VOL. L.VIII. NO. 17,957.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GERMANY OBJECTS I lOUT
40 MILLION ESTATE
SEIZED FOR TAXES
NEW WESTERN FIR
PRICES AGREED ON
TWO POUNDS LIMIT;
SUGAR IS SCARCE
DRASTIC ORDER IS ISSUED BV
FOOD ADMINISTRATION.
IEIIFIC BATTLE
HAIIGS III BALAUCE
DEMANDED
DEATH RIDES Oil
WINGS DF STORM
Walter Richards Killed
by Bolt at Bend.
TAII C I VMPUIMC UIUII I
I j u. o. L- i ntmiuo
n
MYSTERY
INVADER OF BELGIUM GRIEVED Mil
SIX. MILLION DUE OX PROPER
BV PRAYER INCIDENT
TIES OF LATE HEXRY MILLER.
ARMY
Fortune Svays To and Fro
Along War Front,
POILUS ADVANCE ON LEFT
Germans Say That the French
Have Evacuated Carlepont
,t Wood, East of Oise.
HUN MASSES SLAUGHTERED
Allies Decimate Ranks of En
emy Concentrating for Big
Smash Near Montdidier.
PARIS, June 12. The French
troops hare made further advances
around Belloy and St. Maur and have
captured 400 additional prisoners,
some cannon and machine guns, ac
cording to the War Office announce
ment tonight. They have also re
occupied Montcourt and part of Bus
siares, north of the Marne.
The official report says that the
French troops were withdrawn east
of the Oise, along the line of Bailly,
Tracy-Ie-Val and Nampcel, under the
protection of covering detachments
without the enemy being aware of the
movement.
While most of the German attacks
were repulseI, the enemy succeeded in
getting a foothold on the southern
bank of the Matz River, occupying
the village of Melicocq and adjoining
heights.
PARIS, June 12. The battle con
tinued last night and today on ' the
front between - Montdidier and " the
River Oise, the War Office announced.
On the French left additional
progress was made by French troops
in the region east of Mery and Genlis
wood.
Near the center, along the Aronde
front, in the region of St. Maur, the
Loge farm and Antheuil, the French
repulsed violent attacks by the enemy.
Despite repeated efforts the Ger
mans on the French right were not
able to debouch on the south bank of
the Matz River.
The French are holding in that part
of the battle area south of Chevrin
court and Marest-sur-Matz.
Fighting Is Desperate.
South of the Aisne, on the front be
tween Soissons and the Marne, the
Germans attacked this morning.
Fighting is going on between the river
and the Villers-Cotte rets forest,
Violent combats are being fought oil
the front of Dommiers, Cutry and
south of Ambleny.
BERLIN,, via London, June 12.
The French have evacuated Carlepont
wood, on the east bank of the Oise,
according to the announcement by
general headquarters today, and the
Germans are making advances along
this important line.
Local Clashes Reported.
"There have been local engagements
on the battlefields northwest of Noyon
and south of the Aisne," continues the
communication.
LONDON, via Ottawa, June 12.
The advance of the Germans" on the
right bank of the River Oise, tele
graphs the Pans correspondent of
Reuter's Limited, is bound to tell on
the other bank. The entente troops
probably will be obliged to bring their
positions on the two banks into line.
That, he says, is the only advantage
gained yesterday by the Germans.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, June 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) On a width of battle-
front 3000 yards in extent no fewer
than four German divisions (more
than 50,000 men) were preparing to
hit a hard blow when the French yes
terday, launched a highly successful
counter attack southeast of Mont
didier. Huns Mowed Down.
The density of the German troops
was fatal for them because the en
tente allied artillery, machine guns
riflemen and aviators were able to
aim point blank range into these
masses of men. This concentrated
fire did terrible execution.
The battle continued throughout the
night and in the early hours this morn
ing when the entente allies made a
further advance to the east of Mery,
iC'oncluded on Page 3, Column I.).
Kaiser Serves Formal Notice Through
Swiss Legation No More Huns
Must Be Hanged.
