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VOL. IVin. NO. 17,945.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY. MAY 30, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TROPHIES PROVIDED
FOR WAR TOILERS
HUNS DASH VAINLY
PATRIOTIC SERVICE
fiRflPF I IIQK Fnimn
GERMAN WOMEN TO
REGISTER IN JUNE
MEMORIAL DAY HAS
OPENS TO 200,0001u,,nuL "-uun 1 uu,,u
DEEP SIGNIFICANCE
UUILI Y. KUNd AEYlUUrV
FliAGS, SERVICE BADGES, MED
ALS WILL BE AWARDED.
MEN WHO HAVE MIXOR PHIS
ICAL DEFECTS GET CHANCE.
V. S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES
TIME FOR FILING NAMES.
SOISSOIIS IS LOST;
KIMS MENACED
AGAINST
CAN G Y
Allied Forces Retire in
Face of Huge Hordes.
HARD FIGHTING IN PROGRESS
Streets of French City Are
Scenes of Bloody Struggles
as Germans Push Ahead.
RESERVES YET TO APPEAR
General Foch Rushes Men to
Stem Teuton, hut Difficul-
ties Are Encountered.
PARIS, May 29. After desperate
resistance and fighting in the streets
lasting several hours the French have
evacuated Soissons, which the Ger
mans occupied, according to the of
ficial announcement from the War
Office tonight.
Franco-British troops, the state
ment adds, have fallen back to the
heights south and southeast of St.
Thierry, where they are holding posi
tions between the Vesle and the Aisne
Canal. .
Fighting la Fierce.
In the center, continues the War
Office announcement, fighting is
going on with varying success on the
heights on the southern bank of the
Vesle River, where the French troops
are bravely and admirably defending
their positions. - .
In the vicinity of Fismes, on the
south bank of the Vesle River, there
was heavy fighting, in which a Brit
ish cycling battalion distinguished
Itself before retiring in the face of
overwhelming pressure.
The fighting of the first few days,
although all one-sided, has been in
decisive, r.s the entente allied reserves
itill have to play their role. The task
of the allied commanders in meeting
luch a brusque attack was most dif
ficult. Now they are able to act with
decision.
Rheims Troops Withdraw.
The troops covering Rheims have
irithdrawn behind the Aisne Canal,
northwest of the town.
The battle took on particular
violence on the French left wing. In
the region of Soissons, after stubborn
resistance and fighting in the streets,
which held back the enemy for sev
Bral hours, French troops evacuated
the town, the western outskirts of
which they occupy.
Southeast of Soissons the battle
extended to the rlateau marked by
Belleu, Septmonts, Abrief and
Chaerise.
In the center, under the pressure
of the enemy, the -Franco-British
troops gave ground in the region of
Loupeigne, north of Fere-en-Tarde
nois. The Franco-British troops
further east maintained their posi
tions on the line of Brouillet, Savigny
and Tilloy.
(By the Associated Press.)
In their violent attacks on the 30
mile battlefront, running from
Soissons eastward to the region north
west of Rheims, the German armies
continue to force back the French and
British on nearly every sector.
The fortified town of Soissons, the
extreme !eft flank of the allied bat
""tleline, has been occupied by the
enemy, although the French are still
holding tenaciously to its western en
virons, through which emerge the
railway lines leading to Pari3 and
Compeigne.
Prisoners Number 23,000.
According to the German official
communication 25,000 prisoners,
among them a French and British
General, have been taken and numer
ous additional towns and vantage
points all along the front have been
captured.
Seemingly Rheims, like Soissons,
also is doomed to fall into the hands
' of the enemy, as the French War Of
fice reports that the troops covering
the famous cathedral town have been
withdrawn, behind the Aisne Canal to
tfie northwest.
On the sector directly southeast of
Soissons the Germans now are fight
ing approximately 12 mileB from
where they started their drive Mon
day from Vauxaillon, while further
east, near Loupeigne and in the cen-
(Concluded oa Page 4, Column 4.
Recognitlon to Be Given Creditable
Feats in Shipyards and Al
lied Industries.
