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VOL. LVIII. SO. 17.90. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHANNEL PORTS IN PERIL, PAPERS SAY LONDON" TIMES PREPARES ITS READERS FOR WORST. RESTORED DUTCH YIELD TO AMERICANS STUDY FIREBUGS DESTROY BAKER CAR SHOPS CONTROL OF CHINA KAISER'S DEMAND MAY BATTLE BATTLES CLOSELY GERMANS TO GET SAXD AND MISTAKE IN LOCATION SAVES BIG LUMBER YARDS. GRAVEL FROM HOLLAND. HlftiS PUSH LIS cm 10 VPBES REGIME OBTAINED BY JAPAN British Forced to Give lip More Territory, BITTER FIGHTING OCCURS Boches Take Voormezeele but Counter-Attack Drives Enemy From Village. YPRES RUINS GAS-BATHED German Assaults in Sectors Occupied by Americans of , Wo Avail, Paris Reports. LONDON. April 28. The fighting today along the British front in i' ranee was largely confined to minor operations, according to Field Marshal Haig'a report tonight. The British positions in the Vpres sector were fceavily bombarded. The Germans made an cttack yes terday afternoon on the northern side of the Flanders salient, capturing the town or V oormezeele, two miles south of Vpres, but were driven out last night by a counter attack. Late at night the Germans again attacked on this front. Locre Disputed Point. Heary fighting has continued at Locre since the French recaptured it Friday, with fluctuating results, ac cording to the Reuter correspondent at headquarters in France. Last even ing the French were reported again to be in possession, but the situation in this sector, the correspondent adds, remains obscure and the fighting continues. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, April 28. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Hard fighting con tinued about Locre and Voormezeele, but elsewhere thus far today has been a day of rest for the infantry as a whole. The battle for Locre and Voormezeele has been most desperate. Loth places hare changed hands sev eral timed in the past 24 hours, and at the latest reports it was an "even break," for the British were in pos session of Voormezeele, while the enemy seems to have succeeded early in the day in getting a foothold in the Locre again. An engagement north of the Ypres Comines Canal was in progress throughout most of the night, with trie British holding doggedly and in flicting heavy losses on the attacking troops. The German casualties in this part f the front have been very severe. . Ypres Bathed in Gas. The German artillery w-as today mothering the ruins of Ypres in gas, aod there was considerable artillery firing all along the line. Locre has changed hands at least five times since Friday. This morn ing s assault was delivered about 4 o'clock, and. while the Germans ap parently had gained an entrance to the place, their tenure of it was being hotly contested by the poilus. A similar fight has been waged for Voormezeele. The Germans retook the hamlet last night, but were able to hold it only a short time, for the British, in a brilliant counter attack. stormed their way through the place and ejected the enemy. An attempted enemy attack near Villers-Bretonneux yesterday was smashed by artillery fire. Loss of Kemmel Hill May Necessi tate Evacuation ot Ypres and Pos sible Abandonment of Calais. LONDON'. April 2( Some of the newspapers appear to be preparing tbe public (or tbe loss of the cbannel porta. The Times today says: "There Is no use of denying that the less of Kemmel Hill is a considerable tactical success for the enemy, and it will be well, therefore, to prepare for the receipt of other disagreeable news. If the enemy is able to extend bis grip on Kemmel we may be com pelled .to evacuate Vpres. Such evacu tlon would not Inevitably entail tbe abandonment of Dunkirk. Calais and Boulogne, but it la well to realise that these consequences might ensue. We must remember that the Germans cannot win the war by the occupation of Ypres and the channel ports." The Evening News said last night: "The capture of Kemmel Hill un doubtedly is a useful step in the di rection of Calais and Boulogne and it is frankly admitted that its loss greatly imperils Ypres. Stockholm Advised Al exis on Throne. MICHAEL REPORTED REGEN Great Russia Cut Off From Points in Provinces. INTERIOR IS IN TURMOIL TAFT URGES LARGE ARMY Ex-President Says America Should Prepare to Send 7,000,000 Men. CLEVELAND. O.. April $. Ex-Pres ident William H. Taft. speaking as a representative of the League to En force Peace at the annual meeting of the Federated Churches here yester day, called upon America to abandon hope of early peace and prepare at once to send an army of 7,000,000 American soldiers to the western front. 'America must stop changing her ideas as to the prosecution of the war every six months, declared Mr. Taft; must give up entirely the hope of sep arating the German people from their Kaiser, and must immediately lay plans to overcome Germany by the force of tremendous army. 