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Newspaper Page Textt I u. -i VOL. 17V1I- NO. 17,601. rORTLAXD. OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GERMANS U CAUCUS AGREES TO EMERGENCY PLAN SOUTH 'AMERICANS' TO GET WAR AID 6000 LEWIS GUNS ORDERED BY U. S. E CANADA WELCOMES LOYAL AMERICA INTO WAR DECLARED HURTFUL PARADE AS ALLIES DEMOCRATS ADOPT PROGRAM FOR EXTRA SESSION. ARMY TO GET S0OO, SAVT-1000 ANT MARINES 2000. PARLIAMENT HEARS PRAISE OF STAND FOR RIGHTS. J ip Aim; ATTACK TOO MUCH GO NO MY THOUSANDS It! STORM . 1 i t .J S3 it Terrified Troops Held by Entanglements. FRENCH FRE DECIMATES Eight een New Divisions Hurled Into Breach by Hinden burg to No Avail. P01LUS ADVANCE CHEERILY Confidence and Spirit of Sol diers Seem Undaunted by Hardships. X Tram a Staff Correspondent of the Asso ciated Press.) GRAND HEADQUARTERS OF THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE FRENCH FRONT, April 19. The French success in the forward move ment was much more considerable than is indicated by the published re ports by the army communiques, which narrate a very sober tale of the events. There is no intention of relaxing the pressure on the Ger mans who are opposing a tenacious resistance without avail. Besides points of formidable strength and most important strategic value, such as Ostel, Courtecon and Vailly, which have fallen before the French assaults, reports sent by run ners from reconnoitering parties in dicate steady progress everywhere and large captures of material. The staffs take no risks, everything is methodic ally prepared, to be as certain as is humanly possible of success before i trying to approach each, objective point. Today's weather was better for the operations, but it was so misty that airplanes were almost useless. Commanders Lose Heads. The commanders of the German re inforcements hurrying to the front ap pear to have lost their heads or have been badly directed in several cases. One division marched directly into wire entanglements and was almost entirely annihilated or taken prisoner. Eighteen new' German divisions have been thrown into the front since Monday, several of which were blown virtually to pieces by the French artillery immediately after their ar rival. Two divisions, launched direct ly into an ineffectual counterattack before Juvincourt, suffered in thia way. Owing to the extent of the battle line the Germans are no longer so much favored by maneuvering on the inside line circle. The French sol diers' confidence and spirit have been " even intensified under the most se- Nothing seems to depress him. Even the old territorials, road-making on the heels of the attacking troops, maintain a constant cheeriness. i Bloody Struggles Occur. Some of the most terrific and blood iest fighting in the course of the war enabled the French to increase their bag of prisoners to more than 17,000 on the third day of the battle, while the total of the field and heavy can hon which they captured reached near ly 80, not counting many others buried in the mud. Along nearly every point of the long line stretching from St, Quentin far to the eastward of Rheims, the French pushed forward and oc cupied positions from which a further advance was promised. Nothing seemed able to stay them, even though the elements were strong ly against them. It snowed, hailed or rained from dawn until night. The whole battle front is on ground greatly broken with hills and forests. presenting the ' most formidable ob stacles to attacking forces and favor ing the defenders. For anyone to get a perspective of the line beyond an extremely limited distance is an im possibility. French Brave Salvos. The Associated Press correspondent watched the progress of one part of the battle in the latest extension of the fighting to the eastward of Rheims, where the French advanced beyond a hill known as the "mount without a name." The fighting here was of a most trying nature, as the Concluded on Page 4. Column 1.) Resolution to Consider Prohibition Daring War Wins After Bitter Fight. - - WASHINGTON, April 19. Democrats of the House in caucus late today agreed to consider at the present ex tra session only such war and general defense legislation as may be recom mended by the President. National prohibition, which Is being urged by its advocates as a necessary war, measure, may be Included under this list, providing the President rec ommends it as a war measure. " It also Is possible that a rivers and harbors bill embracing such proposed Improvements as are deemed essential by the "War Department for the - Na tional defense may be passed. The President haa indicated his willingness to approve a measure under certain