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VOL. LVIII. NO. 17,942. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. YANKEES KILL DISLOYAL CRITICS WILL BE CURBED RAILWAY PAY RISE EFFECTIVE JUNE 1 YOUTH, BRANDED AS SLACKER, SLAYS 3 MELVIS COLLINS, 23, RESENTS CHARGE OF FRIENDS. CHURCHES RESPOND TO NATION'S PLEA TAFT MEETS T. R ; HANDS ARE GRIPPED CONFESSED SLAYER IS TAKEN TO KALAMA IE FEDERAL ATTORNEYS TOLD TO ENFORCE ESPIONAGE ACT. IINING-ROOM OK CHICAGO HOTEL SEES RECONCILIATION. AND CAPTU GEBmANS Americans Raid Boches at Many Points. ENEMY KEPT ON DEFENSIVE Daring Dashes Made in Picar dy, Toul and Lorraine. STRUGGLES ARE THRILLING Near Montdidier U. S. Boys Carry Out Raid and Kill Six Huns and Capture One Lorraine Patrol Defeats Strong Kncmy Force. 'ITII TUB AMERICAN" ARMY . IX FfiAXCE, May 26. (By the Associated Press.) An American patrol, consist-' Ing of an officer and 20 men in the Lorraine sector, last night drove back and inflicted losses upon an enemy patrol, it was announced today. The American victory was obtained despite the fact that the Germans were armed with light machine guns and were assisted by machine gun fire from their own lines, . Tankm Kill Boc'hcl, In the Montdidier region, on the Picardy front, an American patrol car ried out a successful raid upon enemy positions, killing six men and capturing one. The Americans slipped into the Ger man trenches under cover of darkness and artillery fire and quickly accom plished their work. This American detachment penetrated enemy organizations in the Bois Al logne, attached a German post and killed Nsix Germans and took one pris oner. Tlie prisoner told the same story as thousands of others who have been taken by the British and French that he would give anything to see the war ended. lie apparently knew nothing regarding future German movements. Fighting i Hand-to-Haml. Another American reconnoitering party was commanded by Lieutenant A. I'. C'raddock, of Lynchburg:, Va. The Yankees had a thrilling hand-to-hand encounter with Germans in No Man's Land. In the face of a continuous fire from two machine guns they charged the enemy. Although Lieutenant Crad dock and several of his men" were seri ously wounded, they continued fight ing and drove off the Germans. One of the Americans was shot in the head and body, and lay on the Kround stunned. When he came to he found a German holding him by the shoulder. He whipped out his pistol and killed the German. Toul Sector Quiet. The last 4S hours have been the quietest ill the Toul sector since the Americans took it over. In that period only PO enemy shells fell within the whole sector. The American artillery was somewhat more active, the Ameri can shells fired numbering into the hundreds. Americans yesterday morning, watch ing German archies shelling a plane, suddenly observed one smoke puff burst directly underneath the machine, which dived eastward. A few hundred yards above the ground, however, the pilot seemed to gain momentary con trol, lor the machine straightened out. It only remained straight for a mo ment, when it side slipped and crashed to the earth between the Quart de Ke serve and La Hayville. The American patrols continue their work nightly. Friday night one en tered the German positions and pro ceeded as Jar back as the second line southwest of Sonnard Wood without encountering a single German, al though several work parties were heard. Hub Papers Are Found. One of the American patrols in the Luneville sector yesterday morning found the body of a German in No Man's Land. Apparently lie had been killed by shell fire and the patrol brought in much valuable information obtained from papers in the man's pockets. AMSTERDAM, May 16. "Heavy losses" were inflicted upon the Amer icans in the ricardy front in the re pulse of strong American patrols yes terday west of Montdidier, it is claimed in a semi-official German report re ceived today in a Berlin telegram. The report, in the course of a de scription of yesterday's military opera tions, says: "West of Montdidier, strong Amer ican patrols advanced against our front. An American patrol was entirely cut up by our lire. The others were thrown back by counter-atfack. The Americans thereby suffered heavy ses." (By the Associated Press.) Still another week has