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THE - OREGON ; , DAILY' I JOURNAL, PORTLAND 1 SATURDAY. APRIL; ; ;21j j 1917,
PIONEERS WERE ABLE
TO RUN BOAT LINES
COLUMBIA
H. G. Leonard, Many Years
Ago, With' Little Capital,
. Did Some Big Things, .
WHY NOT NOW AS WELL?
Territorial Lg-lslaturs scnlxsa
Talus of Ont BIyst In DsYSlop
msnt of JTorthwsst.
DONATIONS MUST COME IN FASTER
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: By Fred Lockley.
Vnpoiivpr. Wash.. April 21.June
16. 1846, tho troublesome boundary
TqueBtlon between Oreat Britain and
-th JJnited States was nettled by the
' .uruv nf a trf.atv proclaimed on
August 6. 1846. by President James K.
Polk. So important was transportation
by water at that time that the longest
one of the five Articles of he treaty
was devoted to navigation of the Co
lumbia and its tributaries.
The article provided that "from the
point at which the forty-nUth parallel
of north latitude shall be found to In
tersect the great northern branch of
the Columbia river, the navigation of
said branch shall be free and open to
the Hudson Bay company, and to all
British subjects trading with the. same,
to 'the point where the said branch
meets the midstream of the Columbia,
and thence down the said main-stream
to the ocean, with free access into and
through the said river or rivers. lt be
ing understood that all the usual port
ages along the line thus described
shall, in like manner, be free and
open.
Treatment of British.
"In navigating the said river or riv
ers. British subjects, wltn their goods
and produce, sha?l be treated on the
eame footing as citizens of the United
States, it being, however, always un
derstood, that nothing in this article
shall be construed as preventing or
intended to prevent, the government of
the United States from making any
regulations respecting the navigation
of the said river or rivers not incon
sistent with the present treaty."
Two years later congress provided
. that on and after August 14. 1848, "all
that part of the territory of the United
States which lies west of the summit
of the Rocky mountains, and north
of .the forty-second degree of north
latitude shall be organized into and
. constitute a temporary government, by
the name of the territory of Oregon."
. Section 27; the last section of the act
organizing territorial government for
the Oregon country provided that the
- turn of $15,000 be appropriated for the
construction of lighthouses on the Ore
gon coast, '"and for the construction
. and anchoring of the requisite number
- of buoys, to indicate the channels at
the mouth of the Columbia river, and
the approaches to the harbor at Asr
tofia."
Fines Were Provided.
- Among the laws passed by the ter
ritorial legislature in 1853 was one that
provided that "every master, mate or
other officer of a vessel, and every
other person who shall discharge the
ballast of any vessel into the navigable
portions, or channels of any of the
. . ' bays, harbors or rivers of this terri
tory, so as to obstruct navigation,
shall, on conviction, be punished by a
fine not exceeding one thousand nor
less than one hundred dollars."
September 19, 1849. the territorial
legislature recognizing the great im
portance of the Columbia river to the
development of the northwest, passed
an act establishing pilotage on the
Columbia river.
Section 1 of this act reads: "Be it
enacted by the legislative assembly of
; the territory of Oregon, that the gov
ernor of this territory, and John W.
Couch and Nathienal Crosby, shall con
stitute a board of commissioners for
the purpose of examining candidates
for the pilotage of the Columbta.river,
, a6d appoint one or more suitable per
sona to be pilots on the bar of the
:' Columbia."
River's Importance Realised.
It will thus be seen that from the
earliest days of our territorial exlst-
ence the importance of water borne
commerce, both off-shore and inland,
' was thoroughly realized.
In the early days, when Portland
was still a village, of a few hundred
people, navigation was the one burning
issue, for it was realized that if the
. village was ever to grow into a city
it must ao everything possible to es
tablish itself as a shipping ,and dis
tributing point.
