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MIMMM1IMI 2 4400 DAIL1 FlTLI.I'ASFJl " WIRE DISPATCHES i a a s Mr .- . ay-' . u L . UU, " 'taU. f 1 . M . ... . . : (Tit iiiraffl iT I I nx 1111 II II 11 II II ttt YEAR-NO. U5 SALEM ORFinnw wnvniv n v , i . ' vwi., ...v.a-.u, iui n ijh FKICK TWO CENTS jiuiai;iis- S BARRED HURSDAY IlfflEAT II j Dropped 20 Cents Saturday's Close, jniber Lost 18c IS AT ONCE GET BOOSTING CORN des Follow Chicago's Board Evidently' irs Government MARKET'S CLOSE go, May 14 July wheat 4 $2.59, 11 cent under aing price, while Sop as down 12 cent-i at i jjiwulators evidently tlicir attention to corn, f July up 4 1-2 to $1. i ftptcniher up 8 1-2 to 1 , nere boosted 3-4 on s G3 3-4 nn (I 2 14 on bcr to 60 1-4. May 14. All trading iu ittj was barred fur a period pi by the Chicago board of jt Existing contracts, how- permitted to be liquidatod fi close. The board, like A ill trading in May corn sts for the entire mouth. , Griffin, president of thn Mounting thin action, said it tttor conmiltation with fed und representatives of the mniputs. luncemcnt wa made as to irnnsplfe after the expiration i day period, as far as July iber wheat is concerned- May iiy iiarred. !t closed Saturday at $2.75 ailer at $2.40. The settlo- f for May. wnicli was hnrrod ms fixed at $.1.18. f closed Saturday at $1 J)' oats closed ut 73 1-2. s statement follows: 'ppiial meeting of the board held this morning it was discontinue nil trading in awl May oats. It was further t for a period of two days at of wheat whatever will bo Mcept to liquidate existing 4tcr action niitnmtifiouliir individual, firm, corporate irom bidding up 1e ion tho ?i- Maximum Price. iireetora further s in wheat by confining those v nuau existing contracts to pnee whieh i9 based on Sat- ' 'WHO. "jtionof the board of directors wen after consultation with Wed reports o'f the alleged 7'ts. Likewise, every step foi ls has been in co-operation wjials of this government." aite fo1- riwll make any pur Wit opening the period stat- w liquidation of existing eon ''embers may enter into con outlimitation, except at REGULAR ARMY TO BE INCREASED BY ADDITO,000 - -j President Today Authorized increase to Full War . Quota, 300,000 NUCLEUS OF REGULARS WITH EACH REGIMENT In Addition Recruiting Rail road Men From Coast Has Begun Washington, May 14. The president today authorized four additional incre ments for tho regular army, approxi mating 1S3.00U mcu. The regiments, each of which will have a neucleus of trained regulars will bo raised as follows: Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth regi ments of infantry at Syracuse, N. Y., Twelfth field artillery at Fort Myer, Va., Porty-Bt'venth to Fiftieth (inclu sive) regiments of infantry at Syracuse, Fifteenth field artillery, Syracuse; Fifty-eighth to Sixty-first (inclusive) infantry, Gettysburg National Park; Ninoteenth and Twentieth field artil lery at Montauk Point, L. I.; Fifty first to Fifty-sixth (inclusive) infan try, Chickamauga Park.'Cia-; Twenty- second and Twenty-third cavalry, chickamauga, Ua.; Fortieth and Forty first infantry, Fort knelling, Minn.; Forty-second and Forty-third infantry, Fort Uouglas, Itah; Tenth and Kiev onth field artillery, Fort Eiloy; Twen tieth and Twenty-first cavalry, Fort Riley; Sixteenth and Seventeenth field artillery, Sparta, Wis.; Thirteenth and Fourteenth field artillery, Fort 'Sill, ykla.; -FutyBeventh infantry, Sixty fourth infantry and Kighteenth and Ttvnty-lrf .'ueld aHHtery --mrvyet designated; iorty-tourth infantry, Van couver barrack, Wash.; 'Sixty-second and Sixty-third infantry, Presidio; San Francisco; -Tv.