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VOL. LVIII .NO. I?.89.. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, 31AKCII 30. 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SOLDIERS CALLED TO DISPERSE MOB FOCH. mURHE THEODORE WILCOX IS CRITICALLY ILL ABSOLUTE BAN PUT ON USE OF WHEAT DISLOYALTY PUTS TWO BEHIND BARS HEADS ALL III QCEBEC EWSP.PKR PLANT IS DEMOLISHED. HOPE FOR RECOVERY OF FLOUR MILL HEAD SLIGHT. NOX-AMERICAXS FIXED AND GIYEX JAIL SENTENCES. . BOCHES I HARD SIJLIIH OF SQMME HERO II KILLS flES PUBIS British Yield Slightly Where Attack Centers. EUTONS PRESSED BACK battle on Wider Front With Fluctuating Fortunes, Ac cording to Reports. ,ERMAN LOSSES INCREASE lassed Assaults Made at Ex pense cf Many Lives Brit ons Firm in North. LONPOV. March 2TJ counter frnsive m( I he Frrnrh continues be- eesj Menldidier and Lasaigay. says e fnial communication Usurd this eainf. It add that fresh Frrnch pa are aniline oa the Krnr. LONDON, March 23. Apart from al fijrhtinjr at different point, the tmy has not prrs-vl Lis attacks Jay north of the Somme, according the official statement issued by war office tonight. we gained ground at certain aces, th statement continue. outh of the Somme heavy hostile tacks dereloped during the morn- in the neighborhood of Mezieres id Demum. Fighting id still going ia this sector." BRITISH ARMY HEADQUAR- EKS IN FRANCE. March 29. On e Somme the British have maintained sir positions and gained ground in ces by successful counter-attacks. British Retire Slightly. After holding their line all day in e fare of repeated assaults by nu- eriratly superior enemy forces, the ritish retired a short distance from fir advanced positions at some nnts. The Germans again suffered ex- edinely heavy losses. The Eritiab k prisoners. "Heavy fight in t: has taken place uth of the Somme in which' the riti.h have been pressed back to a ie running west of Hamel. Marcel- re and Demum." says this evening's sr Office announcement. North of the Somme all the British itions were maintained. There ere no serious attacks by the enemy this regioc during the day. Trench Continue Offensive. . The French, says the announcement. -e continuing their offensive on the uthera front between Montdidier -id Lasoigny. Fresh French troops - arriving in this region. The Germans were able to pene- -te Marcelrare, 12 miles east of mien., in. the region south of the wmf, only oy means oi neavy attacks late yesterday, which -aduAHy forced the British back. It was in this district, south of the nrime, that the invauers continued make their greatest efforts. The ti.h here are battling stubbornly I brilliantly against an advance irh. it roust be admitted, has been ady. Conflict ! Deadly. The conflict in this region had been t sanguinary, and at latest reports was continuing along a line repre- nted roughly by Hamel, Warfusee, bancourt and Marrelcare. This nrt seemed to mark the extreme ad mce against the British. The (eerman attaik in thi region as made from Cerisy, on the Somme, ipported by artillery from across i river. Yesterday's assaults on the extreme orthem and southern pats of the! tt!ef.'J were in continuance of the ermans' scheme to swinff their lines it so as to broaden the salient which -ey have driven in anJ thereby 4s;o!y enable them to make an at a:pt to envelope Amiens. Arras Battle Desperate. The flshtin east of Arras yester xy was of a moet desperate nature, pecial'y in the retrion of Telrjrraph !.'.!. southeast of th city. Here the vassea of troops strugi;te1 at close uarters throughout 'the day. Th iritih held grimly to the defenses hich guard the already war-shocked Jul Neuwi'le-Vitasser, southeast of Tele- t e ee X C.wi. J Theater Reported Afire Federal Officers Arresting Deserters Are Attacked. QUEBEC. March . Th mllltta has been called out to ouell a mob which la trror!stnc the bunntii section of! th city. Th office of th Chronicle, ow n.d by Kir Iavld .Watson, com mander of th Fifth Division of th Canadian expeditionary forces, has been r.ikrd and th Auditorium Theater Is reported to h on fire. OTTAWA. Ont, March :. Th as sault on Dominion polir officers by a mob In Quebec last nlsht when an exempted military servir man was placed under arrest for fallor to pro dur exemption papers, resulted In a conference today between Prima Min ister Harden, th Minister of Jostle and th Chief of th General Staff. Thejr decided to take Immediate step to prevent th obstruction of officers appointed to carry out th provision of th military service act. A repre sentative of th government left today for Quebec to obtain a full and ac cural account of th Incident. QUEBEC. March I. Arthur Evan, turel. a federal