TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, APRIL, .3, 191 G.
GER1I1S TIGHTEN
LINESNEAR VERDUN
Footing Obtained in Village
of Vaux After Fierce
X Battle.
CITY IS IN PLAIN VIEW
Cathedral "ot Yet Shot Down, but
German Officer Says That It
- Probably "Will Bo Done Latex-.
Alueli Booty Is Taken,
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"- ' LONDON, April 1. According; to ot
Z2i ficial advices from Paris today, the
v' Germans are gradually closing in on
!' Verdun, drawing tneir lines a little
n closer northeast of the fortress, where,
T by massed attacks from two direc-
tions, they have secured a footing in
the villas; e of Vaux.
Their successful attempt to penetrate
the t'rench lines was preceded, accoro
" - ins to Paris, by an assault that was
- ' checked by the French curtain of fire
and the Infantry and there was spirited
fighting at close quarters before the
,,. Crown Prince's forces finally succeeded
in pressing into the village.
Artillery Active Farther West.
54.V., The German infantry has not moved
- from Its trenches west of the Meuse
. since the capture of Malancourt. fol
lowed . shortly by the unsuccessful
- drive at the French positions north
east of Hill No. 295 In the region of
Dead Man's Hill. The artillery, how-
v: -j ever, continues active in the Malan
court region, and further attempts by
Zi the Germans to continue their drive on
' the French left flank are considered
probable without much delay.
orthern side, which were the most I
trongly fortified.
I had an opportunity today to In-
spect the booty so far taken in the!
erdun battle. The quantities of I
weapons, munitions, uniforms ana up-
lies of all sorts which were accumulat-1
ng here are incalculable.
CKAFT CALLS FOES TO RESCUE
Wireless Signals Sent Out After Zep
pelin Is Hit.
SHEERXES8, April 1. Credit for
rescuing the survivors of the Zeppelin
15 belongs to the scouting trawler
Olivine. commanded by Lieutenant
William R. Mackintosh. Royal Naval
Reserve, but naval men freely concede
that the credit for bringing the Zep
pelin down belongs to one of the land
batteries.
The Zeppelin came down In the broad
mouth of the Thames, soon after 3
clock Saturday morning. Several of
er crew were hadly wounded. tier
commander had sufficient confidence
in the humanity of British sailors to
send out wireless signals of distress.
'She came down like a sick bird.
flopping at both ends, as if they were
wings," said a sailor who witnessed the
escent of the Zeppelin.
The 'sea was smooth and the night
was cool, though dark, so the trawler
was able to take aboard wounded as
well as unwounded. Some of the crew
were at (the top of the balloon while
their wonnded and their attendants re
mained in the baskets.
. ID CHARGE VOIDED
WASHISflTOX PAVING COMPANY
WIXS SUIT FROM PIERCE COUNTY.
Question at Issue Is on Special Hate for
DliulHhlc Made by Warrcnlte
Concern.
OLYMPIA, Wash., April 3. (Special.)
In permitting the Washington Paving
Company to undertake and complete
the Steilacoom boulevard or a perma
nent highway contract made by Pierce
County before bringing direct action on
fraud charges, the Supreme Court today
by a majority of one holds the state juries.
BY CYRIL BROWN.
Staff War Correspondent of the New
York Times.
WITH THE CROWN PRINCE'S
ARMY BEFORE VERDUN. March 27,
(By courier to Berlin, April 1.) The
German artillery is eating into Ver
dun like a cancer slowly but fatally.
This was the personal impression of a
morning spent in the thick of the
mightiest aggregation of heavy mortar
batteries and cannon, studying at lels
lire the creeping advance of the Ger
r r man troops when not dodging French
shells.
V. City Itself in Plain View.
As a climax I was permitted to climb
a height on the Meuse, ten miles from
the heart of Verdun, as the Fokker
flies and under ideal weather condi
i tions for observation sweep the whole
frightful sector of the battle for Ver-
)un from Fort de Belleville to Hill 304
... the most fascinating panorama of the
war that I bad ever seen.
