VOL.. LVIII. XO. 17,995.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1918.
TRICE FIVE CENTS.
BATTLETAKESTOLL
OF U. S: OFFICERS
SPEED OF ALLIED
FRENCH BAG 360
HEARST ALL RIGHT,
HARDEST JOB STILL
AHEAD, SAYS KAISER
WAR'S decisive" poixt ABOCT
REACHED, IS OBSERVATION.
RAE TO TELL
D DID TO
PLANES IN 2 WEEKS
ADVANCE SLACKENS
OF MEN IN FRANCE
COL. SMITH, REGULAR ARMY,
FALLS NEAR MISSY-AU-BOIS.
AIRMEN DROP 6 00 TOXS OF EX
PLOSIVES OX GERMAXS.
MAG
IN KAISER'S OPINION
DEFEAT OB FLIGHT
Signs Multiply Germans
Will Try to Retreat.
FIGHTING FAVORS ALLIES
All Ground Taken by Enemy in
Attack of July 15 Again in
Hands of Allies.
OULCHY-LE-CHATEAU FALLS
Fere en Tardenois Expected
to Be Next Position Hun
Will Surrender.
PARIS, July 26. (Havas Agency.)
The latest news from- the Aisne
Marne battlefront is considered by the
newspapers to be particularly favor
able. Despite stubborn resistance the Ger
rnans have been obliged to give up
Oulchy-le-Chateau and it is thought
that they cannot long hold Fere-en-Tardenois.
Signs of Flight Seen.
La Liberte says the Germans must
be considering a retreat to the banks
of the river Vesle, as fires and explo
sions are multiplying in the German
lines and the Teuton provisions and
other stores are in flames. The Ger
mans, the newspaper adds, either
must retreat or face disaster.
Among the prisoners captured in
the Aisne-Marne battle was a nephew
of Prince von Buelow, the former Ger
man imperial chancellor.
Young Buelow Amazed.'
The officer, who was a battalion
commander, was astounded to hear
that there was a large American army
in France. He said he had been con
vinced, as had all Germans, that the
American soldiers in France did not
exceed 50,000.
LONDON, July 26. The Germans
today retain virtually nothing of the
ground they conquered in their great
attack of July 15 along the Marne,
says Reuter's .correspondent at French
headquarters.
Gouraud Expels Enemy.
East of Rheims the correspondent
adds, General Gouuaud's army by a
series of brilliant local operations,
has expelled the enemy almost every
where from the narrow belt he occu
pied in Gouraud's advanced zone. .
On all sides of the German salient
the allies are reported today to be
continuing to make progress, except
on the heights behind Soissons. Ger
man resistance to the French pres
sure has been very determined in this
latter sector. The advance- reported
elsewhere are for the most part
slight.
Allies Lose Two l?osts.
On the other side of the salient just
to the west of Rheims the allies lost
the town of Mery and Hill 204 to a
German counter attack, but retained
Vrigny and greater part of the line
thereabouts looking toward Fismes.
The allies in this sector hold Mar
faux, Bouilly, St. Euphraise and
Courton wood.
Franco-Americans Advance.
Between the Ourcq and Chateau
Thierry the Franco-American line now
shows an advance beyond the line of
a week ago of from six to eight miles.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, July 26.. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The present moment
for the Germans is one of the most
critical of the war, since the allies
possess the initiative and the rapidly
increasing American Army enables
them to undertake operations which
would otherwise be impossible.
Hard Fighting Ahead.
Xhe fighting will continue to be
wry severe, as the ground which the
Germans occupy is very suitable for
a defensive battle but their resistance
is costing them dearly. Their diffi
culties are being augmented every day
and it is probable that they will be
compelled to think hard before start
ing any other offensive, even if its ob
jective is only to relieve the situation.
With the captvre today of the town
of Oulchy-le-Chateau the allies are
rearing the summit of the plateau
overlooking Fere-en-Tardenois.
Farther north the capture of Ville
montoire was effected after fighting
(Continued on Page 3, Column !.
