VOL. LYIII. SO. 17,912.
PORTLAND, OKECiO FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MUZZEY'S HISTORY l
ITOWN DECLINES TO
FIGHTERS IN NAVY
EAGER FOR ACTION
$2.50 FOR WHEAT
DEFEATED IN HOUSE
SCHWAB EAGERLY
TACKLES BIG JOB
HEAR MISS RANKIN
U. S. LIBERTY DAY
1ST
III IKBHI
MEX PRAT DAILY FOR GER
MANS TO COME OCT.
MO-VTAXA LEGISLATOR DENIED
IRONMASTER DECIDES TO FOR
RIGHT TO MAKE SPEECH.
GET HIS PRIVATE INTERESTS
VA
WILSON PROCLAIMS
UHNED
DOWN
Germans Forced Back on
Several Sectors.
SEKECAT WOOD REGAINED
British Repulse Enemy Mass
Attacks in North, Inflict
ing Heavy Casualties.
POILUS REINFORCE ENGLISH
Ten Boche Divisions Charge
Givenchy-Lys Line in Vain.
Hun Assaults Desperate.
TARIS, April 13. The French
forces in the region of Amiens have
raptured a portion of the Senecat
wood and made advances against the
(iermaas on several other lectors, ac
cording to the official communication
issued by the War Office tonight.
After a preliminary bombardment
strong German detachments attempted
to advance last night njr Corbeny,
on the Aisne front. The attack was
broken up by the French fire.
French Report Progress.
"Vie have attacked various enemy
positions on the Avre on a front of
four kilometers, between Thennes and
Mailly-Raineval,' continues the an'
nouncement. "East of the Avre we
have made progress, and west of it
we have taken the greater part of
Senecat woods and carried our line to
the outskirts of Caste!. Farther south
we reached the slopes west of the
heights dominating the Avre.
The number of prisoners taken by
us exceeds up to the present 500, of
whom 15 are officers. We captured
several machine guns.
"It is confirmed that an enemy raid
-last night east of Caurieres wood was
deadly for our assailants. We found
about 40 German bodies on the
ground. We took 20 prisoners, in
cluding one officer.
LOXDOX, April 18. The French
are heavily engaged in the northern
battle area, Reuter's correspoLdent at
British army headquarters in France
telegraphed today.
LOXDOX, April 18. Field Marshal
Haig's report tonight says:
"There has been severe fighting
again today on the greater part of the
Lys battlefront. From La Bassee
Canal, at Givenchy, to the Lys River,
cast of St. Venant, a bombardment
was reported this morning, followed
by strong hostile attacks, all of which
save been repulsed."
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, April 18. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Ten divisions of Ger
man troops today drove furiously
against the British defenses between
Givenchy, La Bassee and St. Venant
in an attempt to effect a crossing of
La Bassee Canal.
Enemy Suffers Heavily.
The British were holding well and
inflicting heavy casualties on the
fnemy, according to the latest reports.
When the correspondent visited this
neighborhood at 11 o'clock this morn
ing the British artillery was sending
back its thunderous answer to the
German challenge, and the battle was
In full swing.
The attack between Givenchy and
St. Venant began at 9 o'clock after a
heavy bombardment by the enemy
artillery lasting five hours. Hard
fighting developed immediately along
most of the line. It was especially
intense about Givenchy and in the
Robecq-Locor. sector. , The British are
facing at least 75,000 riflemen, who
were supported by great numbers of
guns, and from 50,000 to 60,00o other
troops, who go to make up the com
plements for the infantry.
The defending forces at Givenchy
had sustained numerous attacks and
had held their ground during the early
hours of the battle. At Henges Hill,
east of Locon, where the German line
bulged out close to the canal, the
nemy made a particularly determined
effort to get across the waterway.
Twice the German infantry attacked
here, each time coming forward in
four waves. In one of these drives
they succeeded in getting some
' bridges across the canal, but the only
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343,000 Out of 150,000 Want to Go
on Destroyers at Once, bays
Secretary Daniels.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, April IS. Jo
sephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy,
poke today for the third liberty loan
and Inapected tha Tale naval onlL
Mc. Daniels said bis life waa made
miserable by desires of 145,000 of the
1S0.0OO dm In the Navy to be placed
on destroyers to so across the ocean
looking for a fight.