AMSTERDAM. June 12. Germany
has lodged a complaint in Washington
and asked for safeguards against such
excesses as led to the lynching of Rob
ert P. Prager at Colllnsville, I1L, on
April 4. according to a Wolff Bureau
telegram from Germany quoting Privy
Councillor Simons in replying to a ques
tion asked by Herr Mueller,' of Mein
ingen. In the Reichstag.
Privy Councillor Simons Is quoted as
follows:
"The lynching of Prager is a fact and
was committed for no other reason
than that Prager was a German and
sympathized with the German cause.
The Swiss Minister at Washington has
lodged complaint and asked for safe
guards against such excesses.
'The United States, which. It is al
leged. Is warring against the 'Huns' in
the interest of humanity, bears the
main responsibility for the crime. The
American Government permitted Ger
man hatred to be fanned among the
American people. The American Gov
ernment must find ways to protect the
rights and liberties of Germans In
America.
"The German government has repeats
edly made known through' the Swiss
Minister that progress in this matter
should be accelerated, whatever the
conditions in the United States may be.
The United States Government must
under all circumstances see that such
things do not occur again."
BERRY GROWERS HARD HIT
Hot Weather and Shortage of Pick
ers Mean Losses.
HOOD RIVER, Or., June 12. (Spe
cial.) With the temperature ranging
from 89 to 91 degrees and strawberry
pickers scarce, growers are losing fruit
from overripeness. When the berries
reach a certain stage they cannot be
shipped in commercial packs, each crate
of which is bringing J3.50 this year.
Growers are praying for cool
weather. A thunderstorm threatened
this morning, but the clouds soon dis
persed and weather conditions are still
unfavorable.
The Federal employment bureau Is
sending additional harvest hands. This
morning 21 boys, furnished by the
Portland Boys' Workers' Reserve Corps,
arrived here and were sent to the upper
valley.
LODGINGS ARE IN DEMAND
Fire Station Sold and Will Be
Turned Into Apartment-House.
TACOMA, Wash.. June 11. (Spe
cial.) Even fire stations are being
turned Into apartment-houses In Ta-
coma. F. II. Pettit, Commissioner of
Public Safety, told the City Council to
day that an offer nad been made for
the i South Tacoma station and the
transfer was made.
Mr. Pettit said the buyer would re
model the building and make an apart
ment-house out of It. A smaller build
ing will be secured for the fire sta
tion, as the old quarters are entirely
too large for the city's use, Mr. Pettit
said.
RED CROSS SENDS APPEAL
Registered Surgical Dressing Work
ers Asked to Report.
An urgent appeal of the 1500 resist
ered Red Cross surgical dressing
workers of Portland to report for duty
today or Friday was made last night
by I. Lowengart, chairman of the mili
tary relief committee of the Red Cross.
The workroom in the Lipman-Wolfe
building is running at lees than one
fourth capacity, and Portland is far
behind its tasks allotted by the Na
tional Red Cross.
This Is the first time this complaint
has ever been made In Portland Red
Cross work.
BOTH PARTIES WANT FORD
G. O. P. Candidate for Senate In
dorsed by Democrats.
LANSING. Mich., June 12. Henry
Ford, Detroit automobile manufacturer.
who has been mentioned as the Repub
lican candidate for United States Sena
tor to succeed William Alden Smith,
whose term expires next year, was In
dorsed by Michigan Democrats in con
ference here today and urged "to be
come candidate, although he is not
within our fold."
The indorsement of a Republican
candidate by a Democratic conference
is unparalleled in Michigan political
history.
REGISTRANTS MAY ENLIST
Order Barring Youths Who Regis
tered June 5 Rescinded.
Scores of young men who registered
in the draft June 6 were, made- happy
yesterday, and other scores will re
Joice as they learn the fact that their
boards have been authorized to release
them for induction into branches of the
Army. Immediately after registration
day orders were issued by the Provost
Marshal forbidding the release of
registrants. Irrespective of whether
they had obtained competent orders.
This restriction was suspended yes
terday, "...
Why Is Wood Kept from
France Asked.
