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VOL,, t. VIII. NO. 17,998. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SOLDIERS' SISTERS MAY GO TO FRANCE RAE TALKS OF SKELETON-STREWN CAVES DISCOVERED AlfllCiS DEFY DEADLY BARRAGE MAG ALLIES RETAIN ALL GROUND CAPTURED Gains Made Northeast of Fere-en-Tardenois. BIG "SUCKER" LIST HAS 102,000 NAMES s 1 FEDERAL. OFFICIALS ARREST GEORGE GRAHAM RICE." TURKS GOADED BY PERFIDY II WOMEX NEEDED FOR WORK. KOMASCE BARRED. INDIAN RKSKRVATIOX IX ARI ZONA YIELDS MYSTERY. OREGON SOLDIERS Relatives Throng to Auditorium. GERMAN Brilliant Dash Made in Face of German Foe. YANKEES AT APEX OF FRONT U. S. Boys From Middle West and Eastern States Win Honors of War. ENEMY DEFENSE STRONG Desperate Fighting Proceeds Without Cessation for Twenty-four Hours. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT, July SO. (By the Associated Press.) Through a barrage as deadly as any ithe Germans have laid down on any sector lor montns, tne American sol diers, comprising men from the Middle West and Eastern states, pushed their line forward a little more today, and tonight it forms the apex of the long allied front. Feat Wins Praise. Their progress was less than two miles, but it is regarded as a brilliant operation in view of the determined countering by the Germans. Under a fire from the enemy only slightly less than that of yesterday, the Americans on the front north of Ourcq held on to their positions this forenoon and even advanced a lit tle toward the road from Seringes to Sergy. Repeated efforts by the ene my to dislodge the Americans were futile. Fighting Hardest Yet. . On the Americans left, the French are moving forward. To the right the lines are holding steadily. The fighting is the heaviest the Americans have experienced. Their conduct is winning the praise of the French observers. On either side the French also riioved forward, while steady pressure was maintained against the east and west flanks. Hun Sacrifice Is Vain. Information early in the day , indi cated the withdrawal of the fourth guards, but it developed that the re nowned organization the Bavarians was still on the front and the strong opposition they offered testified their reputation. But their sacrifice was in vain. The Americans withstood two heavy attacks during the night, and at day light began their operations, which left them tonight well to the north of Sergy on the long slopes approaching the heavy woods beyond Nesles, a little town directly east of Serignes Et Nesles, whose retention the Ger mans bitterly opposed. ine east ena or tne line svjngs northeasterly opposite this point and then drops off sharply in the direction of Cierges and Roncheres. The Ourcq River has been left far behind, the line being pushed forward across the zone to the northwest. Boches Use Machine Guns. The Germans are holding positions in Nesles forest, from which their guns are shelling ineffectively. It was late in the day before the whole of Seringes was wholly cleared. The Germans clung to the northern part of the town tenaciously and used their machine guns murderously. Neither side- used artillprv. Thir i-Svns hnd-T.r-h Ji-nrl ficiitincr in f a streets in which the Americans proved the masters, driving the enemy before them. The story of the fight for the pos session of Meurcy farm, lying directly Bou-h of Serignes, long will be remem bered in the history of the division. The Germans left .behind a strong force of machine gunners and in fantry. The Americans moved for ward through the yellow wheat fields. which were sprayed and torn by bul lets. But they advanced as though on a drill ground. Germans Are Outfought. The Americans laid down a heavy artillery fire, but notwithstanding this. many of the Germans remained when it came to hand-to-hand fighting. In a group of farm buildings the enemy had set up a strong defense. Here the (Continued on Page. 4, Column 1.). Prohibition Relating to Relatives Of ficially Modified If Girls Marry They Must Return- Home. WASHINGTON. July 30. Because the American Red Cross, the Toung Men's Christian Association and other allied bodies doing: war work in France are unable to obtain sufficient number of women workers, the War Depart ment prohibition against granting passports to relatives of officers and men in the American expeditionary forces was modified today by General March, chief of staff, so as to per mit sisters of soldiers to serve as workers under certain conditions. The order provides that the sisters must be duly accredited members of one, of the authorized organizations, must be particularly qualified for the work to be done; must be sent to France as workers and not as relatives; must make no ef fort to visit relatives in France whether sick or well, and must be re turned home by the