jWovwmr Jjj (Bmg$Mkm VOU LVIII xo. i7.s;. PORTLAND, OIJEflON. WEDNESDAY, .uhKCII 20, . 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LA FOLLETTE ISSUE AT POLLS IH DDUB GERMANY'S DRIVE WIDELY HERALDED INITIATIVE OH WEST DAYLIGHT PLAN TO CAUSE NO HUBBUB RUSS SELL GIRL SLAVES FOR $12.50 SOLDIERS, NEEDING CASH, OF FER CAPTIAES CHEAP. FRONT WITH ALLIES GET $10.56 DAILY RESIGN IF ELECTED .timiL conKuioxDirvTs ix- VITi:i TO WITNESS. tt.in.TIME MEASURE SIGXED BY PRESIDENT IVJXSOX. SHIPfilEN STRIKE TO nULKEYTORUNAND Lcnroot Is Behind in Senatorial Race. DAY1ES WINS FROM MXAHTHY 'Loyalist Versus Bolshevik' A Fight Draws Big Vote. BERGER'S SHOWING POOR Ttt Kriarat Indira! That if Thompson I finally PefrBletl It nil! B bj- Might Margin. J-ojllc Are Gloomy. 5'H.WACKRE. Wi.. Mirrh !. je rial Those who hoped (or a clarion ttat of patriotism from today's Sena torial primaries sere plunged la floom r early return. It appeared front (raftered Mlarm from 31 routit'es that rwn If Lcnroot. th Republtran loallt candidate, op pJaln James Thompaon. tha L Fol lette eandldt. should win. It would bo tr a alight margin. XUwaakes May .Dctde. Lnroot and Thomptin ara running; ft and nak. the figures Indicating; that Lenroot ma x coma down to Mil waukee County with Between C'ih and 1 vote. In tha rood, althouch tbla ta by no mean an establishes fact. Thompeon'a lead In Mllvralke County a ledtrazej by fragmentary rlcy re turns tnrr ara ilw with tho count bar rlos , not appear large rnouch to svrrront I-enroof down-tat. marcln. Joaapb t' Pwvtrs' nomination over It. Charle. Mi-Carthy by tba Ivao. crata by an overwhelming majority, probably a to 1 or mora, waa assured arty tlotb ara enthusiastic support- r of tha resident's conduct of tha war and tha Republican loyalist took j a) mead of comfort from tha fart that i tha Ivmorratlc vole should al count la tba Judgment of Wisconsin pro aioancad by tha country at larit. Itetorwa . I .f. oylrlr. Tfonia.il hat 11.71 yatea- in t -artered returne. Inroot fc4l 11.2. ,t the tme of thta computation Itttla a ! been beard from the .o-rallcd t;erma) counties, where Thompson waa e ipe.-ted t poll a heaty vote. Nothing bad been heard from the city of Mil. waakle. whrra th.r. waa J a munici pal primary and the polls did But cloj mil orlork. Mr. Ii-a U t no time In beginning hie campaign for tha .lectins on April 3. lie leaned a atatement tonicht In tra ba said: 'Today tha political situation In ronaia la exactly what It baa b n for On Wrtrro llaltlrfront. Front Xortb & to Adriatic. Ilo-tllltlc-s too tiauc by Ilarracc and 1 laid 9. Ty the Associated Press.) Notwithstanding the fart that the flermans for some time past hare ad- ertied largely thlr Intention to begin cenrral offensive on th allied front t no distant data, nothing beyond In- enalfled bombardmenta and here and there Infantry attacks on various sec- tore have been forthcoming. Tha Teutons probsbly realUe that their rfforta to hearten tho people at home ara beginning to require soma- thins; mora substantial than word. Almost as perfunctorily as InvltB- tlona arc Issued for attendance upon stale functions, the liermini now nave bidden Journalist of neutral countries to appear on the western battle front to witness the commencement of tha rman offensive operations. The cor respondents. It is slated, are expected to begin thnlr Journey toward the scene o fine purposed fighting today. n tha meanwhile all along the bat tle front In the weal, from the vNorth tkt to the Adriatic, the hostilities cn- inue to be carried out oy means 01 cac big guns Of the opposing sides and by small units of Infantry In raiding oper ation. In none of these raids has any material gain been achieved by either Ide. except possibly by the French. who In the Rnrlma region have pene rated German positions to a depth of bout threc-flftha of a mile. Pooling of Reserves Gives Whip Han HUN 0FFENt.v.c IS SCOUTED Germans Believed to Plan to Stay on Defensive. ITALY MAY SEE ATTACKS Supreme War Co u noil at Versailles, Jt Is Totaled Oat, 3Iay Try to Fool Hun by Feinting: In West and Driving Hard In South. C0RVALLIS PASTOR CALLED Iter. Clinton Greene la Appointed Chaplain of Hospital Unit. COnVAU.IS. Or, March !. (Spe la I) Krv. Clinton J. Greene has been ordered t report to I'ortland to Join Hospital Unit No. 4f. of wblch he h been appointed chaplain. lr. tireene came here a year