officer. Is recovering tndar front Injuries sustained at the hand of a crowd her last night when Dominion pollfe undertook rounding np of deserters under th military serv ice act. Authorities say Krantuel was tied to a post and whipped Into uncon sciousness. Leon Melanger, on of Kvantnrel's fellow officers. Is In a hospital suffer ing from a fractured skull sustained during the outbreak. PERSISTENT BOY ACCEPTED F.dward Sanders, With Finger Miss ing, to fccrve in Army. FAKER. Or, March IS. (Special.) Edward M. Sanders, who has persist ently endeavored to get Into th Army, although ha has a finger missing, was finally rewarded today, when Corporal Oiler, local recruiting officer, notified him that b bad received Instructions from th War Department to accept him. Sanders was turned down by the local examining board, but later persuaded Corporal Oxley to writ to th War tfepartment. Except for the missing finger, b Is in perfect physical condi tion. - U. S. SEED FUND PROVIDED BUI Passed by House Would Take Care of Grain Growers. 'WASHINGTON: March .. Relief for farmer who raise wheat, corn. rye. oats or barley and who ar unabl to purchase seed this year would be provided In a bill passed by th IIous today. It would supply a fund of 17.500.000 from which to lend farmers money to buy seed and would give the Secretaries pf Agriculture and Labor I2.Su0.00O to moblllx labor for the harvest this year. WOMEN TO HAVE HOSPITAL Anne .Morgan Favors Establishing Institution In France. NEW YORK. March S. Immediate establishment of a woman's hospital In Northern France to alleviate th suiter- Ins: caused by the latest German of fensive was Indorsed by Miss Anne Mora-an In addressing the American women's hospitals here today. Ml Meraan. who returned recently from France, emphasised the Impor tance of reconstruction work, asserting that you cannot srparal the welfare of the soldiers from that of their worn ea and children. 2 FLYERS FALL TO DEATH Nrmnrn of Royal Fljlng Corps Are Killed at Texas Aviation School. FORT WORTH. Tex March 19. Two members of th Royal Flying Corps were killed In practice flights today at llrittsh tralntnv ramps near Fort Worth. They were Cadets F. J. Dwyer. of Montreal. Oueber. and James It. Kowan. of tjsbrolla Island. B. C. Iwrer dropped to hi death at Ever man Field whtl making his first cross country flisht alone. Iesth resulted from his Inability to rlcht bis airplane when h had sent it Into a spinning dom dtv. NEW BANK TO OPEN SOON Vancomrr to Have Fourth Finan cial Institution. VANCOUVER. Ws.h.. March 19. I'neruL Th new bank, to be eoened within a short time, win a stt. bank, with a capital of IS.oa and $'.- surplus.. Th stockholders will meet soon to dcld upon the location of th bank and lect officers, Thr ar three banks h.r now. O. Jorgen Olson, of Tacolt. Is th organ tier ef th new bank, assisted by Henry Crass, a local attorney. CAMOUFLAGEURS MAY QUIT Ship Painters of New York Demand Increase) In Pay. NFW TORK. March Th week of camouflaslna ship In thl harbor mav b brousrht to a halt next wek unless th demands of ship painters for a rise In par is aranted. Th painters, who now get (0 cents mm hour, ask an Increase of 2e cent and threaten to sink next Monday ante, their demand, are aranted. Pershing Offers U. S. Forces for Battle. ALL ARE ANXIOUS uri HONOR Pershing Offers United States Troops for Battle. COUNTER OFFENSIVE SOON Xew Chief of Staff, One of Most Brilliant Strategists of Day, Will Direct Allied Forces on West ern Front In Great Drive. WASHINGTON. March J. General Foch. the Trench chief of staff, has been appointed to th supreme co mand of all the allied and American forces In France. This means unification of all th srml.s oppoMnsr lb Germans, a step which th American and French mill tary men long hav urged, and which apparently has been broarht about by recognition of the Imperative demand of concentrated effort to hurt back th gigantic thrust of the enemy In France. It was learned tonight ahat th Presi dent had been officially advised of the action when h sent a cablegram to General Focb today congratulating him "on bis new authority." lVfclag Offers Arsay. Th first hint of th historic devel opment came In press cable dispatches telling how General Pershing had placed th American Expeditionary Forces at the disposal of th French commander. Thia waa confirmed to night In a message from General Perahlng to th War Department. General Pershing's message, made public by Major-General March., act ing chlef-of -staff, follows: . "Hav made all our resources avail able and our divisions will be used if snd when needed. French ar 1n fin spirit and both armies seem confident," Mention of Foch