THE MORNING OREGONIAX. SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1917.
FRENCH STILL GAIN
III THREE DISTRICTS
evolved by the State Tax Commission
of California for a National tax cen
gress. Insuring' its convocation, accord
ing to a report submitted by the com
mission to the Legislature. Owing- to
the war, no steps have been taken
to fix a time for the calling of the
congress.
Hard Fighting Continues AH
Along Southern Front.
Important Points Won.
PRISONERS TOTAL .19,000
Jfivelle's Armies Declared m No Dan
ger of loosing Initiative and All
Salients of Germans' line
Being Crushed. "
GERMANS MAY BE SAILORS
Kecent Order Barring Allen Ene
mies From Ships Is Modified.
SEATTLE, Wash.. April 20. (Spe
cial.) United States Shipping Com
missioner Neal today received Instruc
tions from Secretary Redfield. of the
Department of Commerce, which modify
the recent ruling against signing Ger
mans as sailors on American ships.
Under the new rule Germans may be
signed as sailors for coastwise vessels
or for vessels going to a. country not
at war with Germany.
Without question Germans are not
permitted to serve as wireless opera
tors on .any vessels, however.
Germans wishing to sign on vessels
that will have to pass through waters
controlled by powers at war with Ger
many are to be warned that if they do
so they - will be liable to arrest if
caught within said waters.
JAIS. April 20. Hard fle-htlns: con
tinues between the French and the Ger- CROP PRODUCTION URGED
mans all along the southern front In
France. The French War Office in Its
latest communication Issued tonight
records further progress for the forces
of General Nivelle north of the Aisne,
In Champagne, and In the Argonne
forest.
More than 19,000 Germans have been
made prisoner and guns in excess of
100 have been captured by the French
since the offensive began last Mon
day. The War Office communication Bays:
"Between St. Quentin and the Oise
there has been great activity by both
artilleries, particularly north of Gru
gles. The day was calm south of the
Oise.
, "North of the Alsne our troops, har
assing the enemy, have continued to
progress toward the Chemln des Dames.
We have occupied the village of Sancy.
"About 6 o'clock this evening, after
very violent preparation by their artil-
Ifrv. th GftY-TnnriH 1 n n ti r-i A on Attack
with large effectives in the region of couver In the county courthouse.
Aifles and Hurtebise, which was brok-
chine guns and completely repulsed. OREGON MAN JOINS FRENCH
The-, artillery fighting in this
Washington State College Professor
Speaks In Clarke County.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. April 20. (Spe
cial.) Professor T. J. Newbill, of the
Washington State Agricultural College
of Pullman, tonight addressed a meet
ing at the Vancouver Chamber of Com
merce. Professor Newbill emphasized
the importance of getting every avail
able foot of ground in cultivation this
year to reduce the high cost of living.
producing the greatest yield possible of
food for the Army, the practice of econ
omy In the home and co-operating with
the organizations established to assist
the Nation In this great crisis.
Professor Newbill spoke to the stu
dents of the Washougal High School
this morning and tomorrow morning
he will address the teachers of Van-
ARMY BILL FIGHT If4
SENATE DUE TODAY
Friends of Measure, Confident
of Its Passage, Want to
Talk Before Voting.
LONG DEBATE IN PROSPECT
tee in the Legislature at the
last session. In even more complete
form, when the question of an appro
priation to carry out the prosecution
of the cases against the holdings of
the Pacific Livestock Company, ac
cording to A. C Shaw, the attorney for
the company. This appropriation was
not made.
"In that report," he says, "the At
torney General would not admit that
the state stood any show of winning
the case decisively, and one of the
members of the committee asked him
point blank why he was seeking the
appropriation to prosecute if be was
doubtful of the ability of the state to
win out.
"This change from uncertainty to
certainty, as indicated by the activity
now evinced, needs explaining.
"We are willing If need be to let the
case go forward on it merits, but it
seems to me that the public should be
made aware of the apparent tendency
on the part of some to make it a mere
political football."
resion
continues very effective.
Important Points Captured.
