VOL,. L.VIII. NO. 17,960.
rORTLAXD, OREGON, MONDAY. JUNE 17, 1918.
riUCK FIVE CENTS.
BIG SAWMILL TO BE
SCHOONER CREW 15
nvc IM nDCM on AT
BADLY
FOURTH LIBERTY
VENEZUELA NAMED
IN U-BOAT CHARGE
O'LEARY'S ARREST
IS EXCITING STORY
BUILT IN OLYMPICS
I Urtio in uil.ii uuni
LOAN HOT FAR OFF
L HUN RAIDERS
CRESCEST, W ITH COPRA CARGO,
CUTTING CAPACITY WILl BE A
EXISTENCE
OF SUBMARINE
HINTED AT.
BURNS IX MID-OCEAX
MILLION FEET DAILY.
BASES
AUSTRIA STRIKES
AMERICANS
iU
5 am uauk
Captain T. Olson.With His Wife and
12 Men. Abandon Vessel and
MffonQiVO nn 1 fin - MHO Finish Voyage With Oars
WIIUIIUIIU Ull IUW lilllU
Line Seems Failure.
PiAVE CROSSED BY ENEMY
' Draws Smashing Blows
From Italians.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 16. After
having been 15 days at sea in a 24-foot
boat, the crew of the burned schooner
Crescent, 12 men, with Captain T. Ol
son and his wife, calmly tied their
craft up at a pier here late today and
climbed stiffly up a ladder to chore and
safety.
The crew had pulled at the oars
steadily since the burning Crescent
was abandoned at 3 A. M. June 1. Cap
tain Olson navigated, and Mrs. Olson
Advance Into Defensive Area had portioned out their food stores
I witn sucn precision idbi two ua-ys mil
rations yet remained.
Not a craft was sighted. Captain Ol
son reported, from the time tney set
out in the small boat until they were
well inside the Golden Gate this after
noon. This was considered the more
remarkable by the seafaring men who
took charge of the party, because a
steamship which arrived here June 9
reported that it had sighted the still
smouldering hulk 400 miles off shore
on June -. and had kept a sharp look
out for survivors.
The Crescent, a five-masted wooden
vessel of 1443 tons, left Sidney. Aus
tralia, March 23, for San Francisco
with copra. A small fire which broke
out in the galley at 8:30 P. M. May 31
defied the efforts of the ship's com
pany to quench It, and seven hours
later Captain Olson ordered the ship
600 Shock Troops De
feated Near Toul.
XIVRAY HEAYILY ATTACKED
FOE ADMITS REPULSES
Three Thousand of Attacking
Foe Taken; Vienna Claims
10,000 Prisoners.
(By the Associated Fress.
The Italian and allied armies are abandoned.
hravplv Kiistainincr tha wpiVht of tn The boat was loaded deep with pro-
... . , . . ..I visions and water, and the captain
Austrian lorces wmcn are attacking brought off all hlo papers and instru
along the front of the Italian theater 1 ments.
from the northwest of the Asiago
plateau eastward to the Piave River j ATI0 IM A LISTS TO RETURN
ana mence aiong mat stream to wnere
it joins the headwaters of the Adri- Irish to Re-enter Parliament as Con
atic Sea, a front of nearly 100 miles. scr'ptlon Rule Is Stayed
Drive Made for Plains.
n,- A urivjnna , - J DUBLIN. June 18. (By the Assoc!
""-7" om.s ated Press.) Members of the Irish Na-
noucn irom me mountain passes ana tionalist party decided to return to
cross the Piave River and gain the Parliament the week after next.
... The Irish Nationalists temporarily
Everywhere the fighting is of an withdrew from attendance In Farlia-
extremely sanguinary character, espe- I ment as a protest against the govern
cially east of the Asiago plateau, in menfs proposal to apply conscription to
Ireland.
The situation that Induced
V O Ti T T-l f 3 VqIIqtt .nil ft f n
v..w """""the Irish members to withdraw has
orappa. been modified by the government's proc
In the initial struggle the enemy lamation calling for voluntary recruit
succeeded in capturing several front ,n Ireland. -
line positions in the mountain region
from the British and ak,o in crossing LABOR CORPS IS FORMED
the Fiave.