He added that Germany never would
win while the allied fleets ride th
seas. The Ny men were prayln
dally for the Germane to come out and
fight.
Referring to seditious remarks, II
Daniels said that If there are not
enough Jails now, enough will be bull
to accommodate every one who speaks
against the United States. A peas
mlstie American, he said. Is ss bad as
a German spy.
BRITON FELLS54 PLANES
Star Kngll.sh A$e Wins All Honors
PosMble by Air Exploits.
LONDON. April IS. Every honor for
i lor that a British officer can gain
has been won by Captain Jamea By ford
McCudden. star British airman, who ha
Just been awarded the Victoria Cross.
McCudden. who is now 21 years old,
entered the British army as a bugler
eight years ago. He went to France
aa a private In the original expedition
ary force. He has had more than 100
fights without ever having received a
wound.
Fifty-four German airplanes have
been accounted for by Captain McCud
den. Of these 45 have been destroyed,
of them on the British side of the
lines. On two occasions the British
star has destroyed four two-sester en
emy airplanes on the same day. With
Ms squadron he has participated In ?S
offensive patrols and on at least 10
other occasions he has crossed the en
emy lines alone.
MENTORS TO STAND TRIAL
Oakland Teachers Accused of Pro-
German I'tterauces.
OAKLAND. Cal.. April IS Five
teachers In the Oakland Technical High
School are to bo tried by tha Oakland
Board of Education tomorrow morning
on charges of pro-Germanism, It was
announced tonight by FTed M. Hunter,
Superintendent, of School.
The action of the school authorities,
according to Hunter, will be based
upon affidavits sworn to by pupils of
tha school who, he said, had trailed
the teachers to a park where they were
n tha habit of meeting. One of the
pupils is said to have reported enough
of some of tha conversation he over
heard to warrant an Investigation.
Other pupils, it was said, had re
ported the alleged expression of pro
German sentiment In the school.
00 MEN WILL BE CALLED
Many Boys Now In Service Will
Train for Officers.
SAN FRANCISCO, April .S. Eight
hundred men will attend the fourth of'
fleers reserve training camp, which
begins at Camp Fremont, Palo Alto,
CaL, May 15, it was said at Army head
quarters here today.
Although no officii: 1 announcement
had reached the Western Department,
It was thought that a majority of these
men would be picked from those al
ready In service, and the remainder
would be graduates or students at unl
veraltlea which offer military courses
under the supervision of regular Army
officers, as waa the case in the third
camp. It waa thought unlikely that a
fourth camp would be held at the
Presidio.
PRAY FOR ANIMALS, PLEA
Dumb Servitors In War Are to Be
Remembered.
NEW TORE, April 18. Clergymen in
thla city will consecreate next Sunday
to prayer for dumb animala engaged
in the war. The day of prayer was
arranged by Mrs. James Speyer. presi
dent of tha New York Women's League
for Animals, to mark the close of "Be
Kind to Animals week.
LOAN PRESSURE PUT ON
Business to Halt at Amarillo, Tex.,
rntll Quota Is Subscribed.
AMARILLO, Tex., April 18. Mayor
Lon D. Mara, Amarillo, in a proclama
tion Issued tonight, ordered that every
business in Amarillo cease operation
from 3 o'clock Friday afternoon until
Amarlllo'a quota of 1800,000 of the
liberty loan Is raised.
A mass meeting will be called to or
der soon after 1 o'clock and continue
until 8(00.000 Is subscribed, the amount
necessary to complete the quota.
PEACE CRY TO FILL LAND
Socialists In Austria to Cease Work
May 1 as War Protest.
AMSTERDAM. April 18. The Tele-
graaf re'ports that the German Socialist
party in Austria has decided that work
shall be stopped May 1 throughout the
country and that demonstrations in
favor of peace shall be held, i
People Asked to Rally
on April 26.
