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Newspaper Page TextTODAY'S ( WEATHER THE I 3EIS IS G4) 4,400 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 READERS) DAILY Only Circulatioa in Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAX LEY NEWS SERVICE Oregon: Tonight and Tuesday fair, moderate north.-. westerly winds. HfU i. ..it - 5 pptpt? Tmn rT?XTo 0N trains and newb rKlOiii 1WO LhNTS stands five- cents FORTIETH YEAR NO. 239 SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1917 ----- ni 'T f l U U 1 WAR CROPS WILL BE LARGER, SAYS OFFICIAL ESTIMA1 o ? Great Increase Over Last . Year Is Now Absolutely !l Assured CORN CROP WILL TOTAL OVER 3 BILLION BUSHELS Potatoes and Beans Show De crease But Oats and Many Crops Are Larger Washington, Oct. 8 War crops im mensely larger than last year's but slightly reduced from previous esti mates, wore forecast by the agriculture department today.' Unfavorable weath er cut the wheat estimate nearly 8,000, OIIO busheds in one mouth. Corn foil off 30,717,000 bushels, but is still the greatest crop of its kind in the coun try's history, totalling over 3,210,000, 000 bushels. ' ' . Decreases over the previous forecast are accounted for largely through the greater accuracy of estimates as the crops near final harvest. The spring wheat crop will total 242,430,000 bushels, from indications on October 1, the agriculture depart ment estimated this afternoon. This is 7,008,000 bushels reduction from the estimate a month ago. The total esti mated spring and winter wheat yield this year is 6ftf,797,000 bushels,- com jinred to last year's crop of 039,880,000. The corn crop this vear is estimated at 3,210,795,000 bushels, a reduction since September 1 of 36,717,000 bushels and compared with last venr's crop of 2,!83,2-U,000. The other principal crops 'will be. from October I, indications are, as follows: Oats 1,580,714,000 bushels, an in crease since September 1, of 47,352,000 bushels. Barley 201,659,000 bushels, decrease 2,180,0000. Buckwheat 17,895,000 bushels, de crease 2,331,000. White potatoes 452,923,000 bushels, decrease 8,985,000. Sweet potatoes 87,244,000 bushels, decrease 907,000. Flax 11,335,000 bushels, increase 378,000. Eice 33,256,000 bushels, increase 3,019,000. Tobacco 3,243,023,000 pounds, in crease 21,837. Cotton 12,047,000 bale3 decrease 452,000. I'ears 10,848,000 bushels, increase 7,000. Apples 17G,020,000 bushels, decrease 537,000. Sugar beet3 7,832,000 tons, dectease 113,000. Beans 15,814,000 bushels, decrease 4,155,000. ' The condition of corn on October 1 was 75.9 as compared with 75 2, the ten year average. sb it 4e A A 4e l 4 4 -1- 1 T" -T -I -T- f "T "l" ECUADOR MAY BREAK Washington, Oct. 8. That Ec uador may break diplomatic re lations with Germnny soon was the impression gained at the Ecuadorian legation this after- . noon. Cables received today by the legation Stated Ambassador Perl, discharged Germany envoy in Peru, who intended finding refugse in Ecuador, will not be allowed to enter the country. jc jjc sfc fc )c 5C jjc 3f ifc 3C J ABE MARTIN ; You eit bo little fer vour monev these days that you're expected to carry it home. Even a loafer has all he kin do f attend t' his own business. ' Armed Men Looking For I. W. W. Outlaws San Francisco, Oct. 8. Hundreds of men patrolled the streets of Modesto snd Stockton, Cal., and fifty members ' the I. W. W. were in the jails of two cities today as a result of the t'C.: of incendiary fires which beirnn . jA. neolisly in San J,oaquinand 8 counties and threatened for a u develop into a great confla- graU She: Y vis of ModeBto, where the most si . " 'fires sccurrcd, charges that the , . V. W. started the fires in retaliation for ihe arrest of Dan Lav ory, I. W-. W. leader in this district, who is wanted by Chicago federal au thorities. Eitrht fires broke out at the same time in various sections of Modesto late Saturday night and from midnight until dawn fho city was in a fever of apprehension. Alarm bells ringing brought hundreds of citizens to arms and there was danger for a time that they would stage a lynching bee. Peace officers prevailed, however, and the citizens contented themselves with putting into jail forty I. V. W. members-All of tho Modesto fires were in bams and were apparently started by balls of phosphorus thrown into dry hay. In Stockton the Podesta winery caught fire and was destroyed. The company's hose was found to be dis connected, the nozzle to be missing and wires leading to an electrie pump cut. The fire started at every door leading into the winery. State Wide Conspiracy Sun Diego, Cal., Oct. 8. That a