In the early fifties H. C. Leonard
went to .Portland from Astoria, He
and his partner, John Green, ran
. general merchandise store. In speak
ing oi nis coming to Portland, Mr.
saia: v e tooK a store on
Front street because it was the only
one having a dock for vessels and we
piannea to make navigation an im
portant part of our business. We be
came the first agents of the Pacific
Mail company, which -had ; Just put on
a weekly line, of steamers between
f oruand and San Francisco.
In 1854 I went down fo San Fran
cisco and bought the bark 'Metrormiin 1
' . By taking lumber, ealmon and produce
to San Francisco we paid the expenses
i bf the boat so we could, bring our own
freight up from San Francisco and
xnus save the heavy freight charges.
v e put in a warehouse at Honolulu
wnere we could store hay, flour and
lumber and between whiles we made
inps irom Portland to Honolulu.
At Honolulu I bought a boat which
we pui on tne Portland-Honolulu run
Put Another Boat On.
In 1855 we put a boat on between
Portland and Hongkong. We shipped
"Portland must steam up In the Red Cross mem
bership campaign!" exclaimed Elliott R. Corbett, ,
treasurer of the Portland Chapter of the American
Red Cross, ystefday. 'if returns do not come in
more rapidly than during the past few days, outside
communities that are forming auxiliary chapters will
outstrip us in the securing of members in proportion
to their population.
"We have received about 8000 since the cam
paign T5rswTl in Portland, but fully 3000 of the total receipts is listed
uuubi UUIK11UU3. tv c uavc rccciveu uniy atKJUl fjuuu iw luciuucisuips,
and that is a long ways from the goal of 20,000 members. Our ar
rangement with the American Red Cross is that from each membership
fee of $i, we will forward SO cents. That leaves half the proceeds for
local work. Whether spent by the National Red Cross or the Portland
chapter, every dollar will aid in performing the full measure of patriotic
service that the giver hopes it will. .
"The army and navy have mobilized their forces in the defense of
our country. Let those who would give power to the Red Cross in its
work for .army and navy be prompt in becoming members."
Red Cross membership fees are $1 to J! 100, optional with the sub
scriber. Memberships are received at the headquarters of the Portland
Chapter of the American Red Cross, 204 Corbett building. Main 4204;
by Elliott Corbett, treasurer, care of the First National bank; by The(
dore Brown, secretary, Lewis building; by Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie, presi
dent, Corbett building; by The Journal at its business office, Broadway
and Yamhill streets.
HINDENBUR6 HAS BEEN
Brief News of the Northwest
OUT-HINDENBURG
IED BY
FRENCH STRATEGISTS
Forced Germans to Fight
Great Battles on' Sites Se
lected by Themselves.
DESTRUCTION OF NO AVAIL
"Will Discuss Road Bonds.
Milwaukle, Or, April 21. The pro
! posed good roads bond Issue will be
the subject of meeting to be held
at the city ball next Wednesday eve
ning, under the auspices of the Mil
: waukie Commercial club. The meet-
ing will follow a drill of the Milwau
kle Home Guards and will be ad
dressed by H. G. Starkweather, B. T.
licBain, J. F. Rlsley and other good
roads enthusiasts. A challenge has
been issued to opponents of the meas
ure to put In an appearance at this
meeting and set forth the arguments
of the negative side.
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Freewater Realty Mores.
Freewater, Or. Aplrl 21. Some real
' ra t a t A infill tt lntlkrBt faav t ram.
Wanton Keasnre Tailed to Stop XS. nlrtA h thl Hazeitine
dairy ranch, on the Tum-a-lu'm liver,
has been sold to L. Thomas of Walla
ranee Battle Bags on All Farts
of Unt Wits Incredible Turj.
I Walla, for
i Fred Johnson
ice by the federal government was
given by President W. J. Kerr of O.
A, C. today in a statement in which
he gave special stress, to the availa
bility of students and Vacuity for ag
ricultural and industrial as well as
military service.
Lumber Company Sued.
Chehalis. Wash., April 21. Mary M.
Miller St Sons have filed suit with the
county cleric against the 0cnnell
Lumber company of Wlnlock for
damages. Plaintiff alleges that de
fendant company knowfngly cut 30.
