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74 Pases Section One Pages lto20 SixScctions VOL. XXXVII NO. V. rOKTLAXD. OKEUOX, SUNDAY MOKXIXG, MARCH 3, 1918. PillCE FIVE CENTS. LIHSINGEU LEADS MY OF Big Force Available in Drive on Kiev. UKRAINE PEASANTS HOSTILE Germans Unlikely to Get Much . Grain in Villages. SLAV RESISTANCE CERTAIN Invading force Equipped With Ilra.y Artillery and Ha.e Tle celird Material Reinforce t tnc-nt From White Guard. FT ACNO CeeTTlft. !!. posch rxEt noT. f h. FTs fsMLhtrg Ce. TIs N" or or!t. YDetayed. t The nermaa main offensive against Klse mbff Jto.on mn fender Osnsral I.lnslngrn. who Is at r.aa. Vkranta. The Gsrman nave ben Joined by a fhrantan rtn.nl whlrh remained be- .1. the Ratla and mobilised th t'kra nlan prisoners taken from German prison rami Aitnentte Information regarding Ihe rxii'nrnii of General Llnslncsa la liinl. but his Importance as a com-n-ianrfor Is enough to convinces Bolshe tt harliuartr at rmo!ny Institute that the Oermans meal, to take Kiev and reconstitute the Rada. ftsMili tM( fee Itmlatlaa. As the t'kranlan peasants are hot revolutionists. It la espectvd that Mie German will not get much hlp from the vtlLsars where rrala Is storsd. t;rmn plana farther north are now rt.artr and the l:uln are prepared te meet them, first advaurtnc from FskOT toward Louae and f"tnort Tela morniri ther were !i erta tlS aslee north of Pkor tn regular for- Viattoa with cavalry. ( The ri'iastana are fortifying Lent ml erd'rias; Iraope and railroad inn south to dtrcy linra and equipment as they retreat. Howewr, th German raptured a considerable amount of roll la; stock at Toro.hlna. Just north of Fskoff. Oeewsana Owls Hetwfeeeesaewta, The Hermans are supplied with eary artillery and are receiving Vh-te Oj.rd relnforrementa. The rnrnl point of tie 0mm at tarh Is tlrnr the lla from Pskov to Holoeoye. on which the Russians are fortify!" Tno. Tetrocrad and Moscow also are con centrating volunteers, with plana com pleted for their evacuation, as well as Th third point of attack la Nerele. toward which the Germans are ad wanclnf from Polotsk. The line also threatens Hotovoy (ISA miles south east of Fetrocradi. A fourth point. Vltohek. la also threatened from I'o Jetsfc. The news Indicates lesa activity ca the part 01 tne oermans wor.mf eat from Polotsk as compared with I'saov. Oreha May Be Attacked. A fifth point of attack la Ore ha. a It Is known that the Germans are mov ing larce masses of troops throuch Minsk, evidently directed on Orcha. The German advance base Is at Borlsoff. Jt waa reported this moraine; that the Cermans had taken Orcha. but thla Is evidently untrue. Red Guard volunteers from Moscow and Schtenek are concentrating; at Orcha. are dtasina" trenches and pre terms for a showdown fight. There have been a few skirmishes alnc the line of Borlsoff. The Rus sians are still able to use the line - tx'inirlwie-t Pace Blumn - 1 AR 2.0 WHEAT PRICE YET IN MUDDLED STATE Dintncsre detwekx hoover AND ri.r-SIDKXT CONTLNIES. Food Administrator Advise" Scna lor McNary CMcaco Rate Will IK Given, but Wll-on Order Hands. ORF.GOVIAX NEWS PlTinAl. Wash ington. March S. The mystery of the Pacific Northwest wheat price for 11 haa not yet been cleared up. although a week haa passed since the President officially fixed the pries at IJ OS and Mr. Hoover promised tna equivalent f the Chicago price. Te Presldenfs proclamation of last Saturday haa not been altered In any way. Food Administrator Hoover today wrote Senator McXary a letter which only added to the confusion, for while seeming to assure a pries at Portland approximating the Chicago price, the letter closes with an indication mm a price cannot be established until ins President establishes It. In tnia teiier Mr. Hoover says: -I have sent out officially tnrougn Food Administration agencies on Pacific Coast notification that the grain corporation will maintain im -""-- ha-ic price for Pacirid Coast poinia as lonr as the Whipping Board maintains Its rates mentioned by you. I "think there can be no question that this status will remain as long aa ine wi laeta and when peace comes the rates o doubt will take care of themselves. Therefore look forward with confidence to the ISli crop being on the Chicago basis." The letter also seems to Indicate tnat Mr. Hoover haa never ...... .a, i. .A be the MhlPPlnc rioara i s to establish a rate of I.N per nrftm I fag ton en wheat and !. on flour from Portland to New Tork. RANK GIVENJJP TO SERVE Percy Morrsn, Portland, Sacrifices Chevrons to Get In M.nal Corps. CAMP LEWIS. Wash.. March I. When Tercy Morgan, of Portland, well known on the racinc t oasi su - ....a w-- onerator. came 10 vemy Lewis he found the ranks of the 3Z1A Field Signal Ilattallon filled and waa assigned to the Fourteenth Infantry. Ha worked his way up to Regimental ttergeanl-Major. the highest Bon-coia-laUaloned rank. When the KM Field Signal Bat talion's rsnks were depleted by men leaving; for the Officers' Training School and dlschargs for physical rea sons, he gave op his rank and obtained a transfer to the Field Signal Bat laUon as a private. AIRPLANES DELIVER . FOOD Groceries Carried to Workmen by Signal Corps Aerial Squadron. AN DIEGO. CaL. March S- An aerial rf.itverv line for grocerlea was started . 