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TITE MORXTXG OREGOXIAN. SATTJItDiH", -APKIIi .13 11918. LONDON SEES DIRE AMERICAN COMMANDER INSPECTS HIS TROOPS IN FRANCE. 'TIS FREEDOM'S CALL DO YOUR ALL ' PERIL FOR BRITAIN An Extraordinary Sale of 000 High Grade 1 Press Voices Alarm at Steady Advance of the Germans South of Armentieres. Corsets at 98c Models to fashionably fit every figure both front and back, lace styles in all sizes from 19 to 36. The materials are fine batistes, brocades and coutils, in white and flesh color. You have your QO- choice from Lady Ruth R. & G. Merito and Henderson Corsets Saturday at, pair..,. 70v BATTLE NOW AT CRISIS Trtrton Arml- Pnh on Pan M rr- i We, an Advance of Serrn Miles, nd Pr-nt Situation I Re garded a Decidedly Bad. Z.OSVOS. April II London evening newspapers la reviewing the situation on the wiitiri rront may that in the Wytschaete realon tb Herman failed ! get th main crest of th ridge. Th 'frrtptnl have taken tha village of MrMinem while, the British aro holding the outskirts. Attack on Wrlschaete and the Mes ainea rids failed, tha Germaaa losing rry heavily In their attack. At least 17 divisions are engaged on 'he lifrman side on lha front from Hol lebek to Gtvenchy. lha revlewa declare, that being the number It la estimated have been thrown Into the fighting up to the present. Ilaaa Hate ll-ge rarer. This would mran that the Uermana have put mora than Svo.000 men In ac tion o far on tbls comparatively nar roar frcnt of approximately 2 mllea. or mm $000 men to every ml la of front age. The reviewers point out that tha Oer mns, checked In their advance toward Kethnne. have turned westward with the Idea of developing a success In the direction of BailleuU which la an Ira nortant railway center, and llaie- hrouclc. about 14 mllea wast of Armen t teres. They point out that the enemy la now within a short distance of Ball leul and that his advance In the direr tlon of Haiebronck has taken him rath er more than half wsy there from his original starting point. The enemy flank in the direction of Betbune and the remaining coal area of northern France la a. comparatively broad one. making It appear that he may Intend. If checked westward, to renew his presnre southward. On the other band. It la pointed out that the enemy la advancing over a flat, in- Intricate country and has not yet ob tained a foothold on any of the bills. Fuk Wl la Daaaer-as. South of Armentieres, according to the evening papers, the enemy, having forced a crossing over the Lawe and !- rivers, has doveloped an attack which may be dangerous. He la push ing generally westward. The rapture nf Merville represents an advance of abont seven mllea over flat country and under normal conditions would not be serious, but to the north the British are holding a comparatively narro stria between their front and the coast which contalna very important railway Junctions, etc. Therefore, an advance of seven mllea thare is much more serloua than twice thut distance farther south. The evening papers declare that the British army haa again reached the definite crisis and the present sttua lion Is undoubtedly unpleasing. 0, ' - Si- a' ml -in t i 4 ? f ; J . i'oii: . .. ----cfi R , iff Il 111 t -v .A 7 Pra- s I 3BSFi-f h j. - i - ... i , : V - j JO CcmmittT-c on fxiixic. inu 7 - : - . - f .c--?-.r"'r.77 L'rwsk?crdpJ?ri 3 J V ' . ..'-..- ' PASTOR DENIED AUDIENCE Lcctarr, flactl on Ilcr. Ku'wll'j Book, Amuses Med ford Major. MKPrORP. Or, April li. (Special.) cm orders from lyor Oatea, i'aator K- P. Talliferro. associated for ten yeara with factor Hussell, scheduled to speak at 5t. Mark's Mall tonight on the subiect. "Th World Has .Ended." was not allowed to appear, on the ground ihsc his remarks would disturb the public p -'. Several aenta of Pastor Tallifer ro hate bren distributing literature throughout the county the last few days, which local authorttlea maintain ia of a suspicious nature. Pastor Kusscll'a book, on which the scheduled lecture Is declared to b based, waa re-cn'!y ordered suppressed by Inltcd futfi authorities. Kuy Ritnrr on War trantf. PlirOOVl IV NEW ft UlTnEAr. Wash ington. April 1J rtsto Itr prcsentative Koy Rimer, of Pendleton, waa In Wash I .cton todny en ronte for France, wh're be Is to engage In Red Cross work. GFACRAL PERJOI5G PAB8IXO BKTWEF..V TWO MEM OF HIS TROOPS "SOMEWHERE IV FRANCE." Nil British Are Forced to Retire Slowly Under Pressure. AMERICANS DRUB GERMANS Yankees and French Repulse Knrmy and IT. S. Boys Takts Numerous Prisoners In Clash in Apremont F"orcl. War Office Reports. cGoatlnned From First Psge- Official Casualty List. WASHINGTON. April 12. Today's casualty list contains M names, five of them killed in action, three died of wounds, two died of accident, six died 'f d'sesse. four wounod severely. Z S wounded slightly and thre missing In action. The three milng wer Lieutenants Robert It. Jetfr-. Samuel Miller and AVraham jtsu-v Among the silently wo'inn4 were captains Marvin Cappell and Woodrow Woodbridge and Ueutrnant William J. Mieae. The list follows; Kl::e1 In m'Vn 5-ren TJllM K. "rtrp.rI J-- N. Martin lTtvt W;.iirr. i". K.tif. i,r"- .. Mn.ey Maa-V r'd cf wenn1e r:l Vl'litn 3 R u:rt. lUMlertoa J. .lcLea, Wsrlow ri-l d ' rrlrs's H-n-e Pavie. Gortlort. Aats K-vhov. Walter R. I Instvlt. Jams Lonxest. PsatsI atnBre. rtf lf'!iTi Privates Bea P. Oreg. err. Joria E. 6snser. Vl Mirt jr $rsant 1. T. Me. nufn. Irv4i r'ac-'ts -V. Murphy. Joseph T. Kn. Jms F .'irt tV-m'il !