-enty-fourth and Twenty fifth cavalry, Fort D. A. Kussell, Wy oming. In most cases, one Teginient of al ready trained regulars will be used as the basis for the formation of two regi ments of recruits. Under tho order issued today the reg ular army will be filled to its full war quota of nearly 300,000 men. More than 65,000 ttf the troops authorized in the four increments have already been re cruited since April 1. Orders were given the quartermaster general to prepare shelter for the troops at tho points designated for each regiment. Joffre Disri!SSP Plane fftf rV a iium IVI P i ttt aenamg troops to trance is Ulg Washington, May 14. Final ,,, tor sending an American fightii force to France were discussed at two hour conference between Markhal Joffre, members of his staff and So. rotary of War linker and Major (ien eral Hugh U Sott, today. At the conclusion, Secretary liaker authorized this statement: m isii wi ivjursnai .loiire and his starf was for a venerHi miiiiniin.. ,,n of conferences aoini? on with nn . ports." linker would not add to this statement. Marshal Jotl'ro and members of the party of French officers were silent. Joffre ul.iinlv lmi tha f...Li., p feet of continuous travel. He lniMrril worried and other members of the par ty attributed his rundown condition to the long trin. MEXICO PLACES EMBARGO Dallas H. Teirnfl Atuv li T?.. 1 ports reaching here from Nuevo . -Mexico, this afternoon I.aredo, stated that Mexican customs agents there have received or ders from Carrauza placing n embargo on all foodstuffs and cattle exports from Mexico. in POSITION IS MISREPRESENTED BBERY OF BANK COST THREE LIVES MORE SHOT FOUR Raid 0a Bank alCastle Shan non, Pensylvaria, Followed ! by Running Battle tinned on pags two.) M MARTIN Regiment of Railroad Men. San Francisco, May 14 Colonel J. li. Oavanaugh, U. S. A., today started re cruiting 1,060 railroad men from the Pacific coast railroads, to form one of the nine regiments of engineers which will be sent immediately to France. Full co-operation by the railroads has bcon promised, Colonel Cavannugh says, and he is confident that the regiment will be filled in record time. These men will be encamped in San Francisco, given what little instruction they need and then leave to run French rail LAKE STEAMERS SUNK ' German Agents the Cause of It-Want To Strengthen Stockholm Meeting Petrosrad. May 14. German v g prop agar.da is now seeking to distort Am erica's position in the eyes of new Russia. What to an American are some as- rnniftliinO'Tv rntpnf fnlnohnnila nf HiA no. . - - - - i sition which the United States has as sumed are being given daily publica- t!rtn ! Iiiculon nrttmrui ,o ,t Ava. Tndnw all Petrograd neTOpgpers featured a "te- port from 1'aris" tnar me vvasningion iTnt-arnmnnt i "fftniinrillff nil nmua fA- ports from Stockholm relating to the Juno socialists' peace meeting." ' Heretofore newspapers have printed similar "reports" including a state ment that the American government is forbidding all socialists to leave the United States to attend the Stockholm conference. The animus behind such "reports" w i.loinK- nrn-(!eraian. Germany is bringing every effort to make the Stockholm nro-Gcrman conference of ,.ni,ii,i;a a auflpnaa Tn Achieve n. for midable movement for a separate peace between Russia and Germany. Tim nrniispnndii is nil tho more in- because the "reports" coine in the guise ot news in sncn snapo umi Russian newspapers are impelled to dis play them prominently. Kven Ala-xim uoray, who is won h quainted with America, has apparently been deceived by such reports. His sewsnaner today contained an editor- loi l.iitorlv criticising America ior "censorship" on news of the Stock holm conference. Sault Ste Marie, Mich., May 14The steamers Pentecost Mitchell, owned by the Pitts burg Steamship company, and the Saxonia, owned by the Tomlinson company of Duluth, are at the bottom of the lake at Pipe Island, Detour, Mich., today, following a head-on col lision. Crews of both were saved. They settled quickly in 40 feet of water. FIVE Bit iiinxiivo Tokio, April 20 (By mail.) In order to relieve the freight congestion on both the Japanese and American Bides of the Pa cific, the Nippin Yusen Kaisha, Japan's largest steamship com pany, announced today it was prepared to place ve newly chartered vessels on the line from Yokohama to Seattle. More than 80,000 tons of goods, valued approximately at $5,000,000 are piled on the docks at Yokohama and Kobe, await- ing shipment to America. V FLOUB GOES HIGHER Chicago, May 12. Bakers from e'very section of the country are expected to i .nnrnUn r,r trnvernment con- trol of wheat and flour prices when they gather here tor a caniereutc the Hotel Sherman next Tuesday and SECURED $500 IN SACK ! FLED IN AUTOMOBILE Cashier, Assistant -and One Robber Dead, Two Citizens and Two Bandits Shot Pittuburgli, Fa.,, May 