EXPLAIN ALL, SAYS JOHNSON
Senator Bids Administration
Give Account of Itself.
NATION ENTITLED TO FACTS
Callfornian in Course of Address In
Upper House Reads Editorials
From Papers of Various
Shades of Politics.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 12. (Spe
cial.) Senator Hiram Johnson, of Cali
fornia, In a vigorous speech in the Sen
ate this afternoon, demanded that the
administration, furnish the American
people with an explanation of the re
moval of Major General Leonard Wood
from command of the Eighty-ninth
Division on the eve of its departure for
France.
Senator Johnson declared that no
other government in the world would
dare to remove the ranking officer of
its army without giving the people an
adequate statement of the reasons.
Little Leaned From Baker.
The California Senator is a member
of the Senate Military Affairs Commit
tee, which attempted unsuccessfully to
learn from Newton D. Baker last Mon
day why General Wood was deposed.
"Recently there have been events
that show how we have transmuted our
Government," said Senator Johnson. "To
one or two I desire briefly to refer.
Autocracy Held Growls;.
"I refer first to the story of General
Leonard Wood.- I refer to that story
because I think it illustrates in a de
gree that little else could illustrate
just how far we have gone in this Gov
ernment transmutation toward autocra
cy and just how little regarded new are
the Congress or the United States and
even the people of this country.
"I have selected, in order that the
expressions may not be mine, expres
sions from various newspapers of all
shades of political faith, newspapers
which I may or may not believe, but
newspapers which represent the con
stituencies, and all kinds of politics and
all sorts of beliefs."
Ditclilna;" of Wood Condemned.
Senator Johnson at this point read
numerous editorials from newspapers
all over the country condemning the
ditching" of General Wood.
"The crudest thing in the world,"
he continued, "is the humiliation of a
brave spirit. If it were necessary to
humiliate a brave spirit as - Leonard
Wood was humiliated, for the love of
God ought, not the people of the United
States be told of it?
"I criticise no man. 'I am saying
naught of. hostility to any administra
tion. I recognize the right of the Com.
Concluded on Page 3, Column 3.)
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Government Will Retain Possession
Until Levy and Contingent
Costs Are Met.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 12. The
$40,000,000 properties of the late Henry
Miller in Calif ornla,-Arizona and Ne
vada are to be seized by the Govern
ment for the non-payment of Federal
Inheritance taxes amounting to
16,000,000, it was announced by Justus
S. Wardell, collector of Internal reve
nue, here, today. -
Warden's announcement followed a
decision by United States District
Judge Maurice T. Doollng dismissing
an action brought by the estate to pre
vent the tax payment.
It was claimed in this action that
Miller transferred the bulk of his
holdings to Nellie and J. LeRoy Nickel,
daughter and son-in-law, respectively,
some years before his death.
The Government held In its demurrer
that Miller transferred his property
In contemplation of death.
Wardell said the estate would re
main in the hands of the Government
until the tax and all contingent costs
were met.
PREACHER SAVES COLONEL
Hero Drags Wounded Soldier Over
Shell-Swept Field.
PARIS, June 12. Crawling with a
stretcher across "a shell-swept field.
Rev. John Clifford, formerly pastor of
the Baptist Church, at Tucson, Ariz.,
now a Young Men's Christian Associa
tion worker with the American ma
rines, succeeded in bringing back to
the rear the wounded Colonel of a regi
ment. The Colonel, with his shoulder shat
tered by machine-gun fire, had been
lying in a trench for two hours under
a heavy fire, when Rev. Mr. Clifford
arrived. Mr. Clifford, who Is suffer
ing from shell shock, is now resting in
a Paris hospital. The Colonel rescued
will recover.
AIRMAN OUTRACES STORM
Lieutenant Culver " Breaks Cloud
Mall Record In East.
NEW YORK, June 12. In a victori
ous race with a thunder storm. Lieu
tenant Culver today broke the air post
record between Philadelphia and New
York. He left Philadelphia at 2:30 P.
M. and arrived at Belmont Park 42
minutes later, flying at the rate of 147
miles an hour.
