- ! 1 VOU LVIII. NO. 17,924. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY. MAY 3. 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HUNS HESITATE TO RENEW STRUGGLE CASUALTIES LISTS . TO GIVE ADDRESSES RELATIVES OF SOLDIERS WILL GET FULL INFORMATION. UNLIMITED ARMY SOUGHT Blf BAKER YDres Defeat Forcesrr'7"- n IT1 Official Asks Removal I i xnini rranccf vvur Army Reorganization. FRENCH MIKE LOCAL GAINS After President Investigates. WASHINGTON. May 2. The War Da partraent will resume tomorrow publl cation of the horte addresaes of man raportad en tha casualty Hats from Franca. Orders to that affect hsve basn Issued and tha list given eat to of Restrictions.N DRAFT AGE MAY BE RAISED Considerable Advance Is Made! In Hangard Wood. ' Baker's Instructions aont from Franca early In AprlL This action maana that It has been determined that any military Informs. tlon tha ariamy might rain from tha ROUMANIANS AIDING ITALY Iut- "ot of ",c,nt "lu relatives of soldiers occasioned by sup pression of this aid to positive Identlfl cation. Tha decision was mads by President Wilson, to whom tha pnbllo appealed whan tha addresses were ordered die- continued March . for the alleged reason that It gave Information to, the enemy and also brought swarma of claim tfnts to harass relatlvee-ef tha men killed. morrow morning will be In the eld Call for Funds Contemplates form followed prior to Secretary Army of 3,000,000. LABOR WILL REMAIN ; FIRM Captured Soldiers Tarn en Ait-trlsns,-Wbo Forced' Them Into War Against. Italy Artillery Dnels Rage on British Front. Plans Before-House Military Com mittee. Indicate That Number of Men Called . Will Be Based -' on Transit ' Facilities. Ft the Associated Press.) The lull which baa brooded ever the weetera battle lines continues. The expected German attacks en the Tprss and Amiens fronts have not been launched. Here and there the oppoalng artilleries hats broken forth Into wild bombardments, sorb, as usually are pre ludes to massed attacks on the silled lines, but they have died out after a few hoars. Hers and there local oper ation e have been carried out for the STATE POLICE ON WATCH More Elaborate Protection System Resnlt of Cncoverlng Enemy Plans Additional daylight ' a-uard. drawn I from tha Oregon atate police, were In I evidence at shipyards and other water front establishments yesterday more I than before, reinforcements having purpose of straightening lines and raid- I been added aa a precaution as a result Ing the enemy's positions, but they I of of flclal information that part of the have not dsveloped Into anything an usual. The Germans 'must attack soon or acknewledge their defeat la their am bitious attempt utterly to crush the allied armies. Oerman campaign In the United States Included the placing of nine-day bombs in ships snd blowing up fac tories and other plants. At night a much closer guard line Is maintained on the water front, and only persons having business -there and able to nroduce an official pass ars allowed in the sons. The same re etrlctlons are In force at all Pacific Haute Grocery Art- Defeat. Germany has lost heavily, but the Emperor atlll baa reserves to throw l.tM th. lt TV. r the uiT.n.vn.ui. i, ,v . I Coast harbors, and no chaacea are be er Tina fc.a tanh tha r-- ...ltng taaen. the allies ars prepared to stand thstr greund and there -em. little Inellna- FIRHT-HOUR DAY IS URGED we I Sookaae- Cooks and- Walters Will Make Demands.. , - . SPOKANE. Wash.. May X. (Special.) Aa eight-hour day.. Instead of the It hours' now In effect, was recommended by a committee ef tha Cooks'. Helpers'. Waitresses' aad Walters' Union, when! It met tonight. In addition to the recommendation for a shorter dsy the union will aak also for more money for the waitresses. tlon at the present moment te rene conflict which threatens te be dls astro vs. The Tspert thst Cseeh soldiers, de serting from the Austrian army, new are fighting witk the Italians baa been fottewed-by a dispatch saying that Roumanians who had.. been -castred by the Italians have asked permission to fight s gainst the Austrian and that they are bow on' the firing line. PARIS. May I. French