TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1918.
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Only Indispensable Plants to I
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Be Provided With Fuel
Under New Order.
U. S. TAKES OVER TANKERS
Washington to Issue Priority List
Within Few Days Lark of Trans
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portation Facilities Makes Clos
ing of Many Plants Certain.
Warnings showing r:st a crisis Im
pends In the furl oil situation for users
in the state of Oregon are reaching the
rensumers and the state fuel admlnis-
. tration.
Many nsers are doomed to hare their
' supplies entirely cut off.
Indispensable Industries relying on
oil for fuel and power purposes will be
'obliged to win a place on a preferred
list to obtain what they need.
It la predicted that scores of oil
users will proceed wtthou loss of time
to convert their plants from the burn
, tag of this fuel to the use of coal or
wood.
' WsnlBc Is Expllelt.
"As soon as another boat Is requl
. sitioned and sent into Atlantic service
' it will be necensary to shut off the
supply of cl! from all industries in
Oregon wnlcb are not In a preferred
J classification on the priority list."
: This Is the warning thac has reached
J the office of Federal Fuel Adminis
i trator Fred J. Holmes from D. M. Fol-
Mm. Federal oil director for the Pa-
: otflc Coast, with headquarters In San
Francisco.
Arrangements are already nnder de
velopment by the Federal authorities
t1o get In to the state the coal needed
to supply plants and buildings doomed
' to be deprived of fuel oil.
. California marketing agencies are to
He advised as to. Just what plants and
. classes of Industries may hereafter be
supplied with oil. states Director Kol-
. som In communicating- with Mr.
Holmes.
abort Settee May Be C.I re a.
It seems that the Government has
v been gathering data for some time pre-
paratory to issuance of the priority
Z llat of oil users. Those consumers who
do not obtain a place on the priority
" Hat. from all appearances, my be cut
I off at a day's notice from receiving
- any more oil. It Is promised that the
'priority list will be Issued within
few days from Washington.
- The beada of some oil-using plants
Tin Oregon are already cognizant of the
. fact that the Investigation has been in
progress and) that they may he denied
ma turtner use or on ss a xuei. r.vi-
- dene baa reached the office of Fuel
Administrator Holmes that some of
these concerns are making vigorous
protest.
There I evidence also that the Fed-
eral Fuel Administration heads deem
', the situation so crttlral that only the
most Indispensible industries will find
place on the preferred list of those
whose oil supplies will not be curtailed.
t From facts that have reached bis
desk Fuel Administrator Holmes is
convinced that the Government intends
'. to remove more oil tankers from serv
ice along the Pacific Coast-
Coast Taakera Takes ay V. 9.
It has been some months since the
. Covernment commandeered the tankers
In te along the Pacific Uoast. A
flurry of excitement followed this ac
' tion. accompanied by rumors that users
, of California oil would soon he without
means of having their supplies trans
ported to them.
Developments of the past few days
Indicate that the transfer of tankers
baa been Quietly In progress until the
number available Is cut to a minimum.
This disclosure has brought the sug
gestion that possibly some of the "Coast
steel shipbuilding firms might well
turn their attention. If possible
atruction of these boats. I
ceded, however, that such .
taking could not now be carried
through In time to forestall serious
interruption of operations for many In
dustrial plants of the stale.
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TODAY'S FILM FEATl'RES.
Star "The Zeppelin s Last Raid";
Fatty Arbuckle comedy.
Sunset louglfts Fairbanks,
"Keggia Mixes In."
Liberty tfessue Hayakawa. "The
Honor of His House."
Majestic Constance Talmadge.
The Studio Olrl."
Peoples Muelerl'nck'a "The Blue
Ulrd."
Columbln Olga Petrova, "The
Light Within"; Hill Hart, "Over
the Great Divide."
Globe George Beban, "His
Sweetheart."
'le. to con- I ONSTAVCE TALMADI
It Is con- I I and vivacious young
an under- "regular American
MaJeMlc.
ONSTAVCE TALMADGE. sprightly
g star, haa
girl" role In
her latest celei-t production. "The
Studio Girl." wlficb opens today at the
Majestic Theater. Karle Foxe. Johnny
HInes and K4na Farle have prominent
rolea In a Diav-dominated bv a caotl-
MOONtT rAKAUh IS BAIMNtU b..t cPncio gin.
i"M3 iira ia me name aiihs iai
mntlKe imumfi In "The Hiudto Olrl."
She ririip? from a loveless marrlaRe
with the village lout by hiding In' the
lonneau of Fraxer Ordway'i car. Thus
ahe becomes involved In a love battle
with Uniwar't fiancee, while the man
Is confronted with prison sentence
for abducting- the Klrl. JIow the tangle
Is un uund to the complete satisfac
tion of all makes a rollicking- finale.