'America must calculate on a large war, he said. "Let us have a plan to put five or seven millions of men over there." Rumor Says New Government Will Refuse to Recognize Peace Pact Signed at Brcst-Lttovsk by Berlin and Bolshevikl. . U. S. GUNS BEAT OFF HUNS Attack on American Lines Repulsed by Artillery at Long Distance. Br tbe Associated Press.) WITH THE AMERICAN ABMT IN j il.VNCE, April I. The enemy laid down a very heavy barrage In front of the American trenches In the Toul sector at 3 o'clock this morning, the bombardment lasting an hour. After an interval of silence, he re peated the performance, and half an hour later the German Infantry started for the American lines. So Intense was the American counter attack that the enemy was repulsed without get ting close enough to be engaged by the American infantry. The Germans have been stripping the bodies of dead Krench soldiers in other sectors, and, wearing these clothes, have come over at the point where the F.'cnch and American lines join. BABIES MIXED IN HOSPITAL Mothers Agree to Exchange Iufant for a Week's Trial. NEW YORK. April 28. Confronted with the necessity of determining the ownership of two babies which may. or may not. have become mixed in the maternity hospital where they were born. Police Magistrate Healy, after invoking the shade of Solomon, decided today that the mothers In the case should exchange the infants for week's trial. Mrs. Mussie l-elner. mother of one baby, was complainant against Mrs. Jacob Leoniff, mother of the other. Mri Felner was sure that the wrong young ster was given to her. Mrs. Leoniff was not so sure but she was satisfied to make the exchange on trial. STOCKHOLM. April 28. (By the As sociated Press.) Correspondents of Swedish newspapers In Finland tele graph that persistent rumors are ii circulation there of Important happen In in Russia. The mMt definite rumor declares that the former Grand Duke Alexis, son of the former Emperor, has been declared Emperor, with Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich as regent and that the new government would refuse to recognise the Belshevlk peace treaty with Germany. Iaterlor Disorders Reported. The rumors would be disregarded here were It not for the 'fact that a re port from Yasa, Finland, last Thurs day, declared that the transportation of Russian civilian prisoners had to be suspended because of current disorders in Russia." r inland and Sweden have had no telegraphic communication with Rus sia In more than three weeks. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch re ceived in London from Copenhagen Saturday reported that a counter-revolution had broken out in Petrograd. It added that there were persistent ru mors in Finland that Grand Duke Alexis had been proclaimed Emperor and that Grand Duke Michael was the real leader in affairs In Petrograd. MOSCOW, Tuesday, April 23 (via Vladivostok, by the Associated Press.) The council of commissaries has ordered the disarming of German and Ukrainian troops who invade Russian territory. This action has been taken in accord ance with a declaration of the Rada, which was confirmed by the Germans, that the military operations in the Ukraine must not be extended beyond the Ukrainian border. Radical Activities) Suppressed. In compliance with Germany's de mand regarding war prisoners, Leon Trotsky, the Bolshevik Minister of War and Marine, has ordered that prisoners shall be disarmed and held in accord ance with international convention and also that they shall not be allowed to carry on revolutionary propaganda. The Kiev Rada has informed Rou- mania and tbe central powers that the Ukraine does not recognize Roumania's annexation of Bessarabia. Antl-Jem-lsh riots have occurred in Rumor Credits Foreign Minister Loudon With Intention to Re sign Due to Decision. LONDON, April 29. Holland has yielded to- Germany's demands con cerning transport and the supply sand and gravel, although It is under stood that the amount of sand and gravel will be limited instead of un limited, according to a dispatch from The Hague to the Daily Mail, dated Sunday. It is added that a general undertak lng will be required from Germany that the sand and gravel will not be used for military purposes. Rumors are current in the Dutch capital,- the dispatch adds, that Dr. John Loudon, Minister of Foreign Af fairs, will resign. These, it is said, are based on the supposition that he could not retain office now that his under taking respecting the gravel must be revoked. In summarizing the situation, the dispatch continues, it is felt certain that the crisis with Germany has passed, although.