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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY. 29, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
YAKS Villi BIG
SMASH III PiGARDY
Americans Sweep Through
Village of Gantipy.
200 BOCKES FALL PRISONER
U. S. Forces, Helped by Tanks,
Daringly Advance on Front of
, One and a Quarter Miles.
MANY GERMANS ARE SLAIN
Doughboys Smash Enemy
Completely, and Our Losses
Are Relatively Small.
PARIS, May 28. The French War
Office tonighi announced:
"West of Montdidier the Americans,
supported by tanks, brilliantly occu
pied a salient along a front of two
kilometers and the strongly fortified
village of Cantigny, capturing 170
prisoners and war material. They
repulsed counter attacks."
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 28. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The American troops
on the French front near Montdidier
delivered an attack against the Ger
man positions, fought their way
through all objectives, including the
village of Cantigny, and captured 140
prisoners.
Yankees Do Quick Work.
The American attack was along a
two kilometer front, and it seems to
have taken the hard-hitting Ameri
cans just about three-quarters of an
hour to complete their conquest, which
included that amount of territory, as
well as the village of Cantigny an
exceptionally short time for such an
operation.
This remarkably fine showing
comes as a fitting companion piece to
the brilliant work done by the United
States soldiers in repulsing an enemy
assault made against them in the
same region yesterday morning. One
American division was attacked at
that time, and the gray coats met with
a complete reversal at all points.
Yankees Jolt Baby Killers.
This enemy attack was not a heavy
one, however, and was easily dealt
with by '.he Americans, who had the
situation well in hand at all times.
Word of these two victories has
sdded much to the I very favorable
impression which the American troops
already have created alon the Brit
ish front. It was a foregone con
clusion that the Germans would make
the newest of the allies along this
front the object of an attack in an
attempt to push them back and there
by create a feeling that they formed
a weak line in the defending chain.
French Officer Rejoices.
The general opinion of the way in
which these American troops have
handled themselves in the last two
days seems to be summed up in a
comment made to the correspondent
this afternoon by a French liaison ef-
ficer:
"Magnificent!" he exclaimed with
delight. "That is the sort of stuff we
will give the Boche."
"Great satisfaction is expressed
among the British troops," says the
correspondent, "at the news of a suc
cessful attack by the Americans near
Montdidier, where they captured over
140 prisoners.
British Twice Engaged.
"Four British divisions that so
stoutly withstood the tremendous
enemy onslaught in the Aisne, Valley
had already borne their full share of
the desperate fighting since March
21."
WASHINGTON, May 28. Ameri
can troops in Picardy attacked this
r J? on a front of one and a quar
Jjriiles, captured the village of
r.tigny, took 200 prisoners and in
.ed severe losses in killed and
nded on the enemy, says General
fshing's communique, made public
onight at the War Department. The
American casualties were relatively
email.
Village Is Captured.
The statement follows:
"This morning in Picardy our
troops, attacking on a front of one
and one-fourth miles, advanced our
- .(Concluded en Fas. Column S.J.
YANKS SEND BOCHE
HURTLING TO RUIN
RICKEXBACHEB AND CAMPBELL
BEAT II CX A I II FLOTILLA.
German Machines Try to Encircle
Americans, but Are Dispersed
by Sudden. Onslaught.
(By the Associated Press.)
"WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 28. Lieutenant Edward
V. RIckenbacher. of Columbus, O., and
Lieutenant Douglas Campbell, of Cali
fornia, this morning- forced a German
biplane down out of control in tbe
Bois de Rate, northeast of Xivray. in
the Toul sector, during a battle with
six enemy planes.
The German machines encircled the
American pilots and attempted to drive
them behind the German lines. RIck
enbacher suddenly pounced on one of
the enemy planes and Campbell, corn
ins; to his assistance, managed to drive
the enemy down.
It was Lieutenant Campbell, it has
been established, who destroyed an
enemy biplane near Essey inside the
German lines on the Toul front yes
terday in a battle a mile in the air.
The German machine's wings crumpled
and it crashed to the earth.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 28. (By the Associated
Press.) American pursuit monoplanes
on Monday evening brought down a
German biplane in flames east of St.
Mihlel in a two-minute fight.
The Americans sighted two German
patrolling machines and pounced upon
them. One German fled, but the Amer
ican pilots surrounded the other and
speedily put an end to his attempts to
give battle.
An empty German sausage balloon
which broke its cable in a strong wind
this morning fell near American head
quarters after drifting many miles.