Lieutenant-Colonel Elliott, Major
McCloud and Several Captains
Are Killed In Action.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT. July 24.
(By the Associated Press.) Colonel
Hamilton Smith, of the United States
Army, died on July 22, within a few
hours after receiving: a machine gun
wound below the heart.
Colonel Smith was making: observa
tions after a morning attack In antici
pation of improving: the American po
sitions south of Soissons, near Mlssy-au-Bois.
Lieutenant-Colonel Clark Elliott was
killed by machine gun fire In the same
sector, while inspecting: the American
front lines.
Major J. M. McCloud was wounded
while leading; his men, when the Amer
icans crossed the solssons-Arras roaa
during: the offensive. He was wound
ed in the left arm and in the left side
by. machine gun bullets, but after receiving-
first aid he continued fighting:.
The Major was killed soon afterwards
by a high explosive shell.
Soon after Major McCloud died. Lieu
tenant James C. Lodar was killed by
machine gun fire near, were. McCloud
fell.
On different days the following Cap
tains were killed by machine guns and
shells, all of them leading their men
when they fell:
James A. Edgerton, 'Julius A. Mood,
Alfred R. Hamel, James N. C. Richard
and James H. Holmes.
Lieutenant Lodar, Captain Holmes
and Major McCloud were buried at a
crossroads in a wheat field, two kilo
meters southeast of Missy-au-Bois.
Colonel Smith was buried at Orry la
Ville, near Luzarches, and the other
officers were interred on the spots
where they fell.
WOMEN TO BREAK STRIKES
Fair Toilers Organize to Aid Nation
in Xational Crisis.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 26. "Women
ill take the places of male farm
workers who fail to accept the awards
of united States mediators In wage
controversies," Mrs. Katherine P. Ed
son, of the advisory council of the
Women's Land Army, declared at a
meeting here today of county chair
men of the organization.
Mrs. Edson asserted that the units
sent out by the Women's Land Army
would not be used as strikebreakers,
demanding the "going wage" every
where and the mediators award in dis
puted cases.
DR. WISE DONS OVERALLS
Rabbi of Xew York Synagogue
Works in Marine Plant.
STAMFORD, Conn.. July 26. Dr. Ste
phen Wise, of the synagogue In New
York City, is working as a day laborer
at a local marine plant. Dr. Wise said
tonight that he took up the work be
cause he believed it the duty of every
man who could not enter military serv
ice to contribute directly his labor to
essential production for war needs.
His 17-year-old son also is working
at a plant in a similar capacity.
MARTIAL LAW IS ORDERED
King Instructed to Give Roumanian
Territory Protection.
N, July 26. A dispatch, to the
Telegraph from Amsterdam,
he ' Weser Zeitung of Bremen,
learns from Bucharest that the king of
Roumania has been ordered to place all
Roumanian territory under martial law.
In semi-official quarters in Berlin,
the dispatch adds, this report has not
been contradicted, and it was said
nothing could be vouchsafed regarding
the significance of the measure.
SPRUCE PRICES ADVANCE
Lift of $4 on New England Lumber
Is Announced.
WASHINGTON, July 26. Increases
averaging approximately $4 a thousand
feet for New England spruce lumber
were authorized by the price-fixing
committee of the war industries board
for the period from July 19 to Novem
ber 1. 1918.
The prices range from 838 to $60 a
thousand feet, according to size, length
and finish.
350,000 BIBLES PLACED
Gideons Find Hotel Rooms Xeedful
of Holy Scriptures.
DENVER. July 26. At the National
convention of Gideons, the Christian
Commercial Travelers' Association, In
session here today, it was reported that
ince the formation of the National or-
gazination 350,000 Bibles have been
placed in hotel rooms throughout the
United States.
I
EX-CZARINA WOULD BE NUN
Bolshevik! Deny Former Empress"
Request to Enter Convent.
LONDON. JULY 26. The Exchange
Telegraph says Berlin newspapers pub
lish a telegram from Moscow saying
the former Empress has asked permis
sion of the Bolshevik! to enter a con
vent inSweden with her daughters.
