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FORTIETH YEAR NO. 188
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1917
PRICE TWO CENTS STANDS FIVH CENTS.
ACEI US-UNCOVER
GERMAN PLOT TO
BREAK UP DRAFT
Seattle Headquarters From
Which Plans to Evade
Draft Are Distributed
URGES THOSE CALLED TO
RESIST BEING DRAFTED
arae Gang Planned To Elect
Governor of British
Columbia
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 9. United States
agents hero today uncovered a gigantic
. Jilot to break down selective service
. nrrny plans by engineering wholesale
exemptions.
Propaganda, which District Attorney
Clay Allen says is "undoubtedly of
German origin" is being mailed to men
called for physical examinations here,
urging, and showing how to evade ser
vice on the ground of "conscientious
objections."
No arrests have yet been made, but
are expected' shortly, according to fed
eral authorities.
This, together with the arr&3t in Port
land yesterday of Alvo Von Alvensla
ben, internationally known German, on
orders from Presidot Wilson himself,
were latest disclosures of Teutonic in
trigue uncovered in the northwest.
Canadian government authorities, ae
. cording to District Attorney Allen, de
clare they aro in possession of informa
tion actually showing that German ma
chinery was set to work before the war
to make Von Alvenslaben governor of
British Columbia.
This was to be accomplished, Allen
leclared( through the activities of Ger
' mans organised to obtain political con
trol'of the province. ' . .
The anti-draft proaganda was first
Mailed in Seattle Tuesday.
Inclosed in typewritten addressed
jiluin envelopes, were two mimeograph
ed sheets, bearing a number of clever
ly prepared arguments and directions,
haraeterizing the war of ' ' purely
commercial character" and urging ex
emption resistence.
One of the phrases reads: "For your
own sakes and the sake of your class,
resist" by claiming to be a "eonacien
irous objector."
The sheets stated that "the law has
failed to round up more than a mere
handful of leaders in the movement to
resist."
Objectors, it was stated, were either
"too numerous or too influential to
arrest."
The typed signature "conscientious
objectors" appeared at the bottom of
the last sheet.
Elihu Root's speech made in Seattle
last week, and its appearance in local
papers, was cited in an effort to prove
that "liberty, independence and free
dom is almost extinct."
LAWYER OUT ON BAIL
San Francisco, Aug. 9. Daniel O'-
'onnell, attorney, organizer of the Am
erican Patriots, an anti-draft organiza
tion and author of the "O'Connell
3''orm" of exemption affidavit, is at
liberty today under $10,000 bail., furir
ished "following his arrest on a federal
varrant charging conspiracy to thwart
t!ie draft. Warrants are out for thir
teen others including two women.
O'Connell 's arrest took place at a
meeting of the people's conference af
ter he, David Starr Jordan and ex
SSenator John D. Works had spoken.
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ABE MARTIN
When th' average girl haint talkie'
bout boys an' clothes she's purty dull.
Th' stingiest feller we ever heard of
is Piney Sargent. He wore an umbreller
cover fer a four-in-hand necktie at his
wife's funeral.
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Congress Takes Rest
Preparing For Final
Lap of War Session
Washington, Aug. 9 Both houses of
congress rested today, preparatory to
swinging in Friday on the final lap of
the war session. Leaders hope to ad
journ by September 15, at the latest.
The senate begins tomorrow consid
eration of the $2,006,970,000 tax bill.
A gneral agreement has been reached
to limit discussion as much as possible.
Senator Simmons, chairman of the
finance committee, believes it will pass
without much change.
Other measures still to bo considered
are the trading with the enemy act
and the deficiency appropriation bill.
Majority Leader Martin of the sen
ate said today night sessions may be
held to' expedite work on the revenue
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MIXER
i PAYS SOME
BILLS
V:
Bid Voehring Machine Com
pany for $1454.75 for
Mixer Accepted
Councilman Wilson presided over tho
deliberations of the special meeting of
the city council held last night to fin
ish the , business interrupted Monday
night by the death of Mayor Kcyes'
mother in an automobile accident in
Wheeler county. Mayor Kcyes was ab
sent on this account.
The bid of the Koehring Machine
company, of Portland, for a cement
mixer No. 12, at $1454.75 was accept
ed by the council. The other bid pre
sented was by the Hodson-Frecnaughty
company, Portland, which offered a
mixer for $1573 f. o. b. Salem
After the bid had been accepted,
Councilman Elliott presented a freight
bill or the shipment of the machine to
Salem. This provoked some criticism
from Councilman McClelland, but tho
matter was explained and accepted.