SPAIN STRICKEN WITH GRIP
Over 90,000 Persons Sick in City
of Madrid Alone.
MADRID, May 28. Virtually all of
Spain is in the grasp of a grip epi
demic, which is spreading with great
virulence and has claimed many vic
tims. The public services are exceedingly
limited, as a multitude of the employes
are ill; some commercial houses are
closed for lack of help, and the tram
ways have cut their senvice by two
thirds. King Alfonso is. believed to be suf
fering from a mild form of the disease,
and the Foreign Minister, Eduardo
Dato, and the Minister of Public In
struction, the Duke of Alba, are also
sick. .
In Madrid there are more than 90,000
persons on the sick list. The malady
extends to the Canary Islands. Sev
eral regiments are on he sick roll, and
the military authorities have sus
pended all maneuvers.
BOGUS PAINTINGS ON SALE
Spnrions Blakelocks Are Turned
Out Dozen a Month.
NEW YORK, May 28. Investigators
for the District Attorney's office were
hunting today for an "art" factory in
Brooklyn where, it is charged, fake
paintings by the famous American
landscape artist. Ralph Blakelock, are
being turned out at the rate of a dozen,
a month.
One of the canvases, copy of a pic
ture which sold for $17,500 and entitled
"The Brook by Moonlight," bore Blake
lock's name and was called "Mysterious
Moonlight."
Many complaints had been received
by the authorities that spurious Blake
locks were being sold to art connois
seurs.
WOOL DEPOTS ARE NAMED
Oregon Product to Be Manufactured
in Home Territory.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. May 28. Wool grown in the
Willamette Valley and all other Oregon
and Washington wool is to be shipped
to Portland this year to supply the
woolen mills in that territory that are
now manufacturing woolen goods for
the Army. Idaho wool and wool from
the Rocky Mountain states will be
shipped east.
This information was today given
Senator McNary by Chairman PenwelL
of the wool committee.
SNOW STILL BLOCKS PASS
McKenzie Route Through Cascades
to Be Closed Cntil July.
EUGENE, Or., May 2S. (Special.)
Persons will not be able to cross the
McKenzie Pass in automobiles for sev
eral weeks, according to word received
here today from George Croner, of Mc
Kenzie Bridge.
He writes: "Two men on foot have
just crossed the Cascades over the Mc
Kenzie route. They report that the
snow is from five to 20 feet deep for a
distance of 10 miles. Unless very hot
weather comes soon no cars will be
able to go over the top before July 1.'
FUND NEAR 150 MILLIONS
Oversubscription to the Red Cross
CauSfc Reach Large Amount.
WASHINGTON. May 28. Final fig
ures on the second American Red Cross
$100,000,000 war mercy fund still were
incomplete tonight, but on the face of
latest returns the fund w-as oversub
scribed 48.833,367.
Figures yet to be received were ex
pected to carry the total to J160.000,
000,
SEND ME TO FIRING
HUE, BEGS WOOD
General Makes Appeal
Direct to Wilson.
SWIYEL CHAIR JOB DODGED
President Refers Request to
Secretary of War.
BAKER PASSES IT TO MARCH
Order Barring Prominent Officer
From Active Duty Causes Sensa
tion at Capital Even Demo
crats Vo.ce Disapproval.
BT ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
"WASHINGTON, May 28 (Special.)
Major-General Leonard Wood, whom
the Administration Is bent on keeping
out of France, called on President Wil
son this afternoon and begged his
Commander-in-Chief not to relegate
him in his prime to the swivel-chair
job of commanding the Western De
partment at San Francisco, 6000 miles
from the battlefront.
The conference with the President
was arranged by Secretary of War
Baker, to whom the General had made
the same plea yesterday.
For half an hour General Wood
sought to persuade the President to
rescind the order which halted and
turned him back virtually as ' the
Eighty- linth Division of the National
Army, Vich he trained at Camp Funs-
ton, wa getting reaay to leave mr
France.
Active Doty Sought. '
The General pleaded that he be al
lowed to go to the firing line, or fail
ing that, to serve in some more active
capacity than that of department com
mander. Mr. Wilson listened to General
Wood's appeal without committing
himself further than to say that the re
quest would be referred to the Secre
tary of War.
Secretary- Baker said that General
Wood's request had been referred to
Chief of Staff March.
On leaving the White House General
Wood had ho idea himself whether the
President is disposed to modify in any
degree the order of banishment to the
Pacific Coast. He said that he had a
'pleasant talk" with the President.
