, . sm. i r i m VOL. LVIII NO. 17.880. I'OUTLAXD, OKLUO.V, WEDNESDAY, 31 ARC II 13, 1918. PKICE FIVE CENTS. U. S. BOYS AT HOI SOUTH PUTS BRAKE ON TIMBER OUTPUT HOOVER ACCUSED OF GROSS WASTE GUILTY SOCIALIST DIES BY DYNAMITE ST. HELEN'S HALL IN TO PORTLAND ACADEMY MAN'S LAND THIS YEAR ClIASrBEItLAI.V COMMAXDEEK 1AO BILL. IS OPPOSED. SEDITIOXI.ST LEADER COXFESS ES; .MAKES PACT WITH WIFE. GIRLS' SCHOOL AVILL OCCUPY JfEW QUARTERS SOOX. " - 0 000 0111 QCHPimFF nRIUFH ULHILIIUI 1 UINILII vINT0 filANCHURIA WHS Efficiency Displayed in First Trench Raid EYE WITNESS TELLS EXPLOIT Americans Charge Into Mist of Shell Vapor. OBJECTIVE SOON REACHED Cnloorl la Command of Vorrr Proud of Ult 3ia; trench Polio Co Into Engagement With Auacalos Yankee. ET USCOVS ETKE. CPr hl. tt. rMlsiri fnttMBf Tkt Nw lark Wr.l. fvb.lahed ArTaement. TtKATV3TARTKP.S OF THE "AMERICA."- rORCK. oo the Lorraine Front. (pclal CaM rarely had I reheI th Infantry oKunrXlon post. which may not b described In mora de tailed fjshlon. and glued my eye to lb narrow alii gastng upon No Man' La n Jut before im American went over tha lop on their first raid of tha Borh trenches, which carried them Into th a-eond Una. only to find two living rnfml", but many eorpe. when thar waa a sudden atnts'.er pa us In tha bar- rag. ihjr machine ran bald away alon d'jrtng tha acarcaly perceptible Inter vat. I made out our wire entaoKla mnta apparently right under my no. but the Otrtiug trench were loat In th amoke and fog hanging oyer th bruised landscape. Haraaalaa; fire Dtoa Oat. Only an occaalonal Doche ehell crashed Into tha (round to explode la a muddy black cloud. Our own bat teries bad lifted their barrage and shoved It back on tha enemya second line. Ill batteries were being mightily deluged, too, which was doubtless why hi. harassing fire bad dlrd away. The horrible hammer beats of our auick -f irera was the loudeat note In th dlaeordant Jasa band of projectiles. I wondered where our Infantry was. Itmbonni no the departure step and airjplns; brtakly threat;! the wire. ""ih! There they !" uttered the awed voice of a doushboy. cr.epius out beside me. Tollae Flaak Yankee. The line straightened out Into pretty ardor. Off to the left I could see the horlsnn blue helmets of th pollus keeping- step on the two flank of our boy a A far a I could detect, no shell fell ear th-m. nor waa there any evidence of boetlle machine-sun fire. They Just got over the ground as quickly as pos stble. e.h man a few feet from hli neighbor, and In two minutes they were wallowed up In a miet of shell vapor. 'It un'l half as bad as 1 thought It would be." the chap next ma remarked In a disappointed ten of voice auch Is numan nature. I made my way back to the Captain's poat of combat and waited there with kin 4 feet underground. Ttrtery Trrsely Aianarri. We sat there silently together. After what seemed many hours It waa only II minute a Freiwh officer stepped into our little chamber from the Franca commandant next ddor and said In matter-of-fact English: "They have Just aald New Turk lo a over the telephone from tne bat talion combat post. That means that the objective ha ben reached." Th Captain sat slltl and aald. "Fin. I aaked htm how they knew tha as vaulting columns had reached their des tination. Th airplanes dropped th white rocket I suppose." h replied and turned to make out his report. No matter what Is going on ther Is always a report waiting to b mad ut la th Army. awl la ef War Broaght la. Waif an hour later two mud-be-g rimed, panting privates pushed a pair f German prisoners down Into the dugouts th first of the batch to be brought In. They were dismounted llavarUn cavatrmen about 2 years old and appeared entirely unperturbed If a bit glum. The French officers Questioned them through an Inter reter. While I may not reveal the nature f tha Information elicited. It can be sld that both denied knowing that there wer Americans on that sector and that both war promptly Called liar by the French. Thinking I would get new quicker at the battalion' headquarter I plowed back behind the prisoners. Hoarding about In lb darkneaa I cam upon th Colonel who had led the American group on the left In the attack. He