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DAILY EDITION. : SIXTV-KIGHTH YEAR NO. S.LKU OKFXiOX, Tl ESIA Y MORNING. Jj NK j. lvltC PKICK FIAT n Vth" 1 IIS OF SUNKEN .VESSELS 'NMtt II EAST Effl PORTS No Lives Lost, Says Latest Report of Herbert L Pratt Air planes and Dirigibles Aid Mine Sweepers in Seeking Out Location of Enemy Raiders ping Closely Guarded One Crew of Hattie Dunn Made "WASIIINGTON, June 3. Xo steamer Herbert h. Pratt sank off the New Jersey coast today after being torpedoed. An account of the attack given the navy depart ment by the master of the shin over all the crew was rescued and removed from the navy's record jf U-boat operations off the coast, the NEW YORK, June 3. Forty-eight survivors of vessels sunk by German U-boats, brought to port today by a' coastwise steamship wer? landed tonight.-) About half of them had been prisoners for several days aboard the submarines- The survivors were from thet steamship Winnie Connie and the schooners Hattie Dunn and Edna. Twelve more survivors of the schooners Hauppaug and Isabel shore in a motor vawl last nisrht r . where further down the coast. ' Captain Charles E. Holbrook, commander of the Hattie Dunn, said that his vessel had been sunk May! 23 and he and his crew taken prisoners by the submarine. FIFTEKX MORE 8AFE. AN ATLANTIC PORT. June 3. Fifteen survivors of three vessels suak by German submarines off the " Atlantic' coast and some of whom were reported to haTe been held prisoner eleven days on a U-boat, 'breached here late today on an Amer ica steamship, which picked them up1 after the submarine set them adrift. The fifteen men were survivors of two schooners and an oil tanker, !t was reported. A navy guard ship halted, the vessel after, she left the quarantine station and officers from the' nary Intelligence bureau board ed her to question the men. OXK RrBMAIUXK TAKEN. . -AnN ATLANTIC PORT. June S- - nosering for tw.o days over the sea ""wlrere the American tanker William ' Rockefeller had been sunk by a Ger- vmta submarine, a flotilla of destrov ers and two ' seaplanes finally sue eeededin capturing the U-boat, ac cording toKnaval- officers, survivors of the disaster, who landed here to day. Thesea for miles about the spot where the fatal Wow struck the tank er was closely, watched by destroyers and their accompanying seaplanes. At last the submarine, which had stayed below the surface so long that its air tanks had become exhausted. rose to the surface and was netted ; FIVE . U-BOATS NEAR. NORFOLK, Va.. Jnne 3. Naval officers 1iere said tonight their re ports indicated five German jsubmx rines had been operating along the Atlantic coast and that two naa oeen sighted off the Virginia capes. Rear-Admiral Fechteler. I rom mandant of the Norfolk navy yard, said two U-boats had -been Mhted off the Virginia capes and Rear-Ad miral McLean, commandant t of . the fih naval district, said.in addition to these, two others were reported off the coast of New Jersey and one off the coast of North Carolina. Neither officer had been advised of any engagement between. American warships and the U-boats. AVATERH WELL PATROLLED. NEW YORK, June 3. Scores of Felted States warships were ranging the waters off the North Atlantic coast tonight In search of the Ger man submarines which made their long expected attack on American shipping in home waters late yester . day afternoon. . . While the. details of naval opera . ilcvnn wer withheld it is known that destroyers, fleets of submarine chas ers and other vessels are uasnin thefr searchlights tonight over the waters along the coast and far out a t frnm Maine to Florida. Hydro-aeroplanes and , airplanes arose like flocks of huge birds from every naval station along the Atlan tic mu.f hn ihe warning wsa flashed to them and soon were scout i. v.. ftiA m-att-r where it was thought Isiihmftrines will be most tiboiv in d inrktne. Foreign avla tors and American students as w?d as the regular Amerlcan flyers eager ly volunteered for service. AimlAne Adst More than lOOrairplanes and dir igible balloons from the Hazelhurst aviation field alone are on scout duty; Nearly all the aircraft were named by regular .army aviators. The circled over Long Island sound. In their flights today the aircraft were not armed but In a short time they will be eauiDDcd with bomb (Continued on page 2) Along Coast American Ship Submarine Thought Captured Prisoners