730 feet of timber from plaintiffs
land, and asks for Judgment for its
estimated value, $1614.16, trebled, and
also costs of action.
lumber and flour to . China, bringing
back Chinese goods and curios which
sold for a top price at San Francisco
and here in Portland. Our first ship
ment of 300 barrels of flour from
McLoughlin's mill which I took, to
Hongkong was the first flour that
was ever exported from Oregon to an
Oriental or foreign market.
In Victoria I bought a boat called
the 'Orbit' and loaded it with coal at
Nanaimo and took it to Portland.
"I took on a cargo of lumber at
Portland which I sold at San Fran
cisco. There I took a cargo for Hako
dadi, Japan, and some passengers for
the Amoor river in Siberia. From that
time to the breaking out of the Civil
war I made trips from Portland to
Russia, Siberia and China. I took
lumber and flour and manufactured
goods from Portland and brought back
tea and rise and sugar and other goods
frojn the orient and the Sandwich isl
ands." Remember, this was in the early fif
ties and on up to the time of the break
ing out of the Civil war, more than
half a century ago.
If. when Portland was a village, we
could establish lines between Honolulu
and Portland and between Portland and
the Orient and exchange Oregon flour,
lumber and salmon for rice, tea, sugar
and silks, how much more now, with
a population or more than a quarter
of a million and with untold wealth
should we be able to establish con
nections with the Orent. Alaska, Rus
sia ana -south America,
Why wot Vow.
We know that these countries want
our products, for Seattle Is handling a
commerce amounting to more than a
minion aoiiars a day not a month or
a year but more than a million dol
lars a day for the past year.
We can build ships here. Can't we
build some for ourselves? Can't we,
as of 61d, get into the game of off-
snore trade?
If H. C. Leonard, with a few thou
sand dollar in cash and plenty of
courage and aggressiveness, could
trade with Siberia, China, Japan and
the Sandwich Islands, can't we An bo
aim?
When he made his trios no one had
pioneered the way. It was an experi
ment. Nowadays we know thev will
buy our flour and lumber.
H. C, Leonard may have left no
sons in the flesh, but has he no sons
of the spirit left in Portland who will
emulate his example and make Port.
land known in the ports of the world?
German-American Is
Guilty of Assault
Sam, H. Please Fired Shots at Wight
Watchman of Oriental Dock Fuse
and nitroglycerin Found on Person.
Tacoma, Wash., April 21. (U. P.)
Found guilty of first degree assault
by a Jury in Superior Judge Clifford's
court, Sam H. Plesse, alias Frank
Webber, is today awaiting sentence
firing several shots at E. Fel-
SITUATION
SPAN
COMMANDS INTEREST
IN: FRENCH CAPITAL
Cabinet Shakeup Is Due to
Demands Made by the. Im
perial German Government
.
Hew mnleters Selected.
Madrid, April 21. (I. N. S.)
Following is a list of the new
Spanish ministers selected for
the cabinet formed by Premier
Pietro:
Foreign affairs Senor Al-
varado.
War General Aguilera.
Marine Admiral Miranda.
Interior Senor Burets.
Instruction Francos Rodri
guez. Finance The duke of Alba.
Commerce The duke of Al
modovar. Justice Ruiz Valarino.
The new Spanish cabinet to
day reaffirmed its neutrality in
the war.
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By Henry Wood.
With the French Armies in the
Field, April 21. (U. P.) The French
out-Hindenburged Hindenburg in their
great offensive. -
It is possible today for the first
time to reveal some of the strategy
which to date has swept the French
Monmouth Teachers Chosen.
Monmouth, Or., April 21. The board
of directors for the Monmouth Ht-rh
a consideration Of 112,000. , hon1 ho tnnounciul th rWtlin
has sold his acreage I nr thi i-ai--a trhr rniinr..
i - - j . - . . u .
STRONG
ROOSEVELT IS
SUPPORTER OF DRAFT
MEASURE, HEASSERTS
Colonel Believes, However,
His Volunteer Force Should
Be Called Out at Once.
