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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.