1 w k, the Slaital Corps aviation school at North Island to supply a de tachment of mechanicians who bad been snt to the aite of the new avla- . r..iA mi Riverside and having no supply officer, were dependent on norm Island for subslstence. Nearly 10 pounds of sugar, coffee, potatoes and other foodstuffs were carried on five military planes to the Riverside Field. Captain Edwin New bold acting aa ajuadron commander. AUTHOR FALLS IN VOLCANO A. W. Miryer Rarely Escapes Relng Gulped Into Fiery Crater. HONOLULU. T. H- Feb. 1. (By Mail.) A gust of wind which recently blew the hat of A- W. Shryer. an American author, from his head while he was taking motion pictures on the rim of the crater of Kllauea volcano, nearly brought him a terrible death la the molten lava pit of the volcano, shryer pursued hla hat. which lodged on the side of the crater. The ledae of rpek gave way Ad he waa precipitated Into the gaseous pit. lis grasped an intervening ledge IS feet down and pulled himself up on It. ,................,...........,...............'' ................................. ...... r - ' ' 1 ' 1 ' ,.rr .......... e i ......... ......... .......... KIEV, CAPITAL CITY OF UKRAINE. FALLS Teutons Add to. Sir of irv UNSINGEN CAPTURES GOMEL Plan Suspected to Starve Out Petrograd. FREIGHT CENTER MENACED Early Occupation of Cltx Expected by Its Inhabitants, Accord In 5 to Advices Received From Am bassador Francis. r.rHLI.V. March S (British Admi ralty, per Wireless Press.) The Rus sian fortress cf Kiev on the rnlper River, in the Ukraine, haa been "lib erated." the German general ataff an nounced today. . General von Llnslngen's troops hare captured Gomel (120 miles south of Mohllev). the official statement also declares. The announcement follows: "In Esthonla and Livonia our opera tions are taking- their course. "General von Linslnren la following up the enemy, who waa defeated near Ryechltsa. We captured Gomel. Hy Deelared Liberated. "Kiev, capital of Ukraine, haa been liberated by Ukrainian and Saxon troops." LONDON. March 2. A Petrograd dis patch to the Exchange Telegraph Com pany, finder date of March 2, saya that disquieting newa baa been received re tarding the enemy's advance toward Kiev. A large German-Ukrainian army la concentrated at Zhitomir, which la being evacuated. The Germane have transferred pow erful forces from Voluchyk in the di rection If Kiev, while the line from Kazatln to Perdicher alma at sur rounding the city. Enemy armies are also concentrated at Dubno, Homo and Liitak. Kiev Is occupied be detachments of the army under Colonel Muravleff. for mer commander of the Petrograd gar rison, and now in command of the Bol shevik forces. LONDON, March J. German forces are moving on the town of Bologole. on the Moscow-Petrograd railroad, which place Is the chief freight center for the feeding of Petrograd. rays a dlspatrh from Petrograd under date of Friday received by the Exchange Tele graph Company. The Germane probably Intend, the message adds, thus to cut off suppllea from Petrograd and to compel the cap ital to capitulate to famine. Large columns of German troops, the correspondent says, are marching to ward Novoaokollnlku KlUetltsa Statlea Takes. Enemy forces have occupied the sta tion of Kllaatltsa In their movement In the direction of Petrograd. ' Consul Sumners. at Moscow, an nounced In a dispatch received by the State Department today that all Amer icans had left Moscow, as well as Pet rograd. He did- not Indicate to what pluce they had gone, but It was as sumed that many had gone to Vologda. WASHINGTON. March 2. A dispatch received by the State Department to day from Ambassador Francis announc ing the safe arrival of himself and staff at Vologda February 28 said the Ger man advance on Petrograd and Moscow waa continuing when he left the capital February 2. The general belief In Petrograd at that time waa that the Germane would occupy the city in a few days. AMSTERDAM. March 2. According Patst Column 1 INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tbe Weather. TE.sTERDAY Mnlmra temperature. 