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GERMANS IN OFFENSIVE I
ALONG Wm FRONT
TAKE FRENCh BENCHES
French and German Reports Agree As To Fighting In That
Sector, But Disagree As To Its Importance Berlin Is
sues Official Statement Regarding Naval Battle In North
Sea Further Progress In Rumania Is Claimed French
Aviator Brings Down Twenty-Eighth German Flyer
Germany has started a sudden offensive toward
Verdun and an offensive whose first clash with the
French defenders has been marked by desperate hand to
hand fighting on the bloody
Man's Hill, of ghastly memory. jnBiir y H c'01"
Both Berlin and Pans statements today agreed on the The second rumor came via Switzer
fighting in this neighborhood. But Berlin claimed aw '"SKSfc'Si
general occupation of French trenches across a front of Germany and stated that the Herman
more than a mile, and dignified the advance as part of an X; JS.'iftJKd Z
assault in force by mentioning the generals in command ! pose that an parties meet forwith to
of the attackers and listing several regiments as partid-1 10
-)-ating jization of future peace."
The French official statement, however, while record- JB wh
hxft that, the attack came from four different points, son's senate speed, u wing considered
stated that only "small enemy parties penetrated our ad- 'nfl45?1& Sgont?d
ViinCed tl"encheS " ' "s I''ans '0I securing peace at the end
The Berlin report detailed the capture of five hundred . Xn 1VV
French soldiers and ten machine guns, the tact that me
German statement added that infantry forces were
''efficiently assisted by artillery pioneers and mine
throwers" indicate it was a carefully prepared and
strongly executed movement.
Berlin also asserted that French counter attacks
launched last night had failed to recover the ground lost
by the enemy.
Hill :04 and Dead Man's Hill, immediately adjoining,
have been soaked with blood in the most bitter fighting
probably on the whole western front. It was against
these positions that the crown prince again and again
launched his attacks seeking progress toward Verdun.
The German plan of battle at the height of their drive on
Verdun was apparently to smash great forces against
the French line around Hill :J04 (on the left bank of the
Meuse) and then, almost immediately to follow with a
vigorous assault on the opposite bank, around Fort
Douaumont.
Berlin, via Sayville wireless, .Tan. 20.
-French trenches on height 804 were
sti.rmcd by Genhail forces on a width of
1.486 yards (4400 meters) and captured
Q00 prisoners, today's official stateinent
declared.
The statement said:
"On thc west bank of the Meuse in
the sector of General of Infantry A'ou
Francois under Lieutenant General Von
Demborne, in command of Westfalien
and parts of Badlsh regiments of prov-
oil valor, efficiently assisted by artil- j
lerv and mine throwers, stormed French
trenches on heights 304 in u breadth of
1800 meters.
. "In the han.l to hand fighting the
enemy suffered sanguinary losses andj
left in round figures 500 prisoners in I
our hands, among whom were 1- offi-l
errs and JU maenme irons.
"At the night time the French launch
ed a counter attack which failed.
"Attack enterprises on Dead Man's
Hil and northeast of Avocourt brought
desired results."
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9
we used t
slopes of Hill ;04 and Dead;
French Version Differs
Paris. .Tan. 20. German attacks on
, four points along the front from Avo-
, court wood and Dead Man's Hill were,
reported bv the war office today. I en. negieit nis oesnuss. hnta more of the spectacular imrt of
All were repulsed with heavy losses, In the railroad list Union Pacific and , He said he was located by I.ieuten- (ho Amvru.,ln wrU that which en
It was stated. Reading were narrowly firm, but stocks ; ant Bonner of theSan Francisco police th, who,e. worWtl, llew art
Near Hill :1U4, it was stated, however
small enemv detachment
netrated
I"'
advanced French trenches
Along the Soniine two enemy attacks
were stopped by artillery tire.
Official Naval Battle Account
Berlin, via Sayville wireless, .Ian. 26
The German official version of the
; recent North sea destroyer battle was
issued today by the official press bu-
!, .,;,.