Cheerful Obedience Promised.
"I can't say anything about my visit
to the President," said General Wood
tonight. "Whatever orders I get I
shall obey with a cheerful heart."
The order barring one of the fore
most American officers in active ser
vice today from the scene of conflict
where all the military skill the Nation
possesses is sorely needed created a
sensation In the Capital.
Party lines went to smash and Demo
cratic leaders were heard echoing tbe
comment of the New 1'oFk World, chief
journalistic defender of the Admlnis
(Concluded on Page 4, Column 5.)
HUN LANGUAGE IS
DOOMED IN OREGON
STATE BOARD OF EDCCATION
SIGNS NEW ORDER.
French fend Spanish to Replace
German In Many Leading
High Schools of State.
SALEM, Or, May 28. (Special.) The
German language will be stricken from
the high schools of the state entirely
as a course of study. This action was
taken today by the State Board of Edu
cation, comprised of Governor Withy
combe. Secretary Olcott and Superin
tendent Churchill.
In its place courses will be Included
in French and Spanish. Those who are
taking the course this year will be al
lowed to complete it to secure their
credits.
German is now taught in four-year
courses. It will be optional with the
schools as to whether they place a
four-year course in French or Spanish,
or whether they give two years' French
and two. years' Spanish. All schools of
the state except those in Portland are
affected by the order, and German al
ready has been removed from the
courses there.
"Many wonder why we give language
courses," said Mr. Churchill. "Standard
colleges and universities require at
least two years in language courses
before they admit students from high
schools, and in addition, many are de
sirous of studying live languages and
are averse to Latin or Greek. Spanish
has been selected for one course be
cause of the possibility of our relations
with Mexico and the SpaniBh-Amerlcan
countries after the war." '
HALF HOLIDAY INSISTED ON
Seattle Metal Trades Refuse to Give
Up Time to Speed Ships.
SEATTLE. Wash., May 28. The Seat
tle metal trades council, said to repre
sent - nearly 20,000 shipyard workers,
tonight voted against indorsing the ac
tion of the Shipwrights' and Joiners'
Union of Seattle and the Metal Trades
Council of Portland, Or., in waiving
the Saturday half-holiday during June,
July and August, in order to speed up
ship production.
The council likewise voted against
indorsing the action of the local ship
wrights' union in accepting straight
time pay for working on the half-holi
day, instead of. time and a. half for
overtime.
32D AIRPLANE. IS RECORD
Leading Italian Ace Adds . Another
to His Mark Against Enemy.
PARIS, 'May 28. Major Baracea, tbe
leading Italian -ace, -has brought down
his 32d adversary, according to a dis
patch from the Italian front to the
Temps.
He shot down the' leading airplane
of an enemy squadron.
WAR HONOR GIVEN, WILSON
President Honorary Member of
Great Military Society.
WASHINGTON, May 28. Honorary
membership in the military order of
foreign wars of the United States was
conferred on President Wilson today
by a committee of the New York com
mandery.
YOU STAY BEHIND!
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GERMAN
CITIES
FROM SKY
Ten Allied Airmen Hurl
Bombs Upon Landau.
COLOGNE DEATH LIST URGE
Mannheim-Metz Railway Sta
tion Smashed.
LIEGE DISTRICT ATTACKED
German Aviators Again Menace
Paris From Clouds, but Are
Driven Off Long-Range
a
Guns Resnme.
AMSTERDAM. May 28. Nineteen
bombs have been dropped on Landau,
Germany, by 10 allied airmen, tbe
Tageblatt. of Berlin, reports.
The garrison headquarters and pri
vate houses are said to have been dam
aged. THE HAGUE. May 28. Eighty-eight
of the persons whe were killed when
the British air squadron raided Co
logne on May 18 were burled in the
same grave, according to Les Nou
velles.
City la Terror.
The correspondent of the newspaper
says the inhabitants of the city are
panic-stricken.
LONDON, May 28. Fifteen German
airplanes have been destroyed by Brit
ish aviators and . three others driven
down out of control, according to the
British official communication on avia
tion Issued tonight.
The communication says also that
five tons of bombs have been dropped
on the - Mannheim, Kreusewald and
Mets railway stations.
THE HAGUE, May !8. Details of
the British air raid last week In the
Liege district of Belgium are published
today by Les Nouvelles.
A score of machines participated in
the action, dropping about 20 bombs.
My Gcrssaas) I J r-4.
