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78 Pages SIX SECTIONS :- i Section One Pages 1 to 24 VOL.. XXXVI. NO. 11. PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 191. PRICE FIVE CENTS. plllllll- - i :- i - i ' t '- - - 1 ; 48-HOUR TRUCE HOLDS UP STRIKE Mediation Board Credited With Postponement. MEN ARE SAID TO HAVE WON Brotherhood Officials Declare There Will Be No Gen eral Walkout. PUBLIC OPINION IS FACTOR Pact Hinges on Supreme Court Decision, Says Official of Railroad. NEW YORK, March 17. An offi cial of the railroad brotherhoods, who would not permit the use. of his name, made the declaartion tonight that there would be no strike and that the brotherhoods had won a complete vic tory. CLEVELAND, O., March 17- , From an authoritative source it has been learned that the four brother hood chiefs in New York have been assured of a satisfactory settlement of the railroad labor controversy by Monday night. NEW YORK, March 17. After a 48-hour truce between the four rail road brotherhoods and the railroads had been declared here late today, thus averting the great "progressive" strike that was to have begun at 7 o'clock tonight, W. G. Lee, chief, of the trainmen and spokesman for the brotherhood, asserted he believed an amicable settlement of all the differ ences would be reached by Monday. This- was taken to mean that the efforts of the President's committee of mediators representing the Coun cil of National Defense not only had been successful in halting the strike, but with "the resumption of confer ences tomorrow and Monday the whole situation probably would be cleared and the country again assured of nor mal transportation conditions. Managers Not Optimistic. The optimism of the brotherhood chiefs was not shared by the railroad managers. While no statement was forthcoming from them, it was as serted that the settlement of the dif ferences was entirely contigent upon a decision Monday by the Supreme Court favorable to the Adamson law. In that event, it was understood, they agreed that they would accept the application of the law on the basis of 10 hours' pay for eight hours' work, with pro rata pay for overtime. No other concessions were made and ; the question as to what turn the sit uation would take in the event of no decision Monday, or of a decision de claring the Adamson law unconsti- tutional, remained to be determined, Concluded on Page 4, Column 2.) " - . ' T??ICS OF WA THE-P OF CARTOO ' i "ovv svcv JZ: J A tfr-L ""1uiSlK VHP rwrcoy cr t - . I i - V . : J 7., . V - POSTPONEMENT IS LATE; FEW STRIKE MEN AT SEVERAL TERMINALS OBEY ORIGINAL ORDER. Big Four, Baltimore & Ohio and Other Roads in East Are Af- f ected by the Move. EAST ST. LOUIS, HI.. March 17. Two hundred and fifty railway em ployes here walked out tonight, declaring- that they had received! no notice that the strike had been, postponed. None of the employes of the Terminal Railway Association went on strike and early reports were that the move ment was confined to employes of the Big Four and the Baltimore & Ohio. PARKERSBURG, W. Va., March 17. Saying that no order rescinding the general strike order had been received, members of the four brotherhoods of the Monongahela River division yards of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad quit work tonight. It is estimated that more than 200 men are out. CONNELSVTLLE. Pa., March 17. More than 800 members of the four railroad brotherhoods, employes of the Balti more & Ohio and the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad, quit work here at 7 o'clock tonight. WHEELING, W. Va.. March 17. Ad hering to orders previously issued by railroad brotherhood heads, about 800 employes of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail road here went out on strike tonight. NEWARK, Ohio, March 17. Eight hundred engineers, firemen, trainmen and freight-train conductors employed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad here struck at 6 o'clock. At 7 o'clock the engineers returned to work on re ceipt of an official word from the chief engineer of the brotherhood. FORT WAYNE, Ind.. March 17. Re ceiving no official notification of the 48-hour postponement of the railroad