It read:
"Immediately beginning the engage
liiient which took place in the darkness.
i the commander of the V-69. which re-
leeived a lull hit by which the bridge
was struck, was killed. Ho was captain
I of flotilla Corvette Max Sennits, who
since the beginning had commanded his
flotilla with courage and success. The
hit also killed some other officers and
ranks and damaged the steering gear,
causing a collision with other boats.
"The V-09, then in a heavily dam-
aged condition, entered the Dutch port
of Kmnidcn, unmolested by the enemy".
"The boat rammed by the V-69 con
tinued to participate in the combat,
despite damages, and in the future
course of the struggle heavily damaged
an English destroyer by ramming it.!
Tho vesel rammed was in ;i staking" (
condition.
"Although its speed was diminished
by the double ramming, the German tur-j
pedo boat (destroyer) succeeded in'
reaching its (Jcriuau support unhind-j
ered by the enemy.
"A third German boat, which hail 1
long contact with the nthors. encount
ered numerous hostile torpedo destroy- j
on. It immediately entered into ac (
lion and sank one large hostile destroy-
er by a torpedo hit at tho shortest I
! range.
"The hostile forces being superior,!
j the bout stopped fighting and arrived
ii port unmolested by our adversary,
j and undairagcd. ' '
Rtt'ssian Positions Captured
Berlin, via Sayville wireless, Jan. 26.
i Capture of further Russian positions
I on both sides of the River Aa (Riga
front) and repulse of strung hostile
counter attacks on ike east bank, were
announced in today's official state -
:
(Continued on page seven.)
BIRTHDAY WILL BE
FOR NEW PEACE MOVE
It Is Asserted That Kaiser j
Will Offer Better Terms to
Entente Allies
London, Jan. 2G.-That Kaiser Wil
I helm plans to make bis 5Hth birthday to
morrow the occasion for nnother peace
move with more acceptable terms to
the entente was reported today from
several different sources.
The nearest thing to an official hint
of this plan was read in the speech
made yesterday to the Hungarian parlia
ment by Count Stephen Tisza, the Hun
garian premier. "We are inclined to
continue B further exchange of views
regarding peace with the Pnited States
government," was the way the Hungar
ian statesman put it.
More than usual significance was at
tached today to this intimation, in view
I of the fact that Count Tisza is supposed
to have been one of the premiers of th
approbation of any or
't . 1 1 ' i.i ne jii rnneu , nui u
approval must be made in a speech or
statement. A pronunciamento from the
mperor would be a logical mode of ans
wer. The German government also expects
President Wilson formally to transmit
to Berlin the text of the reply made by
the entente powers to his own peace
suggestions. Officially Germany is not
yet informed of what the allies said in
reply to the American president. Teu
tonic officials suppose they will be so
informed.
Irregular Price Movements
Featured Wall Street Today
New York.Tan. 20. The New York
Evening Sun financial review said to
day :
irregular price movements, which bore
little significance and which attracted
scarcely more than nominal interest,
characterized trading in today's stock
market. The general level was some-
what higher than yesterday. Top pric- report of the incident immediately af- ,.au ljm)s ,J wi fin,( n0
cs represented gains of a point, or so, Iter the explosion Oxman said that at (.it or sma wM(,h hag nQt
but thc advances were not consistently j that time he had S000 head of cattle on a ftjfa mlln a bomber an artillery
maintained and in some eases, like cei- his ranffe which needed attention and ..,' ., ;.,
tajn 0f the motor stocks, specialty and :
rubber stocks, small losses were record-i
'like St. I'aul, Norfolk and Western, and
Long Island were under pressure
in tne afternoon prices reacted and
the general level sank a point or so
below Thursday, with particular wefk-
ness in tne motor, snipping and some;
or me s icrianv issues.
