VOL. LVIII. XO. 17,914.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1918.
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SCIENTISTS TO SEE
RUSSELLITES FALL
CLASH
BRITISH WARSHIPS
CHALLENGE HUNS
SUN'SOCCULTATION
BY FREIGHT WRECK
INTO HANDS OF LAW
SECTOR
BOGHE DRIVE
ASTRONOMER MITCHELL OX
THREE ENGINES AND 4 CARS
FEW SHOTS EXCHANGED EAST
WAY TO BAKER, OR., TO DAT.
DERAILED AT, ISADORA.
OF HELIGOLAND.
EARTHQUAKE IMS
ions iii nils
WIN
A1UIS BLOCK
RDBECO
Hemet and San Jacinto,
Cal., Destroyed.
LOS ANEELES IS SHAKEN
Points, in Utah nnri Ari7nna
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Report Trembling, but
i Little Damage.
SEVERAL" REPORTED HURT
Miners Entombed Near Win
chester in Collapse
of Workings.
SAX JACINTO, CaL, April 22-
(Monday.) Another slight tremor
was felt here at 12:04 A. M, bat
ranted no damage. Two other slighter
tthocks, barely perceptible, occurred
during the evening, after the main
shock which wrecked much of the
town Sunday afternoon.
LOS ANGELES. April 21. All of
Southern California and part of
Western Arizona were shaken today
. ,m r xt l , i , - i
t o -o . vjr ma cxunju.s wiuui
wrecked practically all buildings and
residences in Hemet and San Jacinto,
two inland towns 45 miles southeast
of Riverside, and caused minor prop
erty damage in practically every
town and city.
August Carlson, who lived on San
Julian street in this city, was found
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JH his room at late hour tonight,
dead, without any external marks of
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injur).
An examination by police surgeons
failed to didclose the cause of death,
but the surgeons gave it as their
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ciea irora snocg causea oy tne ex-
citement created by the earthquake,
Another man was killed in a panic at I
;,-. xr.n;.a nk.. V. r.ii ff . n;.. I
A woman was injured by falling from
a second-story window at San Jacinto
and a number of persona were injured
there and elsewhere, none seriously.
Three Miners Entombed.
Three men entombed in a magne
tite mine tunnel near Hemet prob-
ably were saved by fellow workers,!
who drove an air shaft to them and
were expected to dig them out before
morning.
The severity of the shock seemed
greatest inland, but it was distinctly
apparent at almost every point over
California south from a line from
p.t t th. rnnt and in some
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In Los Angeles and ricinity the
damaire was apparent mainly in
broken windows. Hundreds of large
plate-glass windows here were shat
tered. Several large buildings showed
cracks or bulges, but the extent of
such damage to buildings could not
be definitely ascertained.
Homes all over Southern California
were shaken, dishes rattled, furni
ture moved and in many places the
t-hock was such as to cause the occu
pants to tumble out hastily. In Ari
rona the shock was reported to have
ritonried as far east as Seligman in
Arizona and Milford in Utah.
Whitewater Buildings FalL
Two small buildings collapsed at
Whitewater, west of Indio, on the
Southern Facific.
At Cabazon, west of Whitewater,
two railroad water tanks were top
pled over as also was one at Imperial,
t-outh of there.
Hemet. about 25 miles east and
south of Riverside, and San Jacinto, crew, was commended on March 3 by
the nest town north of Hemet on Secretary Daniels for his seal and effl-r-ranch
line of the Atchison. Topeka ;"n,r In sinking a German submarine
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be practically aesiroyea.
At San Bernardino the shock was I
said bT old residents to be the most
Mvere in
class windows
were broken.
hun-
dred feet of brick wall from one low
building fell into the street and
cracks developed in several other
rails. I
There was a panic at the ball
pTounds. where a game was in prog-1
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a n . .... vnmn nil ri in , ruin . (j ,
escape. Another, running out of .
theater into the Street, was run down I
t,r an automobile and seriously in-1
jured.
