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4 1 1 VOL. LYIII NO. 17,893. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, J1AKC1I 27, 1918. PRICE FrVE CENTS. J IBRITISH WING 130 GERMANS BELIEVED HATRED OF WAR IS RISING IN GERMANY PRO-GERMAN LINE LONDON SEES HOPE WITH LINE INTACT ALLIED COUNTER THRUST EXPECTED GERMAN AIRPLANES MICE HALTED! ALLIF.D AIRMEN' EXACT HE.WT TOLL OF TtX'TOX 1NFANTRV. AMERICAN GIRL, HELD PRISON ER, SAYS PEOPLE STARVING. PRESS SAYS GERMANS CHANCES GROW LESS HOURLY. GERM AH LEGIONS WASTING STRENGTH CHICAGO BROKEN British, French and Amer icans Fight Side by Side. HUNS BLOODILY REPULSED Allied Armies Reinforcements Are Rapidly Rushed For ward for Counter Blow. TEUTON LOSSES IMMENSE British Artillery Mows Down Enemy by Thousands at Point Blank Range. LONDON. March 26v-Tlie battle ceatiaaea M Ik vbol front south ml Ike Sena River. Field Marshal Ilaig reports) free the? war seae ia franc tooirht. The Germans have also Uanchecl nrw attacks around Caaul-I TARI5. Marrh 2b. The French, eo- peratinr with the British south of ft. Quentin. have taken op strong I noaitiona oa the left hani of th O,. . V k-i..:. . I me uermans. aeeowmr to the War -!. 'ice announcement tonijrnt. I . I LONDON". March 26- The War" ,h esplorsr la wintering. Office tonight announced that the enemy has been checked C3t of Koye and Noyon. Ia the Roye area British, French ami Amrrtraa troops are fighting shoulder to shoulder, the official an nouncement state. French mnforve- Bentj are rapidly coming up. Hon Are Repulsed. "The enemy made no further at taci during; the night of Marrh 2.V26 en our front north of the Somme." the announcement says. "Durine; the aft' ernooa there have been local engage-1 menu oa this part of the battle front. in which lhtii.r K... Y A but he ha attempted no serious at- tack. 1 "The line north of the Somme now! runs: Ilrav. Albert. Reaumont l(.m..l Puissieux, Ayett. Boiry. Menin, Wan- court, just west of Monehy to the Scarpe and thence along our original front. i ne twnr.ans nave Deen attacking heavily south of the Somme this morning- and took I;oe at 10:C0I clock-' The enemy ia fighting- desperately hard acainst time. In the first day his reserves were reduced to 52 di vision. At the end of the second day tome 40 divisions from the reserves Lave been put in. Ornia Leases Great. The German losses have been so great that the enemy has been ebiured to bnnc reinforcements from all part. of the western front. The War Office has established the fart that more than 70 German divisions I n t.te neighborhood of 40.000 men) tare been engaged. Tae tenacity cr the Kntuh re . stance, the prisoners say, exceeded anything the Germans deemed po- Me. They complain of great priva tions on account of lack of supplies and ettrrme wearines.a also is tellmu hcav:!y. Owing to the depse nuuses ef supportma" troops, however, the eierry is able to replenish his forward Lne with fresh units. British Cans Reap Harvest reports from all along- the front indicate that the Oerman loss of life jester-lay was heavy. The enemy ad- I va.-i.-ed aga.nst allied runners ho were finnr with open si-nt. ine Iifttinsr yesteruay continued I wita more or less jnterwuty a.ocg the I whole line. The Germans nushed ' hard in the neighborhood of Fonches. t'hauines. Fstrees. Pompierre. Men-1 court. M.raumont. Achiet-Ie-Grand. I They will b refused by th postofflr Sap t-aie and ErviIIer. Heavy Tight-1 n "Press companies unless Becom ing ov-curred .haul C.rriT',r . - by an approved request from the -i . , I oe?pra.e com act waa wiftg in tee v.cinity cf Nesle, which the Germans BOW hold. Fa say Mass Troops. Ia the direction ef Noyon the enemy met with strenuous resistance, which appeared to stem the advance. A further massing" of German troop was reported at Teronne and north I of Bapaume. both cf which the enemy hold. Yesterday was the supreme day for Baepanmr, Where Enemy Troops Are Found Massed, Is Turned In to Inferno bjr Aerial Bombs. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANC K. March :. British airmen hav taken heavy toll from ths Ger man Infantry In Bapaume. No official figures arc at hand, but IV from compilations mads It appsars that least 110 German airplanes have been brought down In the last five da? a. British airmen last night marie veritable pandemonium of every center of concentration of traffic behind the Oerman front. Tens of thousands of rounds were fired polntbl.nk Into enemy formations, wr.li airmen tui filled effectively their role as eyes of the artillery. Bapaume was turned into an inferno by squadrons of British aviators. Their bombs tor to pieces whatever waa left of the place. The work of the British airmen since the bicinnlna of the battla has been one of the brightest paces. The service hsa