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THE OREGON DAIY .JOUBNAU PORTLAND, SATURDAY, APRIL 13. 1918.
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? A: BRUCE FRAME, HELD
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ON ARIZONA CHARGES
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: PLANS LEGAL FIGHT
Well Known Portland Hydraulic
Engineer Alleged to Be Em
V bezzler and Perjurer,
t Charred by Arisona authorities with
etnbeszlement and perjury, A. Bruce
. I ' Frame. "614 Montgomery street wa
j arretted by Inspector Snow and Leon
ard Friday afternoon upon his return
. from business trip. Today Municipal
1 Judge Rostnan arranged for. the release
. . of Frame .under bait of 15006 on each
n count.
Frame, who has been well lknwn as.
- a hydraulle engineer Jn Portland for a
number of years, is said to be charged
with the embesilement of $1360 in stock
- from the Jeroma-Fortland Copper 'If in
Ins; company of which he wa formerly
president He U charged with having
" ; aold atoek to that amount from escrow
by representing: that It had been pooled.
' Arisona authorities has asked that he
vbe placed under 125,000 bond.
Arfalrs of the copper company have
been In litigation for soma time, it la
aid. and the charge against him are
.' an; outgrowth ot that Recently Frame
- ha been In the timber business, with
; headquarters at Portland, and the war-
rant for his arrest had bean In the
hands ef the police for a week while
Mr. Frame wa out of the city.
Mr. Frame Is a member of the Cham-
' bar of Commerce. When the Portland
hotel was built he had charge of the ex
cavating work and has been prominent
n mining and engineering work. He
will fight extradition proceedings, he de
clared, and has retained Arthur I. Moul-
ton as counsel.
' VOTE IN MISS HUNT
CASE IS PROTESTED
; I the statesmen of the other warring; na-
'Hut aim and Ideals and those of
other iearnest people with whom I dis
agree tare my alms and Ideal. -The dis
agreement is purely an honest differ?
ence of pinion about the method which
will- beet achieve those end.
'Attno time have I desired, to be an
'obstructionist'; I merely wish to claim
the constitutional American right pri
vately! to holq a minority pinion.
It has been reported that Miss Hunt
through W. L. Bgewater, had been ac
tive lit the sale of War Savings Stamps.
C. 3- Jackson, state director of the War
Paving activities, tated this, morning
.that Win Unnl'i mnnniul Int.po.t l.i
.MI ,14,, D U VOVV. a,.W.K, ...
that connection 1 no longer necessary,
that those whQ are not for Uncle Sam
at this time are against him ; and that
the War Savings cause and the govern
ment rnust have the Sjndrvlded support
pf those who are above, suspicion. Ore
gon, iti war. rightfully declared by con
gress, i: cannot countenance the" pacifist
or the 'conscientious objector.' " 1s the
stand taken.
- I1-J..8. j-ui.i-i . ' ; y.. . -
(Continue Iron F't One)
other reasonable sum should be retained'
In tmblle service who will not stand
milMlv behind the government in this
war.
"So far as 1 am personally concerned
tha Incident will not be closed until
the Germans have been driven out '
France and the kaiser Is put under
the ground. Miss Hunt refuse to par
ticipate In any of the war auxiliary
activities. She refuses to buy Liberty
bonds, will not contribute to the Red
Cross. Is personally opposed to the
war and will not assist this nation in
prosecuting it. Such a persen should
have no place on the payroll of any
concern, public or private.
W. B. Aver Upholds Mil Has
"At the meeting last night Miss Hunt
' was calm and collected and demonstrated
that her mind was firmly made up and
that ah would , not change it. At the
meeting, which wa presided over by
W. B. Ayer, president of the Library
association, I asked Mr. Ayer. who held
that Miss Hunt had a right to her ln-
, dividual opinion, the following question:
" 'How do you reconcile your attitude
with the action of the government in
enforcing food regulation upon the peo
ple r if It l morally-right' for a per
son to refuse to support the govern
ment's war program by declining Ltb-
erty bonds, it is morally right for a
dealer in flour to refuse to abide by
the government's limitations on the
ground that he Is a conscientious ob
jector.' Holman Opposes Staid
Similar expression is given by County
HARRY MOWREY FREE
PROM:
BY OMR; OF
GUARDIANSHIP
COURT
ARE AGAIN
TRYING TO SECURE
11 PLATOON SYSTEM
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Council Will Be Asked to Submit
Proposition to Voters at Spe
cial Election Next Month.