I
la
Riverside suffered a shoes, of simi
lar intensity. Ornaments were shaken
tCcixled a Face . Ceiiuaa i-A
Apparatns From rniverslty of Vir
ginia to Be Brought for Observa
tions at Most Favored Spot.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wuh-
ington. April 21. A special dispatch to
the Washington Post from Charlottes
rule. Va. says: "Dr. Samuel A. Mitch
ell, professor- of astrology and director
of the Leanaer McCormick observatory
at the University of Virginia, will leave
the setting up of the astronomical ap-
paratus to be used In making; observa-
I ttona of the total eclipse of the sun in
June-
, ..r, ti-. n
Hoxton. professor
of physic who Is to aid Dr. Mitchell
In hia work, will follow him In a few
days. With the expedition will also be
Dr. W. P. Merrill, of the Bureau of
Standards at Washington, and Misses
Bigelow and Hopkins, members of the
faculty of Smith College."
3 YEARS' WAR, SAYS TAFT
I Ex-President Urges Army of Five or I
Six Million Men.
BOSTON. Mass, April 21. "I am In
favor of amending the draft law so
that we can raise an Army of five
or six million men in two years," said
ex-President William H. Tart In ad-
(dresses at two liberty loan rallies here
'M,""!r-
mis ia to om
three-year war, two
in which to send our boys across and
year to win the war.
I can't fight In the trenches be
cause they say I couldn't get In them.
But I can do my share and will do It.
too. over here. We can't make omelettes
without eggs; neither can we fight
battle without men. We won't win
until the Nation Is a house of mourn
ing. We'll have to go into the Valley
of th shadow of Death, but the re-
suit win dv .una Ltiu tuai.
HUN HOSPITALS OVERFLOW
Streams of Wounded From France
Pour Through Belgium.
AMSTERDAM, April 21. The stream
I of wounded Germans from France and
n a .,. ,(. I
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OI """ nl,ou"
that all the hospitals, monasteries.
(convents and schools, not only In Brus-
eels, but In many towns, are filled to
overflowing. The Germans have even
requisitioned private houses for hospl
'a'.
(eIs 6milT Ust WMk. MnT of th.m
(were made up of cattle cars. In which
were litters of straw for the wounded I
men.
FRED S. STANLEY WEDS
Bride Is "Widow of 4. C. Flanders,
Former Prominent Portlandcr.
TACOMA. Wash.. April 21. (Special)
A marriage license was issued Satur-
day to F. 8. Stanley. Bend. Or, and to J,
Mabel Houston Flanders. Portland.
For a great many years Mr. Stanley
was prominent In the business life of
Portland. Six months ago he removed
to Bend, where he Is now engaged In
business, being president of the Cen-
lrmi Oregon Irrigation Company. Mabel
Houston Flanders Is the widow of the
J- Couch Flanders, for years a
prominent lawyer of this city.
WIFE PRO-HUN IS CHARGE
Civil War Veteran Says Spouse Ad-
in I res Kalxer; Divorce Sought.
BAKERS FIELD, Cal.. April 21.
Robert II. Hllscher. a Civil War vet
eran, il. has applied to the Superior I
Court for a divorce. He charges that I
hls wlfe made
unpatriotic remarks I
about the Government and called the
Kaiser "the greatest man In the
world." .
The HiUu-hera have three eons in the
American Army and a daughter la In
France aa a Red Cross nurse. Hllscher!
alleged his wife Is of German birth
and came here when she was 17.
GUNNERS' MATE IS KILLED
Benjamin Groves. Commended for
Braiery, Victim of Accident,
i
II 21. i
NEW BEDFORD. Mass.. April
Benjamin 11. Groves, chief gunners'
mate on the American ship Nyania.
who. aa officer In chares of the rnn
rfuui j i . Has oeen Kinea in an acci-
df,u explosion on board ship in
French port.
