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VOL. LYIII. NO. 17,910.
POUTLAXD, OUEliO,, WED.ESDAI, APRIL 17, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CENTRALIA I.W.W.
" PROPERTY FIRED
PARIS IS RESOLUTE;
DOCTOR BUSHES TO
. STEFANSSON'S AID
ninrpT IRISH HOME RULE,
UinLUI no ddcmicr hints
TRIAL
vsii i iii-iiiiL.il yui i u
WAR ABSORBS ALL
U.S. SHIPBUILDING
SPIES
LOYAL CITIZEXS BCRX FCR
MSHLXGS IN STREET.
NOTED . EXPLORER REPORTED
VERY LOW, WITH TYPHOID.
XOTICE FORMALLY SERVED OX
HOUSE OF LORDS.
mm lose le
rosins io hi
SCHWAB TO
ARMY
FOR
PROPOSED
Messines Ridge and Wyt
sctiaste Relinquished.
SFAKBRCKHOLEH IS LOST
Overwhelming Tide of Enemy
Sweeps Britons From
Dominating Heights.
DEFENDERS FIGHT GRIMLY
Germans Seize Bailleul and Le
Revetsberg Ridge and
Drive on Hazebrouck.
Gtrmnnj's mighty effort on the
battlefield of Flanders has won new
successes. According to the latest
rrport. the important strategic towns
of Bailleul, Wulverghem and WyU
rhaet are in German hands, and,
more important still, the Teutons hare
carried a large part of Messines ridge
by storm.
The Germans hare not attempted to
advance their wedge further into the
British lines, for no new attacks on
Merrille and further west' have been
reported. They have devoted their
sole attention to the work of widening
out the salient and striking at Mes
sines ridge and the. railroad running
about six miles north of Bailleul.
Tpres la in Danger.
Messines ridge is the key to the
Tpres sector, and its possession will
give the Germans a commanding posi
tion in starting a new drive. If the
German successes are continued there
must be a British retirement from
Ypres, and possibly for some distance
further north, while the cutting of
the railroad pasting through Haxe
brouck would be still more serious for
the British.
So important are the points won
by the Germans that the Tritish must
be expected to counter attack at once
in an effort tosweep the invaders
back into the lowlands once more.
There is higher ground just to the
r.orth of Bailleul and Neuve Eglise,
from which the British can still con
duct a stern defense. Merville is
standing irm, in spite of terrific at
tacks made agairst it, while along the
southern side of the salient there Save
been no engagements reported. The
same condition holds true in the sector
before Amiens.
Germans Claim Success.
Is spite of the reports from the
American front thtt Germui attacks
there have "been utter failures, a re
port from Berlin via Amsterdam says
that the American positions near St.
Mihiel were taken by storm by the
Germans, who held them against de
termined counter attacks. It is prob
able that the German report deals
with the battle in which the Ameri
cans administered a sound beating to
special shock .troops brought up by
the German: to take the American
positions.
Secretary Ridden Ont of Town and
Told ot to Return by Group
of Patriotic Men of City.
CENTRALIA. Wash. April 11. (Sp
cat) The headquarters of the Indus
trial Workers of th World on East
First street. Is no more. Last night
during; the progress of a patriotic pa
rad that opened the city's Allied Red
Cross Baiaar, patriotic men of the city
visited the headquarters, piled the fur
nlshlnga In th middle of tha street
and set fir to them. The local fire
department did the rest.
Ed Goodwin, who It Is understood
waa elected secretary of tha local or
ganisation yesterday, was taken Into
custody and after being; searched was
ridden to the Thurston County Una and
told not to return.
I'm glad to get away with my life.1
waa Goodwin's only remark.
The raid was orderly, the citizens
who made It showing no violence. No
property was damaged other than that
of tha I. W. W.'a. No opposition was
encountered by the half dosen L W. W.
who were In the place when the deter
mined cltlaena entered.
Papers showing tha seditious activi
ties of the organisation war taken
possession of by the leaders of tha
raid. Among- these was a subscription.
signed by 100 men. la which they
a reed to contribute to the defense of
Industrial Workers of tha World ar
rested by tha Government. Pictures
were also confiscated ahowing a man
pouring oil on a burning roil of
blankets. Under the picture was the
date. Miy 1. 1S1S.
