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TTTT! jroirvrNCl OTTEGONIAW, WEDNESDAY, ATOHi 5, 101. POWERFUL GERMAN ATTACK REPULSED French Near Verdun Concen trate Artillery Fire on Re-. w treating Enemy. ; LOSSES REPORTED LARGE Military Expert .Predicts Develop. merit Soon or Big; Battle on Brit isli Front,. W'lveve, Germans. ., Have 34 Divisions. PARIS. April A. A powerful German attack against the first lines of the French south of Xouaumont was re pulsed today, and the Germans were driven back In the direction of Chauf four Wood, which lies to the north west. The French artilleiy, concen trated their fire on the retdring Ger mans, -who, according to tfce official statement issued by . the French War Office tonight, suffered considerable losses. On the west of the Meuse a German attack against Haucourt failed.' LOXDON, April 4. The Times' mili tary correspondent, in an account of his visit to Verdun and the French front, predicts the development shortly of a big battle on the British front: "The Germans," says the correspond ent, "have their army distributed in two great masses one in front of the British army and the other around Verdun. The first group numbers 34 divisions and the latter 30 divisions. The rest of the line in Frajice is thinly held. German Alternatives Seen., "From this distribution one must, suppose either that the Germans in tend to attack the British or expect the British to attack them." , Discussing Verdun, the correspondent pays an enthusiastic tribute to the French commander. General Petain. "Although an infantry commander by training," he says, "General Petain, has made a- special study of artillery. He was quick to understand the value of barrier tire as a tremendous instrument of modern artillery, and one peculiarly suited to French genius, and also the destructive powers of the famous 75 Tnillimeter guns. The highly developed telephone service of the Verdun front enables the barrier fire to be turned on at any point in 40 seconds; and a single battery of 75's can then render impassable a. zone o considerable length and breadth. "In the use of the heavy artillery General Petain. also excels. Petain Fights Patiently. "General Petain is fighting this bat tle with great patience and dpgged resolution. lie sells every inch of ground dearly, and' for the moment rests content that the Germans con tinue tactics whiuh injure them most. It is considered improbable that the Germans can abandon the attack, in which their military reputation is in volved, but every day, though. General Petain has his difficulties, the obstacles which confront the Germans become more formidable and. the cost of suc cess much higher. "There is little doubt that the Ger mans expected to win Verdun in four days. We must acknowledge the im portance of the artillery positions oc cupied by the Germans and the rgne and the number of their guns. But General Petain holds firm, and much interesting news id yet to come from Verdun." AMERICAN GIRL WHO, WITH HER MOTHER- WAS SAVED WHEN THE SUSSEX WAS SUNK. - 1 i it i 7 ' ' T-nn " -" i 1 fldrggx SST i k J - - "-Z-C " ' . 4 $4 , ) ( ' - i -iifa ' y -M '' H J"s- ISvv.v.i.-i-.-jFrsC- I- f. ' " I " f - - v t ' i . f- ' s X ' i - '4 " A "Li i . r , ' - v a- v ' "W,"' . w'-i ' 'zrjrtr" n- jliiiiiiMWWfcglit iiii'ii)!ijiiiwh.i ixrmprtun, WWfflirmrfi 'fl , i iwirniiwiiwiiini fa www I BRITON FIGURES 01 ANOTHER WAR YEAR McKenna Tells Commons of Saving of $1 55,000,000 on Year's Estimates. DOMINIONS .. ARE PRAISED rPhoto Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. MISS VEX A PKWEIL. OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS Generous Allowance Made for TTn forcscen pirflcultlea, Includlus Sliortage of Tonnage and Curtailment of Trade. LONDON,' April 4. In opening his budget speech in tha House of Com mons today Reginald McKenna, Chan cellor of the Exchequer, said it was assumed that the war would laat the whole of the financial .year. Mr. JIcKenna said a generous allow ance would have to be made for the difficulty of framing exact estimates in view of such, questions as the short age of tonnage and restriction on for eign trade. The actual expenditure during the j last year was 1,559,000.000, or. 31,-: 000.000 ($135,000,000) below the esti-J mate, said the Chancellor. Great -Brit- ain's allies had been assisted to thel amount of 261,000.000 and her domin-i ions to the amount of 52,000,000. j Basinexs Men Fill Galleriex. i When the