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Newspaper Page Text1 THE ' ; WEATHER . Tonight and Wed nesday fair; northwest winds. Humidity - 57. "ITS ALL HERE , and ITS ALL TRLE-. - oxxockT 'VOL. XVII. NO. 7 PORTLAND; OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING; MAY ' 21, 1918.-SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS n TWAINS AMD KIWI TAN OS .riVI OSMTS m ... ..... ......... ...-...hi...-. .. . I - - - - ' " - L. - - ' ' - " I Ml, I ' , . ' . 1 - I , , , . . I I I I T - - - m m mm M 'W . M M I 11 ., .1-.- " f Generals Liggett and Menoher Are Mentioned as Possible Corps Commanders Gigantic Strides Made in War Plans. United States Will Have Force in France by August 1 ; Equal Approximately to Force Now Used by Haig Against Germans TITASHINUTON, May 21. (U. vv P.) America's first field rmy approximately 200.000 men -h!is been formed in France. It ! understood to consist of two Ermy corps of three divisions ach, "with Colonel A. W. Bjorn lad as chief of staff. Major Ueneral Hunter Liggett is under , stood to command one of the "army corps. Army officer here, however, believe that Liggett, being Mentor, will command the field army and Major General Charles T. Menoher, who has been com mander of the lUlnbow division, will command one of the army; corps. .-Arraegmot Osly Prevlalosal The present arrangement, according to information here, is provisional la order to try- out plans of organization which heretofore have been theoretical. So far as the American army la con cerned. Changes may be made In the slse and arrangement of the unit and also in the commanders. Field armies. It Is pointed out, are not of Uniform strength, but; are rearranged from time 1 to time a, strategical, considerations dictate. . For offensive operations field army generally Is augmented by the adSition of several divisions. , I The American divisions, of which It Is understood, there will .be three to a .,rw. , ajiiaiai vi 'u.wv nidi, ill .uu i i . a a r aaa . v j j , tion. However, each corps has some 10,000 "corps troops" heavy artillery And signal -. battalions, field artillery, cavalry and pioneer regiments and aero squadrons making; each corps approxi matcly 1 OO.OOO men. I V Heasoaad Troops Employed I Unless th British army Is greatly reinforced in the next two or three months, it Is likely that by August the number of United States troops In France will closely approximate the else of Halg's forces now facing the . Germans. I This startling revelation of gigantic strides being made by this country In putting men on .the firing line came to day from authoritative circles here. I Brigading of American troops with the British continues. Presumably men from 'the national army are the ones used to take their, places with the British. L Formation lot the field army Is ac comp!l8hed by use of seasoned troops which have been In Francs for a long . penoo. Petrograd Approyes Hun-Ukraine Peace Washington, May 21. The foreiarn commissariat In Petrograd had agreed to the German proposal of peacs nego tiations with the Ukrainian govern ment at Kiev, according to a message received here through.- Swedish sources. Bussia demands the sols right to for ward telegrams between the two coun tries. The German ambassador to Rus sia is reported to have demanded direct wire to Berlin. The German government, It is said, will handle all passports to Finland and Ukralnla. SHELL SHOCK HELD FOR WILD SOCIAL :'' .'. ;',- . . ' - : CAREER OF FL San Francisco, May 21. U. P.) The Wild social and financial career of Ser geant George Morton, alias Angus Mae Donald, was all caused by shellshock. ' according to a board of army physi cians, who have had Morton under ob- ; servatlon here for several weeka : i Morton was charged with embessllng ebout $700 from money collected for ad vertising in an army paper. -, v s. j Several montlia ago Morton was ar- j rested in Idaho on a charge of mlsap. ! propriatlng money he collected while lecturing. Previously he had visited British Columbia, Washington and Ore GEN. LIGGETT MA J. GENH U NT E R LIGGETT, formerly in buuuiuiiiu ui uic weak en department of the army in this country, who is in command of U. S. army corps in France. V 4 Jr-? 