NEW LOAN SUPPORT URGED
President Suggests Meetings
in Various Communities.
OVER BILLION NOW RAISED
Extraordinary Efforts to Be Ma Je In
All Districts for Purpose or Ef
fecting; Oversubscription of
Three Billion Minimum.
WASHINGTON. April IS. Friday,
April I. will be Liberty day through
out the United Statea under a procla
mation Issued tonight by President Wil
son calling on citisens of every com
munity to hold liberty loan rallies and
liberally pledge anew their financial
support to sustain the Nation's cause.
Patriotic demonstrations similar to
those of the opening day of the cam
paign will be held on April 2 and the
day devoted to giving the race toward
the 81,000,000.000 war credit goal a new
Impetus for the final week.
Now, with the loan campaign almost
half over, 81,089,714,900 subscriptions
have been reported to the Treasury, or
tl3.Sll,S!0 representing yesterday's
business.
Committees Reeelve Orders,
Committees In every district have re.
ceived orders to make extraordinary el-
forts to gather In pledges faster. In the
hope of meeting Secretary McAdoo'a ex
pressed hope for an over-subscription
of the tliree-blllion-dollar minimum.
Sunday, April 21. will be devoted by
thousands of preachers to special lib
erty loan sermons. The Treasury has
received a flood of letters from min
isters promising their support of the
loan campaign on that day.
Need for Aetloa Set Forth.
President Wilson's Liberty-day proc
amatlon follows:
"By the President of the. United
States of America.
"A proclamation:
An enemy who has grossly abused
the power of organized government
and who seeks to dominate the world
by the might of the sword challenges
the rights of America and the liberty
and life of all the free nations of ths
earth.
'Our brave sons are facing the fire
of battle in defense of the honor and
rights of America and the liberty of
nations. To sustain them and to as
sist our gallant associates in the war.
generous and patriotic people have
been called upon to subscribe to the
third liberty loan.
Patriotism Appealed To.
"Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States of Amer
ica, do appoint Friday, the twenty-sixth
day of April, One Thousand Nine Hun
dred and Eighteen, as Liberty day.
"On the afternoon of that day I re
quest the peoole of the United States
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Woman. Representative Said to Hav
Hobnobbed With Alleged I. W.
W. at Butte Meeting.
DEER LODGE, Mont, April 18. Miss
Jeanette Rankin, of Missoula, Montana'
Representative in Congress, was re
fused permission to speak in Deer
Lodge tonight, where she had been
scheduled to give a liberty loan speech
A meeting of citizens voted not to
permit Miss Rankin to speak here, bas
ing their action on her alleged asso
ciation at a liberty loan meeting at
Butte yesterday with men who had
been prominent last Summer in a mln
lng strike, and who were accused of
Industrial Workers of the World af
filiations.
Miss Rankin spoke for the loan on
the street in Butte last night, after, it
was declared, she had failed to obtain
the use of the High School auditorium
on 'account of a misunderstanding.
BOYS DOUSE CHURCHMEN
Evangelists Refuse to Sing Patriotic
Hymn; Ducked In Tank.
BERKELEY, CaL. April 18. Approx-
mately .300 boys, ranging In age from
10 to SO years, ducked Pastor Josiab
Sykes and two of his elders In a bap
tlsmal tank, chased several elders
through the residence district and
wrecked the canvas tabernacle of the
Church of the Living God here tonight
when the pastor and his elders refused
to sing the National anthem. Two
policemen, who endeavored to Interfere,
were smothered under an avalanche of
squirming boys.
When the reserves arrived, in re
sponse to a riot call, they found the
nterior of the tabernacle In chaos, the
pastor and the elders grouped around
a stove and the boys missing.
MEXICANS DEMAND $4 DAY
California Frnlt Growers Roused
by Laborers' Ultimatum.
WINTERS. Cal., April 18. (Special.)
Horticulturists In Yolo County are
much alarmed by the ultimatum of
Mexican laborers, of whom there are
many in this district, that they must
be paid 84 for an eight-hour work day
in the orchards. Fruit men' of ' this
portion of Yolo County hope to work
out some scheme to evade paying this
wage, claiming it exorbitant and dan
gerous to the Industry.