- the solution is in no wise an ideal one for Holland. Relations between Holland and Ger many have been at almost a breaking point for some days owing to German demands that Holland permit the transmission over her canals and rail ways of sand and gravel from Ger many to Belgium. The controversy was a three-cornered one, as Great Britain had warned Holland to take steps to make certain that the sand and gravel would not be used for mill tarj- purposes. HISSING GERMANS 664,104 Von Risberg Admits Un known Dead Number 151,428. AMSTERDAM. April 28. Speaking be' e the main committee of the Ger man Reichstag on Friday, according to Vor- ierts. General von Risbersr tated that en March 31, last, the num ber of Germans missing had reached total -f 664.104. Of thU number, he said, 236,676 were prisoners in France; 119,000 In Eng- and; 157.000 in Russia and Roumania. nd the remainder could be regarded as dead. WEN DAUBED WITH PAINT Orchestra Leader Says . lie Is Per sonal Friend of Emperor. EXCELSIOR SPRINGS. Mo., April 28. Otto Scharf, an orchestra leader of Omaha, Neb., and Rudolph Gusloff, pro prietor of the Nebraska Hotel here. ere given coats of yellow paint by members of the local council of defense. Scharf is said to have declared that Emperor William is a personal friend f his. REACHERS DENIED PERMIT ebraska Aliens Refused Permission of Speech by Courts. (Concluded on Pass S. Column 4.) FREMONT. Neb., April 28. Rev. W. Cappius and Rev. F. G. Schopp, en- emy aliens of Dodge County, this state. ere denied permission to teach and preach in Nebraska by District Judge F. W. Button because they said their sympathies were on both sides In the war between the United States and Germany. Every Scrap of News of War Absorbed. " FIGHTING AT FRONT MAIN TOPIC When Telephone Rings Men Await Signal to "Come On." BOCHE SENT TO SHAMBLES Colonel 3Iay, at French Front for Observation, Had Luck of Seeing First Three Days of New Ger man Drive and Slaughter. BY WILL G. MAC RAE. (Staff Correspondent of The Oregonian With the American Forces In France.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, April 1. While the Germans out on the battle front there are de livering sledge-hammer blows, prin cipally aimed to crush the British army and to also destroy, by shelling Paris and thereby crush the morale of the French people. It Is interesting to note the attitude of the American soldiers, both those In training and those be longing to what is called for a better name, the Army of the Service of the Rear. Every scrap of news that appears in both the English and French papers, the allied communiques and the gossip of the French soldiers met on the street, is absorbed, digested and de- uctions made. Many of the soldiers have taken the small maps that appear in the Paris papers, showing the theater of the battles, and, although some of them are many miles behind the lines, they are fighting the battles going on at the front, only ' wishing and hoping that each time a telephone bell rings or the telegraph Instrument begins to chatter that the message will be "Come on." .'. Battle in Its Third Stage. As this Is being written the battle seems to have reached Its third stage. Even from this far back of the line it trikes one that the caboche has again sent men to the slaughter with the same disregard as men at a stockyards drive cattle into the killing pen. Already tbe big fight has lost the character of trench warfare, and is a question of maneuvering, and the axis of the German attack (as this is being written) is being directed more to the ortb, which is undoubtedly due to the road to Compiegne being closed to the Boche after the bitterest fighting of the battle so far. It may seem a cold-blooded thing to say, but tbe German drive came to the men of (blank) regiment (blankj at the proper time to divert their minds away from their worries about the home folks. Loss to Sumpter Valley Railroad Is Placed at $40,000 Blaze Fol lows Recent Threat. New Demands Made Are Now Agreed To. BAKER, Or.. April 28. (Special.) While members of the Home Guard were patrolling the plant of the White Pine Lumber Company here tonight fire destroyed the machine shops of the Sumpter Valley' Railroad. The loss is estimated at 140,000. Thp VArii and mill nf .v., Dr,nn Lumber Company, adjoining the ma- dn3nCjnl cnine snops, was saved. The guard was thrown about the White Pine Company's plant after letter had been received by Manager Frank Gardinler informing him that the plant would be -touched off" before May 1. It is believed the firebugs set the machine shops afire by mistake, as they are adjacent to the Oregon Lum bcr Company mill which it may have been intended to destroy. Among the losses to the railroad company was a brand-new locomotive valued at $10,000. The Home Guard last night began patrolling the lumber district follow ing advices that threats of destruc tion had been made. Two men were traced to a lodging-house, but left be fore the officers arrived to take them into custody as suspects. South Baker tonight is beinsr closely watched. UTMOST SECRECY OBSERVED Gazette Declares Country Is Handed Over. IRON MINES TO BE WORKED Japanese Officers to 'Command Sol diers and Police and AH of China's Arsenals and Dock yards Privileges Granted. (By the Associated Press.) SHANGHAI, April 28. The statement Is made in the first issue of the Shang hai Gazette that the Chinese govern ment has atrreed to new demands made PORKER LEADS TO CAPTURE by Japan- which are of 8Ucn a nature mat me country nas virtually Deen turned over to the Japanese. The Gazette asserts it has been in formed by a high official at Pekin that the Japanese demands are far more serious than those in group V of the famous 21 demands made by Japan in 1915. Terms of Agreement Given. "Notwithstanding the fact that the utmost secrecy is being observed," says the Gazette, "it may be stated safely that the following is not far from the true terms of the agreement: i "Chinese expeditionary forces sent to Siberia shall be commanded by a Japanese. 