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VOL. IVTII. NO. 17,936. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TEU11S SUED HARD By FRENCH Poilus Advance on Front BONES UNEARTHED NEAR UMATILLA, OR. KEMAEVS OF PREHISTORIC AM MAIi BELIEVED FOUND. GERMAN OFFENSIVE ON SEA EXPECTED IDAHO AND MONTANA WAR INDUSTRIES BONNET ROUGE APPEALS DENIED FORESTS ABLAZE FIELD TO BROADEN Etfl VICTORY FIRE SITUATION WORST KNOWN SENTENCES RANGING FROM DEATH TO 2 YEARS fcTANDS. AT THIS TIME OF YEAR. AMERICA! TROOPS of 7 1-2 U PRISONERS EXCEED 1G00 Gain Is Made Between Towns of Rubescourt and St. Maury . War Office Announces. GERMAN LOSSES ARE BIG Australian Troops Near Mor lancourt Drive Forward and Capture 298 Germans. PARIS, June 11. The French have struck the Germans a hard blow along a front of about 7 miles be tween Rubescourt and St. Maur, re capturing Belloy, Genlis wood and the heights between Courcelles and Morte mer. The official announcement by tho War Office tonight of thij gain says that the Germanr: suffered heavy losses and left more than 1000 pris oners and come guns in the hands of the French. Enemy Attacks Repulsed. Several violent enemy attacks on Chevincourt were repulsed, but the Germans gained a footing in Mache mont and Bethancourt, which places are being bitterly disputed. The official communication reads: "The battle continued today from Montdidier to the Oise. "On the left our troops, supported by tanks, counter attacked this after noon along a front of 12 kilometers, between Rubescourt ' and St. Maur, and, notwithstanding desperate re sistance on the part of the enemy, reached the southern approaches of Le Fretoy, captured the heights be tween Courcelles and Mortemer and carried our lines more than two kilo meters to the east of Mery. St. Maur Is Reached. "We have also retaken Belloy and Genlis wood and reached the southern outskirts of St. Maur. "The enemy, who suffered heavy losses, left more than 1000 prisoners and several guns in our hands. "In the center the Germans, who had succeeded in pushing forward to the south of Loge farm and Antheuil, were driven back beyond these two points by our troops, acting in con cert with adjoining units. "On the right the enemy increased his pressure, seeking to gain the Matz Valley. Several violent attacks launched against Chevincourt were re pulsed. , "The enemy succeeded in gaining a foothold in Machemont and Bethan court, which were bitterly disputed.' (By the Associated Press.) The French troops fighting south- cast of Montdidier have turned upon the Germans in a violent attack and administered a severe defeat to the enemy over a front of about 7Vz miles between Rubescourt and St. Maur. Hun Casualties Enormous. It was over this front that the French, since Sunday's offensive be gan, had held back the Germans from keeping pace with the advance they were making from the center of the line south of Ressons-sur-Matz toward the Oise River, where the onslaughts of the invaders were met with a de fense in man and gun power that brought to the Germans enormous casualties. The village of Belloy, Genlis wood and the heights rising between Cour celles and Mortemer were captured by the French, and in addition to the infliction of heavy casualties on the enemy General Foch's men took more than 1000 prisoners and also captured guns. Boche Loses in Center. In the immediate center of the line between Montdidier and Noyon, where the Germans had been able to extend the apex of their drive to Antheuil, the enemy also was attacked and driven back, but southwest of Noyon he succeeded in reaching Machemont and Bethancourt, the last named place lying on the west bank of the Oise River. Hard fighting is still in progress in this region, with the French disputing the attempts of the Germans to pass onward. Having reached the Oise in the region of Ribecourt, the enemy, if he (Continued on Pase 4. Column 2.) Geologists and Paleontologists of Reed College Investigating Discovery Made in Gravel Pit. Bones, presumably of some mammoth prehistoric animal, have been un earthed near Umatilla, Or., by work men ot the O.