proved fully Its ability to smother the German air men at a crucial time. The compilations of German airplane tosses have reference to only one sec tlon of the battle front, comprising perhaps two-thirds of the line affected. EXPLORER TO LEAVE ARCTIC Vllhjalmnr Strfanon Plan for New Expedition In !. VANCOWER. H. C. March : Vllhjalmur Kiefansson. the explorer, now In the Arctic, plans to come "out- Id." nest Fall and retura to the frosea North with a new expedition In !:. according to letters ha has snt out to Ottawa friends, cobles of which ha Nn wired here. Ulnesa may chance the ei plow's Ptan- according to Captain J. M. Tup pr. 0f M.ton, T. T, who led a North- ,..t mounted police patrol to the Arctic Ocean last January and who met tftefansson at llerso met titefansson at llerschel Island. I Caplarn Topper, who Is here at pres ent, said be found the explorer so III it was Impossible for him to take long sled trips, ritefansson baa been In the Arctlo star 113. GIRL, 19, DRAWS 2 YEARS (icrtrude Vaaghn Plead Guilty to Making False Affidavit JtAN rRANClSCO. Marrh !. Miss Gertrude tS. Vauahn. 1. of Walls Wal la. Wash . was sentenced to two years In dan .Wuenttn Stat Penitentiary by 1'nltrd mates District Judas Maurice If- Doollng hers today for swearing I a fals affidavit In th draft ques- I .a a C 11. .lsavl.- It - .lal , m clty. i'Ur,w,ck . .. 1, need simultaneously to four years in th McNeil's Island Penitentiary In Washington. Both pleaded guilty. Miss esrnn ci.iuwun. wnv In th questionnaire and both made affidavits attesting to this fals rela tionship. The couple were arrested In Tracy, Cal. MILITARY COLLAR TO GO MK.ioer r.irape ana Kim i octets on 1. S. Cnlfarms Doomed. NKW YORK. March 2C. Designers In this city today received word from Washington Indicating that th so- called choker collar will b discarded from th American soldier uniform. It Is understood. In favor ot th un stiffened roll after th style of th British tunic. In th Interests ot econ omy In manufacture. Shoulder straps and patch pockets are also to b eliminated. MJN CLE JOE SOLVES RIDDLE Officer Wear Spars lo Keep Feel I mm Sliding Off Dek. WASHINGTON. Marrh 14. (Special) t'ncl Jo Cannon Is !. but mentally pr. The subject of the "slicker" cam up today and t'nrl Jo was asked why so many of th Army reserve officers In YsMnafon wor spurs. "The reason Is simple, h said: "It Is la kp their let from sliding off th desks. PACKAGES TO BE CENSORED Only Arlk-lc flecjucstcd by Soldiers May Be Sent lo France Washington. March :. shipment of anv anuir to troops In Franc un- " ruestd by th soldier himself wss forbidden today I by Ma)or-Gnral March, acting chief f ,t,ff. soldier. 0ISL0YAL MAN IS WHIPPED Alleged Vnpalrlot'c t" Iterances Spar CHIsens lo Action. Lt'FKT. Tex. Marrh SS Angry clt. sn today publicly whipped G. Led- singer, charged with having mad an- patriotic utterances. placed la jail under the espionage act and a number f his documents wcr seised by the bhexUC Blows on Allied Line Futile, French View. NO OBJECTIVES YET ATTAINED Great Battle Believed Going True to Precedent. MARNE BATTLE RECALLED Franco-Ilrlllsri Defensive Much More Effective Today Than Was Re sistance That Slopped former Drive. WASHINGTON. March 24. France's confidence that the great German of fenslva Is waatlng its strength against the allied line, la voiced In an official dispatch received here today from Pari. The message quotes at length from today's relit Journal to show that the Germans, though suffering tremendous losaes In massed advances have failed to attain their objectives and that the present situation la satisfactory to the lilies. Vrraeh Pre t'oaftdeat. The dispatch says: "The French press continues to view with calm confidence the developments of the gigantic battla which has been olng on for five days. This confidence Is based upon all tha experiences of this war. 'Each time that the Germans have attempted a movement against the troops In the west the effort, after a nrll amount of success, always of a temporary character, has ended in be ing broken against the barrier of the allied armies. Ureal Kaaaaple Qaetrd. "The great example before all minds Is that of the Marne. where Ger many had every advantage on her ' thanks to her preparation, to the I superiority 01 nrr man-powvr ano nrr heavy artillery and her bidden attack aero violated Belgium, but she waa defeated. "Today she is fighting against the powerful Franco-British forces ac customed to war and well aupplied and her effort will again be stopped. Such Is the firm and calm conviction of French opinion, the expression of which Is seen tfits morning In the press. First Blew Aleaed at British. "Th Petit Journal says: "It appears now that, while attack ing from the beginning on the whole of the front, the