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VOL. LVIII. XO. 17,902. PORTLAND, OKEUUN, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. i. w. w. quarters I PFflPI F flRnilRFIl Tn TEUTON'S BIG GUN 22 OREGON TOWNS AGAIN IN ACTION STRIPPFD RY M0Rill-ull-l-niIuuul-u,u WIN HONOR FLAGS OLD GLORY 111" 10 LIBERTY GOAL LONG -RANGE BOMBARDMENT FURNITURE TAKEN FROM ROOM COMMUNITIES IN THIS STATE OF PARIS RESUMED. AND BURNED TO ASHES. LEAD IN TWELFTH DISTRICT con am HDRL BACK HUHS SOCIALISTS WILDLY OREGON SPRINTING ACCLAIM British Smashes Near Albert Win, GERMAN ADVANCE STEMMED 3 French Eject Foe Foothold Gained ! ' Oise Front. From on RHEIMS AGAIN BOMBARDED Berlin Reports Successes and Capture of Pierre Mande J . and Folem Bray. LONDON', April 7. Successful Brit ish counter attacks were launched against the Germans in Areluiy wood yesterday on the west side of the Ancre Kirer north of Albert. The War Office statement issued today says the British recaptured all their former po sitions. A German attack or the British lines opposite Albert was repulsed and another Teuton assault south of Hebuterne was broken up by the fire cf the British artillery. Germans Abandon Attacks. There was no resumption Sunday of the heaTy fighting along the British front. The Germans, according to the report from Field Marshal Haig, to night started two attacks at Buquey, but were repulsed. PARIS, April 7. The Cermanr last night renewed then attacks on French positions in the region of Chauny and Bansis, on the Oise front, in which sector the F rench earlier in the day had withdVawo to prepared positions, the War Office announced this after noon. Hun Forces RepuUed. West of Noyon a German detach ment which had gained a foothold in an advanced French line was ejected by a counter attack. A German attack on the French lines in the region of Griyesnes, northwest of Montdidier, was repulsed. Rheims was violently bombarded by the Germans last night. Attempts by the Germans to make gains against the French troops in the region of Hangard-en-Santeere Sun day were blocked, according to the official communication issued tonight. Drive ar Verdun Checked. The French artillery took under its fire German troops at various points north of Montdidier. A strong attack by the Germans in the region of Hill C44 in the Verdun sector was put down. BERLIN", via Londoi.. April 7. "On the southern bank of the Oie the con tinuation of our attack brought fresh successes," says the official commu nication from headquarters this even ing. Tiei-re Mande and Folem Bray have been taken." LONDON". April"". Reuter's cor respondent at British headquarters in France, telegraphing Sunday, says there are signs that the enemy is about to thrust again on a big scale. Position Not Good. All the fighting north of the Somme during the last few days, says the correspondent, apparently has been directed by the enemy at effecting an improvement of his positions and pos sibly to secure a better "jumping ff" place.' Between Mesnil and Bucquoy. says the correspondent, the ground the Germans now occupy is i .,,1 very umavoraou to amuery move-; ment should a big push develop, and ' only by such a movement could a great concentrated attack Amiens be carried out. upon I WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IS FRANCE. April 6. (By the Associ ated Press.) The enemy today con tinued to make raids along the north ern section of the battlefront for the purpose of learning what British troops were opposing them. Another Prire Predicted. German prisoners captured April 3 declared that their latest orders were to be ready to push on further, but "O ve'.l was tha secrecy of the plan pro served they knew nothing more of the impending operations. That there would be antther drive shortly, how ever, seemed to te the general opin ion. The German casualties in the fight ing in the Albert sector yesterday were very heavy. At numerous places lCacal4 .a i'e s. Co. urns. X-Jt Report That One Giant German Cannon Recently Blew Up Is Confirmed. 