waa clottted with mud but beaming with satisfaction. Her la w hat he told me: "When my wstcb showed a we couldn't see a thing on account of th moke from th German barrage, al though, the barrage Itself had lifted. However, we knew It must be O. K.. so we started off. It was pretty rough going. My foot never touched earth that hadn't been churned up by ahrlla. but w mad th 1 yard between our trenrhea and th liermana In the It minute, which waa not at all bad. Th e Freneb were aplendld right Cffort to Help Speed Spruce and General Lumber Programme Meet bjnipatliy In Southern Mills. OREO"NI.N NEWS PURE AC. Wash ington. March 1 Z On motion of Sena tor Fletcher th benat today rcre-1 f.rred back lo th military commute for farther consideration the Chamber lain bill authorising the President to commandeer for war purpoeea any lum ber. timber, stumpage. lumber mill or logging equipment during the. period of th war. ' It waa announced that hearing would be .beld on tha bllL Southern lumbermen now In Washington having asked opportunity to oppose th meas ure or some of Its provision. No arrangement has been mad for hearing rep Iraentatlve of th Pacific Coast lum be: (Industry. al"iough Messrs., Van Duscr. lloedrl an '. Day. when ap pearing befr th commerce commit tee last Sa.urday. voiced th opinion that whlf commandeering might; not become necessary, the passage of such a bill might be advisable, so that th President wuld have the unquestioned power If It should become necessary to us Ik RUSSIA TO BE EXPLOITED Germany Proposes to Connect Baltic and Illark ca by Canal. COPENHAGEN. March 11. The com mere la I agreement between Germany and Russia will contain plans for the construction of a canal which would form th connecting link of a waterway between the Baltic and the Black Sea, according to a .Berlin dispatch to the Polltlken. Th cost I estimated at 10.000,000 marks, and German financiers. It Is said, ar ready to provide tha money. Th foregoing apparently has refer ence to some plan by which the rivers Dvlna and ltilrper might be connected. forming a waterway from the Baltic through th gulf of Riga to th Black Sea to th east of Odessa, cutting through tha heart of Western Russia and the Ukraine. WHITE ELK TO MARRY Cherokee Chieftain Take aa Bride Klatnath Princes. SALT LAKE C1TT. Utah. March 12. Attired In natlv regalia. Whit Elk, chieftain of th Cherokee Indiana, re ported to be a millionaire, who waa on board th ship Antilles when It waa tor pedoed, and Princess Ah-Tra-Ah-Sua. of tha Klamath reservation. Oregon, ob tained a marriage llrena today. The ceremony will be performed on the steps of th State Capitol tomorrow. Whit Elk bought mora than 1 : 00.009 worth of second liberty loan bonds. It Is reported. He Is here aiding the Unit ed State to obtain recruits for the Army. H haa seen service In France and when the Antilles was torpedoed he suffered five broken rib. AIRMEN ' OUT OF PRISON Germany Heed Great Britain a Threat of Reprisal. LONDON. March IS. It wa officially announced tonight that th German government had released from special Imprisonment British Lieutenants Scholia and Wood, th two airmen who some time ago were given prison sen tences for dropping printed matter from an airship over German territory. The release was due to a threat by the British government to take re prisals unless Germany ceased Its harsh treatment of airmen. NEW PEACE MOVE'STARTED German Newspapers Said lo Fitor Ilcnewal of Negotiations. LONDON. March 1!. According to the Morning Toat'e Bern correspond ent.' preparations are being made hrough the German newspaper and German press agent for a new political move. Th correspondent say It I possible a fresh peace move la contemplated on the basis of the statna quo prior to the war In the west and recognition of th present statu In the east. VACANT LOTS IN DEMAND City Auditor Fnnk Anxious to Hear From Property-Owner. City Auditor Funk ha hundreds more applications for vacant lota for war gardena than he haa letter from lot owner agreeing to allow the u of their lota. He sent out an 8. O. 8. yes terday for property owner who have not already let out their lota to list heir property with the city. Vacant