lives were lost when the lank the telephone from Ijewcs said one human victim. B. Wiley, who were making for are believed to have landed some- -.' Crocker and Guerin Hear i Testimony on Controversy NEW YORK. June 3 C. A. Crock er and T. M. Guerin. sitting as a sub committee of the national war labor board, here today, heard testimony in the controversy between the news print paper manufacturers and their employes. The session was secret but at th close Mr. Crocker said the demands of the men were eon eerned with . an facreAse in wages and an eight-hour day. Another point brought out was the length of the wage contract, Mr Crocker said, the men asking a con trart'for one year, and the manufac turers insisting on three years of for the duration of tbe war. The en tire controversy will be placed be fore, the full board for final dispo sition. J MAKING GOOD AGAIN IN HOLDING HUNS Outlook After Yesterday's Activities Best Since Big . Battle Began FORCE MASS ATTACKS Overwhelming Number of Germans Proves Less an Obstacle for Defenders LONDON, June 3. "Tonight's re port is the most hoperui since tne beeinnine of the battle: for the first time since. last Monday it can be said that the enemy gained no ground during the day." says Reuter's cor respondent with French headquar ters In France. "On his westward-facing front- in the direction of Paris, where at tacks and counter-attacks followed with quick succession until late in the afternoon, the German gains were at least counter balanced by French gains. "In the center the enemy, has ex tended his front along the north bank of the Marne, which is still bounded by the towns of Chateau Thierry, which was evacuated some davs aeo. and Verneuil" Renter's correspondent at r renrn headquarters, telegraphing Sunday at mldnieht. said: 'Until today it was only possible to hold the enemy from hour to hour The enerayls numbers enabled him to maneuver and go around obstacles in his path: but bis numerical ad vantage vanished - from day to, day and we now have arrived at the stage where the formation of a con tinuoiis line forces the Germans to attempt mass attacks against strong ly held positions, instead of turning them. AltTI LLF.lt YIXG REVIVES. BERLIN. Ia London, June3. 'The artillery activity revived at intervals ALLIES (Continued on pags ) Thrilling Air Fight Ends in Fall of V. S. Plane WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCR. June 3. Lieutenant Suru-l ner Sewall?of Bath, Maine, today shot down annemy two-seated air- plan inside the American lines northwest of Toul, after a thrilling fight in which six German and three American planes participated. One of the American patrol flights was intercepted and attacked. For IS minutes the machine guns rattled and many soldiers on the ground stood and watched tbe maneuvers of the aircraft. They saw one .enemy machine leave the formation and an American chaser pounce upon it. Both aviators were firing. The American machine was hit twice, but was not' damaged. The American pilot is certain that he hit the Ger man, which then started to retreat Itwas here that Lieutenant So- wall dronned into the fray. He fought down the German from 3000 meters to 200 meters and finally brought it ddwn in a field. RUSH OF SALES MARKS SETBACK Submarine Activities Off American Coist Chiefly Re sponsible for Corn Prices CHICAGO. June 3. Submarine activities off the American, coast brought about a rush of selling in the corn market today and formed the chief I aetor in a material setback to the lowest price levels yet this . ..i.j season, ine Close was unsemeu v ti 2e net nower. with June 11.28 and July S1.31. . Notwithstanding that bearish sen timent predominated prior to the re ceipt of news about U-boats, the corn market does not show Serious losses. Dig receipts, though, had- put the bulls under considerable of a hand icap. All other influences, however, were virtually forgotten after bullet ins began to appear telling of sub marine developments. Subsequent rallies were ascribed to covering by shorts. Oats were relatively firm as a re sult of bidding from seaboard ex Dorters. Provisions advanced sharply with hogs, but later reacted somewhat, owing to revised figures on ware house stocks. TWO THOUSAND MORE CALLED - t ' Five-Day Period Following June 24 Sends More Ore gonians to Service PORTLAND. Or.. June 3. Two thousand more Oregon boys are to be inducted into military, service and entrained for Camp Lewis. Wash., in the five-day period beginning June, 24. Every county in the state is re quired to furnish men on this call. bich is 4he first big call on tbe second draft. Following are the allotments show ing tbe number or men who win be inducted into service from each boun ty or draft district in Oregon: Baker. 