OTTAWA, April 16. German
troops have carried Wytschaete and
the greater part of Messines Ridge,
according t. a dispatch from the
K cuter correspondent at British head
quarters in France, received here to
night. The :nem also has estab
lished himself in Spanbrokmolen.
British Fight Desperately.
The British are still clinging to the
s'opes of Messines Ridge, battling des
perately to repel the attacks made
upon them by overwhelming German
forces.
The enemy is continuing his forcing
tactics and is employing large masses
of fresh troops. Since the opening of
the western offensive the enemy has
thrown in 120 divisions, many of which
have been used two, and even three.
times.
Today's news is not so good as one
could wish, but the following view
point is suggested:
"We are confronted by enormous
concentrations of men and guns. The
purpose of the enemy has been re
vealed as an operation attempting to
separate the British and French
armies by rushing on the former. Gen
eral Foch, in closest agreement with
Field Marshal Haig, is aiming, not
only at arresting the enemy, but at a
counter attack which shall defeat the
Germans. Therefore within certain
limit the sound policy is to allow the
Germans to spend their surplus power
BIG GUN KILLS 13 IN PARIS
Forty-five Wounded In .Latest Long-
Range Bombardment.
PARIS. April 17. Thirteen persons
were killed and 45 were wounded In
yesterday's long-rang bombardment
of Paris.
Shells from tha long-range German
guns killed and wounded on woman
and on man In the Paris district last
night, according to an official state
ment Issued today.
One shell damaged an electricity con
duit In a street while another demol
ished a garbage cart. On of the mls-
siles fell on a wood-chopplnar works,
but found no victims.
The hous which was struck by an
aerial torpedo dropped from a Gotha
airplane during a raid on Parts last
Friday now baa been explored. The
body of an elderly widow was found
and thn portions of the limbs of a
man, a woman sod a child were dis
covered In the wreckage.
RESTAURANTS ARE WARNED
Failure to fse Substitutes Means
Imposition of Penalty.
SPOKANE. Wash, April It. -(Special.)
Tood-serving places falling to
observe the food regulations will incur
a sever penalty. says the 13th rule
of tha state hotel and restaurant regu
lations, effective today. They war
promulgated by Chairman J. C Manna-
duke, of tha hotels committee, and
chairman II. J. Titus, of the restau
rants committee, both here from the
Coast.
The rules were announced her to
day by the State Food Administration.
All public eating places are directed
to sell only bread, pastry, cakes, dough
nuta and hot cakes made of equal parts
of wheat and aubstitutca.
People Are Grimly De
termined to Win.
CITY HAS SOMBER ASPECT
Steady Invincibleness of Pur
pose Shines Out.
BURDEN HEROICALLY BORNE
Paris Is France," Says Carl G
Doney "Quiet, Patient, I'ncom
plaining, Frenchman Will
Carry War to the End."
BT CARL GREGG XX) NET,
President of Willamette University, now In
m x. Je. A. service In r ranee.
PARIS, March X. fSpedal Corre
spondence.) A man who docs not have
Impressions' In Paris these days Is
either hopelessly phlegmatic or has
no aouL That Is a aafo remark, for
Paris alwaya makes an impression on
a normal person.
The kind of impres
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BERLIN AFTER RUSS FLEET
Kaiser Serves Notice He Will Sink
Black Sea Vessels.
LONDON. April 1( (British Admiralty
via Wireless Press.) Dr. Ilk-hard von
Kuehlmann. the German Korelcn Min
ister, has telegraphed to X. Tchitcberln.
the Bolshevikl Foreign Minister, to the
effect that the Russian Black Sea fleet
has aeparated Into sections of unknown
nationality and. In violation of the
peace treaty providing for the disarma
ment of Russian warships, is attacking
allies of Germany.
Dr. von Kuehlmann gives notice that
II B'.ack Sea warships continuing to
attack In violation of the Breat-Lltovsk
treaty will, after April Z0. be treated
as hostile ships.