garden places are needed. particularly within the rlose-ln districts. DRY ZONE TO COVER TEXAS Great Southern Stale, Protecting Soldier. Prohibit Liquor. AUSTIN. T-. March 1. Texas will practically become a dry state April as a result of the bill passed by the Legislature In special esslon yeeter- ay creating dry xone of all territory within 1 mile of Army camp. A etate-wlde prohibition art I prar- Irallv sure of passage and will be- Senator Reed '.ands Monev Counting. VIOLATION OF LAW ALLEGED Financial Reports to Congress Said to Be Lacking. NEW ALLOWANCE FOUGHT food Administration Declared to Ileal Drunken Sailor In squan dering Funds; Charge of Self. Advertising Made. WASHINGTON. March ,12. Senator Rerd. of Missouri, Democrat, renewed his attack on Food Administrator Hoover In the Senate today, delivering a three-hour speech In which he charged that never In th country' history ha ther been auch wastefulness In the ex penditure of money aa that of the Food Administration. Ho demanded that a complete accounting be made before another dollar la appropriated for Its use. Among other things the Missouri Sen ator said: "A drunken sailor never threw money around as this administration is now doing. "Failure to pay existing bills and make a complete report to Congress Is a violation of the law under which tha Food Administration waa founded. Advertising Methods Criticised. "For the purpose of providing more wheat and pork for our allies we've ex pended $7811 for moving-picture slides." said he. "I've seen some that did no body any good, but alwaya advertised the Food Administrate." The speech was mad in connection with an amendment introduced by the Missouri Senator and later rejected providing for th elimination from the urgent deficiency bill of an appropria tion of $1,750,000 for the food and fuel administrations. . . .. Price Fixing Attacked. Attacking what he termed the price fixing policy of the Food Administra tion. Senator Reed said Mr. Hoover solemnly assured th members of the agriculture commission when it wa ' ron.-lderlng the control bill that price fixing under its provisions would ba Impossible. A soon as the bill was passed, he declared, Mr. Hoover, surrounded by his "board of trad sharps," picked out an obscur phrase authorizing volun tary agreements and "proceeded to conceive a plan for fixing prices." The business methods of the admin istration were also criticised by Sen ator Heed, who said he wanted to know what had become of $12,000,000 re ceived aa income from the grain cor poration and from other sources. oil nee the administration waa estab- iron-!uiId oa rase 12. Coiumn 3.) Minne-soran Defeats Justice by Death In Blowing Ofr Head but Family Decides "Tl Best lo L,lve. AKF.LET. Minn.. March II. William Peregrin, active Socialist leader inlhis section, killed himself . by placing a piece of dynamite In his mouth, light ing a fuse and blowing off his head The Department of Justice has been inquiring into his activities In connec tion with agitation for the repeal of the draft law last June. After being questioned Feregrin, ac carding to bis wife, returned to his home and told her he would .have to go to Jail sooner or later and that he thought he had better kill ' himself. His wife, according to the woman agreed with him. and It .was decided that hia wife and daughter would de stroy themaelves at the same time. They decided to use dynamite.' When Peregrin had secured the dyna mite, his wife and daughter, who Is 12, withdrew from the agreement. Peregrin left a note willing all his property to his widow. NEW GERMAN LOAN SOON Prussian War Iebt Now Amounts to 10", 000,000,000 Marks. LONDON. March 12. A new German war loan of 15,000.000.000 marks alll be Issued soon, an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen says. The German war debt now amounts to 109,000.000.000 marks. CONDITION'S IN GERMANY TO BE SET FORTH IN THE OREGONIAN. On - Sunday, March 17, The Oregonian will begin daily pub lication of a highly important series of articles revealing Ger many' condition today. For 1 five months representatives of T The New York World on Ger- many's borders and agents with-. in ner borders nave been