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cPtltlf tJ" 74 Pages Six Sections Section One Pages 1 to 18 VOL. XXXVII XO. 30. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. mm FOE RETREATS mi I10BIH Of Ml Right Bank of River Almost 1 Clear of Germans. REARGUARDS HARD PRESSED Pursuing Allied Armies Now About Ten Miles Northeast of Chateau Thierry. PRISONERS TO DATE 30,000 Kaiser Reported Combing Out Landwehr Groups to Get More Line Forces. ' PARIS, July 27. The results of the entente allied counter offensive on the battle front between the Aisne and the Marne are summed up this evening by several newspapers. The Intransigeant puts the average ellied advance at about 12 miles and the reduction in the length of front between Soissons and Rheims at 18 miles. (By the Associated Press.) The Germans are in retreat along the entire front north of the Marne. This part of the front in the Aisne- Jlarne salient is about 20 miles across and the advance of the French and allied troops on the arc constituting the bottom of the sack has averaged between two and three miles beyond the line officially reported a day or two ago. This means that the German Crown Prince and his Generals are extricating their troops from dangerous positions as best they may. Enemy Flanks in Peril. Reports from French headquarters have indicated that the Germans were carrying out extensive preparations for the evacuation of the territory be tween the Marne and the Ourcq, and it is undoubted that the allies will en- rfpnvnr with all their resources to drive on the enemy flanks. Bruyeres, which lies a little, more than three miles to the northeast of Armentieres, is at one end of the new allied positions, and Chaumuzy, south- Vwest of Rheims wood, lies at the other Here the new line unites with the old. Pivotal Point Left Behind. Chateau Thierry, which was once a pivotal point of the German advance in the recent offensive, is now ten miles or more to the south of the al lied front. All this territory, running north ward from Chateau Thierry, as well as to the east and west, has been re taken largely by the French and American troops. The situation on the interior of the JGerman salient must be uncomfort able for the enemy. Long range guns in the hands of the allies are sweep ing nearly every part of the salient and this fire is doubly severe over that portion of the German position which (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) i PWyr? ? iewwrW SV , 1 . , r t counoFovNo 1 r , : I "Urr CXOlMS?WC.SSAFir H 7 SBJT SCTrA C -ShEKE OId PAL. I &fi I feciy o-ea oc-cyrv? . afv gZrjr oTysyr got' AH4 K Got" (AjLco1JZ " i . a ......... a JOINT RAID FINDS 4 FLOUR HOARDS ARRESTS ARE THE RESULT IX CLACKAMAS COUNTY. Federal and County Officials Work Together In Inspecting Suspected Homes. OREGON CITT, Or., July 27. (Spe cial.) A drive on flour hoarders was conducted by Federal and County of-J flcials Saturday around Oregon City and adjoining communities, with the result that Anton Wentzel, of Cane mah. Guy Gross and his father, Gott lieb Gross, of Willamette and E. Nab nltt, of Oregon City, must face charges in the Federal court. The raids followed reports made to local officials concerning the four cases. At each of the four homes visited sufficient flour was found stored to warrant a conviction before Gov ernment authorities, and the matter be at once placed in the hands of the United States Attorney's office. Secret service operatives from Portland, with United States Assistant Prosecuting At torney Latourette, Sheriff Wilson and Deputy A. E. Joyner conducted the raids. Several other homes were visited but no other violations were found. At the Wentzel home In Canemah a large chest containing several bushels of flour was found. Four sacks were taken at the Guy Gross home at Will amette, but officials state that there have been at least seven sacks at this place during the past two months. At the Gottlieb Gross home one unopened sack and about 75 pounds in the flour bin were discovered. Three sacks un opened and one-half a sack open were the result of the visit to the Nabnltt home In Oregon City. That indictments will follow in some of the cases, at least, is the opin ion of officials. The maximum penalty is $1000 fine and a year in jail. Ignor ance was pleaded by