1 fir I German Wires Penetrated by Yanks, Who Return Safely to Own Lines. By Fred S. Fergsson With the ArcHsricana in Plcardy, May 20. (U. ' P.) (Night.) An American reconnaissance patrol . penetrated the German wires tonight,: i wt . enemy patrol to flight arid returned safely to the American lines. The patrol crept across No Man's Land at a point where the lines ars about 200 yards ; apart. In the . dis tance the shattered- church tower ana the jagged walls of. other buildings in Cantlgny stood like ghosts in ths moonlight. ' A strong: Boche patrol attempted to J surround the Americans oui scanerea when the latter opened fire. The American patrol made Its way back without losing a man. - The greatest ' aerial ? activity contin ues ; day and night along the front. Eombs were dropped near an American hospital, but no one was Injured. The barking of the anti-aircraft guns, ths breaking of shells in the Sky and the hum of airplane motors, is almost constant. Across in the German lines,' flash lights streak the sky, mingling with the flare and glare of guns. The expected bombardment in con-: junction with ' the scheduled ' resump tion of the German offensive has not materialized. ' ' This morning- the aerial . artillery- shelled German positions and the Boches made only a slight reply. Artillery Fire Ketps Up With the American Armies in France, May 21. C P.) The official com munique issued at American headquar ters las I nignt says: . "Except for artillery firing on both sides in various sectors there was nothing new to report today." Czernin, Hertling Opposed to Alliance The Hamie, May 21.U- P.) Count Csernin, former Austro-Hungarian for eign minister, and Count von Hertling and Dr. von Kuehlmann, German chan cellor and foreign minister, respective ly, opposed the recent Austro-German alliance effected by Kaiser Wilhelm and Emperor Karl, according : to reports from Vienna and Berlin today. Crernin, it was said, openly opposed the arrangement, while Hertllnsr and Kuehlmann washed their, bands of the affair, after objecting to the military convention, m which the militarists ut terly Ignored them. RESPONSIBLE ' AND FINANCIAL ' ANDERS VETERAN gon. In Vancouver he was engaged to a young lady, of social position. In Sao- ramenio ne contracted-another engage ment. : - ;...,.-...-..-. 1 After his arrest here. . Morton alter nately 'affirmed- and denied that he had seen actual war service. His actions were so erratic that. a thorough inves tigation was begun. - K Army physicians learned that Morton actually naa een Hard service in Flan. ders and in Gallipot! : that be had bean wounded and bad left the British army while suffering from shell shock. He has been surrertng from some. form, of am 'nesia, say the physiciana - - . i3 VfiSSsk AMERICAN PATROL PAR Y ROUTS HUNS THREE SLftltJ NEAR m Woman and Two .Chldren Mur dered in Tent, Probably' as They Slept; Diary Indicates Girl's Name Ada, Boy's Azra. Grocer Believes Party Visited Store and Man Said Home Was m Walla Walla, but Names Were Not Made Known. Kelso, Wash.. May 21. A small diary, incompletely kept, found among the belongings of the woman and two children murdered, probably as they slept, In a tent near this city, indi cates that the girTs name was Ada, and that she was 13 years old Marcn 2, and that the boy's name was Azra. He was about 11 years old. There was no surname indicated. A local grocer told the officers this morning that he is quite sure that the murdered woman and children and a man - were In his store Saturday, and that tfuring a conversation . he learned that the travelers' home was In Walla Walla, He did not learn their names. It has also been quite definitely es tablished that the party camped at the scene of- the murder on Friday night, It having been reported that they arrived there in an old Ford automobile. The man in the pary is said to have been about 35 years Old. He was dressed in a suit of brown clothes. . , Further examination of the bodies of the victims has placed the time of the murder at Sunday night. An inquest will be held this-afternoon. Medicine Bottle Only Clue . Seattle, May 31. (1.. S.) A .medi cine pottle , containing a prescription filled by a druggist at 4 oqusimTe. Wash., may lead to the identtfieartotr of the murderer of , a woman and two children whose bodies were found, late Monday in a ' tent within a few feet of the Pacific highway, two miles- from Kelso, Wash. Seattle police have been called on to aid in solving the mystery and today are attempting to run down the slender clue of the medicine bottle. W. Sandell. the druggUt at Snoqual- mle who filled