House of Commons met! to hear the fourth budget speech of: the war and the second since Mr. ilc Kenna took over the Chancellorship, there was a full attendance and the galleries were well filled, chiefly by business men who had a direct interest in the new taxation proposal. The general public took little inter est, despite the fact that the new tax ation will make the annual bill of the people of Great Britain the largest in the history of the country, and that there is in plain view a national debt of 3.500.000.000 with a debt charge Which is double the annual expenditure and taxation for a generation. Dominions Give Liberal Aid. The Chancellor said there had been a saying both in the estimates as to the amounts needed for the assistance of. the nation's allies and its dominions, due, in the case of the dominions, to the public-spirited action of Canada, which raised loans- in her own terri tory and in the United States. The annual deficit on the year, con tinued the Chancellor, was 1,222,000,-? 000, while the debt oh March 31 was 2,140.000.000. as compared with & debt or oi,000.U00 before the war, but that was not a deadweight debt, he added, as f368, 000,000 had been lent to allies. That was on the debit side. On the credit side was an increased yield by- new taxation which gave the nation's creditors full assurance that they were properly secured. Not a pound was borrowed without mak ing provision for interest and a Ubera.! sinking fund. ,P. 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Donat, who came here two years ago from Cadillac, Mich., to take charge of the Riverside Congregational Church, has accepted a call from, the First Congregational Church, of Oakland, Cal., and wi.ll. leave here about May 1. Sir. Ijonat was formerly engaged in Institutional church work in the- down town district of Chicago, and because of his experience in such work he was chosen as pastor of the Oakland insti tution, the building of which is located on one of the principal business streets, and. has the largest congregation of any church of tha denomination in California. Iiewis County Committee to Meet. CfcLEHALIS, Wash., April 4. (Spe cial.) Chairman O. J. Albers, of the Lewis County Republican Central Com mittee, today called a meettog of the party's executive committee to be held In Chehalis at his office next. Saturday, April 8, when a call will be issued! for the county convention that will elect delegates to the state convention at 2Corth Yakima May 7. German. BERLXX, April 4.--The official state ment made today by the War Office is: "After powerful artillery preparation, the British have taken possession of the crater south of St-. Eloi which we took from them on March 28. "In. the region of the forteess of Dbuaumont our troops, after bitter fighting, captured, on. April St some strong French defense positions south west and south of the fortress and in Caiilette wood. They repulsed trpm the captured positions all the enemy's counter attacks, which continued into j the. night. Kmploying exceedingly j strong forcea and at the cost of ex- j tremely heavy sacrifices, the French repeatedly and fruitlessly stormed the ! defense positions which, they had lost j in Caiilette wood. I "In the course of our attacks on April 2 we captured ins unwoMnded prisoners 19 officers and 745 man and eight machine guns. "Eastern theater The situation is unchanged. The enemy artillery has shown increased activity only noffth of Vidzy and between Narocz and Wise-niew. active in the Doberdo sector, near Mal borgeth, at Col di Lana and ia the Giudiorian Alps. "Austro-IIungarian troops have oc cupied the border between Lobbia AHa and Monte Fumo." Belgian. PARIS. April 4. Tonights Belgian official communication reads: "A violent artillery action occurred in the neighborhood of Dixmude and in the region of the Steenatraets." I'reacU. Better Train Service Expected. RIDGEFIELD, Wash., April 4 (Spe cial.) The Ridgefield Commercial Club has received a communication from W. C. Albee, superintendent of the Tacoma division of the Northern Pacific Railway, regarding the prob ability of making Ridsefield a passen ger stop for train No. 413, due at this place at 9:35 P. M. The nesro population of the United State3 Is approximately 1 -.1100, WOO, the larger part r probably 10,OtK),000) being in the Southern states. !F YGU WORRY, READ THIS "Worry never brought any good to anybody. But, you Bay, "Idon'4 worry because I wast to, 1 worry because- 5 can't help it." Or, "I worry because I bave so much to worry about." We all have our troubles and worry, of course, makes matters worse. The patient generally reeogniaea this fact without being able to profit by its. The doctor who could meet this ner vous condition and cure it would be the most popular inedical man alive, liut he cannot do it because the form of nervous exhaustion known as neuras thenia, of which worry is a characteristic symptom, must be cured by the patier.i liimself. That ia why you should writs today for the book ''Piseasea of the Nervous System" and read the chapter -on "Neurasthenia." 