CITES ENGLISH MISTAKE
Approves Freeldent'a Flan for Obliga
tory Berries, Both for Present War
an A as Permanent Policy.
tract in Freewater for $2500 in parti
consideration on the purchase of 590
acres of 'alfalfa and stock ranch in
the Touchet country. 12 miles west of
here.
j Newljrweds Are Expected.
I Grants Pass, Or., April 21. The
' wedding of John F. Hampshire of
1 Grants Pass, formerly of The Dalles,
(and Miss Zola Harvey of Lincoln,
;Keb., was scheduled to have taken
forces on in their greatest victory in
general offensive since the war be
gan. It was the same strategic su-
waIaU Via ...kl.il Vta TFvArir h
U T force ttoZ,ot ? the Nebraska capl
the ground previously chosen by the -a. although formal announcement
French as the site of the battle of haf not been received here Hamp
the Marne. In the same fashion, the fh,rf ,s. President of the American
French forced the Germans to accept jLxploration company and is treasurer
the site of the present battle of the ; of the Twohy Brothers company. The
Aisne on ground carefully selected Hampshires will be at home in Grants
by the French strategists from Sois- Pass after May 1
sons
to AuBerive.
"Strateglo Betreat" Failed.
Hlndenburgs "strategic retreat" was
for the purpose of forcing the French
to accept battle on ground which the
Eugene Bank Prepared.
Eugene, Or., April 21. The First
National bank will subscribe for a
large amount of the new federal cer-
German staff had chosen before the : tificates, bearing 2H per cent interest,
Hindenburg line. That strategy has recently announced, and will receive
now failed. Th French did not I subscriptions of Eugene and Lane
E. H. Hedrlck. principal; R. W. Ta
venner. English and science; Armllda
Doughty, history and algebra; Mary
Hawley, conimerclal department.
Union Opposes Bonds.
Dallas. Or., April 21. The .Polk
County Farmers' union, at its quar
terly meeting here this week, passed
resolutions unanimously opposing the
J 6,000.060 road bond Issue. The Oak
Grove, grange has also gone on rec
ord as opposed to the bond issue.
SSBV
S3 .
ToKiURafsandnido
ALWAYS USE
Stearns' Electric Paste
Fall direction in IS languages
Bold everywhere, r 25e and 11.00.
U. Government buy It.
for
lows, night watchman at the Oriental
dock here, two weks ago.
Plesse is a German-American, and
in his possession at the time' he was
captured, immediately following the
duel with the watchman. was found
a roll of fuse, a revolver and a
syringe which chemical analysis
showed to have . contained nitro
glycerin. He was suspected of Dlot-
ting to destroy, waterfront property.
but officers were unable to connect
him with any plot of this kind.
The penalty for first degree assault
is five years in the penitentiary.
Blair Here on Way
lo Active Command
Captain George F. Blair, commander
or the Oregon Naval Militia forces
which went to Bremerton for mobiliza
tion, passed through Portland on Fri
day, answering his assignment to ac
tive command, ship and destination
withheld for the present.
The details and assignments of the
men and officers of the O. N. M. after
being mustered in are considered very
creanaoie, and it Is regretted that in
formation as to details cannot be elvpn
There were 25 rejections upon physical
examination at Bremerton out of over
225 men,
Captain Bert V Clayton, commander
of battery A, Field Artillery, has been
detailed to look after the DronertlM
and close up all lists and accounts of
me k. is. At. m this city.
Merrymans Have
A Narrow Escape
Toledo, Wash., April 2I:--Monday
afternoon while taking a ' pleasure
ride, the engine In the motor launch
In which Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Merry
man of this city were riding refused
to work , and the boat drifted down
stream until they were opposite the
canal where the current proved too
Strong and drew them Into the rush
ing waters of the canal. The boat was
overturned at the lower end of the
canal by striking; a large tree which
is partially under water. Mr. Merry
man's wife could not swim so he de
voted his efforts to keeping her up
and guiding their course.
They were whirled through the
rapids and after coming to where the
current was not so swift managed to
et hold of some roots and crawl from
the cold water In an exhausted condi
tion. They were rescued later by Ed
Merrrymah and I. W. Stailts.