47 Wrees; minimum, i degrees. ' TODAY'S-Sbowtrs; gentle southerly winds. War. Kiev, capital of Ukraine, falls before Teuton advance. Section L. pace 1. German General Llnnlnren leads army of r '.vv id ma Laramt operations. Sec ' 1 1. page 1. "i'" renulee another German raid In Oiemln des Dames sector. Section 1. Page a. Rua.lsns feverishly prepare ' to fight Ger mans. Section 1. pane 2. Vak make American soldiers proof against German gas attacss. Section 1. page :. Three German vessels strike mines off Hol- lana and crews perlrh. Section 1, page S. Foreign. Japan aald te ivor creation of Siberian republic. Section 1. pace 1. Gerard fars In Ane-ast. IMS. "Englsnd la waking up too late." Section 1, pag 4. Britain's Women speed war work. Section 1. page ft. Entente held largely responsible for Rus sia's downfall. Section 1, page 7. National. Taclfle Northwest wheat price yet tn mud dled state. Section 1. pace 1. Department of T,ahor orders that all alien enemlee In Taclfle Northwest he held for deportation. Section 1, psse 1. Borah tells Senate shortsr nf labor holds back work on farms Section 1. pace 4. Domestic. Russians oppose entente's Intervention In Siberia., Section 1. page S. Passenaer train ssrvlre In West to be re duced one-third. Section 1. page 4. Hubert Hows Bancroft. American historian, dies, aged Sik Section 1. page 6. Sports. Orernnlsn picks all-star hockey team. Sec tion . page 1. Fane Impatient to hear what Is tcoing on In . tj. l. l Mellon s. rage l. Mnff Bmnson ambitious to take up aviation. Section 2. page 2. Marry Farrell la main eventer here March 1.x Section 2. page 2. U. of O. baseball candidates respond to first csiL Section Z. pase 2. Shipyard teams to nepin pract!-e today or tomorrow, section 2. Pase z. Fonr O. A. C. men on All-Star Basketball team. Section 2. page 3. Oreconlan shoot begins today. Section 2, pase 8. Reed extension gymnasium course to rlve exhibition Wednesday. Section 3. page 3. Patrick chooses all-star Pacific Coaat hockey team. Section 2. page 4. V. of O. wrestlers primed for meet with O. A. c section 2. page 4. Members of Snowshoe Club make trip to Mount Hood. Section 2, page 4. Pacific Northwest. O. A. C. nchool of fortwtry has F9 men la military service. Sen I on 1, page 3. E. F. r,ar'ton. aanttrtant state school super- tni-ndsnt, laud Southern Oregon schools. Section 1. paa-a 8. Extra ssloa of Idaho Iecl1atro mar b called soon. Pectirm 1, pagre 9. 'Th rT-Klnrrf d Jjck" Godwin stirs Camas, Wash. Hectlon 1, page - Robbr conffsies Intent to commit murder. also, taction 1, pace V. McAdoo promises Baker lumbermen equal isation of cars. Section 1. page IB. Teacher's appeal heard by State Board of education. Section 2, paa 6. Portland and Vicinity. Ore ron askd to furnish 100 motor truck drivers at one. Section 1. pass 1. Portland maintains 1eadrhpta purs milk contest. Ssctlon 1, ptge 1M. Dr. Hush Peeler tomn temporarily to First Congregationta! pulpit. Section 1, page 1K Proprietors of alleged Immoral hoiMe to have bearing. Section 1, page 10. Reed Co! lego opens courso for reconstruc tion aides. Sect ion 1, pag It. Railway men tMrt Oregon roads not ex onerating with Government. Section L pa go 11. Portland to' have Liberty temple Section 1. page 12. Sunday school workers profit by meetings held hero. Section 1. page IS. Italian's effort to escape draft falls. Sec tion 1. page 13. Ma tor Charles McDon-Il recovering from serious Jtlness. Section 1. page 14. War gardens rally to be he'd In Auditorium at :a0 today, section l. page j. Clty'e experiences with flnh profiteers re lated. Section 1, page 14. State guard may be expanded soon. Sec tion 1. page 13. Oregon Daughters of the Revolution hold annual conference March 10 and 10, Sec tion 1. page 15. Police face big war-time problem. Section 1. page 13. Dr. Lindley. of Idaho University, Talks on human engineering. Section 1. page 16. Oregon makes good showing in sale of war aavlngs stsmps. .Section 1. page 1A. Plans for 1108 war gardens outlined at high school meeting. Section 1, page 17. MONTANA HAS WAR BONDS Proceeds of $300,000 Issue Will Be Used to Aid Farmers. HELEN" A. Mont.. March 8. There will be Offered to the public at Helena. March 20. the first issue of war bonds put out by any state in the Union. They will be known as Montana war bonds and the Issue will consist of $500,000, the proceeds of which will be lent to farmers. The bonds ev( bear per cent inter