state wide conspiracy exists to create a reign of terror by tho starting of in cendiary fires is the opinion of local officers today, following the starting of at least twelve blazes in this coun ty in the past two days. Guards are pi trolling tho citrus and grape regions night and day, this being the vicinity chosen by tho fire bugs for their oper ations. The heaviest damage was at the" Bos tonia Packing house in El Cajon val ley, which was destroyed with all its contents. Other fires wero started at El Cajon and at Chnla ista, the lemon center of the county. WISCONSIN SENATOR TO BE INVESTIGATED BY HIS COLLEAGUES While Committee Work at Capital Other Members Will Talk for Bonds Washington, Oct. 8. The senate sub committee named to investigate (fis loyalty charges filed against Senator LaFollette meets today to lay its plans Start of the probe awaits delivery by the Wisconsin solon of his own version of the St. Paul speech upon which the charges arc based. Whether La Follette misrepresented the Lusitania case promises to bo a critical point in the investigation, pos sibly entailing testimony from Secre tary Lansing, W. J. Bryan and others The sub committee is empowered to in quire -first' if LaPollettc made certaiu statements in his speech and if so where he got the data on which he based his "claims, especially that the Lusitania illegally carried six million rounds of ammunition. Bryan denies he told President Wilson this before the liner sailed and Lansing made the same denial officially to Germany. Tho sub-committee's lineup caused considerable comment today. Senators I'omerene, Walsh and James are demo crats, while the two republican mem bers Fall and Dillingham are ultra conservatives. This is considered very unfavorable to LaFollette. While the committee is threshing out the LaFol lette charges and the Xewlands com mission resumes its railroad investiga tion next month, scores of congressmen will stump their districts for tho sec ond liberty loan and to arouse war spirit. Reports on both investigations are expected at the session opening in December. Many senators will join in the loan campnign and also discuss war aims. Two cabinet members, Secretary ilcAdoo and Secretary Lane, aro now on speaking tours in the west. GERMAN E AIDERS TAKEN Melbourne, boatload of Australia, Oct. 8. German,, sailors, members of the crew of the See adler, was captured in the vi cinity of the Fiji islands, ac cording to a report received here today. . " A steamer which was ap proaching Wavkai island is said to have sighted a suspi cious armed launch. The steam er bore down on the tiny ves sel and signalled it to surren der. The Germans did so. They were surprised and overcome with anger when they discover ed their taptor was entirely un armed. " ! Since Mr. Hoover has asked you to cut down your sugar consumption one third, von might make it easier by goin to the dentist and having your sweet tooth pulled. VAST CROWD WILL SEE NEXT GAME AT POLO GROUNDS Over Thirty-Eight Thousand Fans Will Root for Favorites NEW YORK STILL LOYAL TO BATTERED HOME TEAM Demand for Tickets Exceeds Supply by More Than Ten Thousand New York, Oct. 8. Thirty-eight thou sand, one hundred persons will see what happens when the Giants and White Sox meet here tomorrow not counting some odd hundreds and thousands who may try to get birdseye views from Coogan's bluff and other points of vantage. The New "Vork National league club announced its sale of every ticket to the big Polo grounds stands today as totalling this number. They could easilj have disposed of 10,080 more. Men with fat bankrolls pleading for tickets long ago were to be found in most of tho lob bies of New York's overcrowded hotels today. Extraordinary precautions have been taken to prevent speculators reaping any harvest on the seats. President Hempstead of the Giants offered $250, to be given the police pension fund, if they catch any scalpers. Every reserv ed seat ticket bears priutu'd across its face the name of the individual to whom it was sold by the New York club. . The distribution of these much sought after cards was proceeding at a lively paee at the Giants' offices today. The unusual spectacle of some of the city's most prominent business men, sporting men, actors, society leaders and just plain idle rich, all standing patiently in line awaiting their tickets, reserved a week or moro ahead, was presented at the club headquarters. Many preferred to get the cards themselves, rather than run any chances on messengers. "New York fans are standing by us" remarked President Hempstead, looking over this conglomerated line