The decision of the Mexican laborers
to demand this hitherto unheard-of
wage scale in the fruit orchards of this
section was reached at a mass meeting
recently held.
HILADELPHIA RAPS HUNS
City Departments Ordered Not to
Put Ads in Teuton Papers.
PHILADELPHIA, April 18. The City
Council today passed a resolution di
recting the heads of all city depart
ments to discontinue advertising of
every kind In newspapers published in
the German language.
The Council also passed a resolution
requesting the Board of Education of
Philadelphia speedily, to eliminate the
teaching of German in the public
schools.
THE NEW WOMAN AND THE GREAT GARDEN
Senate Proposal for
Increase Rejected.
YOTEGAST STANDS 167 TO 98
Subject Will Now Be Referred
Back to Conference.
CONCESSION IS EXPECTED
Upper House Believed Unlikely to
Take Position That Would Tend
to Hold Up ' Agricultural
Appropriation Bill.
WASHINGTON, April 18. The pro
posed increase of the Government guar'
antecd price of wheat to 82.50 was de
feated tonight in the House, which re
Jetted, by a vote of 167 to 98, the Sen
ate amendment to the agricultural ap
proprlatlon bill making the change.
The Senate had inserted the provi
slon as a rider to the agriculture bill
after hearings before the agriculture
committee convinced the members that
the present guaranteed price of 82.20 a
bushel, fixed by proclamation of the
President, is inadequate.
Matter Up to Conferees.
House and Senate conferees subse
que'ntly agreed to send tho proposal
back to the House for final action, and
ater the Senate voted to sustain its
action.
This action today sends the question
back to conference, and the Senate now
s expected to recede, so as not to hold
up the appropriation bill.
Under the food-control act the price
of 1918 wheat was fixed at 82 a bushel,
but by proclamation last February
President Wilson fixed a minimum
guarantee of 82.20 a bushel at the prln
cipal interior primary markets.
Under the Senate rider to the ap
proprlatlon bill the price would be In
creased to 82.50 a bushel and tho farm'
ers local elevators made the basic
market.
The vote was preceded by four hours
of general debate, during which Rep
resentatives Young of Texas, Madden
of Illinois, and Long of New York
spoke against the increase.
Among the champions of higher
prices were Representative Baer, North
Dakota; Burnett, Alabama; Lesher,
Pennsylvania; Ferris, Oklahoma; Mc-
Kenzie, Illinois; Moore, Pennsylvania
Shallenberger, Nebraska; Campbell,
Kansas; Haughen, Iowa, and Fess,
Ohio.
fS.65 Price Proposed.
Representative Morgan of Oklahoma
submitted an amendment, fixing the
price at 82.66 a bushel.
The 82.50 price was supported by
Representatives Cox. Morgan, McLough-
lin, and Young of Texas, who contended
the wheat acreage would be reduced
unless the price Is raised.
Representative Madden, of Illinois, de
nounced the proposal as iniquitous and
Representative Snyder of New York de
clared farmers could be as patriotic
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DRIVE OF 1918.
iAcAArr jotZ" Trot
Sew Director-General Says- That if
Ships Are Built in Time Credit
Will Be Dnc Men in Yards.
WASHINGTON, April 18. Charles M.
Schwab today began his work as di
rector-general of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation with, as he expressed It,
"optimism, enthusiasm and in perfect
accord" with the Shipping Board, and
determined to give no attention to
his private enterprises while in the
Government service.
At the outset Mr. Schwab made
known where he thinks the responsibil
ity of building ships rests.
"The great burden of this programme
falls on the people In the yards," he
declared. "If the ships are built In
time to bring victory over Germany no
credit will belong to anybody in Wash
ington, but to the men on the ground.
"Our task here is to supervise, to en-
Courage and to devise methods."
The iron master and practical ship
builder shower his eagerness to get to
work on the first big public job to
which he was called, in discussing his
new assignment later with newspaper
men.
