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VOL. LYIII NO. I7,8$l. PORTLAND, OK EG ON, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BERLIN JARRED BY JEWS RUSH TO AID WAR IN PALESTINE RAIDERS TRY IT BILL GIVES RIGHT TO SEIZE TIMBER y FLIES FIRST GRAFT EXPOSURES BY TEUTON ARMIES El LIBERTY SEAPLANE SKCOM) CONTINGENT OK RE CRUITS TO GO TO KNGLAND. INQUIRY RESULTS IN" PANIC IN CHAMBERLAIN" COMMANDEER. ING MEASURE CHANGED. STOCK MARKET. ODESSA CAPTURED GERMANS FLEE AS YANKEES RUSH LIE AGAIN GLiD Berlin Announces New Invasion Victory. MISSIONS MAY BE TRAPPED Allied Diplomats Said to Have Gone to Menaced City. PEACE MEETING POSTPONED Compere on Be-half of American La br Sends I'rirndlj Mrace to Soviet Congrr and Make Offer of Assistance. V tThll th entente allies arc "nlb Ulni at th Ufrmin line from the North Se. lo Switzerland, but ar mak Ing Utile or no serious attempts to break through or to brlns- about a cul minating struggle, th Teutonic pow- r have taken another alep la the ex ploltatioa of the Kast. . The advanr guards of the German hae entered (Mrm. the saL'stest Km- tan port on the Black ia and the renter of a great agricultural section, the product of which are desired to feed the hungry peoples of the central empires. The tierman advance throueh Mol davia and Bessarabia haa been virtual Ir unopposed. With Odessa afelj In their hands the Teutons alii have ac cess to Vast stores of wheat which Can be transported overland or by era to points where It can be readily shipped Into Austria and Germany. Blow al ladla May follow. But the captors of Odessa will mesa something? more sn advance over the route to I'-rsia and Afghanistan and possibly India, which Is to be followed now that the British hats severed the famous Berlln-and-Bagdad route to the fcast. The congress of Russian sovleta. hlrb was to have convened at Moscow ti Tuesday, postponed Its meeting un til Tharsday. This fathering may be historic, as I wi:t be asked to ratify or reject the peace forced upon the Bolshevik peace delegates by the Germans at Brest Litovsk. AlM-a Seeoaao Ho He. When the congress meets It la prob able that lbs menace of President WII son to the Russian people will be read- It Is cs pec ted to make a profound Im presslon upon the assembly. BinUN. via London. March 13. I British Admiralty per Wireless Press.) Cierrasn troops fia entered Odessa. This official announcrmrnt was made tonight. the most Important seaport of Southern KawU and the fourth city of 1:414 In population, was founded by Catherine II In ITI. Ita population numbers about $.), pearly one-third of whom are Jews. Normally there were several thousand f;erman residents. Am one many other Important Insti tutions II contains the Imperial new l:usalan university, founded In 1V. " fiwaatsiw l-arzeol rrt- Odessa la the laraesl shipping port of flassta. Immense quantities of grain pro-luced In Mouthem Ituaata passing throueh II. lie situation near the great waterway of the In leper an.l Imiesier makes It the natural outlet for lh ea ports cf the southwestern provinces. I KTni;il.l. Marrh 12 Today was lite anniversary of the Russian revolu tion, and work was suspended In lh government offices and In the factories ani printing plants. There were no public demonstration. Hl Peasre Meeeeged. la. on the Hlack . 1, a city f some '.. Inhabitants. WAHtV.T(.V. Mar h 15 M-mN-rs f th Amr. an and allied special mis sions to r..)UTOl have left Jasay tor Odes, ond-r airocs of safe rnn d j-t froiw the King of lloumanla. Tb-y Sat b held for quarantine. Mora r.garmnc ma missions tame front Minister Vnpicka. at Jas.r. who said th Au-triaa authorities bad at t'mpted to noI th missions for 3 date. An Investigation by members of th Biiasluna tndti at'd there was no sant-.ery r-o for their detention and protests were mad which convinced t Itoqmaniaa government that some assistant should be given and provl s'oa mail for them to leave Immedi ately. t la.lrta) wars' Saaaoeled. The Minister, in reporting th lnr. d-nt to th ritat Wpart men t. said the Austrian action was regarded as a With th mission went lh American Red Cross worker and other Ameri can connected with war work. Th French and British contingents Includ ed soversl hundred men. At Ihe merry of her conquerers, Rou mam la being subjected to most dras tic persecution. American Minister Vopicka reported. aW)4are Tawpeeed v it a. Notwithstanding that th terms of hav been signed. Roumania's boundaries are being altered under the clause providing for rectification of1 the frontier. JIOS.V1W. March 11 Th All-Rua. HfBwituicd la i. Ltflurua Turks Fleeing From Jcru-alcm Carry With Them Into Captivity 132 American Jew. NEW TORK. March 13. Tours; men of Jewish faith continue to enlist In the Jewish battalion of tho British army, which Is to fight for the eman clpatlon of Palestine from the Turk. A second contingent of recruits will leave New York for Canada and thence for Kngland March II. Other contin gents tr being formed In Boston Baltimore. Cleveland and Philadelphia. and will be Included In tho body that leaves New Tork next week. All of these recruits corns from neutral coun tries. News that 131 American Jew living in Jerusalem had been carnicd into captivity by the fleeing- Turks, and that their fats was unknown was an nounced today by the provisional ex ecutive committee for general Zionlat affairs In reporting details of the evacuation of that city and It- occu pation by tho victorious British army' Twelve dsys before the fall of the city to General Allenby'a forces, the advices as Id. an order was i.