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PORTLAND, OKEGOX, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BAKER'S WORDS WIN MILLIONS FOR LOAN U. 3. FOSTERS 1 TO INDIGENT ALIENS RECKLESS DRIVER HELD FOR MURDER AMERICANS FACE ALLIES III YPRES XENOPHON WILFLEY TO BE NEW SENATOR FLACK OFFERED BY GOVERNOR E IS UTTER FAILURE BALTIMORE CAPITALISTS ARE STIRRED BY WAR SECRETARY. DAN DILLIXGER RUN DOWN AXD KILLED AT MARSHFIKLD. OF MISSOURI HNDS TAKER. VOL. LVIII. NO. 17.9il. HUN BOMBARDMENT GERMAN A M II Lap a Flemish City. VON ARMM STRIKING HARD Haig Reports That Every Ef fort of Enemy Fruitless All Along Front. HUNS PAY TERRIBLE PRICE Haig Reports Zillebeke-Me- teren Positions Bear Up Under Assaults. ir.y th Associated rresa) Germany's armies are bulling themselves against a jtran: wall on the three sides of the ruined city of Ypres. After fighting of the most terrific nature the British and French lines are still intact and the enemy has lost terribly in his repeated as saults -gainst the -lints where the allies stand at bay. The objet-tive of the fighting that now is going on is the capture of Ypres, where, since 1914, the British have held their positions. Tpres Is Encircled. The present battle opened with a bombardment of the British and French line from Meteren to Voor mezeele, a distance of 12 miles. Then came reports of a spread of the fight- icg around the curre in the line in front of Tpres until the Belgian armies, north of the city, were in volved. Field Marshal Haig' official report, anxiously awaited, brought the news that the utmost efforts of the Ger mans had been fruitless all along the line. The Field Marshal's statement aid that the leutens had paid a great price and bad gained virtually noth ing. Li in to Be Kxacted. The battle still continues along the front, but tht-re is little indication that an immediate withdrawal fum Ypres i- contemplated by the all its, at least not until ther have exacted from the enemy a great sacrifice of human lives. The only point at which the Ge mans made any gains wl on the hilly section of the front back of Kemmel Hill, where the French are standing. At some points the enemy was able to occupy portions of the line, but ,'rom the greater part of these they were driven oot by the French, who re-established their de fenses. Frontal Attacks Made. Frontal attacks on Ypres would Kfm to indicate that there is little confidence ia the German General Staff that .he Ypres position- can be outflanked from the south. When the struggle was going on before Ypres the British positions from La Eaee to Hojtholst wood and from Lens to Vimy were deluged with shells, tut so far there has been no infantry fighting reported from that part of the front. An attack on this salient in the German lines is Waves of Battle expected soor., however, for it stands as a contant menace to - further ad vance by the enemy. Region to South Quirt. Along the front, in the Somme sector, part of which is being held by ' Americans, there has bevn little fight- ing of note. Further south there hare been only patrol encounters. LONDON', ApriT29. (To Keuter's Ottawa Agency.) "The enemy in fantry attack today developed over a wide front, extending from north of Yoormeieele nearly to Meteren, says a dispatch from the Router corre spondent at British headquarters in France. Crab-Claw Move Starts. "The strategic object was appar ently a crab-claw movement, con verging upon the chain of l.il!s toward Mont Chat. This front is held by the French in the center and by our divisions on the Tanks. "The enemy's failure to advance at Jocre undoubtedly influenced him to resort to cru.shing tacticr, but the news so fa - is eminently satisfactory this afternoon. "The infantry attacked at 6 o'clock, with an atteript to advance toward Scherpenberg- This was completely " iCuttUMd on rs f. Co.uma 2.) socvesor of blone I Member of St. Louis Board of Election Commis sioners. Prominent Democrat. ST. LOUIS. April :. Xenophon Wllfley. member ot th St- Louis Board of Election Commissioners and prom innt Wmocral of Missouri, tonlgh is tended by Governor Gardner the eat In th Called States Senate va fated by lb death of Venator W, sit one. Wllfley announced ha would acce.pt th appointment and left for Jeffer son Cltjr to confer with ttaa Governor. ped wown the stairway four atepa a wnruy la the fourth man to ba of fered the Senatorstalp by the Governor. Ambassador to Russia Francis ws first offered th place, but Secretary of Slate Lansing said that Francis was needed In Russia at this time, and he hoped he would not accept. Champ Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives, next was tendered the appointment, but he declined. Chief Justice W. W. Graves, of tb Missouri Supreme Court, also declined the appointment. Wllfley Is 47 years old and a lawyer. He taught school at Sedalia and other citiea In Missouri before being ad raltted to th bar in Its. He baa sine practiced law In St. Louis. He waa appointed election commls sloner a year ago by Governor Gardner. This la th only public office ha b. ever beld. although