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VOL. L.VIII.- NO. 17,949. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE -1, 1918. PKICE FIVE CENTS. 5 U-B0A1 S SAID TO BE IN RAIDER FLEET WIRELESS TELLS OF CAROLINA ATTACK BRISTOL AS 111 WOMAN TAKEN AS BURGLAR SUSPECT StTBM ABINE SHELLS LIXER CAR BYIXG S50 PERSONS. TWO SIGHTED OFF VIRGINIA CAPES; TWO OFF JERSEY. MRS. M. K. BENSON ARRESTED AT DEPARTMENT STORE. TEUTON DRIVE Oil U-BOATS SHIS Oil U-BOAT CHASE RAGE FOR SHORE PARIS IS CH m AT DOORS OF U.S. American Coasting Ships Sunk Off Jersey Shore. CONVOYED CRAFT AVOIDED Only One Life Known to Have Been Lost on All of At tacked Vessels. - CAROLINA LARGEST VICTIM Raid Is Regarded as Forlorn of Baffled Sub marine War. Hope AMERICAN VESSELS KNOWN . TO HAVE BEEN SUNK IN RAID BY U-BOATS. Steamships. Carolina, 8000 tons. Texel. . Herbert L. Pratt, tanker. Winneconne, 1809 tons. Schooners. Edward H. Cole, 1395 tons. Jacob M. Haskell, 1362 tons. Isabel B. Wiley, 611 tons. Hattie Dunn, 365 tons. Edna, 325 tons. Hauppaugue, 1000 tons. Meager Radio Messages Describe At tack Made on Vessel Many Take to lifeboats. NEW YORK, June 3. A wireless S. O. S. call from the New York and Porto Rico line passenger steamship Carolina, saying that she waa being at tacked by a submarine, was received here today. The Carolina with 220 passengers aboard and 130 In her crew, waa bound for an Atlantic port at which she is this afternoon 12 hours overdue. Her wireless call for help was re ceived at 7 o'clock lat night. Shipping authorities estimated when attacked she was in about the same position as the schooner Edward H. Cole, when that vessel was destroyed by a submarine. The Carolina was commanded by T. R. J3. Barber. The S. O. S. picked up by the Navy wireless from the Carolina - said the steamer was being shelled by the sub marine. The New Tork and Porto Rico Steam ship Company was advised this after noon from Washington that the Caro lina had been shelled by a submarine and "that the passengers had taken to the boats. WASHINGTON, June 3. Atlantic Coast naval stations were directed by the Navy Department' today to send vessels to the assistance of the steamer Carolina in response to S. O. S. calls saying she was being attacked by sub marines. The S. O. S. calls were re ceived at the Arl'ng&n. Naval wireless station here. : Sea and Air Fleets Unite in Big Round-up. DESTROYERS BUSY EARLY Searchlights in Action Along Atlantic Coast From Maine to Florida.' Flftlt German Snbmarine Reported Seen Off Coast of North Carolina. NORFOLK, Va., June 3. Naval offi cers here said tonight their reports in dicated five German submarines had been operating along the Atlantic coast and that two had been sighted off the Virginia Capes. Rear-Admiral Fletcher, commandant of the Norfolk Navy-yard, said two U-boats had been sighted off the Vir ginia Capes. Rear-Admiral McLean, commandant of the Fifth Naval District, said, in addition to these, two others were re ported off the coast of New Jersey and one off the coast of North Carolina. Neither, officer had' been advised of any engagement between American warships and the U-boats. Tvo U-Boats Outrun by Boston Steamship. FEAR FELT FOR MOHAWK WASHINGTON, . June 3. Ten American vessels were known tonight to have been sunk by German sub marines off the North Atlantic Coast since May 25. The largest to fall prey to the raiders, which are seeking to prevent the sailing of transports with troops for the battlefields of France, was the New York and Porto Rico liner Caro lina of 8000 tons, which was attacked Sunday night about 125 miles south cast of Sandy Hook. The fate of her 220 passengers and crew of .130, who took to the boats ' when shells began to fall about the vessel, was unknown late tonight, but there was hope they had been picked up - by some passing ship or would reach shore safely in the small boats. Not a life was lost in the sinkings of the other ships, according to the late reports tonight. Eight Crews Land. Besides the Carolina the known vic tims of the U-boats are the Atlantic Refining Company's tanker Herbert L. Pratt, the steamship Winneconne of 1800 ' tons, and six schooners, the largest of which, the Hauppaugue, a new ship of 1000 tons, and the Ed ward H. Cole. ' The crews of these eight vessels have been landed at At lantic ports. The steamer Texel was sunk by a German submarine Sunday afternoon 60 miles off the coast. The