garner ing the facts for these articles, for whose publication in .Port land the sole right is held by The Oregonian. They embrace practically every phase of Ger many today Man Power Food $ Clothing Imperial Finance Socialism Overorganization J Foreign Trade; Economic War J J and iTark Exchange Railroads Effevts of Embargo Priva- I tions of the People Military I Situation, etc. There will be 20 of these articles and altogether they will give a remarkable amount of information concern ing Germany's present condition and her prospects. Publication will begin on Sunday, March 17, and the articles will appear daily in The Oregonian thereafter. J SMOKED OUT. Second Army Draft to Begin March 29. 95,000 TO MOBILIZE EARLY Sweeping Withdrawals of Men Not Planned, HARVESTING TO PROCEED General Crowder in Official An nouncement Says Details of Sec ond Selection Will Be Given Out After Congress Acts. WASHTXGTOTf. March 12. Eight hundred thousand men are to be called to the colors gradually during the present year, under the second Army draft, which begins on March 29. An announcement today by Provost Marshal General Crowder of the num ber to be called, was followed closely by an order for the mobilization of 95,000 men during the five-day period beginning March 29, some 15.000 of them to be assembled under the second draft. Eighty thousand will be men of the first draft of (87,000 not yet sum moned into service. Xews Law Awaited. Details of how the second draft Is to be applied, will be made public later, after Congress has acted upon proposed legislation providing for th registration of youths attaining th age of 21 years and lor basing state and district quotas on the number of registrants in class 1. In his first official statement on the subject, however. General Crowde assures the country that no sweeping withdrawal of larger numbers of me at one time Is contemplated, and that care will be taken to avoid Interfer ence with harvesting. The 95,000 now called, it Is under stood, are needed at once to fill u other divisions or units scheduled for early departure, or to take the place of men transferred from other dlvi sions to make up such deficiencies. Regular Division Short. - Newly organized regular divisions are particularly short - of men and heavy drafts on National Army divi sions to make these good have been necessary, seriously interfering with the training work of the .National Army divisions drawn upon. The call for the new men makes it probable that no further transfers will be necessary. The 800.000 men to be summoned this year represent the number necessary to fill up all existing divisions, to create all the Army Corps and field army troops to fill out the war ma chine for which the framework al (Concluded on Pace 2. Column 3.) Bishop Sumner Announces Tliat 3 Years' Lease of Buildings lias Been Obtained by School. St. Helen's ilall soon will be housed in the Portland Academy buildings. Announcement was made yesterday by the Bishop of Oregon, - the Right Rev. AValter Taylor Sumner, on behalf of the president and trustees' of the school that a three years' lease, of the academy buildings, bounded by Thir teenth, Fourteenth, Montgomery and Hall streets, has been obtained. - These buildings will be remodeled and put in first-class condition for the boarders and the upper grades of the day pupils. The Vista avenue property will be used as formerly for the kindergarten training school for teachers and the primary grades of the school. Since 1869 St. Helen's Hall lias stood as a unique institution on the Pacific Coast for the education of young wom en. For years the school stood on the block now occupied by the City Hall. When business encroached upon the school the Vista avenue property was purchased and a five-story brick build ing was built. This was destroyed by fire In September, 1914. Temporary buildings were erected and these have been used ever since, Portland Academy, for a long time one of the leading preparatory schools of the Pacific Northwest, closed Its doors a few years ago. The leasing of the property therefore will be of wide interest to the alumni of both schools. The hall is conducted by the Episcopal Church