Word of his death was received yes-
terday by his parents In a telegram
CHINESE PARADE FOR LOAN
orientals in Nrwlork Make Demon-
tration of Patriotism
NEW tork. April Si. Members of
IChinese, rluba and orcaniaatton. In thl.
leltv. kudM k. CIllll.U Hn. ..... .
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d corp. and a co"-
pan, of Chinese women carrying Amer-
lean and Chinese flags, parad
(iirvuin ininiowD last nignt and held
loan rally, at which many subscrip
tions were recorded.
American boy and girl scouts acted
aa am escort.
'Kingdom News' Wide
Iy Distributed in City.
TWO MEN ARE CAUGHT IN AG
Commissioner Bigelow Sees
Paper and Makes Arrests.
ESPIONAGE ACT VIOLATED
Paper Published In New York Con
tains Defense of Pastor Russell's
Suppressed Book and Petition
to Be Sent to President.
Lloyd B. Burtch, an employe of the
Oregon Chair Company, and George H.
Simpson, unemployed, both members of
the International Bible Students' Asso
ciation, were arrested yesterday for
distributing the "Kingdom News,'
Russellite publication, broadcast
throughout the city during the early
morning hours. They will be turned
over to the Federal authorities tor In
vestigation on a charge of circulating
objectionable literature In violation of
the espionage act.
Dlatrlbattoa Is Wide.
Between midnight. Saturday night.
and late yesterday forenoon the resi
dence district of this city on both sides
of the river was thoroughly plastered
with these two-page sheets, a copy be
ing left on the porch or doorstep of
nearly every residence. The cfistribu-
tion was made by a corps of the follow
ers of "Pastor" Russell, but Burtch
and Simpson were the only ones detect
ed and arrested.
Burtch and Simpson were observed at
work on the East Side shortly before
o'clock yesterday morning by City Com
mlssioner Bigelow, who, upon finding a
copy of the paper on his porch and
...
ascertaining Its character, telephoned
Captain Moore for an officer.
Mr. Blsjelow Makes Arrests.
Fearing the pair of unlicensed dis
tributors might disappear before the
arresting officers could arrive. Com
missioner Bigelow took Burtch and
Simpson Into custody himself and later
turned them over to the patrolmen.
United States Attorney Haney was
out of the city yesterday and will not
return until this morning
Robert R.
Rankin, Assistant United States Attor
ney, said last night that If either the
draft law or the espionage act has been
violated by the circulation of the
Kingdom News," those responsible
therefor will be prosecuted vigorously.
At the time The Finished Mystery
was suppressed in this state and the
announcement was made that further
attempts to sell or distribute this book
would be considered and prosecuted as
violation of the espionage act," said
Mr. Rankin. "E. O. Miller and two other
elders of this denomination called at
the United States Attorney's office and
expressed surprise at the action of the
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BE SURE
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After Working All Day, WrecklA
Crews Had Not Cleared
Right of Way.
EUGENE, Or., April 21. (Special. )
All northbound railroad traffic through
Eugene was suspended today as a re
suit of what Is said to have been one of
the most serious freight wrecks on the
Southern Pacific system In many
months. Three engines and four cars
of a southbound train were piled up
on the tracks near Isadora, north of
Oakland.
Wrecking crews from Eugene and
Roseburg, after working all day, had
not succeeded in clearing the right-of-
way.
Late this afternoon a wrecking crew
from Portland passed through this city
on Its way to Isadora to assist In the
work.
The wreck resulted from a derail'
ment, after the train with three en-
sines which had been used to pull it up
hill, had crossed the summit and was
proceeding down grade.
A report reaching Eugene said that
the trainmen, with one exception, es
caped injury.
A brakeman's leg was crushed. His
name Is not known here. The rirst
news of the accident waa received In
Eugene about 8:30 o'clock this -morning,
when a call came for the wrecking
crew. The Roseburg local, due nere at
10:45 A. M., was posted as indefinitely
late and later annulled.
DESERTER GETS 20 YEARS
Sentence Declared Heaviest Since
Beginning of the War.
