VOL. LVIII. NO. 17,807.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ALLIES GIVE
U. S. ALSO MAY USE
CARPENTERS QUIT,
WAR WORK HALTED
MACHINE GUNS GUT
LOOSE OH RIOTERS
PORTLAND SPEEDS
DRAFTEES OH WAY
BIG BRITISH LINER
CELTIC TORPEDOED
EYES OH
MONSTER CANNON
WISCONSIN TODAY
SEVERAL THOCSAXD 3IEX OUT
OS ATLANTIC COAST.
PLAXS FOR GREAT GUN SUBMIT
VESSEL HIT BY HUNS WHILE OX
TED TO SECRET ART DAXIELS.
WAY ACROSS ATLANTIC.
NATION'S
FOB BLOW
Teutons Seem Slowly fo
Be Losing Vantage.
BRITISH REGISTER GAINS
Cavalry Charge Brilliantly
Wrests Wood Near Moreuil
From German Possession.
ENEMY SLAUGHTER GREAT
Large Bodies of Germans At
tempt to Reach Railway,
but Are Beaten Off.
LONDON. April 1. "Between
Moreuil and Hangard," says the War
Office statement tonight on the sit
uation in the battle zone, "British
caTalry, in a brilliant counter attack,
retook a wood which had been lost
previously."
The Germans made two attacks on
British positions in the western out
skirts of Albert last evening-, and in
both cases were repulsed. The two
attacks came at 6:30 and 6:45 o'clock.
Arras Shelled Heavily.
Great masses of enemy troops con
tinue to concentrate in the region of
Albeit. Fighting is in progress to
ward VOlers-Bretonneux, to the north
of Hangard.
Up to 3 o'clock in the afternoon no
further infantry attacks of importance
were reported against the British
front, although the enemy artillery
was vrry active, and Arras was being
heavily shelled.
Delay in the resumption of the
grand operations is supremely im
portant, giving the British and Trench
opportunity continually to strengthen
the weaker spots in their dispositions.
The weather was fine and clear all
day and the allied airmen added an
other glorious page to their incom
parable story.
Enemy Not Quite Ready.
The probabilities are that the enemy
is not quite ready for another big at
tack north of the Somrae, although the
fact that he still has the majority of
his available divisions there presages
further activity, and it may come at
any time.
There are at present something like
40 divisions in the battle zone north
of the river and about 37 engaged in
the struggle further south. Ten of
these have been used against the Brit
ish and the rest against the French.
The German guns are not all
brought forward as yet, and the enemy
gunfire has been comparatively light
along the zone of advance.
South of the Somme the enemy per
sisted in his attempts to advance
along the Luce and Avre valleys, and
made a little progress.
Germans Seek Railway.
The immediate objective of the Ger
mans in their attacks below the
Somme undoubtedly is the Taris
Amiens railway, which runs close to
the battle line. They continued to
push energetically against the defend
ing wall which checks Jhem in their
drive toward Amiens.
Along the northern part of the bat
tle front there has been a good deal
of fighting, but nothing in the nature
of an extended struggle.
The number of machine guns taken
by the British in their attack near
Sereeon Saturday was 109.
The battle continued with extreme
violence last night in ths sector north
of Montdidier, large bodies of troops
being thrown in by the Germans. The
French and British troops broke up
the assaulting waves.
French Worst Germans.
Further south the fighting was no
less viont, the Germans making in
cessant attacks in an effort to cap
ture Grivesnes. The French retained
possession of the town and inflicted
heavy losses on the Germans.
The attack yesterday afternoon, by
means of which the Germans managed
to penetrate to the wood northeast of
Moreuil. was pressed by forces which
moved forard in clouds i'rom the di
rection of Wrely and Bouchoir. The
British artillery concentrated on them,
but their impetus took them into the
wood.
Since the extreme southerly part
of the EritUh line was slightly pressed
back on Saturday morning, it has ap-
Many Plants Important to Govern
ment Involved Draft Board
Will Take Action.