"In the Champagne we have captured
several Important points of support in
the grove of Moronvilliers, notwith
standing the stubborn resistance of the
enemy.
"Since the 16th of April, between
Boissons and Auberive, we have made
more than 19,000 prisoners. The num
ber of guns captured and counted ex
ceeds 100.
"In the Argonne after sharp fighting
our detachments penetrated up to the
second enemy trench. They found a
great number of German dead."
Violent fighting continued during the
night, in the course of which the
French made further gains in the re
gions of Laffaux and the Vauclerc
plateau, the War Office announced to
day at noon. Several lines of trenches
east of Loivre were captured. Heavy
counter attack by the Germans in the
Champagne were repulsed, severe losses
being inflicted on the enemy.
All Salients Being Crushed.
The failure of the Germans to resist
the pressure of the French is the out
standing feature of the operations to
date in the great offensive on the Alsne
and-In the Champagne. It Is clear that
General Ntvelle's armies are in no
Walter B. Gaunt, McMinnville,
Sail for Ambulance Service.
to
irMINNVTLLE, Or.. April 20. (Spe
cial.) Walter B. Gaunt, who recently
passed the required physical and effi
ciency tests for admittance to the am
bulance service In France, received
word today that he is expected to sail
on a. French liner leaving New Tork
April 28. and that his passports await
him In New Tork. He will leave here
tomorrow and take the North Coast
Limited from Portland for the East.
Air. Gaunt will be connected with the
Paris branch of the Morgan & Hays
American ambulance service. He was
born in McMinnville 26 years ago and
is the only son of Mrs. Jennie Gaunt
of this city.
WAR LIQUOR BAN WAITS
Government to Decide After Return
of Herbert C. Hoover.
Committee Minority Will Attempt on
Floor to Amend Staff Plan So
as to Authorize Call for
Volunteer Soldiers.
WASHINGTON, April, 0. The first
real fighting over the Administration
war programme will begin tomorrow,
when the Senate takes up the Army bill
drawn by the General Staff and ap
proved by President Wilson. The bill
goes to the Senate with seven of the 17
members of the military committee In
favor of a call for volunteers instead of
the proposal of the bill to raise the war
army by a selective draft.
There are certain to be several days
of debate. No effort is expected on the
part of the opponents of the draft to
delay a vote, but many Senators who
favor the bill want to discuss it before
they vote. Lines have not been defi
nitely drawn, but friends of the bill
were confident tonight It would be
passed by a good majority. Senator
Chamberlain, chairman of the commit
tee, said It would pass practically as
reported.
Efforts to change the measure will
center on the amendment beaten in
committee to add to the general Staff's
plan a provision authorizing a call for
volunteers, offered by Senator McKellar,
a Democrat. A report prepared by the
Tennessee Senator, supporting the
amendment, has the approval of six
other committee members and will be
submitted formally tomorrow.
Senator Chamberl .n expects to keep
the bill before the Senate until a vote
s reached, probably by the end of next
week.
The House military committee will
meet tomorrow and go through the for
mality of approving the measure a
majority has substituted for the. Gen
eral Staff measure, which provides that
the volunteer system shall be given a
trial before draft is resorted to. The
minority will vote for the staff bill, and
reports by each side will be filed in the
House when it meets Monday. Chair
man Dent, of the committee, said to
night that a tentative arrangement had
been made with Representative ii.ann
of California, ranking Republican com
mitteeman and a staunch supporter of
the Administration, to have nine hours
general debate. This may permit a vote
to be reached Thursday.
Although it will not affect the bill,
Chairman Chamberlain today promised
several pacifists a hearing tomorrow,
and the House committee will hear Dr.
Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of
Harvard University, on the Swiss sys
tern of universal military training.
CAMP WANTS CADETS
GENERAI, BELL ASKS COLLEGE FOR
BIEX FOR OFFICERS.