All Positions Recovered.
Counter attacks, however, have re
stored all the positions in the moun
tains, including territory to a depth
of 1000 yards along a 2500-yard front
captured from the British.
Yankees Also Repulse Raid by
Boche in Alsace Sector.
THIAUC0URT FIGHT COSTLY
Germans Send Over 150 Troops on
Saturday and Result Is Tliat the
Americans Kill 20 and Cap
ture One, Who Is Wounded.
Body of 30,000 Civilians to Work
Behind Lines In France, v
PARIS, June 16. The United States
Army labor corps has been organized
to relieve able-bodied men engaged In
work behind the lines, and make them
At last accounts the allied troops available for front-line service. The
everywhere were strongly holding the corpa "umbe 30-000 persons and is
nnri Afrimns. Thpr nlnn arA 4000
men were gallantly striving to throw women In the personnel.
back the invaders across the Piave. The new plan entails the miiitariz-
The Italians have taken more than 1" of these civilians on the basis of
250 to a company, similar to the Brit
ish army service corps.
SENATOR WALSH WILL RUN
S000 Austrians prisoner, among them
89 officers.
Vienna Makes Big Claim.
The Vienna War Office announces
that up to noon Sunday" more than Montanan Announces Candidacy for
10,000 Italian, English and French sol-1 Another Term
diers and a considerable number o
guns naa Deen capturea. btjtte, Mont., June 16. United
PnMPV .Tr, Ifi A T,nrH nf rf - States Senator T. J. Walsh, of Montana,
' 0 I . TTT n ohUn-Inn U.a It will
1 XT T . -I . I Oliuwuiivou s,, t aauiubi.vu a.u.v w
violence aiung me wnoie irom in be . candidate to succeed himself, ac
which large masses of infantry are cording to Information received here
being used by the Austrians in an today.
attempt to break through the Italian "Were our future less uncertain, I
lines, narticularlv in the eastern sec- snoula lne elp01 my present
. .. . . . . ..1 term voluntarily retire, he said In a
tor oi tne Asiago plateau, in the ietter to Hugh weiiB. chairman of the
Urenta Valley and on Montegrappa, is Montana Democratic
described in the official report from Committee,
Italian headquarters today,
The enemy's attacks were met in RQYS GET GLAD WELCOME
the advanced detensive area.
Ttaliana Wolrf Th.;r Americans, Arriving in Paris, Pelted
n T.i: t t: l.. i.ij mm i lowers
i jic Italian lunra axe Xllliuy 11U1U'
... " ' " PARIS, June 16. Fans has never
War Ullice announcement. lhey been so enthusiastic about American
have completely reoccupied their soldiers as it showed itself to be last
original positions on Asolone and night, when soldiers in huge lorries
filled with the units from overseas
TSITH THE AMERICAN ARMT IN
FRANCE, June 16. (By the Associated
Press.) About 600 German shock
troops raided the American first-line
positions at the village of Xivray. in
the Toul sector, early this morning.
Some of the enemy got Into Xivray,
but were soon driven out. At other
points the Germans were badly beaten.
The attack began at 3 o'clock in the
morning after an extremely violent
bombardment. The Germans advanced
swimy to tne attack, but were met
by a heavy fire. Those who pene
trated Xivray were forced speedily to
withdraw and elsewhere the enemv
was completely repulsed in hard fight
ing lasting, more than two hours.
o Amrrluii Taken.'
According to prisoners, the object of
the enemy was to take American pris
oners. This failed, as no American is
reported missing.
Evidently angered by the failure,
the Germans continued an Intermittent
shelling of the villages In the rear
throughout Sunday. Some of these
points were not less than eight miles
behind the lines.
Clothes Rifles laed.
The . American troops engaged - at
clow quarters the small German force
that entered Xivray. There was sev
eral fighting with bayonets and
clubbed rifles. The Germans left nine
dead in the- streets and six prisoners
were taken, two of them officers, one
of whom was wounded x
The prisoners came from the 36th
Landwehr. They said that some troops
of the 22d regiment, 8th Bavarian re
serves, also participated In the attack.