Approval and encouragement are
needed now more than anything else,
Mr. Schwab said. "It Is up t: every
man' in this country to do the work to
which he is assigned to win this war.
"I never saw a man able to work at
his best except under the stimulus of
praise and enthusiasm, fired with con
fidence that he has the approval of
the people for whom he Is working.
"We must appeal to the pride and the
patriotism that is in all good Ameri
cans to speed up production In the
yards."
SWAN IS DECLARED VICIOUS
Laurelhurst Park Bird Has Acquired
Bad Reputation.
Playfulness on the part of the big
white swan at Laurelhurst Park lake
has got him, or her, in bad. Reports
have reached Park Superintendent
Keyser that the bird is vicious.
Investigation disclosed the fact that
women of Laurelhurst have been in
the habit of feeding the swan, so now
whenever a woman appears near the
lake the bird takes after her. Strangers
do not understand the creature's in
tentions, consequently the reports that
it is vicious.
FIVE YEARS JPENALTY GIVEN
First Conviction Under New Federal
Act for Robbery of Freight Cars
TACOMA, Wash., April 18. (Special.)
Five years in prison for robbery of
two freight cars waa tho sentence
handed out by Federal Judge E. E.
Cushman today to Henry Austin and
H. C, Hill, arrested at Kalama, and
said to be railroad men.
The pair were indicted by the recent
Federal grand Jury, the first case under
the new Federal railroad act pertaining
to robbery of freight cars.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY S Maximum temperature, 72
degrees; minimum, 43 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; light north
easterly winds.
War,
French advance in Amiens and other sec
tions. Fage 1.
Americans fight with great bravery. Page 2.
Foreign.
Irish at Belfast riot over conscription.
Page 3.
Germans fear and hate 'Krylenko. Fage 3.
German Minister of Navy declares U-boats
gaining. Fage 3.
National.
House defeats proposition to make guaran.
teed prices oi wneat z.ou. rage l.
Fighters in Navy eager for action, says Sec
retary Daniels Fage 1.
President proclaims Friday, April 26, Lib.
erty day. Fage 1.
Schwab eagerly takes up burden of direct
ing construction o snips lor Government.
Page 1.
Domestic
Ex-Edftor Eastman.' accused of sedition.
dodges responsibility lor published ar
ticles. Page 5.
Paris editor at Pittsburg banquet proclaims
war alms or France. Fage e.
Case of romantic Chicago professor to pro
vide test In matter oi vice prosecution.
Page 6.
Deer Lodge, Mont., denies Jeanette Rankin
permission to make liberty loan speech.
Page J.
Sports.
Twin Cities seem assured of Willard-Fulton
bout. Page 14.
Buckaroo regulars defeat yannigans, 4 to 3.
Page 14.
Hill loses to Christian Brothers in slow
game. Page 15.
Fighters train " for Golden West boxing
smoker. Fage 14.
Pacific Northwest.
Colonel Leader says German advance means
disaster to enemy. Page 7.
Public Service Commission announces re
vised telephone rates for Oregon. Page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Two big vessels launched by Portland build
ers yesterday. Fage 4.
New clip wool is reaching Portland regu
larly. Fage jw.
Stocks advance sharply on late advices from
French battlefront. Page 19.
Chicago corn traders take bearish view of
day s newa Fag 1.
Portland and Vicinity.
Wood prices go up instead of being low
ered, page 4.
Free will offering of flour stocks asked by
Food Administration. Fage .
W. Palmer, of Y. M. C. A., says Hun de
feat is sure upon bis return from France.
Page 7.
Advantages of free municipal collection of
garbage are cited. Fage 13.
Local draft boards experience difficulty In
selecting men for tnird special call.
Page IS.
Previous wills sighed by Mrs. Farrel ail dis
inherit brothers and sisters. Fage 11.
Oregon continues to buy liberty bonds, state
outside Foruana BUDscnoing o.w,bov.
Pass 8.
Governor Lister shows how Pacific North
west Is doing nor duty in war. Fage 20.
School Board supplants Mussey's V. S. His
tory, alleged to oe unautnentic. i-age l.