1 PARIS. April 7. The bombardment of ths Paris district by the long-ranee German Kun continued today. There was no casualty. The report that one of these guns ex ploded is confirmed from absolutely re liable sources. This occurred March IS. a Lieutenant and nine men being killed. AMSTERDAM. April 7. It was Pro fessor Rauzenberg-er. an artillerist, manager ' of the Krupp works and builder of the famous 41-centimeter gun, who planned the giant long-range gun. according to the correspondent at Frankfort of the Nleuwe r Rotter damsche Courant. The professor wit nessed the first bombardment of Paris with the 'gun. Professor Frits Rauxenberger, in an Interview printed In the Berliner Tage blatt In February, 1916, declared tha artillery so large and powerful that it would be possible to bombard Enc land from the continent would be the certain product of the near future. The cannon of the future." he said. will be able to penetrate the strong est fortified shelters, and nullify Kng land's shimmering ocean armament, the old. proud wall which for centuries has protected It from the continent." VICTIM OF FIRE IS BURIED Frank Hartman, Nisqually, Dies In Effort to Save Aged Mother OLTMPIA. Wash, April 7. Funeral services for Frank Hartman. who waa fatally burned Friday at Xlsqually, while trying to save his aged mother. were held here today. The mother, Mrs. Washington Hartman, Is in a critical condition at a hospital from burns. She Is 72 years old. The family had lived a Nlsqually 4 years. On discovering that the house waa on fire Mrs. Hartman rushed upstairs to get $309 she had In her bedroom, her son following her, but the flames gained such headway that both were terribly burned before they were rescued. Hart man died shortly after being brought to the hospital. ROUMANIA VISIT PLANNED Degenerate Despot Would Look on Conquered People. LONDON, April 7. Dr. Richard von Kuehlmann. the German Secretary of Foreign Affairs, returned to the German capital on Sunday from Karlshruhe, where he had a long conversation with Emperor 'William, particularly regard ing Roumanian peace conditions, says a dispatch from Berlin forwarded by the Copenhagen correspondent of the Ex change Telegraph Company. Emperor William returned to the western front Saturday and conferred with Field Marshal von Hlndenburg and General Cudendorff. It Is believed the Emperor Intends traveling to Rou mania in a few days. TURKS DRIVE IN CAUCASUS Ottomans Advance on Wide Front and Send Slavs Scurrying. CONSTANTINOPLE. Saturday, April 4. (Via London. AdHI 7.) Turkish troops are advancing over a wide front In the Caucasus, says an official state' ment Issued today by the Turkish War Office. Virtually all of Turkish Ar menia has been cleared of Russians. After violent fighting, the announce ment says, the Turks occupied Ardahan and positions west of Sarlkamish, Rus ian towns in trans-Caucasia, and the crossed the ancient Russo-Turkisb fron tier in the direction of Batum. on the Black Sea. BLAST ROCKS BALTIMORE Entire City Shaken by Explosion Bethlehem Steel riant. BALTIMORE. April 8. The entire city was shaken about 1 o clock this I morning by a terrific explosion at the , Bethlehem Steel Company's plant at Sparrow's Point. In the southern sec tion hundreds of persons, aroused by n terrified by the effects of ' , . . The officials of the company, how- tx refused to divulge the extent of the damage or cause of the blowup, SEATTLE STRIKE IMPENDS Dock Trackers and Warehousemen Demand Higher Wages. SEATTLE. Wash.. April 7. Officials of the Dock Truckers' and Warehouse men Union her tonight announced that their member had voted to strike next Thursday morning If their de mands for a wage Increase were not granted. FIGHT IN AIR FIERCE Thirteen German Planes Brought Down In Saturday's Battles. LONDON". April 7. Thirteen German airplanes were brought domn In fight ing with British airmen Saturday. 