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GRANT PAaW, JOSEPHINE COCaTTT, OkUSOON, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 13. I0IH.
WHOLE NUMBER 2SV
GERMAN EFFORTS TO DESTROY
FRENCH DEFENSES ARE -CHECKED
' ,
Allies Make Further Advance East of Mery Frcct Be
' tween Aisst acd Maroe Again Flaoes cp ad Hns
- HaveiBegua Tbrust South West oi Scisscss
With the French Army la France, says the Germans suffered heavy
June 11. The allies made further fosses and left more than 1,000
advances today tut of Mar. To- prisoner and torn guns la the
ward the center the enemy mad J bands of the French,
several attacka but the line held flrmj The teat of the official ststemeut
although aome enemy detachments follows:
filtered Into the Mela valley. I "The battle continued today from
Monldldler to the Olse.
Parla, June II. The battle la con-
""-
nd the Olae river, without a great
change In the situation.
At the left t Freuoh made ad-
.dltlonal progress eNt of Miry and
the Oenlla wood. Near the renter
along the Aronde front near St. inj Mortenu-r and carried our line
Maur, Lodge farm and Anteull. the more than two kilometers to the mat
enemy made' violent attacks but f sry.
waa repulsed by the French. Despite, -Ws have ,0 retaken Bellow and
repeated efforta on the-French right onlls wood and reached the south
the (iermatta were unable to gain an Vrn outaklrte of St. Maur.
opening on the eouth bank of the ..Thfl ftmy. who suffered heavy
Matt. The French are holding In mnt j,.ft more than 1.000 prlson
the area eouth of Ohcvencourt and rrg ,nq- WVeral guna In our hand.
Marest-ur-Mts. ... .
The, Germans attacked thin morn-
ing suth of the Alsne rhvr between
Soluona and' the Klver Mnrne.
Fighting la progressing between the these two points by our troops, art
river and Vlllera Cottorcts forest Ing In concert with adjoining unite,
with violent combats on the front "On the right the enemy Increased
of Potnnile.ru, Cutry and south of his pressure, seeking to gain the
Ambleny. , Matt valley. , Several violent attacks
, . which we,re launched against Chev-
Paris. June IS. The German' rf-
i.r s u-...r ... ... . "-..
fenseif semti to be cheplcnl,- Thi
Frtnch galnnl ground today on the
western end of the battle line, while
on the center and the right the ene
niy' repeated efforts mot stern re
sistance. The French clslm that the
Hermans are belnn held.
The front between the Alsne t
up and the Germans have begun
what 'may prove to be a very serious
threat, striking the tilled lines
southwest of Solsaons, near Pom
mlers, 8utry and Ameblomny." trying
to outflank the French on the north
and compel retirement and reloca
tion of the allied lines from Montdl
dler to Chateau Thierry.
Parla, June 12. The French have
struck the Germans a hard blow
along a front of about seven and t
half miles between Rubeacourt and
St, Maur, recapturing Belloy. Genlle
wood and the heights between cour
relies and Mortemer.
The official announcement last
night by the war office of thla gain
KILLS BORAH. PLAN
Washington, June 12. The pres
ident' disapproval today killed the
Borah, proposal for open discussions
of treaties and the senate voted It
down, 60 to 21.
The president In a letter Interpret
ing hi view on "open diplomacy"
In order to quiet tenate controversy
over Borah' propoaal for public con
ttderatlon of treaties, said that he
favored the publication of treaties
after they were ratified. This caused
no change In the senate executive
discussion. '
AMERICAN "AOR" ON
,. ROAD TO RECOVERY
San Francisco, Jan. 12. Uenten
ant Douglas Campbell of San Jose,
Cel., the American "ace" who was
wounded In France last Friday, Is
on the road to recovery, according to
advice received here today.
"On the left our troops, aupported
by tank, counter-attacked thli af.
ir0l)on ,ong , front 0f n k0.
mtn MwMn Rllbwoim ,nd
jM(lr Md notwlhiUlld,nf dp.
te (lerman resistance, reached the
i(,uihern approachea ofl-e Fretoy,
captured heights between Courrelles
in the center the tlermana. who
had succeeded In pushing forward to
the eouth of lxdge farm and An
theull, were driven hack beyond
rlncourt were repulsed. , '
"The eoemy succeeded In gaining
1, In Machemont and Beth
. - j. .
court, whlih were bitterly disputed.
