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VOL. LVIII- NO. I7.S91.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAIiCII 26, 1918.
PRICD FIVE CENTS.
FRENCH DISPUTE.
ENEMY ADVANCE
I'll III 1 H TACT
Huns
Hurl Fresh Armies
Into Attack.
TROOPS OP REPUBLIC BATTLE
OX HEIGHTS OF OISE.
I.ESIE AND BALIPAUVE FAIL
Captured Ground Paid For at
Enormous Price in Troops
Cut Down by Guns.
ALLIED RETREAT SKILLFUL
Lloyd George, in Message to
General Haig, Promises
Full Support.
Vkearlrd British Eorrrs Around Nor
on Relieved and Teuton Jug
crrnaut Is Delajred.
FARIS. Mrrh IS. The French forces
which are fitrhtinff to the aouth of St.
Quentin. irouml Noyon. though retiring
Jowly, are erTrin; out strong counter
attack and inflicting heavy losses on
tha Germans, saya tha War Office
statement tonight.
French troop began to Intervene on
March :l In the battle now being
fought on tha British front, the report
says. Ther relieted certain of the al.
lied forcea and took up fighting them
selves on thl sector of the front.
At tha present time ther are enraged
In heavy fighting In tha region of
Noyon and ther are disputing the
heights at the rlrht bank of tha Oise
with lirportant Oerntan forces.
Northwest of Rhelma there haa been
a violent artillery action In tha region
of Courcr and Lolvre. In tha Cham
pagne two German surprise attacks
east of 8uipns resulted In failure.
French patrols took some prisoners
near Tab ore.
There was much artlllerv activity
between Arracourt and the Vosges. At
daybreak German forcea attacked the
French llnea east of Bleneror and east
of Badonvlller. The Germans were re
pulsed with heavy losses, tha report
saya.
THIRD LOAN CALLS
FOR THREE BILLION
Interest Rate Fixed at
41-4 Per Cent.
OVER 100,000.
The Oregonian last Sunday,
March 24. passed the 100,000 mark
in circulation, regular editions.
The exact figure ,1s 101.319. This
total excludes the extra editions
Issued during the day after the
regular Issues had) been printed
and circulated for street sales.
So far as The Oregonian knows,
no newspaper In the Pacific
t Northwest has heretofore bad so
a
CONVERSION pr V UMITTED
Oversubscriptions Will Be Re
ceived, Says McAdoo.
MARKET TO BE BOLSTERED
Secretary of Treasury Will Create
Fond to Keep Trice at Par.
Sniallness - of Liberty
Loan Surprise.
Pr the Associated Press.
rttUnc for erery po.nt of ranuir. DISLOYAL SOLDIER JAILED
iririnjr r round only when overwhelmed
ICrrmaa Saya He Prefers Internment
to Fighting in France.
Telegraphic Instructions were re-
bjr numbers nd exacting a frightful
toll of lives for erery foot of ground
abandoned, the British line in Picardy
is still intact.
While the German onslaught rained "rl br the t nited Slates Marshal s
j .,i r I office yesterday for the Internment of
fround at a number of points on Mon- ' ,,.. . r,
mere- was no sunt oi uisinte-frm-l for ti years haa served In the foiled
tion in the l.nti.ih forces, which at states Army.
many points. esrer:al!y on the north-1 Pahrendorf sit arrested at Fort
em end of the long line of battle, are -" 'r saying among other dls-
i' . I ininas inn ne wouiq ratner p
Interned than to be sent to France and
required to fight against bis country
men. William Hess, also a German.
ordered Interned In another order
rerelred from Washington yesterday
and will accompany Dohr.ndorf.
'arcliajr firm.
Germans Report Allied Retreat.
Tr German official report tells of
the defeat of the British an J their re
treat n'a Ypres and Saillr.
This would seem to indicate heavy
fishtinjr far to the north of the
Somme battle field, of which do Brit
ish report has spoken.
There is. however, a town railed
SaUIy south of Bapaume, and eastward
of th: place is a town known as
Ytres. It is prohabte that these were
referred, to in the state-
Dia point's referred
neVt from Berlin.
I Enemy Capta
tares Nesle.
The largest gains made by the Ger
mans have been west of St. Quentin,
where they have raptured Nesle.
These points, which are at the tip
ef the Teutonic attack, are more than
11 miles from the front as it stood
iJarrh 21.