The- city council will be asked to
pas measure Monday morning to
place the question of a two-platoon sys
tem In the fire department before the
voters again, at the special elction
May 17.
A special committee representing the
firemen will -appear before the council
to urge passage of the measure, The
measure WW autnorize ne estapusn
ment of the double platoon system at
the beginning of the next fiscal year,
which Is December 1, 118.
To )naugurate the system wouia en
tail additional cost It is said, which
raustW authorised by. the voters. Notb-
iug In the proposed measure will affect
the present salaries paid firemen, it
having been decided that the men will
await the action of the voter on the
measure authorizing a general increase
In salaries of city employes.
GARBAGE MEASURE OPPOSED
east of '- Armentleres on the road which
parallel the Hasebrouck railway.
Briteag Wl Praise of Eaaray .
Enormous masses of men have bees
employed by the German and. In his of
ficial dlgpatehes to the British war of
fice last sight, Field Marsha Hatg said
that lip German division . had been
Identified along the US-mile battle
front since the mighty combat began
on March,
. (At the beginning of the war it waa
reckoned, that a German division con
stated of 20,000 men. Since that time,
on account of their heavy losses, the
Germane have reduced the size of their
I divisions an4.lt Is now estimated that
Ur division includes about 13,000 bay?
oneta.)
, Itwas no until Friday that the Ger
mans claimed the capture of Armn
tieres. although the British evacuated
it on Wednesday evening.
The night report of the German war
office paid; '
"Our victorious troops are progressing
through the wide (Lys river) plain be-
his legal guardian, by County Judge tween Armentleres and Merville."
Tazwell this morning and was given hi The Britiah soldier defending Armen
llberty without restraint of a guardian- Mores fought so bravely that they won
ship r otherwise. even the praise of the Oermanwar of-
Mowrey was adjudged a paranoiac by f,cv"ThaiS1 report icl that the
a board of examining pbyicin. several FfJ1"0" 6f ZJ?0, mln 'f!'.
WW uunn .uivif iiua .uv wb.
desperate resistance.
. French Revalse Hit Attack!
Xr had Tjeen expected, the . Germans
followed up their bombardment of the
French lines along the Amiens salient
Former Mill Official to Be Re
examined Before Being drant-.
ed Full Discharge. ;
Harry Mowrey, an alleged, paranoiac,
former official Of the East, Side Mill
Lumber company, was released from the
custody of Attorney George I. Brooks,
FRENCH SHIP LOST;
mn inr nrnniirn
I 7dU AKt KloUUlU
Stricken liner Is Believed fcy
Shipping Men to Have Struck
Mine in Indian Ocean.
WILLIAM H. STEAD
years ago under the administration -of
former County Judge Cleeton. His con
dition was uch that hegs paroled to
Attorney Brooks, who was also appoint
ed hi legal guardian, .
rrhi mnrnlnr . TtrnnVa &nia.red In
court and aaked to be relieved of hiW Jnlantry assault, directed princ!-
responsibility.' ,
Mowrey was reexamined by Drs. Mc
Daniels. Keeney and Viola Coe. who de
clared htm to be still a paranoiac but
did not recommend that he be restrained
of his liberty.
Judge Taswell said that Mowrey
Santerre. The violent fighting which
broke out there lasted through Friday.
The German pressure in the battle
zone- north, of the Plcrdy field has
staadlly increased, but whether or not
it has yet reached Its zenith is still
to be seen. The general order issued
would be. called beforp him again In the fey Marshal Haig to all rank of
were -no change In hi condition, he
would grant him a full discharge.