64; Benton, 25; Clackamas, 83; Clatsop, 94; Columbia, 41; Coos. 66; Crook, 17; Curry. 9; Deschutes, 21: Douglas, 57; Gilliam, 19; Grant. 29; Harney. 28; Hood River, 13 Jackson. 67; Jefferson. 11; Jose phine. 30; Klamath, 34; Lak4, 22; Lane, 98; Lincoln. .16; Linn, 62; Malheur, 8; Marlon No. 1. 65; Mar ion No. 2, 37; MaiTow. 18: Mult nomah, 28; Polk, 41: Sherman, 13; Tillamook, 29; Umatilla, 72; Union, 70; Wallowa, 50; Wasco, 30: Wasl ington. 67; Wheeler. 20: Yamhill, 49; Portland Division 1, 63; Port land Division 2. 96; Portland Divi sion 3, 42; Portland Division 4. 21; Portland Division 5,! 4 6; Portland Division 6. 56; Portland Division 7, 30; Portland Division 8. 33; Port land, Division 9, 16; Portland Di vision 10,. 4 4. Total, 2000. City of Dallas Wrestles With Assessment Question DALLAS, June 4. (Supeclal to Tbe Statesman.) Carl Swensen and V. E. Gasxo, resident of this city. filed a suit this week against tbe city of Dallas to quiet title to prop erty owned by themselves in East Dallas. The suit is tbe outgrowth of an attempt on tbe part of the city of Dallas to collect overdue as sessments for street improvement work performed on Uglow avenue a fewyeais ago and the property in question bos been advertised by the city I marshal on a foreclosure pro ceeding instituted by the city coun cil. The attorneys for Gosso and Sm-ensoa. instead of following tbe ns ;i.'l procedure' ia such rases pre ferred to bring suit to qniet title to the property and thus makes It In cumbent upon the city to show Us rir;ht. title or interest to the prop erty in uestlon. Other property owners on the aoove street are also said to be awaiting the outcome of the action before settling up their assessments with the city. . GRANGERS OF STATE HERE FOR SESSION Opening Routine Work Today to Be Climaxed With Re ception at Hall of Represen tatives Tonight PRESIDENT KERR WILL BE HEARD WEDNESDAY Arrangements Being Made by City for Entertainment x of Visitors With nbout 150 accredited dele gates present, but with enough visit Inr members coming .to Salem to swell the attendance to- several bund red. the . Btate grange convention opens here today. ; Immediately after convening at 10 o'clock this morn ing, the committee on credentials will make its report and delegates wili be assigned to committees by Master C. E. Spence. Most of the t-emainder of the day will be taken np with reports of officers. Tonight a reception will be given by the Marion County Pomona grange and subordinate granges of the county. Roll call of tbe counties for intro duction of resolutions to be referred to committees will be made Wednes day morning, and in the afternoon Mrs. Minnie E. Bond of Eugene, state lecturer, will be in charge of the session. Wednesday night . officers will be elected, and at an open meet ing" President Kerr of Oregon .Agri cultural college, speaking under the auspices of the federal department of agriculture and local war driveor ganizations, will deliver a lecture on war problems. The report of the committee on resolutions will be heard Tharsday morning and officers will be .install ed in the-afternoon. At the night session, in the hall of representatives at the state house, where the con vention is being held, the fifth and sixth degrees will be conferred. The convention will close Friday. j Automobile trips will be taken by the delegates to places of interest either Thursday or Friday afternoon. At the banquet tonight Louis Lacbmund. Republican nominee for state senator, will preside. Follow ing is the program: Song. "America" Audience. Address of Welcome, Governor James Withycambe. Song. Miss Ada Miller. Address of Welcome, Mayor Walter E. Keyes. Address, Mr. Donald W. Miles. Address, In Behalf of Salem Com merical club, Robert S. Gill. Song. Miss Ada Miller. Address, Justice Wallace McCam ant. Quartette. Messrs. Todd, DeWItt, Gllle and Barton. Greetings on behalf of Pomona Grange, Master W. II. Stevens. Greetings on behalf of Salem Grange. Sister Miss W. T. Smith. Quartette. Messrs, Todd, DeWItt, Gille and Barton. Response in behalf