Military observers discern in the
scheme of the German, attack a repe
ti'ion of the German "pincer" system
of attack which was used by Von
Markensen in Russia, noumaoia and
Serbia.
ryitiOi Toil Tincer Slratrty.
This attack consist of two attacks
some distance apart, which, after
progressing to some depth, turn to
ward each other, compelling the
forces caught between them to fall
bark or be in danger of rapture.
The British have faced this danger
and hare met it by first checking,
then forring the northern jaw of the
p'.arrr southward, while they have
dropped bark on the center and have
sot fatten into the German trap.
The pressure of the defenders of trie
Somme front seems to be bending the
whole German attack- to the south,
w here it is hoped its force will be
i;.Mipated.
French Outflank Foe.
The French positions joined the
British to the south of St. Quentin. but
there have been no reports showing
that the French have fallen back from
their advanced positions.
On the other hand, reports would
indicate that the original French lines
now virtually outflank the advancing
Ucrmans along the Oise Hirer.
Ia tb meantime tha British strat
egy seems to be devoted to the cask
of meeting the attack, so that it is
directed no longer straight at the line,
but is diverted toward the Oise. when
the German advance has been most
rapid.
Americana in Fight.
French troops bar taken over
sectors of the front and have released
British units for work farther north.
Be ran states that Americans have
also joined in the Tight, but nothing
has jet been officially reported on this
point.
The fall of Bapaume, in te early
iours of Monday, was a blow to the
British, but it was the result of de
termination to fall back slowly all
tlong the tine that is being attacked.
Official reports state that repeated J
reavy attacks on ha pa u me were
beaten off by tie British, who also
forced the Germans bark across the
Somme at a number of points only
fsll bsrk when the retreat ef the
FLAG CALLED DIRTY RAG
Alleged Spanish War Veteran Is Ar
rested for Defaming Country,
SEATTI.K. WMb, Mamh 2S. (Spe
cial.) Joseph Zlttell. who saya he I
veteran of the Spanish-American wa
and one of L'ncle (tarn's pensioners, was
arrested today charged with castln
slurs on the American flag. He Is held
In the t'nlted ftats Detention Station.
The arresting officer said Zlttell had
called the National ensign "a dirty
rag." and had said that America did
not take care of Its soldiers. LJttl
Is known of Z'ttell and be declined to
give bis address.
MOB AFTER PRO-GERMANS
Ohioans Make Iloue-to-Ifouse Can
vass Hunting Snsperts.
LIMA. a. March ti. A mob at Pel
phee. near here, was making a bouse
to-hous canvans late tonight draaging
every suspected pro-c.erman rrom ni
bed, taking him down town and forcing
Mm to salate the American flag unde
pain of being hanged to a tree.
Barney L.lndermann, wealthy mer
chant, to whose shoe store a flag was
nailed tonight, was notified thst tf the
flsg which he was forced to salute la
taken down he will be thrown Into the
canal at once and drowned.
BRITISH GAIN IN PALESTINE
Advance of Nine lllee Chronicled In
Single Day's Operations.
I-CrVPOV. March JS. The British
posl'.lona on the left bank of the Jordan
in Palestine were extended on Friday
riaht. it Is announced officially-
The British have thrown additional
bridges across the Jordan. Ther bad
atitanced nine miles In the direction
of FUsalt by he evening of March SI.
As the result of a brilliant attack.
It Is officiary announced, a London In
fantry battalion captured an entire
hostile battery.
TRAINS WILL BE BELATED
Railroad Director-General Issnes
Daylight Saving Order.
WASHINGTON. Msrch 15 Most nigbt
trains technically will be one hour late
next Sunday morning as a result of the
changing of time under the new day
llaht saving bi:L
Ilrector-Oneral McAdoo today or
dered the railroads to move their clocks
ahead one hour at t o'clock Sunday
morning In conformity with the law
Trains will leav destinations rJatur
day night at tie old time.
WEEK OF PRAYER IS SET
Archbishop of Canterbury Asks All
rtrltons to Go to Knees.
tOXTVIX. Msrch i The"' Archblshep
of Canterbury baa Issued to the natloa
a special appeal for prayer for lictory
during Holy week. Hla appeal says:
Lt this week send us hourly to our
knees.
"To our living Lord. In rime and In
eternity, we commit wtn uafaltering
hor-e the breve rren whom la love and
WASHINGTON, March :5. Tha third
liberty loan, to open April C. will be
for f 1.000.000.000. and all over-subscrlp
Hons at IV per cent Interest.