The bill of Councilman Unruh giv
ing the council the right to pass, on
individual cases of awnings or pergolas
that mp-. be constructed in the city
was referred to the committee on
streets. . r -
The Oregon Electric company was
granted a franchise to construct a spur
track on Front street to accommodate
the freight traffic of the Wittenberg
King company.
The bills of McNary and MeNary for
$150 for assisting the city attorney in
preparing the charter amendments,'and
the bill of George M. Post for part pay
ment of architect fees for the comfort
station, and demurrage of the South
ern Pacific company for $6 on two cars
of asphalt were ordered paid.
Some Marion County Men
Who Are Among the First
Called Oat Under the Draft
Wesley J. Street, of 586 North High
street, in charge of tie Vick garage
at night, will have the honor of being
the first Salem man to appear before
the board of examiners when the call
conies on th6 second draft. He was
married a few months ago and for the
past year has been in the employ of
Vick tiros. He is number 6 on the list
to .bo called. George Earl De Sart of
rural route 2, Silverton is No. 1 and
Homer Riggs of Mehama, is No. 2.
the honor of being the second Salem
man to be called before the board be
longs to Virgil L. Tyler, an employe
of wells-largo cxpres company, ie
lives on South Thirteenth street and
is morncd. His was the fourth number
drawn in this district.
Edgar J. Willard, employed by the
Larmer Transfer company is the sev
enth man on the list and will receive
his notice to appear tor the physical
examination as soon as the second
draft is made. He lives at 1566 North
Fourth street and has a wife and one
child.
F&ugut May Fight
The eighth man to be called is Thom
as E. Faught of Salem, rural route 3.
At first it was thought that ail farm
ers would be extmpt but it seems that
those on farms who claim exemption
will be obliged to make a showing, or
to take their claim before the special
board to act on industrial occupations.
Leroy C. Bulifson, engineer at the
Oregon state penitentiary, will be
among the first called to report on the
second draft, as his number is nine.
He lives at 344 North Twenty Third
street, is married and has no children.
Raymond K. Forbes, local agent of
the Portland Telegram, may not be
lieve in unlucky numbers, but it just
so happens that his number is 13 on
the otiicial list of tne registration
board, havin? been the thirteenth
number in this district drawn at Wash
ington. He is married and lives at 633
Ferry street.
uustave A. Ostnn, of the Ostrin
Bros- creamery and confestionnrv 1863
State street, will be among the first
'to appear at the call on the second
draft. He is married and lives at 1SS5
Trade street. His registration number
was the sixteenth drawn at Washing
ton and it is 16 on the official board
SAMMIES FEET TO
BE LOOKED AFTER
BY GODMOTHERS
Woolen Socks To Be Provided
As One of Greatest
Necessities
WILL SEE FOLKLESS GET
OCCASIONAL LETTERS
Women Will Do the Knitting
But Red Cross Will Dis
tribute Products
New York, Aug. 0. "Save the Sam
mies' feet" is the slogan of the Amer
ican Soldiers' Godmothers' loague, or
ganized to send comforts to men in the
trenches.
Mrs. W. Leonard Davis of Now York
just returned from Paris, formed the,
army of women whose part in the war
is to keep each American boy fight
ing at 100 percent.
"We can help whip Germany by sav
ing the soldiers' feet," said Mrs. Davis
today. "In that way we save men.
'Trench feet' are as deadly as shrap
nel. I have seen poihis on the operat
ing table, their shoes frozen tight. Their
feet must be amputated.
"To save' American soldiers those hor
rors, we must send them thousands of
woolen socks."
There will be nothing sentimental
about this knitting of socks, Mrs. Da
vis said. But in the toes of some of
them little notes will go to the sol
diers. In this way some of the Ameri
can godmothers hope to get in touch
with Sammies who have no folks at
home, so letters may be sent them. If
the plan succeeds, no American boy in
khaki will stand aside bitterly disap
pointed on days when the -precious mail
is distributed.
2000 Volunteer In Week.
During one week 2000 women volun
teered as godmothers, forming an army
of women to stay at home ana nelp
beat tho kaiBor by sending a steady
stream of letters and comforts to the
battle front.