-W. R. & N. Company, and are now being studied by geologists and paleontologists of Reed College, Portland. Dr. W. T. Foster, president of the college, yesterday took charge of the collection, which had been sent to Portland at the request of Charles B. Cochran, assistant general counsel of the railroad company, and will turn them over to Dr. Harry Beal Torrey, a biologist of Reed, and will call in also Dr. William K. Ogburn, formerly of Reed, and now of the University of Washington. , The size of the bones immediately at tracted the attention of the workmen, who excavated one piece which ap peared to be a bone or tusk eight feet long. Unfortunately, this specimen was borken In shipment and Dr. Foster, who made preliminary Btudy of the pieces yesterday, said that a more detailed study would be necessary before ven turing any scientific estimate of the discovery. He has asked that the work men, on finding new evidence, leave it in the ground and notify the college, in which event Dr. Torrey and other qualified geologists would visit the scene and gather whatever data were available. "The discovery holds out interesting promise for geological study," said Dr. Foster yesterday. "If they are the bones of a prehistoric animal or any animal not now accounted for, of course, there is great scientific value there. We shall try to piece the bones together at once and arrive at a con clusion. Probably we shall send some one to the scene of the discovery any way." The bones were found in a gravel pit about a mile from the depot at Umatilla. The geological formation of Eastern Oregon indicates that there 'are reasons for believing that much scientific lore remains to be uncovered in that sec tion. BRITISH TRANSPORT SUNK Ausonia, of Cunard Line, Victim of German Submarine. ; NEW TOKK. June . 11. The British transport Ausonia, owned by the Cu nard Steamship Company, has been tor pedoed and sunk by a German subma rine several hundred miles fr6m the British coast while on her way west ward, according to private cable mes sages received here today. Ninety members of her crew were picked up by another steamship east ward bound and landed on the English coast, the message said. Search is be ing made for 40 more of her crew who are reported missing. The Ausonia was last reported as sailing from a British port on May 25. She was commanded by Captain' R. Capner. STAR LOSES BRILLIANCE Newcomer in Heavens Seems Slight ly Dimmed to Astronomers. PASADENA, Cal., June 1 1. Astrono mers at the Mount Wilson solar ob servatory, near here, were of the opln ion late last night that the new star which appeared Saturday night in the constellation aquilla and rapidly grew in brilliance reached its maximum luminosity early yesterday. The spectroscope indicated it had dimmed slightly. At its brightest yes terday morning, it was said, the ne star was exceeded in brilliance by pos sibly but one fixed star, Slrius. NEW DANCES ARE ADOPTED "Trench Trot," "Camouflage Waltz" and "War Stamp" Among Steps. CHICAGO, June 11. The "trench trot," the "camouflage waltz" and the "cantonment canter" have displaced the gavotte, the minuet and the old-fash ioned waltz, it was declared today at the convention of the International Dancing Masters' Association. Other new dances displayed were the "war stamp" and the "airplane spin.1 Plans were announced for a dancing masters' unit which will soon embark for France to instruct American sol dlers regarding the newest steps. HORLICK ALLEGED HOARDER Malted Milk Concern Loses 11,000 Barrels Flour Through Seizure MADISON, Wis., June 11. State Food Administrator Magnus Swenson today ordered 11,000 barrels of wheat flour In possession of the Horlick Malted Milk Company, Racine, turned over to the Federal Government in Chicago. The Racine concern Is" facing a penalty for hoarding. The matter has been placed before Herbert Hoover, who has approved Swenson's action. BERLIN, IOWA, IS NO MORE Cornhuskers Notify Nation That They Live in Lincoln, la., Now. BERLIN, la., June 11. Berlin, la., will be no more. As a result of a meeting here of the Mayor and the City Council It was de cided to notify the postoffice officials In Washington that the citizens here have changed the name of the town to Lincoln, & Von Tirpitz Quoted as Being Confident. FLEET ORDERED IN READINESS Naval Officers Recalled From Neutral Countries. KAISER SEEKS TO END WAR American Vessels Certain to Have Important Part in Battle; Allies Feel Certain of Victory. WASHINGTON, June 11. Further evidence that Germany, in its efforts to end the war this Summer, is plan ning to support its land offensive by sending Its high seas forces against the combined British and American grand fleet is given in an official dls patch today from Switzerland. 'A telegram of an official nature,' says the dispatch, "is being spread broadcast in Germany, which says that the German Admiralty is considering Dig naval orrenslve. Orders Issued Fleet. Orders are supposed to have been given to keep the whole fleet in readi ness and a certain number of naval officers of high rank have been hur riedly recalled from Switzerland and other neutral countries, where they have been spending their leave. rue K-leler Zeitung speaks of ex traordinary activity in the ports, end the Hamburger Post publishes an in terview with Von Tirpitz, who was asked if Germany was in a position to measure herself with the English fleet. 