ALLIES WANT
OREGON SHEEP
'
Portland, Ore., Jan. 26 Allied
agents have entered the market
for Oregon sheep it was learned
today. Heavy purchases are be-
ing made for shipment to Eu-
rope.
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If al that stuff that has made Mil-
wnukoe famous could lie poured into
the Pacific at once, the namesake
cruiser should worry.
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SENSATION SPRUNG
BY PROSECUTION IN
MOONEY TRIAL TODAY
Entirely New Witness Gives
Testimony Against
Defendants
San Francisco, Jan. 20. The state
created a seniation today in the trial
of Thomas Mooney on charges of mur
der in connection with preparedness
parade bomb outrages when it put on
the stand a new witness never before
referred to. Who 8Wre he saw Mooney,
Warren Billings, Mrs. Mooflcy and Is
rael Weinburg, four defendants, to
gether at Steuart ana Market streets
a few minutes before the fatal explo .
sion occurred at that corner.
The witness was F. O, Oxmnn, an Ore
gon cattle dealer. One by one he identi
fied the ivlooncys, Billings and Wein
burg as the tour persons lie saw at the
fatal corner and he gave a vivid de
scription of the scene that ensued.
With these four, he said was a mvs-
terious man with a black mustache.
Those live, he said, were in an automo
bile which he saw come up to Steuart
and Market streets shortly before the
explosion. Mooney, he said, was stand
ing on the running board holding a
suitcase. Hillings and the mysterious
man took it from him and started along
Steuart street, he said.
Hillings appeared extremelv nervous,
the stranger was carrying the suitcase
at the time. Finally Hillings took the
suitcase away from the other man and
s nrted back to the corner. He jostled
Oxman as he passed. Witness said his
attention was Called to Hillings because
his shoulders were shaking with nerv
ousness. Thereafter he watched Hill
ings closely.
He testified that he saw Billings
place the suitcase on the sidewalk at
the corner. At thin juncture, he de
clared Mooney appeared and said to
Hillings: "lor God 8 sake give it to
him (meaning the mvsterious man) and
let him go. The bulls will be on our
trail."
Mooney and Hillings held a brief eon
vcrsation, wittness declared, and he
saw i.iooney look at me ctocK m tne
Perry building ' tower one block dis
tant. Then UlS two men .jumped back
into the automobile, which drove rap
idly along Steuart street and disap
peared
At
toriiey Coekran, for the defense,
kod this testimony iierccly during,
attncl
cross examination.
Throughout his testimony Oman
chewed a toothpick and talked with
the drawl of a plainsman. To show
tnat ne couiu noi oe m stahcn nooui
the incident and especially about the ;
muuuei 01 ...e ul, ""
man aucn.iy prouueeu a 'aueu ic.c-
graph envelope on which he had made)
a memorandum at rue ume, rea in k.
"Ford No. :18 suitcase. I rc-bably thousand other mechanical ideas to
stolen. July L"J." This is the number or j,(.1f0(.tion
Weinburg.'s ('ar- . . . U you 'take a map of the United
Explaining why he had not made alStHt(,s , nn , . wn th ,,.:.
he didn't want to get mixed up in the
case. He feared it might force him to
in Kansas City. Bonner found him at-
ter a scarcV which took him to all parts
or tne countiy.
Oxman s testiinonv created a big stir
in the courlroom, so unexpected was "
a
in peace times. When one was younger
San Francisco, Jan. 20. Jung Oy, nl()n(, lms hwu thlllu.l Uy a el0M btse-17-year-old
Chinese slave girl, was res- M f(m;,.lM ml)teh but when, shel-
cued from captivity m a house m China- ewd ,,e,haps, in a trench, one sees two
town early today by policemen led by ,,,,,.)( appTOBChing each Other and witTi
Mrs. Donaldina Cameron, of the Presby- a )ail. of strong glasses gradually real
terian mission. , (nat om, the specks is an Amor-
She wns found looked in a closet after I i(,an( ,vno has given up everything -the
officers had chopped down several I home, prosperity and probably life to
doors.