Permission is withheld for the time
being.
LOI A)
Evenlfe
says T
Action Less Intense
but Not Checked.
TEUTONS GRADUALLY RETIRE
Fighting Now Mainly in Forests
Along Marne.
HUNDREDS OF DEAD FOUND
Streams Reported
Thick With
Bodies of Germans
tie Change Xotcd
But Llt-
in Salient
Soulh of Soissons.
(By the Associated Press.)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT, July 26.-
The allied offensive has slowed down.
but has not been checked. Franco
American troops today forced the Ger.
mans a bit further north, but the
gr-xter part of the fighting is taking
place in the big forests north of the
Marne and along the western flank .of
the salient.
The Germans, with artillery and ma
chine guns and strong Infantry de
tachments, left the northern edges of
the Fere, Tournelle and Ris forests
and battled cleverly and stubbornly to
hold the advancing allies until more
progress could be made in the trans
portation of their supplies, guns and
general stores. But despite the oppo
sition some ground was gained.
Road lider Terrific Fire.
The woods tonight have almost been
freed of Germans. The Fere-en-Tardenois
road, extending from'the front,
already Is under such a fire from the
artillery as to make It useless as a
supply artery. With a slight push for
ward by. the allied troops, Fere-en-Tardenois
will become untenable
Villempntoire has been restored to the
allied line, and from it the allied ar
tillery can , easily reach the Germans
near Fere-en-Tardenois.
The American troops advancing along
the Marne have discovered hundreds
of dead Germans. The victims fell
before the heavy machine gun fire of
the Americans during the retreat. In
one section the ground was covered
with dead. The Americans buried as
many bodies as was possible. It is
estimated that 2000 Germans fell there.
Streams Thick With Dead.
Farmers along the Marne report
having seen the bodies of German dead
floating down the stream. The mili
tary authorities are planning some sys
tem by which they can clear the river
of bodies.
There is little change In the opera
tions on the southern arc of the salient
soufh of Soissons. To the west, Oul
chy-le-Chateau has been taken. Far
ther south the Germans have "been
driven out of the positions they had
(Continued on- Pass 8, Column 2.)
I " TV 4?Ay yJE- CA?Q AsSS Q?VCif " V
Total of 2 7,6 73 Flights Made for
Military Purposes British
Aviators Report Success.
WASHINGTON. July 26. During the
period of the flr.pt two weeks of June,
French airmen alone dropped 600 tons of
high, explosives on the Germans in the
trencn. on rest Diiieis, railway oiauuno
and on munition works far back of the
fighting lines. A total of 27.673 flights
were made for military purposes during
that time and more than 2000 com
bats occurred In the air. ;
In this fighting 199 German planes
were destroyed or forced to ' land In
French territory and 181 others were
damaged and probably destroyed,
making a total of 360 enemy machines
brought down against a loss of 72 ma
chines by the French. Twelve of the
French planes brought down were only
damaged.
LONDON, July 26. British airmen
brought down 25 Germans airplanes and
forced down six others out of control
in air fighting yesterday. Fifteen of
the British machines failed to return.
This announcement was made in the
official communication on aerial opera
tions Issued tonight.
BERLIN, via London. July 26. The
War Office communication issued to
day says:
"In aerial combats yesterday the
enemy lost 68 airplanes and one captive
balloon."
PARIS, July 28. Second Lieutenant
Coeffard, of the French army, has
broken all records In aerial fighting,
according to the newspapers. He has
won 15 aerial victories in 15 days.
The French war office communica
tlon says:
"On the 26th our aviators brought
down or forced to land seven enemy
machines. Eighteen machines were
brought down by British aviators
working In conjunction with us. On
our part we dropped more than 38 tons
of bombs during the day and night
on stations, - railway communications.
sheds, munitions depots and military
parks in the rear of the zone of battle.
Fires and explosions were observed."