strike, brotherhood members employed on the Nickel Plate Railroad here obeyed the original instructions. . SUFFRAGISTS PLAN 'DRIVE' National Woman's Party Is to In vade the South. WASHINGTON March 17. Repre sentatives of the National Woman's party will begin a "Dixie Drive" April 1 In a campaign designed to secure support from the Southern States for BUf trace. .;. ;, -. ., - v- Every Southern Congressman will be interviewed in his home town by a del egation and his constituents exhorted to support suffrage. FUNERAL WARSHIP NAMED Mrs. Gntbrle to Accompany Hus band's Body on Japanese Cruiser, WASHINGTON. March 17. Japan has assigned the armored cruiser Azuma to bring home the body of Ambassador Guthrie. Mrs. Guthrie will return on the same ship. DAY IS QUIET IN DUBLIN Church Services Largely Attended; No Processions Held. DUBLIN, March 17. St. Patrick's day passed quietly in Dublin. Many coun try people came Into town but there were no processions. The church services were largely at tended. PRESIDENT HAS SHAMROCK All "White . House Employes Wear Sprigs Sent by John Redmond. WASHINGTON. March 17. President Wilson and all White House employes wore sprigs of shamrock today, sent to the White House by John Redmond, Irish Nationalist leader. ROADS CAIfAIGtJ STARTS WITH RUSH Meeting Is Marked by Enthusiasm. COMMITTEEMEN OPEN FUND Call Issued for Grand Rally in Portland, April 7. LEGISLATORS HEAD MOVE Clubs to Be Organized In Every County in State to Carry Gos pel of Improvement and Pro vide Accurate Details. A rousing start was made yesterday In a state-wide campaign to carry the $8,000,000 road V-nd Issue. At the head of the movement Is a body thoroughly representative of all sections of the stated the Joint commit tee of three Senators and five Repre sentatives appointed to represent the State Legislature In preparing the ar gument for the bond measure In the official voters" pamphlet. In response to many and pressing re quests from commercial bodies and road organizations in many communities, the Joint committee, at a meeting in the Imperial Hotel yesterday, constituted Itself a temporary organization to di rect the campaign until a permanent organization can be formed. Conference Is Called. The committee issued a formal call for a good roads confe-ence to be held in Portland Saturday, April 7, at which a permanent organization is to be formed. Delegates from every commercial and civic organization, every road as sociation and good roads workers gen erally are expected to attend this con ference. Aria ngemcnts -A-lll be made to obtain one and one-third round trip rates from the railroads. . .. n the meantime the Joint' legislative committee, as a temporary organization, will go to work immediately to es tablish ' an Information headquarters from which needed data, statistics and other information can be sent out for the campaign. Enthusiasm Marks Meeting;. The meeting yesterday was enthu siastic and full of interest. To show their faith, in the road bond measure and to s tart the needed campaign fund, every member of the committee sub scribed and paid in cash on the spot a subscription of $10 each. Senator W. D. Wood, of Washington County, senior member and chairman of the Joint committee, made the sugv gestlon that each of the eight mem bers of the committee give $10. He started it himself. The example was catching. While the legislators were digging into thetr pockets. and bringing out the money, spectators at the meeting insisted on being permitted to subscribe, too. Paving; Concerns Barred. "Anybody.may subscribe from $1 up provided he is not connected with a paving company," announced Senator Wood, and the $10 pieces, bills and checks piled up on the table in front of him until they totaled $130. Previously, the committee had adopt ed a resolution proposed ' by Repre sentative Rltner to the effect that the committee should not solicit nor accept any contributions from any paving con cern, or any person connected there with. ) Every member of the committee was present at yesterday's meeting, and the decision to form a. temporary or ganization to set the state-wide move- (Concluded on Pass 11. Column 3.