CAMP DIX, Wrlghtstown, N. J.. April
21. Vincenzo Delantano, of Hacken
sack. N. J., was found guilty of de
serting by a court-martial here yes
terday and sentenced to 20 years' im
prisonment at hard labor at Fort Jay,
Governor's Island.
This is said to be the heaviest sen
tence imposed for desertion since the
beginning of the war.
IRE SHOCK CAUSES DEATH
Miss Lillian Stilts, of Klamath Falls,
' Dies Suddenly.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., April 21.
(Special.) Shock resulting from a fire
which at noon today practically de
stroyed the Mongold frame building on
Fifth street. Just above Main, caused
the sudden death of Miss Lillian Stilts,
senior member of Stilts Sisters, a dry
goods firm In this city.
Heart trouble Is given as the cause
of her death.
BUDAPEST LABOR STRIKES
Industries Cease Whjle Workers De
mand Secret Suffrage.
AMSTERDAM. April 21. According
to a telegram from Budapest, a half-
our demonstration strike took place
there yesterday.
All the factories stopped, tramways
ceased service and workmen signed pe
titions demanding the appointment of
cabinet which would carry out the
demand of secret suffrage.
AND WRITE HIM THAT LETTER
Advanced Teuton Posi
tions Are Captured.
GERMAN ASSAULT CRUSHED
Huns Vainly Try to Penetrate
English Line Near Ypres.
HARD FIGHTING IMPENDS
Enemy lfus Eyes on Kemmel-Bail-
leul Sector and Also on Passch
endaele Region, Where Patrols
Are Rushed Forward Swiftly.
LONDON, April 21. The British
troops near Robecq, northwest of
Bethune, today drove out the Germans
from some of their advanced positions.
according to Field Marshal Haig's state
ment Issued by the War Office tonight.
Aside from artillery engagements there
was little other activity along the front
Sunday.
German troops last night made an at
tempt to push their way through the
British lines northeast of Ypres, on -the
northern battle front. The advancing
troops were stopped by the fire of the
British artillery.
Shell Holes Hinder Germans
There will be more hard fighting soon
in the Kemmel-Ballleul sector, but the
German chances of effecting a dlsas
trous defeat here are much lessened by
the shortening of the British line, which
has left an inhospitable zone of shell
holes and mud over which the enemy
must bring up supports. . The Germans
have been rushing their patrols forward
in the Passchendaele sector as fast as
possible and vigorous enlping warfare
has been carried on over the ridges of
this sector.
A total ot 29 fresh German divisions,
with two divisions which were with
rawn from the Somme region, thus
far have been engaged on the Lya
front. There are fresh divisions In re
serve here. Ninety-eight divisions have
been engaged on the Somme front.
By the Associated Press.)
WITH THE BRITISH ARMT IN
FRANCE, April 21. This was the third
day of comparative quiet on the Brit
ish front; on account of the lull time
has worked to the advantage of the
Hies and their positions has continu-
ally grown better.
Freacm Troops la Line,
On the northern field and in the
south, French troops have taken their
places beside the British and the ai
lied forces are not unwilling for a re
newal of thecruclal conflict of the
war. '
Premier Clemenceau visited the al
lied soldiers this morning and was
greatly pleased with conditions. He
also was high in his praise for the
magnificent defence the British made.
The British had a severe time at
Kemmel April 17. Some of them were
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TODAY.
Great General Naval Engagement
Believed to Be in Prospect
in North Sea.
LONDON, April 21. British and Ger
man light' forces clashed Saturday in
the waters east of Helgoland, the Brit
ish Admiralty announced today. After
the exchange of a few shots at long
range, the German warships took refuge
behind their mine fields. One enemy
destroyer was observed to be hit. All
the British ships returned without casu
alties.