of State Grange Master C. E. Spence. Song, "Auld Lang Syne" Audience. Officers of the grange are: Master, C. E. Spence, Oregon City; overseer, D. D. Hoffman. LaGrande; lecturer. Mrs. Minnie E. Bond. Eu gene; steward. M. P. Young.. Clats kanle; 'chaplain. Cyrus W. Walker, Albany; treasurer, IT. Ilirsehberg, In dependence; secretary, Mrs.' Mary E. Howard, Mulino. Registration is Begun, Following is the list of Grange delegates as far as registered last nightt Charles Hayes, Sherwood; H. . Herman. Myrtle Creek; B. G. Leedy, Corvallli; Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Sher rieb. Hood Rhrer; Mr. and-Mrs. R. W. Gill. Portland: Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Lovelace. Ranier; Andrew John son. Astoria; Mr. and Mrs. WVW. Gale. Astoria; Mr. and Mrs. Thomss C. Miller, Portland ; C E. Spence. Oregon City; W. D. Cyrus, Culver; W. P. Young. Clatskanie; Mr. ana Mrs. W. C. Edwards. Drain: Mr. and Mrs. J. Ackerrcan. Brownsville; Mrs. Bert Bigelow, Williams ; Mk. and Mrs. M. M. White. Cottage Crove; Mrs. G. Girdler. EddyvllJe; Hester H. Coovert. Ona: C. C. aBrland. Clacka mas: Mary E. Tull. Oswego; Mary S. Howard. Mulino; A. I. Mason. iiwmI inpr: J. R. Dallas. . Clacka mas: Mrs. Mary Gebhardt.' Portland: Mr. apd Mrs. J. Pagnet, Portland. Mr. indMn. H. W. Hagmeier, War- renton; Mrs. Florence Dickinson. Os- Coovert.Ona; C. C. Ilarland. Clacka- K. W. Roberts, Goble; M. V. Thomas. Boring; F. D. Sawyer. Burns; John Carter. Monmouth; Mr. and Mrs. Ferd. Groner. Hlllsboro; Mrs. Jane Armstrong. A. C Newell. Squire Newel. Goldeth Johnston, Anita Dal las. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hiffum. W. F. Gekeler and wife, Marf E. Jones. H. m. Tarker, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. llarklow, John Bradbury, Newport. THE WEATHER. Tuesday probably fair west, fair and warmer east portion; moderate northerly winds. Large Y. M. C A. Fund Will Be Needed for War Service NEW YORK. June 3. Losse In cidental to the German push on the wesiern front have made It impera tive that more than $100,000,000 be subscribed during the coming cam paign ror runas with which to main tain Y. M. C. A. war service actlv titles at home and overseas, the an nual meeting of the association's war council was told here today by Dr. John R. Mott, general secretary, who returned recently from France. . The association has appropriated half a million dollars with which to replace the 89 huts and dugouts lost by the Br fish in Flanders and Pic ardy during the recent Hun drive Within the last week more than 200 of thv recreation centers back of the French lines have fallen into enemy hands. Dr. Mott declared. These also must be renlaced. DRAFT BOARDS TO BE COURTS Rules for Enforcement of "Work or Figlit" Regula tions Announced . WASHINGTON. June 3.RnIes for the enforcement of provost Mar- 7T GenerI.Ic0Wer,, '"ork or fight regulations, announced today. call on all citizens to report to the nearest local draft board names of men with'a draft age who are habit ually idle or who are employed non productively. Each local board is created Into what will be practically a court to sit probably weekly to decide such cases as may be brought before It. Upon a case' being presented the board will serve notice on the regis trant of not less than three days, nor more than seven days, directing sim to present such evidence as he may care to submit. " In every case the board must send the complete . record to the district board for .approval, even It the de cisipn is in favor of a man. If the district board approves the findings adverse to a registrant he will be given ntt ice and if any vacancies exist will be sent imediatel to camp or placed at the top of the list of those next top. An appeal may be made only in the event of a dissenting vote of the board and the recomendatlon of appeal gent or adjutant general. ' MEN IX AUTOS HTOPPED. CHICAGO. June 3. The wealthy idler became a companion in misery with the most abject hobo today when the "work or fight" order went Into effect for all men between the ages of 21 and 60. . Automobiles were stopped on the streets and their occupants question ed while deputy sheriffs Invaded fashionable golf clubs In search of men not usefully employed Nearly 200 arrests under vagrancy were reported by the police during the day. . ITALIA X Gt'XS AfTIVK. ROME. June 3. "Artillery actions hare been freouent In tbe