WASHINGTON, May 29. A plan for
awarding flags, service badges and
distinguished-conduct medals to work
men in shipyards and allied industries
the first public recognition ever giv
en by the Government to war workers
back of the fighting lines was an
nounced tonight by the Shipping Board.
Charles M. Schwab, director-general
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation,
originated the system of rewards, to
give shipbuilders visible evidence that
they are helping as much in winning
the war as the men who carry guns.
Flags will be given each month to
the shipyards making the best records,
all factors considered.
Gold and silver medals will be award
ed for unusual and distinguished serv
ice in connection with the production
of ships. They may be won, not only
by shipyard employes, but by employes
of manufacturers of all materials and
equipment entering into the ships.
Rear-Admiral Frank F. Fletcher has
been named to -head a board which
will decide on the awards of flags and
medals. Serving with him will be F. W.
Wood, former vice-president of the
Maryland Shipbuilding Company, one
of the Bethlehem subsidiaries, and a
representative of labor yet to be chosen.
Service badges will be awarded by a
war badge board, consisting of Hugh
Frayne. representative of labor on the
War Industries Board; Major F. W.
Tully, of the War Department; L. How
land, of the Shipping Board; Roger W.
Babson, of the Department of Labor;
Livingston Davis, of the Navy Depart
ment, and Carl Byoir, of the committee
on public information.
ENGINEERS NEED OFFICERS
Graduates or O. A. C. Urged to At
tend Training Camp.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis. May 29. (Special.) Urgent
calls are being received by President
Kerr, of the college, from the War De
partment for Oregon Agricultural Col
lege engineering graduates for the
engineer officers' training camp at
Camp Lee.Va.
Within the past 24 hours Dr. Kerr
has received three, telegrams from the
chief engineer of the War Department
asking for recommendations of men
who have graduated from the engi
neering course and who would qualify
as officer material. The men selected
would be sent immediately to Wash
ington Barracks, Washington, D. C,
and from there to the engineer offi
cers' training camp. The call is lim
ited to men within draft age.
"There are many O. A. C. engineer
ing graduates in various parts of the
state-who may be interested In this
opportunity," said Dr. Kerr, "and the
only way to bring the matter to their
attention is through the press. We
must wire the names to Washington
June 4. Interested parties should tele
graph me not later than June 3. We
have Just recently sent several men to
the engineer officers' training camp in
Virginia, but the Government calls for
more."
20 ZONES ESTABLISHED
Cities Named as Centers of Manu
facture of War Materials.
WASHINGTON. May 29. Centers for
0 industrial zones established by the
War Industries Board for manufacture
of wan materials were selected today.
The centers are Boston, Brldsrenort.
New York. Philadelphia. Baltimore,
Cincinnati. Atlanta. Birmingham. St.
Louis, Rochester, Pittsburg, Cleveland
Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul,
Kansas City, Seattle, San Francisco
and Dallas.
Under an executive order announced
tonight President Wilson formally
created me war industries Board as
a separate administrative agency to
act for him and under his direction,
with all the duties and powers infor
mally conferred by the President last
March in a lettei" to Bernard Baruch
chairman of the board.
ALLIED HOSPITALS BOMBED
Hun Air Fiends Attack American
and French Wounded.
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON
THE FRENCH FRONT, May 29. (By
the Associated Press.) German airmen
last night deliberately dropped bombs
on hospitals in which there were scores
of American and hundreds of French
sick and wounded. The hospital is in a
town many miles in the rear of the
front.
A number of Americans were slightly
injured by flying glass. One French
nurse was killed and another injured,
probably fatally. Several civilians
died of wounds.
120,000 SICK IN MADRID
Spanish Populace Blames Germans
for Terrible Epidemic.
MADRID, May 29. The grip-like epi
demic continues to spread. There are
120,000 victims in Madrid.
King Alfonso Is still in bed with the
malady, but his condition is not
dangerous.
The population believes the disease
was brought to Spain by German sub
marines, as there are eases among
crews of interned under-water boats.
Some persons hold the opinion that I
had been spread by microbes blown
by the winds from the battle fronts.
Americans Beat Off 3
Counter-Attacks.