-sued for th arrest of the Americans and their deportation to Northern l'alestlne. Women and children were cruelly beaten to compel them to r.vfil trie hiding places of fathers, husbn" and brothers. Threatened with the death of their women and children. men emerged from their hiding- places and 12 others were rounded up In late ilds. which lasted four da. Atl of th prisoners were charged with disloyalty to the. Ottoman gov ernment. Their punishment had oecn undecided when the Clf. "The Knsllah aro coming. resounded tnrou.nout Jerusalem. Th Turks, panlc-stm ken. are said to hsv fled, taking their helpless American captive with them. DUTCH MAY GIVE TONNAGE . S. to Supply 100,000 Tons of Grain In Return for Ship. THE HAGl'K. March 13 The For eign Minister, Dr. Loudon, presented to the State-General today a note explaining th position of th negotia tions with the allies for an economic arrangement. Th minister said that since th note was drafted he had re ceived Information of the allied gov ernment'a desire to withdraw thel promts to accept th Dutch condition hst vessels sailing In tha Interest hs allied government should not be employed In th danger sone. Th not ststes that America ba agreed to furnish lOO.OvO Ions of whea to Holland before the conclusion of a definite arrangement, on condition tha Holland Immediately place at the dla posal of lbs allies 500,000 tons of ship ping, as If a definite arrangement ready existed. The Dutch governmen la Inquiring as to whether It Is possible to enter Into such a transaction, and hopes speedily to arrive at a decision. -LOAN SHARK" KING RICH Ijitc Daniel Tolman's Elate Valued at S 1,000,00". NKVT TORK. March IJ. lanicl H Tolman. who was known from Coast to Coast as "King of Ian Brokers' and who died at bis home In Montclair, X. J . last month, left an estate of II.- So. SO yielding an annual Income of It... At on time the elder Tolman had agencies In IT states and the District of Columbia and hi practice of exact Ing extortionate Interrxl resulted In widespread agitation against "loan sharks." In 111 Tolman was convicted here f usury and served a rentence of six months In prison. BARON BLYTHSWOOD DEAD Title rcv to Art-lilliald Campbell, Captain In rn-ots Guards. IjOMON. March , II Paron KJythi wood. Ueutenant-Governor of Guern see. Alderney and dependencies from ISSJ to !. died eaierdsy at Douglas Kupport. Lanarkshire. Harrington K Douglas Campbell, third Baron Blj lhw oul. was horn In Kit. and su-eeeded lo the title In ll II was former commander of Ihe fecots tluards and served in Kmpt and South Africa. II became a Mator-iicncral In Is't Ills belr. th eldest of three sons. Is Hon. Archibald l-iKlas Campbell. captain In th Scots Guards. BRITISH TO GET MORE FOOD Lord Ithondda llopcw lo l.rt Workers Hate Ad I. -.1 Meal Hatinn. lMiN. V -ll -ord Uhnndda. th food coi J, sneaking here to day, said k hjrin April to be able to give tbo er.gnged In hard physical labor an Im rw.aiil meat ration of SO per cent and thaw engacrd in very bard physical labor double tha ordi nary ration. The outlook as respecting wheat was not particularly happy, but. he added. there was no cause for alarm. Yakima Machinists Strike. TAKIMA. Wash., March 13. Machln- sts of this city, recentlr organised Into a union, today went on strike to enforce their demand for higher wages, shorter hours and recognition of their organi sation. One small snop has signed the agreement. About 10 men, union offi cials say. ar striking. Most of the establishments affected ar automobile garage. American Gunc ize Te- benches. V U. S. RAID NEAR TOUL WINS Enemy Gas Projectors Blotted Out by Artillery., NEW HUN ATTACK BLOCKED In Sector Held by Americans Near antl E-t of f.uncvillr, Germans Are Harassed Night and Day So They Cannot Occupy Lines. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMT IN FRANCE. March 13. Th American forces northwest of Toul carried out an important raid on the German lines Monday night. The artillery prepara tion lasted 15 minutes, and the Amer icans entered the German defenses as far as the second line. They found a number of German dead from shell fire and some of those who were re treating were shot down. The American pioneers accompany ing the Infantry blew- up enemy dug outs. No prisoners were taken, chiefly because of the fact that the Germans did not remain to fight, but ran pre cipitately at the approach of the Amer icans. All the Americans returned to their own lines and considerable in formation was obtsined. ( Projector Blelted Wat. The American artillery laet night completely obliterated a German posi tion In which 300 gsj projectors had been set up ready for a gas attack. The projectors were discovered late yeaterday in a photograph taken from high in the air. As soon as they were definitely located there was a great concentra tion of American artillery fire and the projectors and ths entire position were destroyed. In the last gas attack upon American troops only T5 projectors were used. The new attack, therefore, had been planned on a much more extensive scale. Haa Alraaea Captured. Along the Chemln-des-Dames. the crew of a German air raider which fell at Clamecy Monday night was made prisoner by American soldiers. The Germans later were turned over to the French. Th sector occupied by American troops east of Luneville, which was designated formerly meicly as being in Lorraine, haa developed suddenly Into one of the most active on ths front from the standpoint of artillery fight ing. American artillerymen are hurling thousands of shells dnily against the Germsn positions, maklnK it virtually Impossible for tha enemy to occupy 'oiM-lurlefl on fas 3. Column 1.) Scandal at Daimler Munitions Fac- lory, It Is Believed, Will In volve Other Concerns. J v. WASHINGTON. March IS. According to a dispatch today from Zurich, the German Socialist newspaper VorwaeVts says the scandal in Germany con nected with graft at the Daimler mu nitions factory, which the budget com mittee of the Reichstag Is investigat ing, has caused a veritable panic in the Berlin stock exchange. The Daimler stock fell two-thirds of its value, a large number of other war stocks suffering similar shrinkage, due to popular belief that the greater part of the war factories have been guilty of grafting and. will be prosecuted by the German treasury. RENT PROFITEER EXPOSED Congress Asked to Curb Attempt to Goage General Black. WASHINGTON. March 13. When members of Congress heard today that the owner of a house occupied py Ma jor-General Black. Chief of Engineers, had notified the family that the Gen eral'a departure for France with Sec retary Baker, thtt the rent hereafter would be 1350 instead of $100 a month. Representative Johnson, of Kentucky, chairman of the District of Columbia committee. Introduced a resolution authorizing the President to comman deer the property. Under the resolution General Black would be permitted to keep the house, if he desired, until the year 'after the war. paying $100 a month, minus re pairs and expenses. OUTLAWS ARMED IN TEXAS Mexican Says Bandits Equipped North of Rio Grande. LAREDO. Tex., March 13. A member of the bandit gang which raided the East ranch last Thursday night, was captured by Mexican authorities near Guerrero, opposite Zapata, and con resseil todav declaring that all the bandits were Mexicans, organized and equipped on the American side of the Rio Grande. WHAT PRfSSIAXISM MEANS. Th actions of th German armies In Belgium. In Poland and. In Northern Franc hav blotted the record of humanity. Th evidence in th case is set forth in an official book Just published by th United States Government. A copy of this book will b sent Ire to any reader of Th Oregonlan. To aecur a copy of this free book, send your nam and ad dress with a 3-cent stamp for return postage to Tha Portland Oregonlan Information Bureau. Frederlo J. Haskin. Director, Washington. D. C Ask for "Ger man War Practicea." , ARK THE HUNS PLAYING THE GAME OF CAMOUFLAGE? mtft9u attt tttt ' Teutons Drop Bombs 2 Consecutive Nights. NORTHEAST COAST ATTACKED Tons of Explosives Hurled byiam,e"dedby TikKins T -thJ ircti?ns r ' I which affect lumber mills and logging British Upon Freiburg. OTHER HUN CITIES STRUCK German Army Headquarters An nounces That 10 Allied Planes Were Brought Down in 1 Day on Franco-Belgian Front. LONDON, March 13. Hostile airships again raided the northwest coast of England tonight. In his report on the raid Field-Mar- slial French says One or two hostile airships attacked' the northeast coast soon after 9:30 o'clock tonight. About 20 bombs have fallen close to the coast. There are no reDorts rearardinc the casualties or damage as yet." Three Zennelins took Dart .in last nleht's raid on England. One of them dropped four bombs on Hull. The other airships flew about aim- lessly over country districts, dropping bombs and then proceeded back to eea. One woman died of shock in conse quence of the raid. The Germans have sustained such heavy losses in Zeppelins tna tney have employed them only at infrequent intervals in the last year for raids on England, substituting airplanes. Zrppa Booted by French. The last previous Zeppelin raid on I England was on October 19, 1917, when! 34 persons were killed and 56 wounded.1 On returning, the Zeppelin fleet was DUt to rout by the Fl-ench, five o'f the dirigibles belngHirought down. LOXDO.V, Marcn 14. On Wednesday British airplanes attacked munition works and