he was figured prominently in Democratic politics for several years. He la also active In Methodist Church circles in St. Louis. GOMPERS ILL ON ROSTRUM Labor Leader Strjcken While Ad dressing- Meeting at Montreal. MONTREAL. April !. Samuel Gompers. president ot the American Federation of Labor, was taken sud denly 111 while addressing a msss meet ing of labor representatives her to night. Mr. Compere was Immediately con veyed to his hotel, where It was an nounced that his Indisposition waa be lieved to have been the result of reac tion from the many speeches he has mad during his Canadian tour. Mr. Compere had said that wtn democracy waa enthroned no on would outdistance him and his associates he labor movement extending th hand of fellowship and goodwill to th working people of Germany. But until then there can ba no peace between freedom and Ralserisra. he added, amid applause. Her Mr. Com pers was taken ill, and walked off th platform. SCIENTISTS REACH BAKER internment AMronomers Mlth First Tarty lo Arrive. RAKKR. Or.. April !. (Special) The first party of scientists and astron omers to reach Baker to observe the eclipse of the sun. due June . arrived his morning. In the party were: TL A. Mitchell, of Leander McCormlck Ob srrvatory. Cnlverslly of Virginia: J. C Hammond. C C XVyli and William A. Conrad, of the Cnlted State Naval observatory. Others from various scientific In- tltutlons are expected here, and be- wen now and June . log or more. probably. Arrangements for that many re being made by the local Commer lal Club. Th county fairgrounds will b used as th observation point. The Government party arriving today xpecta a carload of apparatus and In struments and announeea mat a targe elesrope will ba Installed for th us of th public. BOY SHOOTS HIS BROTHER I .ad Fall From I'rnt-e and Rifle Is Acvltlcnlally Discharged. LAKEVIEW. Or.. April 5. (Spe cial.) While shooting squirrels near the city limlta this afternoon Tommy Drinkwater. seed IS. son of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Drinkwater. of Lakevlew, accidentally shot and killed his brother, Willie, aged 10. Tommy waa sitting on a fence with rifle across his knees, when he fell and discharged the firearm. The bul let struck the younger boy In the heart and death waa Instantaneous. LONG ARCTIC TRIP ENDED Arclidcacon Muck Completes Six- Months' Tour Among Eskimos. FORT Il'KON. Alaska. April IT. (D layed.) Archdeacon Hudson Stuck. Episcopal missionary to Alaaka and writer of northern travel works. reached here today after journeying along the entire Alaskan Arctic coast from Point Hope to Herachel Island. He was accompanied by Walter Harper, of Seattle. The two apent nearly elx months on th northern trails investigating condi tions among, th Eskimos. MILD QUAKES STILL FELT San Jacinto Reports Slight Shocks That Rock Furniture In Homes. SAN JACINTO, Cal., April :. Com paratively mild earthquakes continued to be felt here last night and today. One last night rocked tables and furni ture. A less sever one wss felt early to day. Neither did any damage. Nerves of Parisians Not Shattered. SQUAREHEAD FOLLY PROVED Fright Intended Is Far From Being Accomplished. ALL FRANCE IS RESOLUTE Report of Great Strategical Feat Worked Successfully by British Published in Paris Sets Cily Almost I rcnxlcd by Delight. BT WILL G. MAC RAE. (Staff correspondent with the American forces In France.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMT IN FRANCE. March IS. Making my rounds I happened to be In Paris during th recent raid by the new Gsrman long-rung cannon. I visited the places where the bombs had fallen, and noted with Interest the effects this bombardment had upon th people In th city. Write it large, this new attempt of the squareheads to frighten and shatter the nerves of the people of Paris has utterly failed. It would be silly to say the people of that city are not "Jumpy." They are. The "Jumpy" ones are the kiddies, which is only natural, and the old men and women. I was ther Friday night. Saturday and Sunday, when th bombs fell on th city at stated Intervals. Friday night th city went Into dark ness as soon as the "alert" was sound ed by th brass-helmeted fireman. People had Just taken their seats In th theaters and movies. The audience waa dismissed. Naturally the Huns cam In for an extra cussing. On Saturday the business of the day fell short of th usual volume for Sat urday. All else was normal. Saturday morning about 9 o'clock. Just -as a large number of kiddies were return ing from their morning walk, a bomb fell which seemed a bit closer than the rest. In an Instant, for all th world Ilk a covey of quail, the youngsters fluttered and scattered. For an Instant, but only for an Instant, there waa the wildest and most terrified expression on their faces. Toward the quiet little figure In somber robes with whit trimmings about th head-dress, these children fled. She spread wide her arms, and In a vote as sweet as the song of a nightingale, cooed a com mand to them. The transformation from fright to peaceful calm was some thing worth traveling miles to witness, l-alla Sot at All Disturbed. On the same corner there was an entirely different scene. The explo sion cam at an hour when the little shopkeeper was doing a rushing busi ness. Across the big open square hun dreds of people were hurrying to and (Concluded on Par 6, Column J.) ONE PRINCIPAL L -. r vjsVWHH 1 J 7" , , , . . jw . ... a- . v -.