Made. There was no mention In the Pershing dispatch of th n.w authority given General Foch, and W.r Department officials were speculating over the rea sons for th absence of any official announcement. Som still were Inclined to believe that th French general had been placed In command only of the "army of maneuvers" the reserve force composed of contingents from all the allied armies created after the forma tion of the supreme war council, . Before General Pershing's message cam tonight General March was with out advices to confirm the press dis patches, because of the inevitable de lays In transmission of official mes sages. Th news of the appointment of General Foch. one of the heroes of the iutled on rag. 2. Column 4.) JUST A .- . .e - '' 4 Federal Commissioner Is 61 Years - ge and Has Been a Resl- s?' .cnt of Portland Since 1877. Theodore B. Wilcox. Federal Milling Commissioner for the Pacific North west and president of the Portland Flouring Mills Company, ia critically ill at his residence, 215 King street, with.1 but slight hope for recovery. It was announced last night, Mr. Wilcox, who Is widely known throughout the Northwest, was taken 111 during a recent visit to New York, where he went on Federal business, and was Immediately attended by his physi cian. Dr. H. C. Jefferds, upon his return two weeks ago. His case is diagnosed as acute Intestinal trouble. For some time after his return Mr. Wilcox kept resolutely at his desk, but several days ago was forced to give up his worh and submit himself to the constant care of hi physician. Despite every effort, his condition has grown steadily worse, and the original ali ment is now complicated by Irregular ities of the heart, which cause sinking spells. "Mr. Wilcox ic conscious." said Dr. Jefferds late last night, "but his con dition Is exceedingly grave. He is growing steadily, weaker. While hope has not been given up. It must be said that his chances for recovery are slight and he may pass away at any time." Mr. Wilcox la 1 yeara of age, and has been a resident of Portland since 18TT. coming to this city from his home state. Massachusetts, to accept position in the Ladd & Tilton Bank. His rise In Portland was rapid and marked by executive geniua of a high degree. In' 1384 he organised the Port land Flouring Mills Company. His re cent apponitment In charge of Federal milling control In the Northwest was In .testimony to his marked ability and sound experience. NELSON MORRIS IN CLASS 1 Youthful Chicago Packer Refused Exemption by Appeal Board. CHICAGO. March 29. Nelson Morris, chairman of the board of directors of Morris A Co., packers, today was placed In Clasa 1-A of the draft by his district appeal board. Mr. Morris In his ques tionnaire claimed exemption on the ground that he was -necessary to vital Industry. A few days ago be announced that h bai accepted a position vlts th Government and would become one of the $1 a year men and left here for Washington. The board, in announcing that Morris had been placed in Claas 1-A, said that since Mr. Morris had left for Wash ington to accept a position with the War Department. It was clear that he waa not essential to tne business or Morris & Co." NEW BOCHE BLOW IMPENDS Berlin Paper Predicts Germans Will Strike at Another Point. AMSTERDAM, March 29. The Ger man supreme command is about to de liver a new and mighty brow on an other part of the front, which will tear a new hole In the already pierced enemy ring, the osslsche Zeitung or Berlin declares. CONTLNUATION OF. THE SAME OLD Hotel Men Give Pledge of Abstinence. HOOVER APPEALS TO NATION Well-to-Do Asked to Forego Chief War Food. HARVEST BELOW ESTIMATE Sacrifice Must Come From Those Who Have Most, Food Adminis trator Says, in Asking Com--' plele . Renunciation.. WASHINGTON, March 29. Wheat and wheat ' products were wiped off the menus of several hundred of the coun try's leading hotels today in response to a request of the Food Administra tion that "every independent, every well-to-do person in the United States" should pledge complete abstinence from wheat until the next harvest in order to supply the imperative needs of the allies. Hotel managers who had come from every state In the United States to hear new conservation regulations ex plained were told by Food Administra tor Hoover that the need for wheat was even greater now than when the new regulations were promulgated and that a census of supplies revealed that the harvest had been less than esti mated and that shipping difficulties made it imperative to feed the allies from here Instead of from the Argen tine. It is impossible to ship corn, ow ing to loss from Germination, so that wheat must be America's chief con tribution to the rations of the peoples abroad. Upper Claaaee Meat Lead. Mr. Hoover said the renunciation of luxurious food must begin at the top of the soda) scale,, not only to set an example, but because the industrial population -Is dependent to a large ex tent on baker's bread, which must have a considerable proportion of wheat to be durable. Therefore, he asked the hotels which have as patrons people of wealth, to' set an example to their cli entele and to other public eating places by refusing to serve any wheat what ever until the new crop comes in, using other cereals and potatoes instead. 