barracks at Freiburg, Ger many, according, to an official state ment on aerial operations. "Nearly 10 tons of bombs werelcided to take positions. dropped," says the statement. "All our machines reached their objective. "In addition to the raid reported in last night's statement, over three tons of bombs were dropped on the docks at Bruges. Bombing Raids Speed I p. "On Tuesday bombing raids con tinued with greater vigor than on pre vious days. Over 13', 4 tons of explo sives were dropped on various targets, including railway sidings at Mons and Bavay, large munition depots northeast Of St. Quentin and south of Douai and billets ciist of Lens. "In the course of the fighting, which was continued throughout the day, 14 (;oinlud"(i on Page 3, Column Provision Authorizing Taking of Lumber Mills and Logging Outfits Stricken Out. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 13. As the result of hearings held today before the Senate military committee, the Chamberlain bill authorizing the President to com mandeer lumber, timber, logging out fits and lumber mills probably will be "" thereby confining the bin to J lumber, logs and stumpage. I It developed that the Government has been handicapped principally by V q a n n rt if InaKtlftir tn rr a t onlt.hta logs. The chief difficulty has grown out of delays in dealing with the own ers of stumpage. Witnesses contended that if the Government has power to go into any forest and cut whatever trees It may need for war uses, loggers and millmen will do their part. Xo representative of the Pacific Coast was heard and it is doubtful if further bearings will be held. One in teresting development was the disclo sure that the bill was proposed by the Government itse.lf, largely to facilitate the cutting of bigger timbers in the South. As the bill will now be re ported, the Government will have full power to cut needed timber and pay for it later. Seth Mann, representing the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, will testify., before the Senate committee on interstate commerce in behalf of his own organization and the Port land Chamber of Commerce, In opposi tion to the Poindexter bill making absolute certain provisions of the in terstate commerce act. Witnesses to- day contended that water competition I should not be a factor in determining rates to coast points. STUDENTS TO BUILD SHIPS Appeal at Johns Hopkins University Brings Response. BALTIMORE. Md., March 13. An ap- peal made to the students of the Johns Hopkins University to help win the war by working in the shipyards dur- Ing the Summer made by Professor Fnankv P. McKibben, of Lehigh Uni versity, and representative of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, in an address before the members of the re serve officers training corps battalion this afternoon, resulted not only in ttudehta volunteering to take work but members of the faculty even de- INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Uathc-r. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature degrees; minimum. 57 degrees. TODAY'S Probably " rain or snow. War. German air raiders make new attack northeast coast of England, l'ase 1. Many young Jews rush to aid Knsland in war in Palestine. Page 1. Berlin announce capture of Odessa. Page 1. American raid German trenches sfter artil lery pulverises enemy works. Page 1. Roosevelt's son, Archibald, wounded in ac tion on French front. Page 2. Evacuation of Petrograd continues. Page o High tribute paid In House, of Commons to heroism of sailors who rescued Ulenart Castle survivors. Page Foreign. I Berlin stock exchange jolted by graft ex- I posures. Page J. Amount of brer brewed in Great Britain steadily lessened. Page Cyclone destroys number of villages In Australia. Page J. Dawn of constitutional government is twi light of privilege and caste.-aays Gerard. m National. First Liberty seaplane is delivered to Navy. Page 1. i Chamberlain commandeering bill amended in Senate committee. Page 3. Senate passes rail bill after making safe states' riirhts to lax carriers. Page 14. Dfssentrng minority report halts draft legis lation In House, page 4. Bomestlc. Alleged plan of Germany to wrest Canada from England brought out at trial of Hindus. Page 3. Ten alleged bootleggers ordered from Pain San Francisco to Portland for trial. Page 4. Sailors on Russian shit at Norfolk, Vi., un riertake to apply Bolshevik principles and are removed from vessel. Page 6. Southern shipbuilding ysrds authorised to use smaller timbers in order to speed up output. Page 4. Sports. Sis-team circuit is certain, says President Blewett. Page 18. Catcher Moneymaker signs Portland con tract. Page 18. Career of Tom Cowler, heavyweight boxer. peculiar one. Page lb. Pacific Northwest. W. W. to try to intimidate Idaho courts. Page 7. Public Service Commission scores telephone superintendent. Page i. Examiner of Interstate Commerce Commis sion ssks dismissal of Sbasta rate case. Psge 1. Sesttle labor element checked in attempt to fiime of president of new council. Page 9. W. E. Farr appointed Mayor of Camas. Page . Commercial and Marine. Agricultural Department expert to speak Portland on grain dust explosions. Page 19. Oats firmer st rChicago on large sales for export. Page IB. Stock market is dull with undertone weaker. Page 19. Standifer Corporation wants S00 more ship carpenters. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. W. W. Cotton dies suddenly In Los Angeles. Page 8. Jefferson High unfurls service flag with 321 stars. Page 14. Mobilization of Hospital Unit 46 ordered. Page 13. Motorman Heath, who slew robber, praised. Page 20. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 14. Liberty Temple resdy for use of drive man agement. Page 12. Enactment of water power legislation fa vored by Chamber of Commerce report. Pago 9. Belgian Consul In New York asks people to save cancelled stamps. Page 6. Willamette University seeks war emergency fund of SttOOO. Page 6. Jewish people are still fighters, says Dr. Ben Z, aossiaaoaa. x-age Big Fleet to Scour Sea For Ruthless U-Boats. NEW MOTOR VERY POWERFUL Present Twin-Engined Ma chines Have 700 Horsepower. GIANT AIRPLANES COMING General Pershing Wants Flying War Planes With Six Guns, and This Will Xcccssitate More Power ful Motors Than X'oir Exist. WASHINGTON, March 13. America's first fighting seapiane equipped with Liberty motors has been tried out and accepted, it was learned tonight, and a number of the craft are now being delivered for the use of the naval air service. They are the advance guard of a big fleet which will be added to the forces engaged In submarine hunt ing in the war zone. A second type of fighting plane for the American - Army, known as the Bristol model, also has now reached the production stage and a consider able number will become available dur ing the present month. Still another type, a two-seated machine, is being manufactured. Construction details of these planes never have been published. It is known, however, that the seaplanes are substantially similar to the British fly ing boats and are equipped with two Liberty motors, which provide approxi mately 700 horsepower. This is under stood to be much in excess of tha power used in similar British craft, and their performance is expected to be proportionately better. Motors Stand I'p Under Test. In this connection it was learned that engineers of the aircraft board now have overcome the last -minor defecu of the Liberty motors, liaving to do with the lubricating system. A number of motors taken haphazard from the quantity production supply have been operated continuously for many hours without any trouble developing. Officials in close touch with progress being made on production of fighting planes in this country still are satis fied that the output will tax shipping facilities before July, when delivery in quantities in France lias been sched uled. Already a problem of caring for the planes on the other side is one to which General Pershing's staff has given serious thought. Those produced in the United States are in addition to the fighting aviation equipment to be provided under con tract through the French and British government. There are indications that these foreign contracts also are not up to the original schedule of de livery. No details arc available, how ever, as to the actual number of ma chines that will be turned over to Gen eral I'ershing during the Summer. Entente Studies Motor. The success of the Liberty motor is known to have attracted the attention of both French and British air-service officials, and both governments have had experts In this country studying Its construction and methods of quan- tily production employed. It is antici pated that a large number of foreign planes, particularly British, will be using Liberty motors during the pres ent year. Steps were taken here re cently to expedite the delivery of motors for British use. Meanwhile American engineers are ti'oiirluded. on Page 3. Column 4.) CONDITIONS IN GERMANY J TO BE SET FORTH IN" THE OREGONIAN. On Sunday, March 17, The J Oregonian will begin daily pub- J Iication of a highly important series of articles revealing Ger- many's condition today. For J five months representatives of the . New York World on Ger- 1 many's borders and agents with- in her borders have been gather- t ing the facts for these articles, j for whose publication in Port- t land the sole right is held by A n., mi 1 The Oregonian. They embrace practically every phase of Ger- , many today Man Power Food t Clothing Imperial Finance Socialism Overorganization t t Foreign Trade; Economic War J and Mark Exchange Railroads Effects of Embargo Priva- I tions of the People Military , Situation, etc. There will be 20 t of these articles and altogether r they will give a"" remarkable J amount of information concern- ing Germany's present condition f andr her prospects. Publication will begin on Sunday, March 17, and the articles will appear daily 4 in The Oregonian thereafter. J