H IJ-SOVS PAROLE REVOKED
Conviction on Statutory Charge Leads
to Imposition of Prison Term,
The parole of Ernest Wilson of Leb-
October last to irom
the BriUsh army indicated that- still
strorfger attacks are yet to be expected.
Drawing a line directly southward
from Ypres toward La Basaee, it can be
seen that the British line has been
dented for a distance of nearly 10 miles
in the sector of the Ly river.
(It waa in this district that, the Ger
man captured Merville.)
The German lunges Immediately north,
of the Ly river have evidently been
Kierlew May Antagonize Free Collec
tion Because of War Conditions.
Free collection of garbage as proposed
in an ordinance drafted by City Attor
ney LaRoche at the request of a large
committee representing women's clubs,
may be delayed because of the war.
Commissioner Bigelow has announced
that he may oppose passage of the or
dinance en the grounds that no more
money should be expended at this time
than t absolutely necessary. He feels
that proposing of the measure en the
ballot may defeat measures which are
deemed as absolutely necessary.
The pjanj, as 'outlined in the measure
provides for eltytwide collection of gar
bage! to be paid for by general taxa
tion, p ' :
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fpand Concert Bids Opened
Major Baker plans to call the city
counell Into conference soon to consider
four f bids offered by Portland band
leaders to furnish park concert music
durlnjg the summer. The bids opeaed
Friday were submitted on the basis of
four concerts weekly with a band of II
pieces. Only three of the bids offered
cart be considered because failure to in
Commissioner Kufus C. Holman, ex-of-
. t m i 1IU..M. 1
.... iieio memoer oi me I'M' z ' clud certified check for 10 per ee-of
Holman. who remained at the meeting , th , tCT m'IZTTZI
for an hour, left the room before the,
. vote exonerating Miss Hunt was taken.
Before leaving he registered his ob
jection against clearing the employe and
asked that his objection be included
in the record,
Referring t the controversy, Mr. Hol
man today, said :
"Being the only county commissioner
who answered the call of the president
f the library board for this special
meeting, I will assume to speak for the
county. I object to the continuance In
employment In the service of the gov
ernment anyone who refuses to support
the government. . I desire to be recorded
accordingly on this question in the min
utes of this meeting."
Ayer Explains Attitude
The member of the board of di
rector who voted confidence' in Mis
- Hunt are: W. B. Ayer, R, L. Bbln, W.
S L. Brewster, Elliott A. Corbett, W. M.
anon, sentenced octoner last to
pne to three years in the penitentiary aim-ei at the envelopment of the British jarger type and the decision has been
A Pacific Port. April 13. I. N. S.Vr
Further detail of the rescue of 710 per
sons by the Pacific Mall steamer Co
lusa following the sinking of a French
liner in the Indian ocean were lacking
today. No word in addition to Friday
night's private cable from Singapore
had been received here, although It was
considered not unlikely that Captain
Ralph Lope ef the Colusa would take
the first opportunity of making a brief
report,
The Colusa sailed from here January
31 and was reported as leaving an In
dian ocean port March 31.
Shipping men here today were In?
cfined ta the. belief that the French liner
struck a mine, as the Germans are re
ported to have strewn mines in the In
dian ocean. The absence of detail
makes it impossible . to determine
whether the vessel sunk carried troop
or civilians. '
Wooden Ships WU1 .
Be Larger in Future
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Salpplag Beard Decide till Tom Yes
Too Small gad Contracts Will
tall for 4M er Tea Boats.
Washington April 13. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Shipping board of f iciala . have informed
Senator McNary that thr have decided
that a 3500 ton wooden vessel is too
email for overseas service. The oner
ting department strongly advises a
for non-support, of his family, was re
voked Friday by Circuit Judge itava-
naugh on motion of Deputy District At
torney Dempsey.
positions defending the famous Messlnes
ridge on the west Flanders front. All
frontal attacks against the ridge failed
I with heavy losses. It is true that the
reached to award new contracts for
vessels of 4700 or 4900 tons. Senator
McNary wa asked how this policy wll
affect F acute, Northwest shipbuilding.