'We stand at the most critical pe riod of our National history since the battle of Gettysburg." Mr. Hoover de clared. "We may have to cut our wheat consumption more than one-half, but the sacrifice must come from those who have the most, not from those who have the least. Our wheat acre age this year will be greater than ever before, and if the Lord is good to us in the matter of weather, our diffi culties will be at an end by September 1 that Is not a long period of sac rifice." The reply was an outburst of applause it-'oncluded on Pase 4, Column 2.) JAG. H. C. Bishop and Victor Saullt Re fuse to Rise When "Star-Span-gled Banner" Is Played. With a fine of 1250 and a jail sen tence of 15 days each. H. C. Bishop, who says he is .an American, and Victor Saulit, a Russian, were punished yes terday by Judge Rossman, of th Mu nicipal Court, for a disloyal act Thurs day night, when they refused to rise to their feet when "The Star-Spangled Banner" was played at the Heilig Theater. Evidence was presented showing that the two men refused to rise when the anthem was played, after repeated requests by others in the audience. A. E. Wellington and J. B. Rhoades. both of Portland, and Dr. H. C. Coe, of Bend, were the complaining witnesses. Bishop offered the excuse that be was not aware that "The Star-Spangled Banner" was the National anthem; and besides, he said, be was too tired to stand up. Saulit said he had been In the United States about 11 years and intended to return to Russia as soon as be could. Deputy City Attorney Lansing failed to draw out information as to whether Saulit was a "Bolshevik." Judge Rossman told Bishop and Saulit they were fortunate in escaping with fines and sentences, as they might have been subjected to severe treat ment on the part of patrons of the theater. Both are Socialists'. Bishop is employed at the Portland Stove Works and Saulit has been working in saw mills. Both gave notice of appeal and bail was fixed at $1000 each. The two men are held In the City Jail. TEUTONS STIR UP KURDS Tribesmen Asked to Attack Russians in Asia Minor. LONDON, March 9. (By Mall.) Kurdish tribesmen used repeatedly by the Turks in their campaign against the Armenians, are urged to take ad vantage of the armistice in Asia Minor and attack the withdrawing Russian troops, in a document in possession of the British War Office. . The document is an order from Major Druffel, a German staff officer with the Xvlkish forces in Mesopotamia, to the Turkish commanders on the Persian front. - - - - - POLICE FIRE0N STRIKERS Troops Called On to Quell Kansas City Streetcar Rioters. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 29. Seri ous rioting occurred when . attempts were made late today to operate street cars. A crowd of about 1500 persons at tacked a car. The police guards on the car fired Into the crowd. Troops with an armored motorcar and a machine gun squad were called out. NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weattjfr. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature 76 degrees; minimum, decrees. TODAY'S Fair; senile aouthirty winds. War. Shell from Gerraa n" Ion p-ran ge run h i ts Parle church, killing- 75. wounding 90. rage L Germana center drive south of Somme. Page l. Hopeful view taken by British peopl Page 2. General Foch. hero of Ma me, in supreme command or allied forces. Page 1. Official war reports. Page 4. Americans take four prisoners. Page 4. French check German advance. Page 4. Internal strife disturbing central empires. rage . Petrograd reports German offensive against Kursk. Page 7. Foreign. Troops called out to quell rioters at Quebec, Canada. Page l. Food "grafting" ia German war vice. Page 7. Message of peace sure to be heard and lis tened to by reasonable men in Germany, says Gerard. Page 9. National. Leading hotel managers wfpe wheat prod ucts on menus at Hoovers request. rage l. Portland seems sure of getting 175.000,000 ship plant. Page 9. House passes bill requiring all past 21 to register. Page B. .Domestic. President appeals to Governor of California