troops made a considerable advance In Hangard weed last night.' according te the of ficial eommaalcatton tonight, which sas: 'Both artilleries were quite active rerth and south of the Avre. Last night our troops made an appreciable advance In Hangard wood. TLeral Operatises geeeeed. ' This morning we carried out local operations which enabled us to occupy Sauna woVd. southwest of Mallly I'.alnevaL We took about it prisoners. Including one officer, and caputrsd five mscblne guns. There wss artillery action between Parroy forest snd the Vosgss. "North of the Avre . r?ermn 1 1 . ,. w a Trench positions In the region or raptured by the Italians while fighting un br the French under the Austrian nag nave asaeo WASHINGTON. May 2. Secretary Baker, at a hearing today before the House' military affairs committee, in confidential session, asked. that Con gress grant, unlimited power, for the creation of an Army of whatever size necessary for the prosecution of the war. He told the committee that It would be Ill-advised to restrict the number of men to be utilised, and that tha slse of tha Army should be In creased In the discretion of 'the Gov ernment as transportation and equip ment facilities warrant. He Indicated ha would submit a pro posed measure, probably as an amend ment to the draft law, to grant the unlimited authority asked. . s Under the existing draft law, aa con strusd by Chairman Dent, eof .the mil Itary committee, and others, there is authority for uss of ons million men under draft. Fear Million kfea Geek Mr. Dent yestsrday Introduced a bill to authorise a draft total of 4,000. 0(H) men. which, with volunteers already in tha servios, would make an ultimate possible maximum strength of 6,000,004 men. The Army appropriation bill this year, . Mr. Baker said, - should provide for approximately 8,000.00 men. In cluding tbs nsarly twe million now un der arms, but this should not be so- cepted.as. any JUed limit to ths num ber of men to be called within the year. Supplemental appropriations, hs said, will be submitted' as tha Army' Is increased. Secretary Baker also outlined to the committee today the reasons why he1 opposes house amendments to ths. Sen ate resolution to Changs the' basis of CAPTIVE BALLOON BURSTS-2 KILLED . - T T. ; T" -NEARV SCORE OF SOLDIERS ARE BURNED AT FORT OMAHA. Florence Field Scene of First Fatal Accident- Rollcall Only to Tell j Identity. OMAHA, Neb., May 2. Two men were killed and If burned more or less seriously tonight at Florence Field In an explosion of a balloon of the Cae quot type, attributed by Army officers In charge to Ignition of the gas by sparks of static ' electricity from ths fabric of the envelope. - Ths men killed were so ' badly burned as to . be unrecognisable, ' and theifr identity will not be established. It. was said, -until the roll of the bal loon detachment has been called to morrow.-. A statement by Colonel H. B. Hersey, commanding at fort Omaha,' said that bme of the injured were burned aerl ously, but not fatally, and that all were receiving proper attention a( the hospital' at Fort Omaha. It "-was the first fatal accidsnt at Florence Field since the establishment of the. balloon scbcfol. In. the fire which followed ths explo slon one of the balloon sheds was bsdly damaged. COURT ANNULS CONTRACT Work on New Klamath. Courthouse Is Ordered Suspended. KLAMATH FALLS. - Or, May 3. (Special.) On ths ground that the con tract made In March between former County Judge Hanks and Commissioner McCornack and J. M. Douglaa & Com pany, contractors of Portland, for new Courthouse in Klamath " Falls, was made when there was no money for such a purpose in the county trea sury, these proceedings were declared to be void at a meeting of the County Court today. The Sheriff was instructed to serve notice, to -the contractors for the ceas- isg of construction. This Instrument was signed by Robert H. Bunnell, new County Judge, and Burrell Short, com' missloner; the signature of Commls sioner McCornack being absent. Other members of ths union will ask for the present schedule of pay for the I draft quota - from stats population to eight jioura I the number of