The city of Verdun was discernible,
1 Through powerful field glasses, one
" saw in sharp outline the massive dark
i pray cathedral with its squatty, square
tower, the most conspicuous landmark
- in The battle zone.
- "You haven't shot away the cathedral
yet," I remarked to the Crown Prince
, intelligence officer, in some astonish
- nient at the seeming dereliction by
" the thorough military men, for even to
a lay correspondent it so obvious!
offered to the French wonderful facil
itics for observing ,the German post
iit- tions.
"No, not yet," he answered. "W
; I shall probably have to, though."
j Church Tower Ivasy Mark.
Th8t it would be easy to hit th
r;- church tower was apparent from th
. desultory bombardment of Verdun tha
appeared to be in progress, but th
"' Germans apparently preferred to con
centrate on the eastern section of th
"' city, where alone, so far as we could
make out. their shells were fallln
JT intermittently. This part of the city
;j was continuously swathed in whitish
j.' smoke clouds as if a heavy fog had
lalien on It.
In the suburbs of Verdun one could
clearly see three large French bar
racks gleaming white in the sunlight
. " There would seem likely to be attract
. iv targets for the heavy German artil
l?ry. But the Germans had more profit
... , able uses for their mountains of am
r munition Fort de Franc. Belleville, fo
example a strong link in the chain o
" V inner forts. This fort, lying between
us and Verdun, looked like a dark cap
on the crest of a bare hill, with barre
- slopes, which smoked like a small vol
I v catio about to go into action.
"One, two, three," we watched th
big German shells crash and burst on
Belleville H1U, counting up to seven In
a short space of time.
Hill 304, which should soon figur
' conspicuously in the German staff;
reports, spewed black smoke like
volcano, for there the battle raed the
. hottest, and still rages.
Prince's Army Confident.
"I shouldn't care to be in the shoe
' of the French up there," remarked th
- Crown Prince's intelligence office
f . echoing the unspoken sentiments of i
f, . the correspondents who watched that
,T deadly shower of shells.
, . The main artillery attack on Hill 304
was apparently coming from the north.
. "Our attack is not yet concluded,"
the officer said laconically. Ones the
J?''- Germans get Hill 304, it was obvious
V .- that Bethincourt and Malancourt, which
- '.; are hemmed in on three sides, would
.,. become untenable.
The Crown Prince's army, I gathered
. further, expect to take both these
; places within a "reasonable time."
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BERLIN, via Copenhagen to London, 1
April 1. The main headquarters corre-
spondent of the Vossische Zeitung
sends the following report on the ad--
vance of the Germans at Malancourt:
"The thunderous work of the artil-
lery again furnished the prelude to a
1 ' successful resumption of infantry ac
; tivity west of the Meuse. Continuous
; artillery fire suddenly increased to
sigantic violence, and like an immense
" .'thunder storm the explosions rattled
; unceasingly across the rolling country-
side.
' Much 'BootT Captured.
"They sounded as if a huge depot
- of ammunition had exploded, detonat
ing thousands of shells in apparently
; -endless series. After several hours the
. terrible melody suddenly ceased and the
assault was made successfully, with
but slight loss to the Germans.
"The German position west of Verdun
was improved by this advance at
Malancourt. The Germans were able
to press into the village itself and to
rarh the first row of houses on. the
28 DIE Ifl GREAT
AIR -FLEET RAID
Zeppelins Also Injure 34, but
Bombs Dropped Do Little
Material Damage.
ONE CRAFT IS CAPTURED
busses and streetcars were running as
usual during the fight.