34. Thr dead, two or moro dying and sevend others wounded was th toll nf wn . ..w 6 ... I.rttles today marking the robbery at the First National Bank of Castle Shan non, a suburb, and a, fight between a posse and the robbers at Bridge ville. The dead: D. H. WcLain, cashier of the bank; Frank ErbJ", assistant cash ier, and ono of the brtiditn. Wounded: George Bcltzhoovcr, jus lice of the peace; f'astle Shannon, Nick Yoste, dispatcher Pittsburgh Rail ways company. - Two bandits whose names are not yet known. The former of these is said to be dying.' Both actions occurred as well as a running fight through the streets of Castle Shannon, within an hour after noon. Tho robbers escaped from the bank with a small sui of money but were quickly overtaken by officers and citizen in automobiles. Three men wearing dusters, automo- Kiln tn ru ar1 rmrrrr tvm n n i tmA Vi Vontr tjiij .afio attM fbvf?tt5 vmliivu nv uaunj cried "hands up" and began to shoot. a. il. . 3 JT .1. .1:.-! AX ine Iirsr rouni xrom inu uuuuiis revolvers weiucan ana jiToe went down.,. . Krbe V killed outfighr. .'McLia Tirna ui liail v wnunifpn thnt DM -1ieo t 2:10 at the South hospital, Pitts burgh. One of the men then grauoea a bag containing less than $500, arid fol lowed by his companions, ran toward the door. They were opposed there by Bcltzhoover and Yoste, who were at tracted by the shooting and had grab bed their guns as they left nearby of tnaa Tho rnhhers fired another round and Bcltzhoovcr went down with a bul let through the cheek. Yoste was snot in the leg. The robbers ran through Poplar street for three- elocks, a, grow ing crowd at their heels. Then cap ture seemed imminent they jumped in to an automobile, turned and fired scv eral shots and then made off. A quickly organized nossc in auto mobiles took up the chase and caught them at Bridgcville, where another hot fight occurred when the robbers made a stand. Senate Starts Fi?ht a - Un rood speculators Wat,hiiiKton. May 14. Food unerula- tori were made objects of a veritable tirade of condemnation in the senate today, following the introduction of a Kill lfflnnl alta-al nakilltlatfrtn 1 . - -- a. t. 1' -' ' u,, ivi, J lid I -' J Thomas, Colorado. The bill would sus pend iKianls of trade or chambers of commerce which speculate in futures. Thomas introduced the measure aa an amendment to the Gregory espionage bill. It would check "futures" deals by- all grain exchanges and chambers of commerce. A violent debate immediately fol lowed during which strong opposition developed to considering the amend ment with the espionage bill. Senator Harding, Ohio, declared con gress was pursuing "dilatory tactics which the country is aettinsr tired of" ana Bvcurru ii&flKuu-e ox a monon a oviilliria anlt Va II1U11UII IV table the Thomas amendment, only to have it reconsidered a moment later by monon or oenaior i.aioueue. DELAYED ACTION ARGENTINE INQUIRES Buenos Aires, May 14. The Argentine minister at London has been instructed to conduct an investigation in an effort to learn the fate of the Argentine steamship Corrumalan, believed to have been torpedoed- The owners have not heard from the vessel since April 4. EXPECT HOLLVEG TO STATE PEACE TERI1STOM0RROW Amsterdam Dispatch Makes twn a . w. . mis Armoicemeni--lt is Corroborated Hi HE HAS JUST RETURNED FROM VISIT TO VIENNA Hindenhsrg and His Military t -a ic '.i toiene Are Alter tne Chancellor's Scalp MYSTERY BULLECOURT I!017 ! IN BRITISH HANDS AFTER HOT FIGHT Germans Hold Two Positions ra tage ot Village came Raged AD Night HAIG HOLDS TWO POINTS ' Oil WLtMENTAL LINE Attacking French German Forces Lose Heavily-Zep-pelin Brought Down IS BELIEVED SOLVED Rey. Lyn George R. Kelly n j .. vim FiJLi tnargea wiui luumg ugai Persons in 1912 Des Moines, la., May 14. Rev. Lyr. George J. Kelly, aged 35, an itinerant minister of Sutton. Neb., is in iail at Red Oak, Iowa, accused of the murder of eight persons in Villisca, Iowa, in 1912. v Stata Attorney General II,' M. Hav ner. who made this announcement here this afternoon, stated that with Kelly 's indictment and arrest the fnystery of the famous Villisca murders is solved Kfelly phrrendered himself in Red Oak, according to Attorney General Havncr. Jie was indicted py tne Jiioni- arrMYinrv . ennnf v rrflllfl iurv several --J j o t weeks ago, Havner declared. evidence on wmcn tne lncuctmcni was based, said Havner included a state ment Kelly is reported to have made on the morning following the crime that ho had "heard the thud of the axe as it cleaved the skulls of eight persons murdered in the home of Joe Moore at Villisca." Other evidence, which Havner said hade his case "airtight", will be made public tomorrow by the. attorney gen eral. Market Remains Quiet But Prices Are Higher New York. May 14.