Godmothers' organizations are being
rapidly sent into action in all parts
or the United states. Kecruits wno
communicate with Mrs. Davis are BOnt
printed specifications for knitting niuf-
(Continued on Page 3.)
in this registration district.
Mattaew-De Lapp Gets "23"
Orvillo J. Perry, No. 18, living at
1645 D street. He is a mechanic em
ployed at Vick Bros.
Albert F. Lyons is number 21. He is
an employe of the Southern Pacific,
is married and lives at 27 South
Twelfth street.
Gordon Watt is No. 22. He is a stew
ard for the Oregon state institution for
tho feebleminded and lives on rural
route 5.
Matthew J. De Lapp, salesman for
the Price Shoe company, is twenty
third on the list. He is married and
lives at 238 Center street.
Ward K. Richardson is number 26.
He is a grocer at 2395 North Front
street, is married and lives at 2288
North Liberty.
Number 27 on the official list of the
local -board is Percy Blundell of the
Morningside addition to Salem, is mar
ried and employed as a mechanic for
the Oregon Packing company.
Joseph F. White of 360 Myers street,
will be the 28th man called before the
board. Ho is marriod and is assistant
manager of the Falls City-Salem Lum
ber Co.
The First Japanese
The first Japanese on the list to be
called on the second draft is Sadarei
Yamagish, a farmer living on rural
route 8, Salem. If he was born in this
country he will take his chances of
serving along with other citizens. His
number is 30.
Earl F. Gieason an attendant of the
Salem hospital is number 35 on the
official board list and Harry 8." Keef
er o Salem route 8, is number 36.
Fred 8. Lamport will have the honor
of being the first lawyer to be called
before the official board. His number
is 37- His offices are in the U. 8. Na
tional bank building. He is married
and his home is in Ben Lomond Park.
Most Answer Second Call
As Polk and Marion counties had
furnished their quotas through volun
teers, no calls will be made for the
first national army of 687,000. But
when the call is made for the second
draft, the board of exemptions, consist
ing of the county clerk, sheriff and
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OREGON .WILL BE FIRST
Camp Fremont, Menlo Park,
Cal., Aug. 9. A battalion of
Oregon militia will be' the first
troops to enter the national
guard camp here,
Preparations to receive tho
Oregon men began today when
it was announced that the bat-
talion had been ordered to re-
port at the camp the latter
part of this week, probably aSt-
urday. The men will ue placed
on guard duty, the rapidly ex-
tending boundaries of the camp
proper, which advance as work
progresses, requiring additional
guards
it is not: expected other
troops will follow the Oregon-
ians immediately but will be
called when more men are re-
quired. j
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CORN CROP LARGER
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Chicago,. Aug. 9,--The corn
J im wqs iinilnr-estininted in 3k
yesterday's government crop
sjc ousncis, r. v. ouuw, uiuugv -J.
crop expert, ' whose forecast
ie Tnneilav nf nther crrninH screed
with the official report almost ,
figure for figure, told the Unit-
ed Press today.
The government report cov js
ers only that period to July
9ft ha anid. Tt wna ftboilt this
dato that the drought in many
important corn growing ocu-
Hons was broken by heavy
rains, insuring, a much larger
yield. '
-1 TKa crrfwernmpnt TPIort had
little effect on grain prices to-
day. Most of its estimates had
been .anticipated.
THE REAL AMERICANS
WILL NOTJE DRAFTED
Indians Willing to Fight But
Would Not Fit In Mod
ern Warfare
Washington, Aug. 9. The only roal,
s;mn-r,Va imAricana thn hlnnket Tn-
dians, probably never will have a chance
to go over tho top of a European trench
after America's enemy.
Government oiticiais question tne aa
i.;aii,;i;tv irvlncr tn mit. reservation
red-skins in drafted Sammies' uniforms.
They feel that while tne inuians were
.aot licrhfara In their dav and in their
own way, thit day and way is past.
This applies, of course, only to the
blanket Indians subject to the draft.
There are hundreds of Americanized In
dians in Uncle Sam's fighting forces.
And even if the government decided
to draft the blanketed youths, they
would bo exempt if they so desired, as
they are "wards of the government,
not citizens."
The following list shows to what
small numbers the blanket Indians have
shrunk since the days when great tribes
of them roamed the hills and plains of
the west.