the' prescription, has been unable to find, a record -of a pre scription , made out-in the name of Qulmv which is the name on the bottle. Sandell told the police he thought he remembered a. man ' by that name who recently was employed at the Snoqual mle Falls Lumber company. The slain woman' was about 35 years old, the girl 13. and the boy about 10 years. They apparently had been dead 48 hours. All had been shot. The bod ies were discovered by a small boy. Sheriff Clark Studebaker of Cowiitx county and Marshal Hull of Kelso, with Prosecuting Attorney Delos Spaulding. made a thorough search of the tent, but found no other clue than the medicine bottle. : - Several persons said they saw the woman and children in an automobile with a dog Saturday afternoon. . The of ficers found no evidence of a struggle. Groceries round In the tent Indicated they had been bought in Seattle. CITY ORDINANCE L CURB IDL Mayor Will Present Bill Designed to Compel Physically Fit to Work. The city rockpile at Kelly Butte is today looming as a menace to all physically fit men who. refuse to earn their bread by; the sweat of their brow One of the most drastic ordinances ever conceived will ' be , Introduced at Wednesday's meeting of the city council fn the efforts to eliminate 'from Port land all professional Idlers. : The mea sure, as designed, will give no quarter to the man , who will ; not work when able to do so and the opportunity af fords. - ". , ---: ' :' - It is a war measure. In order to be exempted .from the penalties for viola tion of the ordinance, a person must ob tain a certificate from the municipal employment bureau, stating that appli cation for empyment has been made and that work cannot be secured. Possession of money or Independent means of income will avail nothing;. The idle. rich, are Just as apt to come under the ban of the ordinance as the ."Weary Willie Remittance men will "be in direct line of fire of the measure. Mayor George ii Baker will Introduce the ordinance. : The .measure has the sanction of organised .-' labor. as : ex pressed, by C. X. Rynerson, editor of the Portland XAbor Press, who . has taken the question up with the Central Labor Council. Two Tree falters' Crushed to Death - Philomath. Or May 21. Ed Bowen and Lon Powers- were .-instantly killed wben a large tree which they were railing leu upon tnem Monday , after noon. ;.. ---x -- - ERS U. S. TANKER ROCKEFELLER LOST AT SEA WASHI3GTOX, 3Iay SI. (C. P.) Loss of the American tanker William Boekefeller at sea feat bees officially reported to the navy department. - Details are lacking, bst a ss pple me ntary report has been promised. - The department Is withholding as assoancsment of the loss until It publishes the casnaltles Involved. The William Rockefeller displaced 71(7 tons and hailed from Bayoaae, J. - She was eonstracted at Cramp's Shipyards at Philadelphia Is 11, and was owned by the Standard Oil company of Sew Jer sey. The Rockefeller was 4s feet long and '68 feet in the beam. Comrades in French and Amer ican Armies Pause to Do Homage to American Ace. By Frank J. Taylor With the American Army in Lor raine. May 20. (U. P.) (Night) Amer ican and French soldiers paused this afternoon in the game of waf, wherever possible, to pay homage to Major Raoui Lufberfy, the great Amerclan ace. Who was killed in an air fight Sunday morn ing. The funeral services were held in a hospital within the sound of the big guns. - French and American companies stood at attention while, an American band played. French and American av iators were present fir large numbers. A French general and an American gen eral also paid tribute to the fallen avia tor. ; - Aviators Drop Flowers The coffin, draped with an American flag, was carried by four French avia tors to a tiny, grassy cemetery behind the hospital. Infantry companies were lined up on one : side . the, road while off icera and aviators were drawn up on the other. -t '.i- '-V ""! " .'