LUNEVILLE SECTOR GASSED
Germans Try to Penetrate U.
S. Lines, but Are Repulsed.
FIGHTING IS HAND TO HAND
Yankees Ara Enraged at Tentons,
Who Send Over Gas, and So When
Enemy Enters Trenches, Dough
boys Use Knives on Them.
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON
THE FRENCH FRONT, May 29. (By
the Associated Press.) Three counter
attacks made last night and today by
the Germans to retake the terrain
which they had lost in Plcandy on
Monday completely broke down In the
face of the American artillery fire and
the heroism of our infantrymen. All
the ground won by the Americans on
Monday remains in their possession.
The enemy counter-attacks on the
new American positions were met by
the allied gunners with a hurricane
of fine. Waves of German infantry
men were stopped dead and thrown
back, leaving large numbers of killed
or wounded on. the ground.
Bombardment Precedes Thrust.
The Germans delivered their first
counter thrust late yesterday in an
effort to regain the defenses which had
been wrested from them in the morn
ing along a two-kilometer front. The
enemy drive was preceded by a heavy
bombardment, which began at G o'clock
In the afternoon. After 30 minutes of
artillery preparation the Germans ad
vanced, but were caught in an Intense
fire from the American guns and were
apparently forced to, retire without
having come into close contact with
the .American Infantry.
Since then the enemy has made ad
ditional attempts to drive the Ameri
cans from the village, but without
avail.
Gas Attack Heavy.
The enemy launched another heavy
gas attack against our troops in the
Luneville sector early this morning,
and attempted to reach our line in
three places. They were repulsed with
comparatively heavy losses.
The first attack, made two kilome
ters southwest of Fremenil, broke
down under the fierce machine gun fire
from the American trenches, the Ger
mans retreating. Both the Americans
and Germans fought in gas masks.
Soon afterward the enemy put down
a heavy barrage a kilometer to the
west and 14 Germans managed to pen
ctrate a trench in which the Americans
on Monday were subjected to a gas
attack and who were fighting mad.
Germans Axe Well Mauled.
The Americans emerged from their
dugouts and hand-to-hand fighting.
(Concluded on Paso 3. Column 1.)
l P. v5v.f - - 1
Employment Will Be Offered in
Production and Handling of
Army Equipment.
WASHINGTON. May 29. Two hun
dred thousand men of draft age, who,
because of minor defects, have been
held by examining surgeons over the
country for limited service, are to be
employed. in producing or handling
equipment for the Army.
Provost Marshal-General Crowder
announced tonight that the Army staff
corps will utilize the services of these
registrants and thus release fighting
men for the front line.
General Crowder today issued the
first call under the new plan. Orders
went to Governors of states for up
ward of 9000 men for service in spruce
production for airplanes. The men will
be allowed to volunteer until next
June . After that date a report will
be made to the Provost Marshal-General,
and if there are not sufficient vol
unteers, allotments will be made to the
various states to be filled by involun
tary inductment
some 10.000 men of the Army are
now engaged in getting out spruce
timber in the Northwest, and the Sig
nal Corps constantly is increasing this
number. Consequently the sending of
the new men to this field will con
stitute no new policy and it is under
stood that it has no relation to com
plaints that Industrial Workers of the
World there have retarded the output
of spruce.
Some 24 trades or classes. Including
railroad, transport and construction
men, office workers and laborers, are
desired for the spruce division. When
this division has been filled, men will
be called to fill other staff services of
the Army until the 200,000 total has
been exhausted.
NEW DRAFT RULE ISSUED
Those Away From Home May Regis
ter With Ixcal Boards.
WASHINGTON, May 29. Provost
Marshal-General Crowder today not!
fled draft subjects away from home
that they must register with the local
board in whose Jurisdiction they are
sufficiently in advance of June 6 to
enable the boards to send their cer
tiflcates to their home boards.
Registration Is completed at the of
flee of the home boards.
SIR GILBERT PARKER QUITS
Author Resigns Seat In Parliament.
Weir to Be Candidate.
LONDON. May 29. Sir Gilbert Par
ker, the author, has resigned his seat
In Parliament.