The girl dropped out of sighl three 'that the other is a brave German, do- the other maneuvers his opponent into for butter and cheese -makers' license;
months ago and during that period was what he conceives to be his duty a position from which ha has either passed.
held, presumably to be sold as a slave.! ,mc realizes that here are two com-1 got to fight or flee. The knockout blow I H. B. No. 106, by Hawloy. To crodi
Two Chinese women and a man were also j butnuts worth watching. j is usually a midden descent on the cue- cute and suppress bovine tuberculosis;
arrested. Very rarely do the Germans venture my, accompanied by accurate machine creating the office of county dairy herd
I Admiral Dewey, we may be pure, has
1 already told Grim Death exnetly thc
same thing he told Oridlcy.
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MEMBERS IN THEIR SPECIAL ROLES
A,
- JON'es
Eugene Youth Held As
Slaver m California
Oakland, Cl., Jan. 26. Harley
Ham, 23 years old, was arrested here
last night on a charge of white
slavery. Ham was arrested with
Mis Gussie Fox, who is said to have
disappeared from the home of her fath
er in Eugene, Ore., two months ago-
Ham and the young girl were reg
istered at an apartment as "Mr. and
Mrs. Knight," and at nnother apart
ment under the name of " Fleming. "
Since Ham ran out of money more then
a month ago, both said, the girl has been
supporting both.
"She wanted to go home, but I tore
up the letters ahe wrote to her folks
for money," Ham told the police.
Girl's Father Goes South.
Eugene, Ore., Jan. 28. Hnrrv
Ham, arrested with Miss Gussie Fox. In!
Oakland, Cal., on a white slavery j the recent presidential election. It
charge, it a son of Josiah A. Hain, a i was under Dailey as United States dis
gardeuer of this city. Miss Fox is ajtrict attorney for Indiana, that the big
daughter of Jesse Fox, a farmer liv- J political clean up at Tcrre Haute was
ing near Coburg, a few miles east of effected, which resulted in sending
Eugene. Mr- Fox left for California last Mayor Hon M. Roberts and his group
night in search of his daughter, accord-1 of democratic, city officials to the
ing to local police. j redcral prison.
AMERICAN A
DARING MEMBESS OF
ALLIED FLYING CORPS
(Following is The second story writ
ten for the United Press by Lord North-
cliffe. Tho first told how American
soldiers in tho British and French ar
mies live and what they do in tho great
wax. This one gives a graphic picture
of the sort of work American aviators
are doing and tolls what the American
soldier thinks of his work. United
Press.)
By Lord Northpffe
(Copyright, H17 by the United Press)
(Copyrighted in Great Britain)
Headquarters of the Canadian army
in 1' ranee, Jan.
terness against
t 'fliere is little
the enemv anion" the
Canadian, American and British sol
dicrs. They admire him in mass fight
ing and for his machine like discipline,
but they have no use for him in the
kind of warfare now going on.
"You will find the Canadian and
American u thinking, independent ar
my, remarked a distinguished British
to J, interesting day-and
so j foll,(1 jf Tl,ev had
broui'ht to the stock of vitality and
knowledge embraced In the wonderful
citizen armies of France and England
the qualities inherited by generations
whkh havo 81,anne,, thc Nurth Ami,ri
(.a eontinent with its raiiroad.s, chain
led Niagara, linked up the world's cil
k,s am ariuips )y tft(? telephone, jit
, whh i,in,des it lamps, cher-
. with .,....,, mn-icf ,,nH brouoht.
jj ,i,,strov j'n,ssia despot ism. In
4ne iT,,ited' States you have probably
jf Vighting in the skies.