Wilson deserted hi family ir the win- German ined some ground but before tole boird that he beHeve,
Lanson W. Lentve, assistant post
master at Coquille. composed the fol
lowing little couplet to.. boost the sals
of Thrift Stamps in hia office:
One Stamp gets a Hun,,
Another Stamp, another one; '
A million stamp a million Hun ; ;
Now' the time to buy one.
Mr. LenevV reports that 'the aales-'of
ot Thrift Stamps and Wa Savings
Stamps at Coqullle was considerably
stimulated by hi little verse.
M M -
The Thrift Stamp editor Is still
anxious to receive letter from war sav
ers, young and od, on how they are
making and saving "money for the pur
chase of Thrift Stamps and War Sav
ing Stamp.
That man stepped up onto the firing
bench and looked out and saw coming
toward him a charge of German sol
dlers. That man loved Franc in hi
very soul. He could not bear to see
another foot of French soil taken away.
And, stunned and wounded as they
were, enough of them got up so mat
they manned the guns, drove back the
enemy, and held the trench for France.
So Liberty aays to all of us: "Get up.
dead men I Wake up ! Get up and fight
this war.
Buy Thrift Stamps and War Savings
Stamps.
He turned to ?hose men lying In the
trench, and shouted :
Every man in that trench went down,
save one the young officer In charge.
4
la a French trench a shell exploded.
Pat
"Dead men, get up!"
Save and serve.
FOUND A SUICIDE
Former Attorney General "
Illinois Shoots Self; No
Explanation.
of
Chicago. April 13. (I. N. a) William
H. Stead, former attorney araneral of
lUInola. ended hla life In the Great
Northern hotel today by sending a bul
let through his head.
He was atato director of freight and
commerce anjd for years was on of the
best known politician in the state. He
managed Governor Lewden's last cam
paign. Stead lived in 8pcingfleld. 111.
When the body was found a revolver lay
between hla feet. Nobody- seem to
have heard the shot Stead's wife died
about five years ago.
No Reason Can Be Give
Springfield, III.. April 13. (I. N. S.)
Verification of the suicide in Chicago
thts morning of former Attorney Gen
eral William H. Stead waa received
here shortly after noon today by Wil
liam Sutton. Governor Lowden's secre
tary. Upon being informed of the news
he immediately got in communication
with Chicago. No 'comment, however.
will be forthcoming from the governor's
office, Secretary Sutton said, until fur
ther details are received. He could as
sign no reason for the act.
Stead s home was in Ottawa. . He was
born in 1858 and was twice elected at
torney general of Illinois under former
Governor Deneen, the first time In 1904
and the second time in 1S08.
Lad Peels BarK to V? I
.Buy Pig; Sells Pig to
Buy W. S. Stamps
Hsi The Thrift Editor of The Jour- Si
ttj nal want to publish little stories Ht
Ibb, of how you, and members of your
fog family and your friend aire earn- rtg
feg ing and saving money to buy Ita,
B Thrift Stamps and War Bavin IL.
pt Stamps to help Uncle Sara win g
bg the war. pi
got For Instance this is how Keith fc '
g Whit Of Sclo, Oregon, floe 1U
) He writ: "During the gum-tg
Isg tner of 1917 I peeled chllUm bark a '
and earned money enough to ouy fea,
Sa pig. It cost 15.10 and weighed )La.
3d pounds. I bought It In Hop- ka
tember and fed it apples. Iota- rTl
13 toe, sklm-milk and some grain. H
Ml it weighed 250 pound iwhan 1-4
4 sold It April 3, and It brought 4
)g m 139.37. I bought seven War Kg
9s Saving Stamp: paid 6.50 for
9g another pig. and kept the bal- fc
14 ance for spending money. I am f
fsg 11 years old."
feU Let's hear from you. i
Ism. Address Thrift Editor. The Ci
9si Journal. M
K Hurry.
h mi 11 psxiisi
ter of 1918, according to Peinpsey, and J they could consolidate their .positions
went to Montana with a woman who
posed as his wife. He was indicted for
non-support, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced, but was paroled on promises
from him to reform.