est, and will be payable in five years. S column l. eni. anu win u psyauiv in nvw j r.i n. i fconciuaea on SIBERIAN REPUBLC MOT BE CREATED Japan Said to Want . Buffer State. INTERVENTION MOVE IS NEAR Momentous Action Likely Next Few Days. in COMPLETE TRUST REQUIRED Bclicr Expressed That Entente Na tions Should Exact No Pledge in Advance of Action Their Eastern Ally May Take. "WASHINGTON, March 2. The re sponses of the entente allies and of America to the Japanese Invitation for an expression of their views regarding the Russian situation so far as recent events there have affected conditions in Eastern Siberia are expected to be re turned within the next two or three days. It Is certain that there will be no long; delay, as there appears to -be no disposition to enter Into any extended arguments on the subject of measures to combat German aggression in Si beria and to protect the military stores at Vladivostok. Republic to Be Supported. In connection with the proposed mill tary expedition into Siberia, attention has been directed again to aspirations voiced by the Siberians some time ago for their separation frjm Russia, fol lowing the lead of Finland. Ukrainia and other West Russian provinces. One official said today that Japan would be completely satisfied, after In suring a regime of law- and order in Siberia, to lend her support to tbe crea tion there of an independent republic that would constitute a buffer state between Japan and Russia and thereby remove any apprehension of a war of reprisals based on tbe victory of Japan over Russia a decads ago. " Treat ia Japaa Required. One distinguished foreign representa tive said today that a situation has de veloped where the allies, and America, raut place entire confidence in the rec titude of purpose and military ability of Japan. This belief is tnat there can be no half confidence such as would be Im plied by a demand for a pledge from Japan In advance of any action she may contemplate to limit her activities or to make certain dispositions of occupied territory after the war. Such action, he said, would cast Intolerable sus picion upon a devoted and powerful ally. Mraace May Be IevrstlgatesL It is entirely possible that some in quiries may be made to develop the nature and extent of what JaDan re gards as the special German menace that existed In Eastern Siberia even before the resumption of the German arive against Russia. Aside from the presence of a large number of German prisoners of war In Central Siberia, nothing officially is known here of any new and threatening danger to Japan or to her allies unless such might be found in active German propaganda in that -section which might involve the transfer of allegiance to Germany of the Bolsheviki-controlled population or cause an outbreak of absolute anarchy which would threaten the lives and property of Japanese and other foreign residents In Siberia. Formal Declaratloa I'altkely. It Is not doubted that Japan Is now satisfying her allies on this point and consequently there will be no necessity for any formal engagement or declara- fConcluded pagw 2, Column l. UNCLE SAM WANTS MOTOR-TRUCK MEN OREGON ASKED TO FTBXISH 100 DRIVERS IMMEDIATELY. Draft Will Tie Resorted To In Event Sufficient Number Have Not Volunteered by Friday. Unless Oregon can furnish 100 fkilled automobile or motor truck chauffeurs who will volunteer for Army service by next Friday night, the draft will be invoked to obtain the men required. Oregon has made good and more on every call for volunteers so far. and now Captain J. E. Cuiiison. O. R. C. in charge of the execution of the selec tive service law in this state, appeals to young men qualified for this service to volunteer. General Pershing fn France has cabled for a large number of skilled chauffeurs to drive motor trucks. He wants them at once. The need Is so urgent that 'the War Department, in a telegram yesterday to Captain Cuiii son, in which Oregon's quota was fixed at 100 men for this service, gave the state only until March 8, which is next Friday," to raise its quota by voluntary enlistment, with instructions that it enough men do not volunteer by that time, to draft men of the necesisary qualifications from class I. Following are the War Department Instructions: "Boards may accept applicants for voluntary Induction who fully possess the required physical and technical qualifications. If the calls have not been filled by March 8 by voluntary in duction, the boards will immediately in duct a sufficient number of qualified men to fill the respective allotments by selecting from class