ago from tiuffalo to fill the pulpit of the reshyterlan Church. He is considered regular fellow' by the men. both ithln and without the church. He likes o hunt. fish, play billiards, tennis and ther game, and It Is pretty generally conceded here that he la bound to fit nto the work with the hospital unit in ranee. FRENCH PRAISE RED CROSS Preaa Kxpreaar Gratitude for Work After La Coarncuvo Explosion. P A Ft ! f. March II. The French pre la unanimous In expressions of grati tude and praise for the admirable work performed by the American l:4 Cross on f'rldsy following the explosions at fourncuve. Tba fir at I -a Coumeuve Is still smouldering In th ruins of the factory and smaller explosions are of fre.juent occurrence but the blare I under con trol. Twepty-four bodies have been re covered. It la not expected that tiie number of deadwi!l reach more than jo. aa was officially announced. " - ,econ.ir.-. r.pu-, "CAPTAIN" HARDY RETURNS tatioa lor l"auy still banc la tbr I rl era n of I'erry Japanese Expedi tion, Hack Froia Tour of Japan. WASHINGTON. March IS. The key to the 11 riddle of the western bat tlefront la In the hands of the supreme war council at Versailles. Decision as to the time and place of major offensives by the entente allies rests with that body. It directly con trols, officials hens believe, a new weapon forged during the Winter with which to make effective Hi plans of grand strategy. That weapon is be lleved to lie In a pooling of the army reserves of all tha entente allies' ar mies, permitting overwhelming con centratlona at selected points of attack. American observers now are con vinced that the German high command plans a defensive campaign and that the long-talked-of drive on Paris or the channel porta haa been abandoned. Scape of teaaeil Nat Tela. The Initiative, according to this view, rests with the allied and American forces. Communiques are being closely scanned for this Indication of any of fensive operatlona mapped out at Ver sailles. The supreme council was created un der the urgent Insistence of President Wilson for aggressive action this year. based on co-ordinated plans and under tha direction of single agency. The exact scope of the council's authority never haa been disclosed. It was aaid both by Premier Lloyd George and by I.ord Corson, however. In explaining the atstua or the British Imperial gen eral staff and th commander In trie field. Sir Douglas Uaig. that certain British forces had been assigned to the council a control. Kafrate May Deliver Kaasah. ' Decision by the war council, officers here believe, as to the field where these and similar forces from other armies are to be concentrated will show where allied blows at the German de- On Retlrlnjr on I-a.-t Saturday of This Month Turn Clock Ahead and Forget It, Advice. WASHINGTON. March 19. The day light saving bill was signed today by President Wilson. It puts all clocks forward an hour on the last Sunday in March and turns them back again the last Sunday in October. The daylight-saving pUn t.-III go into effect and be observed without the slightest disorganisation or Impair ment of existing conditions. Trains will run as usual, and every feature of dally life into which the element of time enters will remain unchanged. Before retiring on tha lavt Saturday of this momha the American house holder will set his clock an hour ahead, and then may go to sleep -and forget entirely about daylight saving until the last Saturday of October. On that date he will reverse the process, turn ing back the hands of the clock an hour, and the next day the Nation again will run on "sun" time. In the Summer the American actually rill rise, transact his daily business a. .J retire an hour earlier than has been his custom, but with bis clock an hour fast he' will not know the difference. An hour of daylight thus will be con served In the afternoon. The plan'a practicability and effi ciency has been effectively demon strated In 12 European countries. Baltimore Workers Tie Up Fleet Program. 