American machine-gunners and rifle
men also repulsed a German attack on
the American sector in Alsace this
morning.
Sector Twice K aided.
The raid in the Toul region today is
the second which the Germans have at
tempted within two days, the first at
tack having been made yesterday
morning on a section of the American
line south of Thiaucourt.
In the raid . Saturday, the Germans
sent 150 men and three officers against
the Americans. This raid was dls-
Plant Designed In Portland and
Contract AJ ready Let to Big Cor
poration of St. Paul, Minn.
A sawmill with a capacity of 1,000,000
feet a day, and In other respects
equipped to make It the largest mill on
the Pacific Coast, and probably second
largest In the country, has been de
signed in Portland, for the United
States Government, as part of Its
spruce production programme. The
mill will be erected on the Olympic
Peninsula in Washington. The contract
already has been let by the Govern
ment to Siems, Carey-H. S. Kerbaugh
Corporation of St. Paul. Minn.
A Government contract has been
given the same company to build an
extension of the Seattle, Port Angeles
& Western Railroad Into the immense
spruce areas on the west slopes of the
peninsula.
Both mill and railroad extension will
be built largely by soldier labor and
the contracts are on a cost-plus basis.
Work has already begun transporting
building materials.
The mill, which will hav four band
saws and will be larger than any on
the Pacific Coast, will be on the shore
of Lake Pleasant, near Beaver, In Clal
lam County, Wash.; and about 50 miles
west of Port Angeles. Orders for vir
tually all of the machinery have al
ready been placed, the contract for the
heavy machinery going to the Allli
Chalmers Manufacturing Company.
That logging may begin Immediately,
without awaiting construction of the
mill or the laying of rails on the ex
tension of the S., P. A. A W., contracts
have been let by the Government to
a. Seattle firm to transport 2000 tons
of trucks, trailers and other heavy ma
terial to Lake Pleasant from a point on
the railroad west of Port Angeles by
way of Lake Crescent.
The extension of the railroad, which
is a part of the Milwaukee system, will
be from the present terminus at Deep
Creek, Just a few miles west of Pysht,
south and a little west past Lake Pleas
ant and across the Sol Due River to
Forks, near the Jefferson County line.
For a later extension survey has been
run south from Forks to the Hon River
and another for a branch west to the
Ozette.Lake spruce area.
The building of the railroad, at Gov
ernment expense, was authorized In
Washington June 7 by Assistant Rail
way Director Lovett. At the same time
he rejected the proposal for a north
ward extension of the Northern Pacific
from Moclips.
The mill is expected to be completed
and operating in time to deliver a quar
ter of a billion feet of spVuce flitches
by October 1. 1919.
More Bonds Likely to
Issue in October.
Editor Escaped From Caracas Jail
Says Government of Southern
Republic Pro-German.
AMOUNT ABOUT SIX " BILLION
Big Offering of Treasury Notes
to Start June 25.
Secret Service Men
Bring Large Force.
BANKS ASKED TO ASSIST
snrrtarv McAduo Announces i nat
Vndotcrmincd Quantity of Tax
Certificates Mill Be
Resorted To.
WASHINGTON, June 16. The Gov
ernment's financial programme for the
next four months was disclosed today
by Secretary McAdoo's announcement
that in preparation for the fourth lib-I suppressed
State Central
Monte Solarola and are closely press
ing the enemy who crossed the Piave. I
LONDON, June 16. (British Ad
miralty per Wireless Press.) The
Austrian official communication re
ceived here by wireless tonight says
Yesterday morning our armies,
after artillery fire lasting several
hours, attacked the Italians and their
allies on the Piave and on both sides
of the Brenta.
10,000 Captured.
"Our troops pressed forward at
many points as far as the third enemy
the city on their way to the
pelted with
crossed
front.
The Americans were
flowers and cheered as the troops
passed down the main boulevards.
$2 WHEAT MINIMUM AHEAD
Grain Corporation Plans Action
. Aid Coast Growers.
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 1.)
MINES POINT TO HUN PLOT
Germans Try to Sink Dutch Ships
Bringing British Prisoners Home.