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"The Germans have made no attack against the front betweeai Douaumant and Vaux, re-established by our coun-. ter attacks of yesterday. "French batteries have been particularly- active in firing on enemy posi tions in this region. The enemy has responded feebly. J "East of the forest of La Pretre a strojis reconnaissance by the. enemy has been dispersed by our fir. fn- AIsace Freriteb. batteries were successful in shelling a German supply train on- the highway between Thann and Muelhausen." The supplementary official report. issued tonight, says: "North of the Aisne and in the Ar gonne our batteries effectively shelled the enemy organizations. "West of the Meuse an enemy attack on the village of Haucourt completely failed. "East of the Meuse ia the course of the day the battle was resumed with great violence between Douaumont and Vaux. The Germans launched a pow erful attack against our first lines. about. 300 meters south of the village of Douaumont. The successive waves of the assault, which, were followed by small attacking columns, were swept down by our- curtain ef fire and the fire of our machine guns, and Infantry and forced to retreat in dis order ia the direction of the Boia Chauffour, where our artillery, concen trating its fire, inflicted considerable losses on the enejny- "North of the: Caiilette wood our troops continued to- progress in the course of the day, "In the Woevre there was an artil lery duel in the sectors at the foot Of the Meuse hills. "In the Vosgea, after a spirited bom bardment of our positions southeast of Seppois, the Germans attempted to reach our trenches, but were driven back to their own lines by our barrier fire. . "Last night a dirigible dropped 34 shells on the railway station at Audun-le-Roman." DR.WAITE HAS RELAPSE POISOXER OF FATHER-?! X-LAW VS. t ABLE TO UK ARRAIG.VED, Condition Is Worse Than at Any Tlute Since lie Tuek Druif; Xen of Wife's Bivorce Suit Withheld. NEW YORK, April 4. Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, confessed slayer of his father-in-law, John E. Peck, of Grand Rapids, suffered a relapse at Bellevue ilospital today. Physicians attending him said tonight his condition was worse than it had been at any time since he took a large quantity of drugs the night before he was placed under arrest on a charge of rnurder. District Attorney Swann was told the dentist could not possibly be arraigned before Friday to plead to the indictment against him and prob ably not then. Because of Dr. White's condition his counsel, R. Deuel, decided not to tell him that his wife had instituted a suit for divorce. Dardanelles which was unfavorable to Itussia. M. Popiadyanoff reported to the Duma that the Russian General, l'an ushevich (assistant viceroy of the Cau casus), had confiscated all the property of Armenians at Erzerum and that more than 40.Q00 Armenians had been killed by Russians." NEW AUTO DEVICE IS OUT Power Plant Expected to Displace Gears and Differential. ROSEBURG, Or.. Apr(l 4. (Special.) A new device for transmitting power In automobiles was announced today by S. B. Crouch, a Roseburs hardware merchant, and his brother, Frank Crouch, of Oakland. They have ob tained three patents and have received numerous offers to purchase the inven tion. The device is for driving the rear .vi, hv means of forcing a stream Of oil under pressure from a pump at tached to the engine. The patentees have just completed a model which gave sufficient power to operate a heavy drill and other ma chines. It has not yet been attached to an automobile. The system is expected to take the place of ell the gears, transmission and differential apparatus rfow used. Jlorse Doctqr Can't Order Liquor, SEATTLE, April 4,-During the trial yesterday of George E. Banks, a drug gist, charged with selling liquor in violation of the state law, Superior Judge Mackintosh ruled that a veter inary surgeon ia not a physician with in the meaning of the law, and has no authority to issue prescriptions for liquor. livestock Head for Pair Chosen. SHEDD. Or.. April 4. (Special.) J. B. Cornett. of this city, has been ap pointed superintendent of the livestock MERCHANTMEN LOSS BIG 045 ENTEXTE M1 NEl'TRAi VKSk SELS SUNK SIXC3 WAR, Br i.luli Shipping Suffers Greatest "IV 1(1 37a temper. 