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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JUNE 16, 1918. 5 SEEMS People of War-Weary Nation Reported to Be Demanding Peace at Any Price. VIENNA RIOTS RUMORED Critical Condition in Dual King doms Believed to Be Reason for the Visit of Baron Bu rlan to Berlin. AMSTERDAM, June 15. On the Amsterdam Bourse the journey of Baron Burian, the Austro.-Hungarian -Koreign Minister to Berlin, is connected with the tension In Austro-Uerman af fair. It is believed the tension now lias become more critical. Austrian exchange receded a full point on the Bourse Friday. LONDON. June 15. Reports of a serious crisis in Austria, are current to day. They come from various outside sources, but there is no direct con firmatory news. A news message today from the semi official Fa bra Agency of Madrid says private information from reliable sources states that crave events are about to occur in Austria, where the population is demanding peace at any price. An Amsterdam message says a rumor was circulated on the Bourse yester day that rioting had begun in Vienna. "WASHINGTON, June 15. The inter nal situation in Austria daily becomes more acute. An official dispatch today from France says a reorganization of the ministry in planned, in spite of threats of the German deputies to go over to the opposition Jf the Seydler ministry resigns. Several members of the Cabinet have already threatened to give up office, the dispatch says, unless the Govern ment convenes the Reichsrat in re sponse to the demands of the Czechs. In reply to accusations of the Ger mans that they are trying to betray the dual monarchy for the benefit of the entente allies, the Slavs and Poles have announced that they will con tinue to fight for the realization of their national aspirations at whatever cost. AMSTERDAM, June 15. The Berlin Tageblatt prints the following dispatch from its Vienna correspondent: "The death sentence has been passed on the government and it remains to 'be seen what course the government will take if the crown declines to ac cept the coming resignations. This is a state crisis and the Austria of 1867 has gone. Premier von Seydler declines to recognize this and the danger of the situation. "Berlin must realize that the old sig natory of alliance no longer exists and no power on earth, not even Germany's protection, can revive it." AMSTERDAM, June 15. General Knoerzer, in a telegram to General Kichhorn. the German commander in the Ukraines, reports, according to a message from Kiev, that forces of about 10.UOO Bolshevik! Red Guards, commanded by Czech officers, have been almost wiped out by German troops to the west of Taganrog, a Rus sian port on the north shore of the sea of Azov. The Bolshevik, troops, it is an nounced, coming from Leisk, landed on the Ukraine coast of the Sea of Azov and were advancing toward Taganrog. More than 3000 dead Bolshevik sol diers were counted, and this did not include the bodies of those drowned. General Knoerzen claims the losses of the Germans were slight. MOSCOW, June 7. (By the Asso ciated Press.) More than 30O arrests already have been made by the soviet government in connection with the anti-soviet plot. Among those under arnest are M. Kishkin, Minister of Public Welfare In the Kerensky cabinet, and M. Malyantovitch. Minister of Justic in the Kerensky cabinet, and many other Social Democrat and Social Revolution ist leaders. The- organization is accused of plan ning the overthrow of the Soviets and the establishment of a government standing for the national interest of R ussld, reorganization of the &vmy on the old basis and continuation of th war against Germany with the sup port of the allies. AMSTERDAM, June 15. Much dam age was caused in Kiev, the Ukranian capital, by an explosion in a munition works there on June 8, says the Lokal Anzeiger, of Berlin. There were 12 big explosions and several smaller ones, The Svjeninetz Cathedral collapsed. Houses were blown over and the streets turned into smouldering masses of debris, while the neighborhood of the munitions plant was a sea of fire. The Toiski Convent was destroyed The correspondent refers to rumors that the explosion was due to maehina tious .of the Bolshevik! against Sko ropadski, the Ukrainian hetman. A provisional peace treaty has been signed by representatives of Russia and the Ukraine, according to a,tele- gram from Kiev. The treaty provides for the cessa tion of hostilities, the return home of respective nationals and the exchange of prisoners of war. It paves the way to commercial treaties and expresses willingness by both parties to shortly enter into final peace negotiations. WASHINGTON. June 15. DisDatches ' from Moscow today advised the State Department that on June 2 Turkey sent to the trans-Caucasian govern ment an ultimatum demanding certain territories and the unhindered trans portation of her troops on trans Caucasian railways and that the troops be supplied with food. No word has been received as to the result. Dr. Davis Re-elected to Board. ALBANY, Or.. June 15. (Special.) Dr. V. II. Davis, who has served sev eral years as a member of the Albany School Board, was re-elected a director in the annual election today withou opposition. - He received every vote cast. WANTED EXPERIENCED LIFE INSURANCE WOMAN to take management of Woman's Department for National Life Insurance Co. of Vermont. Top-notch contract. 