AUSTRIA CRIES FOR FOOD
Sitnation More Critical Than at Any
Time Daring War. f
WASHINGTON". April 17. The eco
nomic situation in Austria , Is more
critical that at any time since the war
be pan. according to an official dispatch
today from France. The Vienna Neue
Frcle Press, says the dispatch, an
nouncea that lamentable scenes alter
nate each day with tumultuous ones
on the different market of Vienna,
where meat is unprocurable.
The Viennese are not able to buy
even the ration of 200 grammes a week,
which la officially allowed them. At
Tragus the situation Is still worse.
slon depends on the
kind of man one is.
Paris Is biz enough
to offer every kind
of variety of cos
mopolitanism and
should another va
riety be discovered
or invented the city
would instantly
have it. She has
added several fea
tures during the
past four years.
Carl re IMaey. badi BOme haTe been
thrust upon her and some have been
evolved.
Just before the war I lived here for
four months. I was an Inquiring; Amer
ican. Interested In everything from the
masterpieces In the Louvre to the sor
rowful derelicts of Montmartre. Won
der and awe, enthusiasm and shame
beat In upon me like a tide. I had time
unhurriedly to visit the places of not
and to search out tba hidden streets
where comedy and tragedy mingled.
But 1 did not see all; no one could
ever see all; the city is too large and
the living flux too constantly creative
o permit any on ever to know Paris
thoroughly.
person could have a judgment
about a certain feature of Paris. He
could know something of her art. of
her political life, of her schools and
amusements, of her literature, of her
commerce, of her riches and poverty,
of the history of ber common people;
but no on could compass the whole
city except In tha most general way.
M'ar People One Psrysw.
Neither can he do so now, but tha
past ten days of strenuous Intercourse
with several- phases of Parisian life
ave lifted up a contrast that has
trangely reacted upon me. One knows
immediately that Paris is at war. The
precautions at the railway stations will
tell you that;. and as you step upon the
street the presence of soldiers in uni
form reaffirms It. '. War is the one
Fort Yukon Mission Physician Ex
pects to Cover S00 Miles in 10
Days Via Do; Teams.
FAIRBANKS. Alaska, April' 16. A
messenger arrived at Fort Yukon,
Alaska, yesterday -trom the Arctic
Ocean with word that Vllhjalmur Stef
ansson, the explorer, woo Is wintering
at Herschel Island, Is suffering from
typhoid and Is very low.
Dr.- Burke, a Fort Yukon mission
physician, left Immediately over the
800-mlla snow trail to the explorer's
base.
The messenger who was sent by the
explorer's party made the 300 miles In
four days. By taking five dog teama
and using them in relays and by "mush
Ing-" day and night, the doctor hopes
to reach Herschel Island in ten days.
From Fort Yukon the trail "north
runs up the frozen Porcupine River and
across the continental divide through
the Rat Portage.
Alexander Allan, a former member of
Stefansson's party, left with the doctor.
SOLDIERS TO AID FARMERS
War Department Plans to Increase
Production Throughout State
Oregon's cltixen soldiers .Till help
sow, cultivate ane harvest Oregon
crops by virtu of a decision of the
War Department, which will allow fur
loughs to enlisted men for the purpose
of aiding . in farming; oper ttona.
A large supply of blanks to be used
in applying for furloughs was raceived
yesterday at the office of Adjutant
General Williams, and they will be dls
tributed to local exemption boards so
that men may have them upon appll
cation.
It Is required that each application
for furlough must be recomn.- .ed by
the exemption board. Men now at Camp
Lewis may be returned to the state In
this way to carry on necessary agrl
cultural work. The War Department
plans. It Is thought, to t ' e in enough
men so that these troops released for
farming; during- the p Is they are
most needed will not Interfere seriously
with the training- of the new National
Army.
RENCH YOUTHS TRAINING
919 Contingent Beginning War
Work at Barracks in High Spirits.
PARIS. April 16. The 1919 contin
gent of the French army (youths of
19 years) is Just going to the barracks
to begin training. Although called out
year befor the usual time, these
young men are in Detter condition
physically than any of their predeces
sors.