At Trenton the flyer overtook a
thunder storm moving In the same di
rection. Passing through it, he beat
the rain into Belmont Park half an
hour. He flew an airplane equipped
with a Liberty motor.
14-YEAR-OLD BOY A HERO
Daughter and Son of Senator W. H.
Strayer Saved From Drowning.
BAKER. Or.
Ivan Bradbury
June 12. (Special)
a 14-year-old boy, by
reaching Nadle and Manley Strayer,
daughter and son of Senator W. H.
Strayer, with a raft after they had
gone beyond their depth in a slough
where they were bathing, saved the
lives of both children yesterday
THE GERMAN FLEET COMING OUTT
Confererice at Capitol
Makes Adjustment.
TRADE IS NOT YET AFFECTED
Action Depends Upon South
ern Pine Association.
COAST MEN RETURN HOME
Schedule Consented To by Western
Lumbermen to Apply to Consum
ers Only If South Agree, to 1
Accept Common Price. - -
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, June 12. At the close of a final
conference today between Representa
tives of the West Coast Lumber Man
ufacturers and Loggers and the price
fixing commission of the War Indus
tries Board, a new schedule of prices
applicable to Western Fir was agreed
upon to become effective the first of
next week; that is the lumbermen
agreed to these prices as. far as the
Government purchases are concerned
and will agree that the same prices
shall apply to the lumber trade, pro
vided the Southern Pine Association,
now In conference, agrees to accept a
common price for the Government and
for lumber dealers.
The new fir prices will not be an
nounced until formally promulgated
by the War Industries Board, secrecy
having been enjoined on all parties to
the fir conferences. It Is known, how
ever, that fir prices in no Instances are
to be reduced.
Ship and Plane Timber Vnchnnared.
The price of ship timber and air
plane timber, both spruce and fir. is to
remain unchanged. On all grades of
fir, number three clear and better, and
on all large timbers and planking three
Inches thick and thicker and 10 inches
wide or wider discount number 22 will
be the Government discount. On all
other items of the fir list. $1 over dis
count 21 will be applicable.
It Is understood that the increases in
prices merely cover Increase in costs
as shown in a comprehensive composite
statement of a large number of typical
fir operations compiled by the West
Coast Lumbermen's Association. This
statement is said to have been in close
accord with a similar statement pre
sented by the Federal Trade Commis
sion. Agreement Quickly Reached.
The agreement between the manu
facturers and the Government Is said to
have been reached Immediately follow
ing a statement from the Railway Ad
ministration that the recent order ad
vancing freight rates did not contem
plate advancing log-haul rates in ex
cess of 25 per cent, regardless of the
fact that there la a section of the gen
eral order which specifies that the mini.
(Concluded on Pir 3. Column 2.)
t
Belief Is That German Submarines
Have Cu Down Supplies
for This Country.
Until further notice city residents
may " not purchase more than two
pounds of sugar at a time.
No more drastic tood regulation has
been Issued ty the State Food Adminis
tration. The order was sent forth yes
terday at command of the National
Food Administrator.
Reference to the present big demand
for sugar for canning purposes and an
Intimation that activities of the Ger
man submarines may have curtailed
sugar receipts in this country are con
tained in the order of W. B. Ayer, Fed
eral Food Administrator for Oregon.
While no definite assurance Is given
that reduction of the sugar purchase
limit from 1 worth 11 or 12 pounds
to two pounds will be only temporary,
this Is known to be the hope of the
conservation officials.
Conntry residents have the limit of
their sugar purchases at any one time
et at Ave pounds. Per capita con
sumption regulations remain unchanged
at three pounds a person a month.
Th new rule, it was announced, does
not abrogate th rule permitting the
purchase of up to 100 pounds of sugar
for exclusive preserving purposes upon
the signing of a pledge by the pur
chaser, and Is for the purpose of accu
mulating stocks for canning.
INDIAN WEDS WHITE MAN
Oregon Jt'ourt Xow Asked to Set
Marriage Aside.
ASTORIA. Or.. June II. (Special.)
Atklng that her marriage to W. T.