A two-reel comedy, A Walter's
Wanted Life." and lit arnt-Fatho News
of current events w ill also be shown.
City Council Rrfur FcrmlC for
' Proposed DrmonMratlon Here.
demonstration on the streets Sun
day In behalf of the Mooneyit, cf San
r'ranctsco. who were arretted In con
nection with the street dynamite ram
paten, will not be permitted. The t'lty
Council yesterday voted unanliuouAly
against euih a demonstration.
The affair was planned by the Cen
tral .Labor Council, which body ap
plied to the ctty for permission to stage
a parade and demonstration. Mayor
.Baker put the question up to the Coun
cil with a recommendation that the
affair be not permitted and his action
. was unanimously sustained.
This action will not affect the mass
meeting at the Auditorium Sunday aft
ernoon. whih Is to be addressed by
Mrs. Kena JJooney. Mrs. Mooney, who
Is now out on bail on charges connect
ed with the bomb outrage, arrived In
. l'ortland yesterday and registered at
the Norton..
LIST OF EXPORTS REVISED
bwrdrn and Holland Advised of
Wbat Comniutlltira Tlicy Can Get.
WASHINGTON. April If. The list of
commodities which will be considered
for .spoliation to Sweden and Ho;iand
haa been revised and augmented by
the War Trade Hoard.
Aa announced tntght. the list per
mits, under license, the shipment of
many articles wanted by thoee two
countries, the mort important being
spare or replacement parts of ma
chinery, surgical and medical ap
pliances, except whm containing rub
ber, sugar, refining machinery and cer
tain drugs. Including .- number which
formerly were the exclusive product of
Germany, but which now are being
made In this country from German
patents.
Star.
"The Zepvelln's Last Raid." a Ttiomas
H. luce spectacle-thriller said to sur
pass "Civilisation" In interest. Is the
new feature at the Star Theater com
mencing today.
Howard Hickman and Knid Markey.
tao wel-known players, are co-starred
In "The Zeppelin's Last Haid," which
dea;s with the uprising of the German
people and the downfall of the Kaiser
and the Junker Huns. It's a theme of
particular timeliness.
A huge Zeppelin raider la introduced
in this net u re. with Hickman Its com
mander. A raid on a peaceful village,
the resulting havoc to lives and prop
erty and the final destruction of the
Zep are ail vividly pictured. Miss Mar
key plays the role of a girl leader of
the revolutionists and through her the
commander of the Zeppelin is won to
the cause of freedom.
KAISER'S FRIEND IS HELD
Baron Von Srlcliow to lte Prosn-at-rd
for Overcharflng fur Wlirat.
WASHINGTON. April If. Baron von
?'-how, a member of the I'russlan
upper house, will be prosecuted by the
imperial government for violation of
the law regarding trade in cereals, ac
cording to an official dispatch today
from Amsterdam
Von itetchow Is accused of having
made art enormous fortune selling
wheat at a forbidden price. He is a
friend of the Kaiser aad a former offi
cer of the guard.
Screen Gossip.
Anita Stewart haa decided not to take
her battle with Vitagraph into a higher
court. She presented herself for work
last week and this week la expected
to commence work once more. She must
devote ii more weeks to Vitagraph,
under the terma of her contract, which
ahe discovered she could not break.
Anita haa been away from the atudio
tJr a year, during which time she
wedded Hudolph Cameron, her leading
man In her last Vitagraph productions.
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It is rumored that Shirley Mason.
who was featured In the McClure
"Svo Leadly Sins' series, is soon to
be a Faramount-Artcraft atar. Mlsa
Mason, aisier of Viola Dana, is an at
tractive young girL
.
J. P. McGowan. director of those
Helen Holmes railroad serials, and the
star of that splendid picture. "Whis
pering Smith." Is to make a serial ror
1ntversal- Miss Holmes, who is Mrs.
McGowan In private life. Is at Sacra
mento. Cat. making a picture on capi
tal furnished by business men of that
city.
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Ttoecoe Arbuckle has been placed In
class t by the Low Angeles draft board.
They didn't even put him on the scales
they just gave him the "once over"
and that settled It.
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Alexander Pantagea la not going Into.
the picture-producing game. He almost
took the leap recently, even signing
Kuth Roland to a tentative contract,
but has changed his mind and will
stick to vaudeville.
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William A. Brady Is going to produce
"Way Dovn Kast. "Life," a melo
drama; "Little Women," Louise Alcott
book; "Cheer, Boys, Cheer," a Lrury
Lane drama by the authors of "The
Whip," and "Sinners." Owen Davis' play
about New York life.
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Edith Storey has the airplane fever
and when she returns East from Cali
fornia la going to buy a hydraeroplane.
She took her first aerial trip at Venice
recently.