That a great sea battle is in prospect
i me view ot naval experts. Tne pene-
tration of Helgoland Bight, following
closely on the recent foray into Catte-
gat, where British naval forces de -
stroyed German trawlers, presages mo
mentous naval activity. Recent dis
patches from Geneva, Switzerland, told
of great quantities of coal and muni
tions being shipped by Germany to Kiel,
where great activity seemed to point
to a forthcoming naval dash by the
German fleet.
PICTURE FILM TAKES FIRE
Great Excitement Outside Majestic
Theater, but None Inside.
Ignition of a part of a motion picture I
film created a volume of smoke and I
caused the summoning of Are appara-
tus to the Majestic Theater. Park and
the business district, at 8:30 o'clock
last night. What blaze there was hadlessaytd a stroke against the Ameri-
been extinguished before the firemen
arrived.
. . . , ,
ping the metal shutters confined the
blaze and smoke to the machine-room,
and few in the audience knew of the
fire until told about It after leaving the
show. Damage was insignificant, be-
ing confined to the loss of film.
Immense Sunday night crowds
thronged to the scene and blocked the
Streets.
GERMAN PRINCE PRISONER
Former Ambassador at London In
tended to Leave Country.
GENEVA, .Switzerland, April 21. r
Prince .Lichnewsky, the German Am
bassador at London up to the outbreak
of the war, the publication of whose
secret memorandum which strongly
criticised the German foreign policy, is
soon to bring htm before the German
courts, is virtually a prisoner at his
chateau in Silesia, because a plan by
which he Intended to escape to Switzer
land has been discovered.
RlfJ RUM CFWnS PARK WOP
ISIM Wll I nillW UL
Sheila Fall on 17 Days; 118 Persons
Hilled and 230 Injured.
PARIS, April 21. The German long-
range bombardment of Paris was re
sumed today.
There were no casualties.
Analysis of the bombardment of
Paris shows that shells have fallen on
17 days since March 23 and that, with
figures for two days missing, 118 per
sons were killed and 230 injured.
INDEX OF TODAY'S
NEWS
The Weather.
testerday's Maximum temperature, 78
ripflrra..: minimum. 51 deerees. I
todavs Fair; moderate northwesterly
wlnas.
war.
British win clash in Robesq sector. Page 1.
Americans foil German drive. Page 1.
Great naval engagement in North Sea be
lieved to be imminent. Page 1.
Entente troops land on Arctic coast of Rus
sia to aid solshevlKt. age .
Foreign.
Austriaus despair
over future of country.
Page 3.
Smolny Institute, headqparters of Bolshe-
vikl leaders, aescrlDea oy louise .Bryant.
Page 3.
Irish question now one of Britain s gravest
problems. i ago
Domestic.
Heavy property loss and some deaths ac
company earthquake in bouthern Call.
fornia. Page 1.
Scientists coming to Oregon to witness sun's I
1 . t n T-e- 1 I
United States seems likely to go bone-dry
1U 1I "
N.w Jananese Ambassador brims messace I
of friendship. Page 4.
Professor Thomas avows his own and Mrs.
Granger's innocence. Page 4.
H?ft :,i";.S'r "ST
ean Francisco escapes earthquake -which I
spreads ruin in Southern
Page 5.
California.
Sports.
Portland regulars defeat yannlgans, 6 to 5
in extra-inntng game at Pendleton.
Page 10.
Foundation drubs Norwesco. 21 to 1. Page 10.
Dr. Seeley is high at traps. Page 10.
Portland baseball team material looks good.
Page 10.
Pacific Northwest.
Three engines, and four cars of Southern
Pacific train leaves rails near Isadora.
Page 1.
Steamer Kineo to be launched at Vancouver
early In May. Page 11.
Portland and Vicinity.
Russellltes distribute "Kingdom News"
broadcast and are arrested. Page 1.
Four persons Injured when auto is forced
Into ditch. Page 4.
Episcopal Sunday school children hold rally
at bt. btepnen s fro-catnedral. fage 14.
Eminent liberty loan speakers in Portland
today. Page 9.
M. C. A. to install huts in shipyards.
Page 14.