WASHINGTON. April 20. Final de
termination of the Government's attl-
danger of losing the initiative and that tude on the production of intoxicating
gradually but surely all me sanenis liquors during the war will await the
along the Solssons-Auberive front are I return to the United States of Herbert
being crushed. C. Hoover, now in Europe, who will
The principal salient to which tne I head the food board named by the
enemy had clung formed an angle Conncll of National Defense,
where the front, running south from Administration officials consider the
St. Quentin, hinged to the line run- question pressing only as it concerns
ning eastward toward Rheims. Caught
as in a vise by the troops advancing
northeast from Laffaux and northwest
from Vailly and Chavonne, the angle
collapsed yesterday and Fort Conde
was captured. Substantial progress
also was made in the center, ground
being won east and west of Craonne.
LONDON. April 20. "We gained
ground during the night in the neigh
borhood of Villers-Guislain, says to
day's official statement.
NEW ENGAGEMENTS DEVELOP
Occupation of New Position Is Com
pleted, Says Berlin.-
BERLIN, via London, April 20. The
otticial statement issued by the Ger
man War Office this evening reports
that new engagements developed dur
ing the afternoon between Prosnes,
east of Rheims, and the Suippes Val
ley.
The occupation of the Siegfried posi
tions, which long have been under con
struction, says the official statement is
sued today by the German army head
quarters, began March 16 and ended
yesterday by the abandonment of tne
bank of the river Aisne between Conde
and Soupir.
"The enemy," the statement adds,
follows unhesitatingly."
The German statemeni continues
"Oil the Arras battlefield the firing
Increases daily. Near St. Quentin it
varies. The double battle on the Aisne
and in the Champagne continues its
normal course.
"A second French attempt to break
through in the Champagne has been
frustrated.
"Up to the present the French have
used on both battlefields more than
30 divisions which had been carefully
reformed after the battle of the
Bomme.'
the protection of soldiers and sailors
from liquor. No steps to bring about
general prohibition will be advocated
unless the grain shortage makes such a
course essential.
T0NGMAN , GIVES SELF UP
Mar Tan Under Indictment
Murder at San Francisco.
for
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20. Mar Tan
who is charged by the police with hav
ing taken a leading part in recent tong
wars which resulted in the deaths of
many Chinese in Pacific Coast cities.
voluntarily surrendered to the authori
ties here today.
He is a member of four tongs and
recently was indicted by the grand Jury
for conspiracy to commit murder.
Progress of the War.
Tax Congress Assured.
SACRAMENTO, CaL. April 20. More
than 30 Governors have indorsed plans
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STEADY progress is being made by
the French troops in i-ecovering the
regions of Solssons and Rheims. In a
new offensive they also have entered
the German second line in the Argonne
forest. German counter-attacks on the
Vauclerc Plateau, south of Laon, have
been repulsed.
Since the beginning of the French of
fensive last Monday, more than 19,000
Germans have been taken prisoner.
Guns captured exceed 100, not including
machine guns.
Northeast of Solssons, the French on
Monday occupied the village of Sancy,
a mile east of Nanteull-La-Fosse, and
continued their advance toward the
Chemin des Dames, a road paralleling
the Aisne, four miles north of the
river. On the Vauclero Plateau near
Allies and Hurtebls the Germans are
reported by Paris to have launched an
attack "with large effectives." The ef
fort was frustrated by artillery and
machine gun fire. The artillery fight
ing in this region Is reported to be con
tinuing very actively.
East of Rheims near Moronvilliers
the French have taken several impor
tant points of support. The German
resistance here Is reported stubborn. In
the Argonne forest, French detach
ments penetrated the Get-man positions
as far as the second lines. A great
number of German dead were found.
The abandonment of the bank of the
Alsne between Conde and Soupir is ad
mitted by Berlin, which declares that
the action completed the occupation of
the Siegfried positions. Berlin says
that the French "follow hesitatingly."
Sancy, captured by the French Friday,
is three miles north of Conde. Berlin
says a second French attempt to break
through In the Champagne was frus
trated and the latest statement adds
that new engagements have developed
between Prosnes and the Suippes Val
ley, which district includes the region
of Moronvilliers.