Germans have brought their principal effort to the west of St. Quentln. Thus acting, they wished to upset the English, reach th Somme and to I secure for themselves In this direction a route to Amiens, which they want at ll'MM-luecd on Page 3. Column 2.1 j S0ME CF THE KAISER'S FRIENDS IX THIS COUNTRY ARE LOSING THEIR APPETITE FOR BREAKFAST. . III S yf ' I W VXW, R Js I t 11 . Hv rr ''fit $escSs5- r Xnr? I t Populace of Berlin Would Be De- lighted to See Kaiser Hani" t . Declares Miss Slocum CHICAGO. March IS. Miss Blanche Slocum, who was held a virtual prls oner in Germany after the outbreak of the war. arrived home in Chicago to day and told of the suffering; of the German people, of their rising hatred of the war and of the German govern menu "The people are literally starving; and are very mutinous," she said. "Small riots and seditious talk have reached such proportions that the gov eminent has posted placards about the city of Berlin offering a reward of 3000 marks for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any per son participating in the food riots and uttering seditious remarks. The' populace of Berlin would be delighted to see the Kaiser hanged to the highest tree In the city." HAYS URGES MORE LOYALTY Republican National Chairman In sit on Less Profiteering. CHICAGO, March 26. Less profiteer' Ing. more volunteering, and loyalty on the part of American labor was urged In an address tonight before the I'nion League Club by Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican National Committee. "The conflict has progressed to a point where the Issue hangs In the balance, so that only by interference of this country with its unselfish pur pose and a Government solely on the side of equality can the tide be turned and ihe world won for democracy said Mr. Hays. Mayor Thompson, when called on after Mr. Hays had spoken, delivered long address on Republicanism, but did not mention the war. THE BIG BATTLE IN A NUTSHELL. German offensive begins to lose momentum. Wedge of German line car ries beyond Albert and beyond old "Farthest West" line of Germans. French hold left bank of 0?ie intact despite furious attempt of foe to cross. American forces fight should er to shoulder with British and French. Allies believed to be ready to strike fearful counter attack German forces known to have at least 840,000 men in battle. Germans capture Roye, Noyon, Biaches, Barleux and Etalon. Germans claim capture of 963 guns and 100 British tanks. Careful estimates place Ger man losses at from 10 to 20 per cent of total. r.v ja MSg- ?sr it .a. a.. a ............lllllllll I T T 1 - 1 - - ' - - baling Enemy Aliens Arrested by Hundred. 1 W v CELEBRATIONS ARE BROKEN UP Big Teuton Smash in France Unmasks Disloyalty. SEDITIOUS ORATORS ARISE Federal Authorities Make Successful Drive in Wein Stubes and Other Resorts, Where Triumph of Hun Arms Is Suns. CHICAGO. I1L. March 26. (Special) The German smash in France has brought out scores upon scores of. smil ing, gloating disloyalists. With every new reported assault on the British line the long-sustained caution has given away a Mt. The treacherous sentiments in their hearts must find expression and they are holding meetings in basements and conferences In back rooms to celebrate the "closing of the war." Many V. S. Ageats Engaged. To sustain the city's morale as well as to ferret out active aliens, aozens of Federal agents are combing Chicago for disloyalists. The result Is a steady stream of handcuffed men riling through the squadroom door on the fifth floor of the Federal building. Th daily roundup of enemy aliens previously had averaged about 60. Of these a large percentage were eventu ally released, others held for trial and some ordered interned forthwith. Since the German onslaught on the western front the total has Jumped to 200. "It's too much for them," said one of the Federal agents. "They could keep under cover as long as the war went along in its regular way. Bat a German drive has brought them out of their holes. Sedtttaw Casts Off Cloak. Ihey don't attempt to cover up un der the cloak of Socialism or to ap pear aa Bolshevik sympathizers. They're coming out full and strong for tha Kaiser. "The" worst of them are the fake alarmists, who, under the guise of read Ing the bona fide reports from the front, spread false news of German successes and announce that the Ger mans are inarching into Paris. This sort of thing takes root in the crowded sections of the city and we are kept busy stamping it out." As usual the Government is main taining a screen of secrecy of the identity of the aliens and alarmists seized. James Perronin. in charge of the round-up squadron in the Federal building, questioned scores of prison ers during the forenoon. Among those taken were found