LONDON, June 16. The British Ad
miralty announces that the area within
five miles of where the Dutch hospital
ship Koningin Regentes was sunk has
been searched and no mines have been
found. But between June 2 and 7 nine
newly moored German mines were
swept up in the track used only by
Dutch ships engaged in repatriating
British and German prisoners.
"It seems clear," says the statement
of the Admiralty, that the mines were
laid to catch repatriating vessels on
their passage West.
erty loan, to-be floated probably in
October, about 16.000.000.000 certin-
r-atn of indebtedness will be Issued.
They will be offered In blocks of 750,-
000,000 each every two weeks beginning
June 25.
Hankies Sprrt Asked.
Every National bank and trust
comoany Is asked to assist the Govern-
AN ATLANTIC PORT. June 16. In
timation that enemy submarines are
lurking in the coastal waters of Vene
zuela and confirmation of reports that
the Venezuelan government had adopt
ed a pro-German attitude was given
here today by Dr. Carlos Lopez Busla
manti. editor of El Fonografo, former
ly published in Caracas.
Dr. Buslamantl asserted that the
government of Venezuela, at the insti
gation of pro-German interests. Is sup- I
pressing pro-ally news and throwing
their editors into Jail. His own paper
was suppressed and he served eight
months In prison.
German money is being spent freely
In Venezuela," Dr. Buslamanti eaid.
The government is pro-German and
docs not attempt to conceal the fact.
The people, however, are for the allies
and resent the stan the government
has taken.
"I have documents which I shall pre
sent to the proper government officials
at Washington which will show many
German Intrigues against thl-: country.
I shall not deny that there are Ger
man U-boat bases In Venezuelan maters."
The editor asserted that when he
nd he was thrown into.'fi.
LITTLE FARM IS SURROUNDED
Shots Fired at Time of Cap
ture Only Signals.
NO RESISTANCE IS MADE
Preparations for Hiding Fugitive
l'rom Sedition I,as Carried Out
lv Clever Confederate, Be
lieved lo Be Arthur Lyons.
prison and chained, hand and foot. His
cellmate, receiving food Intended for
him, died of poisoning, he said.
Aided hy friends he escaped and was
smuggled on board the steamship on
which he came to this port.
TELEGRAPH STRIKE STAYED
ment by subscribing S per cent of Its I InduMrlsl Peace Vp to Managers of
gross resources mommy.
The certificates will bear 4 Vi per
cent interest like those preceding the
third liberty loan, and will have vary
ing maturity periods, none exceeding
four months.
In addition, an undetermined quan
tity perhaps $2.000.000.000 of tax cer
tificates will be Issued during the
Summer . for use in paying taxes a
year from now."
Uh to Be Mi Billion.
The announcement of this pro
gramme indicated that the fourth lib
erty loan will be for at least $6,000,000.
000, the " exact amount depending on
Government expenditures in the next
few months.
The Treasury already has estimated
these roughly at about $12,000,000,000
between July 1 and next January 1.
The sale of certificates under the
plan In effect during the past year
amounts virtually to borrowing in ad
vance from banks on projected popu
lar war loans or tax collections, and
i:nilo inc Companies. '
ST rAl"U June 16. There will be in
dustrial peace in the telegraph service
if the employing companies will accept
the decision of the National War Labor
Board. S. J. Konenkamp, president of
the Commercial Telegraphers" Union,
telegraphed President Wilson ti:tay.
He said there will be no strike of
operators until after the President haH
had an opportunity to act.
WARM WEATHER COMING
Pacific Slates Forecast Is for Cool
Mghts First of Meek.
WASHINGTON. June 16. Weather
predictions for the week beginning to
morrow Issued by the weather bureau
are: Isorthern Rocky Mountain and
plateau regions: Fair. warmer in
North portion Monday.
Pacific States Fair. cool nights
of week.
nt-lnHicalIv refunding these short-
term obligations in long-term Liberty rst of week- warming up by middle
bonds.
Bank Ireflt 2Vk ler C.
Depositary banks make 2 per cent Mj. S. BALLOON SHOT DOWN
net. the dllierence Deiween me v
per cent interest paid by the Govern
ment and the 2 per cent collected for
deposits.