"South ;of the Ourcy river Amer
ican troops this morning brilliantly
captured llcllenu wood and took 300
prisoners."
l-ondon. June 11 The French
troops,, fighting. southeast of Mont
-dr; hVB twii upon ,ha 0er-
msnt In a violent attack, and admin
istered a severe defeat to the enemy
over a front of seven and a half
miles between Ruhescourt and St.
Maur. It was over this front that
the French since 8unday'a offensive
began have held back the Germans
from keeping pace with the advance
they were making on the center of
the. line south of Ressona-sur-Matt
toward the Olae river, where the on
slaught of the Invaders were met
with a defense In man power and
gun power that brought to the Ger
mans enormous losses.
The villages of Belloy. Genlls
wood and the heights rising between
Coureelles and Mortemer were recap
tured by the French and In addition
(Continued on page I.)
Amsterdam, June 12. General
von Stein, the Prussian war minister,
deolared In the relohstag today that
"A great part of the French army
was defeated and the to called Foch
reserve army no longer existed." He
also stated that the crown prince on
May 27 Inflicted the gravest defeats
that the entente had suffered during
the whole war.' Besides the lose of
men, the allies lost an enormous
amount of war materials and eqnlp-
men t
I. 8. AVIATOR KILLED
WHEN PLANE FAUX
Houston, Tex., June , 12. When
an alrpjane fell at the gunnery, range
maintained In connection with the
Ellington flying field here last even
ing, First Lieutenant" Roger Mont
gomery of Tunica, Mass., Instructor
In aerial gunnery, was killed and
the pilot of the , machine, 8econd
Lieutenant Wtlllsm R. Hartltne, was
slkhtly bruised. .
ZONE RATES 20 CLASS
MAIL EFFECTIVE JUNE 15
Sao FraneUco, June 12. The new
tone rates of second class matter,
which postal authorities here have
been Informed are to be effective
June IB, hat been given an Inter
pretation by the postofllce depart
ment. Jesse W. Roberts,-superintendent
of Malls of Ban Francisco,
baa prepared a synopsis of the ten
tative regulations, as follows:
Publishers will be required to file
with-the postmaster a marked copy
of each Issue of the publication
showing portions devoted to adver
tising and to other matter. The
percentage of each la to be endorsed
on the first page.
News agent, when mailing sec
ond class matter subject to lone
rates, shall file a statement with the
postmaster showing the percentage
of apace In such matter devoted to
advertisements and the percentage
devoted to other matter. Publishers
should furnish ' this Information
through the news agents. ! V-
Only aample copies for delivery
outside the. county of publication are
(required to be sepersted by tones,
Publisher may make separation by
tones of aubscrlhers copies, pro
vided it does not Interfere with route
separation. When the publisher
prefers not to make tone separation
of subscribers copies. or when It Is
not practicable to do to without In
terfering , with the proper routing,
the publisher Is required to submit
a statement with the first Issues of
April and October In each year,
showing: the percentage of the total
number of copies that are mailed to
each tone. '
Postmasters ahall make such tests
of the publishers records aa may b
necessary to determine the accural1!
of the percentage given by the pub
Usher.
Milan. Monday, June 10. Senator
,Arrlgo Bolto, the musical composer
and poet, suddenly died this morning.
U-SI
BRITISH SOLDIERS
Behind the British Lines . In
France, May IS. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press) Every sol
dier In the British army In France
la provided by the government, . as
part of his overseas kit, with a Jack
knife. '.'
. The military Jack-knife la built
for service. ' It ha only three parts,
a big blade of Sheffield steel, a
can opener, and a "marlln spike."
The whole thing clasps Into a solid
steel or bone handle four Inches
long, which It provided with a ring
so thst It can be hung to the belt.
1 The can opener la an Indispensable
part of- the provision 'for a soldier's
well-being at the front. Several
Important Item of hi dally menu
are supplied to him In sealed cans.
The Sheffield blade has numerous
uses too obvlou to need mention,
but It la noticeable that Tommy At
kins frequently uses It for purposes
of eating In preference to the table
knife In his kit.