re strictions and the "War Department also desires harbor improvements of a lim ited character. The caucus refused, by a vote of -77 to 71, to approve either a. $33,000,000 or a $15,000,000 waterways bill, both of which were proposed by Chairman Small, of the rivers and harbors com mittee. Many speakers declared it would be a suicidal policy to bring In a bill which might be made the target of "pork" charges in the present crisis. The caucus agreement was reached only after a bitter fight over prohi bition and after several New Tork City members had withdrawn because of the adoption of a resolution providing for consideration of a measure to authorize the President to prohibit the manufac ture or sale of liquor during the war. Amid great applause this proposal, made by Representative Decker, of Mis souri, was carried. 87 to 60. Representative Webb, father of most of the Nationwide dry bills proposed in recent sessions, said tonight he did not anticipate the enactment of National prohibition legislation at this session. bill to prohibit the sale of intoxi cants to soldiers and sailors, he said, might be passed. VIEXICAN SNIPER IS SHOT American Troops Return Fire Over Border and Get at Least One. EL PASO, Tex.. April 19. Snipers who fired at an American sentry stationed at the viaduct. In the suburbs of this city, were fired upon in return by a quad of United States soldiers late today. - One Mexican was seen to fall after a volley had been, fired across the border. MARSHAL FIELD ENLISTS Wealthy Young Man Private In First Illinois Cavalry. CHICAGO, April 19. Marshall Field III. one of America's richest young men, arrived from New York todav to nlist as a private In the First Illinois Cavalry. He -will draw 315 a month. 'I believe every young man of my age, 23, should enlist," he said. "My wife thinks as I do." U. S. NAVY RELIEVES ALLIES Officials Say Patrol of American Coast Is Being Taken Over. WASHINGTON, April 19. It became known today that the American Navy Is "rapidly taking over the patrol which the British and French vessels estab lished on the American coast." Officials of the Navy Department made statement of the fact today. PHOTOGRAPHIC GLANCE AT ONE SECTION OF GREAT :"Cgwwywiu5wyy ' ' w"rr -1 rwvw.iniiM-iuay rryrrwir-r-r-w:,x y"lv-w :':: ; ""l ' tWTt""-".j y-1-? f I yjMiiK&lb . f. K ' i f '2 r K-VtoA iv-'- c I s ' i P ; U M ' i . it " 0 v . r ; 1 if M t l i I A t , 1 , " Ut i I - ' V r f S$:.'2 -- x t--, -- r.:. - ."Hi .: . 7 -'""" - - -! I it I " 1 .,.-- .rv-:--,,, s 1 A I i 'I t 1 t . X" "Jtf ' Uf" "ZL 'I . r-rr ' f J , ' 1 - , - , : -'Wwi .r - -- i I iy ti " - iiys - k' - - sa4s f&jtatJ,- n imimiiifiniTfcnfiaftu ' d '' ''' ' 'v'v'Vu'1 iC - - ' - Jnn nuiwurtmi ,.on;- I & Resources of Nations to Be Concentrated. MONEY, PROTECTION, OFFERED Allies Will Work-in Harmony . -With This Policy GERMAN - RIOTS - WATCHED Several Countries Already Are Lined '. Fp with United States, and Oth . - ersAre Expected to Follow. Navies May Be- Fsed. BT JOHN CALLAN OXAUGHLIN. WASHINGTON, April 19. (Special.) Resources ; of every nation in the Western Hemisphere which Joins the allied cause will be concentrated in one grand effort to defeat Germany. . To governments which have declared or will declare war, money and other as sistance will be furnished to assure their stability ' to preserve peace and order within their respective boun daries to prepare for the achievement of the prime object sought. German attempts to inaugurate revo lutions such as the rioting in Brazil indicates, will be met with measures to aid the government in power and to prevent the enemy residents from se curing supplies of munitions. If by chunce control of a government should be obtained by pro-Germans, the new government will not be recognized, but the defeated party will be given every means and every opportunity to re assert its dominance. Poller Is Outlined. The above will be the cardinal fea tures of American policy during the war, in connection with Latin-America. Some discussion of the course to be pursued has taken place between the United States and the allied powers. There will be a continuance of the dis cussion between Mr. Balfour, M. VI vlani. representing Great Britain and France, and Secretary Lansing, when the foreign missions reach Washington. Great Britain and. France are not in clined, however, to interfere In what 1b regarded as strictly American affairs, They hold that whatever is done in the Western Hemisphere must be done by the United States. In this attitude they are adhering closely to the principles of the Monroe Doctrine. Whatever as sistance they can give to this Govern ment they will give, but before they make any