of silk hats and caps and cutaways and worn serge. The sun warmed up considerably this afternoon, but there were clouds in the offing. The efficial weather sharp pre dicted it would be cloudy tonight, but "tomorrow would bring clear weather". He warned, however, that it would be 'cooler.' Fans who had tickets be gan digging out furs and foot warmers since the air today, was distinctly chilly. Interviewed last night, McGraw was communicative enough to indicate he (Contiuued on page three) SUNDAY'S BOX SCORE - The official score for Sunday's game: NEW YORK B B H O A Bums, 1 3 0 10 0 Herzog, 2 t 0 0 3 0 Kauff, in. 4 0 0 2 0 Zimmerman, 3 4 0-0 4 2 Fletcher, g 4 0 12.2 Robertson, r 3 12 2 0 Holke, 1st 3 115 0 McCarty, e 1 0 15 0 Raridan, c 2 0 1 1 Schupp, p. 1 0 0 0 1 Anderson, p 0 0 0 ' 0 1 Perritt, p 1 6 1 0 (I Wilhoit .. :.l 0 0 0 0 Tesreau, p. 0 0 0 0 0 Total 31 2 8 24 9 CHICAGO B E H O A J. Collins, r 1 0 0 0 1 Lcibold, r. : 3 110 0 McMullin, 3 5 .110 3 E. Collins, 2 ..4 12 4 2 Jackson, 1 s3 13 0 1 Felsch, m 4 112 1 Gandil, 1 4 0 1 12 1 Weaver, a. 4 13 7 6 Schalk e . i 1 1 2 Faber, p 3 0 114 Totals . .....35 7 14 27 21 Batted for Perrit in eighth. New York 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 Chicago 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 7 Errors, Fletcher, Schalk. Stolen bases E. Collins, 2, Jackson, Double plays. Herzog, unassisted. Faber to Weaver to Gandil. Felsch to E. Collins to Weaver, Weaver to Gandil. Left on bases, Chica go 7, New York 3. MFirgt base on er ror, Chicago 1. Bases on balls, off Schupp 1, off Perritt 1, off Faber 1, off Tesreau 1. Hits and earned runs off Schupp, hits 4, runs 2 in 1 1-3 innings; off Faber. runs 2 in 9 innings: off An derson, hits a, runs 4 in 2 innings; off Tesreau, hits none, runs none in one inning. Struck out, by Schupp 2, by Anderson 3, by Faber 1, by Tesreau 1. Passed ball, cCarty. Umpires Evans be hind plate, Rbzlcr "at first, Klcm at Sec ond, O'Laugbfin at third. Time, 2:13. Polk's Conservation Committee Is Named Dallas, Or., Oct. 8 Polk county's food conservation executive committee met in conference with O. M. Plum mcr, of the state committee,- Saturday and discussed ways and means of ton ducting the campaign for food conser vation in Polk county. . An advisory committee was appoint ed, composed of . the following: Judge H. H. Belt, .Judge E. C. Kirkpatrick, M, Mansten, C. W. Beckett, A. B. Rob inson, Carl Graves A , V.' R. Snyder, II, L. Chapman, J. W. Orr, F. D. Moore C. L. Hawley, W. V. Fuller, Winnie Braden, Mrs. C. V. Johnson, Mr. Ruth Conkey. Ira Powell, Thomas W. Brunk Mrs. Frank Gibson, F. C. Ewing, Mrs. Wayuo Henry, H. J. Elliott, Frank Fawk, H. E. Starr, Holt Stockton, J,. J Thurston, N. Prather, Bnford Stone, James Wooden, Mrs. H;. C. Eakin and others. Local chairmen were appointed in each community and it was decided to get the family pledges through the school organization during the week of October 21. A general meeting of all those inter ested in the campaign has been called by Chairman Pitman to be held in Dal las on October 10. The meeting will open at 9 o'clock, when O. M. Plummer will speak in- the auditorium of the Dallas high, school. At 10 o'clock a general conference of the advisory com mittee will be teld in tho circuit court room, followed by a luncheon in the Gail hotel, given by the Woman's club and Dallus Commercial club. W. V. Fuller will act as toastmaster. WAR AIM DISCUSSED IN REICHSTAG TODAY BY GOVERNMENT Constant Advance of British In Flanders Is Creating Uneasiness London, Oct. 8. London saw in Ber lin reports of a discussion of Germany's ivni. oime in hn held in thfl reichstac today, another echo of Field Marshal Haig's great guns bluing tlieir way to victory on the western front. Tho Tlui'lin rrnlrtrta:' enminff bv WBV of Amsterdam, indicated the government had Been eompenea io ratio nun oirp of-debating war aims by growing bold ness of the socialists and radicals in the German parliamentary body. At the opening of the fall session of the rcich stag, September 27, Chancellor Michaelis flatly rejected all pleas to announce Germanv's aims, insisting the time was not yet ripe. Immediately arter inis tun ueiimico of the liberal strength came Field Mar- nl,ol TTaitr'fl nmnshinff victory On the western front and the development in Germany or un Ultra-conservauve pn; of Pan-Germans under von Tirpitz, apos tle of frightfulness and of unyielding militarism. era trnced the situation. these two developments indicating waning strengtn or tne militarists iu iuu n.i.iin their were sepkim? to assume even'greater governmental powers em boldened