WORLfl HAPPENINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
NOTED S IN N F E IN E R TAKEN
O'Leary, President of Ameriran Truth
Society, Hiding at Sara. Wash.
AUSTRIANS START
GREAT OFFENSIVE
MONTANA FO R E STS ABLAZE
Earlv Start Believed to Portend Murh
Damage Town la Threatened.
Missoula, Mont.
With scores of
Jeremiah A. O’Leary, president of
fires, some covering largo areas and
the American Truth Society, sought
blazing unchecked, others small and
since May 7 in every corner of the
yet within control, burning in dry for
ests of Western Montanu and Northern
United States following his indictment
Idaho, the fire situation in the terri
for spying and treason under the es
tory embraced within district No. 1 of
pionage act, in New York, and his
the Forest service is the most acute
subsequent sensational escape on the
that it has ever I men at this time of
the year, forestry officials declare.
eve of his trial for publishing seditious
Indications point to a fire season
articles, was arrested last Thursday
worse
than that of 1917, they said,
night a few miles from Portland.
since it is starting fully a month ear
Affiliations with the Sinn Fein or
lier.
ganization and publication of attacks
More than 500 men are fighting fires
Eventa of Noted People, Governments on the United States government in Advance Into Defensive Area Draws in the national forests of this district,
160 of them engaged in an effort to French Also Repel Hun Hordes With
his magazine known as “ Bull,” not to
and Pacific Northwest and Other
save the town of Essex, in the Flat-
Smashing Blows From Defend
Awful Slaughter Take Heighta
mention an incendiary letter to Presi
head forest, on the Great Northern
Things Worth Knowing.
ers Attack Seems Failure.
dent Wilson and other acts of alleged
railway.
One hundred others are
but Give Up One Village.
fighting a fire near Belton, at the west
treason and sedition, are charged up to
end of Glacier National Park.
O’Leary.
First Lieutenant Ray E. Schleker,
Two hundred and fifty men are still
Rome.—The
Austrians
began
a
great
His arrest, which took place at Sara.
Washington, D. C. — Complete
quarterm aster's department, U. S. A.,
fighting
the fire on Marble creek, near
committed suicide in Chicago by shoot Wash., on the Columbia river, was offensive at 7 o’clock Saturday morn the St. Joe forest in Northern Idaho, puls« of heavy attacks northwest of
ing. In his hand was a note addressed effected in dramatic manner only after ing on the front from the Aslago where thousands of acres of valuable Chateau Thierry with heavy losses for
to Miss Evelyn Rae, Morrison hotel, three shots had been fired. Several Plateau to the sea.
privately owned timlier land are being the Germans was reported in General
government agents and a posse of men
Chicago.
This announcement was made In the burned over. The blaze was declared Fondling's communique. The Amer
ican linos, which were ndvanced by
William G. Russell, of Lubbock, in civilian dress were in the arresting chamber of deputies by Premier Or to be the worst in the district.
taking the last of the German posi
Tex., was found guilty of the murder party, and secrecy shrouded their lando, who added:
Other fires were reported on Canyon tions
In Belleu wood, remained Intact.
of Charles Qualey and sentenced to movements in order that no possible
"Our troops are everywhere resist Ferry Gulch, at the west end of Hell-
Successful bombing of the railroad
10 years in the state penitentiary. interference might result to thwart
gate canyon, in the Helena forest; on stations of Dominary and Barounourt
ing magnificently.
Russell is a banker and cattle man of his return to the East.
"Nearly the whole of our front Is Deep creek, in the Lolo forest; in the hy American aviators, all of whom re
Lubbock.
If the prisoner was brought to Port
engaged, as the offensive extends with Bitter Root mountains and in the Cab turned, also was reported.
A head-on collision in the tunnel, six land it _ was
. „ only to catch
.. a train. .
: extreme violence from Astlco to the inet forest.
The communique follows:
. ecret service operatives and other Breuta, from the Rrenta to the Plavo
cars demolished and several more de
"Yesterday afternoon our troops
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railed and not one person killed
or officers of Portland who have been and along the Piave everywhere, In-
northwest of Chateau Thierry cap
injured, is the story of a wreck which seeking O’Leary since May 21, when volvlng the Astlco Plateau, the Mount
tured the last of the German positions
occurred at Crater tunnel near Trini- an urgent appeal went out from Chief Grappa sector and the Plain.”
In the Belleu wood, taking 60 prisoners
dad. Wash.
DeWoody, of New York, were not ad-!