all the violators in statements made before the officers. ESPIONAGE LAWS VIOLATED Federal Grand Jury Indicts Nine Residents of Puget Sound Cities. SEATTLE, July 27. Federal grand jury indictments returned here today charged nine residents of Puget Sound cities with having violated the espion age laws. Among them were S. M. Brandau and G. Ij. Michael, of Everett. E. Ross, Spokane, formerly a conduc tor, was indicted on charges of de frauding ttie Government by embez zling railroad tickets. KING HAS NARROW ESCAPE Alexander of Greece's Train Target of Enemy Aviator. ATHENS, Monday, July 22. King Alexander, of Greece, had a narrow es cape yesterday from death. The train on which he was returning from the Serbian front was bombed by an en emy aviator at the Fiorina station. The bomb . Just missed the engine. Nobody was hurt. GUSTAV KOBBE IS KILLED Famous. Critic In Small Boat Hit by . Swooping Jn'aval Seaplane. BABYLON, N. Y.. July 27. Gustav KobDe, widely known author and a critic of music and the drama, was killed today when a naval seaplane, swooping down to the surface of the Great South Bay, struck a small boat in which Mr. KobDe was sitting. ARMY NEEDS CHAPLAINS Call Made for Volunteers to Take Five Weeks Training Course. WASHINGTON, July 27. The War Department announced today that the Army still is in need of chaplains and it called for volunteers to take a five weeks' course of training at the school for chaplains at Camp Zachary Tay lor, Ky. PORTLAND TO HEAR HEWS FROM FRONT Will Mac Rae to Speak at Auditorium. PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND Oregon Boys Send Messages to Home Folk. SEATTLE CROWDS THRILLED Relatives of Fighting Men May Ex pect Intimate Story, Spiced With Personal Touch Patriotic Music Is Planned. WIIL a. MirRAG TO DELIVER MESSAGES FROM SOLDIERS. To the fathers, mothers, wives and relatives of soldiers of Ore gon in France: The Association of Fathers of Soldiers and Sailors of U. S. A. is pleased to announce that Will G. MacRae, staff correspondent of The Oregonlan, who accompa nied the 162d Infantry (Third Oregon) to France, has Just re turned to Portland from France. He has hundreds of personal messages from boys of the old Third Oregon and other soldiers in France to deliver to their par ents, wives and relatives. He will speak at the Municipal Auditorium Tuesday night and deliver the messages confided to him. All parents, wives and rela tives of soldiers and sailors are urged to attend this meeting. Ad mission free. Doors will be open at 7:15 o'clock. ASSOCIATION OF FATHERS OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF U. S. A. By G, E. HAMAKER, President. Will G. Mao Rae, war correspondent of the Oregonlan, Just back rrom France, has a trench message for all Portland. It Is a message for fathers and moth ers, sisters, brothers, sweetneans ana friends, and it will be delivered Tues day night at a free mass meeting in the Municipal Auditorium at 8 o'clock. The Oregonlan has arranged to have the Auditorium for the purpose, owing to the heavy demand on Mr. Mac Rae's time, and the wide interest there has been manifest in his return. Mr. Mac Rae made it his business to see the Oregon men, in infantry, ar tillery and engineering corps, prior to his departure, and what he has to tell the friends and relatives is an intimate story, spiced with the personal touch. It is a story the boys would not or could not write in their letter, and the success of similar meetings held In Se attle and in Spokane, was astonishing. Seattle Crowds Thrilled. Three thousand and more crowded into the Masonic Temple auditorium in Seattle, and the doors had to be closed. At midnight the crowd was still there asking questions of Mr. Mac Rae, and the lights had to be turned out before it dispersed. Mr. MacRae will not make an address. It will be a personal talk to the fathers and mothers the latter especially, and in his own words he "goes on the fir lng line" that the relatives and friends may "fire" questions at him. What the parents want to know Mr. Mac Rae will try to tell. There will be a brief patriotic pro gramme prior to Mr. Mac Rae's talk. (Concluded on Page 12, Column 6.) CARTOONIST REYNOLDS INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY Maximum temperature, 78 degrees; minimum. 