NORFOLK. Va.. April I. Govern
ment war work la the Hampton Roads
diafrlff w . Inf.nnntMl tAiltv hr A
t rl k . tkt uvaral thnuund urD,ntrl
and other workers. Plants Involved
re the Hampton Roads naval base, the
Arar depot at-Bush Bluff and the
ordnance depot at Pig's Point, all near
Norfolk and the Langley Aviation Field
at Hampton.
The carpenters inaugurated the
strike for an Increase In pay and at
some of the plants a sympathetic strike
amonc metal workers, plumbers and
engineers followed. Union leaders
said tonight that the strike was not a
union movement, but Government offi
cials and contractors said that most of
the men Involved are union men.
Chairman Burroughs, of the Norfolk
County draft board, announced tonight
that his board immediately would re
view all classifications and that men
Involved In the strike who have been
given deferred classification by the
board would be placed In class I unless
entitled by reasons other than char
acter of their work to deferred classi
fication. The strike started at the naval base.
where soma 3000 men were reported
out. At Bush Bluff 500 carpenters
were said to have walked out. fol
lowed by men In other trades. All car
penters engaged in building the
ordnance depot at Plg'a Poit.t were
said by union men to have quit work.
while some 00 men, principally car
penters, employed at Lang.ey Field,
were reported to have struck.
Major Gitchels has been ordered here
from Washington to attempt to settle
the controversy between the men and
the contractors.
YOUTH IS HELD EMBEZZLER
Louis Beck, 19, Charged With Ap
propriating 986,000.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 1. Louis
Beck, IS years old, was arrested here
today on a charge of embezzling $86,000
from the Adams Express Company In
Pittsburg, Pa, where he was employed
by the express company In a confl
dentlal capacity. Beck admitted his
Identity and confessed the theft, ac
cording to the police.
Beck disappeared from Pittsburg
with the money last February, the po
lice here said. According to the state
ment the police said he gave them, all
the money, except $300, was taken from
him by plckpocktes In a Chicago pas
senger station.
OBNOXIOUS SIGN REMOVED
Kaiser Blame" No Longer Offends
at Third and Glisan.
Workmen yesterday removed the ob
jectionable Teutonic sign from the win
dow of the little frame building at the
southeast corner of Third and Gltsan
streets. The window was formerly
used to advertise a local beer and the
words "Kaiser Blume," meaning the
Kaiser's flower, were obnoxloua to
citizens.
Paul Wenslnger, lessee of the build
ing, was summoned before the grand
jury last Friday and told that the sign
must come down. The last vestige of
the Germanic beer advertisement was
gone by noon yesterday.
ITALY HONORS AMERICANS
Three Red Cross Officers Get Cov
eted Medal of Honor.
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTHERN ITALY. Sunday.' March L
(By the Associated Press.) An Im
pressive ceremony In the presence of
10,000 troops took place at Italian army
headquarters today when the Duke of
Aosts, commanding the Italian Third
Army, holding the Plave front, con
f erred the medal of valor on General
Delma Radcllffe, of the British army.
and three American Red Cross officers.
The Americana honored were Major
Guy Lowell, chief of the American Am
bulance Service In Italy: Captain
Charles Carroll, of Carrolltown, Md-,
and Captain Blackstone Wllklns.
MAYOR PROTECTS BUFFALO
Zoo Animals Will Not Be Sold
Slaughtering Purposes.
for
When Mayor Baker became auspi
cious yesterday that L. A. Jones, who
submitted bids recently for buffalo at
a soo sale held at Washington Park,
wants the .animals to slaughter, he
gave notice that he positively will not
permit the delivery of the animals.
The bid as submitted was for a half
dozen of the big animals. They were
to be sold provided the deal met with
the approval of the City Council. The
Mayor says they will never get into
the bands of Mr. Jones or anyone else
for slaughtering purposes.
MEAT PRICES JUMP AGAIN
Abolishing of Meatless Day Not- the
Cause, Packers Say.
CHICAGO, April 1. Pricea of the bet
ter cuts of meats were increased by
about IH cents all over the country
today. It was announced by representa
tives of packing concerns.