Bonds of the first. loan, bearing JVi
per cent Interest, and of the second
loan at per cent, may be converted
Into the new bonds but those of the
third loan will not ba convertible into
any future issue.
This announcement was made tonight
by Secretary McAdoo with the com
ment that "the great eventa now hap
penlng In France must fire the soul
of every American with a new deter
mlnatlon to furnish al the dollara and
all the material resourc-s of America
that are needed to put an end to the
execrable atrocities of German mill
tarlsm."
Slaking Fwad Xew Fee tare.
In connection with the lean, the Sec
retary .plans to establish a sinking fund
with which to purchase back any bonds
of the third loan thrown upon the mar
ket. In order to aid In keeping the price
up to" par. The maturity of the bonds
la yet to be determined, but It was offi
cially alated that they would be long
term, probably between SO or 30 years.
Most flnsnclal Observers were sur
prised at the comparatively small size
of the loan and at the Interest rate,
both of which they bad expected to be
higher. Keductlon of Government ex
penditures and allied loana below the
furincr estimate la responsible for the
loan's slse. Secretary McAdoo explained,
lie said the bonda were made non-convertible
to put an end to expectations
of higher Interest rate in the future.
Indicating bis purpose to maintain the
i per cent rata for future loans.
Caaveralow Privilege Ellmlaated.
In announcing the loan. Secretary
McAdoo made the following statement:
"It is the belief of the Secretary that
the rate now proposed Is sufficient and
that, by restricting unnecessary capital
Issues, and by Inducing tha people who
subscribe for liberty bonds to save and
keep them for Investment, and by pur
chasea with the sinking fund from
those who find themselves compelled to
sell, future increases in the interest
rate msy he avoided. In order to put
(Concluded en Tsse T, Column S.)
great a circulation on any regu
lar publication day aside from
special or annual editions.
The circulation statement is-
sued by The Oregonian on Octo-
ber 1. 1917, as required by the
Government, carrying the aver- J
age figures for the preceding six
months, made the following
showing:
Daily Oregonian, 63.461.
Sunday Oregonian. 84.4 86.
The actual average daily ctrcu- 1
latlon of The Oregonian for De-'
cember. 1917, was (S.436; Sunday I
Oregonian, 90.061.
The average circulation for the
month of February, 1918, was:
Dally Oregonian, 70,091; Sunday
Oregonian. 91.350.
The circulation of The Sun- I
day Oregonian for March 17, 1918, f
waa 84.829. - ?
The circulation of the Sundsx
Oregonian on March 24, 1918.' waa
101,819.
The circulation of The Daily
Oregonian on March 15. 1318, was
82.600.
Special Interest in the war newa
accounts for tha unusually large
figures of the past four days.
But the figures of the dally cir
culation of The Oregonian show
that the average' press run for
The Daily Oregonian for March,
1918, will have been more than
70.000 and for The Sunday Ore
gonian more than 94.000.
These figures far exceed the
circulation of any other Portland
newspaper and show a higher
dally average than ia shown by
the newspapers of any other city
north of San Francisco. .
nil n
1ILLIUII
apmv nc ;
nimii ui u n
IS URGED BY WOOD
Senators HearGeneral
Back From Front.
U;.S. ENGINEERS
IN BIG BATTLE
THREE COMPAXIES KXOvTV
BE ON FIGHTIXG AREAS,
TO
OFFICER TELLS GOLD FACTS
Size of Yankee Army .Abroad
Disappoints French;
PERSHING LACKS PLANES
Thousand American Aviators Await
Machines Artillery Supplies
Also Declared to Bo Ut
terly Lacking.
RECUPERATION CAMP PLAN
Movement Started for Railroad. Men
Disabled in War.
SALT LAKE CITT.. March 23. To
conform with the plans of prominent
railroad executives in the West, H. V.
Piatt, vice-president and general man
ager of the Oregon Short Line Rail
road, today started a campaign arrmsg
he company'a employes for building a
srge recuperation camp In the Rocky
Mountains for railroad employes who
have become sick or injured in the
war.
It is proposed to build the csmp on
0 acres donated by Guy Adams in
Turkey Creek Canyon, Colorado.
NTERIOR POINTS BOMBED
British Airmen Loose Explosives on
Trans-Rhtnc Centers.
LONDON, March 25. British aviators
nve bombed the railway stations at
Cologne, as well as various other Im
portant cities in Germany, the official
tatement on aerial operations an-
ounces tonight.