'Close shop" order received by many Port
land railroad ucaei oiiices, rage s. -
School Board Discards
Reviled Textbook.
MISS NELL MQRAN IS OUSTED
Loyalty Professed by Teacher
Who Declines Oath.
NIGHT SCHOOL IS APPROVED
Instruction for Shipyard Employes
to Be Provided High Schools to
Have Dean of Women at Max
imum Salary of $1600.
Muzzey's History of the United States,
which has been charged with sins both
of omission ana commission in that It
does not set forth accurately the history
of the country, Various incidents having
been Suppressed, according to other
historians, will not be the accepted
textbook in Portland schools after the
end of this year.
Thompson's Political, Industrial and
Social History of the United States was
adopted yesterday by the School Board
as the approved text and it will be in
use here starting next Fall with the
opening of the new school year.
Laboratory Method Adopted.
It was recommended by the office of
Superintendent Alderman that Thomp
son's book be adopted and that the
laboratory method be used In teaching
history. Not fewer than four sets of
reference histories will be provided and
used with -the regular text.
Book Termed Inaccurate.
Inaccuracies In Muzzey's history were
brought to the attention of the School
Board a year ago by Wallace McCam-
mant, who appeared before the Board
as the representative of the Sons of the
American Revolution. Other patriotic
organizations of .the city indorsed the
protest. Rather an extended contro
versy over tho merits of the book fol
lowed and It waa discussed widely.
The School Board, bound by contract
to use Muzzey's history, found its hands
were tied and until the contract ex
pires at the end of the current school
year, it was required by the publishers
that the history be continued as the
standard text. Otherwise, severe pen
alties could have ' been exacted for
breach of contract.
Miss Nell Moran, teacher at Rose
City Park, was dismissed from the serv
ice yesterday because she refused to
take the oath of allegiance, as admin
istered by the School Board to all em
ployes of the district. A resolution
was passed unanimously yesterday dis- -missing
her for cause.
Miss Moran did not appear in person,
but submitted a statement in which she
said she Is thoroughly loyal to the
United States, and that she recognizes
In the President a great man who is
using his powers justly and wisely.
War Is Denied Support.
"I believe the United States is the
greatest Nation on earth," she had writ
ten, "and that all should be loyal and
support it. But the time has come to
get ready for the heavenly kingdom
and in accord with divine teachings I
could not support war at any time. I
hold no Socialist or anarchistic prin
ciples, but I have the privilege of de
claring to you that the kingdom of
heaven is at hand."
There was more of a like tenor that
dealt with divine revelations. She is
said to be a follower of Pastor Russell.
On April 16 School Clerk Thomas sought
to administer the oath of allegiance to
her, to which she declined to subscribe.
Superintendent Alderman transmitted ,
a report to the board that he was ad
vised by A. A. Campbell, principal of
the Rose City Park School, that she
had refused to salute the flag for the
past two months and gave as the rea
son that lately It had not stood for
liberty and justice for all. Superin
tendent Alderman recommended her
dismissal as one unfit for the position
of teacher.
A resolution, adopted unanimously by
the board, set forth the case against
Miss Moran and stated that a teacher
should be an example to her pupils as
a leader In patriotism and service to
the country. Miss Moran was declared
to be unfit for her position and she was
ordered suspended from her place as
teacher.
Retirement Fund Considered.
A committee of teachers appeared be
fore the board and conferred with Dr.
E. A. Sommer and N, G. Pike., a com
mittee of the directors, in regard to the
teachers' retirement fund. An actuary
is needed, it is said, to place the re
tirement funds on the desired basis
and an appropriation will be made by
tho board to perform the necessary
work. The teachers were told the
board, will aid all it possibly can in
carrying out the purposes of the retire
ment fund.
Superintendent Alderman presented a
letter from Lloyd J. Wentworth. dlsr
trlct supervisor of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation, stating the wish of that
organization that a night school for
wooden shipbuilders be started here in
connection with the school system. The
board approved the plan and win work
out details, lncludina; the course of
study, later.
The Directors considered a request
from the people of South Portland that
the old Falling School property be
transferred to the Library board for
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