Concluded on Pax 4, Column 2.) Standard Points Out That Line Is Elastic, Not Brittle, and Bent, t but Not Y'ct Broken. LONDON, March 26. The London evening papers take consolation in the fact that the Germans thus far have failed to break the British lines or force a wedge between the British and French armies and in the news from France that the gaps have been filled with local reserves, while the strate gical reserves remain intact for their own special purpose. The Standard says: "After five days of fighting the Brit ish lme has gone back almost to the limits of the Somme battlefield. But, though it is elastic, it is not brittle; it is bent, but not broken." The Globe says: "The Germans have failed to thrust so deeply into the British as to make a reunion of the fissure impossible and to defeat the separated masses in de tail. And with every hour the German chances grow less." GERMAN SIGN DISAPPEARS Newspaper Advertisement Taken Down Mysteriously During Night. The big sign reading "German-American Daily," which has stood over the sidewalk in front of the ex-German newspaper on Fourth street disap peared yesterday because of some rather mysterious force. For a long time efforts have been made to force the removal of the sign, but without avail. It was taken down yesterday apparently under urgent invitation from members of a vigilantes' organi zation. LENROOT'S MAJORITY 2414 Representative Ccrlified as Kepub lican Candidate for Senate. MADISOX, Wis., March 26. Represen tative I. L. Lenroot's official Kcpubli- can majority ove James Thompson is 414. The official majority of Joseph E. Davies, Democrat, over Dr. Charles McCarthy ia 43,408. Lenroot was certified as the Repub lican candidate; Joseph K. Davies as the Democratic candidate, and Victor Berger as the Socialist candidate. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 48 desres; minimum. 41 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; gentle southwesterly winds. War. Advance of Germans halted. Page 1. Counter thrust by allies expected by mill tary authorities at Washington. Page 1 Germany regarded by French as wastln her strength In smashes against allied barrier. Fags 1. American girl, released from Berlin, says people would be delighted to see Kaiser hanged. Page 1. British bring down 130 German planes. Page l. Allies prepare for mighty counter smash. Page i. Official war reports. Page 12. London press hopeful of war situation, Page 1. Fighting continues along eastern front with allied resisting power stronger than ever. Page 12. American troops outgas Germans on sector near Rlehecourt. Page 12. Berlin claims capture of 963 guns. Page German warship rammed and cut in two by British destroyer. Page 2. Acting Chief of Staff March, In report to Senate, defends omission of addresses from casualty lists. Page 6. Hunger in Germany Is not imperative, says tierara. .rage 3. Foreign. Coal shortage is acute In Berlin, reserves Deuig usea up. rage o. Bolshevik! recapture cities of Kherson and Itlkolaiev. Page 4. President's silence on aims of Japan in Man churla discussed. Page 4. National. Storm of criticism of America's war efforts sweeps Senate. Page 5. Domestic Pro-Germans, celebrating smash in France, arrested by hundred In Chicago. Page 1. Hurley explains shipbuilding situation before National Marine league. Page o. Soldiers' and sailors business affairs at home safeguarded by civil relief act. Page 7. Mysterious explosions cause $1,500,000 dam age In Jersey City and cause bombard ment scare in isew xor. page 5. Bond dealings on New Tork Exchange break all records. Page 2. Administration serves notice of partisanship in w lsconsin benatorlal fight. Page S. Sports. League directors to meet In Seattle today. Page IS. University of Oregon track athletes deter mined to win. Page 18. Fighters to settle ojd scores at tonight's smoker.. Page is. Kenneth Williams hailed as comer by East' ern sports writer. Page 18. Pacific Northwest. Oregon consolidation commission considers plan to centralize state departments. Page 12. Commercial and Marine. Increased manufacture of wheat flour sub stitutes urged upon millers. Page 19. Record-breaking dealings in liberty bonds in New York. Page la. Two hulls launched at Portland yards. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Effect of German drive in Portland is to speed up voluntary enlistments, page V. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 19. X Luxe" chicken thieves taken by offi cers. Page 2o. Big profit in wool declared made by manu facturer, not grower. xae it. Julius Wilbur fined 1500 for bootlegging. Page II. Judges overrule city's demurrer to fire en gine Injunction suit, page ii. Miss Grace Parker addresses Rotary Club on part women are tatting in war. page a. Two "jokers" discovered in jitney measure. Page 13. John Cowper Powys lectures on Praxiteles snd Greek art. Page JJ. Film ordinance plunges Council into Jangle. Page 13. Parade of parades to open third liberty loan campaign. Page 1J. Will H. Hays to pass Thursday, April 11, in Portland. Page 14. Oregon ready for liberty loan drive. Page 7. 