-.:.,,::. .. Market Ssjaar la Arras, with the Masalfleeat Towi Balk Built la the Old Flemish Battllag Farloasly In Fprty Minutes Total of $19,321, ' 600 Is Subscribed to Help Tarn Back Germans. BALTIMORE. April "9. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, in an address to financiers, merchants and manufac turers at a luncheon given In his honor at the Emerson Hotel today, so stirred th representative men of Baltimore that In 40 minutes subscriptions poured in to the extent of J19.221.600. . In his address Mr. Baker said: "It is of the highest Importance that we In America should have a full real isation of conditions on the allies' front. Despite the participation of Franc In the war, that nation has kept pace, to a large extent, with the demands of th war. "To the British fell the defense of the French ports. Certain ports were assigned to us. In addition to dredg ing, building of great docks and ware houses, we have supplied troops as rapidly aa possible. "One of th objects of my going to Franc was to prevent, as far as 1 could, th breaking down of our ma chinery. We have built 600 miles .of railroad and 126 miles of switches. We have built warehouses which. If a continuous building, would be 250 miles long. "I pause a minute to pay a tribute to General Pershing. He is not only a most capable and efficient soldier, but he is, too, a gentleman of the highest type. He has organised throughout France schools of Instruction for our officers. Ha has laid the foundation for the victory which must surely come to th allies. "We look forward with confidence to that victory. Our preparations In France are aa complete as human en terprise and industry can make them. Our work In France is a monument to American Ingenuity." CARDINAL BEGIN STRICKEN Condition of Archbishop of Quebec Reported Alarming. QUEBEC, April 29. Cardinal Begin, archbishop of Quebec since IS'JS, was stricken with hemorrhage today. His condition Is considered alarming be cause of his advanced age. Cardinal Begin Is 71 years old. ST. PACT April Zi. The condition of Archbishop John Ireland, of St. Paul, was still critical today. DCBUQUE. Ia.,' April 2S. Owing to the Illness of Archbishop J. J. Keane, the Most Rev. John Bonzano, D. D., apostolic delegate, will officiate Wednesday at the consecration of the Right Rev. D. M. Gorman, president of Dubuque College, as bishop of Idaho. REDSKINS WIN HONOR FLAG Tribe Overlooked In Allotments Puts Up $4 000. ESCONDIDO. Cal., April 29. A lib erty loan honor flag floated today over the huts of 200 Pala Indians far up In the mountains of San Diego County. Tbey subscribed JI0O0 to the third lib erty loan from their scant savings. They had been entirely overlooked and no quota for the camp had been allotted. I TOWN OF SEVERAL BEING ASSAILED BY GERMANS. m -.-. ; lor the city i Arras, hat tae Dntisa Action Taken Without Treaty Obligation. HUMANITY WAIYES PRECEDENT Two Neutral Nations to Direct Relief Activities. CO-OPERATION TO BE GIVEN Secretary .JLansing Issues Statement Covering Plans to Lighten Hard ships in All Cases Where Assistance Is Deserved. WASHINGTON, April 29. With the aDDroval and co-operation of the Amer lean Government, the legations of Switzerland and Sweden, representing respectively German and Austro-Hun-garian interests, have undertaken to direct relief work among indigent en emv aliens throughout the United States. Relief will be extended to needy families of interned aliens direct from the legation funds. To aid law-abiding enemy aliens who have suffered on ac count of their status a National com mittee of Americans Is to be organized tn ro-onerate with the legations and their consular, offices. Lanalna; Makes Statement. Secretary Lansing announced the r rangement today in this statement: "In the Interests of safety and wel fare of this country it has been found necessary from time to time to restrict the movements and fields of employ ment of enemy aliens. "In some cases these restrictions have worked hardships on enemy aliens who in all respects have shown themselves friendly to the United States but who, owing to the accident of birth and war conditions, have been unable to change their status as' such and have of necessity become objects of charity. "Likewise the families of those en emy aliens whom the Government deems it advisable to intern are often deprived of their means of livelihood and they also become dependent on the charity of others. Relief to Reach AIL "In order to meet this condition the legation of Switzerland and the lega tion of Sweden, In charge respectively, of German and Austro-Hungarlan in terests in the United States, have with the approval and co-operation of this Government undertaken to