The Increase was due to the tightness
of cattle receipts. It was said, and Is
customary at this time of the year.
Abolishing meatless days had nothing
to d with the Increase, it w as said.
Quebec Anti - Drafters
Defy Soldiers.
FOUR KILLED; SEVERAL HURT
Men Concealed in Doorways
Send Shots at Troops.
DEADLINE IS ESTABLISHED
Nationalist Leader Abandons In
tended Address on Request, of
Jtilitarj-; Cavalry Charges
Into Mob Repeatedly.
QUEBEC, April 1. 'Four civilians
were killed and four civilians and a
number of soldiers were wounded In
fighting which occurred tonight be
tween antl-conscrlptionlsts and the
military. One hundred men, charged
with rioting, were arrested.
The fighting between the military
and antl-conscrlptionists lasted from
8:30 o'clock this evening until mid
night, the rioters firing rev jl vers hap
hazard from doorways and behind
snowbanks and the military answering
as best they could through the thick
fog with machine guns.
Appeals Prove Useless.
Notwithstanding warnings from the
' military that the rioting In Quebec
would be put down with a stern hand,
and urgent appeals to the peopla not
to. repeat the disorder of the last three
days, crowds assembled In several parts
of the downtown section of Quebec to
night and had to be broken up by
Toronto Infantry and dragoons.
Early tonight soldiers were ordered
from barracks and stationed in differ
ent parts of the city. The upper sec
tion of the town was cut off from
Strochs, where the disorderly element
resides, by a tine of troops.
Armand Lavergne, the Rationalist
leader, was expected to address a meet
ing In Jacques Cartler Square, but re
spected the military edict banning such
assemblies. A large crowd was on
hand, however, and the rioting began
soon after the soHlers were posted.
Bricks were' thrown from housetops
and revolver shots were fired from
alleyways.
Cavalry Rahe Crowds.
The cavalry repeatedly charged the
mob with drawn swords, but the mo
ment the troopers backs were turned
the crowd returned. Seven rioters were
arrested. '
About 100 yards away, near the
Canadian Pacific station, the soldiers
were greeted by a mob with a fusillade
of revolver shots, bricks and ice. Sev
eral soldiers fell in this attack, slightly
injured, and the troops received orders
to fire a number of shots over the heads
of the mob.
As the evening advanced a dense fog
settled down and the rioters assembled
In doorways and fired at random down
the streets. The soldiers answered the
shots whenever they could locate the
source, but this method of dealing with
the snipers failed to stop the shooting.
so machine guns were fired In the di
rection of the revolver shots.
Weapon With Possible Range of 103
Miles Considered Secretary
Refuses to Comment.
WASHINGTON. April 1. Plans for a
super-'cannon, a great gun of long
range, possibly similar to the one with
which the Germans have been bom
barding Paris, have been submitted to
Secretary Daniels by naval ordnance
experts after months of experiment. It
is understood, however, that the re
port Includes a statement that the
ordnance officers do not believe the
military value of such a weapon would
compensate for the time and money
necessary to .perfvJt and develop It-
Reports were iieard In some quar
ters today tha. a range of 105 miles
was expected of the gun now under
consideration. Secretary Daniels-would
not discuss the matter in any way.
American ordnance officers have
been Interested in the possibilities of
long range guns for the past ten years.
The belief that the "game was not
worth ' the candle" prevented rapid
progress, but experiments were not
dropped, and since the entrance of the
United States into the war a revival
of interest has been evinced In the
Navy Department.
PARIS, April 1. Four persons were
killed and nine wounded today by
shells fired by the long-range German
cannon.
FARM LABOR IS ABUNDANT
Federal Official Finds No Short
age Throughout Ve6t.
WASHINGTON, April 1. A. L. Bark
man, chief of the farm service division
of the Department of Labor, announced
today, on returning from a 10-day trip
through the West, that there is no
foundation for reports of a serious
shortage In farm labor there.