ARMY ETHER DESTROYED
Loss of 230,000 Quarter-Pound
Cans Caused by Fire.
ST. LOUIS. July 26. Two girls and
a fireman were Injured and 230,000
quarter - pound cans of ether for the
American Army in France were de
stroyed when a fire, followed by many
explosions, did 3125,000 damage to the
Malllnckrodt Chemical Works here this
afternoon. The loss was estimated by
officers of the company.
One 10.000-gallon tank of ether burst
with a terrific explosion. After an In
vestigation, officers of the company
said the fire was caused by a epaik
from an electric soldering iron.
GORKY APPROACHES END
Russian Revolutionist Author Said
to Be on Deathbed.
STOCKHOLM, July 26. Maxim
Gorky, the Russian novelist and revo
lutionary propagandist. Is dying, says
a message from Helslngfors today.
NO, WILLIE CROWN PRINCE IS NEVER
Everybody Else in U. S.
Held All Wrong.
RULER'S WORDS DRIP VENOM
Wilson, Roosevelt and Schwab
v Bitterly Assailed.
KING OF ENGLAND LOATHED
'Kick My Cousin's Shins for Me,
Davis, ir You Should Sec Him,"
Parting Request of Em
peror to Dentist.
BY ARTHUR N. DAVIS.
(DentiBt to the Kaiser for 14 Tears.)
In the Winter of 1916 we were talk
ing of the sentiment In America and the
conversation turned to Von Bernstorff.
"From all I hear," the Kaiser said,
'BernBtorf f hasn't had a very easy time
of it. The American press as a whole
has been conspicuously anti-German,
although I understand that one of your
newspaper publishers has been friendly
to us. Mr. Hearst, for Instance, has
helped our cause very much In your
country. He has been telling the truth
about affairs, which is more than most
of the other papers have been dolrtg!
Only Hearst Held Truthful.
Just before the King of Greece abdi
cated, the Kaiser referred to the atti
tude of the American press again.
The way the American newspapers
and the press of the allied countries
generally are presenting the Grecian
situation to the world Is absolutely
false and a disgrace!" he declared, bit
terly. "They are entirely misrepresent
ing the facts.
"Mr. Hearst la the only one, as far as
I can find, who has revealed the real
conditions and told the . truth about
them. I wonder what the people have
to say now that Mr. Hearst has finally
exposed the whole thing!"
It was only a short time afterwards
that the King abdicated.
Election Brings Surprise.
When Mr. Wilson was nominated for
the Presidency, the Kaiser was quite
positive that he wouldn't be elected.
I saw the Kaiser shortly after Mr.
Wilson's election.
"I am very much surprised at the re
sult of your election," he declared. "I
didn't think your people would be so
foolish as to elect a college professor
as President. What does a professor
know about international . politics and
diplomatic affairs?"
When Wilson sent 5000 men to Vera
Cruz, the Kaiser felt that he had ex
ceeded his rights.
"What right has Wilson to mix in the
Internal affairs of Mexico?" he asked
"Why doesn't he allow them to fight
It out among themselves. It is their
affair, not his!"
Germany had many financial Inter-
Concluded on Pace 8, Column 1.
"THE GOAT.'
It Is to Be Hoped People at Home
Are Full of Confidence," Adds
General von Hlndcnburg.
THE HAGUE, July 26. "The hardest
part of the job Is still before us. The
nemy knows the war is about to reach
the point of decision and is summoning
11 his strength for a final defense and
counter-offensive."
This was the observation of the Ger
man Emperor, recorded by Karl Rosner
n the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger. and ap
parently made on the eve of General
Foch'i offensive. On Che same occasion
Field Marshal von Hindenburg gave
Rosner the following statement:
"It is to be hoped the people at home
are full of confidence. But they are not
earned In patience. Over-haste is no
good.
Preparation is half the battle, and
he .people must remember we are not
working with machines that can be
mashed as soon as the job is completed.