Large Numbers of Students Sign Vp to
Take Three Mentha of Training at
Presidio for Commissions.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis. Or., April 20. (Spe
cial.) Through a telegram received this
morning by President W. J. Kerr, of
the Oregon Agricultural College, from
Major-General J. Franklin Bell, of San
Francisco, this college was officially
notified that the Reserve Officers'
training camp will start there May 8,
continuing for three months. General
Bell further urged that the Agricultural
College "graduate any seniors duly cer
tified as qualified for attendance," and
added. "We want your best men."
A meeting of the administrative coun
cil of the college was immediately
called by President Kerr, and resolu
tions were adopted providing that the
elegible seniors be excused on May 1,
or earlier. If necessary, and graduated
In absentia at the regular commence
ment in June. Students who are not
graduated will get full credit for their
semester's work. '
According to the statement of Lieu
tenant-Colonel V. A. Caldwell, com
mandant or cadets at the college, a
large number of the students are quali
fied to respond to this call from the
Government. As indicated by those stu
dents who had signed up by tonight, a
large percentage of the men of this in
stitution will leave here within two
weeks for the San Francisco post.
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HEARING IN WEST ASKED
Fuse, Revolver and Nitroglycerine Are
Found on Man Police Suspect of
Planning- Dynamiting.
TACOMA, April 20. (Special.) Sam
H. Plesse, alias Frank Webber, a Ger
man, was found guilty by a Jury In
Superior Judge Clifford's court today
of shooting at E. Fellows, night-
watchman, at a dock two weeks ago.
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fainted and was caught by her hus
band.
Plesse was arrested in a railroad tun
nel shortly after he had fought a run
ning duel with Fellows. In his pos
session was found a roll of fuse, a re
volver and a small syringe containing
nitroglycerine.
Plesse, on the stand today, said he
was an American citizen and that he
had been living at 1509 Ninth avenue,
Seattle. He was on his way to Port
land when arrested. He said he had
found the package containing the ex
plosives on the track while he was
waiting to catch a freight train south.
The police suspected him of plotting
to dynamite waterfront property.
JESSE KNIGHT DIES AT 78
Pioneer and Veteran of Civil War
Passes Away at Forest Grove.
FOREST GROVE. Or.. April 20.
(Special.) Jesse Knight, a veteran of
the Civil War and a Western pioneer
of the ox-team day. is dead after an
Illness of a few weeks. ,
He was born in Randolph County.
Indiana,, September 6. 18S8, and when
12 years of age removed with his par
ents to Iowa, where he resided until
860. In that year he drove by ox team
to Denver, Colo. At the call of his
country in 1862 he enlisted as a mem
ber of the Second Colorado Cavalry
and served to the close of the war.
He came to Oregon from Oklahoma
n lU3. 'the remains were taken to
Portland for cremation. A widow and
two daughters survive Mrs. Lula A.
Bayne. living at home; Mrs. Zelpha K.
Austin, of Riverside, CaL
DOCTORS FACE DRAFT
ENGLAND WILL OPEN HOSPITALS
NEARER BATTLE FRONTS.
There has been little activity on the
northern front in France, and London
reports no further progress for the
British forces anywhere. From the
Eastern front there are no reports of
lighting.
Both in Palestine and Mesopotamia
north of Bagdad, British forces have
added to their recent successes. North
of Wadi Ghuzze (Gaza) in Palestine
I the British in an advance have occupied
Turkish positions along a front of six
and one-half miles.
General Maude continues successfully
his advance on Samara, 40 miles north
of Bagdad on the Tigris, and his troops
have forced a passage of the River
Shatt-El-Adhem, 12 miles southeast of
Samara. More than 1200 prisoners were
taken In this operation by the British.
German ' Campaign Against Hospital
Ships Causes CaU for All Phy
sicians Who Can Be Spared.
LONDON, April 20. The war cabinet
decided today that every physician and
surgeon and every man with medical
training of military age must be called
up for service Immediately.
