VOL. LVIII NO. I7.890.
rOKTLAXD, OKEUON. 3IOXDAY, - -31AKC1I 23, 1918.
PRICE ' FIVE CEXTS-
ALLIES STIFFLY
U. & MUST MEET
HUN GUN LIMITED
TO FIFTY FIRINGS
TO - OBTAIX A 70-MIL.E 'RANGE
SHELL RISES 35 MILES.
EXECUTION DATE
IS SET BY BANDITS
BLOW WITH BLOW
F
GREAT VICT
A.XDRE TARDIEU WARXS OF lX-
AMERICANS HELD FOR RAXSOM
MENACE DBY DEMANDS.
JCE DISQCIKTtTiE.
bush moors
hold in on
PARIS GOMPOSED
AS SHELLS FALL
Positions Prepared Long
Ago Occupied,
EERMN ADVANCE CHECKED
British and French Now View
Great Hun Offensive With
Optimistic Eyes.
TEUTON LOSSES ENORMOUS
Allies' Withdrawal Shows They
Had Planned for Events
; Which Have Occurred.
THTH THE BRITISH ARMY IX
FRANCE, March U. The British and
French who co-operate at the junction
ef the two armie?, were viewing the
trend of the Cerman offensive with
optimistic evea this morning. Hard
Tjchtinff im in progress, out the latest
port showed little or no change in
the situation in favor of the enemy
since yesterday, while on the other
hand the defenders had pushed the
attacking forces back after a bitter
struggle and were holding strongly
along the whole new front to which
they had withdrawn.
Fighting of a most desperate nature
has been continuous since the initial
attack, but so far the British have
B-ed few troops other than thoe
which were holding the front lines.
These shock troops have been making
as gal'ant a defense as was ever re
corded in the annaU of the British
army, and as a result they have en
abled the main body of the forces to
fall back deliberately and without con
fusion and occupy positions which had
bren prepared long before the Ger
man offensive began.
German Sacrifice Enormous.
The Germans, on the other hand,
operating under the eyes of the Em
peror and the Crown Prince, have been
burlinr va.t hordes into the fray with
utter disregard for lives and have fol
lowed into the abandoned positions
getting farther and farther away from
their supplies and finding their com
munications increasingly difficult.
Store than 50 German divisions al
ready have been identified by actual
contact, and many of these men were
simply given two days' rations and
sent over the top into the frightful
rueUtrom made by the allied artillery,
machine guns and rifles. The slaugh
ter of the enemy infantry as it ad
vanced in close formation over the
epen has been appalling.
British Uw Moderate.
The British lcwe have been within
IJie bounds expected, due to the tactics
f the commanders. The allies have
lot a considerable number of men in
prisoners and a certain number of
guns. But very few pieces of artillery
have been taken by the Germans since
the first day. In fact, the whole
withdrawal haa been executed in a
easterly manner, showing how thor
oughly the British had planned for the
very everts which hare occurred.
It I permitted to say now what
some have known for a long time,
aamety that the British never intended
to try to hold the forward positions
'n this region if the Germans attacked
"n the force expected.
There is every reason to believe that
Sarder fighting than has yet taken
Iace will develop shortly. The Ger
mans, in the British view, cannot now
hesitate in carrying on their attack.
and it is a eae of break through or j
lJrr.it defeat. .
Teutons in IV pe ration.
In this circumstance it is interesting
to note a statement matle yesterday
v a German officer, a prisoner, who
Jeclared that the German offensive
was an art of desperation brought on
by the fact that the fatherland must
iave peace.
However, the British take such as
sertions at their face value and are
proceeding accordingly.
"Fresh hostile attacks developed
this morning in great strength on the
whole battle front," says Field Mar
shal Haig's report from headquarters,
"and they have ronlinaed throughout
the day-
" South of Teronn the enemy suc
ceeded, after heavy fighting, in cross-
i.n;.irtl ea i4 -. Cuaa
A French' Turned at Terdan,
Ualg Will Roll Kaiser's Legions
Back, Commissioner Says.
NEW TORK. March 14. There is
nothing In the current news from over
seas to warrant any disquietude on the
part of tha American public or any of
lha natlona allied against Oarmanjr. in
the opinion of Captain Andre Tardieu.
French high commissioner to the
t'nitcd Slates.