Tribes Decreasing
In Arizona there are only 772 Nava
joes; 171 Havasupais; 1,459 Moquis and
1,223 Colorado Eiver Indians; 1,813
Apaches, once the terror of the western
plains; 65 Kaibas and 1,072 San
Xavicrs. -
In Minnesota there are only 1,406 Red
T aIfa TnrliariB ATI the reservation. In Ne
vada only 279 Walker River Indians;
in New Mexico vos Jicarinas, o,oi
Pueblos and 483 San Juans.
On the New York reservation there
are only 600 Onondagas. In North Da
kota there are only 558 Indians on the
rii lake reservation. Oklahoma's
Kiowa reservation lists only 188 rcd-
Ekins. ,
fin tlm Smith Dakota Sisseton and
Wahpeton reservation there are but
1,480 and on tne ruianp reservation m
Washington, only 1,255.
"Thara i nn nuestion of their wil
lingness to fight," said a government
official today, dui tney nave iiiuiik iu
y,;.. M wqv nn,l their blankets. Thev
probably would not fit in with the high
ly specialized cna ngiaiy routine system
of fighting in France.''
Apache Outbreak Ends
Widiout Bloodshed
Globe, Ariz., Aug. 9. Withont s shot
being fired, when bloodshed was ex
pected, the Apache-Ciqne indian and
Mexican uprising and strike was quell
ed here early today when an armed
posse of rangers and cowboys drove the
disturbers from mine property in the
Sierra Anchas mountains and arrested
two of the leaders.
The Indians and Mexicans, employes
of the United States Asbestos Mine
company, struck for higher wages and
better working conditions. At one time
they besieged nine white men in a dug
out" but permitted them to escape.
WILL NOTIFY 800
San Francisco, Aug. 9. Tomorrow
night letters will leave officers reserve
corps headquarters notifying over eigth
hundred men of their selection as stu
dents in the second officers training
camp.
Please pass the physical examina
tion. ,.....
FIRST DRAFT HEN
TO BE IDOLIZED
PERHAPS FRIDAY
Expected General Crowder
Will Order Men to Assem
ble Tomorrow
WILL GO TO THEIR CAMPS
IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES
Do Not Expect Men To Be
Ready for fighting Be
fore September 1918
Washington, Aug. 9. Further steps
were taken by tho government today
to increase tho number of men available
for service in the new national army.
A ruling of the provost marshal gen
eral greatly modified the physical re
quirements for a man for duty.
"If dental work will restore the
teeth so as to meet the demands of
proper mastication, the man with de
fective teeth should either be accepted
or allowed sufficient time to have the
necessary woik done and be enrolled
later," General Crowder instructed ex
emption boards.
Reductions in weight of from five to
twelve pounds, according to height and
in chest measurements of one half inch
in cases of men taller than five feet,
eight inches were also allowed.
Regulations in car and eye tosts were
modified slightly so as to excludo fewer
men for defects in hearing and sight.
WIVES ASKED TO WORK.
Washington, Aug. 9. Wives who
worked in offices and factories before
marriage should seek employment in
industry again, releasing their husbands
for army service, , -
This was an official suggestion of
the provost marshal general ' office to
day, supplementing lieneral urowuor'B
ruling that when the wife is assured
"reasonably adequate support" the hus
band should not be exempted on the
ground of dependents.
Officials would not define "reason
ably adequate." They said it varied
with conditions and that the local ex
emption boards would have to decide
individual cases on their merits.
A wife with young children, unable to
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War Drags Weary Length;
Hope For Peace Not Bright
New York, Aug 9. The war drags on
with its weary waste of life and proper
ty. Peace is still the subject of active
discussion; for it is the one end which
all nations seek, and yet its realization
Btill seems remote. Germany evidently
wants peace and wants it badly; not
only because of long continued exhaus
tion and threatened breakdown, but
also because she would rather discuss
terms while in a eood position for mak
ing concessions and trades. So long as
she holds portions or rance, cuigium,
Russia and southwestern turope, snc
is better able to negotiate than when
these are lost, as they must be ultimate
ly. Our own preparations are being push
ed upon a most vigorous and extensive
scale, and tho determination to do our
full snare will unquestionaDiy grow as
time nrocresses. particularly when the
reality of the struggle dawns upons that
portion of our people who have not even
yet awakened to the great issues at
stake, nor to tho gravity of the situa
tion. The greatest hope for peace at
present rests in the possibility of a col
lapse of some sort within the ranks
of German militarism, or in the wth
drawal of some of the Central Powers
from the war.
