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TTTF, MOTCN7XG OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 191G.
RUSH 0(1 VERDUN IS
THOUGHT NEXT MOVE
Germans Occupy. All French
Positions Northwest of
Bombarded City.
BATTERIES ARE ADVANCED
Defenders Gain Ground in Wood Rc
, cently Taken by Invaders Fol
lowing All-Xight Battle.
Paris Claims Advantage.
BERLIN, via London. April 3. All
the French positions north of Forges
Brook, between Haucourt and Bethin
court, west or the Meuse in the region
northweast of Verdun, are in German
hands, the War Office announced today.
PARIS, April 3. A new phase of the
battle of Verdun has begun and the
belief prevails that the violence of the
latest attacks foreshadows another at
tempt by the Germans to rush the
fortress with vast forces. New "bat
teries of large caliber have been moved
up closer to the French front and the
German infantry has been rested and
reorganized.
Battle Lasts All Klsht.
Fighting continued all night Jn the
Verdun region east of the Meuse, be
tween Bouaumont and Vaux. The issue
turned generally, the War Office an
nounced today, in favor of the French,
who gained ground in the northern part
of Caillette Wood, which was occupied
by the Germans yesterday. - '
West of the river a bombardment was
carried on near Haumont without ef
fect. Yesterday's fighting, on the whole,
was not unfavorable to- the Frencn. it
Is said authoritatively. The object of
the Germans was to clear the ap
proaches to Fort Douaumont, and 15,000
men were thrown forward on the 1
tmile line between Douaumont fort and
the village of Vaux.
Germans Drivrn Back.
The attacking force succeeded In
crossing a little ravine, which hitherto
had stopped them, and' in entering the
Cailette wood. Further east tney dis
lodged the French from the last ruined
houses of the village of Vaux, but the
French positions were bo placed as to
make it practically impossible for the
Germans to debouch from the village.
Vigorous French counter-attacks drove
them back to the upper fringe of the
Cailette wood.
The: total result of the formidable
effort they had put forth was a gain
for the Germans of about 600 yards of
terrain, more than offset, it is affirmed,
by the heavy losses they had endured.
On the west of the river the Germans
attacked the Avocourt blockhouse in a
no less determined manner, but again
met with a complete failure, the ob
servers declare.
OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS
French.
PARIS. April 3. The official com
munication issued by the War Of
fice tonight reads:
"Between Soissons and Rheims we
carried out concentrated fires against
the German organizations north of the
Butte Wood and Mount Sapigneul.
"In the Argonne our batteries vio
lently bombarded the west corner of
the Avocourt Wood. An enemy block
house was destroyed and a munitions
depot blown up.
"West of the Meuse the Germans
launched yesterday at the end of the
day a vigorous attack between Hau
court and Bethincourt against our posi
tions on the north bank of the Forges
Brook, which we had evacuated, with
drawing to the south bank in the night
of March 31-April 1, without the enemy
perceiving it. Surprised by a violent
fire directed from our new positions
and a flanking fire from Bethincourt,
the enemy forces suffered heavy losses
without having been able to fight.
"Today the bombardment was violent
in the region of Bois Bourrus, but there
was ho infantry action.
"East of the Meuse our counter at
tacks developed success. In the course
of the day we drove back the enemy
as far as the northern outskirts of the
Caillette Wood and to the north of the
Vaux Fond. A last counter attack, par
ticularly spirited, enabled us to reoc
cupy the west part of the village of
Vaux, which we had evacuated.
"In the Woevre there was intense ar
tillery activity in the Moulainville sec
tor. "In retaliation for the bombardment
of Dunkirk by a ZePPelin las night,
31 allied aeroplanes dropped on the
enemy cantonments at Keyem, Essen,
Terrest and Houthulst, 83 shells of
large caliber. Last night one of our
squadrons bombed the station at Con-
flans.
"Today numerous aerial combats
were fought with success in the region
of Verdun. Our aviators brought down
four German aeroplanes; other enemy
machines took to flight or were forced
to land."
Turkish.
SCOTS SEE FIRST ZEPPELIN
Many Killed in Poorer Residential
J'art of Town.