'The Admiralty naturally replied in the affirmative, saying that after their land forces have pushed the French and English back on the other sides of Paris it would be the turn of the Kaiser's boats to drive the English off the high seas." . Move Long; lSxpected. Both In Washington and in the al lied capitals a German sea offensive on & grand scale long has been re garded as a possibility, and the ap pearance of the Teutonic fleet in the North Sea at any time would not be unexpected. Rear-Admiral Gleaves said in a pub lic address not long ago that word had come to the British fleet that the Germans at last were ready for the supreme test. Places AnslgMd to V. S. Ship. If the battle does come, American naval forces will play their part. American dreadnoughts under Rear- Admiral Hugh Rodman Joined the British fleet some time ago. and Ad- (Continued on Page Column 3.) THEY'RE FIXING Early Start Believed to Portend Much Damage; Town of Essex Menaced. MISSOULA, Mont., Juno 11. With scores of fires, some covering large areas and . blazing unchoked, others small and yet within control, burning in dry forests of Western Montana and Northern Idaho, the fire situation in the territory embraced within district No. 1 of the Forest Service is the most acute that it has ever been at this time of the year, forestry officials declared today. Indications point to a fire season worse than that of 1917. they said, since it Is starting fully a month earlier. More than 600 men are fighting fires in the National forests of this district, 160 of them engaged in an effort to save the town of Essex. In the Flathead Forest, on the Great Northern Railway. One hundred others are fighting a fire near Belton, at the west end of Glacier National Park. Two hundred and fifty men are still fighting the fire on Marble Creek, near the St. Joe Forest in Northern Idaho, where thousands of acres of valuable privately owned timber land are being burned over. This blaze was declared to be the worst'in the district. ucner iires were reported on Canyon, Ferry Gulch, at the west end of Hell- gate Canyon, in the Helena Forest; on Deep Creek, in the Lolo Forest: in the Bitter Root Mountains and in the Cab- I inet Forest. T. R. SQUELCHES BOOMERS Indianapolis Audience Breaks Into "Roosevelt In 1920" Cries. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 11. In terrupted several times in his speech here tonight by cries of "Roosevelt in 1920," Theodore Roosevelt stopped speaking until the audience was silent and said: "Friends, this is nothing but an American meeting, at which we are discussing Americanism and all it means, preparedness and putting the war over. We must stand by every public servant as he develops and uses the strength of the country. We should stand against him precisely to the de gree that he fails to develop and use the war strength of the country." There were no more interruptions of that kind. . Mr. Roosevelt spoke here in opening a war savings stamp sale .campaign. CARS ENTER FIRING ZONE Auto Drivers Endanger Lives on Camp Lewis Target Range. CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma, Wash., June 11. Five times today automobile driv ers endangered the lives of themselves and passengers and interfered with "attacks" on German advance posts which American infantry were ap proaching. It was the first time the B target range was used and the mo torlsts somehow got past the sentries which were guarding all roads and drove directly in the line of fire. They were seen in time and the field telephone flashed tha order "stop fir ing." UP A FINE VACATION FOR THE Expansion in South and Middle WestOrdered. CHANGES WILL BE GRADUAL Checking of Congestion in the East Object of Move. NO HARDSHIPS TO FOLLOW Inability of Railroads to Supply Fuel and Shortage of Labor in Manufacturing Centers Reasons for Action. WASHINGTON, June 11. To check further Industrial .congestion in the al ready overburdened East, the Govern ment has prescribed a district in which it will permit no increase in the volume of war orders nor In the number of Plants handling them. This district includes New England. Eastern and Southern New York, East ern Pennsylvania to Wllliamsport and Altoona, New Jersey, Delaware and Eastern Maryland, excluding Baltimore. The new policy, announced tonight by the War Industries Board -and fuel and railroad administrations, will tend to create expansion of industries in the Middle West and South. Expansion ta Be Gradual. The process is expected to