men in Class 1, under -We have not decided bow much of I which statea would be given credit for aa Increase we will ask for the wait- I men who have volunteered for service resses." said Business Agsnt Betty, ot the union. ROUMANIANS JOIN ALLIES 1S.000 Soldiers Captured by Ital ians Enlist to Fight Austria. PARIS. May I. Eighteen thousand soldiers of Roumanian origin who wsrs In the Army and Navy. President Chesses Mind. When ths resolution to cfiange the draft quota . basis was before the House. President Wilson wrote Chair man Dent, of the military committee, supporting the volunteer credits plan, but hs wss representsd today as hav ing changed his mind In view of the inequity tnst would result. It Is un derstood that he will write Chairman (Concluded ea Pass C Column 2. RUSSIA'S NEW FLAG RED Crimson Emblem of New Republic ; Floats Over Germany. AMSTERDAM. May 2. The German government, according , to ; a dispatch from Berlin, says it Is unahls to demand the removal of the red . flag . from the Russian embassy ' at Berlin, as It has been recognized as the color ef the Russian republic- The government made this announce ment in reply te protests of Conserva tive members of the Reichstag, who considered the flying of a red flag In Germany provocative. . SUNDAY'S PARTNER VICTIM r ' L. . C. . Heizer, F-arru , Manager, Stricken With- Ptomaine Poisoning. HOOD RIVErt, Or., May 2. (Special.) L. C Heizer, Billy Sunday's half brother and- manager of the latters Odell country home, was stricken sud denly with ptomaine poisoning whils here on bus!ness this afternoon. Mr. Heizer, In a painful but not a serious condition, attributes the at tack to sardines eaten for lunch.' 6 AVIATORS DIE ON U. S. FLYING FIELDS Paul Herriott Ex-Ore- gonian, Is Killed. a - AIR 'STUNTS' CAUSE FATALITY MAY 12 IS NAMED AS "MOTHERS' DAY" all soldiers expected to write Letter home. Victims Include ' Major Brind- ley and Colonel Damm. EX-VANCOUVER YOUTH DIES Good sell Chrlstofferson, Who Was Injured hy Fall of Machine, at Long Beach, "Cal., April 1, ' Finally Succumbs to Injury. FORT WORTH, Tex May 2. Lieu tenant. James B. Enms, Jr.. of Mew Tork, and Cadet Paul Herrlott, of Oak land, Cal., were killed today at Hicks Field when their airplane fell about 160 feet. They had just taken the air to fulfill their part of a programme calling for "stunts" In- honor of Gen oral John H. Greble and his staff from Camp Bowie. General 'Greble was not on the field at the time ot the accl dent. - Rising to an altitude of about ISO feet.' the aviators attempted a etralgrht nose dive and the machine crashed to earth before it could be rlsrhted. Enni and Herroltt met. Instant death. Prefrasuse Carried pat. The accident- did - not prevent tl; dav'a nrosrramme from being carriea out and General Greble witnessed many thrilling "stunts." BAN FRANCISCO. May 2. Paul Her riott killed today In an aviation accl dent at Fort Worth, Tex., was known In California. He was 32 years old, unmar- ried. and a graduate of the University of California of the class of.1908. Mr. Herroltt had been a bricklayer, cow punch-, college student, news paper reporter, member of the State Board of Control and secretary to Sena tor Hiram W. Johnson. This last po sition he resigned to enter the aviation err ice.. ..-'..-. .: Mr. Herrlott Well Knows. His newspaper work covered service on San : Francisco papers and for the Missives, It Is Said, Will Be Expe dited hy Censor so They Will Ar rive From France in June. Mothers' day," a every soldier of the PARIS, May day on which American expeditionary forces, young ana old, high and low. is expected -to write homo to mother, hss been fixed for May 12. The idea originated with the Stars and Stripes, the official newspaper of the American forces In Europe, and . was approved by head quarters, which Is doing everything possible to help it along. me censors have decided to work overtime, until midnight, if necessary, so that the letters will be speeded. to the united States without delav. The experience of the -Army post- onice fias taught that tie mothers come first In the soldiers' thousrhts. and so has decided to make every possible