The. Knife blade Is also used con
stantly as a wood-cutter. In.; the
trenches the lighting of a brasler Is
frequently a difficult operation ow
ing to the vital necessity of avoiding
smoke. . The Germane have a. strong
antipathy to smoke, and the sight of
It rising from the British trenches
arouses In them disturbing evidences
of envy, hatred, malice and uneharlt
ableness. It I well, therefore, to
avoid smoke. So the wood for the
brasler must be split up Into thin
sticks and shavings, and for this pnr-
DREADNAUGHT
DESTROYED BY
ITALIAN IP
ATTACK OS At HTHIAN NAVAL
DIVISION RESULTS IX DKH-
'Titrcrivx of iiattlk8hii
At Munte (tri.o In Fnsda Valley
' and t VirtolUao, Emmy InUatry
Attempt Huri'la Attacks
Venice, June II. One Austrian.
dreadnaught was destroyed and an
other damaged by Italian ' torpedo
boats In an attack on the Austrian
naval division near Dalmatlon
Islands Monday according to official
announcement today.
Rome, June 12. The official re
port from hesdquartera says:
''At Monte Corno, In the Frentela
valley, and Cortellaiio, the hostile
Infantry vainly attempted surprise
attacks. East of Cap Bile, patrols
drove back the enemy from the front
"2
lines, capturing a machine gun and
two trench mortar, other arms and
war material.
t'Flve hostile airplanes were
brought down.", !'
imrriKH htkamkh ih
' SUNK BY V-IIOAT
New. York, June 12. The British
transport Ausonla, owned by the
Cunard company, has been torpedoed
and aunk by a German submarine
several hundred miles from the Brit
Ish eoast while on her way west
ward, according to . private cable
messages received here.
Ninety members of her crew were
picked up by another steamship east
ward bound and landed on the Eng
lish coast. Search Is being made for
40 more of her crew who are report
ed missing.
OF 1
PUZZLE IIS
pose the official Jack-knife la
the
Ideal Instrument.
When the soldier Is withdrawn
from the trenches It Is his first duty
to make himself and his belongings
clean and presentable for Inspection.
Tommy hangs his coat on a peg and
"shaves" It with the knife blade.
The marlln spike attachment Is
useful for prying open wooden boxes,
for cleaning stones snd mad out of
ths horses' hoofs, for adjusting belts
and harness. Braziers for the
trenches are made from biscuit tins
punched full of holes to admit a
draught
The Germans were, for a long time
greatly puttied by the marlln spike
attachment which they found' on
every British prisoner's .Jack knife.
They made great capital out of a
story-that- It .was used to gouge out
the eye of German wounded. In the
official report of the British prison
er of war commission, several in
stances of this fable are recorded.
CapUtnV Bosnian testified ' before
the commission that he was berstdi
by a German colonel fof prmft'n
his men 'to use the!-' merlin si'lks
on the eyes of German wounded.
Captain Browne told the commission
of- lletenlnt to a Uhlan major who
was. giving a lecture and who ex
hibited a British Jack knife, showing
the marlln spike attachment and des
cribing It as used for torturing. Ger
man prisoners. The story appears
jto have been deliberately cooked up
I by the German military authorities
for the consumption of their troops.
MS
IKE "
Oil SEA EXPECTED
A merle Ve-U Certain to Hare
Important Pact In Battle A1U
Feel Certain of Victory
Washington, June 12. Further
evidence that Germany, In Its efforta
to end the war thla aummer, la plan
ning to support Its land offensive by
sending Its high seas force against
the combined British and American
grand fleet, la given In an official dis
patch today from SwIUerland.
"Order are supposed to have been
given to keep the whole fleet In
readiness," says the dispatch, "and a
certain number of naval o Ulcers or
high rank have been hurriedly re
called from Switzerland and other
neutral countries, where they hare
ipeniing their leaves. '
"The Keller Zeltung speaks of ex
traordinary activity In the porta and
the Hamburger Post publishes an In
terview with von TlrplU, who wee
asked If Germany was In a position
to mesrsure herself with the British
fleet.
"The admiral naturally replied In
the affirmative, saying that after
their land forces have puahed the
French and.Engllsh back on the oth
erslde of Paris, It would be the turn
of the kaiser's' boat to drive the
English from the high seas."
Both In Washington and In the al'
lied capital a German sea offensive
on a grand scale long has been re
garded as a possibility and the ap
pearance of the German fleet In the
North so at any time would not be
unexpected. ' s v -
Rear-Admiral Glearea said In a
public address not long . ago that
word had come to the British fleet
that the Germans at laat were ready
for the eupreme teat " ' t
f ' '
If the battle doe come. American
naval force will play their part.