organization to which they belong If they violate the rules as laid down by the department. If they marryofflcers or soldiers In the American expeditionary force after their arrival abroad they will be auto matically returned home. TANKER FIGHTS OFF DIVER German I-Boat Fires 2 00 Shots at American Vessel. AN ATLANTIC FORT, July 30. A tanker arrived here tonight after a five-hour fight with a German sub marine 600 miles off the New Jersey coast, last Friday. The ship's cook was wounded in one leg by shrapnel during the engagement. The U-boat, sighted when eight miles away, tried to head off the tanker from the land and then opened fire, discharging about 200 shots. The tanker replied with 40 shots from her four-inch guns as she raced away, sending out S. O. S. calls by wireless. The submarine was finally outdis tanced. EVENING POST ON OPTION Oswald Garrison Villard, Chief Owner Assures Statement. NEW TORK, July 30. Oswald Gar rison Villard, president and chief own er of the Evening Post, today author- zed the following statement: "The current reports that the owner ship of the Evening Post may bs changed are correct. I have given an option to Rollo Ogden, the editor, and to other editorial and business associ ates with whom I have been in such close co-operation for 21 years. As the option has not yet been exercised, it Is impossible to give further details at the present time." NIGHT TURNED INTO DAY Americans Perfect Airplane Flare for Use in War. WASHINGTON. July 30. Perfection of an airplane flare for use in night bombing expeditions over enemy ter ritory was announced tonight by the ordnance department. The flare is re leased from the plane in a parachute and is set off by air friction. At a height of 2000 feet, it was an nounced, it will cast a light of more than 400,000 candlepower over an area 14 miles in diameter. The glare pre vents detection of the plane from the ground, it was explained. SHYSTER LAWYER MUST GO V. S. Will Settle Railway Personal Injury Cases. CHICAGO, July 30. The abolishment of the shyster lawyer and ambulance chasing doctor was recorded today at the annual meeting of the .Association of Railway Claim Agents, when. J. H. Howland, of Washington, speaking for W. G. McAddo. director-general of rail roads, announced that hereafter the Government will assume direction of the. settlement of all personal injury cases. A committee was appointed to proceed at once to Washington to dis cuss the new arrangements. ACE DESTROYS 31 PLANES French Aviator Is Cited for Cross of Legion of Honor. PARIS, July 30. Lieutenant Nun gesser, the second French ace, was cited for the Legion of Honor today, having brought down, according to the official announcement. 31 German planes and destroyed three observa tion balloons. Lieutenant Nungresser has received many wounds and has been oited 15 times and Is created an officer of the Legion of Honon for "his superb ex ample of courage." MALT GRAIN SUPPLY CUT Brewers Must Make Present Stock Last Until January. WASHINGTON, July 30. Under a ruling today, by the Food Administra tion malsters may not purchasa any grain for malting purposes before next October 1. The administration explained that malsters now have on hand a suffi cient supply to meet their requirements ! until January 1. BIG CROWD GATHERS EARLY Interesting Incidents of Life at Front Are Told. LISTENERS ARE ATTENTIVE Xo OTficer of OM Third Oregon Re duced in Rank, The Oregonian, Correspondent Tells 4000 Straining Auditor. Out of France with such a message as can only be delivered by one who has lived eas the soldiers lived came Will G. Mac Rae. staff correspondent for The Oregonian. to carry the word of the old Third Oregon and other Ore gon units back to the home state and the home city. When he gave that word last nisht at the Auditorium, fully 4000 people were his listeners -folk who have sons and brothers and friends in the ranks that represent Oregon. Clearer and more comprehensive than any volume of letters, because its note was per sonal and intimate, was the word that Mr. Mac Rae brought, censored only by his good judgment of what should be withheld for military expediency. Indicative of the spirit of that huge meeting, a family meeting, if ever there was one, was the brimming bou quet of carnations that was presented to Mr. Mac Rae as he stood upon the rostrum, the target of a thousand questions. For the flowers bore this card: "From the mothers of the 162d In fantry, with love and deep appreciation of the messages brought to us." Crowd Gathers Early. Before the hour set for the meeting, a full half hour before, the main floor it the Auditorium. Vta .crowded and the overflow had turned to the gal leries. Every war auxiliary In the city waa represented by a large proportion of its membership, and it is safe to say that