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and a number of machine guns and
Scores of voung men who registered vise<1 of the caPture- and it was made . The, Italian and allied armies are
rench mortars, in addition to those
taken on the preceding day.
in the draft June 5 were made happv known by telegraph from New York nravely sustaining the weight of the
Early this morning tho enemy
and other scores will rejoice as they °nly after the prisoner was half way o.“’ lr .i* , rct“a * h ,ch are attacking
learn the fact that their boards have across the continent on his way to the r_„2,K
fron‘ of tbo Italian theater Formal Appeal Made to America to launched heavy attacks on a front of
more than 1V4 miles on tho line of
i tv
I from the northwest of the Aslago
been authorized to release them for E a stern c city.
plateau eastward to the Piave river
Send Expedition to Halt Huns—
Belleu-Bouresches. Tho attacks, which
induction into branches of the army.
O Leary s arrest was effected a t a and thence along that stream to where
were preceded hy Intense artillery
Cadets Send Message.
The $40,000.000 properties of the late little chicken ranch, after he had been it Joins the headwaters of the Adrl
preparation and accompanied by a
Henry Miller in California, Arizona in hiding in Portland several weeks. atlc sea, a front of nearly 100 miles
heavy barrage, broke down complete
and Nevada are to be seized by the He had appeared there as a man who
The Austrians are striving to de
Washington, D. C. — An appeal to ly, leaving our positions Intact. The
government for the non-payment of “ knew the business.”
bouch from the mountain passes and the United States and the allies to losses of the enemy woro very severe.
federal inheritance taxes amounting
Eleven men were in the posse which cross the Piave river and gain the send an expeditionary force to Russia
Last night our aviators bombed
to $6,000,000, it was announced by closed in on him, probably as large a Venetian plains.
with good effect stations at Dominary
to
repel
the
German
invaders,
forward
Justus S. Wardell, collector of internal United States Secret service squad as
In the initial struggl» the enemy
and Baroncourt. northwest of Metx.
revenue at San Francisco.
succeeded in capturing several front ed by the central committee of the All our machines have returned."
has^operated together at one time in line
positions In the mountain region Cadet party in Russia, was transmitted
Senator Hiram Johnson, of Cali this part of the country in years.
from
the British and also in crossing to the State department Wednesday by
With the American Army In France.
fornia. in a vigorous speech in the Sen
the
Piave.
the Russian embassy.
—The excellence of the American ar
ate, demanded that the administra
Counter attacks, however, have re It is asked that the expedition, if tillery fire was largely
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responsible
for
tion furnish the American people with
stored all the positions In the moun sent, be put under international control I the capture by American marines of
an explanation of the removal of
tains, Including territory to a depth to guarantee the rights of Russia.
approximately 400 prisoners In the
Major General Leonard Wood from
of 1000 yards along a 2500-yard front
The Cadet party, as it is popularly f*Kbting which resulted In the clearing
command of the Eighty-ninth division
captured from the British.
on the eve of its departure for France.
called, is composed of the Conatitu-
of ,ho I,e,leu W<X*I. northwest of
At last accounts the allied troops tional Democrats who were first in *
<rblerry'
Hezekiah Caples, aged 86, and one of Six Billions More in Bonds Likely in everywhere were strongly holding the S
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the most widely known pioneers of
enemy and King Victor Emmanuel's
October — Blocks of $750,000,000
Columbia county, Or., and Ella Han
men were gallantly striving to throw manoff djnasty It was removed from Would torture tllPnii BtartP(, to run
for Sale Every Two Weeks.
son, aged 22, for several years past
back the Invaders across the Piave.
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after the American machine gunner«
his housekeeper, were quietly married
The Italians have taken more than
I he United States has not defined had made the wood untenable, but the
at Cathlamet, Wash. Mr. Caples is the
3000 Austrian prisoners, among them its attitude toward the alliexi desire artillery barrage was so perf«vct that
Washington, D. C.—The govern 89
officers.
owner of a considerable portion of
for joint action from the East, al- pho Germans were cut off from
the site of Columbia City, and is m ent’s financial program for the next
The Vienna war office announces though it is understood the government caP®-
wealthy.
four months was disclosed Monday by that up to noon Sunday more than holds that it would be inopportune to
Among tho prisoners are six offl
10,000 Italian, English and French sol
Unofficial estimates by naval ex Secretary
McAdoo’s announcement diers and a considerable number of attem pt to check the Germans in Rus- cor"' a major, a captain and four lleu-
perts show that in excess of 500,000
sia, unless it is shown the Russian
Wer,°, poo,rI,y1 ; ,a*‘ uan,d
tons of shipping sunk by submarines that in preparation for the fourth lib guns bad been captured.
may be re-floated as a result of sal erty loan, to be floated probably in Oc
not be misunderstood.
said they were glad to bo captured
vage operations conducted by Great tober, about $6,000,000,000 certifi
CREW 15 DAYS IN OPEN BOAT The message of the Constitutional and
several expressed a desire to go
Britain and the other allied govern
Democrats declares the situation in to the United States, after the war,
ments. American naval engineers are cates of indebtedness will be issued.
to be sent to assist in this work, tak- They will be offered in blocks of $750,- Schooner Crescent, With Copra Cargo, Russia can be ameliorated by the ac to live.
tive aid of the allies. The advance of
All of Germany's plans, they added,
a fleet, ° k P0WeriuI 000,000 each every two weeks begin
Burns in Mid-Ocean.
seagoing tugs, scows and other equip-
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the German armies, it is declared, called for ending tho war next fall.
ning June 25.
ment.