passed and the Germans have not begun their ex pected new offensive against the allied forces in Flanders and Picardy. And, as yet, there Is nowhere any indica tion that it is the early intention. Sudden Blow PsMiblc: It is not improbable, however, that the blow will be launched at any mo ment. '-' viators in reconnoisances be hind the German lines report that the enemy is still bringing up fresh troops, guns and stores. Every hour is being utilized by the allies to strengthen strategic positions and every- hour (Concluded on Pass Column 3.) Caution Is Issued That "Honest, Le gitimate Criticism of Adminis tration" Is Permlssable. WASHINGTON, May 26. United States attorneys have been instructed by Attorney-General Gregory to en force aggressively the recent amend ment to the espionage act directed at disloyal utterances, but to take spe cial care not to try to prevent "honest, legitimate criticism of the Administra tion or discussion of Government poli cies." "The" prompt and aggressive enforce ment of this act is of the highest Im portance in suppressing disloyal utter ances and preventing breaches of peace," said the Attorney-General In letters to the district attorneys. "It Is also of great importance that this statute be administered with discre tion. It should not be permitted to be come the medium whereby efforts are made to suppress honest, legitimate criticism of the Administration or dis cussion of Government policies; nor should it be permitted to become a medium for personal feuds or perse cution. "All cases which clearly violate this law should be promptly and vigorously prosecuted, but care should be exer cised to avoid unjustified arrests and prosecutions." HUNS TO EXPLOIT FINLAND Army ot 100,000 to Be Raised Un der Defensive Agreement. COPENHAGEN, May 26. Germany Is empowered to take economic control over Finland for 20 years under the commercial agreement between the two countries, according to the Bergen Aftenblad. which publishes the report as coming from "a good source." Ger man money will be placed in a number of Finnish factories, particularly such as are able to produce articles for ex port. Finland also will make a defensive alliance with Germany and wijl raise an army of 100,000 men which will be at the disposal of Germany, should Russia renew her attack during the war. German officers will act as in structors in military schools. General Mannerhelm lias protested sharply against the agreement. CAMPAIGN ROMANCE IS OUT James Linn and Miss Fauis Stockcr Marry at Oregon City. OREGON CITT, Or., Mty 26. (Spe cial.) An interesting romance of the recent political campaign became known here today, when James R. Linn, wealthy hop dealer of Salem, and Miss Fauis Stocker, of Portland, were married. Rev. E. E. Gilbert officiating. Mr. Linn was campaign manager for R. N. Stanfield, aspirant for the Re publican nomination for United States Senator, and Miss Stockcr was a sten ographer at campaign headquarters in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Linn, will leave June 5 for Alaska on. their honeymoon. Miss Nellie- J. McGreer, of Portland, accom panied Mr. Linn and Miss Stocker to Oregon City and witnessed the wed ding. FIRE ENDANGERS PATIENTS Part of Roof of Walla Walla Hospi tal Is Destroyed. WALLA WALLA. Wash., May 26. (Special.) The lives of nearly two score patients at the Walla Walla hos pital were endangered yesterday when fiie destroyed a part of the roof and the upper portions of the two-story wooden building. The building was saved through quick work of the fire department and 35 patients were car ried out by volunteers, some being taken to St. Mary's Hospital and others to homes nearby. A defective electric light wire is blamed for the blaze. Estimates of dt mage were not made. The building is old and had an approximate value of $25,000. HINDENBURG HAS TYPHOID Fever Said to Be Spreading: Kapidly Througli German Army. GENEVA, Switzerland, May 26. Field Marshal von Hindenburg. chief of the German general staff, is in a hospital at Strasbourg-, suffering from typhoid fever, . according to reports from that city. These advices state that the re port of Von Hindenburg's death is in correct, but that his condition is crit ical. Typhoid fever is said to be spreading rapidly in the German army. Of late there have been various re ports of the death of Kield Marshal von Hindenburg. Some of these reports were given on the authority of German prisoners on the western front. VESSEL HITS WILLAPA BAR Steam Schooner Daisy Arrives at As toria Willi Damaged Rudder. ASTORIA, Or., May 26. (Special.) The steam schooner Daisy arrived here at 11:30 today in distress. She started to enter Willapa Harbor this morning and struck on the bar, starting her rudder and rudder post. She was able to make this port under her own steam and is now awaiting orders, but will probably have to go to the drydock. 