there were few in attendance who may not fly 'the service flag. It was worth while to hear that au dience, meeting on such an occasion, lend vigor to the staging of "The Star Spangled Banner," as led by Mrs. Arthur Cook, with Frederick W. Good rich at the pipe organ. Quite literally they made the big hall ring with the good old melody. Preliminary to Mr. Mac Rae'a mes sage, Mrs. Cook, formerly Eloise Anita Hall, and one of the brightest stars of the Portland Opera Association, sang "Liberty's Hymn," and, as an encore, "Columbia," with pipe organ accom paniments by Mr. Goodrich. Explanatory of the nature of the (Concluded on Page 13, Column a.) r.. ..eeee.ee..... .... o o . . o a . DOCTOR AND PATIENT SEEM TO KNOW EACH OTHER WELL. Incomplete Search Shows Hones of 1'roiu 25 to 50 Humans, Adults and Infants. PHOENIX. Aril. July 30. From 23 to 50 human skeletons were found in three caves on an Indian Reservation 22 miles southwest of the city today. An investigation by the Sheriff's of fice of one of the caves was not con cluded today. Eight skeletons were scattered about in the farther recesses of this cave and skeletons were seen In the other two caves but, they were not examined. The search will be con tinued tomorrow. The skeletons were those of adults and children, one of them being less than two feet in length. , Saddles and spurs were scattered about. The nickel-plated furnishings of some of the spurs were but slightly tarnished. The Indians living in the country say that they know nothing about the skeletons and the officers have not yet formed a theory. They say they may have been in the caves for ten years. The skeletons were found by Jose Tberri while crossing the Reserva tion who went to the Sherifs office and reported the discovery. UNCLE SAM, SHIPBUILDER War Department Ready to Use Yards Not Tied Vp to Shipping Board. WASHINGTON, July 30. The War Department will soon enter the ship building field. It became known to night that preparations practically have been completed whereby the department will utilise shipyards not at present being used by the Shipping Board. Tarda which probably will be used In clude the West Coast Shipyard at Ev erett. Wash., and a new yard being built at 'Wilmington, N. C. It was said the War Department contemplates from four to eight ships Immediately. It was said that the department also Is considering the building of a 10,000-ton concrete vessel. Quartermaster-General Goethals, it was said, will have charge. PRESIDENT'S NIECE TO WED Miss Alice Wilson to Be Married to Rev. I. S. McEIroy. WASHINGTON, July 30 Miss Alice Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jo seph R. Wilson, of Baltimore, and a niece of the President, will be mar ried at the White House to the Rev. Isaac Stuart McEIroy, Jr., of White Sulphur Springs, W. Va Wednesday evening, August 7. B0LSHEVIKI OUSTING NEAR Russian People About to Rise Arms Against Regime. In LONDON. July 31. Information reaching Stockholm, says the corre spondent of the Times there, shows that the Bolshevik regime has come to the end of its tether and that the Russian masses workmen and peas ants are about to rise In arms against Bolshevik tyranny. FOE HITS BACK VICIOUSLY Germans Believed About to Make Stand. BUZANCY FIGHTING FIERCE French Forced Out of Brugneux but Later on Recapture Position; Terrific Drive Made on (he. American Forces. (By the Associated Press.) While the bitter ligntiug was In prog ress between the Americans and Ger mans the French troops on both sides of the fighting front also moved for ward for goodly gains northeast of Fere-en-Tardenois and east of Sergy. In the Nesles forest the Germans are holding strong positions from which they are shelling, but thus far Inef fectively, the menacing allied line be fore them. Prussian guards and Bavarians were in the thick of the fighting throughout Tuesday, but again they were out maneuvered and outfought by the Americans and again suffered heavy casualties. Germans A boat Strike. The Germans apparently are on the eve of attempting to end their retreat from the Solssons-Rhetms salient and turning and offering frontal battle In force to the entente allied armies. The day of rear-guard actions seems drawing to a close. Violent counter offensive measures against their an tagonists already are in progress by the Germans,, over most of the battle's front. Further gains have been made by the allies only after the bitterest fighting. Standing firm and giving ground only under absolute necessity, the allied troops everywhere have exacted a huge toll. Anchor Points at Stake. Particularly heavy has been the fighting In the center of the salient and on the right and left anchor points of the salient resting respectively southwest of Khelms and south of Soissons. It is still on the two anchor points that the Germans are keeping a most watchful eye, fearful that the allied troops may yet press back the line and threaten - the armies of the German Crown Prince with the pincer maneu ver, for the Germans are not yet far enough out of the pocket to have passed the danger. Slight Gain Overcome. In the center of the pocket, north of the Ourcq River, the Germans In a counter sttack drove the Americans out (Continued on Pase 8, .Column l. Jacob Simon Herzig, Seller of Slocks, Employed 125 Persons in Luxurious Offices. Atw jumiv, July 30. A list con taining names of 102. 