Asain the submarine campaign has
met its answer in our foreign trade re
tnrns Durincr the fiscal year ending
June 30, our overseas trade aggregated
$8,953,000,000, which was the largest
total on record, and exceeded the pre
vious record of 1916 by over $2,400,-
000,000. The Telative impotence of the
submarine was further illustrated by the
fact that our exports which are nat
urally objects of keener attsen man im
ports, amounted to $6,294,000,000, or!
$1,960,000,000 more than a year sro,
which was the previous banner year. The
excess of exports over imports for the
year was $3,635,000,000, against $2,
135,000,000 a year ago. Bo much for the
submarine, which was to destroy the
commerce of Germany's enemies and
frighten them into submission, but has
done neither. On the contrsry, our com
merce bas grown enormously and that
of Great Britain has been practically
sustained at nearly normal figures in
spite of the British loss of tonnage.
The submarine policy instead of fright
ening Germany's enemies, has simply
made them more determined than ever
to win this war, and exact retribution
for inhuman methods. Another stimaros
arising from the German submarine pol
Railroads Jacked Up
for Crooked Work In
Handling of Lumber
Washington, Aug. 9. In a tentative
order today the interstate commerce
commission held that the practice of
railroads and their connecting tap lines
operating in lumber distrcts or partici
pating in an arrangement for the move
ment of lumber from the mill by a cir
cuitous and out of line route and of
collecting in this way extra hauling
charges, is unlawful and wasteful. The
commission held that any charge ex
ceeding $2 or $3 per car to eover switch
ing charges would be unlawful, and that
charges for haulings must be made on
the basis of the most direct route.
CONFIRM STORY OF
GERMAN ATROCITY
Consular Report Tells of De
liberate Drowning of Crew
of Captured Steamer
Washington. Aug. 9. Official con
firmation of barbarism by a U-boat
commander was received by the state
department today in a report on the
sinking of the British steamor Belgian
Prince
The state department announcement
88y?i
"A consular telegram to tne nepart
mont of state snys that the British
steamer Belgian Prince was torpedoed
without warning 200 miles at sea on
the evening of July 31. She was bound
from Eneland for an American port.
The crew of forty four entered the
lifeboats. The submarino emerged and
took the captain of the vessel prisoner
"The officers of tho submarine ask
ed whether there were any gunnors left
nn hoard and ordered the crew of tho
Belgian Prince on tho submarino. Tho
men of the suDmarine scare neu tnem
for weapons, threw away the oars of
the lifeboats and ordered the crew to
remove their life preservers. The sub
marino proceedod for fourteen miles
and then submerged drowning the crew
excepting William Snell, coioren, or
Jacksonville, Fla., tho chief engineer,
and a Russian."
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ONE ON PERSHING "
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Paris, July 18. ,(By mall)
Of the manv changes rung on
General Pershing's patronymic
one of the most amusing camo
today whon a small boy begged
to be lifted up by his father so
be could see "Le Pore Singe,"
otherwise "the father mon-
key."
icy, which is actng for our benefit and
German detriment, is tho wonderful de
velopment of American shipping. In
July new shipping and ship-building
concerns with a authorized capital ag
gregated nearly $20,000,000 were incor
porated, making $330,000,000 since the
war began. The bulk of this total, or
$226,000,000. has been announced since
January 1. Such extraordinary develop
ment of American shipping would not
have been possible within so brief a
period but for the German submarine.
Great Britain, the United States, Japan,
Holland, Norway and Canada aro build
ing ships today at the rate of probably
more than 5,000,000 per annum, compar
ed with losses of about ,000,000 tons
or less. As the world's tonnage is about
40,000,000, the chances of submarine
success are growing less and less in
in view of tho rapid increase in ship
building and the more efficient methods
of dealing with the submarines. Inci
dentally, it is worth noting that new
shipbuilding is being accelerated much
more effectively by high freight rates
than by any government action, since
all efforts by the government toward
regulating freights or keepig down rates
promptly discourage private enterprise.