.The reoent discovery by the local au
thorities that Wilson had been arrested
and fined at Lebanon on a statutory
charge led to his rearrest and revoca
tion of his parole. He waa taken to the
penitentiary by Deputy Sheriff Martin
Pratt, Fridy.
they i-ere thrown back by strong count
er thrust.
, Coal Mine Menaced
The town of Messlnes i reported to
be 4a German hands, but It does not He
upon - yie .ridge .proper. It is at the
southern end of this strip of high ground.
A feature of the fighting in Northern
France, outside of the strictly military
consideration, ia the fact that the Ger
man advances since Wednesday morning
menace thr small strip of coal mine
fields Still held by the French. The
Dolfin to Be Tried Wednesday I greater part of the French coal-produc-
Wllllam Dolfin, or Silvio Bartola Dal iPff terrUery was controlled by the Ger-
Bon, as he now declares is hi name, mans- north and south of Lens, but there
will be tried Monday in the federal wer one mines to the northwest of
court on charge of perjury in giving thia zone. That ia the district ia which
information about himself to an officer tha Germans are now delivering their
of the Immigration service. Dolfin was n desperate assaults.
cook of the Third Oreaon. taken from
:.!,0i FIGHT ON UNTIL
was en route to an eastern training
camp. All of the regiment Is now be
lieved to be in France. He was ar
rested on the charge of seditious re
marks to members of hi company.
J. II. Kingsley Acquitted
J. H. , Kingsley was acquitted of a
coast yards will respond to the ad
Justment willingly and accept contract
on the new, basis.
Blazier Bound Over
On Bootleg Charge
Clarence Blazier waived his hearing
on the charge of bootlegging before Unlt-
iir.v.i rt...i i vi., led States Commissioner Drake this
Lifeboat Contract in Mew i morning and was bound over to the
Washington. April 13. Senator Mc-; federal grand Jury. He deposl'ed a
Nary was advised a lifeboat contract ; cash bond of 32000. Blaster was arretted
for equipping ships constructed In the i a week ago for alleged complicity in the
Columbia river territory will almost
surely be awarded to a Columbia river
firrn.
bootleg ring said to have been operated
by Howard Edmonds, alia "Tillamook
Kid."
American Soldiers
'Traitors' to Huns
Washington, April 13. (I. N. S.)
Naturalization laws must be changed ia
order to save 128,277 American soldiers
from charges of treason against , the
central powers. Senator Hardwlck . of
Georgia today told the senate. Intro
ducing a bill to permit speedy naturali
sation of alien national army men. Sen
ator Hardwlck, chairman of the Immi
gration committee, said that there are
123.277 alien soldiers in the first na
tional army. These men. unless na
turalized,, can be charged by Germany
with treason if they are sent to fight
against the entral powers, he said.
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Seven Quarts Taken
In Raid on Hotel
A raid on the Palace hotel, 446 Wash
ington street, this morning netted the
war emergency squad ofithe police de
partment seven quarts of liquor and the
manager, James T. Royston. was ar
rested oh a charge of violating the pro
hibition law. He was released under
t2a cash bail. Lieutenant Thatcher and
Patrolmen Phillips and Teeters made the
raid and searched the place thoroughly.
The contraband liquor was found In the
basement. Lieutenant Thatcher aaid no
proof of sale had been obtained by Uie
squad. !
L B. S. A. Delegates
Stopped at! Border
Belllngham. Wsh.. ApiHl 13. t. N.