In reference to calling tip of the
physicians and surgeons, the following
official explanation is given:
"The enemy, in total disregard of the
accepted tenets of civilized warfare,
has deliberately Instituted a submarine
campaign against hospital ships, and it
has therefore become essential that
lartte number of hospitals be estab
lished overseas in the various theaters
of war for the treatment of sick and
wounded. In order to allow this to be
done with great rapidity. It is essential
to secure the services of every doctor
that can be spared from the United
Kingdom, "v
BROWN REPORT IN DOUBT
Attorney Shaw Sees Tendency to
Make Suit "Political Football."
The same report that Attorney Gen
eral Brown submitted Wednesday to
the State Land Board relative to the
Pacific Livestock Company litigation
and the proposed continuance of it
was presented before the -commit
CHURCH WILL RAISE FLAG
Patriotic Services to Be Held Sunday
in Piedmont.
Elaborate patriotic services are
planned for this Sunday for Piedmont
Presbyterian Church.
This Sunday morning Dr. A. L. Hutch
ison's pulpit will be occupied by Rev.
Levi Johnson, who will tell of the con
ditions in North Portland before and
since prohibition went into effect
At 6 o clock In the evening tnere will
be an open-air flagraislng exercise.
Judge Wallace McCamant wu. deliver
an address and Lieutenant-Aajuiani
Hotchklss, of the Third Oregon, will
also speak. Mrs. Leah Hathaway will
sing "My Own United states," ana tne
Veterans' male quartet will r nder two
selections. A chorus choir under lead
ership of William Robinson will render
natrlotlo selections. If stormy tne pro
gramme will be given inside t -e church.
CITY EMPLOYES ASK MORE
Tacoma Police and Fire Depart
ments Face Disruption.
TACOMA, Wash, April 20. (Special.)
Threatening disruption to the city's
police and fire, departments, members
of both these branches have served no-
ti - on the commissioner a In control
that unless the Council can meet the
emergency, brought about by the high
cost of living and raise, wages, they
will be forced to seek employment else
where. The fire department took the initia
tive today, whe. E. E. Kones. a hose-
man, and H. J. Lee. driver, quit their
jobs and took ip private employment
AIR FIGHT STAGED AT SEA
Austrians Say They Picked Up Four
Italian Aviators.
LONDON, April 20. An Austrian of
ficial communication received here
from Vienna reports that three Italian
airplanes which were trying to over
power an Austrian sea plane were com
pelled to descend into the lea, owing to
damage sustained in the fight
Austrian torpedo-boats rescued their
own airmen and captured three Italian
officers and one non-commissioned officer.
West Coast Iiumber Manufacturers
Insist Xo Present Emergency
Justifies tne Increase Na
tional Grange Objects.
WASHINGTON, April 20. Represen
tatives of shippers today gave the In
terstate Commerce Commission their
views regarding the commission's ten
tative order permitting freight rate in
creases of 15 per cent effective June 1.
Many speakers favored an advance.
provided the railroads could prove it
necessary: some advocated an imme
diate increase on the ground that it,
would be cheaper than to suffer losses
later through lack of transportation
equipment and others opposed any up
ward changes, saying that no need ex
isted. The primary purpose or toaajra
hearing was to bring out for the bene
fit of the commission shippers opinions
regarding any general investigation
that may be held before a final de
cision is reached.
A representative of the West Coast
Lumber Manufacturer's Association In
sisted there was no emergency Justify
ing the increase in rates and asked
that hearings be held in Oregon and
Washington so that the small dealers
could be heard. Not more equipment,
but more efficient operation of that in
use, was needed, he declared. The
Southern Cypress Manufacturers' As
sociation's representative declared that
members of that organization already
had stood their full share of rate ad
vances. The National Grange opposed any in
crease to compensate the railroads for
Increased wages to their employes.
The Grange representative said al
leged leakages In railroad systems
through inside holding companies
should be stopped in the interest of the
general public.
Clifford Thorne, of the National
Shippers' Conference, said he and his
associates believed the railroads should
have an Increase if they could prove
their need, but he presented figures to
show that the roads in previous years
had asked Increases on the ground of
emergencies which did not develop. Mr.
Thorne urged the submission by the
carriers of statistics for analysis by
the shippers.