52 decreet. TODAY Fair; gentle northerly winds. War. American combat troops reach Italian front. Section 1, page 3. Official casualty list. Section 1. pace S. German driven 10 miles farther away from Paris. Section 1. page 1. Germans retreat on whole front north of Marne. Section 1. pace 1. IT. 8. has on battle fronts or on J-vay there 1.250,000 troops. Section 1. page 5. New offensive by Germans held to be pos sible. Section 1. page 3. Foreign. Two million face starvation In Petrograd. Section 1, page 2. Another German peace feeler put out. Sec tion 1. page 4. Dismemberment of Austria-Hungary urged by Serbian minister. Section 1. page Bolshevik! execute prominent Slavs to sup press opposition. Section 1. page 2. National. Survey of Pacific Coast shor line long neglected. Section 1. page 5. Domestic. Americans warned war sacrifices. to prepare for further Section 1. page 1. Pacific Northwest. First unit of Astoria Brain elevator com pleted. Section 1. page. 12. New head of War Industries Board for Northwest is fiend for work. Section 1, pass 7. Conservation to rule Oregon State Fair. Section 1. page 8. Girls prove efficient as cherry pickers. Section 1, page 8. John D. Ryan tells lumbermen output of airplane stock must be doubled. 6c Uon 2. page 8. More funds asked in state budgets. Sec tion 1, page 9. Sports. Billy Roche, veteran referee, to go to Francs. Section 2. page 1. State tennis title is won by W. A. Goss. Section 2. page 2. Multnomah Club swimmers to go to Vic toria August 21. Section 2, page 2. Washington fair arranges speed programme. Section 2. page 2. Jack Dempsey knocks out Fred Fulton In 23 seconds. Section 8. page 8. Record number of hunters take out licenses for deer and birds. Section 2. page 3. Fishing conditions in Western Oregon bet tered by rains. Section 2, page 8. George Brandon, Portland boy now In Navy. win. Coast bantam title. Section 2, page a. League supremacy bangs In balance. Sec tion 2. page 3. Ty Cobb holds lead among batters of Amer ican League. Section 2. page 4. Frank Troeh. of Vancouver. Wash., wins world's open trapahootlng title at Wil mington, Lel. Section 2. page 4. British Lieutenant plays golf with only one nana, bection 2. page 4. Mount Angel College sends letters to alumni at Iront. Section 2. page 4. Commercial and Marine. Wood ship construction division to have Its own fore, of photographers. Section page 16. Corn advances at Chicago on seporta of neat damage, section 2. page 13. Portland and Vicinity. New Postofflce to be ready October 1. Sec. uon 1. pago 4. Five hundred Junior Red Cross girls have outing at Peninsula Park. Section 2 page 16. Slurs resented by Secretary Daniels. Sec tion l. page 11. will Mae Ttae to speak at Auditorium. Sec tion 1, page 1. rour uacumu county men arrested on flour hoarding charges. Section 1. page 1. Citizens are asked to open doors to Grand Army veterans comlns in August. Sec tion 2, page 16. Hun 'rightfulness does not disturb Paris Section 1.' page 10. Portland faces tenement ' evil. Section 1 page 16. Meal for 10.000 planned for The Oaks Red Cross benefit August 6. Section 1, page 17 Officers' Training Camp extended by Federal order, bection 1. page 7. Eight Germans will ask U. S. cltlsenshlp In beptemoer. section l. page 12. French women need help, says Miss Ell Schooley. Section 1, page 17. en fecovell, entertainer from trenches, to speaa In Portland today. Section 1, page iu. Fire Chief Dowell sends monthly letter to former members of department now In Army. Section 1, page 17. Huge snake is found In piano at local hotel. Section 1, page 6. SCHEDULE OF WILL G. Hie RAK'S MEETINGS IX PORTLAND. Monday, 9 A. M. to noon, 2 to 5:30 and 8 to 10:30 P. M., bureau of information meetings in room 809, Oregonlan building. (Take elevator to eighth floor.) Per sonal message will be delivered and his notebook of communica tions opened to the parents, rel atives and friends of the men. Tuesday night, 8 o'clock, free mass meeting at Municipal Audi torium, when he will talk to the parents and friends and answer questions about the Oregon men, many of whom he knows personally. FINDS PLENTY OF MATERIAL IN FOCH'S DRIVE DEMOCRATIC IDEALS LOATHED BY KAISER "Divine Right of Kings" Monarch's Hobby. U. S. HATED FOR PROGRESS Rabid Ruler Sneers at Govern ments of Other Nations. WILSON'S NOTES INCENSE Boche Emperor Bitter When Presi dent's Replies, During Submarine Controversy, Make Appeal to People of Germany. BT ARTHUR N. DAVIS. (Dentist to the Kaiser for 14 Years. How firmly the Kaiser was wedded to the dynastic idea and how deeply he abhorred the spirit of democracy u.