'Chinese police shall be organized by Japanese officers. 'Japan shall control all of China's arsenals and dock yards. Mines May Be Worked. "Japan shall have the privilege of working mines in all parts 'of China. 'Special privileges shall be srranted EARLY ROSE IS IN BLOOM to Japan ln uter and Inner Monsrolia and the whole of Manchuria." . - German Officer's Appetite Lands Him in Hands of British. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, April 28. (By the Associated Press.) German prisoners taken in the Kemmel sector complain that their food supplies have been irregular lately be cause of the effective work of the allied gunners. They also admit that their losses have been very heavy. An amusing incident occurred yester day when a German officer and three men went foraging for pigs. They found two porkers, but, not satisfied the officer left his men to guard the captives and went to seek more pigs. He ran into some Australians, who took him with his men and the pigs to the British camp. The German officer had pork for dinner, but it was as a guest of the British. (Mr. Mac Rae evidently attempted to tell the readers of The Oregonian something of the battle, and Its effect upon the Oregon troops, for the bottom of one page, two whole pages of type (Concluded on Page 3. Column 4.) TARIS. April 28. Violent artillery fisjhting occurred Last night north of Avre. southeast of Amiens, and in the region between Lassigny and Xoyon, on the southern side of the Picardy battle front, the War Office reported this afternoon. American Sectors Attacked. Krench troops repulsed German at tacks northwest of Kheirrs and in the i-ectors of St. Mihiel, near which are htationed the Americans troops which were attacked by the Germans a week aeo. Lunevitle, in the vicinity of which there has been an American force, and Le Pre t re wood. BERLIN. April 27, via London, April 2$ The British have made a retirement on the Flanders front be fore Ypres, it was announced of ficially this evening;. The statement says the Germans have advanced their line from v point southwest of Lanj-e- tC.aoeit4 Pass . Cwiiuna 1 AMERICA URGED TO HURRY General Wood 5.000.000 Men Are Needed to Win War. DENVER. April SI. "The war is In desperate straits." said Major-General Leonard Wood here last night In a lib erty loan address to a large crowd at the Municipal Auditorium. "From the front there comes only one word for us and that Is "hurry." The side which can give the most men will win. "Five million Is a conservative esti mate of the number we must raise. Half or more will be sent abroad. Half will be rent in training here to make up the wastage, which will be terribly heavy." SHASTA LIMITED MAY STOP famous Train May Be Made One of Only Ordinary Service. The Shasta Limited between Seattle and San Francisco through Portland, famed for Its excellence of service, may became an ordinary train. Reports have been circulated to the effect that It is to be made a combination train carrying day coaches as well as Pull man cars, and that the extra fare fea ture Is to be cut out. John Scott, passenger agent of the Southern Pacific, left last night for San Francisco to attend a meeting, at which this and other Important railroad mat ters will be considered. POTATO SALAD. I a - l -- J i. -w - i w-rn : 1 I lyVnli I 1 I lAt-f CJ I mi a i i iiIm ny7.;o7w,PYATo t tT ill 1 - -' I a Mzsnytd ll: . .11. . mm : ! cz3 M M ' w LfSiSi" kti: I m. HlUrfMJWMA - i Hoxs-r cov rayfi): ! vZyAi L I XTtPiVS 1 ! tj v-jbot-ato tatt Vyvjf til 'Fzt ilia V r-Vi? AiX. B" W YAR. p"'A&1 - "Xp J JUt s IJ.HJ 1 s I1HAU.JLMM.I III s .. s s 9 s sAA-XJLS m J..S.S s Marie Antoinette Blossoms in Port land for First Time This Season. Is it the first one? Miss Kathleen Gee, 720 Corbett street. reported yesterday a full-blown Marie Antoinette rose, certainly the first full blown rose of her community this sea son, and, if not the first, one of the first in the city. The rose is a perfect specimen, rich in color and fragrance. Miss Gee ported. Quite a few aspiring buds have been reported, but the Marie Antoinette Is the irst to come out in its full glory voluntarily this season, so far as known. The bush is 20 years old. A dispatch filed In Pekin April 4 said it was reported there that Japan had submitted, a new series of de mands to China, including complete control of China's finances, the pur chase of SO per cent of China's am munition in Japan, operation of Chinese Iron mines and dock yards under Jap anese control and recognition of spe cial Japanese interests in Mongolia, as in Manchuria. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tbe Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 77 degrees: minimum, 4J aegrrees. TODAY'S Fair; gentle winds, mostly w est er! y. War. Will Mac Rae tells of how Oregon troops watch progress of Boche drive and are anxious for word to ' come on." Page L London Times prepares readers for possible loss of channel ports. Page 1. Germans push closer to Ypres. Page 1. German people appalled at losses In recent offensive. Page 4. Foreign. Democracy and autocracy have come to death grip, says Lloyd George. Page 2. Famous regiment of Russian women called "Death Battalion," not well named. Page 4. Control of China taken over by Japan, says Shanghai uazette. Page X. Reports from Finland say Grand Dukes in power in Kussia ana tnat peace treaty with Berlin will be abrogated. Page 1. Holland yields to German demand for right to use Dutch waterways. Page 1. National. Interesting facts on coming eclipse given out by Naval Observatory, page x. Millions must buy this week to bring bond sales to desired goal. Page 2. Overman bill expected to be passed by Sen ate this week. Page 2. Washington discerns German hand in re ported coup in Kussia. page 3. Domestic. Mrs. R. W. Granger, who figured in trial of Professor Thomas, at Chicago, drops irom sight. Page 5. Pittsburg theatrical man criticised for as sailing Administration at loan meeting. Page 4. i Domestic tangle at Omaha leads to ex- humtng body of Gladys Bruner, of Port land. Page 4. Multimillionaire railroad president arrested as pro-Hun. Page b. Sport. Buckaroos, In closely contested game, de- ft Foundation nine, 3 to 2. Page 10. Foundation wins Its third straight game. blanking Corn foot, 4 to 0. Page 10. Miss Gladys Reid wins final merchandise shoot with unfinished run of 131 birds. Page 10. . Shipbuilders' League teams offer buckeroo recruits inducements to desert juccreaie. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. Klamath County's Courthouse fight Is proving costly one. Page 8. Firebugs destroy Baker cars hops. Page 1. Portland and Vicinity. San Francisco Police Captain says Golden Gate city Is pure now. Page 7. Feminine mallcarrlers possibility of near fu ture, says postmaster. Page 8. Garbage handling by city as proposed In bill is opposed. Page V. New home of University Medical School to be dedicated May l. Page 9. First Presbyterian pastor has heart-to-heart talk with flock. Page V. Women of France stole in submission to ne cessity. Page 1L Portland shipbuilding plants declared best of alt by Norwegian official. Page 1L Three factions In Republican party seek control of County Central Committee Page 8. Dr. Arthur F. Bishop, pastor of Central Pres byterian Church, resigns. Page 14. Reported capture of Miss Shirley Eastham not believed. Page 5. Telegraphers meet and assert right to or ganize. Page 14. I Weather report, daia and, forecast. Fast 11. INTERNED TEUTONS BREAK Dutch Guards Overpowered AVhcn Ultimatum News Arrives. AMSTERDAM. April 28. The report current last week that Germany had sent an ultimatum to Holland led to a revolt among Germans interned at the Vapenveld camp, according to a i.:spatch from Hatten, Holland, to the Het Wolk. The guards are said to have been overpowered by 1000 Germans, who fled in all directions. Many Germans succeeded in passing through Almelo or Hengelo on the way back to Ger many, but the police rounded up the majority of them in groups of 25 to 50. PRINCESS MARIE BANISHED Mother of Austrian Empress Held Behind Peace Overtures. PARIt April 28. The Princess Marie Antoinette, mother of Empress Zita, has been ordered to leave Austria within 24 hours and rot re-enter that country until the termination of the war. according to a dispatch from Geneva. Empress Zlta has been blamed by the pro-German party in her husband's empire as being responsible for Em peror Charles' now famous letter to Prince Sixtus, of Bourbon, his brother-i:.-law, in which he made overtures for peace to JTra. ce.. IDLERS MUST FIND WORK Montana to Register All Men Regularly Employed. Not HELENA, Mont., April 28. The State Council of Defense is mailing to city and county officials blanks for reg istration of those who have not ben employed at least five days a weejc and who are required, under the recrfjt order of the Council, to go to wori. No distinction between rich and poor will be made. Police officials are oidered to round up all the unemployed. PLANE MAKES RECORD RUN Washington to Mineola, IV. Y., Cov ered In 3 !4 Hours. MINEOLA, N. T., April 28. Briga- - dier-General William Kenley, newly appointed chief of the division of aero nautics, landed here today with three companions after a" non-stop flight from Washington in a powerful Ital ian biplane. The trip was made against a head wind. In three and one-quarter hours. which is said to be a record for the distance. ;