The scarcity of officers In the Ger
San Francisco.—After having been otherwise cannot be halted.
man army Is shown by the fact that
Every National bank and trust com 15 days at sea In a 24-foot boat, the
The serious forest fires in the Hel
ena and Flathead national forests of pany is asked to assist the government crew of the burned schooner Crescent,
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Montana are engaging the efforts of by’subscribing 5 per cent of its gross 12 men, with Captain T. Olson and his S vL , ^ ' , i , e bc" ' M
wife,
calmly
tied
their
craft
up
at
a
more than 200 men in fighting the resources monthly.
OI
Uie
war.
All
the
prisoners
expressed admira
pier here late Sunday and climbed
flames, and costing the government
The certificates will bear 4J per cent stiffly
K
an
expedition
is
sent
it
is
asked
tlon
for
the
fighting
qualities of the
up
a
ladder
to
shore
and
safety.
$1000 a day, the forest service an interest like those preceding the third
The crew had pulled at the oars that every means lie taken to safe-1 Americans,
nounced. Unless rain comes officials liberty loan, and will have varying
believe a prolonged and dangerous fire m aturity periods, none exceeding four steadily since the burning Crescent guard Russian interests and rights.
It has been pointed out that there
ar a' A concentrated fire from the
was abandoned at 3 a. m. June 1. Cap
season is inevitable. Stormy winds
F,un" ?,auRht Powerful Oerman
tain Olson navigated, and Mrs. Olson are insurmounable obstacles in the
and high temperatures have made the months.
In addition, an undetermined quan had portioned out their food stores w .y of th . p,.c,„K of allied .„,1 Amer-
situation difficult.
n«
such precision that two days’ full ican troops in Russia proper, save in only drove back the advancing waves
Y. Kakebe, Japanese section fore tity —perhaps $2,000,000,000 of tax with
rations yet remained.
the small sectors on the Arctic ocean | but Inflicted very heavy losses, ac-
man in charge of a crew of track work certificates will be issued during the
a craft was sighted, Captain Ol where the British
ers which had been placing new ties summer for use in paying taxes a year son Not reported,
and French flags are I cording to tho war office announce
from the time they set
at the spot where four coaches of a from now.”
ment Friday.
out In the small boat until they were now seen.
westbound Denver & Rio Grande train
The announcement of this program well inside the Golden Gate. This was
Technically that is a part of the ter-
The Germans gained a footing In
went oyer an embankment near Salt indicated that the fourth liberty loan considered the more remarkable by ritory now under the jurisdiction of
v,,,aK° ° r Laverslne, but other at-
Lake City, killing one and seriously will be for a t least $6,000,000,000, the the seafaring men who took charge of General Foch in his capacity of com- f®JJ}pts 1” thlm region failed
injuring several others, faces a charge exact amount depending on govern the party, because a steamship which mander-in-chief of al) the allied and . Th® Cer™a »H have not recovered
of involuntary manslaughter. Kakebe ment expenditures in the next few arrived here June 9 reported that It American troops.
P' 9Ve? l!lo.w ,hey rece,vod
was arrested shortly after the cars months.
n U tV iX e
had sighted the still smouldering hulk pa!gnea S h 8a ? m t Start? Kta
piled over the embankment.
The treasury already has estimated 400 miles off shore on June 2, and had paign a t such a remote point, it is said ing the battle quieted down giving
Maximum prices of 8% cents per
kept a sharp lookout tor survivors.
pound net to prune growers and 5% these roughly a t about $12,000,000,000
The Crescent, a five-masted wooden that he may use Americans for this the allies full opportunity to establish
between
July
1
and
next
January
1.
themselves strongly. In this engage-
cents per pound to growers of raisins
vessel
1443 tons, left Sidney, Aus purpose in his discretion.