000 persons whom Jacob Simon Herxig, who call: himself "George Graham Rice." apparently re garded as prospective purchasers of stocks, has been seised by Federal of ficials, who arrested him last night on a charge of using the malls to commit fraud, the authorities announced today. The persons mentioned live In various parts of the country. Herxig, who has been involved, offi cials stated, in other promotion enter prises which resulted In his conviction for criminal offenses. Is held on a charge of accepting money for stock of the American Car & Foundry Company, which he did not deliver to the pur chaser. The Federal grand Jury today began consideration of his case. Forty of Herxig's 125 employes. In cluding Miss Rose McKernan. who was said to be his office manager, were called before the grand Jury. Federal agents said that the list of prospective purchasers found in Her sig's offices had been obtained from office boys and clerks employed by other concerns, and high prices had been paid for these names. They in cluded many professional men to whom literature containing advice on stock buying was sent. Among the other pa pers seized was a record of J 100.000 for "literature." Ths offices were luxuriously- fur nished. FUEL OIL SHORTAGE SEEN Apartment-Houses May Not Get Sup ply for Coming Winter. i Apartment-house owners of Portland must not depend on oil for fuel this Winter, according to a statement of Fuel Administrator Holmes. "I have not promised fuel to any apartment-house owner." said Mr. Holmes yesterday. "In fact, the fuel oil situation is out of my hands. All decisions in this matter rest with ths fuel oil director of the Coast. Mr. Fol som. in San Francisco." Portlanders who do not convert their heating plants to coal or wood are running chances for the coming Win ter. " CAPTAIN'S WIFE GERMAN Mrs. Ella V. Sires Held for Trial Under Espionage Act. GREENVILLE. S. C July 30. After a preliminary bearing today before United States Commissioner Blythe. Mrs. Elsie V. Sires, wife of Captain Edward B. Sires. 306th Sanitary Train. 81st Division, formerly stationed at Camp Sevier, was held in 11000 ball for trial charged with violation of the espionage law.. Mrs. Sines as born in Germany and married Captain Sires In the Philip pines. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Th Weather. TESTERDAT'fi Maximum temperature, M desreea; minimum, fts degrees. TOD AT 8 Increasing cloudlnass; (en tie westerly winds. War. American Congressional party sees fighting near Chateau Thierry. Pase 2. International draft treaties signed. Face 4. Soldiers' slaters now permitted to So war work In France. Pace 1. Official casualty list. Pase 4. Allies advance northeast of Fere-ea-Tar- denols. Pace 1. Americans fight In faes of deadly German barrase. Pase 1. Kalaer dreams of Hun-ruled world. Pass 3. Yankees win hsrd fight from Huns. Pass 4. Foreign. Allied snipping sains at rats of 100,000 tons monthly. Pace 3. Allied Embassies forced to leave ArchanseL Pase 8. Capronl predicts future wars will shift frsm land to skies. Page 3. Turks have many grievances asalnst Ger many to warrant break. Pass 1. National. Federal tax levy hits at luxun.ee. Pass T. Thefts of $100,000 Army stores bared, rase 3. Domestic, Bis "Backer" list containing 102. OOO names seised by Federal asenta. Pas 1. Canada Maru runs ashore In foe. Page 3. ekeleton-strewn caverns found In Arizona. Pasa 1. Pacific Kerthwest. Bennett Thompson, murderer. and Fred Thurber escape from Penitentiary. Pass List of applicants for second officers' train ing camp at Kusene announced. Pegs . 8 port a. 6hlftlng players strengthens tesms In Shlp- bulldsrs' I.ee sue. Page IX National championship tennis play looms as next amateur sport event. Pago 12. Commercial and Marine. Dairy production In state lass than year ago. Psge IT. Corn sharply higher at Chicago as receipts fall off. Page 17. clocks tend downward under professional selling. Page 17. Launching of Tillamook marks end of first yes.