I qualified men in sequence of order number." The motor truck service is considered one of the best in the Army. Men with the qualifications, who are almost cer tain to be drafted sooner or later any way, can help the'mselves, their state and the Army at the same time by pre senting themselves immediately to their local boards as volunteers. LAFOLLETTE IS OPPOSED Aspirant for "Wisconsin Scnatorship Favors Ousting Pacifist. WASHINGTON, March 2. Joseph K. Davies. of the Federal Trade Commis sion, and candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for Senator from Wisconsin. In a telegram sent last night, declared that if elected to the Senate he would vote for the expulsion of La Follette.- The message was sent In answer to Inquiries from Wisconsin. JAMES PORTER ROOT DEAD Clothing Takes Fire From Pipe in ' Sleep; Burns Fatal. CHICAGO, March 2. James Porter Root, first cousin of Elihu Root and one of the leading figures in the con vention that nominated Abraham Lin coln for the Presidency, died today of burna suffered last night when he fell asleep while smoking, sparks igniting his clothing. Mr. Root was 87 years old. SENATOR TO QUIT HOSPITAL Mr. Chamberlain Recovers Suffi ciently to Leave Bed. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, March 2. Senator Chamberlain 1 ad so much improved that he was able to leave his bed today and walk around. He expects to leave the hospital next week- BAN ON MUTTON REMOVED Food Administration Rules That Csc Is All Right Tuesdays. WASHINGTON. March 1. Mutton and lamb may be eaten on meatless Tues days until April 15 in all states. A ruling to this effect was made yes terday by the food administration. NORTHWEST ALIEN ENEffllES 1ST GO Sedition Preachers to , Be Deported. GENERAL ROUNDUP ORDERED Department of Labor Takes Decisive Action. HALT CALLED ON ANARCHY Instructions Issued to Immigration Authorities at Seattle Prescribe ' What Shall Be Their Atti tude Toward I. W. W. "WASHINGTON, March 2. A vigorous policy for the suppression of an archists and all who advocate sabotage and other forms of lawlessness was announced today by Secretary Wilson in orders to immigration officials In the Northwest to proceed Immediately to arrest aliens guilty of spreading such doctrines. Even though they may not commit any overt act, they will be detained and deported. The Secretary's action was in answer to requests from employers and civic organizations of Seattle and other cities that the department undertake yie wholesale Internment of Industrial Workers of the World, who were blamed for Industrial unrest, par ticularly in the logging camps. Membership Alone No Offense. Mr. Wilson held that membership In the I. W. W. organization was not in Itself causo for arrest or deportation, but that alien I. W. W.'s or any other aliens who preach, overthrow of the Government by force, assassination, or who are in any other manner subject to deportation under the immigration laws should be taken into custody at once. , The department stands ready to sup port the round-up of anarchistic agi tators by supplying funds to obtain additional quarters if the Seattle sta tion proves Inadequate for interning them. Extremists to Be Curbed. Orders for the suppression of radical propaganda xby aliens are regarded by officials as the final step In the Gov ernment's determination to put a stop to extremists who seek to interfere with the prosecution of the war from motives sincere or otherwise. Citizens of the United States who preach anarchy will be handled by the Department of Justice, which brought about the arrest of scores of L W. W. In the Nation-wide raids last year. Conditions Thoroughly Known. Secretary Wilson's order was issued with a full personal knowledge of the situation In the Northwest. As chair man of the President's mediation com mission, he Investigated the' unrest In the lumber camps and sawmills last Fall and succeeded In quieting the sit uation to a marked degree. Rules for Action Issued. An order was issued by the Secre tary to Immigration officers at Seat tle to proceed at once in accordance with the following ruling: "First That we will not arrest, de- tain or deport any alien simply for Joining the I. W. W. "Second That we will arrest and detain, until we can deport, any alien, whether a member of the I. W. W. or not, who is found advocating or teach ing the unlawful destruction of prop erty or advocating or teaching anarchy or the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United Slates, or of all forms of law, or the assassina- (Concluded on Pags 3. Column 4.) 101 p