tne noerais iu cu flnrmnuv httH nemiitted OlllV til mOSt meager outline of the reiehstag proceed ings to pass her censorship during the last week. The provincial newspapers of yesterday, however, said Dr. Helfferich, vice chancellor, had announced Mich aelis would probably appear for a gen eral debate oc war aims rouay. Made Maiiv Boosters for Pig Club Movement Any visitor who attended the Ore- Ji.d fair t Snlem this vear. and saw the exhibit of the boys and girls pig CHIOS, COUIO not come away nnu- out being a booster for this movement. ,J. L. Allen, state leader for the club movement, had over 150 entries at the iC4n f-orpfnl fpedinff and com plete accounts taken of all expenses, tnerc was a proiit mane ij i people all the way from $10 to 46 per hog. The United States National bank at Salem has been prominent in its effort to interest the boys in this worthy movement. The pig club work has passed beyond the stage of experiment, and is now an assured success. We have often read of its advantages, heard of the organizations and perhaps have been told of some boy or girl who has been in a club, but for one to have stood there at Salem and watched the bovs and girls as each one took care of 'his pig, and while seeing the expres sion on their faces, and appreciated reiining influence of having care of livestock, one aoes uui ome iu uv as sured that the pig club movement is here to stay, and that in its work we are making the best investment we htLvn ever made for tho man and wo man of tomorrow. R. A. BLAN CHARD, Agriculturist. Son of Henry Ford Mast Serve In Army Detroit, Mich. Oct. 8Edsel Ford son of Henry Ford, today was denied exemption from selective servie by the district appeal board. Ford'i claim was based on industrial grounds. It said he was indispensable to maintenance of the Ford Motor company. MRS. STUBBS WAS HISTAtlTLY KILLED HI AUTO WRECK Lights Were Dim and Car left Road at bharp lurve ; Near City HUSBAND PINNED UNDER CAR AND IS INJURED Victims of Accident Well- Known Residents of the Capita! City Mrs. E. W. Stubbs, wife of an em ploye of tho State school for the feeble minded, was instantly killed and her husband injured when an automobile in which they were driving to town went over the bank at the first turn this siiie of the institution, about 7 o'clock last evening. The lights of the car were dim and in travelling at a fair speed around the curve the car failed to make the turn, going over the bank. Mr. Stubbs says the accident happened so sudden ly that the first thing he knew, he was pinned under the car and that Mrs. Stubbs had met her death from a brok'en neck. Mr. Stubbs suffered injuries of two broken ribs and several wounds nn the head. He was taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. J. D- Warring. Today ho was able to bo about and was taken to his home. Besides her father, Charles Baldwin of this city, MrB. Stubbs is survived by four children: E. E. Stubbs of Po1 land, Orville Stubbs of Salem: Mrs. "Henry Hampton of San Francisco and Mrs. Grace Spray of Augusta, Kansas. She is aiio" survived" .by a sister, Mrs. J. D. Warring of Salem, and two broth ers, Aldus Baldwin of Salem and Lynn Baldwin of Palo Alto. Mr. Stubbs is well known In Salem where Kb has resided for many years. At one time he was a member ol the Salem police force. ' As yet no funeral arrangements have been made. Bowerman Is Picked To Select Routes by Road Commission Portland, Or., Oct. 8. Owing to the dilatoriness of several comity courts in providing rights-of-way, the state high way commission has decided to appoint a right-of-way agent and proceed to do its own acquiring under the author ity vested in it by law. Jay Bowerman of Portland has been elected by Chair man Benson to conduct the necessary proceedings either by donation, pur chase or condemnation. In the act of the legislature creating the highway commission it is decreed that rights-of-way for state highways shall be secured by the counties in which the highways are situated, but in case of neglect or refusal, the state shall have tho power through the. com mission to proceed. Must Eeimburse State. It is provided that tho state shall be reimbursed by the county for all ex penses incurred. Should the couutv re fuse to do so the amount expended can be deducted from any fundB allotted to the county out of the state road fund. In practice it is found that the chief difficulty is the susceptibility of coun ty courts to local influence, working for delay or some favored location. If the state carries on the proceedings it is thought that these influences will be in effectual