WASHINGTON, March 25. Back
from a visit to the western battle
front, Major-General Leonard Wood, in
a confidential statement today before
the Senate military committee, declared
that allied military opinion Is unani
mous that the German offensive will
fail, and urged a great Increase to
4.000.000 or 5.000,000 men in America's
It was' General Wood's opinion, ac
cording to his auditors, that the Ger
mans on the western front now are
numerically superior, both on the
ground and In the air, but that the
allies are in a better position.
More Open Contest Likely.
While confident that the German of
fensive will be halted before the enemy
has gained any material objectives.
General Wood suggested that the of
fensive may change the warfare Into
more open contest. For that reason
he recommended the training of Ameri
can forces for open warfare, as well
for trench fighting.
The General was before the commit
tee for, three hours and frankly dls
cussed the situation in Europe and at
home. - He " said that the French are
disanDointed in the size of the Ameri
can Army thus far sent to Europe, ac- RECORD
cording to committee members, and he
recommended Immediate- steps to- in
crease both the American. expeditionary
forces and the Army in training in this
country.
Huge Armies Recommended.
Chairman Chamberlain said General
Wood recommended that an Army of
2,500,000 men be maintained in France
at the earliest possible moment and
500,000 more in trahning at home.
Another committee member placed
General Wood's recommendations at
4,000,000 men, one-nan in ! ranee as
soon as they can ba sent there. In this
connection General Wood also recom
mended compulsory universal military
raining.
In urging that the American war
programme of men, ships and mun
tlons be speeded up and increased, Gen
eral Wood said no American artillery
or airplanes are yet available to Gen
eral Pershing's men, snd that, although
General Pershing Cables First Offi
cial Confirmation of Reports in
' War Dispatches.
WASHINGTON, March 25. General
Pershing cabled the War Department
tonight that two regiments of American
railroad engineers are attached to the
British forces on the front attacked, by
the Germans.
Three companies or the engineers, he
said, were working in the areas in
which the German official statement
mentioned the presence of . American
troops and no report has been received
concerning them.
This message, announced tonight by
Major-General March, acting chief of
staff, definitely disposed of reports that
American reserves had been sent into
the. battle. t
' General Pershing said there was
nothing unusual to report from the
American sectors.
The dispatch follows:
"Summary of activities from noon,
March 24, to noon, March 25: Nothing
to report but usual patrol and trench
activities, with some gas shelling by
the enemy north of Toul.
"Reference to German communiques
of March 24 and 25 regarding Ameri
can troops, two regiments of railway
engineers are with the British armies
Involved in this battle.
"Three companies of engineers were
working in the areas mentioned In the
communique in the vicinity of the Cro-
zat Canal.
'No report other than the German
communiques yet received regarding
those troops.
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CISIII GUIS
Shells Twice Hit Paris at
Minute Intervals.
POPULACE IS NOT ALARMED
Ten Persons Reported Killed
and Fifteen Wounded by
Long-Range Shells.
ONE AMERICAN STRUCK
Return of German Air Raiders
Again Sends Population
Rushing to Shelter.
NORWEGIAN CRAFT SEIZED
S. Takes -Charge When Owners
Refuse to Sail for Europe.
A PACIFTC PORT, March 25. Agents
of the United States Shipping Board
seized the Norwegian steamship "Stor
viking" here todays The seizure of the
vessel followed the refusal of the own
ers to embark their steamer for the
war zone.
For more than a month the "Storvik
ins" haa lain at anchor in this port, the
shipping board having ordered that no
coal be sold the vessel. The ship is
about 2700 tons.
FOR CATTLE SET
enterprise, or., shippers, lict a
Head for Nine Carloads.
SPOKANE. Wash.. March 25. What
is declared by local cattlemen to be a
new record price for cattle for the
Northwest was . paid here today by a
local packer to Kelley & Glldersleeve,
of Enterprise, Or., who obtained $1
a hundred for four cars of steers which
averaged 1315 pounds per head.
They were part of a shipment of nine
carloads, comprising: 220 head, sent in
by the same feeders.
PERJURER GETS 4 YEARS
Slisstatcmcnts in Filing Question
naire Bring Punishment.
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SAX PR AJf CISCO, March 23. Athan-
astos Kickiss, the first person in San
Francisco to be convicted of perjury
in connection with the filing of ques-
tionaires for the selective draft, was
sentenced to four yars in the Federal
penitentiary at McNeil's Island today
by United States District Judge SL T.
Doollne;.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
War.
British, with line Intact, yfeld jrround under
pressure of terrific German attacks.