A Thrilllnfr Snectaclp
j (,onfess, indeed, that, although I
, (lav(! m wceks at wa th(,
; H,,,t.,,.l,, o wnli,., fightera high in
I the sunlight is one thai holds my at
tention as nothing in the world ever has
throw himself into a foreign army, and
over our lines anil one has to be very
far forwurd nowadays to get a good
view of a fight between the allies and
the enemy in tho air. I have hail that
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Election Frauds Cause
Federal Indictments
Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 26. Six sealed
indictments containing the names of
ninety-nine defendant were returned
by the federal grand jury in the vote
fraud probe here today.
It was announced the names of those
indirted would not be made public un
til after they had been taken into
custody.
This wsa the government first
definite blow in its investigation of
charges of ejection frauds in the mid
dle west.
It was believed in political circles
several prominent men and at least
two city officials were indicated.
This probe was conducted under the
supervision of Frank; O. Dailey, of In
clianapolis, appointed special assistant
mtcd States attorney shortly before
VIA TORS
good fortune several times. The nir
... i ,. . ix .i i
lighting In 11)14 bears as much reeemb-L.
lance to the air fighting of 1917 as old
steaiu automobile to the six cylinder of
today. There is a perpetual match in
speeding up between the enemy and the
allies. Four or five miles an hour extra
pace means everything.-its not an in
crease of engine power to over 200
horsepower that brought about the
change so much as the wonderful pro
gress in tho art of flying itself, and
it is just hero that the Anglo-Saxon
and the Frenchiiiun bent the slower
minded German. It is just this reason
hit-!w'liy dermun soldiers' letters are now
so full of complaint about over, cautious
i in man aviators.
Looping the Loop
When Pegoud invented looping the
loop the people aBked whyt What's the
use of it? l'egoud was a very consider
able inventor, as well as a flyer, is the
answer. Looping the loop fs a useful
maneuver ami it has been succeeded by
that extraordinary development, the
"nose dive", in which an airman seems
to fall like a stone for a thousand (eel
till the spectator's hair rises from his
head in horror then suddenly the ma
chine flattens out and scoots away and
you find it only a trick after all.
1 talked with one of our wounded
boys -ho wns jusl 111 who had fallen
8000 feet owing to rudder wire connec
tion being shot through. By a miracle
his machine straightened itself out auto
matically within a hundred yards of
the ground and the boy is alive and
will fly again. 1 aBked hint his sensa
tions. He is probably the first man in
the world who has fallen 8000 feet,
more than ten times the height of the
Woolworth building.
He said that for a long time what
seemed like hours he knew he was fall
ing at a tremendous Spea4 and then he
lost consciousness. As in a dream he
found himself being picked up out of
tne wreck ot his machine by people
who thought he was dead.
Maneuvering for Position
U the beginning of an air fight
there is maneuvering for positions and I make the amendment maKing tne Jaw
feinting as iii boxing. There are, as apply to Multnomah county only, com
mie, two men in each nuu hine, a pilotll'lv with constitutional provisions,
and an observer, except in tho smaller Senate bills Nos. 147 to 164, inclusive,
type, in which the wings nre clipped were rend second time and re-referred,
down t o nothing I" get extra speed, Final Action on BiUs.
and climbing power. Knowledge of the Senate bills were acted on on third
engine and plane power, quickness of reading and final passage as follows:
decision and accuracy of shooting with ! B. B. No. 188, by Hnwley. Fixing
thc Lewis gun are ettential to the pi -j salary of sohoo lsuperintendcnt of Mal
lot. Ilis observer is provided with some hour county; passed,
form of a pistol and often with bombs, j S. B, No. Pit), by .Hnwley. Piovid
Rival planes, like giant hawks, hover ing deputies and clerk for dairy and
around above or below each other till
one, more expert, ot more during than;
gun tire. Sometimes it becomes a duel
with Browning pistols, ill which the
on are so close that they can see each
olher's eyes.
The thing is over before you rculi'e
it. One machine is off and away and
the other whirl
and crashes down to
earln.
Names net Published
The British army does not permit the
names of its flying heroes to be pub
lished. In telling you, therefore, of
American flyers I must deal with those
Americans with the French army. Lieu
tenant Thaw of Pittsburg, was one of
a number of Americans who entered
the famous foreign legion of the r'renoh
nnny at the outbreak of tho war and
is now senior American flying officer
in France.