"There is a good steady demand for
farm labor," Mr. Barkman said, "but
present calls are being met generally."
Oklahoma farmers, he said, are hav
ing more applications for farm work
than can be filled.
BIG CITIES TO GET AIR POST
Airplane Mail Service Contemplated,
Chicago to St. Louis.
CHICAGO, April 1. An airplane route
will soon be established between Chi
cago and St. Louis, Postmaster William
B. Carlisle announced today. He and
Colin M. Selph, postmaster at St. Louis,
will hold a conference next week to
complete details of the plan, Mr. Car
lisle said.
"The service will be similar to that
between New York and Washington,"
eald Mr. Carlisle.
PACKERS TO PAY PENALTY
Branch of Morris & Co. Forced to
Suspend for WTeek.
WASHINGTON., April L The Fed
eral license of the New Orleans branch
of Morrla & Co. was ordered revoked
today by the Food Administration for
a period of seven days, beginning
April 8.
The branch was found guilty of
charging excess profits on corn prod
ucts, and its license will be restored
only upon proof that proper refunds
have been made.
THE YANKS ARE GOING IN!
114 Selected Men , Go
to Camp Lewis.
CROWD CHEERS AT STATION
Hundreds Gather to Bid Fare
well to New Soldiers.
LUNCHEON HELD AT HOTE
nv
City Extends Impressive Good-bye
to Soldiers-to-Be, Which Is Par
ticipated In by Relatives,
Friends and Officials.
Speeded by the waving of handker
chiefs, martial strains of the band and
cheers of hundreds . of relatives and
friends, Multnomah County's first con
tingent of selected men rolled away
yesterday to Camp Lewis.
The two special cars of the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle at the disposal of
the military authorities carried away
from the homes of the county 114 s-tal
wart sons, all but six of whom were
residents of Portland. A few Portland
boys entrained at distant points, where
they have been employed. At the same
time those who departed from here
were accompanied by 11 men from
Marlon County and about 15 comrades
from over the West, who had orders, to
entrain with local contingents.
Fitting Farewell Given.
It was a highly fitting farewell that
Portland gave the departing soldiers
to-be. Relatives participated, of course
but most Impressive to the inducted
men was tbe Kinaiy. gracious interest
of the city in general. Representatives
of state and city governments, of the
clergy and of civic bodies were pres
ent to make known their good wishes
and their pvide in the boys peculiarly
dedicated to - help with the Nation1
fighting-. . These things touched the
hearts of those boys, nor did they con
ceal the fact.
At 11:15 A M. in the gold room of the
Multnomah Hotel, admirably decorated
for the occasion by loyal women of
the city, was held the dinner-reception
which members and clerks of the draft
boards had been Instrumental in orig
nating. A few of the board quotas
were slightly delayed In reaching the
hotel, but all had time to enjoy the
dinner, the music and the brief talks
which were on tap.
Guests March to Train.
A large delegation of the guests
mas-ched to the hotel behind the fife
and drum corps of the County Clerk's
office. During progress of the dinner
members of the O.-W., R. & N. band
appeared in the lobby and discoursed
martial strains. The band, provided
through courtesy of the railroad com
pany, also headed the procession to the
North Bank station, where the men
entrained, rendering services highly
appreciated. E. Maldwyn Evans, during
the dinner, delighted with his singing
of "The Flag Without a Stain."
Mayor Baker presided at the fare
well gathering. He emphasized hlB
conviction that tbe business of America
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Reports Indicate Steamship Is Not
Sunk Few if Any American
Soldiers on Board.
NEW YORK, April. 1. The steamship
Celtic, one of the big White Star liners,
was attacked and torpedoed by a Ger
man submarine, according to reliable
information received today in marine
circles here, during a voyage from
England to America. Efforts are be
ing made to save the vessel, which, it
is believed, carried no passengers.
The Celtic has a gross tonnage of
20,904 and his for many years been one
of the largest steamships in trans-
Atlantic service. She was built
Belfast in 1901 and flies the British
flag.
More than a year ago the Celtic hit
mine off Liverpool, but was damaged
only slightly.