209 Oregonian Bldg. UPHEAVAL HEAR IN AUSTRIA FUGITIVE NEW YORK LAWYER AND SINN FEINER WHO WAS ARRESTED AT SARA. WASH, AND TAKEN BACK EAST FOR TRIAL. ff 4 i. 01EARY HUH DOWN Sinn Fein Fugitive Caught Near Portland. ARREST MADE SECRETLY Tliree Shots Fired - Before Mucli- Souglit Man Is Taken Into Cus tody and Started on Way . Back to Xew York. (Continued From First Pag. ) with poultry. . The . narrator aid he was conscious from the first that he was being closely watched and that his papers and belongings were being kept locked up at the ranchhouse most of the time. Owner off Farm Leaves. A few days ago the owner of the little farm said that he was expecting to be called East to Chicago any day and that a man was coming out from Portland to conduct the place while he was absent. The ranch owner was un derstood to have referred to the ex pected manager as his brother-in-law. Early last week the poultryman went to Vancouver, ostensibly to start on his trip. The next day - there arrived at I the little ranch the "man from Port-1 land." later captured as O'Leary. Thursday afternoon the newcomer was tinkering with the automobile be longing to the rancher. He was be neath the machine when the witness saw a man suddenly appear, seem ingly from the nearby timber. It was at this juncture that three shots were fired. Quick Action Follows. The eye-witness was stunned by the rush of events and the next thing he knew the man who had so mysteriously appeared on the scene had the pseudo mechanic in handcuffs and the 10 other men of the raiding party had rushed upon the scene from the woods fringing me rancn. the prisoner was not per mitted to talk and the entire party quickly disappeared. bo greatly did the mysterv of the en tire happening prey upon the mind of the old man, unable to figure out what it was all about, that he came to Van couver Friday to consult officers of the law. W hen he appeared at the office of the Sheriff he was deeply perturbed and insisted on telling his story. Sher- irf ksiesecker was away, and the nar rative was related to Deputy Sheriff Johnson. Sheriff Notified Twice. The visitor, eager to learn what had become of the prisoner and the men who had arrested him, appeared at the Sheriffs office a second time to ask by what "back road" the men might have spirited away the captured stran ger. He gave his name and left the name of a neighbor, to whom any in formation relating to the strange hap pening might be telephoned. This constitutes about the extent of the facts known to members of the Clarke County Sheriff's office, said Deputy Johnson last night. He was inclined to believe that the isolated chicken ranch was bought by the supposed owner purposely that it might become the rendezvous of O'Leary, as the purchase was made quite recently. It is not believed the man who posed as the owner is related to O'Leary, as he intimated, though such is possibly the case, and this would explain why the Government sleuths had tracked the fugitive to this vicinity. Local Authorities on Lookout. W. R. Bryon, of the Department of Justice, in Portland, received av tele gram from the New York headquarters on May 21, asking that a sharp look out for O'Leary be maintained. The description of O'Leary was sent to all police offices and detective bureaus, and special agents were in the field looking for him. He was described in the rather extensive circular sent out at that time , as being about 37 years old, six feet tall, 200 pounds, black bushy hair and of smooth face. Jeremiah A. O'Leary has been con nected with practically all the pro German organizations in the United States. Under various misleading titles, the societies which he organized, it was shown, worked steadily and insidiously to poison American minds against (Great Britain and the allied cause and to misrepresent German aims in the war. He was president of the so-called American Truth Society, and was pa tron saint of the German-American Al liance, a league of German "patriots" which attempted to keep America out of the world war. "Bull," a sheet ' published under his direction in tew York, worked steadily f - i t. x : t) r - - - I , - ' X - vl aw iw-r V C ' ' J? " - , vi " I y s I ?' t & 1 . " 1 X ;vi ; tilt xn f , 7 t X h ; -i hf C " 1 ' X 4 JKREMIAii A. O'LEAHl. I 4 ? f i to belittle the efforts of the American Army in France and to arouse senti ment against 'England and in favor of Germany. He was a clearing-house for press matter disparaging the allied cause and attempting to get greater leniency for German propaganda in this country. The American Neutrality League and similar organizations, com posed entirely of Germans and a few Sinn Fein sympathizers, who attempted to make any participation in the war unpopular in the United States, seemed to have been back of his various ac tivities. As president of the American Truth Society. O'Leary telegraphed to Presi dent Wilson, September 29. 