BUILDINGS COST $1,074,457
Aberdeen's Scliool Census Grows
From 1583 to 2045 in Five Years.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. April 1. (Spe
cial.) Aberdeen has undergone a rapid
growth in both population and -wealth
in the past five years. Between Jan
uary 1. 1911, and January 1, 1916. ap
proximately 630 new residences and 104
new business blocks have been built
here. These structures when new cost
$1,074,457. On an average the new
homes cost $923 each and the new busi
ness .blocks cost $4 743 each.
The growth of the town is also shown
by the school census, which since June,
1910, has Jumped from 15S3 to 2045.
Crowds on Streets Applaud as Fire
From Butteries Takes Effect
and Flier Vanishes in a
Cloud of Smoke.
LONDON, April 1. Two squadrons
of Zeppelins, flying over England last
night in the most extensive air raid
of the war, killed 2S persons and
wounded 34 others in the discharge of
at least 90 bombs.
One detached ship, making a raid
over the northeast coast, was disabled
by the fire of the anti-aircraft guns
which followed the searchlights play
ing on the raider. The craft was
brought to earth and its crew, number
ing 17. was captured by a British
patrol-boat ,Jn the estuary of the
Thames. "Eiie members of the captured
crew" reported that they had drawn
lots to determine who should remain
wild the disabled aircraft and destroy
it after the others had been safely
landed. The task fell to the junior
officer, to whom it meant practically
certain death. When the patrol-boat
approached the Zeppelin an explosion
occurred, it is thought, in the motor-
room. The airship shortly afterward
crumpled up. In addition to the 17
unwounded prisoners there were others
captured who were suffering from in-
Vnion Kunclier Buys Fine Stock.
UNION, Or., April 1 (Special.) W.
J. Townley, prominent breeder of short
horn cattle, of Eastern Oregon, has re
turned with a dozen head of registered
animals purchased at the Spring sale
of shorthorns held at Portland March
22. One, a yearling heifer, carried
away first honors and a yearling bull
that won second prize in competition
with contestants from many states.
The animals will be kept on the Town
ley stock farm near Union and placed
on exhibition at the Union Livestock
Show and the County Fair at La
Grande. , .
estopped from withholding a $25,000
payment, and orders payment made by
the State Auditor and the highway de
partment.
Justice Bausman wrote the ruling
opinion. In which Justices Mount, Par
ker, Holcomb and Chadwick concur.
The dissenting opinion, written by Jus
tice Main, is supported by Justices Mar
ris. Ellis and Fullerton.
It is estimated that $200,000 worth of
highway improvement in Washington
and Oregon has been held back until
this decision was rendered.
The prevailing opinion holds in brief
that only the Attorney-General is com
petent to bring actions to prevent mis
appropriation of public funds, and that
the state had been apprised of such
charges by two previous suits attempt.
ed by taxpayers on allegations that the
successful bidder had employed unfair
means through a secret contract with
the Warrenlte Company, whereby It
was enabled to procure the required
bitulithlc paving material 38 cents
cheaper per square yard than could
competitors. By allowing the contract
to proceed to completion thereafter the
state is held to have waived whatever
fraud there might have been. The
contract is held to have been voidable.
but not void.
In writing the dissenting opinion
Justice Main calls the methods adopted
to procure the contract "unfair to other
bidders, injurious to the public, inde
fensible in morals," and considers that
the contract is thereby rendered illegal.
The ruling opinion pronounces fault
found with the work as shown by the
record almost too trifling for consid
eration.
The decision is rendered on a man
damus action brought by the company
to compel payment, the Attorney-General
appearing for the Auditor and
Highway Commissioner.
Tree Falls on Pruncr.
GENESEE, Idaho. April 1. (Special.)
Chris Steltz was badly hurt here
Tuesday while trimming some large
shade trees. Mr. Steltz was on a high
ladder sawing off a large top when
he heard the tree crack and he started
down the ladder. When about 10 feet
from the ground he saw the tree was
oing to fall and he jumped. The tree
fell on him, breaking one arm and
otherwise hurting him. He is In a
critical condition.