effort, that every mother In America whose son Is- In France shall receive tidings from her boy. Thus the date especially set apart for the purpose. Mothers may expect their letter early in June.. Soldiers in the front-line trenches will be given every opportu nity to scribble a few lines, which will be rushed along ?to their destina tion. All other business will be put aside except that of fighting the Ger mans. The letters ; will be marked Mother's Letter," and will be given preference over all other mall matter. GLEHEHT HIDES BODY Helmuth-iSchmidt's Home Yields Secret. SISTER IDENTIFIES CORPSE Associated Press. Mr. Hsrriott graduated from Portland Academy In the class of 1904 and was known as one of the star players on the school, football team that year Among his classmates were Arthur M. Mears John Falling and -Kenneth Fen ton, who was accidentally killed at hjs home on the East Side' about a year ago. He had a . large circle of friends in this city. . . , LAWTON.' Okla.. May 2. Lieutenant William Dean Thompson, of the 253d Field 'Artillery, student - observer at Post Field, w3 killed Instantly and Lieutenant Foster Bailey, pilot, 4was Injured seriously today when fhelB plane fell 300 fet. ;. . . The engine . stopped when the men were doing a spiral and asthe pilot (Concluded on Pace 2. Column 1.) Theanes wss broken up by the French fire. mother German efforts,, north of Chsngnon snd northwest ot Rhelms. gained no greater success. i hi French carried out a number of raids, especially near LerooneheL west ef Ceucy Le Chateau and north of Poat-a-Moassoa and brought back IS prisoners. permission to go to the" front, agaUst Austria. The request hss been g'qted and organisation of thess t',oops .Is undsr wsy. With ths entrance of this force into the field, three armies composed o former subjects of the central empires will be fla-htlng on the aide of the allies. Cseeh troops ars already under arms on the Italian front and there Is HE CANT LINGER THERE; HE'S GOT TO GO OVER. Brtttab Repelae Raid. "Ob the remainder of the front ths a Polish army on the French front. alght passed In quiet. LONDON. Msy I. Field Marshal Halg's report from British headquar ters tonight says: "A raid which the enemy attempted this morning In the neighborhood of H.buteme was repulsed. The German artillery was active to day In the Vlllers-Bretonaeux sector on the Amiens front aad In the neigh borhood of Merrls oa the Flanders front. Otherwise there" Is nothing to report. BRITIMH MEADOCARTERS IN FRANCE. May 3. Early this morning the Germans heavily bombarded with gas sheila and high explosives the a "lied positions west of Merris and tbs area around VUlers-Bretonaeax. There was no Infantry action. e The aula, have been profiting by GARDENERS ARE NUMEROUS mil 10 prepare io meet any fresh MUTTONS WILL MOW PARKS Superintendent Ordered to Take on Herd or Sheep. - ' Sheep are to be used for lawn mow are In Portland parks.' Msyor Baker yestday Instructed Park Superintendent Keyssr to arrange to take on a herd of sheep to be pas tured on the park lawns, or at least en eome of them. The order of the Hsyor was given aa a result of an ap peal from the National Shsep and Wool Bureau of America for this use of ehsep as a means of Increasing the country's wool supply. enemy effort. During Wednesday the British car ried oat a successful enterprise south of the Ancre, advancing the front over a width ef nearly half, a mile to a depth of 4 yards. The weather baa Improved and the airmen are doing deadly work ever eaemy positions. PARIS. Wednesday. May 1. "The end will show which weighed most In the balance. Austrian cannon aa rein forcemeats te the enemy or the bat talions which crossed the Atlantic to support the defenders of right." says a special dispatch to the Temps, de scribing a visit to the American troops at the front. Trees Work In Harsseey. "The Franco-British llaieoa has ba rtshtly described as .Intimate; the rrenco-Amerlran la. If possible, still more closer. It Is real fusion. "Every - document of one of the Freoeb dlrtelor., touching ths Amert- esns Is Immediately translated and . CMiei4 ee I'ase . Colusa i In Two Days "00 