We are working with the most sacred
hlng we possess, namely, the blood and
life of the German people. Our last
eserves must be strong men who will
return irom tne trenches to take ud
the peace tasks. We must not be left
t the end like smashed machines, but
must be strong and unweakened."
REPUBLICAN HEAD TO TALK
Will H. Hays Slated to Address the
-Nebraska State Convention.
NEW YORK. July 26. Will H. Hays.
chairman of the Republican national
committee, announced tonight that he
would leave here tomorrow for Lin
coln, Neb., where next Tuesday he will
address the Republican state conven
tion.
B0CHE DEATH LIST GROWS
German Press Publishes Lists of Of
ficers Killed on Front.
GENEVA. July 26. The German
newspapers have begun to publish long
lists of officers killed and the names
cover several columns.'
Among them Is that of General Un-
verssagt, attached to the staff of Gen
eral von Boehm, on the Marne. front.
SIAM TRAINS AVIATORS
More Than 500 Airmen Ready for
Service iu France.
PARIS. July 26. More than 500 air
plane pilots, members of the best fam
ilies of Bangkok, have been trained in
Siam and now are ready to come- to
France to take up active service.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTER DA V
'Maximum temperature.
degrees; minimum. 56 degrees.
TODAVS Generally cloudy; gentle
north.
westerly winds.
War.
French bag 30 enemy airplanes In two
weeks. Page 1.
British repulsa German attacks. Psge S.
Official casualty list. Psge 8.
Great battle takea toll of American officers.
Page 1.
German War Office continues to claim vic
tories. Paga 3.
Germans face defeat or flight. Page 1.
Battle climax may follow apparent lull.
Page 4.
Germans In salient bombarded by allies from
all angles. Page 8.
British cruiser Marmora reported sunk by
U-boat, rage O.
Crown Prince's reserves exhausted. Page 8.
Kaiser says the hardest Job la still ahead.
Pago 1.
Speed of allied advance slackens. Psge 1.
Foreign.
Kaiser highly approves of Hearst. Pag 1.
Czech hatred of Austria voiced in Relcha-
rath. Page 2.
Russian peasanta rise against Germans.
Page 3.
Big U. 8. fleet carries food to Swiss. Page 2.
Strlkera must return to work or fight, says
Premier Lloyd George. Page .
Independence of Siberia proclaimed. Page 3.
National.
President denounces mob spirit and lynch-
Ings. Page o.
Triumphs in France speed training of U. 8.
Army. J'aee 6.
Domestic.
gsn Francisco fair grounds may become ship
yard site. Page a.
Western llnlon indicted. Page 15
-William Bayard Hale disclosed as defender
of Lusllanla sinking. Psge 15.
Twenty-one New York men indicted for theft
of Army beer. rB it.
Pacific Northwest.
Home breweries popular in Spokane. Page 4.
Women ministers rejected by synod. Paga 7.
Sports.
Fast play In Oregon state tournament ex.
pe.ced today. Page 1.
Secretary Faker glv. s baseball players In
draft as until September to find essen
tial employment. Pago 14.
Three shipbuilders" games to bo played to
morrow. Page 14.
Fulton and Dempsey meet tonight- Pago 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Westbound freight rate on oats and corn
to be reduced. Pago l.
Talk of hot winds sends corn prices up at
Chicago. rage in.
Stork market opens weak and closes firm
rage 10.
Loral steel works to fit out Standlfer vea-
sels. I-sge Jo.
ror'land and Vicinity.
Will G. Mac Rao will meet relatives of Ore
gon men In France. Page 1.
Loral police alert, saya slacker. Page 11.
Rooms needed to house G. A. R. delegates.
Page 12.
Call for artillery officers will be met by v.
of O. training camp. Page IS.
Chairman of Public Service Commission
challenges Railroad Administration.
Page a.
Traffic ornciai inn council in confer on
transportation proDiem .Monday. Page S.
Sale of forget-me-nots succesa throughout
elate. Page IS.
News of tragic death of Major William R.
King reaches Portland. Page 12.