They are starting out in as high
spirits as the army did In August, 1914,
shouting from the car windows that
they will beat the Germans.
Supreme Control Goes
With Appointment.
Concludd on Pair 5, Column 3.)
AMERICANS SENT TO JAIL
Artist and His Wife at Munich Of
fended by Giving Costume Ball.
AMSTERDAM. April 16. An Amer
ican artist named Schaeffer and his
wife have been sentenced at Munich
to Imprisonment for six weeks for fold
ing a costume ball soon after the be
ginning of the German offensive, a
press dispatch from Frankfort reports.
GENERAL MANAGER A80LISHED
Piez Continues Vice-President
of Shipping Board.
WORK WILL fcE EXPEDITED
Steel Magnate and Captain of In
dustry Is FifrJa Man to Hold Posi
tion for Which He Has Prac
tically Been Drafted.
Labor Member of British War Cab
inet Makes Significant Statement
in House of Commons.
LONDON, April 16. George . N.
Barnes, labor member of the British
War Cabinet without portfolio, an
nounced in the House or Commons to
day that the government intended to
Introduce a horns rule bill immediately
and would use every pressure to
pass It.
Mr. Barnes announced that the
Lloyd George government would re
sign if the House of Lords refused to
pass the new home rule bill.
Premier Lloyd George said in the
House of Commons today:
"It Is desirable in the Interest of
the war that we should settle the Irish
question and produce something like
contentment In Ireland and good will
in America."
Mr. Lloyd George believed that
American opinion supported the man
power bill, provided that self-government
was given to Ireland, and It was
of the" greatest importance at the mo
ment America was rendering to the
allies great aid on the battlefield that
Britain should satisfy American opln
Ion. Nothing would tend more to se
Senate Bill Contains
Broad Provisions.
TRIALS WOULD BE EXPEDITED"
Terms of Measure Apply to All
Acts of Sedition.
HEARINGS START AT-ONCE
Chamberlain, in Statement, Points
Out Necessity of Court-Martial
to Deal With Cases Arising
- - From War. f :
WASHINGTON, April 16. The build
ing of the great merchant marine which I cure the greatest measure of American
will truinDort America's men and re-I assistance.
sources to the battlefront waa Intrust
ed today by the Shipping Board to
Charles M. "Schwab, steelmaker and
shipbuilder, who becomes Director-Gen
eral of the Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion, with unlimited powfra to put
through the vast building programme
already under way.
'Mr. Schwab will have complete su
pervision and direction of the work of says a Reuter dispatch received from
The third reading of the govern
ment s man power bill was carried
tonight by a vote of 301 to 103.
OTTAWA, April 16. David Lloyd
George, the British Premier, announced
in the House of Commons tonight that
the passage of the man-power bill Is
imperative, as Germany has just called
a further half million men to the colors,
shipbuilding." said an official an
nouncement from the White House.
Control of policies, which include de
cisions as to the number, size and
character of ships to be built with the
millions appropriated by Congress, still
will rest with the Shipping Board.
Pies Gives Up Posltlen. .
Mr. Piez, at his own suggestion, re
linquishes the position of general man
ager of the Fleet Corporation, which is i
abolished, to give Mr. Schwab a free
hand.
Mr. Hurley remains chairman of the
board and president of the Fleet Cor
poration, in charge of policies.
London.
LONDON, April 1-6. Meetings to pro
test against conscription were held
Monday in 100 parishes in Ireland, all
classes of the population participating,
says a dispatch from Dublin to the
Times. The clergy took a' leading part
In all the meetings.
INTERNED HUNS TO WORK
Government Decides to Make Alien
Enemies Earn Their Keep.
WASHINGTON. April 16. The War
Mr. Piez continues as vice-president I Department has decided to make the
of the board, attending to administra- German prisoners of war now held in
tive details of construction. Including this country earn their keep. Orders
the placing of contracts, and Mr. were sent today to the Army officers
Schwab will organize and carry for- commanding the enemy prison camps
ward the work of putting the ships into at Fort McPherson and Oglethorpe, Ga
the water. authorizing them to utilize the labor
Flfta Man to Hold Place. I ot tha 1370 inmates in completing
Mr. Schwab is the fifth man to hA "ew astern of roads about the posts.
put in charge of the Shipping Board's
building programme, but his appoint- I QEX
ment was attended Dy none oi me iric
tion which marked some of the pre
vious changes in management.