File Applications for Free) Water. Portland dtlsens are la earnest In ths war garden movement this year as evidenced by the applications received at the City WIter Bureau for the free use of water for Irrigating during the Summer. In the last two days CO sppllcatlons have been received. Indicating that ths amateur gardeners sxpect to tsks good care of their gardens. BOMBS, DROPPED ON HUNS Filers Let Ton of Explosives Loose at Thlonvllle. ' LONDON. May 1. The report on aerial operations tonight says: "One ton of bombs wss dropped to day at Thlonvllle. Several bursts ware observed on ths barracks, rsllwar sta tion and sidings. A fire broke out In I t 'a GERMAN WOMEN TO SIGN Feminine Alien Enemies to Be Heg lstered Date of Action Not Set. Feminine German alien enemies are to be registered next. Mayor Baker yesterday received a letter from United States Attorney-General Gregory com pllmentlng the Police Bureau of Port land for the excellent . way the regis tration of male German enemies was handled and asking that the same or ganization and system be used for women. The date for the registration has no been set as yet. Mayor Baker notified the Government yesterday that the Police Bureau will be' ready to handle the work whenever the Govern ment gets ready. ' SHAH BUYS LIBERTY7 BONDS Persia's Ruler Invests In World's " ".Best Securities. Mystery of Disappearance of ; Irma Pallatinus Solved. MURDER CLEARLY SHOWN Examination Reveals Fact That Woman Had Been Strangled to I Death AVith Clothesline. Wife Faints When Told. WASHINGTON, May 2. The Shah of Persia has applied for $100,000 of UDerty Donds. The request, reached the State De partment today. No legal obstacle, either in the shape of International or domestic law, hav iirgr been found, officials have decided to accept with thanks the proposal o Ahmed Minza. The offer is taken as an indication of the. friendly disposition of the Persian ruler as well as his con vlction of the soundness of .an 'invest ment to this extent In American Gov eminent securities. DETROIT, May 2. Wrapped in can vas, the body of Irma Pallatinus voa found today under the cement floor In the basement of the home here formerly occupied by Helmuth Schmidt, whose suicide in the Highland Park Jail Mr days ago has resulted in an Investiga tion to determine the fate of at least three women who lived with Schmidt as his wife. ' Mrs. Edward Rederer, a sister of Irma Pallatinus, identified a strand of hair as that of her sister's, and exam ination revealed ' the fact that the woman had been strangled to death wlfh a clothes line. Miss Pallatinus accompanied Schmidt here from Lakewood, N. J., and. rela tives state that the couple were mar ried in New York, this being disput ed, however, by . Schmidt's daughter anl widow, Mrs. Tlets-Schmidt. The woman disappeared suddenly two years ago. Mrs. Schmidt, who was brought, be fore Prosecutor Gillespie late today for further questioning in connection with the death of Augusta Steinbach, who, according to Schmidt, killed her. -self . when he would nok marry her, fainted when told of the tiding of the body. ' " A telegram was received by ths prosecutor here today from Mrs. John Switt, of New "SoVk, . claiming that Schmidt under the;namo of Switt was married- to her in 191-4. r NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY S Maxhnum temperature, 79 degreee; minimum, 6o desreea. TODAY'S Probably rain; cooler; moderate oumwciui ilium. j - , " War. f Casualty lists will again give full addresses. t-ase i. English aviators win Victoria cross. Page 3. Battered Germans heeltate to renew battle. Page 1. n Lieutenant-Colonel. Richard H. ! Griffith killed by Uerman shell in France. Page : Foreign. Peasant deputies " overthrow Ukraine gov ernment. Page 3. - May 22 designated as Mbthertr day. Page 1. Irish home-rule bill held up indefinitely. Page 2, . : I National. Senators Urge Investigation of aviation situ ation with view to criminal prosecutions. Page & Associated Press suit against Hearst service argued before Supreme Court. Page 5. Soldiers often responsible for belated allot--ments to dependents. . Page C Liberty loan subscription now