systematize and supervise all the relief that may be given to needy enemy aliens, wher ever and however situated throughout the country. "In the case of the interned enemy aliens and their families, the legations have agreed to supply all the relief from their own funds, limiting such relief to what is found after careful (Concluded on Page . Column 2.) wsw. f Style. Th Genua Force Have Beea nave isus rar n ii. S3 ' " B. G. Wctzler, Driver' of Machine, Said to Have Been Traveling at High Speed Two Are Injured. MARSHFIKLD, Or., April 29. (Spe cial.) The wild flight of an automo bile driven by B. G. Wetzler resulted in the death of Dan Dillinger, 59, pain ful injuries to the driver and serious bruises and wounds to John Koontz. last night on the Marshfield-North Bend water-level highway. Wetzler and Koontz were in the ma chine, which criss-crossed the 24-foot thoroughfare several times within, a short distance, and then dashed through a protective railing between the high way and the "Southern Pacific Rail road tracks. Fate .was unkind to the unfortunate man, who was killed, for he was foUowlng the rails to avoid autos, which use that portion ot the highway for a speedway. Following an inquest this afternoon. in which the jiiry declared the death was caused by reckless driving. Dis trict Attorney John A. Hall issued a warrant for Wetzler, charging him with murder. The preliminary trial will be held Tuesday afternoon. The authorities declared today they propose making an example of Wetzler, who, according to the six eyewitnesses. was driving at great speed and lost control of his machine. Examination of the automobile after the smash dis closed the engine was running at top speed. Murlin Chappelle. a driver of the Gorst & -King Company, was com mended for coolness and credited with saving his load of passengers. Chap pelle. who was meeting the wild auto, would have been directly in line of the plunge had he not stopped his car a few feet from the scene. Instead of trying to dodge the expected collision. GARBAGE CANS GIVE CLEW Wheat Substitutes Declared Thrown Away After Moulding. CHICAGO, April 29. Federal food in vestigators were assigned to the task of watching wasted foodstuffs through out the city today, in some cases even nspecting the garbage cans of waste ful families. S. Adams, chief of the investiga tion bureau of the Food Administra tion, said that he had Information that wealthy families who are requested to buy equal amounts of substitutes with their wheat flour let the substitute stand until it gets mouldy and then throw It away. 3 MORE BIG GUNS READY Germans to Reinforce Long-Range Battery Bombarding Paris. AMSTERDAM, April 23. Three new long range German guns made at Dus seldorf for the bombardment of Paris, according to the correspondent of Les Nouvelles, at Maastricht. passed through Belgium last Friday in the direction of France. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAY'E Maximum temperature, VI degrees; minimum, 4a degrees. TODAY'S Probably fair and cooler; light easterly winas. War. German general. Von Arnlm. attacks hills east of Alont Kemmol, defending Ypres rage 1. Rheta Chllde Dorr describes mystification of Paris over bombardment by long-range sun. rage 4. American troops moved up to line barring oermans irom rani ana Amiens, rage 1, Bitter fighting for possession of Ypres only Incident to Hun- drive. Page 4. Bombardment of Paris falls utterly, writes will u. Mac Kae. rags 1. Foreign. Helslngfors land batteries In violation of Brest-Litovak peace treaty, bombard Russian fleet. Page 2. Party of Y. M. C. A. workers saved from steamship sunk by Tj-boat. Page 2. Goto, new Japanese Foreign Minister, af firms loyalty to allies. Page 6. National. Xenophon 'Wllfley accepts appointment ot United States senator from Missouri. Page 1, American Government announces humans plan to foster relief of indigent alien enemies, rage 1. Senate rejects all amendments and -passes overman Dill, rage 4. Reform In present method of war publicity seems probable. Page 2. Aircraft programme severely criticised In Senate. Page 8. Domestic. Body of Gladys Bruner to occupy new grave. Page fi. Government appoints mediator to avert telegraphers' strike. Page 9. Over $18,000,000 subscribed In 40 minutes at Baltimore meeting addressed by Sec retary Baker. Page 1. Sports. 1918 baseball season opens today. Page 14. Buckaroos defeat Vancouver soldiers, 6-0. Page 14. Fishermen throng Willamette River Sunday. rage 14. Pacific Northwest. Two amendments filed with Secretary, of State, rage a. Thirty-one Oregon men graduated at third Officers' Training camp, rage 7. Threatened strike in Seattle In sympathy wun i nomas j. juooney may be called off. Page 7. Tennis plans for lnterscholastlc season are made, rags 14. Reckless auto driver held for murder. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Coarse grains decline sharply In local mar ket. Page 19. All classes of cattle higher and hogs weaker at North Portland., rage 19. Coast Shipbuilding Company launches first Ferris ship built Here, rage lfi. Old Oregon dry dock to be towed to Puget Sound. Page 13. Portland and Vicinity. Applegate in jail; partners less guilty, re tain rreeaom. rage zu. District Attorney Evans fears loss of several deputies. Page 13. Witnesses testify Mrs. Farrell too feeble to make a mark. Page 9. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 15. Oswald West would confine Senatorial con test to Charles T. Mc.Nary. page 8. Yankees Across Paris Amiens Road. ARTILLERY MOVES UP FIRST Boche Gunners Rain Shells on New Battalions. SHRAPNEL SPRAYS TROOPS Xcvtly Arrived Units Placed Under French High Command V. S. Artillerymen I nliinlicr und Itakc Kiicniy Positions. (By the Associated Press.) WITH THE AMERICAN FOHCKS IN NORTHERN FRANCE, Sunday, April 28. American troops have taken up positions on the French battlefront. Under the Frenvh high command, in which all ranks have supreme con fidence, the American forces face the enemy on the line barring t'.ie Germans from Paris and Amiens, where they have been a certain number of days. The Americans on entering the line found their position in a rolling ter rain. The artillery was the first on on line, entering jn a dark night which was made red by the continuous flashes of friendly and hostile guns. Under a fire, which in some cases was rather heavy, the American gunners took up the positions of the French batteries and completed the work of digging in. American Ranks I'eppered. When the infantry moved in the fir ing was just as intense. In some places our troops, arter passing through vil lages, were raked now and then with shrapnel. Ill several instances they found the trenches shallow, while in other cases there were no trenches at all. By this time the positions have been improved greatly. It should be understood that this sector is not especially active in com parison with others to the north, al though it is more active than those the Americans previously had faced. The artillery firing is heavy and in termittent, the German shells whizzing over the lines into towns in certain rear areas. There has not been a raid on either side of the line for several days, but at night the patrols are active, Amer icans approaching close to the enemy's lines. All during the nights rapid ma chine gun and rifle fire indicates where the American bullets are keep ing out enemy patrolling parties. National Anthem Heard. The march from the billet bases to the line was very impressive. Many units started off with the strains of "The Star-Spangled Banner," played by regimental bands, in their ears. At one place the tune must have reached the German lines, so close was the band, the Kun flashes being re flected on the instruments. The con stant roar of artillery was deafening as the Americans, marching as If on parade, disappeared down the roads past the American batteries which were sending many shells into the enemy lines. The training period for the American troops lasted a few days, after which they moved up nearer the guns. There they rested while awaiting orders to go into the battle, at the same time giving the last touches to their equip ment. Many an infantryman curled up in his blankets under the stars, the more lucky having beds of straw In houses or barns. The officers fared about the same. All appeared unmind ful of their hardships, although it is a tradition in the American Army that the Infantryman has to have something to grumble about, providing he is in good health and spirits. Certain it is that the men are as healthy, enthusi astic and happy a lot as ever shouldered rifles. Official Reports Scrutinized. While waiting for the time when the Germans again come across no man's land, the Americans have not lost sight of the battle progressing in their neigh- .' borhood. French and English newspa pers were brought up as soon as the men arrived. Every paper passed through hundreds of hands and is read until it is in pieces. As many as 15 men may be seen reading one paper at tho same time, the War Office reports receiving the first attention. During the whole movement the num ber of men reporting sick has been ' extraordinarily small. The doctors say that in many cases the men apparently put off making such reports because they feared they might be sent to the hospital and lose their chance of taking part In the great attle. For a few days before the troops went into the trenches officers took energetic measures to suppress false and vicious reports regarding the prog ress of the battle. How these originat ed seems to be unknown, but the Amer icans on this front have now reached a state of mind such that they will be lieve nothing they hear. Unless they have read It in an official report, the men are Inclined to doubt all alleged news, whether good or bad. Poilus Cheer Yankees. The troops left for the front on trains on which they remained for eome days, speeding through the towns to the cheers of the French people. Some units passed other trains loaded with blue-clad poilus, and the soldiers of the two republics cheered each other. American flags were carried Dy many (Concluded on Page 4, Column 3 )