11 other were disabled and two were shot down by anti-aircraft guns, according I to tha British aviation communication issued this veiUnff, Chicago Meeting Yell Zealous Patriotism. POLICE GUARD UNNECESSARY Great Gathering Is Swept Into Support of War. ABRAHAM LINCOLN LAUDED Kaiser Bill and Hun Butchers Do Bounced and Campaign for Sale of Liberty Bonds Boosted. Victor Berger Absent. CHICAGO. April 7. (Special.) From a Socialistic or Bolshevik viewpoint. the great Socialist meeting held today at Wicker Hall was a distinct flivver. As a good start In tha right direction for a large, number of mentally oblique persons. It was a howling success. The troops of the 11th Infantry, in readiness hard by to put the clamps on any hint of seditious talk, had nothing to do. The police and secret service men and deputy sheriffs, present at the meeting in formidable numbers, had no more serious duty than to watch a number of rat-eyed and slant-beaded enthusiasts suddenly flop from sedition to patriotism and split their larynxes with thunderous applause. Patriotism Capture Meetlag. The cruel truth Is that the meeting. hlch had been Intended to register the decided disapproval of the Bolshe vlkl over the war and to tell President Wilson and others Just where they got off. was swept off Its feet, captured, roped and hog-tled by a sudden burst of patriotism. . Instead of denouncing American leaders, the speakers lauded Abraham Lincoln to the skies, de nounced Kaiser Bill to a fare-ye-well. uraped on the Hun butchers with claws and feet, and, to cap the climax. pledged various members to support the war and bought liberally of liberty bonds. , .. So It comes about that the meeting was a dismal lauure as a Koisoevm affair, but a smacking success, consld- red as a patriotic gathering. It opened with the singing of the "Marseillaise" and a great American flag was draped over the speaker's stand. Victor Berger Not Present. Victor Berger, stormy petrel of Wis consin, was among those absent, but L. EngdahU editor of the American Socialist, now under Indictment for seditious utterances and publications, was the first speaker. He admitted that in the last Chicago election the Socialists had suffered a hard wallop but predicted his party would come back and in good time ru'e Chicago as it now rules Milwaukee. President Wilson did not come In for much praise from any of the speakers. Two or three of them admitted he was practically all right.. but his associates wtre open to severe criticism. Aura- ham Lincoln was warmly lauded as the greatest figure in American his tory. William Kruse, also under tnaict- Conc1uded on Page -. Column 1.) INVEST YOUR MONEY IN Finnish Halls, in Which I. IV. W. Meetings Are Held, Visited in Search of Literature. ABERDEEN, Wash., April 7. (Spe cial.) A smashed typewriter ' and graphophone. two battered stoves and a pile of ashes is all that remains to day of the four wagonloads Of benches. chairs, tables, desks, literature and bedding taken from the L W. W. head quarters here last night by a mob of 350 workingmen. No protests had been made tonight by the wobbly leaders. The mob remained at work until Z o'clock this morning, visiting two Finnish halls where Industrial Workers of the World meetings are held. The watchmen at these buildings were forced to open the doors and a com mittee of workers made a search for I. W. W. literature. None was found. Had it been, these halls also prob ably would have been wrecked. SEATTLE, Wash., April 7. Two halls of L W. W. in Snohomish County, at Everett and Arlington, were sacked late today and tonight by citizens, accord ing to word received here. MORE CONTRACTS IN SIGHT North Bend Shipyard Has Four Ves sels Under Construction. NORTH BEND, Or., April 7. (Spe cial.) obert Banks, of the Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding Company of this city, announced during the flag-raising exercises yesterday that the firm had received a telegram from the Shipping Board asserting that additional Govern ment contracts for wooden hulls would be awarded their yard as fast as the ways were cleared to accommodate them. The Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding Company recently launched the Quidnic for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, and now have one way clear upon which will be laid the keel for another hull of the Ferris type. The company is now employing about 550 men and has four vessels in various stages of construction. The company may put in addltioinal ways and in crease their contracts. PENDLETON WOMAN KILLED Mrs. J. T. Lowthian Dies When Run about Upsets Husband Injured. PENDLETON, Or., April 7. (Special.) Mrs. J. T. Lowthian was instantly killed this afternoon and Mr. Lowthian was severely bruised