In a statement issued here today.
however, he counseled the hastening of
preparations in this country to deal the
.nerny low for blow-and th.m-.nt.-
Dfttiro tjr Am rirani at noma or en
same calm confidence In the ultimate
Issue of the war as has been manifested
by the Nation's troops In Franca.
Oermany'a "lone-distance" bombard'
ment of Paris can hare no alfnlflcance
from a . military viewpoint. Captain
In from IhM sunftre. he said, evident-
ly had bean even less than that inci
dental to an aerial bomb attack.
The German attack." said Captain
Tardlen. "Vemi In have exceeded in
violence, by the number of nuns as well
as by the number of men, all previous
attack, but I Insist that this attack
la exactly similar ta those which have
already been repulsed. The British re
tirement near St. Quentln relatively i
not more Important than the French
retirement at the beginning of the Ver
dun engagement.
"Ten days later, at Verdun, we had
ceased to retire and the result wss of
negligible value to Germany. We have
every right to think the outcome will
be the aame this time.1
JAPANESE GREED IS BARED
Editorial Says Nation Shonld Help
America IV In the War.
TOKTO. March SI. The JUI Ehtmpo,
in a powerful editorial, says:
The question of supplying ships to
America cannot be regarded as a bust
Bass deal any more than the dispatch
ot -.panes, an.p. to u.
no lonsr ii JiDaVB im on of t h a aHIas.
sha should be ready and willing to do
so. It Is Japan's duty to furnish Amer-
lea with bottoms to help the cause of
the allies. To talk of compensation is
to misunderstand lha position of
Japan. Sacrifices ara unavoidable;
talk of proflta la a sign of baseness.
In conclusion the Jijl urgaa the gov
eminent to exercise the right to regu
late the barter rates and force selfish
commercial Interests to real lie the sit
nation and the national obligation, and
cease talking compeneallon.
RUSSIAN HELD BY GERMANS
l. Kamrnrff ArrcMcd Dy Huns ou
, Arriving at Aland Islands.
. STOCKHOLM. March II. The Dag-
blad ssys that M. Kameneff. who waa
on of the Russian repreaentatlves at
the first peace negotiations at Brest
t-Jtovak. has been arrested by the Ger
mans. He wss his way to 1'etro-.
grad and was arrested on arriving at
the Aland Inland.
M Kameneff was laat reported In
London on his way to Paris as Bolshe
vik plenipotentiary to France.
LONG CONFLICT IS FEARED
lie porta Indicate Serious Condition
la Kranrev Saj Major.
SAN rRANClSCO. Marcha St. "If
thera has btra a disaster In "ranc
orb as the first prema reports might
ndirala. It means that every man ot u
haa got to Ret in." declared MaJor-Un-
eral Arthur Murray, commanding the
Western IHvialoa of the Army, la
statement laaaed last night.
"It means that every on of ut has
I got to put hlmaeJf In th war, or con
sent to be a subject of tsermany."
rEIXTING THE NEWS
ABOUT THE LONG-DISTANCE
GUN.
The fact that the Germans
are bon.'iarding Paris with a
new long-distance gun, from a
distance of 70 miles or more,
is well-authenticatet!. It is lo
cated in the forest of St. Go
gain, northeast of Paris, and
fires at intervals of 12 to 20
minutes for several hours at a
time. The first and only an
nouncement in America of the
appearance and nse of this
amasing German invention was
made by the Associated Press
Saturday. It waa discredited
by other press associations
and was received wit.', incredul
ity by military experts. It ap
peared to be the kind of
"story" which the sensational
press either invents outright
or receives and proclaims as
authentic without investigation
or rare as to" whether it may
be true or falte. But the As
sociated Press does not print
mere surmise or rumor as fact.
It prints fact as fact and rumor
as rumor. This is one great
reason of its acknowledged
supremacy as a gatherer and
purveyor of news. When it is
news, the Associated Press has
it, always.
Cities of Peronns ? iidm
WARBOOTY SAID EK0RH00S
Qerrnans DeCla British 111
I
Retirement Are Burning
Towns and Villages.
UIUAI I lit O I nllUULt LAb I 6
Chauny Taken and Teutons
Are Fighting Way Forward
Between Somme and Oise.
BERLIN', March 24, via London.
The ' British in their retirement are
burning French towns and villages
and between the Somme and the Oise
the Germans are still going forward.