One-delivery system proves troublesome
problem for local merchants. Page 15,
Finding of dynamite cap and fuse may ex
plain mill blase. Paga 16.
Weather report, data and . jrecasL Tag 1.
Relatives and Friends
May Question Him.
THIRD OREGON BROKEN UP
Regiment Is Made Replace
ment Organization.
RECEPTION TO BE MONDAY
Verbal Messages From Soldiers Will
Be Delivered and Details of
Their Lives and Experi
ences Related.
WILL C. MAC RAE TO MEET
RELATIVES OF OREGON
MEN IX FRANCE.
Will G. Mac Rae, correspondent
of The Oregonian, who has been
In Franc, and In constant touch
with the Oregon troops for six
months. .ill meet relatives and
friends of the men Monday at
room 809, The Oregonian build
ing. Hours for the reception
have been set as follows:
From 9 A. M. to 12 noon: from
3 to 5:30 P. M. and from 8 to 10:30
P. M. (Take the elevators, to the
eighth floor).
Mr. Mac Rae hr-s a note book
filled with messages from the
Oregon soldiers to their friends
and relatives In Oregon. He also
has hundreds of verbal messages,
as his association during the last
four months has been largely
with the Oregon men.
Mr. Mac Rae has already talked
- to thousands of relatives In Spo
kane and Seattle, and in other
cities through which he has
passed on Ms way back to Port
land. He Is preparing to return
to France In a few months and
will carry verbal messages back
to the "boys."
The reception Monday Is open
to all who have ties across the
Atlantic He has an intimate
message for hundreds of anxious
mothers and fathers. He also
will exhibit the gas masks and
other equipment used in the
American forces.
BT WILL. G. MAC RAE.
It is good to be back in Portland.
It is better to have been In France,
and for the last six months to have
been in. if not daily, weekly touch with
most of the men of the 162d Infantry,
the old Third Oregon of blessed mem
ory. It is infinitely better to be back in
Portland and to meet relatives and
friends of the men over there, as I
shall beginning Monday morning, from
9 o'clock until 12. from 2 o'clock until
6 P. M.. and from 8 until 10 P. M. In
room 809 on the eighth floor of The
Oregonian building.
It will be best to meet the anxious
parents, sisters and brothers, friends,
yes. and last, although not the least,
the sweethearts of the Oregon soldiers
men from Oregon who right now are
busy putting the Hun on the hop.
Already I have been besieged by
anxious ones. Telephones are beastly
things when one is tired as I am. There
are mothers in Spokane, which is to
be. my future home until I complete my
hoped-for arrangements to return to
France, and I have been talking to
many of them. Just the same, getting
back to tiie statement about tele- .
phones. I never before reayxed the lan
guage of the hello machine was one
of the best rest cures ever discovered.
Even though dead tired I find the
grateful thanks I have received is the
best tonic for that tired feeling.
Koeue Tklsgs Csnsot Be Written.
Fathers and mothers, next of kin,
relatives and friends must not expect
written messages from their soldiers.
I can tell you what our soldier men did
the eix months they were In training
in France. I can tell what they were
doing when I last saw them. In a
general way, I can tell what the whole
A. E. F. has been doing and how well
it Is doing that something.
To you mothers and fathers I caa
say with all truth that your men are
going through the fires of hell. But
you may be assured all those that re
turn to you will emerge purified and
splendidly tempered. They will be
clear visioned. clean souled and have
the greatest gift God can give.
When you mothers and fathers and
sweethearts come to the office don't
stand on the ceremony of Introducing
yourself. Walk right In and ask ques
tions the more the better. I may not
have everything In the notebook I have
with me. If I haven't your address In
my book I know something about the
person who left home a boy and is now
a man. full grown mentally if not
physically. There are lots of intimate
things to be told that the soldier, be
ing. always a good soldier, could not tell
you In his letters home. There are many
things a soldier may not tell even his
relatives: there are many others he
will not tell or even admit to himself,
because if there Is anything a soldier
does not do, that is boast of his
(Continued on Psge 4, Column 3.)
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