crew of 36 men landed at an Atlantic port tonight. Work of One Submarine. Reports brought ashore by the sur vivors indicated that the Winneconne and nearly all the schooners were sunk by the same U-boat which had been lurking in the path of shipping off the New. Jersey coast and the Delaware capes since late last month, The stories told by the skippers of the schooners indicated that the com mander ot tne submersioles was unusually humane for a German sub marine officer. In no instance, so far as is known, was a lifeboat shelled, and in all cases reported the crews were given oppor tunity to escape or were taken aboard the submarine, where some of them were kept prisoners for eight days before they were turned adrift to be picked up by a. passing vessel. Germany "at-last has brought her submarine warfare to the shores of 'the United States, apparently in forlorn hope of striking telling blows on this side of the Atlantic and of drawing home some of the American naval forces from the war zones. where the U-boat menace is being slowly but surely strangled to death. In the attacks upon coasting ves eels almost in sight of the New Jersey shore . reported today, Navy officials pee a frantic admission from Berlin that the submarine has failed. U-Boats Foiled Abroad. America's armed power is rolling overseas in ever-increasing force, de spite the utmost exertions of the nn- WEALTHY IDLER HUNTED Automobiles Stopped and Fashiona ble Golf Clubs Invaded. CHICAGO, June 3. The wealthy Idler became a companion in misery with the most abject hobo today when the "work or fight" order went into effect for all men between the ages of 21 and 60. Automobiles were stopped on the streets and their occupants questioned. while deputy sheriffs Invaded fashion able golf clubs in search of men not usefully employed. Nearly 200 arrests under vagrancy charges were reported by the police during the day. Fate of Two Ships Carrying Hundreds of Passen . gers in Doubt. STRANGE PIGEON FLIES IN Bird Bearing Mark "41" Alights "at Coney Island. NEW TORK, June 3. A mysterious carrier pigeon flying from the ocean alighted on the board walk at Coney Island today. Around the right leg of the bird was a tin carrier, on. -the Inside of which were the figures "41." A peculiar thing about the bird waa that when a person in civilian clothes came near, it would try to attack him. When a patrolman arrived, however, to take the bird to the station-house, the bird became very docile, seemingly recognizing the uniform. The Navy intelligence bureau waa no tified. C. W. FAIRBANKS' END NEAR Former Vice-President' in State of Coma, Physician Reports. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., June 3. Charles W. Fairbanks, former Vice- President, who has been ill at his home here for the past few weeks, this even ing passed into a state of complete coma and tonight was sinking rapidly. Dr. J. A. McDonald, chief physician in attendance, announced tonight. Mr. Fairbanks, he said, was much weaker than this morning and there was practically no chance for him to rally. NEW YORK, June 3. Scores of United States' warships Were ranging the waters off the North' Atlantic Coast tonight in search of the Ger man submarines which made . their long-expected attack on American shipping in home waters' late yester day afternoon. While the details of naval opera tions were withheld, it is known that destroyers, fleets of submarine chasers and other vessels are 'flash ing their searchlights tonight over the waters along the coast and far out at sea from Maine to Florida. Air Fleets Take Flight. Hydro-aeroplanes and airplanes arose like flocks of huge birds from every naval station along the Atlantic Coast when the warning was flashed to them, and soon were scouting over the waters where it was believed sub marines wauld be most likely to be lurking. Foreign aviators and Ameri can students as well as the regular American flyers eagerly volunteered for service. -Dirigibles on Scout Duty. More than 100 airplanes and diri gible balloons left Hazelhurst aviation field alone on scout duty. Nearly all the aircraft were manned by regular Army aviators. They circled over Long Island Sound and off the Atlan tic from Sandy Hook to the eastern extremity of Long Island. In their flights today the aircraft were not armed, but in a short time they will be equipped with bomb dropping mechanism and machine guns. The machines