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Essanay la negotiating with George
Creel to have President V ilson appear
In the patriotic picture. "Young Amer
ica."
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Opponents of Lloyd George, English
Premier, are making fun of the motion
picture of his life, particularly at
title reading "The Man Who Saved the
Lmplre.
Anna G. Tea. 1'lles Welch Is married.
His wife la Dell Boone.
...
Fifty thousand people saw "Doug"
Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin do
double liberty loan act in the New
Tork financial district one day last
week. Twenty thousand people 11
tened to Mary Pickford at the same
place one afternoon a few days later.
At the meeting Mary announced a fur
ther fio.voo subscription to the fund.
although she bad already bought $100,-
oug wortn.
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In Kansas City they credit Mar
guerite Clark with raising t4.000.U00.
A school holiday was declared and
thousands of kiddies had an oppor
tunity to see little Miss Clark.
...
The stage won out over the screen
and Mary Roberts Klneharts "Tish"
stories are to be presented on the stage
next season. After that comes pic
turea.
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Mary Pickford worked so strenuously
for the third liberty loan that after a
couple of days she was forced to break
engagements for a day and apend her
time resting.
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Marguerite Clark Is to appear tn a
picture called "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Whether or not it's the famous story
picturtxed is not yet disclosed.
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Wallace McDonald, now leading man
at the Triangle plant, recently won
first place for "charm" and third for
"handsomeness" in a recent player contest.
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Written bit
Directed oaJ Pfiofo&raphed by I R V I N V.WILLAT;
Showing for the first 'time on
the screen a Zep bombardment
and revealing the secrets of the
vultures of the clouds.
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EX-CONVICT 'IS HELD
Bessie Barrlscale has been called to
New Tork by the dangerous illness of
her alster.
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. These agents who have been drawing
down fat commissions for placing film
playera received a fearful blow in New
Tork the other day when a Judge ruled
taht they come within the employment
agency law, must take out a license and
cannot charge more than five per cent
for their work.
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Fox has made a picture based on the
sensational Galllaux case and Is hold
ing it up for matter to be taken from
the Bolo revelations.
Essanay again has renewed that
1500.000 suit against Charlie Chaplin
for breach of contract.
McCormlck Lumber Employe Killed.
PE ELI Wash., April 19. (Special.)
Joseph Sllwa. employe of the McCor
mlck Lumber Company, fell from the
tank of a locomotive under the wheels.
Death occurred on a Northen Pacific
train a few minutes after leaving Mc
Cormlck. on the way to the Centralis
hospital. He was taken from the train
at Pe E1L Deceased was !5 years old.
A wife and three small children survive.
til they got to battalion headquarters,
and there the servants, orderlies and
clerks armed themselves and fought
side by side with the infantry until the
Germans were beaten back.
. Welsh:
One body
ing Forged Checks.
NOCTURNAL RIDES UNDOING
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Former Walla Walla Prisoner Draws
Attention to Himself by Lavish
Use of Money Alleged For
geries In Excess of $300.
J. C. Kerte. possessor of a dozen
aliases and a paroled convict from the
Walla Walla penitentiary, was arresieu
xhnrtlv after 11 o'clock last night by
Inspectors Mallette and Ticnnor at
I'nlon avenue and Prescott street while
he was starting on one of bis nightly
1ov rides in a big hired car. Nocturnal
suins over the country, police say
brought about Herte's detection, for he
was said to be spending mucn more
money than he apparently earned. He
confessed to foraery. the police say.
Although he has operated in Portland
for only a month Herte Is charged with
spreading over the city and the near
vicinity a string of forged checks which
will total well over S30O. Clothing
stores, the St. Mary's Home at Beaver
ton. soft drink parlors and taxicab
companies are listed as among victims
to his art. All of the checks used were
blanks on the Western Lumber Com
Danv.
Up In Walla Walla Herte has still
20 years to do, the police say. Herte
is said to have served already nine of
his 33 years in prison.
it seems from Herte s statements
that he has made Inquiries concerning
the Army, and it was only recently
that he learned that an ex-convict
could enlist.
I certainly would like to join up
with Uncle Sam now," was his regret
as be sat back and answered frankly
every question put to, him by the in
spectors.
Herte has been out of prison more
than a year, having been paroled a
year ago last January.
A folding life raft that automatically
opens Itself when thrown into the
water la as Englishman's invention.
Fight Gallantly.
of Welshmen who were
nil i r iiifliL nn surrounaea in a jneiee nem oui ana in-
J. C. Herte Charged Willi raSS- fllcted heavy casualties on the enemy
unLii assistance arrived ana iney weie
able to fight their way out again.
The British wounded from Givenchy
were in the highest spirits today, not
withstanding their hurts, because of
the casualties that had been Inflicted
or. the Germans.