The sale of certificates under the tralia, of
The other avenue of approach by an ment (he enemy lost 1400 prisoners,
for the 1918 crops, were pronounced
March 23, for 8an Francisco
by the Food Administration. The plan in effect during the past year with copra. A small fire which broke army to European Russia would be by ,0 f,e,d Runs and numerous machine
prices, recommended by the growers amounts virtually to borrowing in ad out In the galley at 8:30 p. m. May 31 way of Siberia, and unless the allies RurJs-
of California, are higher than had been vance from banks on projected popular defied the efforts of the ship’s com are willing to turn that task over to , ,‘arth®r to the east, around tho cen-
expected, the Administration’s an war loans or tax collections, and per pany to quench It, and seven hours Japan alone, which it is feared the
Fronch took the
nouncements said, but they are Jus iodically refunding these short-term later Captain Olson ordered the ship Russians would resent, there is no
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tified by the labor situation, increased obligations in long-term liberty bonds. abandoned.
Jf” 1!«Fetation available for the plac-, As a consequence the village of Mell-
costs and probable prune shortage.
Depositary banks make 2J per cent
ing in Siberia of the numerous Amen- cocq and tho Important height of
Crawling with a stretcher across a net, the difference between the 4$ per
can and allied army th at would be re- Croix Recard were retaken, thereby
Paris Bolsters Defenses.
shell-swept field, Rev. John Clifford, cent interest paid by the government
| forcing the Germans back across the
Paris.—General Gulllaumat, who has quired for a successful campaign.
formerly pastor of the Baptist church, and the 2 per cent collected for de
Matz river.
been transferred from the post of com
at Tucson, Ariz., now a Young Men’s
mander-in-chief of the aided operations
New Star Loses Brilliance.
I Tbo German« made a violent attack
Christian association worker with the posits.
The future financial program was In the Balkans to that of m ilitary gov
American marines, succeeded in bring
P .» d e n e ,C l . A .tronom er».. a e
ing back to the rear the wounded announced a t this time to enable banks ernor in Paris, in succession to General Mount Wilson solar observatory, near frOnt. The Americans broke up [he
Dubail,
has
arrived
here
from
Salonlkt
Secretary McAdoo has
colonel of a regiment. The colonel, to prepare.
were of the opinion Wednesday attack and Inflicted serious losses on
with his shoulder shattered by ma written a letter to the presidents of and has taken up his new duties—the here,
chine-gun fire, had been lying in a each of the 7500 National banks and preparation of the defenses of Paris In that the new star which appeared Sat- tho enemy, holding all the gains which
urday night in the constellation Aquilla they have made,
trench for two hours under a heavy 20,000 state institutions, explaining co-operation with the newly organized and
rapidly grew in brilliance, reached |
defense
committee.
These
defensive
fire. The colonel will recover.
the plan.
measures, Premier Clemenceau ex its maximum luminosity early Tues
Slacker Work Admitted.
Ivan Bradbury, a 14-year-ohl boy, of
plained, are of a precautionary nature, day. The spectroscope indicated it
Yankee Troops in Alsace.
Now York.—That the International
Baker Or., by reaching Nadie and
for the safeguarding of the capital.
had dimmed slightly. At its brightest,
Students’ association furnished
Manley Strayer, daughter and son qf
With the American Army in France
it was said, the new star was exceeded Bible
1800 form affidavits to draft objectors
Senator W. H. Strayer, with a raft
It now is permissible to announce
Dutch Helped Boche, Charge.
in
brilliance
by
possibly
but
one
fixed
seeking to evade service was admitted
after they had gone beyond their depth that American soldiers are occupying
London.—The direct charge that the star, Sirius.
by William A. Van Amurgh, its treas
in a slough where they were hathlng sectors on the battlefront in Alsace.
Dutch government sheltered a German
urer, testifying In tho trial of himself
saved the lives of both children.
They first entered those positions vessel at a Dutch port to save her from
Berlin, la., is No More.
and other followers of the late “Pas
being
captured
by
the
British
Is
made
May
21.
Sarah Bernhardt, the actress, has
Berlin, la .—Berlin, la., will be no tor” Russell. Although he had testi
The Germans have made a raid on In a British dispatch which haB just more. As a result of a meeting here fied that ho and associates conducted
arrived In Seattle to rest before her
engagement a t Camp Lewis, Tacoma, the American front in Alsace. The been made public. The ship was the of the mayor and the city council it the organization without compensa
next week. According to her manager attack was preceded by a brief ar Marla, 4000 tons, which entered the was decided to notify the postoffice tion, except an allowance of $IG a
harbor of Tandjong Prlok, Java, Dutch
month for expenses, Van Amurgh said
she will stop in the city during the tillery and machine gun barrage.
East Indies, In May, 1916. She was officials in Washington that the citi
week and make the 120 miles to the
The American casualties were flying the German mercantile flag, but zens here have changed the name of that a check for $2500 payable to him
was the gift of a wealthy member of
camp and back dally by automobile.
light.
j Is believed to have been a cruiser.
the town to Lincoln.
the association.
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Asiago to Sea in Italy.
Inflict Heavy Loss on Boches
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