WASHINGTON. April 1. If there
were any American soldiers at all on
board tbe Celtic, it was said here today,
they were very few in number and car
ried as "casuals" returning home.
It was stated that there were no sick
or wounded on board.
PARIS AGAIN BOMBARDED
German Long-Range Guns Slay
and Injure 9 During Day.
PARIS, April 1. The bombardment
of Paris by long-range German guns
was resumed this afternoon.
Four persons were killed and nine
injured by the bombardment, according
to official announcement tonight.
Mile. Germaine Franciere, auxiliary
nurse at the American ambulance at
Neuilly, was one of those killed in the
church which was struck by a German
shell on Good Friday.
HOUSE DENIES $2.50 WHEAT
Separate Vote on New Price to Be
Demanded in Conference.
WASHINGTON, April L Senate
amendments to the agricultural appro
prlation bill, including the provision
for Increasing the Government wheat
price to $2.50, were disagreed to by the
House today and the measure went to
conference.
A separate vote will be demanded on
the wheat price.
American Boys in Paris.
PARIS, April 1. A number of Amer
ican soldiers who had suffered from
the effects of gas at the front have ar
rived at the American Red Cross mili
tary hospital No. 2 in Paris.
Most of the men will recover.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Tbe Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
SO
degrees;
minimum, 42 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; light frost early morning;
light northerly winds.
War.
Allies give Germans blow for blow in great
battle. Page l.
Blr British liner Celtic torpedoed on At
lantic. Page i.
Canadians bloodily repulse Germans at Vlmy
Ridge. Page 2.
Teutons would know bow Americans fight.
Page 4.
Austria about to attack in Italy and aid is
asked. Page 3.
French wipe out entire German battalion.
Page 15t
Washington eagerly awaits to hear of Amer
icans being in battle, .rage a.
Allied counter blow awaited by Germans
near Montdidier. Pago 4.
American soldiers now on way to plains of
Picardy. Page- 10.
Germans driving at Amiens. Pago 35.
Germans far from reaching objectives.
Page J 5.
Foreign.
Germany arranging for great trade war to
start after contact in trencnes is enaeo.
Page 5.
Germany nears stage where clllllan popula
tion must wear paper ciotmng. .rage o.
Four killed In clash between draft rioters
and Quebec troops, page i
National.
Government was work Interrupted by strike
of carpenters. Page l.
Malor-General Bell tor command Western
Department or Army, rag
President's attitude regarding peace with
Teutons unchanged, rage a.
United States may build cannon to shoot 105
miles. Page 1.
Domestic.
Voters of Wisconsin today elect United
States Senator. Page x.
Trial of more than lvo i. w. w. is oegun
in Chicago, rage 13.
Informer against New York gamblers myi-
teriously shot, rage 1.
Sports.
Manager Fisher arrives to take up new
duties. Page zu.
Pennsylvania relay track meet plans made.
Page 20.
Tennis recommended oy waiter camp.
Page 20.
Pacific Northwest.
Six candidates file declarations with Secre
tary 01 State, rage t.
Deferred ratings by draft boards must bo
considered temporary, rage 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Boxed apple prices weaken in Eastern mar
kets. Page 21.
Corn lower at Chicago, owing to otr-graae
receipts. Page su.
War developments favorably aifect stocks
at New York. Page 21.
Cattle and hogs advance at Portland stock
yards. Page 21. .
Plan to lengthen closed period or river
bridges vigorously opposed, rag a i.
North Portland thought site for new ship
yards. Page la-
Portland and Vicinity.
Board 7 gives farewell luncheon to ten
drafted men. Page .
Portland speeds Multnomah County con
- scripts on way. Page 1.
Portland to raise $10,050,000 in third liberty
loan -campaign. Page 14.
Portland branch railroad offices bit by or
der to cut forces to bone, rage
Attorney Ralph Coan announces candidacy
for State Legislature. Pag is.
Theater crowds join In singing patriotic
airs. Page 14.
Tardy people file Income statements. Page
11.