-The New York Kvcning Sun financial review today 8aiu' the absence of investment liquida- . ......v.:., likn thn volume which tion in an ..."& - ; . , featured that movement last week, the efforts of th.i professional ui V'";"u: to depress values mu success in the early stages of today's market. Here and there throughout the industrial list issues were attacked to try them out, bnt as soon as the traders turned from one stock to another the abandoned security ai once i. i.x j r,roaanre. nr at least nolo tne niiiiieucu i--'" ' - . . its own, with lew exceptions As a mat ter of fact, tne man-i " .ILr. , It 0t... oroun. which had ruSenonoughouV and which in the afternoon session nu. ev...aa. !:.. 4 higher levels representing gams ofVfracUon.toapointors. T however, continueu uu.. ... v.. "VWL ' wi nnrrieioation and :art8reenthauCat7put the market down appreciably was a fruitless task. LARGE FREIGHTERS SUNK r i. n.r,, li Thi liners Wor- New lorn, i.T cester. Medina and Omra and several cesier, . ,mfe hv lsree freigniers , - not announcuu, o -- on Cleveland, Ohio, salesman, who :r K'ved today from Kurope aftera trip & destroyed by a float ng n ine near Ceylon and that the Medina rrtorpedoeel off Plymouth. The Omra was aUo torpedoed off Plymouth, he asserted. RUSSIAN MINISTER ROOSEVELT DIVISION Conferees Met and Postponed Action Until lomorrow Some Other Measures By Robert J. Bender. (United Press staff correspondent.) Washington, May 14 Disposition of the army bill has been delayed again. Conferees on the measure, which met this morning to write into it a seetion ....i.,::.,n. tlm sn-ciilleil Roosevelt amendment adjourned until 2:30 o'clock thi. nftemoon nnd then decided to hold up action until tomorrow morning. Thus tue macuiiici t.o.-s - -army by which this country can begin " '. ii 1 I ,..-. ina noon its war against miasm.... . " shoved back another day, although the declaration that a state of war exists was made on April G The house is expected to conclude de ut. i.v. 41 sno.000.000 revenue bill before tho end of the week- When it reaches the senate, it is expec-ni .... dorgo some important changes. The senate now has before it food control legislation which probably vyill be tho next object of attack after the army and P'lrZM, final v boon aiaposeu r- , - President Wilson will again bring the rnfTuenee of the White House to bear t0SVtUarsethe navy ponnoffron 80,000 to 15C .00C I men Ld the marine corps from 17,000 to JU, M0 men i T ior ?iim :n,r- hnnse can get to it. There is st.U the $1,800,000 -ftp - Vscadrille, the division of SSiMSrffit c" gjt; ? aviators fighting on the western drficlcniy bill which carries $2,800,-. font. . wa9 ttttaehed 000ThUmeasure now is in the hands of to the aviation school at Plessi.-Bell.-the senate appropriations committee, .v.lle. OF WAR RESIGNED YOUNG DREXEL AVIATOR ,r 'ia T i DreTel. Jr.. Fans, m: " r i Philadelphia, Pa, is now a member of Says He "Can No Longer ihare Kesponsibriity in Sins Against Country" Petrograd, May 14. Minister of War and Marine Gutchkoff announced his resignation today in a dramatic state ment to soldiers' delegates from the front, asserting that Russia's exist ence was menaced by dual control plans for the army and navy. Jiis resignation, ne saui, was nrera outv "in view of condition in which 4V. n nAra rQ tho ornvernment. and es pecially the authority of the minister of war ana nianno nas Deun piaceu, uu which I am powerless to alter." These Conditions, the minister saiu, "threaten consequences fatal to the defense, liberty and even the exist ence of Russia." IT aon Tin lnnorer nhnrfl resDOnSlDl!