S.) Eight Vancouver and Victoria dele
gate to the International Bible Student"'
association conVention. ' which opened
here Friday, was stopped at the interna
tional boundary line on orders from the
department of Justice! Immigration of
ficials at Blaine turned back the delegate
GUNS TOO HOT TO HOLD
the amount of the bid resulted In the
ruling out of the bid presented by Eu
geneji Cioffi. The bids are? Campbell's
American Band, $4560; Philip Pelz,
$4458; Eygene Cioffi, J493; C. A. Cook.
1445
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AMERICANS HURL BACK
HUN FORCE ON T0UL
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charge of assault and battery by a Jury
in Circuit Judge Gaten's court Friday
afternoon. Kingsley was ' accused by
hi wife, Lou Etta Kingsley, of an at
tempt to smother her. Thts was denied
by Kingsley and no evidence was In
troduced, at the trial that substantiated
her charge. "We only succeeded'' In
proving our venue,' said Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Joe Hammersley, . who
conducted the ease for the state. At
torney Tom Garland appeared for the
defense.
Husband Wants Divorce
By William Philip SImms
With the British Armies in France.
AprQ J3. (U. P.)--From La Bassee to
Hollebeke, 'near "Srpres. General von
Quast's army, wtth the most desperate
determination, did not cease Its pres
sure for a single moment today.
Field Marshal Hindenburg has ' given
Von Q'uast abundant reinforcements,
mere than doubling the original divisions
(129.000 men) with which the thrust
began. - .
Fresh troops are being hurled into ac
tion from all directions. Under the j
guttering sunsnuio iney marenca iu M
line and struck In three places toward
Bailleul, toward .Bethune and toward
Givenehy" hill. These were their Imme
diate objectives, but they had hope of
ultimately turalhg Vimy, Arras and the
Alleging that ahe threatened to, get m0unUin-like ridge of Notre Dame de
inoir pruwii-uii bum ui vi uun- iu LerettSv
lcan!! troops which repulsed a German
assault Friday on the sector northwest
i of Toul captured 36 prisoners, the Ger
man auuenng heavy casualties while
American losses were slight. -
An American machine gun com
mander in his report said :
"Aill our machine gun emplacements
are Shot away, but every gun is work
ing like hell."
Ladd, R. H. Strong and Rabbi Jonah
B. Wise.
Explaining his view of the incident
Mr. Ayer said:
"In sustaining the position taken by
Mis Hunt we undertook to perpetuate
the spirit ef individual freedom of
thought which actuated the founders ef
aiiv vnvarnm.nt f Atinif nAthln. '
"Yangee Puneh" Frustrates Hun
With the American Armies In France,
April 13. (J. N. S.) Details of the rout
ef too German shock troops by Ameri
can in the sector northwest of Toul.
show that the American artillery puj
wittad the enemy. The American bat
teries displayed wonderful
wrong witn miss nunt s attituae toward i which elicited this praise from a hlgh
the government so far as any overt act ranking French officer In command of
waa concerned. She is a pacifist and Is French troops on the adjoining front :
conscientiously opposed to war, She Is ! "The Americans fought with magnl
net an obstructionist and has done j fleeat courage and strategy. The work
nothing or said nothing so far as I have I of their artillery was wonderfully ef
been able to learn which would tend in ; fective. It was the handiwork of real
any way to. obstruct the government's ; experts. The Yankee "punch" marked
war program. She haa not attempted to the whole operation and the bravery of
convince others to loilow her dictates "a American miantryman was beyond
jelly" and made life generally so bur
densome that he was obliged to leave
home, J. W. Lynch began' suit for, di
vorce thl morning against Emma C
Lynch. They . were married in thl
county April 21, 1884. He asks to be
'decreed the solo owner of certain real
property m this city.
1 Starts guit for Divorce
Martin A, Jones began" suit for di
vorce In the circuit court Friday after
noon against Agnes Jones, alleging that
she was a sufferer from epilepsy before
he married bar, which fact she con
cealed from him, he alleges. They were
married- at Bait Lake, August 3, 193,
and have two sons, twins, born Novem
ber 10, 1894. Me asks to be decreed the
sole owner of certain real estate . in
Multnomah county.