be so grad ual as not to work any hardship on'the Eastern manufacturing area, nor cause unusual industrial booms elsewhere. The reason for the action, which al ready has been put into effect to some degree, is primarily the Inability of the railroads to supply sufficient coal or to haul promptly all the manufactured products turned out by constantly growing industries. Labor Shortage Oae af Reasons. The shortage of labor in the East and the congested terminals of Atlantic ports were costributary. The policy has been undtr considera tion since the serious freight traXflC tie-up and coal shortage last Winter. KAISER TO TELL WAR AIMS German Is Reported Planning Make Declaration of Policy. to LONDON, June 11. A discussion is taking place between the German gov ernment and the high army command regarding a declaration of war alms which the German government will make in the near future, according to a dispatch received by the Central News from Amsterdam, quoting ad vices reaching Holland from Berlin. The dispatch adds that the pro gramme will bo discussed with Baron Burian, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister. BOY THIS YEAR. I Ex-rrentler Caillaux Remains to Re Tried on Charges of Treason Asrainst France. PARIS, June 11. (Haras Agency.) The council of revision has rejected the appeals of the men convicted of treason in connection with the famous Bonnet Rouse case. On May 10 a courtmartial In Paris found seven men guilty of treason in connection wun the German propa- j ganda carried out by the Gennanophile newspaper Bonnet Rouge. Of the men convicted, M. Duval, who was director of the newspaper, was sentenced to death, and the six other defendants to terms of imprisonment ranging from two to 10 years. Ex-Premier Joseph Caillaux is yet to be tried for his alleged participa tion in the propaganda. LONDON, June 11. (British Admiral ty per Wireless Press.) The French military authorities have taken an im portant step with the object of check mating the operations of enemy spies. General Dubail, Military Governor of Paris, has issued orders forbidding the sending abroad of newspapers and pe riodicals containing advertisements. If Journals wish to retain their foreign connections it will be necessary for them to have special editions in which advertisements ar blocked out. in laKing mis measure ranee is ioi- Iowing Italy, which began to block out advertisements six months ago, after the Austro-German offensive. It is stated that advertisements in French or Italian newspapers might be used for espionage purposes. GASOLINE UP TO 23 CENTS Three Oil Companies Announce Rise. Standard Holds Price. Gasoline went up to 23 cents a gal lon in Portland yesterday, a Jump of 2 cents. The increase was made by the Union Oil Company of California, the Shell Oil Company and the Associated Oil Company. The Standard Oil Company contin ued to sell gasoline at 21 cents a gal Ion yesterday and its filling stations did a war-order business in conse quence. However, the Standard is con sidered certain to follow the lead of the other concerns in the next few days. Coincident with the advance in gaso line, which an announcement by the Union Oil Company attributed to coming gasoline shortage due to Gov ernment withdrawal of a supply for aviators, distillate went from 12 to 13 cents and kerosene from 10 to 11 cents a gallon. Further Increases In gaso line, distillate and kerosene are likely. ITALIANS TORPEDO CRAFT Successful Attack Made on Austrian Dalmatian Fleet. ROME. July 11. Two Italian tor pedo boats attacked boldly two Aus trian warships and 10 destroyers near the Dalmatian coast on Monday. Two torpedoes were sent Into one battle ship and one into the other. One of the destroyers which pursued the Italian warships after the encounter was damaged seriously. The Italian vessels returned safely to their base. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 84 degrees; minimum, m aejrreea. TODAY'S Fair, continued warm; moderate winua, mosuy westerly. War. Ore ron troops scattered, many now tn ad vanced xone. Pa ire S. Germany believed about to begin bis; of fensive on seas. Page 1. French hurl Huns back. Fa ire . U-boat reported sunk by British steamship. Americans win new victory. Pit I. Hun airmen fight each other. Page 2. Fore I en. Russian Cadet party Invites United States and allies to help stop German Invasion. rage Appeals In Bonnet Rouge case denied. Page 1 National. Senators criticise Wilson's conduct In fore t en airairs. "aa- . War Industries field to extend to South and Middle west. i'aRe 1. Itomewtlc. Labor acclaims war leader. President Wilson as world fane Sport". Hunt Club Spring meet has