1916. In which he charged the President with a dictatorship over Congress Jn the In terests of the British government. This message drew from the President the following spirited reply: "Your tele gram received. I would feel deeply mortified to have you or anybody like you vote for me. Since you have access to many disloyal Americans and I have not, I will ask you to convey this mese--sage to them." O'Leary Supported by Hearst. In the controversy over this tele gram and its answer, William Randolph Hearst actively supported O'Leary and criticised the President in the columns of the New York American, and under the caption, "Wilson Slur Denounced by Leading Men," he published an in terview with himself vindicating O'Leary and condemning the President for his action. In writing against the American help sent to the allies O'Leary's "Bull" said: "We loan our money, give our man hood, violate our traditions with pleas ure and without profit. England and Englishmen must be delighted. If an ordinary individual did such a thing he would be called insane." In another article O'Leary decried v, TJ Z. the American alarm over the menace 'The American citizen who goes about talking about Germany subjugating the American people is not a freeman. Freemen never fear. It is only slaves who"fear." " Fighting Alms Stated. A statement on the editorial page of "Bull" said: "We are fighting British control of the American press. We are fighting the British Empire because it exercises an undue control over the freedom, finances, business, public opin ion, public affairs, education and social life in the United States. As long as John Bull is still living we propose to handle him the way. his American rep resentatives treat his enemies in the United States." Among O'Leary's books that helped to spread the pro-German propaganda all over the United States were: "Who Wants War?" "The Fable of John Bull and Uncle Sam" and "The Conquest of the United States." This last book disclosed the plan that O'Leary claimed to have discovered which outlined the steps already taken to make the United States a part of the British empire. Of this book h said: "It explains the present war to the citizen who cannot -understand it." and adds: "Mr. O'Leary is one of the few men in the country who knew what was coming." New Light Cast on Book. In the light of discoveries recently made regarding Germany's plans to take this country. O'Leary's book Is particularly interesting. Another of his pamphlets was called "Are American Industries In Peril? which was an .economic discussion tp show that they were not in any danger from Germany. O'Leary realized the nature of his activities and the danger he ran from Federal authorities. He said once: "Bull cannot be suppressed. Have no fear, dear reader. We are complying with all the laws and exercising our constitutional rights." The magazine was nevertheless suppressed. Brother In Custody. According to facts brought out when the trial of O Leary s brother. John J O'Leary. was held in New York last week, the fugitive fled westward, at tired in old clothes "so as to look like a bum." John O'Leary was held for as sisting the publisher to escape, as has been Arthur . L. Lyons. Lyons was arrested at Phoenix. Ariz. a few days ago. He is said to have accompanied the fugitive as far as St. Louis, the two having left New York May 7. It seems probable now that the two may have come farther westward together than &t. Louis. Lyons had been employed as a special investigator for O Leary a paper. Prosecutors, at the trial of John J. O'Leary. brought in the name of Madame K. De Victories, It was said that the escaped publisher had expressed fears that he would be connected with "German spy plot." and that Madame De Victorica, unless she should receive her "dope," would give the Incrtratnat Ing facts. The woman. It was stated, Is addicted to the use of drugs. SIX INDICTED WITH OXE.VIIY Case Involves Highly ' Sensations German Activities. XEW YORK, June IS. Jeremiah A O'Leary, a fugitive Xrom Justice since the eve of the date set for his trial on a charge of violating tha espionage act by publication of seditious matter in the anti-British periodical Bull and later, indicted for conspiracy to com mit treason, was arrested at Sara. Wash., and is on his way back to New York in the custody of Federal agents, it was announced here tonight. Announcement or his capture marks another dramatic episode in a case which already has had many sensa tional developments. His brother, John J. O'Leary. and Arthur L. Lyon, a business associate, were placed on trial n Federal Court yesterday under an ndictment charging them with having aided him to escape from jurisdiction of the court- After Jeremiah O Leary failed to ap pear for trial on