move whatsoever It is their purpose to consult Mr. Lansing and get assurance that their action will not be distasteful to the American people. Carranza Pro-German. Up to date Cuba has declared war against Germany. Panama, regards her self as in a state of war with that coun try. Hayti and Guatemala have offl dally expressed their willingness to de clare war. Argentina, Costa Rica and Nicaragua have announced sympathy with the American attitude. Mexico In tends to maintain neutrality, which means that Carranza will observe a pro German policy. Chile intends to be neutral as long as possible, and the pro-Germans In Peru are charging that the United States Is (Concluded on Fags -4. Column S.j OXE PART Rapid-Fire Weapon Once Rejected by America, and Purchase Is to Meet ' Emergency. WASHINGTON, April 19. Emergency orders for 6000 Lewis machine guns for the Army and. Navy have been placed by the Government, although the Amer ican-made weapon, which has been the subject of such bitter controversy, has not been adopted as the standard light machine gun for the Army. Tests of the Lewis and other light weapons will take- place May 1, It waa said at the Department, as a result of which a final decision ' would be reached. The Lewis gun, once rejected by the American Government, has be come one of the great factors of en tente armaments on the western front. For the Army 1300 guns have been ordered, that being the limit of avail able funds for the purpose. , Another 1700 will be ordered as soon as addi tional funds are voted in the pending Army appropriation act. The Marine Corps ordered 20OQ'guns some time ago and an additional 1OQ0 have been or dered for the Navy. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Th Weather. YESTERDATS Maximum temperature. 48 degrees; minimum, 45 degrees. TODAY'S Showers, southerly winds. War. Six thousand Lewis Machine runs ordered for American forces. Page 1. German strikers win concessions from gov ernment. Jt age Z. Anti-German riots take place at Porto A leg re. Brazil. Page 2. Russian Foreign Minister declares separate peace will never be made. Page a. Prices spurt upward. Paso 8. Warning Is Issued against too much econ omy. Page 1. Senate modifies press censorship. Page 2. Russians allowed to cross Germany to stir up trouble at home. Page 6. President begins fight for Army draft. Page 17. House Democratic caucus agrees to consider only emergency bills. Page 1. Food control bill to bo Introduced today, Page 4. 200,000 march In patriotic parades In New York City. Page 10. Allies attack throws Germans In panic Page 1. - Canada welcomes America Into war. Page 1. Catholla archbishops pledge loyalty of clergy and people. Page IS. Mexico. Villa loses lOO killed In battle with Carranza force. Page 4. Pacific Northwest. BlUlngsley brothers are sentenced. Page B. Governor "W Ithycombe, at North Bend ban quet, urges voMng oi ran a bonds. Page 7. Hundreds march In patriotic demonstration - at Astoria. Page 11, Cold Injures Kaetern Oregon stock. Page 8. A. Rehfeld, diamond broker, murdered In Eeattle. . Page . Sports. Pacific Coast Ieague results: Portland 8. Oakland : San i- rancisco 4. Salt Lake 3 Los Angeles 1. Vernon 0. Page 10. Many athletes lost in war. Page 16. Tom Cowler, Jim Corbett's find, .wants to appear in Portland. Page 10. . Commercial and Marine. Local wheat bids raised 10 to 15 cents, with no sellers. Page ilL. Wheat up- at Chicago on foreign and do mestic milt buying. Page 21. Shipbuilding- interests meet here today. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. Portland's patriotic parade greatest ever seen here. Page 1. Americanism cry taken up by big patriotic rally. Page 11. i Eight secret indictments for bootlegging are made public. Page 22. Biff food production meeting Is set for Sat urday. Page 14. Southern Pacific gross operating Income in lUlti gains $20,059,517. Page 22. Navy needs only 33 today for quota; reserve officers' examinations stop. Page 18. Appeal Is made for every home-owner to plant back yards with food needed for armies. Page 8. Thousands wait In rain for chance to march in patriotic parade. Page 8. Dr. Matson entertained at reception. Page IT. Portland bank subscribes for $500,000 of treasury certificates. Page 17. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. PATRIOTIC PARADE IN WHICH OF GIRLS' NATIONAL HONOR GUARD Nation Warned by Ad visory Committee. CONTINUANCE OF WORK URGED No Public Enterprise Should Stop, Says Statement. FOOD HOARDING DEPLORED War to Be Carried On With Least Possible Disarrangement of In dustry, to Be Ready for Busi ness When Peace Comes. WASHINGTON", April 19. Warning to the Nation against a real danger In hysterical and 111-advlsed economy and Interference with, normal pursuits or the people Is given by Howard E. Cof fin, of the advisory commission of the Council of National Defense, In a state merit made public tonight as the first enterprise of the Government's new committee on public Information. Mr. Coffin. Just returned from a trip through several Middle Western states, deplores the fact that conditions of unemployment and closed factories should arise as a result of lndlscrim Inate efforts, public and private, toward war-time economy. "After nearly three years of refusal to take the European war and Its les son seriously," Mr. Coffin says, "we suddenly launch forth In a most fever lsh activity to save the country over night. Patriotic organizations almost without number are milling around noisily, and while Intentions are good, the results are often far from prae ticaL Indiscriminate Economy Decried. "Because of an Impending and possi ble shortage of foodstuffs we have hys terical demands for economy in every line of human endeavor. Waste is bad. but undlscrlminating economy Is worse, "Some states and municipalities are stopping road building and other pub lie work. General business Is being slowed down because of the emotional response of the trading public to these misguided campaigns for economy; savings are being withdrawn from the banks; reports show that some people have begun to hoard food supplies, and thousands of workers are being thrown needlessly out of employment. All this Is wrong. "We need prosperity In war time even more than when we are at peace. Business depressions are always bad but doubly so when we have a fight on our hands. The declaration of war can have no real evil effect on business. Hysteria Held Dangerous. "What bad effects are apparent are purely psychologic and largely of our own foolish making. For our markets are the same In April that they were In March. We need more business not less. There is real danger In hysteria. Indiscriminate economy will be ruinous. Now is the time to open the throttle. "Every day the advisory commission of the Council of National. Defense re ceives offers of service from business firms and Individuals with requests for Immediate Information as to how this (Concluded on Pago 2, Column 2.) 20,000 CIVILIANS MARCHED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. DITISIOXt Sir George Foster Declares Xtw Ally Will Make It Possible for Others to Press . On. OTTAWA. Ont.. April 19. The United States was welcomed as a war ally of Canada by the government and opposi tion In Parliament today. After two months adjournment to enable Borden to cross the Atlantic and sit with the Imperial War Council, the House re sumed business with Sir George Foster leading for the government and the Prime Minister still In England. "The United States had no territory to gain and no selfish motive in enter ing the war," said Sir George Foster, but finally the infringement of rights caused a hundred million peace-loving. liberty-loving and democratic people to feel they could no longer remain neu tral. With the resources which the United States has brought to the strug gle, any hope of Germany for success has vanished. The action of the United States will make It possible for the allies to press on with confidence." Sir Wilfrid Laurier. who followed Sir George, declared that the entrance of the United States into the war showed that no nation could keep to Itself. It demonstrated, he said, the solidarity of the domestic nations of the world in meeting the menace of the doctrine that might Is right, and marked the forward progress of the noble spirit of the brotherhood of man. LABOR LEADERS COMING President to Hear of 'British Plans for Solidifying Workers. LONDON. April 19. At the invitation of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, through President Wilson, to the British gov ernment, two representatives of British trades unions have been selected to visit the United States. They are Charles W. Bowerman and James II. Thomas, members of the House of Com mons. They are to explain In detail the measures taken in England to solidify the labor resources of the country and encourage co-operation. MORE HOSPITAL SHIPS SINK Andrew Bonar Law Promises Xew List of Losses. LONDON. April 19. There have been further losses recently of British hos pital ships. They will be published shortly, An drew Bonar Law, member of the War Council, announced In the House of Commons today. BRIDGE GUARD IS SHOT Private on Railroad Span Is Mor tally Wounded by Prowler. TRENTON. N. J.. April 19. A shot fired from ambush, mortally wounded Robert Price, 18 years old, a private lu the New Jersey