-cfct''- t"aplstn Msrvln rp. pl. W o-1 rr.w w 'wwl "nl l.lutnnt v 1 1 1 -!fta J Mlrh. 2i-r(an Tlauile Il-adetU. J'e-pti c:..fr.t.. r;nr u!:.r. HuimiI ji.ie m sr. t (irpori. Or, o t'hris.'io'm. Musleisa A. ben Ir I'oltpm. Privates I'hCllp Bau. 4reso. Arthur H IWI. Frank B.asck. Ciror l"r:on. Fana Ca-arra. James P. 'en:an. arr.ul furtonr. J X- lecat'jr. Frank T rv-r, KdaaM F Jarek. -re X Mr-.rmih. Jhn tl!ls. Frsnru M. Morrau. Norm K- Ti'lra, t'tia.-les l'lke A! fre-1 !in..l.r M". eserstrum, i James A. -.IT. hmui II. Vllle. lasina la actio- - Uealeaants Robert K. J(;rw. mvi l:i:r. Abram Ftrmuaa. Two Navy rasual'.ifs were announced today by secretary iMnlrla. Seaman John H. Alexander. Jr, of Altoona, Pn.. was lest overboard April 10. Electri cian Howard Bourne NeaL Urooklyn. V. commuted sulci. le April . fENTER, April li. Captain Wood row Woodbridge, mentioned In todai's casualty list as slightly wounded In France, Is a cousin of President Wil son. Captain Woo.Prldge practiced law here until be enlisted In the Colorado National Ouard during the Mexican trouble. He was commissioned a Second I.tentensnt at Fort Bliss In May. 1MT. He was a graduate of the University of Colorado. LAKE CHARLES. La, April II Me rhanlc Mrrvln C. Grover. of Bismarck. N D., waa killed near Gerstner Field 1st yesterday, w-hen the machine In which be waa flying with Lieutenant Joba Kennedy fell from a height of i0 feet. Kennedy was ntunjurcd. tions in the neighborhood of the Bail lcul railway, where they are heavily engaged with the enemy. Germans Use Many Men. Sharp fighting occurred also on other parts of the battle front north of La Bassee Canal and the enemy made slight progress between the Lawe and Clarence Rivers. "At other points our positions hare been maintained. On the remainder of the British front the position is unchanged. "More than 110 German divisions so far have been engaged since the morn ing of March 21 and more than 40 of these have been thrown into the battle two or three times." rARIS, April 12. German forces launched heavy attacks this morning against the French in the Hangard-en- Santcrre sector. The fighting contin ued throughout the day. Several at tacks ended in failure, but finally frenh German troops penetrated Han gard, although the western section of the village was regained by the French, according to the War Office announcement tonight. BERLIN, Via London, April 12. "Our victorious troops," says the offi cial report from headquarters this evening, "are progressing through the wide Lys Plain, between Armentieres and Mervillc." WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, April 12. Attacking yes terday in the neighborhood of Floeg steert, the Germans pressed back the British to the vicinity of Xeuve Eg lise, it is announced officially. Last night the Germans captured Merville. Heavy fighting is continu ing in the neignoornooci or .-ierviiie and Xcuf Berquin. British Regain Ground. North of Festubert the British re rained ground by a counter-attack. On the front between Loisne and the Lawe River German attacks were re pulsed. German troops made a determined attack along the Messines Ridge and succeeded in gaining some ground, but the British once again drove them out by a counter-attack early this mom ing. Three attacks, which the enemy launched yesterday in great waves near Ville Chapelle, were repulsed with immense losses to the Germans. The ground was strewn with their corpses. The Germans are developing great artillery activity in the southern area. The Bray-Corbie road is being fiercely shelled, heralding, it is believed, fur ther infantry attacks. Sun Shines on Battlefield. In brilliant sunshine, the battle is continuing with fierceness which has scarcely flagged since the beginning. The Germans are throwing in their reserves in the same prodigal manner as in the opening days of the of fensive. 11. (By The Associated Press) Two strong- enemy attacks last night and this morning In the vicinity of Noyon which were repulsed easily by the French, give rise to the question whether the Germans are about to make another attack on their southern flank. It la quite evident that the German high command Is beginning to experi ence some disquietude over the loss of so many men and the dislocation of so manw divisions, which has not given the results expected. Maay Bocbea Slala. Already considerably more than 100 German divisions have been thrown luto the fight, and more than TO di- vlslona have since been withdrawn to fill up the fraps in the ranks. When It Is remembered that the Germans hitherto have not taken a division out of the fighting line until It has suffered minimum of 2500 casualties, some idea may be -obtained of the enormous ex tent of their losses. To the casualties in the divisions which have been withdrawn must be added those of divisions still engaged In battle They still have sufficient effectives In depots to re-establish