and, furthermore, that the best and economical route can be secured. Work Is Uncompleted. While road work has been begun' in Clackamas county between Oregon City and Aurora, there are still several places on the line of improvement, where the right-of-way has not been secured, it is the same in Washington county along the Rex-Tigard road. In Wasco county the county conrt has already requested the state highway commission to proceed with tho acquire ment of a bridge site across the Des chutes river in order to do away with the existing Moody toll bridge. Another policy decided upon by the state highway commission is that here after no contracts will be let for con struction until after all rights-of-way have been detded. THE BERLIN VERSION. Berlin, via London, Oct. 8. German troops repulsed attacks of several French companies last evening near Vauxhaillon Chemin-des-Damcs) to day's official report asserted. Between HothoulBt wood and the Menin-Yprea road British storming troops were unable to advance. If what his accusers are alleging against Mayor Smith of Philadelphia is true, he seems to be a fit man to make all the other Smithi glad that Smith is inch a common name. Odd Fellows Will Meet at Turner Saturday for One Day's Session The Marion county district I. O. O. F. convention will be held at Turner, Oregon, Saturday, October 13, 1917. The officers this year are: president, Past Grand Master W. H. Hobson; acting vice president, Noble Grand John For rest; secretary, Past Grand Grant Mur phy; treasurer, Past Grand J. C. Id dings. The complete program for the one day session is as follows: Afternoon. I. O. O. F. hall', business session, 1:30 to 3 p. m. - Roll Call of Officers. Beading of Minutes of Last Conven tion. Address of Welcome E. E. McKln hey, P. G., Fidelity No. 36. Response F. T. Wrightman, P. G., Chemeketa No. 1. Genera! Business of Convention. Music by Turner Band. "Odd Fellowship As An Educator", L. C. McShaue, P. G., Hubbard No. 76. Music T. L. T. C. Glee Club, Salem. Reading Laura Ames, P. N. G., Try phena Lodge No. 38. Song Male Quartette Chemeketa No. 1. "Organization of Convention", M. M. Sayer, P. G. Silver No. 21. Address Ora Cospcr, Secretary Be bekah Assembly of Oregon. Music T. L. T. C, Glee Club, Salem. "Patriarchal Odd Fellowship", Sol G. Walker, Grand Patriarch, Oregon City. Music Turner Band. "Odd Fellowship" Thos. F. Ryan, P. G. M., P. G. R., Salem. Music Turner Band. Evening Session. . Short Business Session of Convention. Regular Meeting Fidelity Lodgo No.j 36, I. O. O. F. ! Wrrk in Third Degree by Chemeketa Lodge No. L . . , Banquet. Program Committee B. F. West, Frank Robertton, P. G., 8. H. Heltzel, P. G., Chas. Larwood, P. G., Grant Mur phy, P. C. Business of importance will come be fore the convention and every member is urged to attend. GERM BUILDING HUGE AIR MACHINES TO CROSS ATLANTIC London Newspaper Alarmed Over New Menace of Cen tral Powers London, Oct. 8. "If the allies are not picpared to anticipate the now menace of Germany's aerial plans, the enemy may drag from the air a Ger man peace that neither tho land nor tho sea would yield to them," warned the Daily Express in an article today. tus Express featured a dispatch from William G. Shepherd, United Press staff correspondent at Stockholm sent to the United Press last week, detailing reports of Germany's concen trated efforts to build a great fleet of super type flying machines. The German armies arc being rude ly blown off the earth by British guns in Flanders," the newspaper declar ed. "The future of civilization may hang in the air." BUILDING HUGE MACHINES By William G. Shepherd (United Press staff correspondent) Stockholm, Oct. 8. Germany is now trying to get her. army off the earth acd wago the future battles of the world, wur in the air. She is developing gigantic and tremendously powerful airplanes. Already she has probably de veloped a model capable of trnns-At-lantic flight. From reliable German sources tho United Press learned that, this is Germany's answer to America's $(140,000,000 appropriation for aviation. Those who know, asserted that if Am erica expects or hopes to compete in the forthcoming air war, she must pos sess machines capable of flying from Germany to New York duplicating what Germany is believed already to possess. During the past fortnight St has been reported that Germany is using Ootha airplanes driven at almost in credible siced by four 2'i0 horsepower engines. These newest eagles carry fuel capable of sustaining them in flights for 10 hours. Two pilots operate them and there arc two gunners in the crew besides a captain who also operates the wireless. M'COEMICK TO CUT SHORT TRIP; HASTENS HOME TO WARN V. S. By W. S. Forrest I United Press staff correspondent) Paris, Oct- 8. Congressman . Medill McCormick of Illinois is bo impressed with the imperative necessity that Am erica war with materials as welt as with men, that he cut short his trip in Europe and arranged to hurry back homo that he might plead for speed up work. "No mere marshaling of men in this war will compensate tor any deficien cy of organization behind the lines or the assembly of an almost incredible amount of artillery and of aircraft," McCormick told the United Press. "Af Iter six weeks' stndy of the submarine ' problem. 