when their run about upset on the Wild Horse road, about seven miles east of the city, as they were returning from a drive. An accident to the steering gear caused the car to swerve to the side of the road. In an effort to return it to the road it was overturned. A party of Portland ballplayers passing by came to the rescue and brought Mr. Lowthian to the hospital and his wife to their home. Mr. Lowthian is an elec trician and plumber here. CLEMENCEAU SEES BAKER American Secretary of War Calls on French Premier. PARIS, April 7. Premier Clemenceau today received Newton D. Baker, the American Secretary of War. LIBERTY BONDS AND HELP OUR . ' Portland's Enthusiasm Runs. to High Pitch. AUDITORIUM GATHERING GREA Standing Room Only Available When Programme Begins. VESTED CHOIR OF 300 SINGS Impressive Feature Is Presentation of Service Flags for 45 .of Promt' nent Churches of Portland, Many Christians Enrolled. War-time enthusiasm has seldom risen to a higher pitch at any public meeting in Portland than was evl denced yesterday afternoon at the Municipal Auditorium, when a great union meeting of churchmen and citl sens gathered to observe Patriotic Sunday. So huge- was the attendance that standing room only was available when the programme began. Exercises of a stirring nature were staged that brought cheers from the crowd that Ailed the great Auditorium. A mammoth vested choir of 300 from the Sunnyside, Rose City and Oak Grove Methodist churches filled the stage and sang patriotic airs to the accompaniment of the pipe organ, played by Frederick W. Goodrich. Choir Marches Don Aisle. Jasper Dean MacFall was director of the united junior etioir, and Vir glnla Miller, Harriet Bracken and Ma rion Black, the last named In the cos tume of Uncle Sam, were soloists. The choir took its place through the cen tral aisle of the Auditorium, while Professor Goodrich played as a proces slonal "Onward, Christian Soldiers." A short statement of the significance of the day waa given by O. V. Badley, who presided. Dr. H. H. Grlffis, pas tor of the First Christian Church, gave the' in vocation. '- Flag Presentation Impressive. An impressive feature was the pres entation of service flags, under the dl rection of Professor Robert Krohn, physical director of the Portland schools, and Clarence R. Porter, starred banners representing the principal churches of the city. Many of the churches represented by flags, and the number of stars in .each, were as fol lows: St. Michael Episcopal, 17 stars; St. Mark's Episcopal. 10 stars; St. Ste phen's Catholic 61 stars; Rose City Park Presbyterian, 25 stars; Arleta Baptist, 23 stars; University Park Methodist Church, 28 stars; St. Francis' Catholic, 46 stars; Piedmont Presby terian Church, 26 stars; Church of the Good Shepherd, 14 stars; Hope Presby terian Church, 22 stars; Bethel Luth eran, 10 stars; fat. Lawrence catholic, 33 stars: Holy Rosary Parish, 48 stars Grace Baptist, 22 stars; Rodney-Avenue Christian, 19 stars; Central Presby terian, 60 stars; Good Samaritan Hos pltal, 65 stars; St. Peter's Catholic, 36 (Concluded on Page 12. Column 2.) BOYS WIN THIS BATTLE. Secretary of Treasury Telegraphs Message Urging That Campaign Be Pushed to Utmost. SAN FRANCISCO. April 7. Honor flags to cities and counties which have reached their quotas In the third lib erty loan are flying from Texas to the Canadian line and from -the Pacific Ocean to points far Inland, liberty loan headquarters announced here today. In the Twelfth Federal Reserve dis trlct Madera County won the first county flag and Mosier, Or., the first city flag. Twenty-two of the 28 honor flags already awarded have gone to the state of Oregon. The following Oregon towns have passed their quotas and are still "going strong": Sandy. Amity, Powers, Gold Beach, Arlington, Condon, Drain, Jacksonville, Coburg, Newport, Toledo, Falls City, Grass Valley, Bay City, Cloverdale Enterprise, Banks, Cornelius, Forest Grove, Fossil and Lafayette. State reports from the district show a total of 8750.000 subscribed in Utah. The 15,000 members of the Mormon Church unanimously voted $250,000 of this sum. Idaho had raised one-third of Its quota. Spokane and Walla Alalia, Wash., had raised 81.000,000 each. The little town of Millers, Nev., had over subscribed its quota by 233 per cent. Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo telegraphed liberty loan head quarters to put every effort into the drive. Mr. McAdoo asked for campaigns of education in the schools and the or ganization of war savings societies to push every campaign for the sale of Government securities. HUN FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN Mercantile Marine Depleted o Ex tent of Nearly 3,000,000 Tons. LONDON, April 7. The Birmingham Daily Post says that If statements In Hamburg newspapers are reliable, the prospects of German shipowners after the war are uncertain. It Is considered probable that for some years they will nave difficulty in again obtaining loocnoia in several important trades which they at one time almost monoDO- lised. This is apart frdm ar v restrict ive measures adopted by the allied governments. Commenting on the same subject the London correspondent of the Liverpool Daily Post says German mercantile marine, which aggregated 3,072,993 tons when the war began, has been de pleted to the extent of nearly 3,000,000 tons. PARDON REFUSED B0L0 Jt-omcare Turns Down Pica of Traitor for Clemency. LONDON, April 7. President Poincare has refused to pardon Bolo Pasha, con victed of treason, according to an Ex change Telegraph dispatch from Paris. PARIS, April 7. President Poincare today received Albert Salles, counsel for Bolo Pasha, who recently was convicted on a charge of treason and sentenced to death. The attorney presented a plea for clemency for his client. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. Kft degrees; minimum, 47 degrees. TODAY'S Probably showers: fresh south erly winds. War. British hurl back Huns. Page 1. French cot worried over outcome of battle. rage z. Russian fleet flees Finland for Kronstadt, Page 2. American forces hold strong position on Heights of Meuse, within sound of guns of Verdun. Page 3. Germans balked in plans of victory, asserts war Department Page 3. Germans resume long-distance bombardment of Paris. Page 1. Foreign. Louise Bryant tells of massacre of Russian 1 officers by soldiers. Page 4. National. Congress works this week on important war legislation. Page o.. Bernard M. Baruch's powers in War Indus tries Board supreme. Page 4. Solicitors today begin active canvass for lib erty loan suoscripuons. .rage 10. Domestic Great Socialist gathering in Chicago swept oy Durst ox patriotism, .rage i. Twenty-two Oregon towns exceed liberty ioan quotas ana win nonor ziags. .rage 1. Winter wheat in fine condition and greatly increased crop is in signt. rage 4. Sports. Portland and Bellingham tied for Northwest title at traps. Page 14. McCoy Gun Club holds lead in Trapshooting league, rage l. Com foot team defeats Norwesco aggregation. its to iu. rage . Buckaroos win first game at training camp. rage . Pacific Northwest. Outlook for Ta coma's proposed bond issue is considered duoious. rage e. Lewis County, Washington, far over quota in liberty bond subscriptions. Page 12. Governor Lister to take personal charge of Situation at spoKane. rage 11. Aberdeen L W. W. headquarters stripped by mob. Page 1. Governor Withycombe upheld by Nation's head. Page 6. Alaskan fishermen figure In salmon price- setting at Seattle, rage ij. Portland and Vicinity. Oregon sprinting to liberty loan goal covers one-thira 01 course, rage x. People aroused to meaning of war as shown by Auditorium garnering, rage l. Will H. Hays will be Portland's guest Thurs day. Page 13. Arrangements for -supplying municipal fish market to oe compietea soon, rage la. Window exhibits on liberty loan number nearly OU. Page 13. Patriotic Sunday well observed in Portland churches, rage is. Great disparity shown in draft classifica tions ox various state Doaras. rage la. Thirty-seven nurses depart for Eastern can tonments, rage xv Grant Smith-Porter workers pledge $301,000 to liberty loan. Page 1. Friends anxious to hear from ex-Governor West regarding senatorsnip. rage a. Earl of Dun more, distinguished British sol dier, visits rortJantt. rage, a. Weatber report, daia and forecast. Page 25t State Already Covers One Third of Course. GAIT IS STILL UNSLACKENED Unofficial Returns Place