close to three billion mark. Page 4. Domestic 8lx aviators killed by falls. Page 1. Ancient writ of "coram nobis' Invoked to save life of Thomas J. Alooney. Page 4. Secretary of War recommends unlimited Army. Page 1. Alleged pro-Hun hanged by California mob and then spirited away. Page 2. Body of second victim of flelmuth Schmidt found under cement floor. Page 1. Captive balloon bursts;; two die. Page 1. -. Walkout favored by San Francisco telegraph operators, according - to union member. Page 6. , ' , - . Sport. ' Jefferson High beats Benson Tech, 8-3, In loosely played contest. Page 18. Giants make clean sweep of series. Page 18.,, Buokaroos defeat Beavers for first time 8 to 3. Pago 18. Dempsey and Miske to box ten rounds In St. Paul tonight, page IB. t Pacific Northwest. , ' Henry Hewitt, Jr., "Father of Everett," dies J . at Tacoma. wasn., agea n. rags o. Oregon pioneers'- celebrate Champoeg day. Page ... i Commercial 'sad Marine. Question of purchase of arydock- to be die- CHILDREN WRECK TRAIN North Coast Limited Derailed 'lt r See' What Would Happen." 1 FARGO, N. D., May 2. Two children, whose names are not made public, to J day told "officials of the Northern Pa cific Railroad they had stolen locks t from switches and planned the wreck of the North Coast Limited, carrying 300 passengers, near Casselton, - Tues day, just to "See what -ould happen." . The North Coast Limited, a Northern Pacific transcontinental train, which left Chicago Monday night, was de railed Tuesday evening. Four c .rs and the locomotive jumped tho track. Np one was seriously injured. The children were sentenced today in Juvenile Court to the state reform school on the request of their parents. GEMS PUT UP FOR LIBERTY Wilbur Woman Sells Diamond Ring to Buy Bond. , - I the Carkshutte works.! cussed by Port Commission today. . Page 14. Wooden steamer Creaap, 4400 tons, launched at plant of Peninsula Shipbuilding Com pany. . Page 14. Portland logical point for concentration of Government wool. Page 19. Oversold com market at Chicago rallies sharply. Page lu. Advance In Wall-street stocks Is continued. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Portland dealers act to speed up imports, Page 8. .- Deposed railroad employes quickly provided with positions, rage . Plan of ex-Governor West to leave field to. Senator McNary opposed by Democrats. Page 11. United States Senator McNary not in sympa thy with Oswald West's proposal that Senatorial candidates withdraw. Page T. Ratification- of prohibition amendmeut in Oregon practically assured. Page 6. TKast is eager to 'learn of Oregon. Page 8. "Weather- report, data and forecast. Page 4. SPOKANE, Wash., May 2. '(Special.) "Gee, if I could pull the top off that old Kaiser, I sure would be one happy woman," writes May Wesenberg, of Wilbur, in offering her diamond ring today to be sold that she may purchase ' liberty bond. '"I have a $100 diamond ring set with three cut diamonds," she said.-' "I want to sell the ring to buy a liberty bond. want to help win the war in soma way, as every little helps. I bought the ring 15 years ago, but I must have a liberty bond some way." GERMAN U-BOAT IS SUNK- British Freight Steamer Makes Short Work of Submarine. '; i ' I AN ATLANTIC PORT, May 2. A British freight steamer, fresh from the yards of her builders, celebrated her maiden" trans-Atlantic voyage by run ning down and sinking a German U boat off the Irish coast. The" submersible came to the 6urfa.ee suddenly si short distance off the ship's bow and was caught by the British helmsman's quick work almost before the U-boat commander could purzleout through the steamer's - remarkable camouflage whether she was going or coming. ' ' YAKIMA GIRLS SHINE SHOES Young" Women Take Charge of Pub lic Bootblack Stand. ' YAKIMA, Wash., May 2. -(Speeiai.) Yakima has its first girl bootblack. Two young woiilen have taken charge of the public "shine" stand in the Taki ma Trust Company building and are proving experts. "The work is not hard," said one of them, ' and. although we do not relish being called bootblacks, we are glad to be able to release men who can go into the service." . ; i ma 106.2