Val Arsa from Zenson to the sea, says the official announcement from general headquarters today. "Sonth of Asi ago a British party penetrated the enemy line, inflicting considerable losses and bringing back some pris oners. "At Caoo SHe an attack attempted by tbe enemy was driven back. Vl "One hostile airplane was brought c down." ! Polk County Goes Upon Complete Wheatless Basis .DALLAS, Jnne 3. (Special to The Statesman.) Polk county was one of the first counties in Oregon voluntarily to go on a wheatless basis until tbe first day of August ana at a meeting of the merchants of the county held in Dallas this week the storekeepers unanimously agre ed to sell no white flour before the first of that month and to return to Portland all stock of wheat flour now on hand so that it can be sent to the armies and peoples in Europe, The merchants also passed a reso lution asking the government to stop thfise of cereals by concerns en-J gaReu n IOC iiukius vi iiiuuia iiu beer. Arrangements are being made by Mrs. Winnie Barden, county food administrator, to hold meetings in twelve communities in the county during tbe week of Jnne 10.. Miss Edna Mills, a representative of the national conservation bureau at Washington will be present at them meetings and ive demonstrations on making wheatless bread and other wheatless delicacies. . Numerous cass have been report-i ed to Mrs. ' Braden of housewives throughout the county who have re turned to the stores supplies of flour they have had on hand. Utile Girl Breaks Arm While Playing at School DALLAS, June 3. (Special to Tbe Statesman.) Little Goldie Mar tin, the 10-year old daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. John Martin of Pioneer. sustained the fracture of both arras on the grounds of thr Dallas public school Wednesday afternoon by fall lng from a teeter board on .which she was pi a ring with a number of other students. II I). MTU VICTIMS of sues 01 AMI COAST - . ; ; Huns, Thought Waiting to Attack Transports Caroline, 8,000 Ton Liner, Largest Ship Lost Thus Far-Fate of Pas scngers and Crew Unknown Possihl Fire Suhnersihles Waiting for Prey Within Few Miles & Shore Skippers Tell Exciting Stones. NEW YORK. June 3. X . vvaw ftuw rt u, l iT- night to have been sunk by German submarines off the North At- auw. coa" ?mce Jia-r - t largest to fall prey to invent (he sailing of transnoHs xrauce, was me iNew lork'and l" icn was attacked Sunday night about 125 miles southeast of Sandy Hook. The fate of her 220 passengers and crew of 130 wKo ii s. io ine ooats when shells began to fall about the vessel was unknown late tonight, but there was hope they had been picked up ny some nassinir shin or woubl ?ot a life was lost in the sinkings - Besidesthe Carolina, the known rictims of the U-boats are the Atlantic Refining company's tanker Herbert L. Pratt, the steamship Winnie Connie of 1800 tons, and six schooners, the largest of which the Hauppaug. a new ship of 1000 tons, and the Edward IL Cole. The crews of these eight vessels have been landed at Atlantic ports. Keports brought ashore by the survivors indicated- that the Winnie Connie and nearly all the schooners were rank by .the sane U-boat whiA had been lurking in the path of shipping off tb Jew Jersey coast and the Delaware capes since late last month. The stories told by the skippers of the schooners indicated that t! a coramander of the submersibles was unusually humane for a Ger man submarine officer- :In no instance, so far as known, was a life boat shelled and in all cases reported the crews were given oppor tunity to escape, or were taken aboard the submarine where some i rl i T Prisoner Ior w w ptcn.ru up uy a passing vessel. . . Socialist Sentenced to Ten Years in U. 5. Prison - SEATTLE. Jnne 2. Emfl Herman of Everett. Wash., secretary of the Socialist party of the state of Wash- inrton. todav waa sentenced to serve ten vears at the federal' orison at McNeil Jsland for violation of the espionage act. Herman, the rovern- ment alleged, permitted to be posted in nts ornce a circular which read: uon t be a soldier; be a man." WILL HEAR MOTIONS WAUKESHA. Wis.- 'Jnn a Judg Lueck announced today that he viu near motions ia the case of Grace Lnsk convicted of second de gree murder for slaying Mrs. David Roberts, oa Wednesday afternoon. Drys Approve Prohibition Rider to Emergency BUI WASHINGTON. June 2. Oonosl- lon rrom "dry" as well as "wet- champions la developing la the sen' ate to the prohibition' rider attached by the house to the 111. 