Fig ures Far Beyond 6 Millions. RUSH FOR RECORD IS ON Thirty-Kight Oregon Cities and Towns Have Reported Passing Their Quotas Honor Flags Will Be Widely Distributed. BOND BUYERS URGED TO WEAR LIBERTY LOAN BUTTONS. Secretary of the Treasury Mc Adoo requests That during this drive every liberty bond pur chaser wear the button issued for that purpose. It is a privilege and a mark of loyalty to do so. It should be regarded in the same light as a service flap. It shows that you are helping our Government win the war. By neglecting to display the button you may create a wrong impression, and set a bad ex ample to others. All purchasers of bonds of the third liberty loan are, therefore, hereoy instructed to wear the button continuously for the next four weeks. ROBERT E. SMITH, Liberty Loan Executive Man ager for Oregon. Almost one-third of the liberty loan course has been covered by Old Man"1 Oregon a sprinter not to be sneezed at from the days of the pioneer to the faster pace of the present. Nor has he slackened his gait with the goal drawing near in record time. County and town' and hamlet, he is bent on passing his quota in a whizzing week. From reports available yesterday, but incomplete in many counties and com munities which are unofficially known to have made fine progress, the state's mark for one day of campaigning stood, at $5,927,000. Unofficial returns place the figure far beyond $6,000,000, which was the amount given out by head quarters Saturday night. Returns for Portland are shown at 13,654,000. This morning dawns with the liberty ' loan forces of the state on tiptoe for the rush to a record. Already 43 Ore gon cities and towns, widely distrib uted, have reported tne passing of their quotas. One or two have quadrupled, tripled and otherwise multiplied the amounts allotted to them. Should the distribution of liberty loan honor flags be made today, the emblems would fly in every quarter of the state. Cause to Be Frond Given. It looks good!" laughed Robert E. Smith, campaign manager for Oregon. 'Oregon is giving us cause to be proud of our residence, even more than ever." Within the week!" predicted Guy W. Talbot, general of the Portland forces and chief of staff commanding 2500 field workers. True to the spirit of Patriotic Sun day, telegrams poured In a tide of good news upon state headquarters yesterday, many indicating large over subscriptions, and all declaring Intent to carry on the crusade to further heights of victory. There were many towns who at tained splendid results on Saturday, but which celebrated the drive opening with such eclat that none thought of making report. When the Sunday papers confronted them with the re markable records of other communities they hastened to the telegraph offices to send their own claims to credit. Honor Cities Are Many. The roster of towns and cities that have already won the right to fly the liberty loan flag, as compiled by Will iam Adams, official statistician for the loan in Oregon, includes the following, with their percentages. All have gone over the top, have given more than the Nation asked, and are still in the lists of endeavor. Cloverdale, in Tillamook County, is the star city of the sisterhood, with a percentage of 453.3. Asked for $5250, the little town of loyalty has given to date more than $23,800. Close at her flying heels is Bay City, another Tilla mook community, with 343.5 per cent Other flag cities are: Powers, Coos County, 233.2 per cent; La Pine, Deschutes County, 220 per cent; Mosier, Wasco County, 220 per cent; Cornelius, 198.4; Beaverto'n. 188.7; Seaside, 163.3; Gold Hill, 150; Jackson ville, 150; Condon, 141.7; Coburg, 140.4; Rogue River, 133; Fans inty, la.s; Wilsonville, 128.7; Harrisburg, 128.1; Toledo, 126.5; Amity, 123.6; Elgin. 121.6; Halfway, 104.8; Canby, 107.1; Milwaukie, 106.2; Sandy, 105.5; Prineville, 100.8: Gold Beach, 100; Drain, 100; Arlington, 116.7; Creswell, 100; Florence, 100.7; . Grass, Valley, 100; Athena, 100; Echo, 113.3; Helix, 101.5; Stanneld, 100; Weston, 100; Enterprise, lou; Wallowa, 100; Banks, 100; Forest Grove, 100.2; Gaston, 105; Fossil, 108.3; LaFayette, 108.7: Yamhill, 100. As assistant executive manager, Blaine (Concluded oa Page 10, Column 2.1 G3106.0