600 MEN WALK OUT SUDDENLY Aim Said to Be Wage on Basis of Pay for Special Work. DEMAND DECLARED UNJUST Affected Company States Emloycs Are Receiving Exceedingly High Wages and Asks Government to Take Drastic Action. GERMAN CLASSES WILL GO Teuton Language to Be Eliminated From Corvallls -Schools. COP.VALLIS. Or., March 19. f Spe cial.) At a session of the School Board last nit-ht it was decided that, begin ning with the next term of school, the study of German would hereafter be eliminated from the course of study. Heretofore Corvallls has had a four year course, j Before school began last Fall there waa considerable agitation against teaching German In the schools this year, but the board decided to defer action until they ascertained the de sires of the pupils. The students evinced such a prejudice against taking German that not a single new student registered in the course. ARMY. OFFICER ARRESTED Captain and Civilian Charged With - Conspiracy Against C S. - BATTLE CHEEK. Mlrh, March 1. Captain Ralph A. Pllllnger. Engineers Reserve Corps, constructing quarter master at Camp Custer, near here, and Ralph Windhorst, a civilian of Chi cago, were arrested last night by a t nitd Plates deputy marobal. on a frnses are dealgned to falL If there is charge of conspiracy to defraud the to bo no German drive, as the War De- j rnited States Government. The com- b'.a.ace. Tba Nation doubts Wisconsin Pot beraoaa of tha arts of any on of liar puolic mea. but beeaitea of th arts f snaav of her public mrn. It la a doubt that can be removed by eiear. Xiaetulvocat tpr.lrll of tha loal 1 s.atimant of Wisconsin r.gtstrred at tba poll. It can ba removed by notlt luf eUa. A Haw yama at V ar. "Tha situation In Wisconsin la ft Vee concern In snora than on way. It Involve tbo i-e.tton, of rour.e. of wberhee or not W ijMron.iu shall support with ail her power our battle lire In France. Rut It aleo Involves the que, tlosj of whether Wi.:on.io l thorough ly, whole-heartedly. American. "Alien forces, otten bold and Impu dent. ka baesi at work In Wisconsin fr many years seeking to undermine tha AmerWaniem of her people. They hav been well oraanlsed and rt a systematic manner they hav striven to arhiev their purpose. They hav gained and wielded larg power. This la tha reaeon why so ntsny public men of th state have failed In the'r duty to Awierwa during the last three years aad longer. They have bowed to alien jawtr. They hav b en hesitant and cowardly. Many of them hav failed to aupport AmerW-an right and uphold mertcatt Interest. Some of them bae goa so far a to vote to surrender American rights and Interest. Loyalty la neaussr. "We. In Wisconsin, are face to far with another duty. That duty Is to fight and crush th f.r within. If they should succeed, and unless we f.stit them resolutely tber la danger that they will succeed. America will face th same fat which has over taken Russia. Tha aim of liermany's agents and agitators and propaganda lata her ts to divide mnd destroy Amer ica. It Is a fata that we shall richly deaerv If we remain blind and passive. It la our duty to bunt out and throttle aul was preach aediHon." Faction! lines hav been shot to piece by th struggle over th "Lov aliet versus Iiolshevlk" Issue, with the result that tha political experts are nsbi to pick anv typical precincts from which to figure out the results la advaac of tba actual returns. elwj la rrr Heat J. Lovalists are cheering McCarthy In his Ofrat b pointing out that bis ex'-or'at one of La Foltt!n hav been instrumental Ir waking up Wisconsin. A rerd vote f.e a Spring primary was pneaj at in tna -ststc. in Mi 5KATTLF, Vih. March 19. W. H. Hardy, of Portland. Or., a veteran American sailor, arrived her today fr..m Japan, where ha recently made a speaking tour. Hardy, who Is known In Portland as "Captain" Hardy, was a sailor on one of the ships of the American fleet which, under command of Commodore! Perry, visited Japan (I years ago. In bis talks la Japan Hardy re counted bis early experiences In the far eastern empire. He is 5. years old. partmant predicted yesterday in Its weekly war review, the council wtll not be forced to bold Its reserves for defensive purposes and can devote this new sgenry to attempts to smash weak points In the German Una. Opinion as to the sectors offering tha best opportunity for allied as- ults varlea widely here. There Is substantial agreement, however, that plaint was made by the Department of Justice. Captain Pllllnger had charge of the SS0O.00O base hospital ' extension at Camp Custer. It is alleged that Wind horst, representing himself as & brok er, said it was necessary for him to bny all supplies from ' two concerns connected wltn cantonment construc tion work, or the