pressed into pa trol service today had been used for training purposes. The only way of hearing from the vessels in peril was by the flash of SHIP PLANT SPRINGS UP England Establishes Another Yard for Building Steamships. LONDON. June 3. At a port on the Northeast coast of England which was sn open field at the beginning of March there has been constructed, in manner which a correspondent of the Times describes as almost magical, a f fully-equipped plant In which the keels of two steamships already have been laid. By the end of November there will be a complete shipbuilding yard capable of completing a ship every two weeks. A force of 2000 workers, including many women, is employed there. IRISH RECRUITS ASKED FOR Lord - Ijientenant Calls for 5 0,0 00 Men for British Army. DUBLIN. June 3. (By the Associated Press.) The Lord Lieutenant Issued proclamation tonight asking for 60,000 voluntary recruits and thereafter 2003 to 3000 monthly to maintain the Irish divisions. The first call is to men IS to 27 years of age and special inducement is of fered of legislation to ensure that land shall be available for the men who fight for their country. ISLAND FAVORS SUFFRAGE President Wilson's Approval Will Give Hawaiian Women Vote. WASHINGTON, June 8. Woman suf frage for Hawaii Is authorized In Senate bill passed today by the House and sent to President Wilson for ap provaL It empowers the Hawaiian Legisla ture to provide that women may vote in all territorial and municipal elections. FISHING VESSELS GO DOWN . . Submarine Orders Fishermen to Take to Boats and Row Ashore. LONDON, June 3. Twelve of a fleet of 30 or more fishing vessels were sunk by a German submarine, says Belfast dispatch to the Dally Tele graph. The submarine ordered the fishermen to take to the boats and row ashore. It then sank the vessels by shelling them. The fishermen lost all their gear, but there were no casualties. TOBACCO HELD NECESSITY Government ' Will Give Producers Preferential Fuel Supplies. WASHINGTON, June 3. Tobacco has been classed by the Government as necessity and producers will be given preferential fuel supplies. Senator Swanson, of Virginia, was Informed by the War Industries Board today in response to an inquiry that the board was working out with the Fuel Administration a plan for supply ing the Industry with coal. . U. S. LIQUOR LAW UPHELD Conviction of Man Selling to dlers Will Stand. Sol (Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.) WASHINGTON. June a. validity o Federal statutes prohibiting sale of al coholic liquors to soldiers was In ef feet sustained by the Supreme Court, which today declined to review pro ceedings convicting Cornelius O'Sulll van. a hotel proprietor, -of Sault Sto. Marie, Mich., of violating the law. C OF CUE IS LANDED Fear That Steamer Carries Concealed Guns Deters Divers' Captains. PURSUIT LASTS 25 MILES Submarines Thwarted Only When American Craft Reaches Shallows. AN ATLANTIC FORT, Juno 3. Proximity to the New Jersey shore saved the coal steamship Bristol, owned by the Coastwise Transporta tion Company, of Boston, from de struction yesterday. Pursued by two U-boats, the Bristol sped toward land, attained shallow water and escaped only because the submarine dared not follow her farther. Cole's Crew Rescued. It was the Bristol which rescued the crew of the schooner Edward H. Cole after the Cole's men had been adrift in their small boats for several hours. It is suspected that the U-boats trailed these small boats for the pur pose of destroying any vessel which might attempt a rescue, as the sub marines hove in sight immediately after the Cole's crew had been taken on board the Bristol. Captain Frederick Hart, a veteran Massachusetts skipper, commanded the Bristol. He said the TJ-boats were "big fellows," which could make 16 knots an hour. His own vessel can steam only 12 knots, and when the submarines appeared and the Bristol started for shore the Germans began to gain on her. Twenty-five-Mile Dash Made. Captain Hart sent every available man down into the engine room to put on all steam possible for the 25- mile run to land. Aft the Bristol had spread some large awnings, as the weather was hot, and Captain Hart believes the Germans suspected guns were con cealed under; -the awnings, whereas the Bristol, being A. coastwise coaler. was unarmed. "The Bristol reached Woman Accused of Theft Is Said to Have Walked Into Trap Set by Inspectors. Inspectors Hyde and Abbott, of the local detective bureau, arrested Mrs. M. F. Benson. 