under the charge of the Sisters of St- John the Baptist, of New York, but is open to all girls of every race or creed. HOLD-UP MAN IS KILLED Motor man Heath Shoots Unknown Who Attempts Robbery. An unidentified hold-up man was killed at the end of the Fulton street car dline last night at 9:30 o'clock, when he tried to hold up Conductor XL M. Heward and Motorman P. G. Heath. With his death the series of streetcar hold-ups since February 28 Is believed at an end, as the man slain last night by Motorman P. G. Heath Is believed to have been the same who on February 28 held up and robbed the conductor on the Fulton line and on March 2 held up the Mount Tabor and Hawthorne street cars, getting about $50 In all. P. G. Heath, who killed the hold-up man, was formerly a guard at the State Penitentiary. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The. Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 43 degrees; minimum, ttti degrees. TODAY'S Probably rain; moderate south westerly winds. Foreign. Details of deaths of Mrs. Ford and crippled on told. .Page z. Thirty-four personi killed in aerial attack on London. Fase 4. Bolshevik! drive Semenoff'a army into Man chuna. 1. Foreign office denies report of Count Lux burg a departure. Page 4. Russians reported to be resisting German ad vance on Odessa. Page 0. Germans of ruling class fed with prophecies of universal domination alter war. Page 3. War. Seven American Generals found physically unfit for overseas service. Page 6. Secretary Baker issues message of cheer from America to allies fighting in France. Page 5. Final call of first draft men for Army Issued. movement to camps to begin March Page 1. Flrt raid of American troops on German trenches told by eye-witness. Page 1. American troops make successful surprise attack in woevre region. Page 6. National. Southern mlllmen oppose- bill to comman deer lumber. Page 1. American Navy awarded highest praise by House committee that conducted inves tigation. Page 2. Naval officer charged with inhumanity by Representative Albert Johnson. Pae S. Food Administration accused nf ross ex travagance in use of Government funds. Page 1. Competition among banks for new accounts is condemned. Page 12. Washington extends war credit of S2X5.000.- OOO to- allies. Page 6. Senate pauses urgent deficiency bill calling tor si.guu,uvo,ouo. page i. Domestic. Largest of all aviation stations to be built at Arcadia, Cal. Paga a. C. Townley. Non-Part isan League Presi dent, indicted for sedition. Page 2. President Wilson takes up matter of cas ualty lists with addresses left out. Page ri. Causes of strikes In war time cited, rage 4. Guilty Minnesota Socialist blows head off with dynamite. Page L Sports. Vancouver. Wash., team in Pacific Coast International League is considered. Page 1. Record crowd expected to attend Rustler smoker tonight. Page lu. Baseball to play important part in camp life. Page IB. Pacific Northwest. William Volgut. Jr.. sentenced to life Im Potruff. pilsonment for murder of Larl Pag-e 4. U. of O. debaters lack experience. Page S. Commercial and Marine. Delegates appointed to represent Portland grain trade at Spokane stanuaras near Ing. Page 17. Corn lower at Chicago owing to Increased receipts. Page 17. Moderate recessions in stocks on general sell ing. Page 1". Government freight takes up cargo space on schooners plying to Slletz region. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. St. Helena Hall to occupy Portland Academy. Page I. J. A. Horner convicted on bootlegging charge. Page 9. Hoover's policy commended by Fred Mason at Rotary Club luncheon. Page 10. , City advised to resist telephone rate ad vance. Page IS. Oregon to furnish 363 men a first quota of second draft. Page 11. Men who fought in France to speak here . during liberty loan drive. Page 7. Dr. Harold Bean, Portland man. In front 9 line clash. Page 7. O. K. Jeffery drops divorce stilt. Page 12. Fathers and mothers of men la service to meet Friday. Page t3. Weather report," data and forecast. Page 12. Bolsheviki Defeat Russ ' Provisional Army. WARNING SERVED BY CHINESE. Invasion of Territory Will Be Regarded as Act of War. ' HUN PROPAGANDISTS BUSY Japan Continues