supplies would not bo given approval by Captain Pllllnger. BALTIMORE, Md., March 111. The 600 shlpworkera who laid dovrn their tools at the Baltimore Drydocka at Shipbuilding Company plant here on Monday will return to work tomorrow morning. Local no. 3. iiotiermaaera. Iroa Shipbuilders and Helpers, wh'.rh Included the . strikers. Issued a state Blent late tonlgbt announcing that the lay-aft waa due to a mlsuaderstaad Ibbt of the wage adjustment board scale. WASHINGTON, March 19. A serious local interruption in the shipbuilding programme, due to demands for in creased wages by workers, who a month ago received substantial ad vances In pay, was reported to the Shipping Board today from Baltimore, where 600 riveters, chippers, caulkers, reamers and drillers left the bulls on which they were working in the yards of the Baltimore Drydock & Shipbuild ing Company. Mine sweepers under construction for the Navy were left unfinished by the strikers as well as the merchant ships building in an effort to offset the losses from submarines. Explanation Kot Offered. The company officials reported that the walkout took place witnout any explanation, but that they understood the men refused to work until a de clsion was rendered on their demand for $10.56 a day for chippers and caulkers and t2i a day for riveting gangs of two men and a boy, all of whom are, employed on what is known as allowance work on intricate parts of the ships' hulls. - Officials of the Shipping Board think the strike is an effort to force a day wage scale on the basis of pay for spe cial work. Wages Now High. The present day scale for chippers and caulkers is 95.60 for eight hours, with many men making greater sums in getting time amd a half for over time and double time for holidays and Sundays. Riveters make even more on piece ratea. J. A. Franklin, - president of the Boilermakers Union, to which most of the strikers belong, was notified of the trouble, and confidence was ex pressed by officials that the National Women Exhibited on Raised Plat forms and Tartar Merchants Do Brisk Business. CHICAGO, March 19. (Special.) Louis Edgar Browne, in a special cable dispatch from Pctrograd. savs several transports arrived a few days sgo at Theodosia, on the Black Sea. bringing Russian troops that had left the Cau casus front. Ammunition, animal transports and artillery were disem barked in disorderly aeaps on the wharf. The people of Theodosia were aston ished to notice herded amid the piles of shells and baggage many women wearing bright Eastern garments. The soldiers explained that the women were bought in the open slave mar kets of the Caucasus and were there fore private property of the soldiers. Some of the slave owners who were without money hastened to -exercise the prerogative of private ownership and establish a local slave market, exhib iting the women on raised platforms and carts. The prices did not exceed 200 rubles (9100) for each woman. Transport followed transport, each bringing a quota of slaves and caus ing prices to drop, until now a slave can be bought for 2a rubles (JlZ.oO). Tartar merchants played the part of middlemen, purchasing slaves from the soldiers and reselling them to rest dents of the Crimea as laborers and domestics. Candidacy Is for Short Term in Senate. STATE'S INTERESTS AT HEART Ex-Senator Proposes to Let Governor Appoint. SITUATION IS CLARIFIED Object Is to Insnre Continnous Rep resentation by People's Choice fop Long Term, Securing Better Positions on Committees. : YANKEE FLYERS SPEED UP Distance of 212 Miles Covered Two Hours and S8 Minutes. in ROME, March 15. Two American aviators accomplished today a fast flight from Koggia to this city. Hying' the 212 miles in 15S minutes. The aviators were Major Ryanm, commander of the American flying corps at Fogsia, who acted as pilot, and Captain Frost, who made the. trip as observer. CLOSING ORDER HELD UP London Theater and Fl;hl Proposed Restaurants Edict. LONDON. March 1J- Tha proposal for the closing of eating and amuse ment placea at :! P. M. has not yet ben definitely adopted. All the Indus trie affected declare the plan will ba ruinous lo them. Kvery proposal for wartime restric tions has met th aama sort of outcry when It was first broached, but U is pointed out that th dlssster which the saloonkeepers and various other busi nesses had predicted has not occurred as a