LONDON. April 1. A Scottish corre
spondent in a certain town, in a dis
patch concerning Sunday night's air
laid says: '
"Scotland had its first experience
with a Zeppelin raid last night. Five
persons were killed in a passage lead
ing to' a tenement building, whose oc
cupants were obliged to make their
exit by means of fire escapes. Two
servant "girls employed in a doctor's
house were killed, while a man was
killed in the street. Two hotels were
struck and several persons were killed
or injured. A bomb in one instance
penetrated a building from the roof
lo tne basement.
"An incendiary bomb wa drnnnpd
and it immediately set fire to a build
ing, which blazed ud in such
that, the correspondent said the glare
must have revealed the whole country
side .to the Germans.
"The most serious damage, both to
life and property, was in the densely
populated poorer districts of the town.
REPUBLICANS FAR- IN LEAD
Registration in Clackamas County
Far From Complete.
OREGON CITY, Or., April 3. (Spe
cial.) From totals of registration
compiled today it is evident that Re
publicans outnumber Democrats in
Clackamas County 3 to 1. Republicans
in the county number 5106, while the
Democrats registered to date are only
1780.
Other parties are represented in the
registration figures as follows: Pro
gressives, 40: Independent, 121; Social
ists, 189; Prohibitionists, 163. and those
who refused to state their party, 18.
The total number of voters in Clack
emas County is estimated at 14,000.
HAITIEN BANDITS IN BATTLE
Several Killed and Captured and
One Policeman Dead.
WASHINGTON. April 3 A clash be
tween Haitlen bandits and police in
Northeast Haiti was reported to the
Navy Department today by Admiral
Caperton. United States forces were
not involved in the fighting.
One policeman was killed and three
wounded, while the outlaws lost sev
eral killed and a number captured.
TURKS CHECK RUSSIANS
Sultan's Army on Caucasian Front
Is Reinforced.
'BERLIN. April 3. (By wireless to
Sayville. N. Y.) Constantinople dis
patches given out today by the Over
seas News Agency say that the Turkish
troops on the Caucasian front have re
ceived considerable reinforcements and
that the Russian offensive has been
checked.
Recently the only fighting has been
among small detachments.
CONST A NTINOPLE. via London,
April 3. The .following off icial . stater
ment has been issued by the War De
partment here:
"Caucasus front. Part of the enemy
advanced posts in the.Tschoruk Val
ley were compelled by our torces to
retire. Our operations there are pro
gressing satisfactorily.
"Dardanelles. Thursday two of our
aeroplanes shot down an enemy ma
chine near Seudul Bahr. Other enemy
machines retreated in the direction of
Imbros. An enemy, torpedo boat in the
Gulf of Saros was repulsed by our bat
teries and withdrew toward Sanoth
race. "The enemy's endeavors to check the
advance of Turkish troops In the
Tchoruk Valley failed.
"Turkish submarines, on March 30,
sank a Russian transport of about
12,000 tons with troops and war mate
rials, and on March 31 sank another
ship of 1500 tons, and one sailing ship.
Our submarines effectively shelled for
tified positions on the coast north of
Poti (a Russian seaport in trans-Caucasia
on the Black Sea).
"Turkish detachments made a sur
prise attack on British positions at
Alamad, northeast of Sheikh Osman,
which the British had been fortifying
for some time. After suffering heavy
losses the British retreated under pro
tection of their long-range guns to
Sheikh Osman." . .
British.
LONDON. April 3. The British of
ficial statement issued today says:
"Yesterday one of our aviators shot
down a German machine in the neigh
borhood of Lens. Another aviator at
tacked and drove -off five hostile ma
chines after a close combat with two
of them.
"This morning early at St. Eloi we
attacked a crater which had been held
by the Germans since March 30. The
crater was captured and our line was
established beyond there. We took 84
prisoners, including four officers. The
artillery on both sides has been active
in this neighborhood today."
north of the Brook of Forges between
Haucourt and Bethincourt are in our
hands.
"Southwest and south of Fort Douau
mont our troops engaged in battle with
troops holding the French trenches and
points of support."
Russian.
PETROGKAD, via London. April 3.