It is understood that Sir William
Weir, secretary of state for the a
forces, will be the government candi
date at a by-election in the Gravesend
district to fill the vacancy.
APPEAL MADE FOR WOOD
Desire of General to Go to France
Brought Vp in House.
WASHINGTON, May 29. A plea that
Major-General Leonard Wood be per
mitted to go to France was made in
the House today by Representative
1 McKenzie, of Illinois, Republican.
ALL HONORS TO THE NATION'S SOLDIER
Girl Tries to Throttle
Aged Prosecutor.
WILD SCENE CLOSES TRIAL
Spectators Weep and Jurors
Stand Aghast. .
SLAYER THEN COLLAPSES
Insanity Defer.se Proves Futile to
Save Schoolmistress Who Killed
Wife or Her Affinity, Dr.
Roberts, at Waukesha.
WAUKESHA, Wis., May 29. Grace
Lusk was found guilty here tonight
of second degree murder for the kill
ing of Mrs. Mary Newman Roberts.
When the verdict was delivered Miss
Lusk attempted to choke D. S- Tullar.
acting district attorney, but was over
powered and led screaming from the
courtroom.
"It's a lie! It's a He. against me! He
lied!" she screamed "as she sprang at
the throat of the prosecutor.
Grasping the throat of Mr. Tullar,
who Is more than 60 years old. she
shook him back and forth In his chair
at the counsel table until several men
dragged her away, when she fainted.
Frensled Attack Assumed.
When she recovered, several minutes
later, her aged father and one of h
attorneys attempted to lead ber from
the court room, but she straggled with
them, her hair tumbling about her
face, as she was dragged away scream
ing: "That man's son lied! He lied!
He lied my life away. Maurice Tullar
swore my life away!"
Several hundred spectators, mostly
women, stood with tears streaming
down their faces during the outbreak.
The 13 men on the Jury stood In their
places with ashen faces as though
paralysed and shrunk away from Miss
Lusk as she was led past the jury box.
Statement Sera-red by Tullar.
Maurice Tullar, now In a sanitarium
because of 111 health, is the District At
torney of Waukesha and at the trial
swore that four days after the shooting
of Mrs. Roberts, he obtained a state
ment from Miss Lusk In which she said
that she realised why she had shot
Mrs. Roberts, but could not understand
how she had done It so quietly and de
tiberately.
D. S. Tullar was appointed special
prosecutor at the trial by his son, who
was unable to act because of his ill
ness. The elder Tullar took little part
in the case, leaving its active direction
to Walter D. Corrlgan. of Milwaukee,
who had been appointed prosecutor.
Loig Imprisonment Penalty.
' The verdict carries imprisonment
from 14 to 25 years.
Miss Lugk's condttlon became such
on returning to the Jail that It re
quired nearly half an Dour to return
her to the courthouse when the Jury
reached a verdict.
The Jury deliberated four hours.
Concluded on Pif 4. Column 2.)
DEAD!
Procedure Will Be Similar to That
Followed In Enrolling Teu
ton Alien Men.
Every German alien woman, 14 years
of age or older, must register between
June 17 and 26. both dates inclusive.
Instructions fixing the time for the
registration and the conditions under
which It shall be made were received at
the United States Attorney's office yes
terday. Austro-Hungarlan women are
not included in the order and will not
be required to register.
The registration will be conducted on
the same general plan as that followed
when German alien men were com
polled to register. In Portland and
other cities of the state having a popu
lation of 5000 or more the registration
ill take place at the office of the
Chief of Police. In less populous com
munitles these women must register
with the Postr.iaster.
'In connection with the registration
of these women." said Assistant United
States Attorney Rankin vmtrd.v
their fingerprints will be taken. This
circumstance must not be taken as
suspicion that they are in any sense
criminals. Instead. It is required solely
as a means of identification, a system
well established and recognized.
Although a woman was born In the
United States. If she is married to a
German alien she takes his status as
to citizenship, becomes a German alien
enemy and must register."
Failure on the part of any German
auen woman to register within the
time prescribed will subject her to ar
rest, temporary detention or permanent
internment during the war. All wom
en ordered detained for non-reglstra
tion will be confined In the Multnomah
County Jail for the period of their In
carceration.