1 believe it is still by all odds the most important question facing America and the allies. Of bare sec (Continued on Page Two.) CDITRAL POWERS FEEL HEAVY DRAIN ON MANP0VER Military Chiefs at Last Realize Constant Decrease In "Human Material" ORDERS ON CAPTURED OFFICERS ARE EVIDENCfe Great British Drive In Fland ers Is Direct Menace to Diver Bases (By Henry Wood) (United Press Staff Correspondent)' With the French Armies in the Field Oct. 8. Germany's military chiefs, for the first time in the war, are beginning to tulk about economizing the nation's "human material." ( Gorman amy orders, signed by Quar termaster General Ludondorff, have re cently been taken from prisoners, -emphasizing the need for this economy. Heretofore "economy ordors" cap tured on prisoners dealt only with the importance of not wasting' shells, mu nitions and other material supplies. Even in the present order Ludondorff, while still placing the utmost Impor tance upon oi onomy of shells, eoncedea now that economy of lives is more im portant and must hereafter take first place. The Ludondorff order lends addod si nificance to the United Press dispatch from this front on September 22, in which it was stated that out of 14,000, 000 men who figured in the army rolls, the Prussian army machine now had only about 5u0,000 left in tho fight ing ranks. Germany is beginning to re alize tho grave significance of this tremendouB loss of manpower. , Ludendorfi's order, translated from the copy taken on a German prisoner, flcclarea: ' '" "The consumption of munitions han remained constantly very high recently on the fighting front in spite of the fact that tho combative activity has generally diminished." . (Note: The order was apparently is sued very early in September, before tho British drives in Flanders.) "In particular the consumption of shells for mortars and heavy field how itzers is much greater than the produc tion. "This Is serious. However, the super ior direction of the army cannot issue a new general order for a further-restriction in consumption of munitions because our losses on all fighting fronts continue to be very high and could be come even higher if furthor general re-, strictions were made. Economy in men is even more important than eeenomy in munitions. . "It is necessary to try to ouiaiu o in these two points. To this ond it is necessary to use munitions as carefully as possible, according to or ders previously given am mm. ulate the tactics of our fighting meth ods according to regulations given and the circumstances, so as to diminish our losses According to orders which we have seen and according to the complaints of tho troops, it is no longer in doubt that we persist in our old ways of seeing things and that we continue along those (wasteful?) lines on certain occasions. These tactics are in first lino positions: . "Too Bcvere fighting for possession, of ground, even a trench element, which, is of little tactical value, without im portance, and even disadvantageous to defend. ... .... ,:,i,f in. "Hasty counter-anucnn formation from the rtHlery. "Too dense occnpuuuu v. lines. , . . . , : "Largo reserves Kept iv the open when no aiiacn. r... -- "Too mucu armir-j - : otiuinv. such sitions where tnerB . . ---, , dcstructivo cannoiiuui..K . ...1,es: useless barrage fires and can nonading, especially at night, wnem ?here is not sufficient information for regulating tho fire." . . DIVER BASES THREATENED. (By Carl D. Groat) (United Press Bta CorreiJet) Washington, Oct. 8.-Germany's U . " i thn Bele au coast will DOnt UKSra a.B " J- ., 0 be throttled il good weather returns to "'That to lay pHomize, Secretary B ers offuSf war prediction based o confidential .eports U .the wa--eoUeg-. Oermanr. massing her troops mosi heavily toresist tfe Briti gins to see tho handwriting on the wan, UAUnobrn'eeded to smother these.ub- comes the British dogged n.sb ng must cease. But before that time the (Continued B Page Two.)