National Guard. He was on duty guarding a railroad bridge near Vardville, N. J., early today, HOARDED FOOD IS FOUND Huge Stocks Pack Chicago Storage Houses to Roofs. CHICAGO, April 19. With food prices mounting dally on the grounds of scare ity. Investigators In Chicago learned to day that storage houses of this city are stocked to the roofs with stores of hith erto unapproached magnitude. Rain Cannot Dim Zeal of Portland Patriots. COLUMN CONTAINS 20,000 Men, Women and Children Demonstrate Nation's Unity. ALL RECORDS EXCELLED Very Xature of Weatlicr Makes Demonstration More Effective, as Element of Determination Is Only Second to Patriotism. - America united! A multitude of men and women and children marched In a drenching down pour through the streets of Portland yesterday afternoon to give mighty em phasis to that rallying cry of a great Nation enlisted in a cause It believes righteous. Twenty thousand persons a throng that took two hours and one-half to pass the reviewing stand Joined in the greatest parade and spectacle of pa triotic feeling this city has ever known. America united! None could mistake the sentiment that moved these, lines upon lines of earnest marchers. Stars and Stripes Float. Nearly 20.000 American flags borne by them, the stars and stripes that first proclaimed the meaning of liberty to the world, repeated It with every flutter. Scores of banners 'carried in the line expressed the thought In many differ ent ways. The very splashing footfalls of the marchers In the soggy puddles made It more emphatic. The rain soaked them, these marchers, wet them through and. through, dampened them to the skin, but could not quench the spirit that Impelled them on. From the sidewalks past which they marched another multitude, lined three and four deep along the curbs, stand ing In every point of vantage to see the procession pass 40,000 of these spectators. It was estimated reaf firmed the sentiment: America united! All Precedents Broken. It was a spectacle, that parade of silent determined marchers, who strode unheeding through puddles and braved ths rain without so much as complaint to stir one. Nothing like it ever has been seen here before. As a demonstration of the unity of the people and their deadly earnest ness, it was a hundred times more meaning and emphatic than if the re. rade had been held In cheering sun shine. For yesterday's was no ordinary April shower. Rather It was an un tethered downpour, a 12 hours' con tinuous wetting. It rained so hard In the early morn ing that hundreds of anxious persons inquired by telephone of parade head quarters whether the parade would be held. None Deterred by Rain. "Rain or shine," was the answer to all these questioners. "Good! That's the spirit! We'll be there!" would come the response from the other end of the wire. As early as noon they began to as semble, though the parade was not to begin until 3 o'clock and It was still raining. The volume of the downpour Increased, if anything, as the afternoon moved along. But by 1 o'clock there were crowds In the downtown streets hurrying to assemble. At 2 o'clock, though the rain was unabated. It was evident tlat Portland had staunchly made up Its mind that no small matter like a wet ting should prevent full participation In the parade. Determination Is Shown. The spirit that prevailed was firm and unquenchable that of "America united!" At 2:30 o'clock the streets Inter secting south Tenth, In which the for mation of the various divisions wa to take place, were filled with umbrella covered thousands. Many did not trou ble even about umbrellas, but plodded through the wet, uncomplainingly. At 3 o'clock nearly every division wa In its assigned place. And more, than that, far from there being many vacant places In the columns, there were In almost every Instance fully as many marchers as it had been estimated, days before, would participate if conditions were absolutely favorable. The parade started only 15 minutes late. It was 3:15 o'clock when General Charles F. Beebe, chairman of the pa rade committee and grand marshal or the day, gave the order to advance. Brief Respite Given. It may or may not have been an omen, but It Is worth noting that, Jwt as the parade started, as if In recogni tion of the Intrepid spirit that moved it, the rain ceased for a few moments. Shortly afterward It came down again In a drizzle that continued through the three hours that followed before th-a last of the 12 long divisions fa the pa rade passed the reviewing stand. o: e by one, as their places opened up In tV. marching line, the , 12 divisions ewung Into place without iConcludaU on Pace 10. Column l. tv,; V i i' ' r I- I - ' k p. : V i.'