A proper examination of the claims
and conditions of the roads, he said.
would require four months. Mr. Thorne
also declared a blanket increase of 15
ner cent would seriously disturb pres
ent rate relationships in various fields
of industry
LA GRANDE SEES TRAIN
demonstration. Miss Johnson talked
about conservation. The meeting was
wound up by Professor Lamb in a
poultry talk.
General Passenger Agent McMurray
came in during the day in his private
car, accompanied by Professor M. O.
Evans, of the extension department of
the O. A. C, and they will finish the
trip with us, which ends tomorrow
night at Baker. Mr. McMurray gave a
dinner In his car tonight to Mr. and
Mrs. O. C. Lelter,' of the La Grande
Observer, and It should also be said.
"Of the movies." While Clark runs the
Observer Mrs. Letter manages a sort
of corner on the picture shows of the
city.
We leave here for Baker at 11:85 to
morrow, where we wind up the cam
paign tomorrow night, and from there
we return to Portland.
CAMERA CLUB TO RAMBLE
Excursion to Be Taken Sunday to
Highway and Eagle Creek.
A trip to Bonneville and Eagle Creek
will be made Sunday under the auspices
of the Oregon Camera Club and a large
party is expected to participate.
Photographs will be taken of Colum
bia River Highway scenes and also
along Eagle Creek Canyon where a
number of beautiful waterfalls are to
be found.
The party will leave Portland Sun
day morning at 7:50 on the O.-W. R, &
N. train. The return will be made the
same night A party of five members
of the club will leave Portland by auto
at 4 o'clock Sunday morning to get
photographs of the sunrise from
Crown Point
FOOD CONSERVATION TALKS
INTERESTING TO MANX.
ARE
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Girls From High School Enjoy Insight
Into Problem of Canning and
Production of Vegetables.
BT ADDISON BENNETT.
LA GRANDE. Or.. April 20. (Spe
cial.) The O.-W. R. & N. Company's
food preparedness campaign has been
taield at this place today. We arrived
here this morning irom -E-igin ana ai
once the exhibition car and the audi
ence car were filled, the latter with
the young women from the high school.
who were entertained by Miss Cowglll
with a canning demonstration and then
by Miss Johnson- with a talk on the
conservation of food, and they had one
of the most interested audiences of the
tour.
I have thus far not said very much
about the capabilities of these two
women In their fields of action. Now
let it be said that had Director Hetzel
searched the West over he could not
have found two who would have done
the work as well as they.
During the afternoon there were con
sultations between the leaders of the
party and the local enthusiasts and a
strong committee was formed to keep
up the work, especially to further the
school garden cause, ,'xonignt tnere
was an address on vegetable growing
at the car by Professor Allen, followed
by another on poultry raising by Pro
fessor Lamb.
Meanwhile at the Salvation Army
Hall, MJsui Cowglll gave y.nnlng
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1332 JOIN NAVY IN DAY
DAILY AVERAGE FOR WEEK
MORE THAN 130O.
IS
Total Strength Is 7557 and Authorise
Number of 87,000 Expected
by May L
WASHINGTON. April 20. Navy re
cruiting yesterday showed a net gain
of 1332 men or an average dally gala
for the week ending yesterday of 1324.
With this addition the total combined
strength was brought to 75,357. Sec
retary Daniels said there was to doubt
that the full authorized number of
S7.000 would be reached by May 1.
,
CHICAGO, April 20. There is said
to be small comfort for advocates of
the volunteer system in the Navy re
cruiting figures In Chicago to date.
Under terms of the original order
(since extended to May 5) the Chicago
recruilting bureau was called upon to
enlist 1800 men by tonight.
The figures last night were slightly
more than 500 and it was officially
stated that at best they would but
slightly exceed 600 tonight despite
every effort of the recruiting- officers.
British Steamer Sunk.
BOSTON. April 20. The officers on
an Incoming steamer today report that
the British steamer Bayvoe, which left
Cardiff March 24 for this city, had
been sunk by a German submarine.
The fate of the crew was not mentioned.
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