features. Page 14. Shipyard boxing show Is tonight. Page 14. Hawaiian swimmers due here June 20. Page 14. Foundation beats Buckaroos, 2 to 0. Page 14. Pacific Northwest. Washington Grange meeting ends In wrangle, raR-e d. Forest fires raging In Idaho and Montana. rage. l. Er. ioney 10 return from France soon, Page 4. Summary of fire inspections complied by state marsnai. rage i Commercial and Marine. New Government hide prices for early Sum mer months announced. Page 10. Produce prices rule high In all markets. Page 19. Corn ut Chicago strong on fear of crop damage from heat. Page 19. Schooner Capltalne Remy passes tests. Page 15. Portland and Vicinity. Bones unearthed near Umatilla believed to be of prehistoric animal, ff'iga 1. Portland has low auto theft period. Page 20. Professor Mathews here to study state gov ernment. Page 13. Foreign-born to observe July Fourth. Page 13. Women's minimum wage scale effective to day. Page 12. New freight rate to be worked out. Page 8. Seven candidates seek to be School Director. Page & Loganberry crop needs 25oo pickers. Page 7. Military service wsr savings clubs to be formed. Page . Portland water hogs warned. Page 11. Masonte grand lodge meeta today. Pace T. Plucky woman plays part In great war. Page 7. Weather report data and forecast. Page 15. Yankees Drive Ahead and Carry Belleu Wood. 300 HUNS ARE CAPTURED United States Soldiers Take Machine Guns and Consid erable War Material. MARINES' VALOR PRAISED Men Are Said Absolutely to Dominate Adversaries in Present Struggle. PARIS, Juno 11. "American troops brilliantly carried Belleau wood this morning, taking 300 prisoners." This announcement is made by the War Office in its official report to night. Belleu wood lies in the Chateau Thierry sector, just to the west of the village of Bouresches and south of the village of Belleu. It is in this region that the American marines have been fighting so valiantly re cently, ahd much praise was bestowed upon them for their drive of the Ger mans through the Belleu wood, which had been considered an almost im pregnable position by the Germans. Huns Forced Back. Dispatches from the front on Mon day said the marines had continued their progress in the wood until the Germans were holding only the north ern fringe of it. WASHINGTON1, June 11. Ameri can troops northwest of Chateau Thierry this morning advanced their position in Belleu wood, capturing 250 prisoners and considerable war material, including' a number of ma chine guns and trench mortars, Gen eral Pershing reported tonight in his daily communique. It is in this section that the marines have been fighting for a number of days, and it was assumed here that they were the troops referred to. The statement follows: "Northwest of Chateau Thierry we were again successful in advancing our positions in the Belleu wood. We captured 250 prisoners, of whom three were officers, and considerable material, including a number. of ma chine guns and trench mortars. "In the Woevre our batteries exe cuted effective neutralization and harassing fire." WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, June 11. (By the Asso ciated Tress.) At least two men in the Syracuse brigade, composed of the Ninth and Twenty-third Infantry Regiments, have been twice wounded in the last 10 days during two dif ferent periods in which their units have been in the line. Hero Is Sought. The commanding officer in this sector is seeking to ascertain the name of the man who captured a Ger man machine gun and took the ma chine gunner prisoner on June 6. The American hero was wounded and sent to an evacuation hospital without his identity being discovered, although the machine gun is on display at the post command and the German pris oner has been sent to the rear. PARIS, June 11. rraise is given the marines and other American troops who took part in the fighting last week northwest of Chateau Thierry, in an official statement is sued tonight giving a summary of the operations there. It is declared that with "strong will and irresistible ' activity the American troops continue absolutely to dominate the adversaries they oppose." Americans Again Advance. On June 6, in the evening, the American troops, pushing forward to Bussiares and Torcy and continuing to clean up Belleu wood from local opposition, advanced their line for more than a mile. "Finally, toward 6 o'clock in the evening, some of our troops penetrated into Bouresches. "The American infantry showed itself very skillful in maneuvering. The courage of the officers and men bordered on temerity. One Lieu tenant, hinderec! in his advance by a machine gun, threw himself almost ll'oncludcd on rc Column 2-) J'