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NORTHWEST FOUND RICH
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD SAYS
TRADE CONDITIONS GOOD.
Bank Clearing Are Increasing; Ileav-
ilj, Farmer Are Prosperous
and Mlninsr la Active.
Crowd Applauds Batteries.
The Zeppelins remained at a grreat
height in the raid last night, and their
marksmanship, consequently, was poor.
In one town 11 bombs were dropped
without damage beins: done. Crowds
on the streets watched the battle with
the raiders and applauded tho land
batteries.
The following is the official state
merit:
It has now been ascertained that
the Zeppelins which carried out the air
raid last night were organized into two
squadrons and one detached ship. The
two squadrons made the eastern coun
ties their objective, while tho detached
ship raided the northeast coast.
"So far as is known at present, 04
explosives and incendiary bombs were
dropped in the eastern counties and 22
on the northeast coast.
Hit Raider Drops Q,uicklr.
The Zeppelin reported by the Ad
miralty to have fallen into the sea
was L-15. She was bit by gunfire
while over the eastern counties with a
shell striking the upper part of the
ship near the-tail.
After being hit she quickly dropped
to a lower altitude, went down by the
tail and finally came down into the
sea off the coast of Kent.
A machine gun, some ammunition, a
petrol tank riddled with shrapnel and
some machinery were dropped either by
this vessel or by another of the raiders.
The casualties at present reported
amount to 28 killed and 34 injured."
A correspondent who saw a fight be-
between a Zeppelin and British gun
ners writes:
All lights were put out in the streets
and all places of entertainment were
closed. It was a calm, clear and peace
ful night and the half-dozen powerful
searchlights which were turned to the
sky presented a line sight.
Streetcars Not Stopped.
"Presently the booming of guns
brought hundreds of persons into the
streets. Just before 10 o'clock I saw
the searchlights pick up a Zeppelin.
The crowd loudly applauded the work
of the gunners and became very en
thusiastic when one shell seemed to
burst right under the airship. The last
I saw was a cloud of smoke which
seemed to be discharged from the Zep
pelin. Behind this cloud the raider dis
appeared."
The correspondent adds that motor
ORKGONIAN NEWS BUJIEAU. Wash
ington, April 1. The monthly bulletin
of the Federal Reserve Board, discuss
ing conditions in the Twelfth .or Pa
cific Coast District, says:
"Agricultural prospects are general
ly favorable because of unusual precip
itation during December, January and
February. Dry farming, important in
Boma sections, especially will benefit.
Grain acreage -will be reduced perhaps
25 per cent, as a dry Fail season, fol
lowed by continuous wet weather In'
terrered with plowing.
"In - the Northwest two successive
grain crops have compelled Summer
fallowing of .considerable areas. It is
reported- - that near Spokane wheat
farms have unprecedented accumula
tions of funds from two profitable
years.
"Livestock interests are especially
prosperous. Wool is being contracted
for at from 27 cents upward and sheep
are commanding exceptional prices. One
report says that there is good profit
in wool at 15 cents with lamb and mut
ton at 60 per cent of present prices.
Southern Idaho is said to have received
$1, 000,000 for horses sold for war use.
"Mining is exceedingly active with
unexampled output and prices for both
copper, and other minerals.
"Exports and imports are at record
totals in spite of acute shortage of
ships.
"February bank clearings in 17 prin
cipal cities of this district show a gain
of 20 per cent over the preceding year
and building permits a, gain of 25 per
cent.
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Auto Victim Sues.
SALEM. Or., April 1. CSpeclal.)-
F. Anderson, of this city, today filed
action against Dr. W. H. Byrd, of this
city, to recover $16,660 damages for in
juries which he received last August
when an automobile driven by the
Physician struck a garage door, hurl
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the physician was driving his car reck,
lessly at the tlme-
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OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
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delivery will be Inaugurated at Knap
pa. Or., June 1
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