- if-r ir thn crrnve sin beini? committed against the country," he concluded, Anarchists in FBtftit T..tuYad fov 14. Anarchists who were behind' the revolt in the Schuc- selberg section of Petrograd, evacuated .v..:- .4,i,l,l in thn home of the IUV.I BH.l.($.vava a - Duke of Leuchtenberg today, leaving a portion of their arms Dcnmu. x-i-u vis ional government soldiers now occupy the position. Announcement was made today that a number of anarchists had comman deered the villa of Former Minister Durnovos. SHOT PATROLMAN tv. n.,iina, n... Ufa 14. Patrolman ialU ia..., -J --- . - ro....i.aa uT and ia apriniiHiv mured ana Alec Dalrympic is in jau cnargcu n assault, with intent to kill following a one sided revolver duel on the street here late laBt night. McLane advised Dalrympte who was drunk to go home. "Watch me get him," said Dalrym pie to a friend a few minutes later, pointing to the officer with his gun. He acorcd four out of five. London, May U. Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollwes will probably make announcement of the Central Powers' peace term8 in a Bpeech to the reich stag tomorrow, an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam asserted to day. The German chancellor has just leturned to Berlin from a series of con ference with officials in Vienna. Prior to this he. went to German great, head quarters for a conference with the kaiser. ftthOV inAAamalinn Hnna ria.a.a... n.iu. u.ni wii lium I'll H J 1. J I , ic- ItaitraA .laar rl. 1 1 1 .1 r.-l' -.i. 1 ... . v.vaa7.i IUUO, - .a 1.UI1UUU, IIIUICHI t(l the chancellor on Tuesday would make a Biut:i;.a 111 mo reicnscag, outlining tne general military and political situation, but not covering Germany's peace aims. Such a statement will be withheld until July, when the reichstag is to be re convened, according to German newspapers. That section of the German press which is hostile to Von Bethmann-Holl-weir declared today that' the chancellor recently went to the front to present his resignation to the kaiser. The most cir cumstantial of these stories insisted thnt. Piftld Mnrfihfil Vnn WinrlpT.hnraT aoiunJ a. alamn t .jAntlnn tsa 4Via a. aa.oajia. ca mvi hi vfc .1 u j ' . i iv. ii i vj 1 11 1 1 orm recommended by Hie constitution committee, wmcn wou:a grant tne reicn- ctafa aw.nt.M Avdf thaa Arrttr nnA thai hfk . 1 1 ' a . . . m . , Run nm junker irienas conceiveq , ine plan of, nullifying tne committee's runmn,AAlfltiAna hv tAVntinnlinia thn reichstag Bitting, rather than recessing .l. v , a : i l . . ; ai. . lilt uuuy uubu iai.t.'r 111 iu Butiiinvr oi tall. Such procedure would mean auto nifltie. dpnth thfl ennstitntinn commit tee, necessary tor reappointment ana repetition of its work which would avert nnnther .hhua between the reich stag and the army for several months. woma stir up unerais. TTnlKvorr flatlv rafil&flrl tn tfltrn such n course, insisting German liberals could not be held in check if such a trick were played upon them. He was said to have announced an ultimatum to the kaiser that ho would resign if such a scheme were attempted to have won out over Hindenburg. The fact that he 8id succeed in tri .....rthiii ritfup TTinrlpnhnraT wa believed by Holland observers to have made his position even more insecure since Hin denburg 'b advocates are now definitely aligned against him. Hollweg returnea rrom werman ncau quarters Saturday and left the same ev ening for Vienna. On Sunday night he started the return trip to Berlin- All Kinds of Intrigues. By Arthur E. Mann. (United Press staff correspondent.) Copenhagen. May 14. The struggle between supporters and opponents of Imperial Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg has reached a critical Btagc, according to private advices from Ber lin today. A show down of forces seems 1:1. t T.,.oflav'Q Tpic.hHt.ftir meeting. In the meantime Count Von Bernstorff, former ambassador to vvasningion, nan accepted appointment as German minis ter to sweiten, uui uuicmi uuuuu.v. ment of his new post nas cecn mev -.t:i.i ;thhol,1 The circumstances pilaiU.i.J acaaavav. - of this failure to announce Berstortf g appointment fit in with reports tnat tne former envoy to Washington is being groomed to succeed either Von Beth-mann-Hollweg or Foreign Secretary Zimmerman. Many German radicals, liberals, go-; cialists and adherents of Maximilian Bernstorff 