The future financial programme was
announced at this time to enable banks
to prepare. Secretary McAdoo has
written a letter to the presidents of I
each of the 7500 National banks and
20,000 state institutions, explaining
the plan.
German Shell Fells Gas Bag,
no Casualties Occur.
but
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. June 16. (By the Associat
ed Press.) An American observation
balloon was shot down this morning
by a shell Jrora a German gun.
There were no casualties as a result
of the incident.
growers, he said.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 15. The es
tablishment of a minimum price of $2
a bushel for wheat, free on board cars
at all points, is being planned by the
e-rain comoration of the Uunited States
positions, as a result of which 10,000 Food Administration. It was announced
Italians, French and English fell into here by R. A. Levin, of the corporation
their hands and were made prisoner. Such action would benefit greatly
ti, j.,o A , i-acmc joasi ana mier-mountaln
x lie ouiaiiiago inuo gaaiicu
were only able to maintain partially.
""l I ..no niiPniiniiiifiiVTnii
Mountain had to be given up in the IVinO. DUOUn UIM WMI IU U. o.
face of suDerior enemv counter-at
which wro RiirmnrtpH , , WIOOW OI I. 1X1U1S nrewcr ItelUtDS
flanking gun fire. -J From Residing in Germany
Italian Renulse Claimed.
I A CTTRAN PORT. -Time Ifi -Kfrm T il
"On the western slopes of Monte Busch, widow of the late Adomhus
Grappa the Italians stormed in vain I Busch, of St. Louis, arrived here yes-
our battalions, which had firmly es
tablished themselves in his front line.
"In the wooded zone of the Seven
Communes (Sette Comuni) our regi-
(ConcludcU on Page 3, Column 2.)
terday from Germany on her way to
the United States.
Harry D. Hawes, an attorney of St.
Louis, who accompanied Mrs. Busch,
denied reports that she had donated
$1,000,000 to war relief in Germany.
THE VALLEY FARMS ARE CALLING YOU.
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HUNS SHUN U. S. FIGHTERS
Prisoners Say They Have Knougli
After Meeting Americans.
PARIS. June 16. "We know from
prisoners that after every fight be
tween Americans and Germans, the
Germans do not want any more."
This Is the remark of a French of
ficer quoted by a Socialist Deputy in
the lobby of the Chamber today.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 78
degxea; minimum, o. decrees.
TODAY'S Cloudy, northwesterly winds.
War.
Americana repulse Hun raids. Pave 1.
Total war caautltlea of United States fcOSS.
Pace
Official eaaualty Hat. Pace S.
Weary Huns rest on western front. Pace 4.
Austrian drive amaphed by Italy. Pace 1-
LT-boata sink two more neutral ahlps. Pasa 'J-
Korelcn.
U-boat baies In Venezuelan waters hinted
at. Paca 1.
National.
McAdoo daflnea alms of Railroad Adminis
tration. Paca 3.
Fourth liberty loan will ba floated probably
in October. P"K 1.
lomettic.
Crew IS day. In open boat. re 1.
Debs pralaea I. W. W. Pace S.
Sports.
Portland defeats Aberdeen two games.
Pace 10.
Marksmen make good scores Pace 10.
Cleveland bunta and beata Grecc. Paca 10.
Two thousand fans wltneas double-header
at St. Johns. Paca 10.
Pacific Northwest.
Monnahlne atlll near Pendleton raided and
three men arrested. Pace
Portland and Vicinity.
Jeremiah 0'Lcarys arrest excltlnc. Pace 1.
Blc sawmill to be built la Olympics, page 1.
Orecon apples made children bappy at or
phanage in r ranee. ra .
Executlvea prepare for war savings stamp
drive. Pace .
Registration of Uerman alien women on to
day, rage o.
Wheat and sugar not used In beer. Pace 8.
Cirrus here today. Page 7.
Life of students now at Benson Polytechnic
School strictly military. Pace 14.
Catholics hold out-of-doors celebration of
sacrament, face 14.
Alder-street hotel raided. Pace 8.
Orecon pioneers are comlnr for annual re
union. Pace 11.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 10.