-"' A group of American aviators, hover- lag above the grave, showered the coffin with flowers as the chaplain completed the rites. ' ' - During the services a report was re ceived " from an American observer' in the front lines that a German plane had been brought down by one of Lut berry's comrades. "It's as Raoui would want it." said an American airman. "He'd care far more to have a Boche brought down than to have elaborate services in his honor." Germans Make Special Trip Later it waa' reported that -the Ger man biplane responsible for Lufberry's death was brought down .by a French (Concluded on Page Twelve, ColsaiR Five) 805,102 Tons Lost To TJ-Boats in April London. May 2L (U. P.) Allied," other than British and neutral mer chant ships, lost during April totaled 84,393 tons, the admiralty announced today. During the same period the loss In British tonnage was 220.709. . Many Submarines Are Sunk Venice, May: 21. (U. P.) "We have good reason to believe we are 'masters of the submarine situation in the Med iterranean," Admiral Del Bono of the Italian navy declared in an Interview here today. "A great many enemy submarines have been sunk in these waters. The situation is regarded with confidence." Shasta Limited to Be Eliminated June 1 San .Francisco, May 21. (U. P.) The Shasta limited, crack train of the Southern Pacific to Portland. Tacoma and Seattle, will be eliminated June I, the company announced today. - Further readjustments - of schedules were expected to be announced later to day, in line with Director McAdoo s or der to curtail passenger traffic John - M. Scott, general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific In Port land.' had received no advice of the elimination of the Shasta limited this afternoon. Changes In service involving the discontinuance of this train have been expected as a part of the economy program of, the director general. Huns Bombing Dutch Shippings Is Report Amsterdam, May . 21. (L N. S.) The Germans are now attacking' Dutch snip ping. It was reported from Ymulden to day that German airplanes had dropped bombs upon a Dutch trawler, v - ;.. The Dutch steamer Agneta, en route from Sweden to Rotterdam, was seised by the Germans and taken Into Swine- munde. . .. - Turkey Gets Lands: Dispute Js Solved -Lausanne, via Paris. May 21. -(I. N. S- The Koelnlsche Zeitung says Ger many baa solved, the dispute between Turkey and . Bulgaria by forcing" the new Caucasus republic to abandon to Turkey certain territories in Asia. HOMAGE PAID TO MAJOR LUFBERRY Republican Nomination for Public Service Commissioner Still in Balance; Williams in Lead by Small Margin Is Lztest Report. Ryan and Hoff Almost "Neck and Neck" for the Office of State Treasurer, Hoff Show ing a Lead of Only 138 Votes. Fred H. Williams, i the race of late returns, seems to be maintaining a nar row lead over Frank J. Miller In the fight for th Republican nomination for public service commissioner. Williams, at the last report, with 23 counties com plete, including Multnomah, and incom plete returns from all the remainder, ex cepting Douglas. Grant. Harney, Jeffer son, Lake and Wheeler, is 484 votes in the lead in the state at large. f- Miller was badly beaten 1n Multnomah county, where the campaign waged by Judge Henry E. McGinn against the S cent fare decision of the public service commission has had its full effect. The Multnomah county vote gave Williams 15.257 votes to 11.640 for Miller, a lead of 3617 for Williams in the county. Outside of Multnomah county. Miller has been running ahead of Williams, the vote so far counted giving Miller 20.491 votes to 17,359 for Williams? a Miller- lead of 3132 votes. This has been more than offset, however, by Multnomah county's adverse vote, the total state vote being Williams. 82,615. and Miller, 32,131. a Williams lead of 484 votes. In this connection it Is well to 'note the incorrectness of the. returns given by the Morning Oregonlaa 'and the Eve ning Telegram - as to the Multnomah county totals. The Oregonian gtvea Wil liams vvlLSSS-"" 'votes in ' Maltnooaah county and Mirier 11.484 an rrot of 3004 votes In the totals. The Oregonlan's mistake seems te have been lifted bod ily by the Telegram along with the Ore gonlan's election figures as a whole,, so (Concluded on Paw Two, Column F1t) Names Joseph H. Young for Posi tion When Virginia Line Dis regards Orders. Washington, May 21. (I. N. &) Railways Administrator McAdoo's first drastic step to enforce the carrying out of ordered improvements was taken to day when he directed that C. W. Hunt ington, president of the Virginia Rail way company, with offices in New York city, withdraw from all corporate direc tion of the company. In .hie place the director appointed Joseph H. Toung. president of the Nor folk & Southern railway. The Virginia company is one of the most Important carriers of bituminous coal In the East, much of the navy