the charge against him of publishing alleged seditious matter, he was Indicted by the Federal grand Jury on June 7. with four other Americans and two subjects of the Ger man Empire, on charges of conspiracy to commit treason ana conspiracy to commit espionage. Emphasis was lent to the indictments by the assertion of Federal investiga tors that the operations of th defend ants were the most sensational under taken by German agents since the be ginning of the war. The defendants, who included one woman, Madame Maria J.. De v ictorica, were accused, among other things, of conspiring to send abroad information of military value, planning the destruc tion of American piers and transports with fire bombs, seeking the destruc tion of quicksilver mines in this coun try to hamper the manufacture of mu nitions and assisting Germany by feed ing the flames of revolt In Ireland. Piling sensation upon sensation, tne Government sprang a complete sur prise yesterday at the trial of John J. O Leary, Indicted on a charge of con spiracy to aid his brother Jeremiah to escapo arrest, when Assistant United States District Attorney Earl B. Barnes produced Lyon as a Government wit ness and charged that he had accom panied Jeremiah as far as Phoenix, Ariz. Holding the attention of the court as he revealed the minute knowledge the Government had of Jeremiah's actions since he left New York, Mr. Barnes never dropped a hint of a still more startling fact that the fugitive had already been taken into custody in a far corner of the country. Mr. Barnes charged that John bought two tickets for St. Louis in the Hudson Terminal on the night of May 6 and gave them to Jeremiah and Lyon, who boarded a train at the Pennsylvania station the following morning. It was alleged that 'Lyon left his "client" in Phoenix, Ariz., and from that statement made in court, the ru mor spread that Jeremiah had probab ly sought refuge in Mexico, when, as a matter of fact, he had proceeded to the state of Washington. Mr. Barnes said tonight that he could give no details of O'Leary's ar rest and that he was unable to sa whether the fugitive was heading for Canada. He was also uninformed, he said, as to whether O'Leary was well provided with money. Jeremiah O'Leary, who was one of the strongest Sinn Fein advocates in this country, attracted attention in 1915 and 1916 by attacks which he made on the United States and Great Britain, his criticism of President Wilson's for eign policy and his charge that the leading newspapers of thts country were controlled by British interests. Although his name was mentioned In revelations made by Secretary of State Lansing in the Fall of 1917, concerning telegrams which had been exchanged n January. 1916, between the Imperial German government and embassy at Washington about sabotage in the United States and Canada. O'Leary de nied that he had any connection with these plots. I B.LOVEJOY LAUNCHED CRAFT FIRST TO TAKE WATER 1O0 PER CEXT COMPLETB. Mrs. Joseph D. Eur, Wife of Vlce Bulldlns; Company President of Sponsor nt Seattle Ceremony. SEATTLE. Wash., June 15. (Spe- lal. ) The Ballard Shipbuilding Com pany today launched the ziou-ton wooden steamship H. B. Lovejoy, built on owners account, which vessel went Into the water with steam in her boll- rs and her siren joining in the salutes tendered by nearby factories and tugs. The craft is said to be the first ves sel of her size to be launched 100 per cent complete, for all that remains to be done on the ship is the stepping of cargo mast and the installation of her cabin furnishings. Mrs. Joseph D. Esar, wife of the vice-president of tne building company, was the sponscf. The H. B. Lovejoy. named for the presi dent of the shipyard, is 215 feet long, 40 feet beam and 18 feet depth of hold. The boat has a carrying capacity for 1,000,000 feet of lumber or 2000 tons of cargo. Captain William Fisher, inspector of hulls for this district, this morning re ceived the resignation of Captain It. J. Paulsen, an assistant inspector, who was recently under fire because of his testimony in the recent Hindu con spiracy trials at San Francisco. Cap tain Paulsen was completely exoner ated by a Federal investigation and tenders his resignation to engage in business at San Francisco. A. D. Benson, traffic manager for Frank Waterhouse & Co., leaves Tues day for Washington to take a position with the Lnited States Shipping Board. Mr. Benson has been requested to com pile ocean rates to and from the Pa cific Coast ports during the past five years, Inorder that a system of freight rates may be adopted by the Shipping Board. The Pacific Steamship Company was this morning notified of the burning of the steamship Ravalli in Granville Channel, while northbound from Seat tle to Ketchikan. Friday night. Cap tain Tystrora telegraphed Seattls that the vessel and her cargo is a total loss. but all hands, including tha 69 passen gers, all cannery hands, had been saved. Coal Mine Victims Found. FERNIE. B. C, Juno 15. 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