their strength, but many of these re serves are composed or inferior ele ments, such aa convalescents and men who were partly exempted from service at the front. These must replace the carefully chosen men forming the crack j divisions heretofore used. Una Divisions Straas;. Tbe total strength of a German di vision on this front Is 13,570 men. of whom 8400 are Infantry, machine gun ners and cyclists, and the remainder ar tillerymen, engineers, ambulance at tendants, transport workers and a squadron of cavalry. It is believed certain that the Ger mans, In order to satisfy the public, to whom absolute victory has been prom ised, will be compelled to make fur ther efforts before abandoning their attempt to break through the allied lines. Otherwise they would be In a bad position to explain the loss of so j many men in an abortive offensive, j Whether they continue to try to ob- , tain possession of Amiens for moral , effect, endeavor to capture tha Aisne Heights or throw the remainder of their available forces against the Brit ish and. Belgians In tha north Is a secret with their own staff. . Fighting .May Swing Soath. For the moment the northern part of tbe battle line appears to occupy their sole attention with the exception of last night's and today's attacks near Noyon, but any day may see a change In the direction of the German thrust. The aituation ia viewed with complete confidence by the French hlsh com mand. Detailed particulars concerning Ger man liquid name throwing organiza tions show that to a reserve regiment of engineers of the Prussian Guard ia entrusted this terrible arm. Three batlailuns. each of four companies, con taining 130 men especially trained fori the purpose, are used. They are young, j aa the service calls for strength and la very hazardous. Detaonments from this regiment are attached to all unlta along tha front. GLASS 1 RULE PREVAILS HOI SB SUSTAINS WAR DEPART MENT DRAFT PLAN. Amendment Adopted Providing Credit for Voluntary Eadlatments la Military EatabUahment. WASHINGTON". April 12. The War Department's plan for basing draft quotas on the number of registrants in Class 1 instead of upon population waa sustained In the House tonight after an all-day fight over the resolution passed by the Senate authorizing the change. Opponents of the plan championed an amendment by Representative bhallen- berger, of Nebraska, to base the quotas on total registration and liability to military service, which was defeated. 214 to 118. Another amendment by the Nebraska member directing that credits on quotas be given for all volunteers in the mili tary or naval service since April 1, '1917, was adopted, 292 to 63. , Representative Harrison, of Virginia, proposed an amendment specifically to exempt farm labor and action went over until tomorrow. Representative Fields, of Kentucky, and Representative Kahn, of California, led the fight for the original resolution. Representative Dent, of Alabama, fa vored the Shallenberger amendments and read o the House a letter from President Wilson showing that the President did not object to credits of volunteers. 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M. and talked the matter over with the President, who, after seeing tne acting Secretary of War, wrote that while tha ouestion of how to base quotas was debatable, he thought the weight of the debate lay with the' contention of the War Department. Quick Demobilization Planned. LONDOX, March 20. The War Office has prepared a scheme of qemobillza- tlon which will make It possible to de mobilize the British army in 382 days; said Walter Runciman, former presi dent of the Board of Trade, in a speech here. ifornia lands for an indefinite period, and the indications are that no legisla tion of this sort., win he seriously pressed. . ' Delegation Opposes Delay. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. April 12. There is no apparent desire In the Oregon delegation to der lay the opening of the Oregon and Cal- (iovernor Kiggs Confirmed. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April. 12. The. Senate today conflrmed the nomination of Thomas Rigg-s, Jr., as Governor of Alaska. IP "93 if 100 AM BU LANCERS WANTED Italy Issues Call for Picked Men to Work In War Zone. VANCOUVER. Wash.. April li. (Spe cial.) A call for 100 picked ambulance drivers for work on tha Italian war front haa been Issued. Captain Utassy has arrived In this country for this recruiting work. A message reads: This Is a wonder ful opportunity for seasoned men of Independent means above the draft age. but careful consideration will be given men over tS years of age who have been rejected by the Army for more or leas technical means. All cost of equipment and living expenses abroad will be covered by the Red Cross, trans portation Included. If necessary. W. EL Carter, of this city, bas re ceived application blanks, which, when filled out. will be forwarded to an office In Seattle. Wm EUGENE STORE SELLS OUT S. H. Friendly & Co., or SO Tears' Standing, Closes lis Doors. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Thursday evening, April EUGENE. Or April 12. (Special.) Th 8. 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