21 Seller sod More Than 30O Trawlers LOXDOX. April 4. Admiral Sir Cyp rian Bridge, in a. report on merchant shipping losses gives the foil aw ins statement of total Josses to whipping from the beginning ot the war to March J3: Joss to belligerents: Steamers No. Tonnage. British a7i l.UO.imO Kroncli 4 J4.OO0 Beiglan 10 o.u0 KussiiHl . . . , L7 4'O00 7J.U-tO ISO iy . 1 Jpaneeo 3 Sailing vesel-r Btritis'U , 21 French .' l'J Jliiiau s Halian Trawlers British 23T French T Beig tan , J Total bellfjrerftnts losses, ldutt tu neutrals; Steamers Xorvay , Denmark , Sweden. Holland t t;ina staK; - , Greece , I Spain Pvrsia 1'ortuKal .... 'Sailing veuseLs Norway ..........a... Denmark Sweden: ....... .. ... ....... . Holland ....... . United States Trawlers Denmark Hoi. and .747 1,742,000 is SLAVE RING IS CHARGED ALLEGED UK AO OP ORG.VMZATIQX IS ARRESTED, Austrian. BE RUN. April 4. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) Austrian army head quarters' In Vienna today issued tfce fol lowing statement; ''2h artillery, pa bo, til sidea lias feeen ".Mike the Pike,' Chicago Police Char acter, Held and Other Cap tures Are Expected, .-CHICAGO. April 4. Michael Heitler, known to the police for years as "Mike the Pike," was arrested by Federal agents teday charged with violating the Mann act. His arrest came as the climax of a year"s work by special agents of the Department of Justice. Heitler is said to have transported many women in connection with dis orderly houses in Chicago, Indianapo lis and Burnham, HI. Other arrests may follow, as the. speeial agents say they have evidence to show that Heit ler was the head of a ring of white slavers. Richard Flieschner, arrested here a week ago, is alleged to have been one o Heitler's agents. He is under indict ment at San Francisco, charged with transporting Maggie. Sanders from Kansas City to San Francisco, Cadet Candidates All Fall. OB.EGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, April 4. Senator Lane has been notified by President Kerr, ot Oregon Agricultural College, that none of his four competing candidates for Annap olis made a rating sufficient to war rant appointment, therefore tbv place will not be, filled until next year. Italy Bags Three Air Raiders. ROME, via London. April 4. "The Italians brought down three of five enemy seaplanes whiob, supported by two torpedo-boats, bombed Ancona yes terday, causing three deaths and inju ries to 23 persons,' rays an official communicatioa just inado nubile. 4 1 1 06.000 .".:. out) 7 4,utKl UJ.OUO U.OO. 70 a 20.000 i.ooo " 2,000 AM 1 Clothes Total neutral' loss 13 317.386 The loss to British steam shipping, says the report, is less than 4 per cent of the total number of vessels under the British flag and slightly over 6 per cent of their total tonnage. The French loss in steamers is about 7 per cent of the total French tonnage, while the Itussian loss is 5 per cent, and the Italian 4M per cent. In further comment. Admiral Bridge details the amount of merchant ship ping built in France and Great Britain since the beginning of the war and shows that their losses have virtually been made good thereby. RUSSIAN PACT IS SCORE PUMA MEMBER ATTACKS FOREIGN MINISTER. Britain Said to Have Had Best of Agreement Rerardlng Dardanelles. Armenian Macre Charged. BERLIN', April 4. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) "A attack on Foreign Minister Sasanoff was made in the Russian Duma by the Conservative. M. Markoff," says tha Overseas News Agency. "The statement was made by M. Markoff that all questions at issue between Russia and Great Britain were decided against Russia. He urged tha government to, make the fallowing de mands: "Great Britain to. resign her claims to the Dardanelles. "Kussla to receive full control of the straits. Constantinople. Adrl&nopla and a large part of Asia . Minor, Galtcla and Bukowina. "Armenia and Trebizoad to belong; to Persia. 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