One other lesson in our foreign trade
returns must also be noted, and that is
the wisdom of this country having so
liberally aided in financing the war. The
eormous increase n our exports noted
above is almost entirely due to the
liberal purchases of our allies, which
would not have been possible without
the extensive credits and loans that
have already been granted them. This
policy of aid not only greatly stimu
lated our foreign and domestic trade,
but also immensely strengthened oar
credit resources through gold importa
tions, giving us a status as a great com-,
mcreial and banking nation which would
not have otherwise been possible, even
by years of strenuous competition. . .
Aside from midsummer quiet, the
general business situation continues
satisfactory. The greatest feature of en
couragement is the crop outlook which
steadily improves. Latest returns indi
cate that we shsll produce something
like a billion-more bushels of grain
than a year azo, which at present high
prieea means great prosperity for the
agricultural districts. The corn erop
promises to be a record breaker, or
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CADIS' RAID
HUEAR
GREAT COAL CITY
Allies Steadily Inching For
ward Tighten Their Grip
On City of Lens
LOSING CONTROL OF AIR
USE SMOKE TO HIDE GUNS
Russian Soldiers Pluck Up
Courage and Are Fighting
Desperately
New York, Aug. 9. While official
reports continued to indicate compar- ,
ativcly small operations on the western
front in raids and artillery duels to- v
day, the kaiser summoned his chiefs to
grand headquarters for what is expect
ed to be a conference oi greatest im
portance. New policies governing military, na
val and foreign affairs may grow out
of the meeting, attended uy the crown
prince, tho chancellor, yon. JlindenDurg
and other leaders.
After roricatcd attempts the German
crown prince has failed to dent the
French line in tho Verdun sector. Al
though Crown Prince Hupprecht of Ba
varia has prevented the British and
French from breaking through in Bel
gium to date, he has not been able to
stop the German slaughter. Continued
heavy Iobhcs without tho proper re
serve forcos to call upon is furnishing
the Germans with a major problem.
Whether a new strategic alignment of
the German forces will bo undertaken
may be docidod by the conlerene.
Th submarine warfare is also likely
to bo a subject of great consideration.
Tho weekly toll taken by the U-boata
is shrinking. A policy of restricting
the submarino campaign to smaller
area than at present would not be sur-
With additional countries uienmus
with Germany or openly doclaring
war, a new foreign policy may also be
onnaiilnrnd naeossnrv. American influ
..-.--., v..l-
ence is held responsible for China's
war declaration. The alignment of so
many nations against Gormany is a
serious problem for her from a commcr
cil standpoint, rather than military,
and some aeiinue ib"" -
maining neutrals is possiDie.
Raids Oerman Lines.
By William Philip Simmi
(United Press staff correspondent)
,.; ..,. u Tho Canadians raid
ed enemy lines northwest of Lens dur
ing the night, inching forwurd a little
nearer in tightening xneir gi-Bp u- i
approaches to tho coal city.
The Bntisn let iooso k
gainBt the Germans along the sand
nines of the Belgian coast. .
n,i n n-tillerv duels and air
fighls elsewhere, so that with a starry
night followed by a sunshiny day, war
fare along the entire front was given
new vim. ,
Tho activity in the air among ana
"ig guns ui uiu - i -
marked. Tho Germans are desporatoly
trvina to ascertain wnm i--uBu.
t' iu Ttritish front since
the unspeakable weather began. Iheir
aeroplanes take to the air in search or
this information, British planes imme
diately go after them, and fights ar-
numerous. ,,. :
The enemy heavily shelled tho Brit
ish lines northeast of Loos during last
light. The Ypres ana toimnra
region who bwbv j - -
was the Lombartzydo sector, near the
coast.
Hide Guns With Smoka
By Henry Wood
(United Press staff correspondent)
- i.. k lni, Afield. Aug.
nun uiu j --
9. Great masses of smoke clouds hang
over the German lines today as the
French and the enemy exenange
along various sections or tne iron..
" ui. fmm the French the
mastery of the air, and thus P'"
French aviators trora flying over the
Oerman lines, the enemy is now taking
recourse on a larger scalo than ever
t..rn-. t .mnke clouds which conceal
the location of their guns.
The moment a rencn -p
. , . .. - iinA huire
pears over toe ,
clouds of smoke immediately rise and
are continued until tne nviuior u.-k-pears.
The Germans first began using
smoke clouds to mask their batteries
(Continued on Page Two.)
THE WEATHER t
Oregon: Fair and
continued warm
tonight and Fri
day; moderate
northerly wind.
(IN watch iT