- of great ahlpyard. Pag 13. Portland and Vicinity. Will O. Mac Kae. Ths Oregonlsn correspond ent In France, talks of Oreson's soldiers In Francs to 40OO relatives snd friends. Psge 1. Son of former Portland pastor Is mads Army chaplain at age of 22. Page 9. Walter Whltcomb returns from overseas. Page 3. Select service men will receive Instruction from T. M. C A. before going to camp. Page 12. Homes are needed for girl wards of Hy Slene Society. Page 10. Girl mall messenger Is tired but enthusias tic at end of second day. Psgs 5. Superintendent of Schools Alderman be lieved to have decided to submit to change ordered by School Board. Page S. Many candidates expected to seek city of fices. Psge 11 Lumbermen urged as support Nation. . Psgs 13. Porte Said to Cherish Many Grievances. PLEDGES OF HELP BROKEN Palestine and Mesopotamia Defeats Galling. CAUCASUS ISSUE IS GRAVE Territorial Aggressiveness of Os niaiill Kcuukt-d by Teutonic Ally; Hun Troops Landed on Black Sea Coast. WASHINGTON. July 30. The possi bilities of the newly developed situa tion in Turkey were regarded with the deepest Interest today in diplomatic and military quarters of the Capital. Official advices bearing on ths re ported rupture of relations between the Porte and the Kaiser were said to be lacking, and a denial of last night's advices from Constantinople by way of Copenhagen was likewise lacking. It was said that official circles here would not be surprised If Turkey has been driven to an open rupture, as there is a well-founded background for the report. Peace Move Reported. Reports that a Turkish mission re cently had been trying In Switzerland to cultivate friendship with some of the allied governments have been re ceived here. It would be natural, of ficials said, for the Turkish govern ment to endeavor to find aome new friends among the powers befe breaking with Its old associates. When the present sultan came do the throne in Constantinople a 47 w weeks ago some very strong anti Germans came Into power. - Blame Laid on Germany. Many officials blame the Germana for the lack of food and other supplies In Turkey, as well as ths reverses sus tained by the Turkish arms. Germany promised assistance to the Turks In the Palestine and Mesopo tamia campaigns where the British for ces have been consistently defeating the Turks. In neither case has the German pledge of aid been fulfilled and the Turks are indignant as a result. Both Keel Chented. The strained relations between Tur key and Bulgaria, which recently re sulted in armed conflicts, have caused a strong anti-German feeling In both countries The Turks are satisfied that they do not receive fair treatment In territory when the peace with Rou mania was signed, and the Bulgars have much the same feeling. Both countries are said to realize that they are being Impoverished by the Germans in the effort to provide food for the Teutonic soldiers and civil popu lation. Ferdinand rears Partition. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria Is rep resented as fearing the dismemberment of his kingdom after ths war and having difficulty In keeping In control the very strong anti-German element with which he had to deal when ha decided to cast his lot with Germany. AMSTERDAM. July 30. Hakky Pacha, Turkish Ambassador to Ger many, died last night In Berlin, after a short Illness, a Berlin dispatch an nounces today. Turkey is going to handle the situa tion In the Caucasus according to her own Ideas. This Is Indicated In a telegram from Constantinople dated July 28, which quotes an article In ths newspaper Nasflrl Ekfiar presenting the Turkish viewpoint. Turkish View Presented. "We have nothing to say against ths principle laid down In the Brest-Lltovalc treaty." says the article, "but when the Caucasus, newly reorganised, refuse to be bound by the treaty, what Is more natural for us than to take Into con sideration the necessities of this new situation created on our Important Eastern front? "Could we close our ears to ths ap peal of the government of a people largely of the same race and same creed as ourselves? "XVs are aware of the action and its present progress, to place under Ger man control Tlflls and Baku. That Is a logical consequence of the application of the Brest-Lltovsk treaty. Promise Declared Not Kept. "How could this treaty be taken Into consideration In the affairs of the Cau casus, seeing that ths Bolshevik gov ernment has not even been able to return to us. In accordance with ths treaty, our eastern frontier and that Influences entirely Independent of tha Bolshevik government have arisen?" This reported attitude on tha part of Turkey may account In part for tha re port received through Copenhagen that Turkey and Germany have severed re lations. Early this month It was reported through Washington that Germany was becoming alarmed over tha aggresslva territorial tendencies of her allies, especially Turkey. Kntice Served on Tnrkey. Several weeks earlier It had been reported that Germany had ordered Continued on Page 4. Column 3.)