The suggestion for the appointment
of a practical builder of National
prominence came this time from the
Shipping Board itself and Mr. Hurley
chose Mr. Schwab.
First of all was wanted a man who
could Inspire the yard owners and
OF TODAY'S NEWS
5S
The Weather.
TESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
de-rrees: minimum. 4B dsre-s
TODAY'S Fair; light southwesterly winds.
War.
Eariy offensive by Austria against Italy ex
jjccvcu. rasa .
British driven from Messlness Kidgs and
dinar vuai positions, rage 1.
Foreign.
workers with the supreme importance I House of Lords notified Lloyd George gov
of building ships as fast as thej; can
be turned out. ?
Choice Unanimously Approved.
Mr. Schwab's genius for getting the
best out of the men with whom he is
associated, together with his record of
achievement in developing the Bethle
hem Steel properties, brought unani
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 2.)
CITY YOUTHS TO GO ON THE FARMS. NEWS ITEM.
PATENT LAWS SUSPENDED
Enemies Kcfuwd Protection on In
ventions or on Copyrights.
WASHINGTON. April li. President.
Wilson today stopped the issuance of
patents and copyrights to enemies, and
revoked the authority given Americans
to apply for patents in enemy coun
tries . .
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CtTV soys tvzo SorfftZj
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ernment will resign if home rule Is de
xeateo. rage .
Germany leases Roumanian -oil wells for 99
years, rage 4.
Germans will never defeat Prance, says Carl
u. uoney. rage l.
Teuton prisoners in Russia learn democracy.
io axarm oi rrussian junKers. rage o.
nolo Fasha, French traitor, executed at
vlncennes. rage 2.
National.
success or tnira noerty loan depends on
daily subscriptions of $120,000,000 from
now on. rage 3.
Legislation launched providing for trial of
sedition cases ay court-martial. Page 1.
Labor declared in Senat speech to be only
MJ per cent eziiclent in shipyards, rage 5.
Schwab becomes supreme director of Gov
ernment's shipbuilding programme. Page 1
Secretary Baker, back from battletronts. ex
presses pride over American war achieve
ments abroad. F age 4.
Domestic.
Aeroplane accident at Long Beach, Cal.,
ratal, rage
Wireless plant strong enough to communi
cate with . Germany seued at Chicago.
rage s.
Explorer Stefansson low, doctor rushes 300
miles by dog team to give aid. Page L
Dr. Thomas, Chicago sociologist, and affln
ity face prison terms. Page S.
Dr. Poling, of Christian Endeavor, back
from France, praises moral conduct of
American soldiers. Page 3.
Sports.
Henry Berry, ex-Seal owner, plans trip to
Portland, rage is.
Entries for big indoor track meet at Ice
palace coming In rapidly. Page 18.
National League opens 1918 season. Page 18.
McKlniey and Rltter. Beaver recruits, gashed
when showers Durst at training camp.
Fag 18.
Pacific Northwest.
Centralla I. W. W. headquarters raided and
furnishings burned. Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Potato acreage in Coast states may be
normal. Page 19.
Stocks advance briskly, but gains are partly
cancelled in late trading, rage 19.
Larger carriers planned by Emergency Fleet
Corporation, rage 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Reed faculty changes mads by trustees.
page XL
Fare measure to be voted on at special
election. Page 20.
Teon chauffeur charged with offering to
"sell out" by attorney In Farrell will
case. Page 13.
Oregon maintains it was first to complete
liberty bond quota, notwithstanding
Iowa's contention. Page .6.
Madame Horta appeals for relief for Bel
gian babies. Page 7,
Mr. Woodward praised for stand taken
against librarian. Page 9.
Candidates for Multnomah County elective
offices hasten to rue Intentions. Page 8.