Enormous quantities of booty have
been taken by the Germans, accord
ing to the War Office statement,
which follows:
Between the Somme and the Oise
our corps are fighting their wayfor
ward. Chauny has been taken.
"Our booty in war material is
enormous. The tnglich in their re
tirement are burning French towns
I and villages.
p Bombrde,
I
"We have bombarded the fortress of
I Paris with long-distance guns.
I - gigantic struggle is taking
place or Bapaume. A battle is in
progress on the Transloy-Combles-Maurepas
line.
'The Somme has been crossed" att
many points in our attack between
Peronne and Ham."
"The Germans hare captured Pe
ronne and Hum and defeated British
and American regiments brought from
the southwest for a counter-attack on
Chauny.
30.000 Prisoners Taken.
More than 50,000 prisoners have
been captured and COO guns
been taken by the Germans."
have
Victory, in the battle raging
near Monchy, Cambrai, St. Quentin
and La Fere is claimed for the Gcr
man army in today's headquarters
statement. The BritUh third and
fourth armies and parts of Franco
American reserves which had been
M'nn! nu.il in rs . On'imin I
w
f
a,
f
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Noted Ordnance Expert Declares lie
Is Xot Surprised That Germans
Constructed Monster Gun. .
XKW TORK, March.'!!." (Special.)
In- order to get a Jtalrly accurate de
scription of the 9.6-Inch gun with
which the Germane are' shelling Paris,
reporters consulted today one of the
most noted ordnance experts In the
world.
After carefully reading the cable
grams from I'arii thia man said that
there seemed to be no longer any rea-
1 son to doubt 4nat the Germans had
succeeded in constructing a monster
gun with a range of 70 miles, but he
added the comforting assurance th
It was mathematically certain that
such a gun would be entirely useless
after it had been fired less than 50
times. A gun with a range of 25 mil
has to he rellned after being fired less
than 100 times, he pointed out, while
one with a range of only 16 miles was
not good for more than 200 shots under
the very bent conditions of construe
tlon and operation.
This expert figured that to fire I
shell 70 mllea would require a muxxle
velocity of at least SOOO feet per second.
The gun would be fired from an angle
of IS degrees, .which means that at
the half-way point between the gun
and its target the projectile would be
traveling at an altitude of about 15
miles. When fired at an angle of 13
degrees the highest altitude of the
projectile is half the distance between
the gun and target.
Furthermore, it was pointed out that
In order to obtain a 70 miles' range a
gun of at least 150 calibers would be
required. This would mean that the
projectile would have to travel a dis
tance of about 119 feet between the
breech and muxxle of the weapon, or
14JS Inches: that is, the caliber multi
plied by the sixe of the shell.
The awkwardness of such a weapon
was also pointed out. With a barrel
121 feet long the expert said that it
was practically certain that the gun
had to be built upon the spoj from
which it Is fired.
FRENCH PRESS ISlCURBED
Bulletins and Authorized Stories of
Correspondents Sole War Sews.
PARIS. March 51. (Delayed.) The
following note has-been Issued:
"The possibility of jsji enemy offen
sive haa induced the government to
lay down in advance stringent rules
to which the press must conform dur
ing this period, especially at the com
mencement. . .
issued by general headquarters and ar-
tides by correspondents accredited to
' headquarter, which must be Yied by
the MinlHtry ot War.
mu be written in such a way
t that they contain nothing in contradic
tion with official bulletins and that
their deductions show no exaggeration
and any comments made convey no In
formation to the enemy.
The publication of any news or ar
ticle not authorised will be vigorously
punished.
THE MENACE.
$tM ?M life
" )
Withdrawal of Forces Long
Ap Planned.
SLAUGHTER IS APPALLIKG
Gallant Soldiers in Front
Lines Checks Advance, of
Masses of . Infantry.
HUNS MORE THAN MILLION
Throughout Sunday, Along En
tire 50-Mile Battlefront, On
slaughts Never Cease.
f Br the Associated Pre.)
On the battle line in France the
oo.;n t,rrl .Mil i, o-mno- nn
" a,-" j e,- o
with the British troops on most of
the sectors apparently holding their
own, but with the Germans at salient
points still pressing forward.
The withdrawal of the British forces
along the battle front in France was
long ago planned in the event of the
Germans attacking in great force.
This announcement comes from -the
British front through the Associated
Press correspondent, who describes
the operation of the British army as
a masterly withdrawal, made possible
by gallant shock troops in the front
lines, who checked the advance of the
Germans. .