Northward of the canal and south
west of Rebecq the fighting began
about daylight. A little after 4 o'clock
large bodies of Germans rushed out of
the Pacaut wood with machine guns
and made for the canal The British
rapid-Ore guns were turned on them
and smashed them badly, and they were
forced to retire.
Desperate Attempts Foiled.
A few minutes later, however, the
enemy again advanced on the run with
sections of a pontoon bridge, which
were equipped with gas bags to keep
them afloat. Notwithstanding the ter
rible punishment to which they were
subjected, a few Germans succeeded in
getting the sections of the bridges into
the water, but it was found that the
bridge reached only three-quarters of
the way across the canal. Virtually
every German engaged In this venture
was shot down and, as Already stated,
a litle further northward many of the
enemy ewam the canal and surren
dered. Attack es Kemmel Falls.
The German attack against Kemmel
yesterday was a complete failure and
their losses here also were very heavy.
The enemy still Is having trouble with
his transport. Prisoners say that as
fast as the Germans have been able to
construct new roads over the wet low
lands of this region the British artil
lery nd bombing squadrons have
blown them to pieces,
AH the prisoners speak of the heavy
losses sustained by the Germans. They
declared that the Germans had had
only two days' rations in six days of
fighting.
It is. interesting to note that many
troops employed by the Germans in the
ridge section of the north are picked
hill troops such as Alpini and Bavarians.
British Advance Line.
The British re-established their line
west of Robecq, on the southwesterly
part of the Lys battlefront. by recap
turing Ktex du Vinage farm yesterday
afternoon.
The British destroyed bridges thrown
across the La Bassee Canal yesterday
afternoon by the enemy. They hold
the entire waterway. In addition to
having re-established the other line
west of Robecq.
Prisoners admitted it was necessary
for the Germans to capture Kemmel
hill without delay. The troops put In
for yesterday's unsuccessful attacks
were experienced In hill fighting. The
Alpine Corps was reinforced by two
divisions recruited in the mountainous
regions of Southern Germany, and sup
ported by Jaegers. The Jaegers suf
fered severe casualties in their first ex
perience of this kind in Flanders when
they stormed Mont de Lille, near Bail
leul. three days ago. Some of their
battalions lost more than 40 per cent-
Further attacks northeast of Ypres
against the new front of the allies
broke down last night under heavy ar
tillery fire.
The Germans were completely re
pulsed in the attack they launched yes
terday around Uivenchy, on tne south
ern side of the Lys battlefront. When
the assaults ceased, after heavy losses,
the enemy had only been able to secure
a limited footing at one or two points
of the more advanced British defenses.
Enemy Assaults Broken 1'p.
Six different German divisions, it has
been determined, were engaged in the
unsuccessful attack in the Givenchy
St. Venaat sector.
The enemy launched further attacks
last evening south, of Kemmel. These
ENEMY ARMY DECIMATED
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already great concentration of artil
lery. Guns of all calibers, up to 11-inch
monsters, took part tn the preliminary
bombardment and continued through
out the day to hurl thousands of shells
into the back areas.
Undoubtedly this bombardment did
much damage, but this morning all the
Germans had to show for their expen
diture of ammunition, and subsequently
their sacrifice of life, was one bit of
a forward trench at Givenchy and one
little outpost at Festubert, where a
mall company of British 'ought to
the last man before the enemy was able
to get in.
Battle la Most Desperate.
The German Infantry kept surging
forward in waves all day about
Givenchy and northwestward to Festu
bert, and the fighting was most des-
erate. At Givenchy the opposing
troops battled at close quarters much
of the day.
At one time the enemy succeeded In
working round and almost into the
south side of the town, but a vigorous
counter attack by the British forced
them out again. This sort of fighting
continued until after (:30 o'clock last
night, when the enemy finally desisted.
After having gained a footing In a
bit of a forward trench at one time
a body of Germans pushed through un-
were broken up by the British artillery
and machine gun fire.
The attacks aga'inst the line In the
Kemmel sector, the repulse of which
was reported today, took place yester
day morning.
In minor enterprises at various points
during the night the British captured
a few prisoners and some machine
guns.
Editor and Author Passes.
CHICAGO, April 19. Charles R. Tut
tle, for many years a newspaper man
of Chicago and well-known as an
author on Alaska, died today, aged 70
years. He had traveled extensively In
the northern part of the continent and
of late years had been a teacher of
advanced psychology. Mrs. Tuttle and
a daughter living in Seattle survive
him.
Colonel George Pope Dies.
HARTFORD, Conn., April 19. Colo-'
nel George Pope, president and later
receiver of the Pope Manufacturing
Company, died at his home here late to
day. He was a former president of the
American Manufacturers' Association
and was 74 years old.
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