BT KRSEST C. POTTS.
Careful plans, put in motion In Port
land a few days after Jeremiah A.
O'l.eary, allctted potential spy, indicted
.New ork publisher and propagandist.
jiiea irom justice, naved the way for
concealment of the acltator on the
sequeMcred little poultry farm near
Sara. Wash., where O'Leary was ar
rested last Wednesday.
Preparations for the secretins: of the
fugitive were made by a clever con
federate, posing under the name of
Thomas J. Corbltt. It was Corbitt who
purchased the little three-acre ranch
May IS from Thomas I.. Sagar. now a,
resident of Portland. The farm was
hmiKht through an answer to Mr.
Sugar's want "ad." With characteris
tic acumen Corbitt picked out a com
munity in Washington where two fam
ilies named O'Leary now live. Theso
0'leary homes are within a- mile of
the place selected for the alleged spy's
secluded domicile.
Knrd Motorcar Rouikt.
On the same date Corbitt purchased a
Ford motorcar from Mrs. Minnie
Wheeler, R. F. D.. Box 263. MilwauKle.
Or. This was the machine which con
veyed Corbitt and O'Leary to the Iso
lated ranch, snd in It O'Leary, under
the name of Wells, made trips about
the countryside and to Vancouver and
Rldgefield. Wash.
It was under the trouble-giving ma
chine that O'Leary was tinkering
Wednesday noon, when the party of de
tectives and civilians swooped down
upon him and effected his capture.
Neighbors plnce the date of O'Leary's
arrival at the newly purchased poultry
farm at about May 25. He came as the
semi-Invalid brother-in-law of Corbitt.
who remained only until May 29 to see
him safely ensconsced 111 this retreat.
H.orbltP Thought to Be Lyons.
The belief now prevails, among the
few who know most of O'Leary and
his confederate, that Corbitt was the
confidential investigator, Arthur Ly
ons, who was arrested just the past
week at Tucson, Ariz., by Federal
agents. Giving color to this belief is th
remark, dropped by a member of the
band which arrested O'Leary. that
now we have got both of them."
Out at the old Sagar ranch, officially
placed in charge by the mysterious
group of men who effected the arrest.
is Samuel F. Stine, a native of Ger
many, who came to this country when
he was three years old and Is now av
citizen. The old caretaker, who says
he is above TO, is badly broken up over
the dramatic scenes he has witnessed.
Almost sleepless, too, he has been, as
a result of the practice of O'Leary in
keeping him from retiring until the
early morning hours.
Mr. Mine Kngaged In Portland.
Mr. Stine was engaged for the Job
on the ranch, in Portland. May 18, at
the employment bureau of A. Lee
Lewes. I2S Burnsido street, by the man
posing as Corbitt. On the employ
ment slip, still carefully guarded by
Mr. Stine, Corbltt's address is given
as Ridgefield. Wash.
One of the employe's tasks at tho
ranch was that of cooking and pre
paring the meals. On the day of the
arrest he was engaged! in canning
strawberry preserves, he relates. O'
Leary was busy just outside the win
dow with the machine, which had been
giving him trouble, refusing to run
on occasions.
Leaning against the house, but a
few feet from O'Leary, was a shotgun.
He seemed never to get far from a,
weapon of some sort and the general
uneasy demeanor he displayed hail
preyed much upon the mind of the
aged companion. This restless spirit
it was that kept O'Leary from sicei
until far into the night, and caused
him to urgo Mr. Sline to remain up
with him.
Aged Man Kept Awake.
For almost a week at a, time, Tr.
Stine yesterday related, he had been
kept awake by his strange employe .
until 1 and 2 o'clock in the morning.
This experience told terribly upon him,
since he was obliged to rise at 4
o'clock to look after the flocks of Tltllu
chickens on the place.
The arrest was effected without ar
tual reslstence on the part of O'Leary,
according to Mr. Stine's story. An
automobile came down the driveway
with three men aboard. This was noth
ing unusual, as the machine stopped
before the berry packing-house of A. P.
Sutton, a neighbor.
The trio of men. one of whom l
now known to have been L. T. West
of Rldgefield. for many years rural
carrier on the route which served this
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