supply being trans ported over Its lines. When the roads were taken over by' the government. Mr. McAdoo ordered that the Virginia make certain improvements. Word reached him that the betterments were being unnecessarily delayed, and the removal of the president resulted. Joseph Hardie Toung came to Port land in May. 1914. as president of the Spokane. Portland A Seattle railroad. succeeding Carl R. Gray. who became president of the Great Northern. At the same time Mr. Young was also pres ident of the Oregon- Electric railroad, the Spokane A Inland Empire railroad. the Oregon Trunk railroad, and other Hill interests. He severed his connection with his Northwest Intersts January 1, 1914, and in May. 1914. left for Virginia tobe- f come president of the Norfolk & South ern Railroad company. Mr. Toung was bom at Salt Lake City, Utah. January 17.- 1864, and did his first railroad work as an engi neer on the old Oregon Short Line rail road. . J Ex-Czar Eeported In German Hands London. May 2L (L N.' S.) The Romanoffs are not Interned In the Crimea, as reported, according to offi cial news from Moscow. ' The former imperial family arrived at Kiev, capital Of Ukrainia. on May 13. it was stated. The foregoing cablegram would ind! cate that the fate of the former Russian csar and his family is now in the hands of Germany. Kiev is controlled by the Ukrainian. German and Austrian forces in Southern Russia. . V Ex-Grand Duke Escape MADOO REMOVES HEAD OF RAILROAD London.- May 21. (L N. a) Ex Grand, Duke Nicholas, former com mander In chief of the Russian army, escaped from Crimea before the Ger mans occupied the country said an ex change Telegraph ' dispatch . from Mos cow today,.1 ' -r - . - '-, (The former grand duxe had been Hy ing upon his country estate la Crimea.) J ' ft - ' .;. t - ,. . BIG SUBSCRIPTIONS TO RED CROSS MARK BEGINNING OF DRIVE With little more than two hours' work to their credit, the workers in the down town division, under the colonelcy of 8. Benson and Adolphe Wolfe, and the fly ing squadron headed by C. C. Colt re ported a total of $61,940.86 toward Port land's 8250.000 in the second war drive of the American Red Cross. The reports totaling the above were made at the luncheon given for workers at the Hotel Portland at r.oon today. Cheers greeted the various reports and Nathan Strauss was applauded long and loud for the splendid showing of his team. Before the totals were given Thomas Barker of the national speakers' bu reau, representing the department of labor, spoke briefly and short speeches were made by Colonel Wolfe and Colo nel Benson. Totals sad Teams The totals are: Colonel S. Benson H. B. Alnsworth W. J. Burns A. H. Pevers A. L. FlBh R. D. Inman Allen L. Iwls K. P. Lockwood K. Newbegin Ira F. Powers . Jay Smith Gives ..$ 4.813.15 . . 4.981.00 . 1.140.25 6S.ftO .. 1.829.50 1 4666 26 ' 1.311.25 686.00 2.007.50 1.386.75 $23,377.66 Colonel Adolphe Wolfe Everett Ames $ 3.474.00 William F. Brewster 375.75 F. S. Doernbecher 3,456.85 Max S. Hlrsch 2.454.00 Thomas Kerr 1.722.00 Drake C. O'Reilly 878.75 R. L. Sabln 1.388.95 W. D. Skinnfr 2.665.90 Nathan Strauss- 6.147.50 W. W. Toungson . . .' 999.50 1 1 $23,563.20 Cossties Go Over Top The state's quota outside of Portland of $350,000 Is already more than half met. WkitedStatesi Attorney's ' Office Accuses Carl. Swelgrrt of Com mitting Perjury. Carl Swelgin. naturalised German member of the I. W. W.. was charged with obtaining his naturalisation pa pers by perjuring himself when Assist ant United State Attorney Rankin this morning instituted proceedings to take away his citizenship. That Swelgin was naturalised in 1913 in Marshfield. two years after he had assumed a leadership in the I. W. W.. and was not attached to the principles of the government, are the grounds on which the government Is seeking cancel lation. May Lose Right as Citlsea He Is under arrest of government of ficials In Seattle for alleged attempt to incite registrants against military serv ice, and during his hearing here is being held In custody of United States Mar shal Alexander. His case Is the first in Oregon and Washington districts In which euch can cellation in sought on the grounds that the naturalised subject Is, as a member of the I. W. W., opposed to the govern ment. On the stand this morning Swelgin de clared he believed In the government. but that it "needed some changes." . When Judge Wolverton asked him if he