ORGANIZER NEARLY HANGED
Non-Partisan Leaguer Escapes With
Life on Promise) to Enlist.
CLARK3. Neb.. Mav 59 n A
organiser for the Non-Partisan T ..,., J
was nearly hansred here Tui,rH.. k
a moo, Dut saved himself by glvini
up nis list or members, all his liters
ture, and promising to give his auto
mobile to the Red Cross and to en
list in the Army.
Felver has been working- in hi
county for 10 days and has secured
about 400 members. He Is being
watched by a delegation of his captors.
NAVY DOCTOR IS INDICTED
More Than I , Tons of Suga
Hoarded In Home Is Charged.
BASHisuiw, May 29. Francis S
Nash, a medical director of the Navr.
and his wife were indicted by a grand
jury here today on a charge of hoard
tng foodstuffs.
investigators round among other
foodstuffs more than a ton and a half
or sugar stored In the Nash home.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAffl Maximum temperature. Tl
degrees; minimum, o degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds.
War.
Americans repulse Huns. Page 1.
French evacuate Soissons. 'Page 1.
Vast German army rushes onward. Pass 3.
Foreign.
Thirty lives lost. SO million roubles' damage
done by explosion In Russia. Pas 3.
Hundred and one lives lost on torpedoed
British transport. Page 2.
Dublin makes merry as political storm
clouds gather. Page 6.
National.
Gmrnmfnt will award trophies to workers
In shipyards and allied Industries. Page 1.
Two hundred thousand men with minor
physical defects will get chance to serve
country. Page 1.
17. S. to spend S23.0O0.O0O.000 next year.
Page 3.
Lansing voices sympathy of V. 8. with
Cseuhs-Slovaka and Jugo-Slava. Page 4.
Hearings on war revenue legislation will
start on June 6- Page 4.
JKjmewt If.
I. W. W.s" hostile attitude toward draft ex
posed at Chicago trial. Page 10.
Roosevelt urges Americans to put war
through to knockout. Page 4.
Grace I,usk, convicted at Waukesha of
murder, tries to strangle prosecutor.
Page 1.
Wilson declared most partlssn President
since Andrew Jackson. Page 6.
Sports.
Shipbuilders Decoration Day cooteata post
poned. Page lo.
Portland beata Seattle. 5 to 4. Page 10.
Mcfredle plans big double-header for June a.
Page 10.
Washington leads In Interscholastle tennis
tournament. Page 10.
Fartne Northwest.
Justice McCamant to retire from state su
preme bench June 4. Page a.
Oregon penitentiary faces deficiency of
eov.uw. -.se o.
O. A. C. chooses student manager. Page IS.
Conunerrlml and Marine.
Oregon cereal crops are In need of rata.
Page IT.
Corn touches lowest prices of season at Chi
cago. Page 17.
Substantial buying of rail stocks support
Wall-street market. Page 17.
Clear channel below Broadway bridge want
ed. Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
German alien women over 14 must reglstsr
In June. Page 1.
Municipal fish market fighting for Its life.
Page IS.
Lieutenant Joyce, war hero, arrives to take
charge of British recruiting. Page a.
Women to have voice In affairs of Episco
pal Church In Oregon If they want it.
Page T.
Memorial day carries deeper significance
because of war. Page 1.
Ad Club has extensive programme. Includ
ing Captain Hardy. Page 10.
Oregon launches war savings stamp drive
Page IS.
Drafted men leaving 8undar to be dined.
Page 11.
Western Union dismisses three who took
part In union activities. Page IS.
Speakers here to speed sblpworkers to great
er endeavor. Page 10.
Frank McCrlllls candidate for School Board.
Page 10.
North Pacific Dental College graduates 114.
Page 5.
Wsatasr report, data sal forecast, Pge IT.
Freedom's Cause Now
Close to All Hearts.
DAYS OF '61 ARE RECALLED
Reverence to Dead Blends in
Thoughts of Boys Overseas.