2,000,000 Men to Get $300,000,000 at Once. M'ADOO ANNOUNCES DECISION Increase Will Be Retroactive to Last January 1. EIGHT-HOUR DAY INDORSED Dlrec tor-General Announces That First Half of Increase Will Be Paid Saturday Pullman Co. Employes Not Affected. WASHINGTON. May 26. General pay Increases for nearly 2,000,000 railroad employes were, announced today by Director-General McAdoo, tffectlve next Saturday and retroactive to last Jan uary 1, carrying out substantially the recommendations of the Railway Wage Commission. The aggregate of the increases prob ably will be more than $300,000,000 a year, half of which will be distributed within a few weeks as back pay in lump sums ranging from about $100 to nearly $200 each. All RepommCBdatloni 3iot I'avored. The director-general departed from the wage commission's recommenda tions in the following particulars: The principle of the basic eight-hour day is recognized, but owing to exi gencies of the war situation, hours of employment are not actually reduced and overtime is to be p?d pro rata; future adjustments of pay are to be made on the basis of eight hours. In addition to the ordinary scale of increase, day laborers, employed main ly on track work, are to get at least 2i4 cents an hour more than they re ceived last December 31. Minimum I Ijatabltabed. A minimum of 5S1 cents an'Ti'our Is established for the shop trades, includ ing machinists, boilermakers and black smiths, and women are to receive the same pay as men for the same work, and negroes are to get the same as white men for similar employment. To work out a multitude of Inequali ties of pay among employes doing sim ilar work in different localities and other injustices caused by varying rules of employment and condition of organization, the director-general cre ated a new board - of railroad wages ard working conditions, consisting of three labor representatives and three railway executives, which will conduct extensive investigations and recom mend wage and other employment changes. Injuatlccs to lie Corrected. All increases now ordered will be de termined according to a percentage scale based on pay received in Decem ber, 1915, and any increases which have been allowed within that time will be deducted. In many cases rises in pay in the last two and a half years are (Concluded on Pgg 2, Column 4. UPON WHAT Young Man Barricades Himself in House, but Surrenders When Structure Is to Be Fired. GRAYSON. Ky.. May 26. Melvin Col lins. 23 years old, of Olive Hill, yester day shot and killed Vint Carpenter, who was driving a team near a firebrick plant, then entered the building and shot and killed Cleveland Sparks, who was sitting at rest, and rushed into the brick machine department, killing John Howard. r Collins tried to find another man, de claring he would kill him also. Collins fled to a farmhouse, barricaded himself and defied the Sheriff and posse who surrounded the house and prepared to burn it. Collins fired from the window and wounded Levi Shields In the hip. The Sheriff's officers fired as a man came from the house and wounded Tony Stephens, who had entered the house to persuade Collins to surrender. Collins finally surrendered when the of ficers started to fire the bouse. A great crowd demanded that the of ficers turn Collins over to them. The officers in cars, with guns drawn, rushed through the crowd and reached Catlettsburg Jail with their prisoner. Collins had failed to register, declar ing he was under draft age. He be lieved the men he killed had something to do with reporting him to the Government. PERSHING TO KEEP SILENCE Communiques to Be Issued at 'Wash ington Only, in Future. (By the Associated Press.