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS . The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, BS degrees; minimum, 34 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; nearly stationary temper ature; variable winds. . . Strike. . Strike postponed; men declared to have won. Section 1.- pae Injunction asalnst strike order asked by members of four brotherhoods. Section 1, page 4. President expresses pleasure at postpone ment of strike. Section 1, page 4. Postponement of strike latei, some go out. Section 1, page 1. Russia. Russian Duma forming republic Section 1, Page 1. Grand Duke Nicholas acceptance of throne conditional on vote of people. Section 1, pare 2. "May God aid -Russia." says Czar In abdi cating throne. Section 1. page 3., Russian garrison at Sveaborg refuses to join ravolt- Section 1, page 3. Petrograd is calm, despite upheaval. Sec tion 1, page G. War. British advance on 16-mlle front and take Bapaume and many villages. Section 1, page X. London raided by 1 Zeppelins. Section 1, page 5. Sir John French's sister, killed by shell, long active In Hospitals. Section 1, page 3. foreign. French Cabinet resigns. Section 1, page 1. National. America's loss In trade as result of XT-boat campaign (190.000,000 in month. Section 1. page fi. Pacific Northwest can supply Bast with paper, says Secretary of Agriculture. 6ec- - tion X. page 8. Domestic. Senator Cummins collapses when making epeecn. Section' 1, page 23. Sport. Beaver boosters lay plans for opening day, Section 2, page 1. . Willamette Valley High School Athletic League formed. Section 2, page 1. Bowlers Interested in coming Northwest Congress to meet tomorrow night. Sec tion 2, page 3. Shooters rally to Oregonian tourney. Sec tion Z. page 3. Football rules committee decides on changes. bection 2, page 4. Valse and Mlchla head Friday night boxing card, eectlon 2, page 4. Forty American cities have public golf links. bectlon 2, page 6. ' Beattle loses hockey game. Section li page 7. Winged "M" athletes work out today on Co lumbia ' U track.. Section 2. page 3. Pacific Nonhvnt Dr. Matthews corroborates Blulngsley; ex- Sheriff Hodge acquitted. Section 1, page 8. Governor Lister agafci visited by strange Invader. Section 1, page 8. Steamship manager held when girl Is found dead in home. Section 1, page 7. Josephine County in favor of and awaits road bond issue. Section 1. page 1Q. Washington banking law . changed to rec oncile discrepancies. Section 1. page 11 State teachers again name Portland as con vention city in December. Section 1 page 23. . - Nehalem gives rousing Indorsement for road Donas, section i. page Commercial and Marine. . Oregon hopgrowers may raise full crop for uncertain market. . bectlon 2, page 15, Chicago- wheat firm on belief traffic will keep moving. Section 2, page 13. Shlpfcng shares are feature of Wall street speculation. Section .2 page. 13. . . Ban on ship news ordered by Government, Section 2, page 10. w Portland and Vicinity. ' Campaign for -road bonds starts with rush, Section 1. page l. Bank clerks have contest in mechanical and mental adding. Section 1. page 12. Walter W. Bretherton dies at age of 85. Section 1. page 8. Lieutenant B. V. Clayton Is elected Captain of Battery A. Section 1, page IB. Mock trial at Kerns School to buy phono- - graph, section l. page 14. Waterfront has spectacular fire. Section 1, page 17. . . Friends pay tribute to work of F. S. Akin. Section 1. page 7. Mme. Malmberg says story from Russia is read between lines. Section 1, page 3. Daly scheme found network of faults. Sec tion 1. page 16. Mother Goose film will be benefit show at Heilig. Section 1. page 10. E. B. MacNaughton declares city should establlFh building zones. Section 1, page 10. The wearing of the green is general in Portland. Section 1. page 20. Pacific Coast Joins campaign for W. D. Wheelwright for Ambassadorship to Japan. Section 1, page 20. Apron day set for Monday, March 26. Sec tion 1. page 20. Jobelman paroled by Judge Gatens. Section 1, page 20. - Portland fights Seattle's attempt to monop olize Alaska lumber purchases. Section 2, page 8. Benson points out "benefits of road bonds. Section 1, page 13. Only two in race for Mayoralty as yet. but many others have bee. Section 1. page 23. Charter revision draft outlined. Section 1, . page 23. Herbert C. Hoover says America Is deaf to appeal of Belgium.. Section 1, page 22. Bureau of mines and geology plans activi ties. Section 1, page 23. . Catholics start patriotic move. Section 1, page 22. Mayor Harley is peeved at Astoria Port chairman. Section 1. page 10. O. M. Clark wants entire population to help out Festival plans. Section 1, page 12. Weather report, data and forecase. Section 2.