One bomb fell in. the middle of the
important railway station at Kinkem
pots, killing or injuring a large nun(
ber of German soldiers and civilians.
Tbe explosion set fire to the building
ind part of it was destroyed.
Another , missile fell close to the
Meuse iron works, which was occupied
by Germans, and it - produced a panic
among the workers.
Bombs also were dropped at Herstal
upon the Pieper munition works and
the national arsenal, which now is
German controlled. The damage here
was small." Another bomb fell on an
Industrial plant at Chenee.
Raid Complete Surprise.
The raid, according to tbe news
paper, completely surprised the Ger
mans. No defense airplanes went up
and the anti-aircraft .guns had not
been, supplied with suitable ammuni
tion.
On the same day this British air
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RAIDED
FOUR BIG EXPRESS
CONCERNS MERGED
ADAMS, AMERICAN, WELLS FAR
GO, SOUTHERN AFFECTED.
New Corporation. Capitalized at
Over 930,000,000, May Be
Known as Federal Company.
WASHINGTON, May 28. One union
express company for the United States
was created today by agreement be
tween Director-General McAdoo and
the Adams. American. Wells-Fasgo and
Southern express companies, whose
transportation business will be merged
under a new private corporation with
capital of more than 830,000.000. to be
known probably as the Federal Ex
press Company.
George C Taylor, now president of
the American, will be head of the new
concern.
After July 1. when the combination
becomes effective, shippers will direct
shipments "by express." without re
gard to company, and soon thereafter
the individual names of the separate
companies will begin to disappear from
wagons, stations and cars.
The company will be the express-
carrying agency of the railroads, oper
ating privately, but under contract to
turn 80 hi per cent of the gross reve
nues more than 8200,000.000 last year
to the roads for transportation privi
leges. Three smaller railroad-owned
companies, the Western. Great North
ern 'and Northern, may join the com
bination later.
The new concern, whose name will
be the Federal Express Company un
less existing small companies with
that name in two states object, will
have stock of 830,000.000, representing
the actual properties pooled and in ad
dition enough stock to provide ample
working cash.
The stock will be distributed among
the four companies, according to the
comparative value of the properties
they contribute, to be determined after
further valuation proceedings.
FRENCH COMPOSERS AIDED
President Wilson Extends Copyright
Privilege to Allied Nation.
WASHINGTON, May 28. In a nroc-
lamatlon under the copyright law of
1909, President Wilson today gave to
citizens of France the right to copyright
within the United States musical com
positions by French composers and
parts of musical Instruments serving
to reproduce mechanically musical com
position.
France has extended similar ritrhts
to American citizens.
AV1ATRIX EAGER TO FLY
Katherlne Stinson, Wrecked in Po
tato Patch, Repairs Plane.
BINGHAMTON, N. Y., May 28.
After landing upside-down In a potato
patch- this morning, Katherlne Stinson
attached a new propellor to her aero
plane and made another test flight at
S o'clock this afternoon.
She said that her fall, aside from
smashing the propellor. Injured noth
ing but her pride.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Tbe Weather.
TESTERDAFS Maximum temperature, 76
degrees; minimum. 48 decree.
TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds.
War.
Americans win bis; victory in Picardy.
Pave 1.
French rush reserves to stop Hun advance.
Pace 1.
Rheta Chllde Dorr tells how Americans are
pioneering In France. Pace 3.
American airmen down Hun biplane. Pace 1,
Hair thrashes Huns in Tpres sector. Pass 2.
Huns claim 15.000 prisoners. Pace 6.
Allied airmen raid German cities. Pace 1.
National.
General ood makes personal appeal to
President for active war service. Pace 1.
Con cress plans to rush war revenue legisla-
tion. Pace 7.
Great express company mercer effected.
Psge 1.
Domestic
I. W. W. activities In Southwest exposed at
Chicago trial. Pace 4.
Mooney, convicted bomb assassin, re -sentenced
to death. Pace 5.
Ten new steel ships completed for U. S. in
one week. Pace 2.
Thousand Jewish refuceea drown in Caspian
Sea. Pace 7.
Roosevelt pays tribute to Americanism.
Pace 6.
Sports.
First round of Inter-scholastic tennis tourney
played. Pace 12.
Chance expected in shipbuilders" circuit.
Pace 12.
Club owners to rearranc schedule at Seattle
Friday. Pace 12,
Speed klnrs to be crowned on Rose City
Speedway tomorrow. Pace 12.
Pacific Northwest.