The Russian War Office communication
issued today says:-
"After 90 minutes' preparation by
gusts of heavy and light artillery, the
Germans attacked the bridgehead at
Ikskull, but were repulsed. In the re
gion of Dvinsk and youth of it there
have been artillery duels. There has
been great activity by the enemy artil
lery on many sectors.
"During the German effensive de
scribed yesterday in the region north
of BarinovichL station, the enemy fired
explosive bullets. In the region of
Liakovitchi Sunday morning a consid
erable body of Germans, having crossed
the Shara River, launched an attack on
our posts, but were repulsed.
"There has been great activity by
the enemy aviators in the Poliessie
region. The floods continue.
"Caucasus front In the course of
our offensive v-e passed the watershed
of the Upper Tchoruk River, and seized
strongly fortified movntain positions
10,000 feet above sea level, taking pris
oner a company of Turks. In the course
of the pursuit of the enemy in the re
gian of the Sourbkarpet convent we
captured a Turkish camp with tents
and shelters and a store of arms.
"Southeast of Mush, in the region of
the village of Mahboubouk, our de
tachments dispersed parties of Turkish
cavalry."
DASH BY ALLIES IS
FEARED IN HOLLAND
Army Massed on Coast Is
Thought to Have Prevent
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Monday's War Moves.
HAVING straightened out their line
by occupying all French positions
north of the Forges Brook, between
Haucourt and Bethincourt, northwest
of -Verdun, the Germans now are en
gaged in shelling the region of the
Bourrus Wood, some five miles north
west of the fortress.
East of the Meuse around Vaux there
has been considerable fighting between
the French and Germans, in which the
French were victorious in driving back
the Teutons to the northern outskirts
of the Caillette Wood and in reoccupy
ing the western part of the village of
Vaux, which they had previously
evacuated.
The occupation by the Germans of
the Haucourt-Bothincourt front fol
lowed a vigorous attack in which,
however, the Germans- met no foe, the
French having evacuated their posi
tions at night without the Germans ob
serving the movement. From their new
positions south of the Forges Brook
and at Bethincourt to French poured
a direct and flanking fire into the at
tacking Germans, who suffered heavy
casualties.
Along the remainder of the French
front artillery bombardments have
predominated, although - there have
been aerial combats near Verdun in
which the Germans lost four aero
planes, and aerial raids by the French
on various German cantonments in
Belgium.
Artillery duels between the Germans
and Russians continue on the eastern
front. An attack by the Germans
against the bridgehead at Ikskukl was
repulsed by the Russians. The usual
bombardments are in progress on the
Austro-Italian line.
Relcrian.
PARIS. April 3. The Belgian official
communication today reads: "There
was slight artillery activity. In re
prisal for the bombardment of Dunkirk
by a Zeppelin, our aeroplanes, in con
cert with French aeroplanes, bom
barded enemy cantonments."
German.
BERLIN, via London. April 3. The
text of the German official statement
for today is as follows:
"Western theater On the left bank
of the Meuse all the enemy's positions
Constantinople reports that the
Turks, strongly reinforced. have
checked the Russian offensive in the
Caucasus region, and that the Otto
man forces have made advances in the
Tchoruk Valley. Petrograd, however,
asserts that the Russians have seized
heavily fortified Turkish positions at
an altitude of 10.000 feet on the Upper
tchoruk. and tarther south have cap
tured a Turkish position and dispersed
lurkish cavalry detachments.
In Arabia, according to Constanti
nople, the British near Sheikh Osman
have been driven from fortified posi
tions with heavy casualties and forced
to retire. ;
The sinking by a Turkish submarine
in the Black Sea on March 10 of a 12.-000-ton
Russian transport, with troops
aboard, and of two other vessels on
March 31. Is reported by the Turkish
War Office. It was on March 30 that
the Russian hospital ship Portugal was
torpedoed and sunk in the Black Sea.
Entente 1'owers- Believed to Have
Planned AttacK on Germans at
Paris Conference. Counting
on -Anti-Tenton Feeling:. .
BY DMUXD E. SWING.