- page 18. BAPAUME FALLS AFTER LONG SIEGE Allies Take 31 Miles of German Trenches. GOAL OF MONTHS ACHIEVED Teuton Retreat Grows Hurried Before Sweeping Drive. MANY VILLAGES CAPTURED Kaiser's Forces Yield Positions Held for Two Years Bapaume Is Ijert Aflame by Foe, "Who Find Salient In Peril. LONDON. March 17.-r-The British and French troops are sweeping forward in the Somme and Olse sectors in France and the German retreat, which at first was slow and on narrow fronts, seems to be gaining momentum. The latest advance by the British was made on a front of 16 miles and by the French along a front of about 15 miles, and the entente al lies have penetrated German positions in this operation to a depth of from two to four miles. Goal of Months Achieved. Bapaume, for many months described as a German stronghold, now Is in the hands of ' the British, having been wrested from the Germans after what the British War Office describes as stiff fighting. It is a mass of ruins. From Bapaume the fortified lines newly acquired by the British extend to the western outskirts of Monchy-au Bols. From south of Peronne the Brit lsh have drawn a new line as far as Fresnes. In all, they have taken pos session of 11 villages In their new ad vance. . . Civilians Welcome French. The French have taken up a new line between Andechy and the Olse and have . occapled the Important town of Roye," where "they were enthusfastlcaily greeted by the remaining civil popula tion, whom the Germans left behind in their Withdrawal, and have reached certain points along the famous Roye- Noyon road. The forces .of Emperor William ap parently have been compelled to give ud positions that they have occupied for more than two years, because of the terrific bombardments to which they have been subjected! The Brit ish forward movement on the Somme front began February 25 when Petit Miraumont along the Ancre was occu pied and the French began pressing forward from the Andechy-Lasslgny line on March 12. Retreat la Accelerated. In the early operations, one by one, small villages ware evacuated by the Germans, whose withdrawal was slow ly andt watchfully followed by the British, consolidation of the new posi tion and preparations for a further for ward movement being most carefully made. In the last few days both the retreat and advance respectively have been considerably accelerated. The Germans evacuated more than a score of villages in the Somne area before retreating to Bapaume line, and they now have given up that town, and villages to the north and south tf it, from Essarts to Le Transloye. Wide Territory Yielded. From FcUt Miraumont eastward to Bapaume is six miles, and from Gommecourt, north of the Ancre, east ward to Ablainesville is four .-.nd a half miles. The Germans also have given up vil lages south of the Somme and south of Peronne, which now is invested from (Continued on Page 3, Coulmn 2.) FRENCH CABINET MEMBERS RESIGN BRIANS MINISTRY QUITS WHEN tTXDER FIRE. Attacks by Parliament as to Kco - nomlc Policy Leads to Decision . to Let President Act. PARIS, March 18. The French Cab inet, headed by Premier Brland, has re signed. An official note given out after the Cabinet meeting says: 'The council of ministers met tonight (Saturday) at Elysee Palace. The Pre mier reported on various consultations he had had with a view to completing the Cabinet so it could present Itself to the Chamber. After hearing him. the Cabinet decided that circumstances compelled it to leave to the President of the republic complete liberty to in terpret the situation in the best Inter ests of national defense. Consequently, the president of the council put into the hands of the President of the re public the resignation of' the Cabinet.' The