114 fcast Seventieth street, yesterday at Firth and Morrison streets and as a result they believe the "twilight burglaries' in the Mount Ta bor and Mount Scott districts are ended. When Mrs. Benson was searched fol lowing her arrest, skeleton keys were found in her purse that would open almost any lock, and the police say the keys are the work of a skilled mechanic. Although Mrs. Benson is believed to be responsible ,for many other bur glaries, she is charged in the complaint with looting the home of L. G. Evans 21 East Seventy-first street, of cloth ing, tableware, six bottles of whisky, a pall of lard and two dozen eggs. She also Is accused of entering the home of John Fontalue, East Thirty-seventh street and Hawthorne avenue, and tak ing flii in money, two suits of under wear and other articles. Saturday, it Is said. Mrs. Benson went to the Meier c Frank store, purchased $100 worth of merchandise, charged the good to the account of Mrs. Evans then went to the Ev..us home when they were delivered, and took them away with her. Testerday she again appeared at the Meier & Frank store, bought more goods to be charged to Mrs. Evans and ordered them deliv ered. This time Mrs. Benson fell Into the hadns of the Inspectors who were waiting. A great many of the stolen articles, it is said, were found at Mrs. Benson's home. Repeated Enemy Assaults Are Broken to Pieces. ALLIES TO TAKE INITIATIVE Foch and Petain Believed Per fecting. Hammer Blow of Huge Proportions. PRUSSIAN GUARDS USED UP Concluded on Paso S. Column 5.) HE'LL NEVER MAKE THE OLD HORSE DRINK THAT STUFF. (Concluded en Pas 3, Columm 3. NO TIME NOW FOR STRIKES Austrian Social Democrats Warn Against Rash Acts. AMSTERDAM, June 3. The Austrian Social Democrats, according to the Socialist Arbeiter Zeitung, of Vienna, have decided that the time is inoppor tune for strikes. The conference warned against rash acts which would lead to disaster and "deprive labor of power In the future." ' UMATILLA COUNTY IN LINE Grocers Pledge to Sell 'o More White Flour T1H Harvest. PENDLETON. Or, June 3. (Special.) Umatilla County must forego the use of all white flour until the next grain crop Is on the market. Grocers repre senting the entire county met here to day, organized and made a pledge to sell no more wh!te flour until harvest. The only exception will be to sheep men in remote districts who must bake In a pan; under a county food adminis trator's order, they can get a limited quantity of mixed flour containing 50 per cent of wheat. ROOSEVELT, JR., IMPROVING Captain Wounded in Action Making Excellent Progress.- fARls, June 2. Captain Archie Roosevelt, who was wounded in action In March, Is making excellent progress. His arm has been removed from the sling and he walks several miles dally. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESThR DAY S Maximum temperature. 0 decrees; minimum temperature, fil de gree. TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds. U-Boat Attacks. Mlsslnc list of torpedoed transport A bra ham Lincoln placed at 26. Pace 4. All Atlantic Coast on alert for U-boats. race Survivors of schooner Cnle describe fight of mercnant snip ana (..'-boat. Pace 8. Steamer Bristol escapes U-boats. Face 1- U. S. sea and air fleeta start U-boat chase, Pac 1. wiraieaa can ft teu or attack: on passencer liner Carolina. rig l. Herman U-boats sink 10 V. S. ships. Pace 1. Five U-boats reported stchted off Atlantic coast or u. s. Pace 1. Forty-eight survivors of boats sunk by Huns orougnt to American port. Page 15. War. German drive on Paris checked. Pace 1. U. S. airman downs Boch aviator. Pace 4. F ore ICS- Japan explains Its defense agreement with vnine. r( is. Bolshevtkl drown victims by barce loads In v.aspian oca. face National. Child labor law declared unconstitutional. pace io. Blc business accused of maklnc fraudulent tax returns. Pace ' X. M. C. A. to start drive for $100,000,000 for Its war work. Pace ?. i Iometic. ! Railway employes make formal protest against McAdoo a wage schedule. Pace 3. I. W. W. alms bared at trial. Pace ft. Postal employes discharged at San Fran- ' Cisco. Pace 12. , Shoup, Buckaroo pitcher, drafted. Pace 14. Grecc wins for Philadelphia, 1-0. Pace 14. Heer ready to meet Troeh In Seattle. Pace 14. Grenade throwlnc made college event. Pace 14. Pacific Northwest. University