American dreadnaughta under Rear
Admiral Hugh Rodman Joined the
British fleet some time ago and Ad
miral Gleaves In his recent address
said that when Admiral Bentty, com
manding the British grand sea forces
heard that the Germans were com
ing, he assigned the American ahlps
a prominent place In the line.
In all allied quarters there la su
preme confidence In the outcome.
Officials are certain that the Ger
mans will be decisively defeated. -
RIGHTED OFF JERSEY COAST
An Atlantic Port. June 12 A Ger
man submarine was sighted 2S0
mllea off the New Jersey coast early
last night by a French steamer, ac
cording to the officers of the vessel,
which srrlved here today. ' The sub
marine, which was not more than
100 yards from the steamer, was
not In a position to launch a torpedo
nor dtd the TT-boat open fire with Its
gnna, the officers said.
EXCEED SHIPS LOST
Washington, June 12. Since the
submarines . have begun their, raids
off the Atlantic coast, the shipyard
outputs have exceeded the sinkings
of the American ships by over ' a
hundred thousand dead weight ton.
Twenty-one vessels have been pro
duced. -J AMERICAN SOLDIERS
ARE GIVEN WAR CROSSES
"' ' 1
w? the American Army In
France, June 12. For gallantry In
various actions on the Tout front,
02 American soldiers were decorated
with the French war cross today.
WIFE OF PUBLISHER
,' OF THE OREGONIAN DIES
Portland, June 12. Mrs. H. L.
Pittock, wife of the publisher of the
Oregonlan died todsy at the age of
70 years.
HII
WHS
I BIS :
CAPTURED BY
II HUE
"SOLDIKR8 OP TOE SEA" 0BIU
LIAJOXY CARRY LA BELL2CAV
WOOD
I.MCHiGUIStMO
Men Deserving of Greet Praia fa.
Penetrating Fore Which Wat
Considered Impregnable
London, June 1 2. The German
threw two more division 1 at tit.
American' center at Boureeche -tfcJs
morning In fruitless attempt to r
capture the village. '
Paris. June 11 "American troop
brilliantly carried Belleau wood thin
mornlag, taking 100 prisoners.
This announcement 1 made by to
war office In It official report laat
night.' ' .-.,,
La Belleau wood Ilea In the Cha
teau Thierry sector' Just to the west
of the village' of Boursche anal
south of the village of Belleau. II
la In this region that the America
marine have been lighting so val
iantly recently, and much praise wa
bestowed upon them for their' drt
of the German through La Belle
wood, which had been considered aa
almost Impregnable position by the-
Germane. Dispatches from the I
on Monday sold the marines
continued their progress In the
until the Germans were holding a
ly the northern fringe of It
Washington, , June 11. Americas
troops northwest of Chateau Thierry
this morning advanced their poelUo
in La Belleau wood ' capturina- 250
prisoners ana consiaeraoie war ma
terial Including a number of msrhla
guns and trench mortars. General
Pershing reported last night la at
daily communique.
It Is In this sector that the ma
rine have been fighting for a anas
ber of days and it was assamed aere
that they were the troops referred
to.
The statement follows: ,
"Northwest of Chateau Thierry,
we were again successful In advae
Ing our positions In the Bellea.
wood. We captured 210" prisoners,
of whom three- were officers, ,d
considerable material, Including , - a
number of machine guns and trench
mortars. , ' . -
"In the Woevre. our batteries exe
cuted effective neutralization
harassing fire." .!
SUBMARINES CLAIM
PfffiViCO
New York, June 12. Two Norwe
gian steamships, the VIndeggen and
the Hendrlk Lund were sunk by
German submarines 200 miles east
of Cape Charles, Virginia,. Saturday
and Monday. This makes a total
of 18 boats sunk In these waters.
AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST "
FOR TODAY HAS 12 NAMtiS
Washington, June 12. The case
alty list for today Is 126, or whom
1$ were killed in action. Private
Edwin H. Olsen of Springfield. Ore,
died from disease. :.?
DOINU CHRISTIAN SERVICE
American, British and Canadian
Y. M. C. A. secretaries stand In wet
Communication trenches under fire
'n France handing out hot cocoa 'to
freezing' soldiers as they pass. This
their effort to maintain the mor
ale of the army.
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