King-for-Senator Club discussed by leading
Democrats, page s.
Federal agents arrest 11 young men unable
to show draft classification cards.
Page S.
Sergeant Mlrat tells Rotarians Germans will
be pushed Dactc ny American troops.
Page 8.
Oregon Mayors to meet in Portland to con-
aider method ot handling various war
problems. Page 8.
Portland men buy 5500 acres. Page 7.
Oregon boys in demand on farms. Page 8.
Hellish horrors of Hans related ty private
Burke. Page l.
Wilcox will is filed. Page 11.
Weather report, data and forecast. Pass 19,
WASHINGTON, April 16. A bill-to
bring all persons charged with viola--tion
of . the espionage act under the
jurisdiction of the military court
martial was Introduced today, oy Sen
ator Chamberlain, of Oregon, chairman
of the Senate military committee.
The measure was referred to the
military committee and Chairman
Chamberlain announced that hearings
would begin -tomorrow. A number of
Federal judges,, as well as representa
tives of the Department of Justice, are
expected to be called.
Existing System Ineffective.
Senator Chamberlain in a brief state
ment declared that the one purpose of
the measure was to expedite the trials
of persons charged with sedition. Un
der the existing system, he said, a man
could be indicted for making seditious
speeches and, after giving bail, con
tinue to make such utterances.
The war cannot be run in the
criminal courts .or by the Department
of Justice," the Senator declared,
urging that authorization be' given by
Congress permitting the Army to deal
with enemy activities.
Spies Clearly Defined.
The bill defines spies, subject to
trial by Army or Navy courtmartial
or Army military commission, as per
sons violating- the general espionage
laws, legislation prohibiting destruc
tion of war material and the draft law,
those inciting military insubordination
or transmitting to members of the
American military forces any matter
favoring the enemy's cause or persons
giving false reports..
The measure's terms also broadlv
apply to acts which "endanger or in
terfere with the good discipline, order.
movements, health, safety or success-'
ful operation," of the American mili
tary forces.
Conditions Changed by War.
The bill recites that "owing to the
changes in the conditions of modern
wasfare, whereby the enemy now at
tempts to attack and injure the suc
cessful prosecution of the war by
means of civilian and other agents and
supporters behind the lines spreading
false statements and propaganda in
juring and destroying the things and
utilities prepared" for the military
forces, the United States is constituted
part of the zone of operations con
ducted by the enemy.
Supervision of travel of American
citizens so as to guard (lie country .
against spies and other enemy agents
is provided under broad powers con
ferred by a bill pending In the House,
with the Administration and foreign
affairs committee as its sponsors.
European Idea Embodied.
It is intended to give neceseary sup
plemental authority to the Government
to watch the borders and act quickly
where present laws are inadequate and
to follow, in principle, at least, tne
precautions taken in Europe.
Need of the legislation is considered
pressing. Recently there have been
numerous suspicious departures for
Cuba, which It was Impossible for this
Government to prevent. Other Indi
vidual cases of entry and departure
at various points have excited the
greatest anxiety. This is particularly
true of the Mexican border, passage
across wnicn cannot, legaiiy oe re
stricted for many types of persons
reasonably suspected of aiding Ger
many's purposes. The bill will be urged
in both houses as an emergency war
measure.
0 BOCHE TRAWLERS SUNK
British Warships Play Havoc With
- Enemy Craft in Cattegat.
LONDON, April 16. Ten German
trawlers have been sunk by gunfire in
the Cattegat (between Sweden and
Denmark), the Admiralty announces.
Their crews were saved by British
ships. There were no British casual
ties.
The operations in the Cattegat, the
statement says, were undertaken by the
commander-in-chief of the grand fleet.
SLICKERS' JOBS GO TO 1772
Youths ot Draft Age Get Commis
sions to Stay Safe at Home.
WASHINGTON, April 16. In response
to a resolution of inquiry Dy senator
Thomas, of Colorado, acting Secretary
of War Crowell advised the Senate that
1772 Army officers within draft age
who have received commissions sinus
ths outbreak of war are in Washing
ton holdlnc start assignments: , .-.
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