Briand ministry has been at tacked In the French Parliament re peatedly during the last few weeks for its economic policy. It succeeded the Vivian I Cabinet In October, 1915, and was reorganized last December 12 when the number of ministerial port folios were decreased and a war coun cil appointed. Tne war council in eluded Premier Brland, M. Rlbot, Min ister of Finance; General Lyautey, Minister of War; Rear-Admiral Lacaze, Minister of Marine, and M. Thomas, Minister of National Manufactures. Attacks by the opposition In Parlia ment resulted on Wednesday in the sudden resignation of General Lyautey as Minister of War. SNOWSLIDE KILLS 2 MEN Avalancbe In Utah Extends Over Two Miles, Following Storm. SALT LAKE CITY, March 17. As an aftermath of the record-breaking snow storm that swept east over the Inter- mountatn district yesterday, two pros pectors were killed in a two-mile snow slide In Big Cottonwood Canyon, near here, today. Three trains from Eastern points are stalled In Nebraska today, according to advices received here by railway of ficials. NAVY RECRUIT AGAIN HEAVY Marked Increase Follows Break With Germany. NEWPORT, R. I.. March 17. The marked Increase In . Navy recruiting since the diplomatic break with Ger many was indicated at the naval train ing station here today. There were 2785 enlisted men and ap prentice seamen In barracks, the high mark since the station was established, There are accomodations only for 150 more men. COOL WEATHER FORECAST Middle of Week Probably Will Be Rainy In Northwest. WASHINGTON, March 17. Weathe predictions for the week beginning Sunday, Issued by the Weather Bureau today, are: Pacific states, generally fair, except rains are probable on Northern Pacific Coast Tuesday, Wednesday and prob ably Thursday. Temperature somewhat below seasonal normal. $100,000 NECKLACE FOUND Jewels Picked Fp by Boy In Hotel and Returned to Owner. LOS ANGELES. March 17. The pearl necklace of Mrs. Frank Sullivan Smith, of New York, valued at approximately 1100,000, was found in the corridor of a hotel here today by a youth, who re turned it to Mrs. Smith. The necklace was reported stolen yesterday. REPUBLIC oEIIIG FORMED BY DUF.1A Varied Reports Given on Czar's Position. IVOFF WILL BE PRESIDENT Petrograd Controlled by Com mittee Composed of Army and Civilian Men. MICHAEL WANTS ELECTION Grand Duke Does Not Abdi cate, but Does Not Ac cept Regency. NEW YORK, Marcn 17. The Em press and Crown Prince are now safe in Finland and the Emperor is at the Snetogorsky monastery in Pskoff, ac cording to a cablegram made public here today by the Russian-American-Asiatic Corporation. According to Ivan Norodny, head of the corporation, the cablegram was from their representatives in Petro grad and was transmitted throuch the Belgian Minister. Lvoff to Be President. Mr. Norodny announced the receipt of dispatches also saying that the Duma is promulgating orders for the formation of a government to be known as the United States of Russia, with Prince Lvoff as President. PETROGRAD, March 17,. via Lon don, March 18. After his abdication Emperor Nicholas returned to general staff headquarters. Appointment Is Popular. The attitude of the armies at the front in the face of the new develop ment is not yet known in Petrograd. It is generally believed that the an-' pointment of Grand Duke Nicholas as Commander-in-Chief will be received enthusiastically by the troops, with whom- he is extremely popular. LONDON, March 17. The Russian constituent assembly, says a Reuter dispatch from Petrograd, will be convened at the Winter Palace, which has been proclaimed national prop erty. Czar Prisoner, Is Report. The Nya Daglight Allehanr, of Stockholm, as quoted in an Exchange' Telegraph dispatch from that city, says in a telegram from Haparanda the Emperor Nicholas isjheld a pris oner and that the Empress has been, sent to Kiev. The Social Demokraten, of Stockholm, says M. Golitzine, tho deposed Russian Premier, has com', mitted suicide in prison Committee Controls City. Reuter's Petrograd correspondent, telegraphing under Friday's date, says : "The city is now controlled by com mittees formed of garrison and civil- (Concluded on Psge 2, Column 2.) e . r -