result of the restrictions. DRY ISSUE MAY NOT ARISE Only Court Order Can Put Liquor Question Ilcforc Chicago. CHp-AGO. March 19. Cltlxens of Chl raco will not vote on the question whether the city shall be wet or dry territory at the election April S unless the courts Intervene. The election board today decided that th petition of th Chicago-Dry Feder ation submitting th saloon question to the voters Is Invalid because It does not contain the required number of legal signatures. ROOSEVELT IN OLD FORM Colonel Assures Maine Republican of Ability lo Speak. At";t".TA. Me, March 19. Doubt as to whether bis health would permit him to address th Mat Republican Con- iventlon at Portland. M-. on March IS w.Mke th final count Is expected to I t ,t rr,t today by Tolonrl Theo aat. a new n mark, la soma city -or. r,w,,. who notified tba cob lCecee4 . 4. CCasl tnltle th-t ha would srpsar. I assssaaw.--. " a., us si nr.nttfiui n 4, Uiunin It.) .m. m y I wnr rp r.rT that war r.ARnr nnivnt ' I : start r V z&Z?Zr VN cF-J "" sf" 1 i l l-OUG , 1 v (sesatj V S wJSi f I ooo you o L V. fOG th' J (oC L, r&LJ f Xr 11 COO - f J.OU- O I frnDj r",n",i( r'AfM. " 'Vos 'In ilR ! li )rsQ I w ihlW s-tss-? of -a tj.o. I. a s. V, Hi' X -55. d. v y ex ,"aV-C't'. " -f" ) EX-PRESIDENT GOMEZ FREE Cuban Executive Grants Amnesty to Rebel Leader. HAVANA, March 19. General Jose Miguel Gomez, ex-president of Cuba and one of the leaders of the revolu tionary movement last year, gained his complete liberty today by reason of the amnesty bill signed by President Menocal. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 5S degrees; minimum. 37 degrees. TODAY'S Probably rain moderate south- War. Initiative on west front Page 1. Secretary Baker concludes inspection tour of American lines. Page 4. Count von Hertlin speaks of Wilson's tele gram to Soviet as "Hypocrisy." Page li. French execute raids on large scale In Verdun sector. Page 2. Germ any invites neutral correspondents to witness her "big drive." Page L British airplanes drop ton of bombs aMannneim. Page 3. now with allies. in National. Baltimore -hip workers strike for SI 0.56 daily. Page 1 United States postpones seizure of Du ten ships. Page 6. Senator Pomerene defends fixl.ic price of wheat and says it is high enough. Page -L Introduction of new daylight-saving plan will caue no Inconvenience. Page 1. jForeig-n. Gerard explains why Kaiserism rules In neutral lands. Page 3. German stifles free commerce by organisa tion or monopolies, jfage o. Japanese in Liberia in Jeopardy. Page S, Bundesrath O. K.'s Russian treaty. Page 2. British Lord urges league of nations. Page 7. Resolution approves principle of League, of .Nations. Page 7. Russians sell girl slaves for 112.50. Page 1. ItoRiestlc. Tom Gunn, Chinese aviator, arrested at Detroit by agents of Lnited States. Psge 14. Francis J. Heney charges packers with manipulating cattle market. Page 4. Senatorial primary in Wisconsin In doubt on La Follette issue. Page 1. Mrs. Orlean Howe acquitted on murder charge. Page u. ' Pacific Northwest. ' James Casey, pioneer of 1851, dies at Eugene. Page . Idaho L W. W. prisoners get one meal a day for creating disturbance in jail. Page 5. Supreme Court reverses extradition case of Portland forger. Page 8. Sport. Plans for big indoor track meet tinder way. Page S. Ferguson, first baseman, decides to join Portland team, irage e. Major league teams schedule many pre-sea-son games. Page S. Commercial and Marine. Increased production of sheep and wool urged by Government. Page 17. Corn higher with decline in receipts at Chi cago. Page 17. Stocks rally after early reversal and net changes are nominal. Page 17. Many new orders in sight for Northwest steel yards. Vage 14. Standifer Company wagers it is champion shipbuilding corporation. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. F. W. Mulkey announces candidacy for United States Senator, short term. Page 1. Taxpayers must turn in cash freely to escape penalties. Page 11. Policemen demand increase In salaries. Page 18. Liberty Temple is dedicated by city. Page 4. Idaho editors In resolutions condemn pro German influences. Page 7. Lieutenant John G. Kelly victim of auto accident in France. Page 7. Jobbers and wholesalers of coal must pay license. April 1. Page lit. Plowmen enMst for war garden wortc but specify East Side locations. Page 31. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 14. Portland makes good showing in Salvation 1 Army drive. Page Si j Clarence L. Reames reports anti-war equa tion In Seattle well In hand. Page 6. Old clothes drive for Belgian sufferers well under rvay. Page . Special re girt ratio if booths provided for shipworkers. Page 14. Vancouver to have Immense lumber kiln dry in j, plant. Page 13. F. W. Mulkey, ex-United States Sen ator, will be a candidate for Senator for the short term in the coming pri mary election. If he receeives the Republican nomi nation in May and is elected in Xovem-, ber. Senator Mulkey will tender his resignation on the same day he quali fies and permit the Governor to appoint as hia successor whoever may be elect ed United States Senator for the full six-year term. This announcement by Senator Mul key' yesterday has very greatly cleared up the Senatorial situation, which has been fraught with uncertainty and in decision ever since Attorney-General Brown ruled that the voters this year must choose two United Slates Sena torsone for the short term and the other for the full six-year term as suc cessor to the late Senator Lane. Two Must Be Elected. By his ruling- the Attorney-General held that United States Senator Mc- Xary, who was appointed as Lane's successor, could only hold under that appointment until the November elec tion, when it would be incumbent on the voters to elect two Senators one for the short term, extending from No vember until next March, and the other for a term of six years from March, 1919, the date of the expiration of tho term for which Lane was elected. In making this interpretation of th law as to the Senatorial situation, Mr Brown did not pass on the question as to whether or not candidates, for Sen ator could run for both the short and the long terms, although constitutional lawyers of the state, after a thorough investigation of the statutes, have con tended there was no statutory inhibi tion against Senatorial aspirants seek ing election for both terms. Situation Is Clarified. But the decision of Senator Mulkey to tun for the short term and resign immediately, if elected, clarifies the situation considerably. By his course Senator Mulkey relieves Senator Mc Nary of any embarrassment th-t might be associated with a decision- on his part- to become a candidate for the short and the long terra in the same election. It would necessitate the printing of Senator McNary's name on the ballot twice. R. N, Stanfield and S. B. Huston, who are contesting with Senator McNary for the nomination for the long term as Lane's successor. dating from next March, had both al ready announced that they would not seek election for the short term. Furthermore, the plan adopted by Senator Mulkey will insure for the state continuous representation by two Senators in the National Congress. Still another advantage accruing to the state from the plai. is that to ba gained in committee appointments. Michigan Cane Cited. In this connection Senator Mulkey recalls that in January,- 1H07, William Alden Smith, who was appointed United States Senator from Michigan to succeed Senator Alger, deceased, waa sworn in to fill the short term and was also elected to the long term. The result was that Smith took precedence in committee assignments over every other newly elected Senator of hie party, whose term began with the 60th Concluded on Page Column 1.) THE GARDEN BOOK IS FREE. Every good American who has the use of a piece of ground, large or small, will plant a veg etable garden this Spring. The Nation can raise enough ioou in mis wiij iu uoi); vuv. , mightily in meeting the short- age that the demands of our allies and our armies must bring. 4 The Department of Agriculture t has just published a new book I for the guidance of the home T gardener. The Oregonlan will send you a copy of this book free. J Read it over carefully before you lan and plant your garden. Keep it by you all through the season and you will get results. Let us make the garden cam paign of 1918 even bigger than last year's campaign. Food is a vital factor in the military situa tion. Enthusiasm plus science wins. Send for the Garden Book to day. Write to The Portland Ore gonlan Information Bureau, Fred eric J. Haskin, director, Wash ington, D.. O, enclosing a --cent Ftamp for return postage. Ask for the Garden Book. si 4 4 MS ' x G3 106.0