-a rrvuled throughout the whole course of his life, and in his conversa tions with me he frequently gave ' ex pression to views which disclosed how thnrnna-hlv he believed in the 'divine right of kings." 1 saw him shortly after Viilsons election in 1912. What will America ever accomplish with a professor at its heaaT ne asked, sneeringly. "Davis, your country will never be truly great until It be comes a monarchy i England Draws) Kalser'a Sneer. On another occasion, he sneered at conditions in England. "Look at England today." he re marked. "She is ruled by Lloya ueorge, socialist! Why. England is virtually a republic, as bad as France! Whats become of the King of EnglandT One never hears of him any more! Why doesn't he assert himself?" The tone of disgust with which he gave vent to these sentiments was more significant. perhaps, than the words used might Imply. . "Your President is trying to over throw ' me and my family rrom tne throne of Germany by his .notes, he commented bitterly, when I saw him shortly after the publication of the President's reply to the Pope, but ne little understands how loyal are my people and how futile his efforts will prove. Hoiarrk Called Actor. "They held meetir.gii recently all over the empire, in every city and village, and showed their allegiance to me in no uncertain way, and your President received the answer from my people that he deserved!" I wondered whether the Kaiser was unaware of the fact that all these meet ings had been inspired by the Govern ment and their useful agent, the press, or whether he was once again making use of his histrionic ability. I have referred in a previous chapter to the "Sieges Allee," the group of statues of his ancestors which the Kaiser had erected in the Tiergarten to show his veneration and to inspire re spect for the monarchs of a by-gone age. He was constantly restoring old castles, and always showed his con tempt for everything that was modern in art and music. Strauss Is Called "Snake." He sanctioned the appointment of Richard Strauss as conductor of the Berlin Opera House, but when, in after years, that able composer produced a number of operas of a decidedly modern tendency, which sadly hurt the Kaiser, that monarch declared, viciously: "I raised a snake in the grass to bite me!" It is a fact that before the war no play was ever permitted in Germany in which a royal prince married a peasant girl. The Kaiser would not counte nance even in the drama any such dire (Concluded on Page 16. Column 6.) 18 BILLION ARMY BILL IS FORECAST IT. S. WARNED TO PREPARE FOR FURTHER SACRIFICES. Representative Kahn Says Americans Must Be Willing to Give Tiieir All If Need Be. CLEVKLAN'D, July 27. An 118.000. 000,000 Army bill for 1919-20 was fore cast by Representative Kahn of Call fornia in an address here today before the League of Republican Clubs. i nis means additional libertv bonds," Representative Kahn said. "It means additional taxation; it means, if It means anything, that the Ameri can people must be prepared to give their all. If need be. "Perhaps the time will come when every individual in the United States win nave to content himself with the Darest necessaries of life and sur render everything he possesses or earns beyond those bare necessities to airi his Government." SEAMEN TRAIN ON LAKES Shipping Board Grants All Requests Made by Vniuns. WASHINGTON. July 27. Establish ment of a tralninsr station nn ,.. -:...,, Lakes to recruit and train merchant seamen was nnirH i... Hurley, of the Shipping Board. He also me Laxe carriers' Association to put the recruits on their vessels for mai experience. Sir. Hurley's orders met the principal objection of union seamen, who have voted to strike Monday because of the alleged refusal of lake vessel owners to co-operate with the Government In training seamen. Every request made by the unions now has been granted by oiiipiMTi - uoarci, it was said. CARGO VALUE IS $2,000,000 France Sues for Loss of Munitions Ship In Halifax Harbor. HALIFAX. N. S.. Julv 57 Tk. t. public of France has Issued a writ in the admiralty court here against the Belgian relief steamer Imo for $2,000. 