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.
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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. ;