would be willing to take up arms in defense of the government, he replied "Well. I am a conscientious objector." He said he was In sympathy with the timber and lumber workers and ship yard strikes and stood staunchly for the preamble and constitution of the L W. W. Admits Hi Is Real I. W. W. . He agreed with the I. W. W. motto. "A poor day's work for a poor day's pay." and admitted that he knew It to be part of the sabotage program. Other sabotage he did not agree with, he said Swelgin was among the I. W. W. lead ers who nearly incited mob violence In Klamath Falls last July and was sen tenced in the municipal court fori va grancy, serving a six months' term. After, his release he la said to have at tempted an organisation of industrials among the tlmber workers around Camas, Waah.. thence going to Seattle. where two weeks ago he waa arretted on a charge of violation of the draft law. Five Are Killed In Kansas Cyclone Salma,-Xan.. May 21. L N. S- A cyclone IS miles north of Hays early to day killed rive persona and caused much damage. - The dead are : Alexander Geist and. wife and three grandchildren. Vacation Money and Journal Want Ads ... You may not see the connection ' between reading Journal want ada and extra vacation money, but just - start reading Journal want ada and the connection will be perfectly ap parent, j , Opportunities of all kinds are continually presenting themselves through Journal want ads and this ' Is especially true of opportunities, to earn and save money. The Help Wanted columns are brimful of chances to earn extra money, while almost every classification offers several article at a decided saving. - Make reading and - acting npon Journal -want ads a habit and the extra vacation money will come along all right. . ( HUN I. W. W. MAY LOSE CITIZENSHIP the latest total being $183,480. 11 counties having gone over the top, as follows: Deschutes, Josephine. Lake. Lincoln. Morrow. Sherman. Tillamook.- Union. Wallowa. Wasco and Hood River. Mor row county has collected in cash sub scriptions alone more than her full quota and the time subscriptions total a large additional amount. The larger towns making excellent show,ings are: Salem. Jleppner. Prinevllle. Klamath Falls. Pen dleton. Lakeview. Tillamook. Hood River. Grants Pass and Bend. - Mable. In Lane county, with a quota of $250. subscribed $1029.25, or 400per cent thus heading the state In the Red Cross drive. Mable Is inhabited entirely by em ployes of the Coast Range Lumber com pany. The town also claims the high est per capita subscriptions in Oregon for the third Liberty loan. Meetlsg Bos is Estkaslatm The two meetings held Monday night for workers, one at Liberty Temple and one at the Chamber of Commerce, generated hearty enthusiasm. At the temple. Lieutenant Macklnnon. a Cana dian officer, gave a graphic description of the wonder work of the Red Cross on the battlefields and behind the lines in France. Colonel Rufus Holman urged the men to great 'efforts and Frank McCrlllis gave final words' of instruction. At the Chamber of Commerce an Informal program calculated to fire and instruct the workers, was given. The figures were placed on the gi gantic Red. Cross ladder in the post offloe block today without ceremony. Wednesday at 13:15 the' figures will be changed, at which time a short address will be made by one of the visiting Canadian officers and music will be furnished by the Columbia (Concluded oa Page rifteea. Colnma Sli) Onet,Fast Jraia. Each. Way Be tween Chicago and Coast Under. New Schedule. Omaha. Neb.. May 27. -Under the the new train schedule outlined bv railroad, administration for traffic be tween Chicago and the Pacific coast the Union Pacific will have only one fast train each way. It was learned today. This train will be a commit. dation of the Oregon-Washington lim ited, the Overland limited and the Los Angeles limited. The observation car la done away with and there will be no extra fare as charged heretofore on the de Luxe" traina. The reduced schedule, which liwludj uie curtailment of nine engineers, nine firemen, 24 brakemen. 