000. 000 emergency agricultural appropriation bill which would prevenyexpenditur of about $6,000,000 unless President Wilson exercises hts power, under the food control act to prohibit use of grains in making beer and light wine during the war. As a substitute Dro- hibition advocates favor an amend ment proposed by Senator Jones of AVashlngton to flatly forbid the use of foodstufra for making intoxicants of any kind during the war. DR. FLFXO ELECTED BOSTON. June 2. Dr. Francis J. Fluno of Oakland. CaL. was Installed as president of the First Church of Christ, Scientists, at the annual meeting of the Mother church today. WAR SUMMARY Germany's sea wolves are preying on commerce in the Atlantic ocean just off the shores of the United States. They are known to have suak at least seven vessels, only a short distance out of sight-of land off the southern New Jersey shore. It Is feared that still other ves sels have been seat to the bottom as their movements have been reported at various times during tbe last fort night by ships coming into port from sosthern waters. Thus far only one life is kaowa to have been lost la the sinkings. A majority of the vessels ere suak with bombs after their rt ws bad been forced boats. to take to the ship's Although it cannot be said that the Germans in their new offensive have been dpf inltely stopped, there is, nevertheless, a marked diminution in the speed with which they started out. and their gains since Saturday hare been relatively small when com pared with those of previous days. Particularly hard .lighting again the raiders, which are seekinir to with troop for the battlefields of i'orto Ico liner Carolina of 8000 of the'othe'r ships, according to the V?ht days before they were turned SriN WAIT MA XT DATS. WASHINGTON. Jane 3; Germany at last has. brought her submarine warfare to the shores of the I'tUtt. States, apparently not a forlorn fcoje of striking telling blows oa this sM of the Atlantic and of drawing boms some of the American naval forces from the war tone, where the TJ-fcoat menace is being alowly, but surely strangled to death. In the attacks upon coax t In r ves sels almost la sight of the New "Jer sey shore reported today, naval offi cials see a frantic admission frora Berlin that the submarine has fail ed. America's armed power is roll ing overseas in ever-increasing force aespite the utmost exertions of the undersea pirates off the coasts &t Europe. Now the raiders have crossed Its eas and lurked for days near Ameri ca's greatest porta. They ao doubt were sent to sink transports, bat here attUa they failed. Blocked cLf the troop ships by convoy craft, they have turned In fury against defense less coasters. Ia ail the record of destruction they have written the raiding party has tsruck at no ves sels bound overseas and therefore armed for a fight, . The only one of half a score of vessels probably sent to the bottom that had any real military value la ship or cargo was an oil tanker. Rix Ilnaia Beat Down. ' Up to a late hour tonight the de struction of five sailing craft and the tanker Herbert L- Pratt waa the rec ord of. losses officially reported to the navy department. The fat of the coastwise liner Carolina, which reported by wireless yesterday sli was belnjt shelled, was still unknown have been brought to port with a story of eleven days' Imprisonment (Continued on paga 2) has been In progress between Sea sons and Chateau Thierry, where tie Germans are endeavoring to pnsh further forward toward Paris, but not alone have the French troops al most everywhere successfully with stood the onslaught, but on several sVtors themselves have taken the Initiative and gained ground. From Chateau Thelrry eastward, along the Mara and thence to Rheimsthe situation is virtually ea ch an red rrom that of Sunday. The enemy now holds the north ern bank of the Man for a dlUare of about IS miles, but as Qt he has made no serious endeavor to cross the stream. 'Little fighting aside from the uo al small affairs between raiding par ties s taking place on the Flanders front. . " , American Aviators are giving a rood account of themselves over t& battle line In France. Since April 14. when they first took the air ia offensive operations, they have tbot down at least 33 enemy planes and themselves only lost sereo. . Ti