000. claiming this to be the value o the cargo of the Fnch n...i - - ... u ii 1 1 tun a ship Mont Blanr. whi.k , . . .. III Halifax harbor on December 6 of last year after colliding with the trr,n a counter claim has been lodged by me owners or the Imo. CUSTOMS OFFICERS SAY NO Several Elephants From India Re fused Admittance to America. SAN FRANCISCO, July 27. (Spe clal.) Several mother elephants and i half dozen baby elephants 1ms th.n , year old that arrtved on a steamer from inaia recently will not be admitted into the United States. According to a ruling by the customs officials these animals may not be landed at an American port. The animals will probably be re turned to India, it is said. SHOWERS ARE PREDICTED Temperature in North Pacific Dis trict to Remain Unchanged. WASHINGTON. July 27. Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday, Issued by the weather bureau today, are: Pacific States Fair except showers early in the week over northern dis tricts. No decided temperature changes. PARIS TO HONOR HOOVER Municipality Will Officially Receive V. S. Food Man. PARIS, July 27. The municipality of Paris will officially receive Herbert C. Hoover, the American Food Admin istrator, on August 2. GERMANS FORMING HEW BATTLE LINE Enemy to Fight it Out North of Marne. SALIENT UNDER HEAVY FIRE 'ressure on Exposed Position Maintained by Allies. PARIS SAFER BY 11 MILES Enemy Driven Far From Position He Held When Assault Was Launched Relative to French Capital. WASHINGTON, July 27. Harassed on the flanks by the allied Infantry and ith advanced positions directly north of the Marne swept by allied artillery. the German army in the Soissons Rheims salient has retreated to a new line of resistance, where another at tempt will be made to meet the attack of the French. American, British and Italian troops. Thus was the German withdrawal, reported in advices from Paris, viewed by military officials here tonight. More Fighting Expected. The retirement of the enemy did not alter the belief In official circles that the enemy still contemplated fighting it out In the region north of the Marne. Severe rearguard actions, it was as sumed, had been carried on by the en emy to cover the concentration along this line and the hasty throwing up of field entrenchments. It was not believed the line could be definitely located until it had been reached by the Franco-American ad vance guard In following up the re tiring enemy rearguard. Attack, on Salient Maintained. Secretary Baker said there was no indication that the vigor of the allied attack around the salient had lessened and there was every sign the enern was being pressed and harassed. General March, in his talk with newspaper correspondents, drew atten tion to the inner pocket of the salient, where the recent British advance southwest of Rheims threatens a new pincer movement. Enemy troops south of this advance between the British and the Marne are in danger, and the French, today'" official reports show, have already made progress In hummerlng at the southern flank of this inner pocket by their advance Just below Chatillon. No additional American forces have been thrown into the Aisne-Marne bat tle as yet. General March said. Americans Still Advancing. In summarising what has already been accomplished in the hard-driven counter attack on the Aisne-Marne sali ent. General March pointed out that the German lines are today 11 miles farther away from Paris than they were when the assault was launched. American troops have advanced from Chateau Thierry that distance and the chief of staff said they still were advancing. The General also brought out the fact that the line surrounding the salient has been shortened by 10 miles through American and allied advances, being now 64 miles long. French advances today on the Marne angle will still fur ther shorten the battlefront and re strict the enemy's field of maneuver. The principal portions of General March's statement follow: "The lines around the south of Soissons are still in the same position that they were last Wednesday. The distance across from the lines at Soissons to those near Rheims is ex- Continued on Pace 4. Column 1.) ; A