Slaughter Is Appalling.
Artillery, machine gun and rifle
fire worked appalling slaughter among
the masses of German infantry as
they were sent forward, thus enabling
the main body of the British to fall
back deliberately and without .con
fusion.
This army, :it is declared, has been
conserved, and up to Jhe present very
few counter attacks have been made
aeainst the Germans. Where the
British have stormed the Germans
newly acquired positions they have
driven them back. But each mile of
advance makes the bringing up of
supplies to the German artillery and
infantry more and more difficult and
unquestionably the British strategy as
demonstrated since the beginning of
the great attack is to let the enemy
wear out iiimself in the offense.
The town of Chauny, southwest of
(Continued on Page 4. Column 4.)
J
High Officials Depart for Honan to
Negotiate for Release of G. A.
Kyle and E. J. .Pureell.
PEKIN, March 21. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The bandits in the
province of Honan are demanding a
cash ransom in addition to rifles for
G. A. Kyle, of Portland. Or., and B. J.
Pureell, two American engineers re
cently captured by them.
The bandits threaten to decapitate
the Americans unless their demand
are -met by March 25. Raymond P.
Tenney, assistlftit Chinese secretary of
the American legation, and a represen
tative of the Chinese Foreign Office,
have gone, to Honan to negotiate with
the bandits.
A dispatch from Pekln, March IS,
said Messrs. Kyle and Pureell were
being held near Wehsien, 10 miles west
of Tenchengho, Northern Honan. At
that time they were reported to be
safe and well.
IRISH FIGHT AT ELECTION
Election of Anti-Sinn Fein Man
to
Commons Arouses Anger.
WATERFORD, Ireland. March 24.
The election of Captain William Red
mond to the Houae of Commons over
Dr. White, a Sinn Felner, was accom
panied by disorders here which lasted
all night. Crowds of men and women
paraded the streets. Windows were
broken, firearms were used and 20 per-
-"ison, w
era injured. - One of these is Dr.
White, who was hit on the head with a
brick when the result of the election
was announced.
Captain Redmond was c.heered by
crowds. Joseph Devlin, a prominent
Nationalist member of Parliament, in
a speech from a window of a hotel, said
Waterford had struck a blow for the
honor of Ireland. Captain Redmond
said "a triumph had been gained for a
policy of sanity and common-sense in
Irish affairs."
GIGANTIC DAM COLLAPSES
Work on San Francisco's Water Sys
tem to Be Delayed Year.
SAX JOSE.'Cal.. March 24. Terrific
weight of clay being piled in the center
as a part of the plan of construction,
broke the $2,000,000 dam being built in
Calvaveras Valley this', morning;, and a
sixth of the material in the great em
bankment slid into the reservoir, caua
ingaa loss of approximately S500.000
and delaying, the completion of the
work for a year. No one was injured.
' The dam- was designed to increase
San Francisco's water supply and will,
when completed, be the largest of its
kind in the world.
It is said that the best engineers in
the world have approved the plans and
no cause can be assigned for the acci
dent. ITALIAN AIRCRAFT IS, BUSY
Eight Enemy Machines Destroyed
and One Downed Saturday.
LONDON'. March 24. An official
statement dealing with aerial activity
on the Italian front, issued today, says:
"Saturday our aircraft superiority
was maintained. Bight enemy ma
chines were destroyed, one was driven
down out of contral and we suffered
no loss ourselves."
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 37
degreeB: minimum. 50; cloudy.
TODAY'S Probably rain, southerly winds.
War.
Germans behind schednle of advance. Page 2.
Germans use OT divisions of .troops in attack.
Paae o.
Vast army of Germany now numbers 4.300,-
uOO. rase .
Berlin claims great victory, many prisoners
and mucn oooty. fage I.
German bombardment of Palis fails to de
moralize poule. Page 1.
German offensive hastened by ei-owlng- im
portance ox America as war factor. Page '1.
Germans enslave Russians who welcome
them into cities. Page 4.
Drive on western front only hope for Ger
man militarists. Page
Germans capture 30,000 prisoners and 600
guns. Page 4.
Andre Tardieu urges America to hasten
preparations to deal Kaiser death blow.
Page 1.
British withdrawal to fortified positions long
ago planneu. Page J. I
Haig held his own at prepared positions, to
which British retire in good order. Page 8.