's re placement of one or the other of these tWO OlllUlttlO- ..aa-va... - - catcs Zimmerman, even more than non- wee, is objected to oy tnese elements. May Be Forced, urn. , tn Hnllwptr is said to be due to alleged lack of steadfastness of purposo than to specinc ucis against him. . -a. a1.a V. r tun,, 1,1 ItA iiiB enemies insist iui unable to arrange favorable peace if the claimed naval ana military victories continue. Hollweg 18 Tignung aeieri........... f.,rmation here indicates he may Buccecd in weathering the present storm but it is beUeved be will be forced out lie fore Germany actually begins dickering inr peaee. . . .r , 4A .nt.l n I'll Zimmerman ia Beenn'js reputation, considerably daniageu in m hunglmg oi ine jiHwa"-i''- - i . v.. .v,;auini jiiccpM in German in- .':.'....". Thpro iii no doubt of iur i ,,ir ffnrt -which are di- IQU ircuiouvivup -" - -" , rectcd toward a separate peace with Russia. :. Zimmerman is constantly iu By William Philip Simms. : (United Press staff correspondent.) With the British Armies in the Field, May 14. Only two posts remain in' 'German hands in the village of Bulle-' court at the time this dispatcVis writ ten today. The liveliest, sort of fight-" ing, which continued all through the" night, was still in progress in and' around the village. The two posts to whifh the German still tenaciously cling are to th south and north of the town. Around these E CTT.aTTa.ta. IN tl'Ilir r.ILV . At ITfUiiT tha. .I - - - - .. ' . V 1 1 . Ill IV M PI I I llT III ,1, I. their hold during the night fighting. British Gain Steadily. T rr.An AT..., 1.1 I) , 1. .-1 ..uuuuu, anj 1 ivgiCBS III t-UU Til lage of Roeux was announced by Bri tish Field Marshal Haig today. iNortneast or Jpehy. and to- the north of Ypres hostile raids at aitrht were repulsed," he reported. "A few were taken prisoners. At Roenx we nrocressed during the nisht. in the vil lage." Roeux has been a storm center of fighting for the past three or four days. As at Fresrmy and Bullecourt, th Gar man counter attacks there have been al most "continuous and the fighting ef greatest intensity. Roeux is one of tbef key points in . the Oppy supplemental line of German defense. . By progressing in Roeux and main taining an. unbreakable old of Bulle- i-hnrt thp Rritiaih tnrtnv hnvA A orin fin . . n . i t . . . . r . l , two parts oi tue naunteu XLiuutfiiuuig line. The Oppy front is so called "switch line" t the main German, po sitions. BuHec-uirt itself lies directly on the Hindttibuig line. Zeppelin resttoyed. London, May 14. The German Zeppe lin L-i'.' was destroyed in the North sea early this morning by British naval forces, an admiralty statement an nounced today. The Zeppelin destroyed today brings the total number reported destroyed and lost since the beginning of the war up to 30. Reports of all but two have been confirmed. Of these, six were brought down dur ing raids over London, seven in Bel gium, five in France, six in Russia, six over the North sea, one in Norway, one in Denmark, one in Salonika and six 311 German territory. Of tho bix destroyed in Germany, four were wrecked by allied aviators and two destroyed by Btorms. The German Version. Berlin, via London, May 11. German forces Btill ictaiii the ruins of Bulle court against all British attaeks, to day's official statement declared. 'Near Oppy and Fnmpoux isolated Knglish ndvunces failed," the war of fice said. "Around "Bullecourt the fi"htii;g was continued in a bitterly stubborn struggle, we retaining the ruins ef the. village against several attacks." N Germans Lose Heavily. Paris, May. 14. French troops inflict ed bloody losses on German reconnais sance parties at a number of points along the front last night, tooay s of ficial statement asserted. The German attacks were particularly strong north east of Vauxillon, west of Craonne, hill 108 and in the Champagne, nil... nit';.A cai.i the usual eannon- lllt) Wttl aji,.av.V aaa... a ading was in progress over most of tna front- Withdraws 600,000. Petrograd, Mav 14. Germany has withdrawn-40 divisions (approximately (Continued on page tire) (.Continued on pge three.) THE WEATHER' J . - A . Oregon: To night and Tue day pnttly cloudy; north westerly winds. ' n -wmv;u o jceys, ', Wednesday. :