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, May 26. It was announced tonight that the issuance of com muniques had been discontinued on or ders to headquarters from Washington. WASHINGTON, May 26. General Pershing's daily communiques here after will be issued for the press of the United States exclusively at the War Department here. Copies of the papers of England. France and Italy will be given out at headquarters of the expeditionary forces, where, it is understood, they also will be available to American correspondents, but only for their information. , GIRL POSTPONES FLIGHT Kallierine Stinson Turns Back When Engine Gives Trouble. BINGHAMPTON. N. Y.. May 26. Miss Katherine Stinson, avialrix, with a temperature of 102 degrees and every appearance of being ill, made prepara tions late yesterday to continue her interrupted flight from Chicago to New York. At 3:64 P. M. she went up In her airplane but at 4:12 returned to the starting place and reported that the engine was missing and had no power and she could not make a start. U. S. GUNBOAT HITS ROCK Craft Operating in Chinese Waters Returns to Port Damaged. SHANGHAI, China. May 26. (By the Associated Press.) An American gun boat proceeding to Chung King struck a rock 10 miles from Ichang Tuesday. Although badly damaged, she suc ceeded in returning to port. MEAT DOES THIS, OUR NEIGHBOR, FEED? ' Pastors Carry Message of Conservation. EXTREME SAYING IS APPEAL Wheat, Sugar and Meat Need ed for Soldiers Abroad. FLOUR DEALERS TO MEET Hospitals, Logging Camps and Ba kers Exempt From Federal Or der; State Societies Urged to Observe Short Rations. An Impressive plea for extreme re duction in the use of wheat products, meat and sugar the latest issued by National Food Administrator Herbert Hoover was made public yesterday through the churches of the Nation. The appeal was in the hands of 1025 ministers of Oregon, and very few of these failed to read it to their congre gations. In many instances" the con gregations pledged by vote to give the co-operation asked of them. Three classes of buyers are privil eged to purchase wheat flour during the five-day period. They are hospitals, logging camps and bakers. Three Claaaea Are Exempt. The reason for discrimination in favor of the hospitals and logging camps are quite universally apparent. Inclusion of the bakers is not understood by the public, though the reason is simple. All bakers of the state are operating under Federal license and are limited to monthly flour" purchases amounting to 80 per cent of what they used in the same months last year. Since the bakers can use only so much flour, it is apparent that it makes little differ ence ;when the apportioned supply is purchased. Mr. Hoover's call for a limitation of the use of wheat to at least one-third the normal amount and for a meat ra tion not exceeding two pounds per capita per week its now going forward to every lodge, grange, farmers' or ganization. Red Cross society, civic and fraternal body of the state. Wheatleas Orrcen Is Aim. "We must have wheatless churches, wheatless colleges, fraternal orders. lodges, granges. Red Cross auxiliaries whole wheatless communities," de clares Arthur M. Churchill, state con servation chairman, in asking such bodies to pledge their support to the plan for making Oregon a wheatless state. "For action of every church in the United states on Sunday. May 26, and of other organisations at their first meetings thereafter," was the caption under which Mr. Hoover's message was delivered. Some of the paragraphs were these: "In spite of the encouraging results of our efforts. In spite of the fact that our exports of foodstuffs are constantly Increasing and are approaching the (Concluded on Pane 4. Column 4. Two Former Presidents Sit IVn Together at Same Table and Talk, for Half an Hour. CHICAGO. May 26. Former Presi dents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft met tonight ia this city and held their first extended conversa tion since the Republican National Con vention in 1912. Each placed a hand on a shoulder and gripped with the other. Both smiled broadly. The meeting occurred in the dining room of a local hotel and the diners cheered. The two former Presidents sat down together at the same table and talked for about half an hour. "Mr. Taft heard I was here and im mediately 