CREEDS UNITE IN PRAYER
Honors to Heroes oC Past Wars Min
gle With Invocations for Those
Who Are Fighting In World
Battle for Liberty, Justice.
GENERAL PROGRAMME FOR
MEMORIAL OBSERVANCE
TODAY.
S:S0 A. M. Details from G. A.
R. posts, Spanish War Veterans,
Sons of Veterans and various
auxiliaries will leave for various
cemeteries to decorate graves.
9 A. M. Details from all posts
and camps, assisted by auxilia
ries and pupils of Sunnys'de,
Buckman and Hawthorne schools,
to decorate graves in Lone Fir
and St. Mary's cemeteries. Pu
pils of other schools and details
from other posts assigned to va
rious cemeteries.
2 P. M. Comrades will assem
ble at Courthouse for parade to
Auditorium at 2:30. where memo
rial service will be held.
Lone Fir Cemetery, 10:S0 A. M.
Memorial service following dec
oratton of graves.
Memorial for Sailors and Ma
rines, 10:S0 A. M. Procession
from Courthouse at 9:30 to Stark
street dock, where services will
be held on ferryboat.
Montavilla, 9:30 A. M. Services
at I. O. O. F. Hall. East Eightieth
and GUsan streets, followed by
procession to cemetery.
Sellwood. 9:15 A. M. Proces
sion leaves Sellwood for Milv.au
kie Cemetery. Noon Dinner
served at hall. 2 P. M. Services
at Wall's Hal!, Thirteenth and
Lexington avenue.
Lents, 7:30 A. M. Committee
carries flowers to Mount Scott
and Multnomah cemeteries. 10 A.
M. Memorial services in I. O. O.
F. Hall.
St. Johns. S A. M. Veterans
and school children visit ceme
tery. 10:30 A. M. March to me
morial monument, near Jersey
street, where services will be
held.
Ever sacred to the heart of America, -this
year does Memorial day assume
deeper significance when the land has
sent forth its young men for a renewed
atrusrgle to maintain the principles of
liberty, as It sent them forth in the
stirring days of '61.
In Portland today reverence to the
memory of the heroes of the Civil War
will blend with the consciousness of
the debt the city owes to its boys over
seas, some few of whom already have
made the supreme sacrifice.
From morning till late afternoon, in
every section of the city, the flowers
of Oregon will be placed upon the
graves of those who have answered the
last bugle, while scores of memorial
services will lift prayer and song In
their honor.
Veterans of the Civil War and vet
erans of the Spanish War, with chil
dren from ail Portland schools, will vie
in loving tribute to the glorious dead.
There are no creeds on such a day.
The single thought of the city is to
brighten the flame of loyal remem
brance, and in many churches, of all
denominations, the ministry will give
the message of the day from their pul
pits. Though the decoration of graves will
be held mainly in the forenoon. It is
this afternoon that the central event of
the day occurs, when the parade line of
veterans and various organisations will
form at 2 o'clock, at the Courthouse,
marching to the Auditorium at 2:30.
where all Portland will join in memo
rial services.
Details of Parade) Ultra.
The details of the parade formation
will be under the direction of the mar
shal of the day and aides, preceded by
a platoon of police. The military es
cort will form on Main street, with
right of line at Fourth street. Parade
formation will be as follows:
1. Police platoon. Chief Johnson, on Main
street, south side of Courthouss; Klks bind,
K. Cloffl, director.
2. Spruce Division. Colonel Dlsque. Main
atreet. right resting on Fourth street.
a. Oregon Military Police. Colonel Delch.
Third street, tight resting on Mala street,
north aide.
4. Band.
a. Multnomah Guard. Colonel Hlbbard.
Fourth street, right resting on Main atreet.
6. G. A. R-. Fourth street, front of Court
bouse, right resting on Main street.
7- Spanish-American War Veterans.
Colonel Delch. Salmon street, right resttng
on Fourth street.
8. Sons of Veterans. Colonel Schnabel.
Salmon street, right resting on Fifth mru
. Boy Scouts. Colonel -Brockway. V. irth
street, right resttng on Salmon street.
The Junior Honor Guards will form en
,C Concluded en I'm 6, Cuiutaa e)