of Oregon president brines mes- saga of educated, men needed. In war work- Page O. University trainlnc school to open June 24. Pace . Storm predicted at meeting of State Grange opening at naietn. Pace . Km 11 Herman draws 10 years in Federal prison. Pace 13. Commercial and Marine. S. C. Armstrong will represent coast on the Grain Corporation Advisory Board. Pace 1. Cattle sharply higher at North Portland Stockyards. Pace 19. Corn dropa two cents at Chlcaco on news of U-boat raid. Page 10. Stocka only temporarily affected by subraa- rice activity. Pace 19. Dredge Tualatin still needed for work In upper harbor. Pace 15. Portland and Vicinity. Police believe they have Cast Side "twill gin" burglar in woman prisoner. Page 1. Captain Templar-Powell warns against own Partisan Legue. Pace 13. Overseas Relief Committee, make plana for active season. Puce 10. Sergeant David Wells tells of Hun atrocities. Pace 11. Circus glories real to Juveniles. Pago 1ft. Red Cross campaign for nurses begins to day. Pago 13. Oregon Drainage Association to discuss land problems. Pce 12. Stat. Elks Association to met In Portland. Pace 12. Unity of purpose keynote of Japanese din ner. Pace 12. Weather report, data and forecast. Pace 19. Allied Reserves Make Weight Felt Increasingly With Ev ery Hun Advance. LONDON, June 3. "Tonight's re port is the most hopeful since the be ginning of the battle. For the first time since last Monday it can be said that the enemy gained no ground dur ing the day," pays Reuter's corre spondent, with French headquarters in France. "On his westward-facing front in the direction of Paris, where attack and counter attack followed with quick succession until late in the aft ernoon, the German gains were at least counter-balanced by French gains. Teutons Widen Front. "In the center the enemy has ex tended his front along the north bank of the Marne, which is still bounded by the towns of Chateau Thierrj't which was evacuated some days ago, and Verneuil." "Until today it was only possible to hold the enemy from hour to hour. The enemy's numbers enabled him to maneuver and go around obstacles in his path; but his numerical advantage vanished from day to day and we now have arrived at the stage where the formation of a continuous line forces the Germans to attempt massed at tacks against strongly held positions instead of turning them." PARIS, June 3. The battle in France was resumed with great in tensity during the night and in the course of the day, according to the War Office announcement this even ing. The Germans, with fresh troops, attacked between tho Oise and the Ourcq with redoubled violence. Germana Are Checked. "The Germans have been checked west of Soissons," continues the state ment. "We captured Faverolles. "In the region south of Ville-en-Tardenos the Franco- British troops maintained all their gains north of Champlat." BERLIN, via London, June 3. Fresh French units have taken their places in the battle line, according to the official communication from gen eral headquarters today. The Ger mans claim that these reinforcements have not been able to hold the posi tions assigned them. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, June 3. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Owing to the terrible casualties inflicted upon it, the Prus sian Guards Division has been with drawn by the German high command Hun Losses Heavier. The German losses are becoming heavier daily. LONDON, June 3. (British Admir alty, per Wireless Press) The mili tary correspondent of the British wire less service writes as follows concern ing the operations on the western front: "The Germans still show their greatest pressure on the western flank of the Aisne salient, their ef forts yesterday being again on the front between Soissons and Chateau Thierry. Their progress, however, has not been very marked and their ad vances have been more in the nature of local movements. AH Advances Checked. "During the last 48 hours, too, tha resistance has been of a severe, and punishing nature. All the advances have been met by the hardest fighting and, beyond the local actions referred to, were checked by the allies. "The situation cannot yet be said to have reached a position of stability, but the evidence suggests that the first impulse of the offensive which has carried the Germans forward so far is coming to an end, and that they (Concluded on fas . Column T7)