Mooney defended by speakers at mass meet
ing of organized labor. Page 7.
Portland doctor tells of Hun mistreatment
of French people jn Invaded districts.
Page 0.
Mrs. Rose Rubenstein Eavan, patriotic work
er for liberty, gives life to cause. Page 7.
Governor to open campaign headquarters In
Portland. Page s.
Progressive leaders urge re-election of Re
publican National Committeeman. Page 8.
,Weather report, data and forecast. Page XI.
Plan Foiled to Divide
French and Yankees.
D. S. BOYS FIGHT FIERCELY
Germans Claim CaDture of 1 83
I - , .
Americans and 25 Machine
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I UUMS UUi lliy DdUie.
ENEMY FORCED TO RETIRE
Struggle Continues Through
out Night Along Sector
Near Seicheprey.
(By the Associated Press.)
The German high command, hav-
ing been unsuccessful in piercing the
British front in Flanders and separat-
the British and French armies, has
cans and the Frej-.ch northwest of
I t 1 i i i rr-.. ... i
i lum, aiiu ucic aiau xcutuu btraLegy
seemingly has failed utterly to bring
I Its plans to fruition.
Although the Germans attacked jn
waves with greatly superior numbers
ii. j-o .
of mfn the Americans and French-
men nave nelcl all tneir positions ana
I inflicted heavy losses. What gains
vin maH in tliA init.ial nnKlfiiiclit.a
have been entirely retrieved and Sun-
y night saw the American and
French lines restored.
U. S. Silent as to Losses.
The latest Berlin official communi
cation asserts that in the drive 183
American prisoners and 25 machine
guns were captured by the Germans.
There has been no confirmation of
this Statement or of the added Claim
that the Americans sustained heavy
casualties
It seems evident, however, that the
fight was a bitter one and that it was
the ambition of the specially trained
Germans to crush the Americans. The
fighting lasted from Saturday well
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IllltU OUllUtty, UUb U1C AUICIIUUIO lUUgUb
tenaciously and gave ground by inches,
and then only when they had exacted
a tremendous payment for it in Ger
man killed or wounded.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, April 21. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) After the heavy Ger
man attack of yesterday the Ameri
can nain positions remained intact
and this morning, alter a onei Dom-
bardment the American troops at
tacked and drove the enemy out of the
od outposts which they had gained,
tnus DreaKing uuwii an uiicumvc wiutu
it is believed was mtenaeo as rne De-
?inninir of a German plan to separate
&
the Americans and French.
There was a comparative lull today
along the sector northwest of Toul.
The Americans engaged in the ter
rific hand-to-hand fighting yesterday
showed the most daring bravery,
stories of which are already being re
counted.
German Fire Heavy.
As indicating the violence of the of
fensive, French ambulance men who
went through the famous battle of
Verdun, declared today that, com
paratively speaking, the German ar
tillery fire against the Americans was
heavier than in any single engage-
ment on tne veroun ironi ai any nine.
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ifte txerman attempt T.O DreaK.
ii rli the Ampriran lines in the
Toul sector early Saturday continued
until late at night.
The troops that
were hurled against the Americans
came fuj of bravado and arrogance,
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DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS
WHO TALK IN POHTLAND
-ON THIRD LIBERT V
LOAN TODAY.
The Speakers.
Senator W. S. Kenyon, of Iowa.
Bill Hart, renowned "bad-man"
of the films.
Ralph Connor, novelist, mini
ster and military officer.
Where They Will Speak.
11:30 A. M. Ralph Connor, at
the Orpheum.
Noon Senator Kenyon and Bill
Hart, at members' council lunch
eon. Chamber of Commerce.
2 P. M. Bill Hart, at Franklin
High School.
3 P. M. Bill Hart, at Lincoln
High School.
8 P. M. Senator Kenyon and
Bill Hart, mass meeting at the
Auditorium.
8 P. M. Ralph Connor at First
Presbyterian Church.