THE HAGUE, Holland. April, via
Berlin April 2. (Special by wireless
via Sayville, jsf. Y.) I learn from vari
ous reliable sources confirming one
another that the Dutch military prep
arations yesterday which gave Holland
the most exciting day since the out
break of the war, were due to unof
ficial information reaching the gov
ernment that the Paris conference of
representatives of the allied powers
had seriousiy discussed demanding per
mission for the passage of allied troops
through Holland to Belgium.
This information led to putting the
army on a. war footing, the refusal of
further leaves of absence and the mass
ing of troops along the Dutch coast.
Dutch l'celitiK Relied On.
This vigorous action in itself re
moved the danger of war. It is now
believed in well-informed circles that
the allies wished a second Saloniki.
gambling on the intense anti-German
feeling here resulting from the sinking
of the Tubantia. They hoped that if a
landing of troops were made the re
sistance would be merely formal or
would be followed by a protest like
that made by Greece.
The military advantage of thus
crossing Dutch territory would be su
preme,, as the German western line
would be crumpled up. The Dutch
think the suggestion was merely made
to see what response their govern
ment would make to it.
Pro-ally circles unqualifiedly deny
any such intention as that attributed
to the entente powers, but the quick
action of the Dutch government Is sub
stantial proof of the fact that Informa
tion of a most disquieting nature had
been received.
Crowds Throng Street.
The Hague has been trembling with
contradictory rumors, the conclusion
generally being reached that the army
measures foreshadowed the entry of
Holland into the wr against Germany.
Crowds stayed late in the streets,
everyone expecting a statement from
the government.
Today there is general nervousness.
A statement from the government is
still expected, but inasmuch as the au
thorities acted on unofficial informa
tion there is Uti pmir-biiity th.t a
statement will be made. It is pointed
out t,hat there is a peculiar coincidence
in the fact that the report of a break
between Britain and Holland came at
the time of the Paris conference and
also in the repeated delay of the sail
ing of the Holland-American steam
ship Kyndam, which Is still in port.
Ran In Made on Bank.
The Hague agency of the Bank of
The Netherlands was the scene of a
small run for specje in exchange for
paper, especially on the part of the
money changers, who have been ap
prehensive of a return of the panicky
conditions of the early days of the war,
of which, however, there is so far no
indication. The Amsterdam Bourse
reflected a feeling of uneasiness. After
a temporary recovery, it closed, de
pressed. Government bonds were again
fractionally lower.
The Dutch Minister of Foreign Af
fairs, when asked what his views were
on the situation, replied "Optimistic
of course. There is nothing to worry
about."
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the university of Micmgan, who ciea
Saturday, was buried here this after
noon. Public services were held at the
Angell residence.
SPALDIPJG CASE TANGLED
Sons' Proceedings to Break Will Be
come Complicated.
OAKLAND. Cal.. April 3. A new
angle in the fight over the estate of
the late A. G. Spalding, old-time base
ball king, developed today in the filing
by Elizabeth Church Spalding of an
application for guardianship over the
person and estate of Durand Churchill,
her son. who has been a. patient in a
psychopathic sanatorium at Livermore,
near this city.
This action will complicate the pro
ceedings filed by Keith and Albert
Spalding, sons of the dead man, to
break the will.
.Naval Cadets Appointee!.
WASHINGTON. April 3. As the re
sult of a competitive examination. Rep
resentative McArthur today selected
the following candidates for admission
to the Annapolis Naval Academy:
Principal, Paul Humphrey: alternate?.
Philip G. McCarty, Robert C. Warrack
and John D. Jenkins, all of Portland.
Two Fined for Illegal Trapping.
CLATSmNIE. Or. April 3. (Spe
cial.) On Thursday two men were ar
rested by Deputy Game Warden Brown
and accused of trapping and having
sl:ins in their possession without a
license. They were brought before
Justice Barnes and. in defense, declared
that they had been led to believe,
through a book, that a license was not
necessary. They were iound guilty and
fined $25. The fines were remitted on
the payment of the costs.
Mrs. St. A. Ludgreti, Clatskanic, Dies
CLATSKANIE. Or.. April (Spe
cial.) Another of Clatskanie's early
settlers dted Monday nTght. Mrs. Ma
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Mist, and Mrs. Edith Motson. of Santa
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