'came in to see me," said Colonel Roosevelt afterward, with a smile. "We had a very enjoyable halt hour's talk and I am very happy to see him again." Mr. Taft said: "I heard the Colonel was here before I saw him. I missed the opportunity of seeing him at the time of the dinner to Joffre in New York. I was very glad to see hiin this time." An hour after the meeting Colonel Roosevelt left for Des Moines on his Western speaking itinerar;- for the National Security League. Mr. Taft arrived for a general meet ing of the National War Labor Board convening to hear labor differences in the Middle West. 600 ARRESTED IN RAIDS Phoenix Officials Round l"p Alleged Draft Evaders. PHOENIX. Ariz.. May 26. More than 600 men were taken into custody by a posse acting under the direction of United States Marshal Dillon in rounding tip alleged draft evaders in Phoenix last night. Squads of deputies invaded motion picture shows and bil liard rooms, restaurants and cigar stores, arresting all men of draft age who were unable to show classification cards. As fast as arrested the men were placed in a stockade. ITALIAN SOLDIERS JOYFUL Anuivcrsary of Italy's Entrance Into World War Observed. ON THE ITALIAN FRONT. Friday. May 26. (By the Associated Press.) The anniversary of Italy's entrance into the world war was solemnly cel ebrated Friday alt along the Italian frcnt. The American flag was hoisted beside the Italian colors amid the warmest enthusiasm of the troops. President Wilson's message to Ital ians was distributed to the soldiers in the trenches and It created a most sat isfactory impression. LIFE HANGS IN BALANCE Physicians Abandon Hope for Re covery of Anna Held. NEW YORK. May 2. Physicians have abandoned hope for the recovery of Anna Held, the actress, who has been ill at a hotel here for several weeks, according to a bulletin issued tonight. Miss Held is suffering from multiple myeloma, which a transfusion of blood three weeks ago failed to check. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tba Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 70 degrees; minimum. 4i decrees. TODAT'fr-Fair; moderate westerly winds. War. Americans raid Germans. Pace 1. Allies bomb Liege. Face 3. Foreiicn. Old Irish sore again reopened. Pago 2. Nat ionml. Railroad watre Increase granted, rase 1. Dlttloyat critics to be curbed. Pare 1. Republicans favor selection of Hutches for investigation of aircraft production. Paa a. U. S. Navy men show daring-. Page 3. Domestic. Youth, reported as slacker, slays. Pace 1. Taft and Roosevelt meet and are reconciled. Tase 1. Mtea I-ua k. dreads alienists. I 'ace . . b porta. Pacific Coast International League cut to four club. Page 10. Portland and Tm.com a break even. Pag 10. Interscholasttc tennis la next. Page 11. Corn foot and McCormlck win games at Vaughn grounds. Page 10. Foundation wins from Standi fer-Clarkson, 10 to a. Pgc 10. raclflc Northwest. Horner, confessed murderer, in jail at Ka- lam a. Paga 1. Minister protents against wheatless days when breweries run. Page 4. Portland and Vicinity. Churches respond to plea for extreme con serration. Page 1. Red Cross wants sphagnum moss dressings. Page 4. Dr. Gaebelefn says "higher criticism" caused war. Page a. Forty carloads of seed corn shipped East. Pago 8. Official announcement of new railroad freight rates is expected today. Page 8. Memorial services held in Portland churches. Page V. Oregon-film Industry to do war work. Page 3. Portland visitor witness to Hun atrocities. Page 9. Jordan Valley project lauded. Page 9. Oregon's Federal Income tax will total about $14,000,000. Page 14. Campaign for enlistment of men in J. S. Naval Reserve opens this week. Page 14. Twenty Portland telegraphers apply for membership in union being formed. Page 2. Class of 37 students to be graduated at Reed College this week. Puge 5. Girls of Flying Fqusdron will entertain 4-3 soldiers next bun day evening. Page S. World must Improve on pre-war civilization, says Dr. Morri&on. Page 7. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 11. William R. Horner Goes Back in Old Ford. LYNCHING NO LONGER FEARED Prisoner Admits Killing After Four Hours of Grilling. DETAILS OF TRIP GIVEN Striking CorresimHlrncr AVith Theory or Crime and Murderer's night Noted Killing of Iltisbaitd l our Years Ago Mill lH-liictl. j SKATTLK, Wash.. May :6. (Special.) William R. Horner, alleged murderer of Mrs. Nellie Bassett and her two children, who spent Saturday night in the King County Jail and there made his confession of the triple murder at Kelso, which startled the Northwest a. week ago. was today taken to Kalama. county seat of Cowlitz County, in which the crime was committed. Horner was taken couth by Sheriff Clark Studebakcr. of'Cowlita County; Sheriff Claire Ward, of Okanogan County and Prosecuting Attorney Dclos Spaulding. of Cowlitz County, the quartet riding in the old Ford automo bile in which Horner and his three victims traveled over the same road less than 10 days ago and by which the capture of the alleged murderer was so speedily effected. The party left at 8:30 o'clock this morning. I- rklHic ot Feared. The decision of the officials to take Horner to Kalama came as a surprise and was made early this morning, fol lowing the receipt by Sheriff tude bakcr of a telegram to tho effect that previous telegrams declaring that there was danger of a lynching beo should the prisoner be brought to Kalama had been overdrawn and that the prisoner would be safe in Cowlitz County. Saturday the Cowlitz-County Sheriff had received no less than three mes sages warning him that it would be decidedly unwise for him to bring the prisoner to Kalama on account of the excited state of public feeling due to the brutal murder of the woman and her two children. Formal Confession Dictated. Following Horner's confession at midnight Saturday night, when, after four hours' grilling by the Sheriffs of three counties.- he admitted that he had killed Mrs. Bassctt. following a quar rel over his refusal to marry her and had then shot the two children, a stenographer was called in and the ac cused man dictated a lengthy state ment covering all the details of the trip from Snoqualmie Falls, where the couple lived as man and wife, to Kelso, where the murder was committed, and Horner's subsequent flight to the Bas sctt ranch near Aeneas. Okanogan County, where ho was taken into cus tody by Sheriff Ward Friday night. Murder of Husband Denied. This statement had not been made public up to late this evening, but it is stated that it corresponded in striking detail to tho theory of the crime and. the murderer's flight, which had been, worked out by the officers, who, find ing the bodies of the mother and her two children, started in to trace the man who committed the brutal crime. Although the officers feel that the killing of Fred Bassett, husband of the murdered woman, four years ago, vu not an accident, as reported by Horner, when, after a hunting trip, he brought in the dead body of his companion with a gunshot wound through his head. Horner stoutly maintained that he had not been guilty of murder in this in stance and stuck to the original story which resulted In his exoneration in 1914. XO DKMOXSTKATIOX AT KELSO Trip of Sheriffs and Prisoner Past Scene of Murder Vncvrntful. KELSO. Wash.. May 26. (Special.') Sheriff Clark Studebaker passed through Kelso this evening shortly' after 7 o'clock with William Horner, confessed murderer of Mrs, Amelia Bas sett and children near here, in Hor ner's automobile in which he drove away after tho murder. No demonstration occurred. Officer anticipate no trouble, althnush people are much aroused againKt Horner. Besides his confession of the triple murder. Horner admitted serving one year in the Hutchinson. Kan., peniten tiary for horse-stealing. HOKNKK IX JAIti AT KALAMA Party Arrives From Seattle? Xo Talk of Lynching Heard. KALAMA. Wash.. May 2. (Special.) William R. Horner, confessed mur derer of Mrs. Fred Bassett and her two children, was anded In the Cow litz county Jail here at 8 P. M. His arrival was without incident and no fear of a lynching is felt, Horner, it is said, will make a more complete confession of his crime tomorrow. CHEHAUS, Wash.. May 26. (Spe cial.) When Horner and the Bassett family were here prior to the murder. Horner registered at the hotel May IS under the name "A. J. Risdon. Los An geles. Cal." He did not register th names of cither the woman or the twe children. The hotel is directly across the street from the garage where repairs were made to the car. tSeveral persons can identify liorner. i