1 Turning Point May Be Near in Battle. RETREAT DEFINITELY PLANNED Washington Official Circles in State of Expectancy. AMERICAN BOYS IN FIGHT Word Front General Pershing Await ed to Give Complete Details of Participation of Troops From America. WASHINGTON', March 26. An air of expectancy was apparent tonight among American and other military officials here who are following closely the developments ot the battle in France. They appeared to feel that a turning point in the terrific struggle was close at hand. Press reports from the Brit ish front hinted at the same feeling there. For the people of the United States, the announcement by the British au thorities that American troops are fighting side by side with French and British defenders brings the battle closer home. War Department officials had no word from General Pershing on the subject, but were expecting at any moment reports showing the extent ot American participation. Interest Turns to French Sector. Attention centers here now on the French front rather than on the prog ress made by the Germans against th British lines. As the battle proceeds, officers here are becoming more certain that the de fenders are carrying out a definite plan, of which the British withdrawal is a part, but which will prove soon to be coupled with a powerful counter-thrust. The most probable place for tha launching of such a movement, it was thought, was from the flanking posi tion the French held tenaciously to night along the left bank of the Oise. Until General Pershing reports as to the American forces engaged no one here will hazard a guess concerning the part they are playing. , Artillery Long In Training. American heavy artillery has been training in England and the men are equipped with British great guns. They may be reaching the front with new guns sent to replace those lost during the retirement. American tank detachments also have been at the British training camps for months. American en gineers are officially reported as in the battle zone. It was regarded as entirely possible, however, that American infantry di visions, already seasoned by front line experience in their sector, had come up with the French reinforcements. They would be certain to operate with tho French, as their equipment is largely French and they must be supplied with. ammunition and replacements from the French communication lines. 5 Yankees May Be With French Units. .Should this prove to be the case it ia possible, officers here believe, that American troops will be with French units in an effort to score heavily against the Germans when the moment for attack arrives. Today's official British reports, while admitting further German advances in the capture of Roye, indicated a de ciding slowing up of the direct progress of the drive against the British front. The official statements indicated that the Germans saw danger in the exposure of their left flank to the threat' of the French line on the River Oise. Evacuation of Noyon gave the French a river line to hold against the Germans on a front that paralleled the flow of ammunition and supply trains to the more advanced German forces in the region of Roye. Hiss' Snpply Lines Extended. Bitter assaults against this French line were made throughout the day without avail. Meanwhile the evacua tion of Roye by the British served to extend still further the German sup ply lines, against which a French as sault might be launched. The steadiness of the French line, it was pointed out. was an indication in itself that the allies were voluntarily abandoning some of the territory oc cupied by the Germans. If anything, American officers were more confident than at any previous time of the outcome of the drive. They have never doubted that It would bo topped. Now, however, they are think ing of the probable extent of the coun ter blow they feel certain Is to fall sooner or later. British Less Shaken In North. There is no lack of possibilities in th northern sector of the battle area. The British lines there have been, much less haken than those to the south. When the time arrives it is possible that a thrust will come from that direction also. The Drospect to some otneers is ior a great pincer movement aimed at cut-tina- off advanced German divisions be fore they can be withdrawn to safety. Noted Composer Dies at 56. PARIS. March 26. Claude de Bussy. the noted composer, is dead at his home here. He was 56 years old. .a Vase 2. Cc.iai