declarations am dis
cussions regnrding Chancellor
Micliaelis' attitude on pence whiiti
the latest German pnpers construe
variously. A careful perusal of the
mass of reports and comments on the
committee meetings yesterday and
Wodnesdny show Vr. Micliaelis
thruout conferences with parly load
ers did not change his altitude re
gnrding the wording of ,his ambigu
ous speech of July HI, nnd the situ
ation ns far us pinning him down to
any definite peace program remains
exactly where it was when he ussum
ed office.
It was brought- out in the report of
yesterday's proceedings Hint the mn
jority parly roprescnlulives endeav
ored belore the reiehstng meeting on
July II) to secure from bini definite
assurances, but failed.
Called for Kvplanatloii.
' Herr Erzberger, the centrist
lender, alone declared in yesterday's
committee sitting that doubt as to
tho chancellor's acceptance of the
principle of peuco without annexa
tions und indemnities now hud been
eliminated for good. All other vievVs
ranged from mild doubt and open
skepticism to flat denial. Vor
waerts, tho socialist organ, is iuclin
ed lo give the chancellor the benefit
of the douhl, but demands that he de
fend his political integrity und good
(jiilh against Pan-Ocmiuu mucliiun
tions by a plain nnd unequivocal
statement that he does not hold
ideas of annexation and conquest
which theso elements attribute to
him.
Tho Berlin Tageblalt says the
crisis is only adjourned. Herr
Haussniann, radical member of the
reiehstng, declared in a speech in the
comniilleo yesterday thaf tho chan
cellor hud introduced elements uf
doubt and uneerluinty into the inter
pret id iiin of the reiehstng resolution;
hud allowed the conservatives to
claim him us their own man without
II word of protest, and that he had
done nothing lo shako off the asser
lion of the Pan-Gcrmniis that he is
playing a false game in politics,
J'uii-(ici-iiinii HupirOrt,
The chancellor on Wednesday, ns
on tho day when ho assumed office,
demanded elbow room for pence ne
gotiations, but the majority leaders
llien, ns now, declared expressly
that there could be no question of
such elbow room and that peace must
he made on the basis specified in lite
resolution. Dr. Micliaelis was warn
ed of the danger of departing there
from.
What Hie conscrvalives and Pan-
Americans think of Hie present situ
alion is revealed plainly in the Mer
lin Tugcft Zcilung. The anger of the
majority parlies against Hie cliunccl-
lor is unjustified in lite opinion of the
writer.
CORNER IN FEED
EXISTS AT SEATTLE
HEATTLK, Aug. 2."..- Complaints
filed today by agents of tho depart
nient of J u.it Ice. alleging that brokers
and othors wero iilcmpiiiig lo estab
lish a corner In the hay, grain and
other callle-fecd markets, will be In
vesttated by tho federal authorities
and, If shown well rounded, will re
sult In prosecutions under tho nutl
trust laws,
John A. Todd, state animal la
Ulterior, declared today;
"My Investigation: convince mo
(hero Is a comer. As a result,
average of 7.10 rows per month arc
being fattened and arc going to the
block In the I'ortlau dmarket. liny
Is being held at prohibitive prices"
Healers demand $28 wholesalo for
timothy nnd $23 for alfalfa on board
tho cars."
NO. 133
IRE ISLAND
NO ACCIDENT
Investigators State That Blow-Up
In Navy Yard Killing Five, Injur
ing Thirty, Deliberate Act of Some
One Unknown Investigation Not
Hampered or Obstructed, Say
Probers.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.--Tho ex- :
plosion at Mare Island hnvy yurd in
July, killing five nod injuring moro
(linn thirty, is pronounced, in nil of
I'icinl ropbrt made public today by
hecrelary Daniels, to hnvo been tho
deliberate net of someone uuknown,
and not an accident.
Secretary Duniels today made pub
lic n synopsis of the report made af
ter investigation by tho bureaus of
ordnance and navigation nnd the
judgo advocate general of the navy.
All (hose branches of tho service
agreed that there had been no "ham
pering inslriiclfons or restrictive di
rections of the nielbod of iuvestigu
lion." lied to Controversy.
It was tho Mare Island explosion
investigation which' led to the recent
hitter controversy between Secretnry
Daniels nnd the Navy league which
culminated in Mr. Daniels cutting all
relations between tho naval estab
lishment and tho league.
In II statement recently tho ack
nowledged purpose of which was to
force publicity oT tho investigation,
the leugue declined that ft had been
informed of evidence that a time fuse
had been found leading to the black
powder inagaziiio in which tho ex
plosion occurred, showing a criminal
conspiracy, und that tho investiga
tion wns being hampered by power
ful labor influences.
Secretnry Dnnicla holly denounc
ed the charge that any influence was
holding up the investigation, and cut
till connections with tho league. As
to the truth of the chargo that a
fuse had been discovered, Mr. Dan
iels said tho report upon tho investi
gation wns not then availablo.
Investigators I'nhniiipored.
After the customary formalities of
opening a report and showing tho
volume of tho .complete- document by
stilling Hint it contains testimony of
1711 witnesses and 27 exhibits, tho
synopsis, signed by nil the iiivestigut
ors, says;
"A careful reading of tho orders
creating this hoard and the record of
daily proceedings (dearly indicate the
absence of any hampering instruc
tions or restrictive direction us to
the method of investignlion. Tho
hoard's inquiry wns conducted with
the utmost lalitiido and thoroness.
"The hoard found that the ex
plosion occurred at 7:fi"i a. in., July
0, 1017, and was confined to build
ing No. 40, known us the black pow
der magazine. This building was a
modern slriiclure built especially for
black powder storage, There wore
no electric lines into tho building, no
telephone or telegraph wires; no win
dows or other openings, with tho cx
ceplion of Ihe regulation magazine
doors, Under the existing rules und
regulations, access to this building
was restricted lo coniwratively few
aullpirizcd Mrsons.
Employes Not Implicated.
"The only person seen to enter this
building on the morning of tho ex
plosion was Ordnance Man Neil C.
Ilnnislcdt, a trusted employe of 21
years' coiilinuoiis magazino service,
llauisledl, nceording lo tho testi
mony, unlocked and opened the mag
azine door ah. .lit Ihirly seconds pre-
(Continued on pneo fo'.r.)
PKTHOGRAI), Aug. 2 General
Giirko, ex-cominandcr on tho south
western front, recently arrested for
expression of loyally to the emperor
tiller the revolution, is to ho sent
abroad, it is announced, under a now
low enabling the government to expel
crsons regarded as dangerous to
the welfare of tho country,
RUSKDEPORf
GENERAL GURKO