17 electricians and a large number of dinina- car m. pioyes, win go Into effect June 2. Men1 affected by the order will tw trans ferred to the freight service. Advices rece.ved br Portland nffii.i. of the Union Pacific Indicate that the dally through train over this system will run from Chicago to San Francisco. Oregon and Washington passengers will transfer to the Oregon Short Line at Green River or Granger. Wyoming, and puaengers io tsoutnern California points will transfer at the same point to the Salt Lake route. Inquiries have been received bv ioel passenger heads from purchasers of round trip transcontinental tickets on lines whose through service is discon tinued. Many of these tickets are dated for return after the new ruling goes into effect and the holders ak the priv ilege of rt turning on the newly estab lished through sleeper service. These Inquires have been referred to the regional director, who replies that no provision has yet been made to cover such cases, but that the matter will be taken up for consideration following the Installation of the new schedule. Peterson on Trial Spin Downs Boche With the American Army In Lor raine. May 20. (U. P. (Night) Cap tain David Peterson of Honeedale. Pa, jumped Into his monoplane early this morning for a trial spin, to test the motor. Northeast cf Nancy he spotted a Ger man biplane. Attacking It, he forced the Boche, to drop behind the German linen. (Peterson hsa officially brought down five German planes In four days, but as the enoAir.ter today was not witnessed by any others, he does not get official credit for bag&taz another.) UNION PACIFIC'S SERVICE REDUCED FRENCH CITY OF BETHUNE REPORTED IN FLAMES AND FAMOS CATHEDRAL IS IN RUINS AS RESU London. . May 21. ( L N. a) The French city of Bethune. Just behind the Flanders battle front, has been set on fire by incendiary shells from German artillery .ei,d is in flames, aald a News Agency dispatch frooi t- front today. .The famous Bethune cathedral Is in ruins. : . " ' ' . v i REICH 00 i EZ Americans Believed to Be Fight ing on Ypres Front; Yankes Aviator Falls Wounded in No Man's Land but Crawls Back." Brilliant Attack Wrests Loch're Hospice From Germans; Haig Advances His Lines in Front of 600 Yards; Menace Kemmel By William Philip Slmms Ca.t4 Prmm Staff CnmMnandmt w 1T1I TUB BRITISH ARMIES IX FllAXCE. May U. (U. P.) An American aviator, a cap- lain from Die region of Phila delphia, fought the Germans over the-lines cast of Yprcs, wilh hla ' leg broken by a machine gun -' bullet, until his engine was dis abled. ; Descending in No Man's Land, he. unstrapped himself from hi seat and crawled iplo a shell hole. . .': A German battery. 'firing at his dis- 1 abied machine, scored divert hit and by bunting shraprielT dragged himself I rrom crater to crater" until he reached the allied front lines, near the Juncture Of tbe.7elgian and British armies. ' The aviator was taken to a hospital, where be is reported doing fine. French troops, attacking brilliantly near the Relglan border last night, re took the Loch re Hospice. Brulogae, the entire wood south of Brulogae. the Crossroads and several farms, advanc ing their lines east of HIU 44. They took 600 un wounded prisoners. . The French casualties were light. The attack greatly Improved the French positions around Mount Rouge tCoaelodad on rssa Two. Cohiaa Tbm) ROLL OF HONOR VfmmhintUm. May 31. ft X. K.) AdoUmt eomsfmUrly tbort camaaltr Uat lor Uw mm mm lama su ajrapam loday br Iba war a partait. tha total bato only 41. of thaaa thna vara alU4 tn actio. a dW4 - of dtaaaaa. oao of woaoda an4 arras, of aertdrfru. Two mas. ara siiaalns ta mrtktm. IS n-r aavrrrly wenndad ud aiht ausaUy woaadad, Tba Ikur fclioe: KHtoa ta Actio LrrrTE.XANTS CTKa, U. aXGEU ArUo Wnj.UK X. B. EKXB8QM. Hew Tare. . rfilVATB IXSLUC alLeX. Sauna tack. Dies a DwowJS ' PRIVATE JOH KELBO. Kaia. T nutate KOCCO V. If A RON K. Hartford. Coo a. Dlos of wVowmob RomIvoS Ml WAGONER BO LA 5 D llCttOW, ran. n. . DieS of SatlSanU LIEtTEJIANT HABKI C COLBCE. I dianapoHa. tod. IJKLTENAST ALTKEtr . 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WMiU, Pa i J-ol W. tfoBsaon. Miao. . O. Lawrrara R. UareauL Krrwiod. W. Ta.) Lannka W. Bliarr. CearoiM. S. C. ; WUUaia Panoaa Wararr. A Into. Pa. Morris Wclnaua. 1210 Arionaa UorC, Chtrsgo, Mlaaln tm RoUoe Captaia Jawiaa X. Hall. Coifas. lows: a Phflip W. Hantom. Tork. a. C. lAte. LT OF HUN GUNFIRE Bethume Is an Irapo? tsnf British rail head position between 17 and If miles north of Arras. It is one of the local ob jectives of the Germans, who hava de livered numerous blows In an effort te . break through at that '. point and sehl, the railroad. At the present time the German line lies about three, and one half miles from Bethune.