His name and that of his colleagues
are better known in Kuropo than in
their own country. In giving a list of
those whose names are known, some,
alas, lying beneath n wooden cross, I
can say no more thnn that they are
worthy representatives of a great na
tion. Lieutenant Thaw was followed by
Bert Hull from Texas, .lames Bach, D.
Masson, Silas Lufberry, .Tames KeCOn
noil of Chicago; Chouteau Johnson of
New York; Klliott Cowdin; Kiffin
Rockwell; Clyde BnUIey, of Texas; Pud
ley Sill of Poekskill, New York and
Victor Chapman.
(Continued on page two.)
I
ARE AMENDED ON
THIRD READING
Numerous Bilk Acted Upon
This Morning In
Various Way i
VERY LITTLE DISCUSSION
AND GOOD DEAL OF WORK
House Extends Time For In
troduction of New Bills to
Wednesday
It was an unusually quiet morning in
the senate, the day commencing with a
brief prayer by Sergeant at Arms Col.
Mercer, and from that time it was pure
business. One thing noticeable, and a
I remarkably bad feature of legislative
j work, too, was the amendment rff many
bills that were up for third reading, on
Mm. floor. Practically every bill passed
linn iiiwi ii iiKi mm iuiiv . i utn ua,
ttm3L, ithml, ror()mmi?mPut.
sburtly before adjournment the presi-
dent called Senator Vinton to the chair,
nnd during debate on the passage of
senate bill No. 8, thero was a pretty
tangle as to parliamentary procedure.
It came when ufter much timo had been
taken up in trying to amend thc bill
on the floor a motion was made that it
be r-refcrred to the committee with In
structions to strike out the omergeucy
clause Then several changes, alterations
and amendments were proposed and fin
ally a point of order was made, end
sustained by the chair, that the sen
atois were out of order, not talking in
relet ion to the motion. Orton disagreed
with thc ruling and so did Unr'and and
one motion followed another until there
wns a medley of half a dozen of them.
Uiglit in the midst of it someone moved
to adjourn, and the president pro teiu
declared with considerable emphasis
that the senate stood adjourned. When
President Moaer gets back on thc job
this afternoon he will have a nice little
tangle to work out. There wns consid
erable hilarity as the adournmcnt was
announced and it was evident some of
the senators had been "baiting" the
presiding officer.
Outside of this little digression it was
a busy session.
Senate bills Nos. .19, 41, 49, 64, having
been passed by the houso were signed,
by the president of the senate and on
the signature of the governor will be
come laws.
H. B. No. 22 was reported back with
thc recommendation that it do not pass
nnd was made the special ordor for
Tuesday at 2 o'clock.
S. B. No. 78, relating to the cifht
hour law for women, was indefinitely
post polled'
House bills Nos. 78, 112 and 111 were
reported favorably.
Senate bills Nos. Ill and 57 were re
ported naci( invorauiy.
Senate bill No. 63 was re-referred to
committee to niaso cnanges necessary 10
'f I commissioner; passed.
S. B. No. 121!, by Hnwley. Providing
inspector tor iiliumook county; passed.
S. B. No. by Gill. Creating a
game refuge in Multnomah county, laid
on table, the printed copies having not
been distributed.
S. B. No. 128, by Dimick. Rotative
to county budgets and taxpayers' meet
ings; pasRed.
S. B. No. 6, by I. S. Smith. Fijring
terms of court in second judicial dis
trict; pnssed-
S. B. No. 9K, by Huston. Relative to
recording of conveyances; passed.
S. B. No. 99, by Huston. Waiving
Continued on gage Seven.)
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THE WEATHER
A COi-P WftVE
Coming
Oregon: To
night and Satur
d a y pa ft 1 y
cloudy; south
westerly windB.
MAN
MEASURES