Allied, forces are firmly holding whole new
front. Page l.
Forelfi-n.
Gerard lays iasn upon pro-Germans In United
States. Page o.
Bandits hold Americans for cash ransom.
Page 1.
T. P. O'Connor says Kaiser will be forced
to admit defeat when present drive fails.
Page 8.
Domestic.
Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes makes speeches
against war. resulting in arrest lor viola
tion of espionage act. Page 4.
Expert says German long-range gun Is lim
ited to oO lirlnga. Page l.
Sport.
Mike Donovan, ex-charapion middleweight.
dies. Page 10.
Portland and Seattle tie in Northwest shoot.
Page 10.
McCoy and Woodburn tied for first place in
Oregonlan shoot. Page 10.
Fans anxiously awaiting Rose City Club
smoker. Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Willamette Heights house of Ludle Ayers
again .raided. Page 11.
Jack Spores, alleged pro-German, is told to
leave Portland. Page
Government officials to aid In relieving
Northwest car shortsge. Page 11.
Rev. L. A. Banks, of Boston, tlavs liquor In
terests in Portland address. Page 14.
W. J. Sherman and Captain Pequegnat stir
auditors at V. M. C. A. Page .
Interstate bridge across Columbia has fully
proved its worth. Page 14.
Blossom Seeley headlines excellent bill at
Orpheum. Page 14.
Anoka reaay to leave ways. Page 11.
Palm Sunday fittingly observed in Portland
Catholic churches. Page 5.
Symphony orchestra concert attended by
20O0 people. Page 5.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 11.
Hun Bombardment Fails to
Disturb People.
MONSTER GUfi iS LOCATED
Ten-Inch Missiles Are Fired
From German Point 70
. Miles From Capital.
FRENCH FRONT IS INTACT
Citizens Are Warned Against
Trusting to Pessimistic
Reports Sent Out.
BERLIN, via London,; March 24.
Paris has been bombarded by German
long-distance guns, according to the
German official communication issued
tonight.
PAEIS, March 24. The German
"monster cannon," which has been
bombarding Paris, has been located in
the forest of St. Gobain, west of Laon
and exactly 122 kilometers (approxi
mately 76 miles) from the Paris City
Hall.
The gun bombarded Paris during
the greater part of Sunday. The day
was ushered in by loud explosions
from'the 10-mch shells and immedi
ately the alarm to take cover was
sounded. This occurred at 6:55
o'clock and many persons sought
shelter but greater numbers appeared
in the streets oil their way to the
churches, which were almost as well
filled as usual The women who sell
palm leaves on Palm Sundays did
their usual thriving business.
People Not Much Disturbed.
At first the shells began arriving
at intervals of 20 minutes, and the
detonations, considering the Sunday
calm, seemed louder than those of
Saturday. Their power to disturb the
equanimity of the populace," however,
seemed less, the people refusing to be
distracted from their Sunday habits
to any great extent.
For the benefit of that portion of
the populace which had been led to "
believe the Germans had broken
through the line and were bombard
ing Paris from nearby positions, a
semi-official note was issued during
the day, warning the people against
believing pessimistic reports.
"The French front is intact," said
the note. "Any assertion to the con
trary is a lie."
"Clear Signal" Is Sounded.
The bombardment of the capital
ended around 1 o'clock and as late as
3 o'clock no explosions had been heard
for more than an hour. The "clear
signal" was sounded at 3:30 o'clock.
Although during the earlier hours
of the bombardment the shells arrived
at 20-minute intervals, later in the
day they began arriving every 15
minutes on the average, and some of
them even fell 12 minutes apart. In
military circles the belief was ex
pressed that the Germans were using
two long-distance guns. The Matin
says the position of one of the guns
was established in the St. Gabain for
est, which would place it somewhat
further south than had been believed
(Continued on Page , Column 2.)
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
food in this way to help out
mightily in meeting the short
age that the demands.of our allies
and our armies must bring.
The Department of Agriculture
has just published a new book
for the guidance- of the home
gardener. The Oregonlan will
send you a copy of this book free.
Read it over carefully before you
plan 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 situ
ation. Enthusiasm plus science
wins.
Send for the Garden Book to
day. Write to The Portland Ore
gonlan Information Bureau, Fred
erick J. Haskin, director, Wash- .
ington, D. C enclosing a 2-cent
stamp for return postage. Ask
for the Garden Book.