lo save life of Thomas J. Mooney. Page 6. h port a. Oakland promoter fails to tempt boxers from Portland. Page 20. Aberdeen to be sixth city In Pacific Coast International Ieague. Page 20. Final trapshootlng matches to be shot to morrow. Page 20. Pacific Northwest. Former L W. W. secretary on trial before Idaho court. Page 9. Commercial nd Marine?. Local coffee trade aided by Food Admin- is tra lion request. Page 21. Increased receipts of cattle at all North western points. - Page 21. New clip Arizona wool sells at 60 cents. Page 21. Portland to distribute lumber payments in Northwest. Page 21. Portland and Vicinity. Two men fined and Imprisoned for disloyal act. Page 1. Physicians urged to help safeguard health of soldiers. Page 11. Dishonest fuel dealers to be dealt with vig orously. Page S- Multnomah County granges oppose affiliation with ISon-Partisan League. Page 8. City sdvised not to reopen fare case at this time. Page a. Portland faces municipal financial strin gency. Page 16. Orejron women to have big share in liberty bond campaign. Page 12. Portland's opportunities of becoming wool center emphasized by K. i. stanfield. Page 16. Portland's milk supply much better than that of year ago. Page 12. Custodv of 15-year-old daughter awarded to Mrs. Alvtna Johnson by Circuit Judge Campbell. Page 22. Theodore B. Wilcox critically ill at his home in Portland. Page 1 nhr rrr.rt. rlfif " . "t Pa Vf 90 Wounded by Bursting of Great Projectile. VICTIMS ARE JIT SERVICE Shell of Long-Range Cannon Hits During Observance" of Good Friday. . WOMEN AND CHILDREN DIE Among Slain Is Counsellor of Swiss Legation Edifice Struck Once Before. PARIS, March 29. The long-range bombardment of Paris was resumed shortly after 3 o'clock, this afternoon. Seventy-five persons were killed and 90 wounded, most of them women and children, when a shell fired by a German long-range gun fell on a church in the region of Taris while Good Friday services were being held, according to an official communica tion issued this evening. Among those killed was H. Stroeh lin, counsellor of the Swiss legation in Paris. The same church was struck by a shell during the celebration of high mass lastv S,unday and many casual ties resulted. ROOSEVELT SEES GRANDSON Archie, Jr., Two Months Old, Smiles ... Upon Former President. BOSTON, March 29. Archibald B. Roosevelt. Jr.. two months old.' opened his eyes today and smiled for the first time at his grandfather. Colonel Theo dore Roosevelt, who stopped over in Boston on his way home from Portland. Me., to see him. The Colonel spoke last night before the Republican Convention of Maine, against the advice of his physicians, but he told friends here that he was feeling fine and was not worn by his trip. FRANCE CALLING RECRUITS . Class of 1919 Will Mobilize, Begin ning April 1ft. PARIS, March 29. The soldiers of the class of 1919 are to be called to the colors at an early date, which is to be fixed by the Ministry of War. This was decided on by a vote of the Cham ber of Deputies this afternoon. It is known that the Ministry of War has decreed that the recruits shall report April 15. The chamber voted 450 against 7 on a law demanding that the date of the calling of the class be advanced. WORLD'S CAPITAL SOLEMN London's Good Friday Devotees Re flect Events In France. LONDON, March 29. The spirit of devotion pervaded England this Good Friday. Thoughts, of course, were cen tered on France, and the critical fight ing of the past few days gave a par ticular significance to the ser-vices which were held In all churches. The -preachers exhorted their congre gations to face the Immediate future with courage and confidence. St. Paul"s and Westminster cathedrals and West minster Abbey were crowded. EVERY BRITON TO FIGHT Proposed Conscription Bill Would- Draw Heavily on Man-Power. LONDON, March 29. The parliamen tary correspondent of the Daily Ex press, says that . poweriul lnnuences within the government are pressing for the introduction, when Parliament reassembles April 9, of an entirely new conscription bill, which would raise the age limit to between 45 and 50 years and which would apply conscription to Ireland and call for mobilization of the volunteer home defense force. U. S. SEIZES TEUTON MILLS Xew Jersey Plants Valued at $70,. 000,000 Commandeered. WASHINGTON, March 29. Six great German-owned New Jersey woolen mills, with a total valuation of more than 170.000,060, have been taken over by the enemy alien property custodian, who has named governing boards of directors to assume control of them. The earnings of the properties during the war will go into the Federal trade treasury for the purchase of liberty V r FT1 1 05.0