Dunlap be set aside. Mary Lazier filed
a suit in the Circuit Court today. The
complaint recites that the wedding
took place In this city July 14. 1917;
that the plaintiff Is a full-blood In
dian, a member of the Klinget tribe,
was born near Honha. Alaska, and her
father was named Cah-Jok while her
mother's name was Kayeston.
Continuing, the complaint says the
defendant is a white man; that the
plaintiff entered Into the marriage
contract In good faith, believing it
was legal, but she has since been In
formed that it Is forbidden by the
state laws. She therefore asks that It
be declared void.
MAN, 86, WEDS WOMAN 22
Hezeklah Caples, Prominent Colum
bia County Pioneer, Takes Bride.
ST. HELENS. Or, June 12. (Spe
cial.) Hezeklah Caples. aged 86, and
one of the most widely known pioneers
of Columbia County, and Ella Hanson,
aged 22. for seve-al years past his
housekeeper, were quietly married at
Cathlamet, It became known here
today. Mr. Caples is the owner of a
considerable portion of the site of
Columbia City, near here, and is
wealthy.
family opposition to his proposed
nuptial venture Is said to have occa
sioned its secrecy. Mr. Caples himself
today confirmed the news of his wed
ding. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperatur. 81
degree; minimum, r4 degrees.
TODAY'S Showers. moderate westerly
winds.
War.
Battle hjnfi In balance. Pag 1.
Two Norwmian ships sunk br U-boats la
United States waters. Pas 2.
Italians sink one Austrian dreadnausbt,
damage another. Page 2.
French beaten, boasts Hun General. Page 3.
Secretary Biker says United States will soon
hare million men In France. Page s.
- 1'orrlgn.
Germany files complaint about Prager lynch
ing. Page 1.
Cxech-Slovaks movement in Russia disturb
ing. Page 4.
Ex-Mayor of Sheffield. England, accused of
treason. Page S.
National.
Demand made In Senate for reason why
eieneral Wood is not sent to Krancs.
Pag. 1.
Wilson defests proposed open ngotlatloa
of treaties. Pag 2.
Western fir prices agreed on. Tag 1.
Domeetle.
Forty million dollar estat aelsed by Unltd
6tates for tsxes. Pag X.
Mrs. Vanderbllt becomes brld for third
lime. I'age 4.
Washington apprehensive over forest fires In
Montana. Pag 4.
Pporta.
Portland beats Aberdeen, to 1. Pag 14.
New York beats Chicago. Pag 14.
Shipbuilders to begin second series Sunday
Pag 14.
Mutt Bronson beats Trambltaa. Pag 14.
Pstrlfie Northwest.
Inland Empire wheat belt gets timely rain
fall. Page IS.
Willamette University confers 42 degrees.
Pag B.
Stat Institutions fsce deficiencies. Pag 5.
Commercial and Marine.
Eastern Oregon cereal crops injured by hot
winds. Pag 1U.
Pools active in specialties In Wall-street
market. Pag 1.
Long runs to sea In trial trips held unneces
sary. Page 15.
Portlaod nnd Vicinity.
Portland to observe Flag day. Pag 7.
Loganberry Julc Industry menaced by
freight rate. Pag 20.
Two pounds now limit of sugar purchase
In city. Page 1.
Electric storm general through Oregon
Pag 1..
Leaa Interest than usual shown In coming
school election. Page L
A. I). Charlton to move out of offices oc
cupied for many years. Page 8.
Mora than ISoO gradual this year from
Portland schools. Pag S.
City ! prices to be reduced 10 cents per
hundred. Pag 13.
Temple Beth Isrsel to celebrate 60th anni
versary Friday. Pace 13.
Attorney attempts suicide. Page 13.
Freight rat advance declared dlsastroius
blow to West. Page l.V
Library board orders i books Interned.
I'age 4.
.Weather report, data, and forecast. Page. li.
ENGINEER IS INJURED AT NQTI
Lightning Sets Fires in Several
Sections of State.
CARS ARE STALLED IN CITY
East Side High Tension Wires Hit
and Motors Burned Out Mer
cury Mounts Rapidly Fol
lowing Disturbance.