As this is cabled, the battle's swirls
reach from about Hollebeke southwest"
ward past Wytschaete and Keuve Egiis
to near Bailleul, to west of . Merville,
thence eircling aoutheastward to a few
miles north of Bethune and toward La
Basse.
Greatly outnumbered, the British,
with, prodigious rapidity, fired their
rifles until they were too hot to hold,
and operated their Lewis guns inces
santly, Artillerymen, Btrlpped to the
waist, biased away point-blank at tarr
freta that eouldn't be missed. It la be
loved the Somme front Is becoming fe
verish. Further fighting is likely.
The heavy fighting In French Flan
ders Is no guarantee against a recom
mencement of the battle for Amiens.
German - prisoners admit the Gerraan
commanders do not want Amiens, so
much as what they hope lies beyond.
, Thursday afternoon and night the bat
tle boiled around Vlelle-Chapelle, Ea-
taires and Steenwerck, in old-fashioned
Constable Goes for Prisoner
Demitv Constable Watklna left Fri
day for Cathlamet, Wash., to bring back open fighting on the flat landa The Brltr
and has not tried to' spread her doctrine
of opposition to the war.
lacldeat Called Unfortsaata
We found noting in the record of Mis
Hunt' stewardship at the library which
wuld reflect discredit upon her. She
Is a capable and earnest worker."
Emery oimstead, one of ' the most
prominent third Liberty loan campaign- j arrival of German storming forces
era. said: - three villaores onnnait k a...
Tnat lh incident should occur at
thl time is most unfortunate and It is
up to the loan worker to do something
to counteract the influence which ha
already been cveated. Until I have
learned the full facta in the case I shall
. not express myself i fully ether than to
ay that we resent emphatically any con
praise.'
I Amerlcae Observer Are Alert
From prisoners the Americans learned
tna in enemy had made elaborate
pisas io gam me American third-line
trenches. But American observation
shattered the German v effort to put
una;t over, uur ooserver reported the
in
tnree village oppoit the American
l:ne and the French Intelligence erv
toejfhelped supply valuable information.
At prsl tfte enemy . had intended to
ikuncn a mgnt attacK, but pa -delayed
it until dawn.
Te first Sign of the memr humri
primed the American batteries for the
elusion."
Mis Haat Make Statement
Miss Hunt. In her own defense, made
the following statement to the board of
directors: ':'
"Some of the statements that " ap
peared in an .evening paper of April I
are true. but. they are so stated that
the general Impression given of my opin
ions and attitude are incorrect.-
"I do not wish to discuss the article
in detail, but simply to state that I am,
and always have been, intensely and
Wholeheartedly concerned for the best
Interests of the United States.
, "This is my country. I was born her.
My ancestor were born here for many
generations back. Both aide ot my
family fought In the Revolution, and
alao in the Civil war. I am an Ameri
can, and no one ean more earnestly de
sire to see America leading In the
world' pregrea to a higher civilisation.
, It, la Increasingly a source of pride to
- me that In this conflict our lu-esldent
; now stands bead and shoulders above
dVctofany T which" SSZ hanp ! gpg. SnSffiSt th' f
the patriotic efforts of the people toil?! e.al BlenaJ. thus saving valua-
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jtroeecute ine war to a successful con-1 s
t psoaes 4Jupiy,uioralIses Enemy
The suddenness of our reply demor
alised the enemy. The hail of shell
qnloesed by our batteries wrought havoc
ia sah . advancing enemy ranks, kiiiin
and wounding many and driving the
majority back to cover; ;
. .A, few -German ranks came through
our barrage. , and ; these wem tt,h
i down by the American machine gun fire.
""fw urnun reacpexi our first
hub. xne Americana leaped over the
ton with fixed bayonets, in th. h.n.
to-hand fighting which nued there
we $iy Americans t one German.
our men used the cold steel and gren
ade, with deadly effect, ,
. jj : Se Taaktc Are Ctare
Ko Americans were captured. Two
Germans were taken prisoner, one later
dying from his wounds, and the other
also being mortally wounded. '
American Uragged tn German,
bodies under a curtain ef machine gua1
fire. Daylight found many Teuton dead
lying in No Man's Land.