Page 1.
Opinion grows that more than one long-
rmnge sun 18 rinns on fans. ras l.
American engineers take part In big battle
in France. Pass 1.
Freeh locked -with enemy at Noyon for
mastery of Oise Heights. Page 1.
British headquarters report excellent work
of American engineers. Page 3.
German drive slowing up before elastic de
fense of allies. Page 3. ,
I Charges of massed German Infantry upon
allied guns result in scenes of shambles.
Page 4.
German occupation of Petrograd within 24
hours predicted. Page 4.
' Foreign.
I Dutch ship owners assured fair . treatment
by United States. Page 4.
Shortage of labor great In Germany out
side of war industries. Page 5.
Crown Prince of Germany obsessed by war.
Page u.
Rational.
I General Wood, back from France, urges big
expansion of American Army. Page 1.
I Secretary McAdoo announces third liberty
loan will be for SS.OOO.OW.OOO at 414 per
cent. Page 1.
Minnesota Senator says fixing of wheat
prices has proved failure. Page 6.
Domestic.
Pro-German interests offered big bribe to
disrupt new work. Page 2.
I Dr. Karl Muck held by Federal authorities.
Page .
I Lenroot asks President to keep "hands off"
Wisconsin state politics. Page t.
Sport .
McCredls in Aberdeen to confer with busi
ness men on baseball. - Page 14.
Recruits at Porterville look1 good to Fisher.
Page 14.
Barrieau's work admired by fans who see
him in rymnflaium. Page 14.
Final articles of Wlllard-Fulton match are
signed. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Further restrictions placed on flour sales
by millers. Page 18.
Cattle advance sharply at North Portland
stockyards. Page 1H.
Coarse grains unsettled at Chicago. Page 10.
Six vessels will be launched in Portland this
week. Page l.V
Portland and Vicinity.
Mayor Baker acts to suppress undesirable
films. Page
I Colonel Dlsque raps editor who criticised
his policies. Page 20.
Suit to enjoin city from buying fire en
gines hfard before three Judges. Page 11.
Battle going exactly In accordance with
Haig's plans, says Colonel Leader. Page 9.
Hun drive revives interest in war stamp
sales. Page 9.
First of Holy week meeting? at- Hippodrome
drws mrge atten"-n-. page 6.
PARIS, March 25. The long-range
bombardment of Paris was resumed
at 6:30 o'clock this morning, but waa
interrupted after the second shot.
After a brief interval two more
shots were fired. The bombardment
was again suspended at 9:10 o'clock.
On two occasions yesterday there
was an interval of only one or two
minutes. Shells fell at 9:15 and 9:16
o'clock and at 9:45 and 9:47. This
was,accepted as confirming the theory
that at least two guns were firing.
People Refuse Shelter. '
As was the case yesterday, the peo
ple today did not take to shelter. Cel
lars which were filled on Saturday
remained empty this morning. Little
interest was shown in the bombard
ment. .
Soon after they were awakened by
the first shot the people were brought
to their windows by the rattling of
drums. Policemen circulated through
each quarter of the city introducing
the new system of alarm, which is dis
tinguished from the alarm in the case
of air raids.
Awkward Drummers Chaffed.
The police came in for a great
amount of chaffing, the people being
greatly amused at their lack of pro
ficiency with the drumsticks.
This appears to mark their limit of
interest in the bombardment. Work
was resumed under normal conditions.
All the transportation lines were
running. The streets were full of
people, whose sole object of conver
sation was the new battle, of the
Somme, wmoh is generally compared
with Verdun.
Twenty-four Shells Drop.
Twenty-four shells reached Paris on
Saturday and 27 yesterday. The in
terval between shots was reduced from
15 or 20 minutes on Saturday to an
average of nine minutes yesterday.
The time of flight of the shells is
estimated at 10 minutes at the least;
the curve traversed at 120 miles, and
the maximum height attained at 15
miles.
Another air-raid alarm was sounded
shortly after 1 o'clock this morning.
After three-quarters of an hour fire
men's bugles and church bells an
nounced that all was clear, and the
Parisians were able to return to their
beds.
American Marine Victim.
An American corporal of marines
was struck in the chest by a splinter
of one of the first shells which fell
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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 Oregonian will
send you a copy of tbis 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
gonian Information Bureau, Fred
erick J. Haskln, director, Wash
ington, D. C, enclosing a 2-cent
stamp for return postage. Ask
for the Garden Book.