to Observe Policy of Caution Toward Siberia and Actual Intervention Oper ations Are Held Up. LO.VDOX, March 12. According to reports from'Toklo, satya a dispatch the Exchange Telegraph from Tien Tain dated Monday. an Important dis patch from London regarding Siberia caused an Immediate convening of the foreign advisory council. It Is expected that a reply to the dispatch will be sent following the Premier report to the Emperor.9 HARBIN, Manchuria, March 12. en eral Semenoff, anti-Bolshevik leader in Siberia, has retreated into Manchu ria before the advance of a superior Bolshevik force, according to advices from the border. The accuracy of the Bolshevik fire during the fighting Is taken to indi cate the co-operation of former German prisoners. General Semenoffs munitions are re ported exhausted, as well as the funds at his disposal. Officials of the allies at Harbin agree that the situation in Manchuria Is growing worse. Every plan proposed for the amelioration of conditions meets with opposition or apathy, they say. Cossack Still Irfiyal. Fifty per cent of the railway work men in Manchuria are now Bolshe viki In affiliation, whereas a month ago the percentage was Insignificant. Yes terday the workmen refused to mova guns and trains to the aid of General Semenoff and were planning the de struction of the supply outfit. Loyal Cossacks, however, foroed the move ment of the relief train. Reliable observers, according to re ports received by the Associated Press correspondent, have found that there is a widespread pro-German propaganda, with speechmaking by Bolahevik ora tors among the workmen, with never a word of a pro-ally nature, Wilson' Speech Distributed. The American Consul at Harbin has distributed 15.000 copies of President Wilson's speeches and a similar num ber have been scattered by the Con sul at Vladivostok. LONDON", March 11. The Chinese commander at Harbin. Manchuria, has warned the leader of the Bolshevik forces In Siberia that the Invasion of Chinese territory will be considered an act of war, according to Harbin advices under Saturday's date forwarded by Reuter's Pekln correspondent. China Recognises Semenoff. The forces of General Semenoff, the antl-Bolshevik leader In Siberia, are regarded as representing the army of the Russian provisional government recognized by China, the dispatch ex plains. Cossacks have arrested the Bolsheviki leaders at the capital of Amur Prov ince and have disarmed the Bolsheviki forces there. LONDON. March 12. Japan has not yet come to a decision regarding the dispatch of trobps to Siberia. Premier Terauchl declared in replying to h. question in the House of Representa tives, according to a Reuter dispatch from Shanghai, carrying Tokto advices under date of March 9. The government, said the Premier, would take the utmost care and pre caution in dealing with ""this moment ous situation." Another dispatch received from To- kio through the same channels says that Foreign Minister Motono, reply ing to a question In the Diet, declared no request that troops be sent to Sibe ria had been received trora Japans allies. An exchange of views, he said. was proceeding. The opposition leader favored tha sending of troops, but expressed tha fear that the presence of Japan in Si beria might drive Russia toward Ger many unless ' the greatest precautious were taken. Reuter's Ltd. Shanghai correspond ent In a dispatch dated last Saturday says the Irkutsk isoisneviKi tele graphed the Chinese authorities at Manchuria border station that there was no intention to .show unfriendliness toward China, and that the Bolshevik forces were only attacking rebel Gen eral Semenoff. WHAT PRCSSIAS1SM MEANS. The actions of th German armies in Belgium, In Poland and In Northern Franc have blotted the record of humanity. The evidence in the case is set forth in an official book Just published by the United States Government. A copy of this book will b sent free to any reader of Th Oregonian. To secure a copy of this fre book,, send your name and ad dress with a 2-cent stamp for return postage to The Portland Oregonian Information Bureau, Frederlo J. Has kin. Washington. D. Cj man War PractJ a i r'-.Mr iK..tif June 27.