Portland liberty loan workers meet to per-
. feet plans for drive. Page 14.
Commands of captains on Russian vessels
Ignored. C. I Ream.es says. Pago 14. 1
Weather report, data and forecast Pag 9 16.
Voters in Badger State
Elect Senator.
PEOPLE'S LOYALTY IS TESTED
Lenroot and Davies Both Con
fident of Victory.
DEMOCRAT HAS ADVANTAGE
Candidate Davies Has Support of
President Belief Is That Pro
German Vote Will Go Largely
to Berger, Socialist.
BY ARTHUR M. EVANS.
MILWAUKEE, Wis... April 1. (Spe--ciaX)
Wisconsin has paraphrased Gen
eral Byng'a famous order to the tanks
in the Cambi'al drivo by declaring that
"every loyalist must do his condemned
utmost against the Badger Bolshevik!
at the polls."
With the eyes of the United States
on the Wisconsin Senatorship election,
loyalists have put on the tin-plate hel
mets and gas masks tor a smashing
onslaught; against the Socialists and
their pro-German platform. Loyalty
legions are to man the polls. Million
aire manufacturers, merchants, smaller
business men, doctors, lawyers, minis
ters, the "next of kin" of all callings,'
have volunteered to drop business for a
day of political endeavor and to drive
out a vote that will swamp Victor L.
Berger and the rest of the Wisconsin
Trotzkys.
Large Vote Is Expected.
A tremendous vote for an off-year
election is looked for. The original
estimate that 330,000 votes will be cast
may bo left far behind if 'tonight's In
dications are a guide. Berger's camp
tonight said that a vote of 180,000 for
the Socialist ticket is probable. Tho
loyalists are wrought to such a pitch
that for tho time being the question of
whether Lenroot or Davies, loyalists.
will win has been swallowed in a
shriek that Wisconsin's real task to
morrow is to beat Berger by a vote
large enough to look like a real re
pudiation. Berger's vote will not run
above 75,000 or 80,000, 'and may fall
short of that unless all the political
dope turns sour.
And Wisconsin Insists that the meas
ure of Berger s defeat shall be the
combined vote cast for Davies and Len
root Loyalista Finish Campaign,
The two loyalist candidates wound
up their campaign tonight, Irvine L.
Lenroot at Baraboo and Joseph E. Da
vies her in Milwaukee. They stick to
the old forecasts each claiming vic
tory by 50,000. With all the arguments
driven home and everything ready for
the election both camps are bursting
with confidence; neither sees how the
other can win.
In a nutshell the question is: ,
In a state normally Republican by
all the way from 60,000 to 100,000, can.
Democrat be elected because he has
the preference of President Wilson?
Here's the situation:
Party Lines . Are Breaking;.
On form Lenroot looks like the win
ner, but beneath the surface are move
ments, a breaking away from party
lines, that may put Davies under the
wire by a comfortable margin. Thus
the outcome depends upon how actively
these hidden factors operate tomorrow.
It has been a brief two weeks' cam
paign, with no real opportunity for
sounding the development of senti
ment among the electorate both sides
say this while conservative forecast
ers are yelling for the parachutes.
they're so war up in the air.
The betting, by the way, favors Len
root, but nobody Is paying attention to
this, as straw politicians so often ma
nipulate the betting odds for the sake
of inflating stock for the wagers to be
much of a guide.
Wisconsin Erratic State.
There is another reason for all the
doubt. Wisconsin is an erratic state
in politics. It jumps like a bucking
broncho. The electorate is more inti
mately versed In the inside stuff on
politics than that of any other etate.
And this makes it all the more diffi
cult to guess right on what the people
will do when they get behind the cur
tains in the booths.
Tonight W. A. Hays, chairman of tha
governing council and executive com-,
mittee'of the Wisconsin Loyalty Le
gion, a Republican, gave out a state
ment supporting Mr. Davies, in which
he claims that 50,000 Republicans will
vote for the Democratic nominee.
Much of the Davies confidence comes
from the belief that, as Republicans
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