Henry Atby, who is charged with having
issued a forged cheek for $80 on the
First National bank January 20. Alby
is being held by the sheriff at Cathlamet.
HAIG HOLDING BACK
GREAT HUN MASSES
( Cootlnmcd from rag One)
ish blazed away from behind hedgea and
poured machine-gun fire - Into the adv'l
vancing German from Improvised po-j
sitions In ditches. In mutual counter-fl
attacks the opposing forces clashed in
open cultivated fields.
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Huns Claim 0,000 Prisoners
London, April 13. (U. P.) Field Mar
shal Haig. in his night report, admitted
the British were bjjtng pressed back :
slowly in continuous fighting in the '
were powerful German assaults re-1 " ' "w
T.nii- but th British adLFUMd their The enemy also "progressed lightly" .
line Friday night in the sector of Fes- between the Lawe and the Clarence riv
tubert, capturing some prisoners. r- The BriUsh positions were raain-
The BriUsh counter offensive In the ; unta at otner poinia.
Festubert sector of the great battle line The German war office announced
alonar . the Franco-Belaian frontier Is progress on me i,y Between Armen-
..iinr rinnrtii ..J .vonr.. tleres and Merville. It was alao claimed
of the British line waa noted by the 'that 50 officers and 3000 men eaptured.
war office report today. ! at Armentleres. brought the total prison-;
Heavy fighting ha continued at crs m ln" w ".. ui-.
Neuve Egltee and In the neighborhood eluding rltlsh and a Portuguese gen-
r-, i .... !- eral. besides 200 Runs. 1
been directing strong pressure in an ef
fort to shake the hold of the British
upon the Messlnes ridge, ,
British Hold Strategic Gronad
A number of strong attack were de
lievered by the German in the Loon
Halg also reported that Ostend and
Zeebrugge were bombed by British alr
mert . Thursday night and that bombs 1
were oroppea on ietz ana the Sablon
railway etaUon Friday.
The French war office described a
German raid in the Apremont forest i
the
uistnci. ui rum. wt4 anwif if0ur cUie east of St. Mihiel In
resistance of the BriUsh. 1 Te4 aector. In which the en.mir .it !'
Festubert is between ill and 12 mile a temporary footing In an advanced no-f
southwest f Armentieres, which, the anion. French and American troop f
Brttlsh evacuated on Wednesday, and ejected them immediately in a counter-!
about 18 mea north of Arras. The attack, --the American (taking 22
same sector Kra the scene of a Britiah prisoners.
advanee on Thursday when the German f The eermans resumed their drive'for
were thrown out of posiUon they had J Amiens Friday morning, with an attack!
occupied. -in Hangard - en - Santerre. The enemy
That the struggle, which began with : penetrated the city, and sUll held a por-i
the German drive against Amiens on ! tioa of it when the communiaue - '
March 21 has reached a crucial phase, ' sued Friday; despite counter-attack. To-
waa mown ay , iia asarsnat uaisrs ,ogy tn rrencn retook the village.
pregnant pnrase. -we are xignung un
pur backs to the wall."
While the German hav been able to
extend their ltne in some places be
tween La Bassee canal and the Ypres
Coralne ' canal in Belgium, the British
have maintained ground f the greatest
strategic value.
v TJi Germans,' during the past 24
hours, have been making a determined
effort to break into BaUleul. Baiik-ul
Is between six and seven miles north
Man Invests Money
t .1 In Bonds; Enlists
San- Franeiaco. April 18. -i (U. P.)
George .Bell arrived from 'Shanghai.
China,Twlth 18200 in hla pocket. Today
he bought 37200 worth of Liberty' bond
and enlisted in the army.
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BRITISHERS in the UNITED STATES
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