DEATH AND DKSTBICTION IN
ELKCTRIC STORM THAT
VISITS ORKGON.
Bend Walter Richards, aped
11. killed by bolt. Power plant
Stenerator burns out Many trees
struck.
Notl Krnest Hlbhert, losslna;
engineer. Injured, perhaps fatally,
by llgrhtnlna;. '
La Grande Houe set afire.
Bolt passes within six feet of
woman occupant.
Baker J. G. Cannon killed in
storm at Olive Lake Tuesday,
when tree Is blown down.
Portland High voltage wire
falls at Kast Ash street and
Grand avenue. Streetcar struck
at Third and Burnslde. Motors
and controllers rendered useless
on several cars. Telephone pole
struck at Kast Hoyt stneet and
Grand avenue.
High temperature followed quickly
on the sudden and damaging electrical
storm which swept Into Portland early
yesterday afternoon, halting streetcar
traffic. clashing with high-voltage
electric wires, hitting telephone poles
and sending down four-hundredth of
an inch of rain in a few minutes. TUe
thunder claps were the sharpest heard
in Portland In a long time.
The temperature Jumped from S2 de
grees at 2 o'clock to 91 degrees at 6
o'clock. The humidity immediately af
ter the storm was oppressing and a
blanket of clouds hovered low enough
over the city to Increase the unusual
effect.
Streetrnra Stalled.
The storm was one of those rare
electrical disturbances which flit
through Portland only every year or
so and as usual no laating damage was
done. Brief tie-ups resulted on a
number of the street car lines, because
the lightning struck the trolley wires
or poles and paBsed Into the motors
and controllers. In many instances
the motors were burned out and the
cars were stalled. One high voltage
wire was sent to the street at Kast
Ash and Grand avenue and fire appara
tus was called out. Klevators in a
number of buildings were incapacitate!
by the electrical display and slight dis
orders were reported in signal systems
of the fire department.
A street car at Third and Burnslde
streets was struck with the first flush
of lightning and the flames shot out
far into the street. The passengers
were unhurt however. Both motors
and the controllers were burned out
and traffic was held up for consider
able time.
The weather forecast for today li
cooler with probable howers.
Curiously enough, the storm and in
tense heat yesterday fulfilled a pre
diction made by Professor Albert Porta,
of California, who. about a week ago.
predicted sever storms and intense
heat on the North Pacific Coast at
this time. 11 set the date tor June 12
to 16.
rkeeslx, A rl Teaches 112.
Portland was not the warmest pla
In the Northwest yesterday at that.
Pocatello registered SS. Salt Lake 100.
Medford. Walla Walla and Koseburg
and Sacramento 9. Phoenix. Ariz.. th
center of hot weather, reached 112.
Following are the hourly tempera
tures up to S o'clock yesterday:
Degrees.!
7.; in A. M.
71:11 A. M.
6a. IJ M. . . .
ti-l 1 I. M.
7i - P. M.
Hi -nr. m.
K.. 4 I'. M.
ti4i .".I". M.
Oegrees.
;i
Mid. ..
1 A. M.
2 A. M.
3 A. M.
4 A. M.
.- A. M.
8 A. M.
7 A. M.
8 A. M.
A. M.
1I
91
.. . 7 tt P. M.
07
With the exception of the Sixtcenirt
street line, where another delay of
about IS minutes was occasioned, other
lines resumed operation within a few
minutes after the trouble. The Pied
mont and St. Johns lines suffered sev
eral tie-ups and one or two cars were
knocked out entirely.
The rain which accompanied the
storm was hard for about three min
utes and according to some In the res
idence sections, wa surcharged with
electricity.
LlullTMXii INJl'llKS KM.INEKK
Krnest Ilibbert Victim of Storm lit
Camp Near Noll.
Kl'GKNK. Or.. June 12. (Spelal.)
Krnest Ilibbert, an employe of Kirby
Brothers, logging contractors, was ser
iously and perhaps fatally injured
when lighting struck a-camp where
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