Hun Ian cu ace to bo eliminated from Ore con
schools Face 1.
Uek astronomers bard at work constructing
eclipse station. Pace 5.
Segregation of state military departments
proposed. Pace 3.
Orecon-Washington hot el men say "Win tbe
war." Pace 4.
Bryan speaks at Grants Pass. Page 6.
Commercial end Marine.
Coast member of grain corporation advisory
board to be chosen here. Pace 17.
Chteaco corn market affected by weather
conditions. Pace 17.
Railroad stocks strong feature of Wall Street
market. Page 17.
International shipyard. Columbia City, to be
rushed. Pace 13.
Concrete steamer Faith reaches port. Page 3.
Portland and Vicinity.
Miss Edna Groves to "be mess sergeant.
Page 11
Diocese of Oregon meets In thirtieth annual
convention. Page 4.
Plans laid to sell Oregon's thrift stamp
quota. Page 13.
Judge Kavanaugh rules against city fish
market. Page 10.
Portland dealers ban wheat flour sales for
month. Page 13.
Washington scientist here to observe eclipse.
Page ,
Oremn and California Railroad says 35.169.-
B03 derived from land grant. Page 11.
Japanese Methodist bishop vlslte Portland.
Page 13.
Union Pacific announces schedule changes.
Page .
Weather report data and forecast. Page 17.
FRENCH HURL BIG
RESEEtVES AI II
Furious Battle Centers
West of Rheims,
VESIE CROSSING EFFECTED
Germans Throw 25 Divisions
on Small Allied Force and
Make Rapid Advance.
RETIREMENT IS ORDERLY
Tanks, Machine Guns and Poi
son Gas Shells Main Factors
in Helping Enemy Gain.
PARIS, May 28 The situation to-'
night is more reassuring. The latest
advices from the front show that,
while the violence of the enemy's ef
fort as yet is unabated, he is only
making headway on the venter, and
that even there the German momen
tum is giving signs of slackening. The
allies are beginning to react with ef
fect on the wings.
PARIS, May 28. Heavy counter
attacks by the French troops stopped
the German advance on the heights of
Neuville-sur-Margival and Vregny,
northeast of Soissons, . and other
heights dominating the valley of the
Vesle River, according to the War Of
fice statement tonight. The Germans.
however, succeeded in crossing the
Vesle in '.he region of Bazoches and
Fismes.
PARIS, May 28. The Germans are
trying to force a passage of, the.Vesla .
at Fismes, which, is the center of most
important communications, according
to the Liberte correspondent at the.
front, who adds:
"The battle is being fiercely con
tested with i-l'.ernating fortunes. Our
reserves are commencing to arrive
south of the Vesle, and their effect
is already felt at FiBmes."
BERLIN, vu. London, May 28.
"We are now fighting for the Vesle
sector, between Soissonc and west of
Rheims, and have captured the south
ern bank on both sides of Fismes,"
says the official report from head
quarters tonight.
Success Is Claimed.
"Our attack across the Aisne is
being continued, and yesterday's suc
cesses have been further extended.
"Up to the present 15,000 prisoners
are reported."
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCEj May 28. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) At least 25 German
divisions today joined in the attack
and forced further back the French
and British divisions holding the line.
Tanks, machine guns and poisoi gas
shells were the principal factors in
the successful advance, aside from the
numerically superior forces of the
Germans.
Notwithstanding -the smallness of
the allied arrries they did their utmost
to stay the immense push of the
enemy troops, 10 times their number.
The Germaa advance, which was one
of the most rapid since the beginning
of the war, could not be held, how
ever, as wave after wave in dens
lines came forward.
Reserves Hurry to Front.
The western tllied flank has main
tained its positions well, and reserves
are hurrying toward the danger point
of the greatest advance.
The retreat of the French and Brit
ish was made in orderly fashion; the
troops destroying their material as
they left, or taking it along with
them. The army staff still retains
the fullest confidence in the outcome
of the battle.
As was foreseen, the entente allied
troops were compelled to cede ground
yesterday in the Champagne before
the massed German attack, but they
retired in perfect order. The Ger
mans, executing a repetition of their
tactics of March 21, yesterday threw
overwhelming forces which they had
brought forward during the night
onto the lightly held position extend
ing from the westward end of the
Chemin-des-D.-jnes to Courcy, near
Brimont.
At least 25 selected German di
visions participated in Monday's on
slaught. Among thsm were two
guard divisions. The r.ttack was
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