Local people consider the escape of
Mr. and Mrs. Merryman nothing short
f a miracle as the current In the cut
of the canal la very swift.
Paris, April 21. (U. P.) Spain's
latest cabinet shake-up centered
French interest on King Alfonso's na
tion Friday.
Will Irwin, American magazine
writer and close student of warring
European affairs, returned to Parla
today after three weeks' study of the
situation in Spain.
"The torpedoing of the Spanish
steamer San Fulgencia. excited the
public," he said, "but the Spanish gov
ernment's chief grievance against
Germany is the German demand of 500
marks (approximately 1100) a ton
guarantee that Spanish ships, Will not
carry supplies to the allies, if they
are to be immune from torpedoing.
As near as I am able to judge 25
per cent of the Spaniards are pro
German. 30 per cent pro-ally and the
remaining 45 per cent neutral.
'Madrid is radically pro-German.
On the other hand the country dis
tricts in Spain are generally pro-ally.
The Madrid press is equally divided.
All Spanish Intellectuals, the king and
his ministers are pro-ally. But the
Carlist party is pro-German and this
despite the fact that their pretender to
the throne is now languishing in an
Austrian Jail because he admitted the
fact that he was honorary colonel of
tne Kussian army.
"Others of the political parties in
Spain are about equally divided."
BRITISH TROOPS
GAIN OVER MILE
NEAR CAMBRAI
(-aao moij pnnrinoo)
Fauqulssart, but were repulsed. Ar
tlllerying was active at a' number of
places during the night."
Paris, April 21. (I. N. S.) Driving
in on Laon, French troops Friday cap.
tured the village of Sancy, 10 miles
south of Laon, and also Fort Malmal
son which barred the advance on an
important hignway, the war office an
nounced.
Other advances were made north of
the AiSne in Champagne, and In the
Argonne region.
To date more than 19,000 prisoners
and more than 100 guns have been
taken since the French began their
drive, the war office announced.
choose Hlndenburg's line as the main
point of their offensive.
Likewise, all the wanton destruc
tion in the pathway of the German
retreat all the razing of trees, farms
and villages done to interfere with
the allies' advance, has now proved
utterly useless aa a military step
and completely unjustifiable.
Battle Kay Xast Weeks.
The battle of the Aisne is now in its
sixth day. It will likely continue for
weeks before a decisive moment is
reached, according to the general Im
pression among strategists at the
front.
Along the 40 odd miles of fighting
line there are three general sections.
where the topography of the country
makes three natural divisions. To the
left is the section from Soissons to
Craonne, the center lies between
Craonne and Rheims and the right is
between Rheims and Auberive.
Fighting Bares Everywhere.
Information obtainable -here at the
front today was that these divisions
are likely to undergo modifications,
with the 'possibility always of a great
extension of the front.
Today the battle is raging every
where along the three divisions with
incredible fury. The great struggle
sub-divides itself Into numerous small
er engagements. They may seem
meaningless little or big clashes but
every one of them tends to a common
objective fixed long beforehandU
Scarcely an hour of the day or nignt
does not witness at some point either
an attack or the repulse of a counter
attack.
Infantry Utilise Screens.
These are always Indicated by a sud- i
den rise to terrific intensity or the 1
ceaseless artillery roll along fronts of
one, two, three or more miles.
Although these battles are furious
n their intensity, only the artillery is
usually visible as the sign of the con
flict because the Infantry fights its
way forward under the. cover of for
ests, ravines and valleys, or slips
through former German trenches. !
The ability of the French to bombard
without limit any point, at any time,
is what permits the absolute certainty
of an advance.
Fire Wipes Out Defenses.
Such a concentration of fire as the
French pour In where they want it
completely wipes out every defensive
device known to German genius or
constructed by German labor since
1914.
But If the actual fighting battle
front does not reveal the presence of
troops, immediately to the rear there is
everywhere visible a titanic concentra
tion of men, munitions and material.
The valleys, woods and ravines are
filled with cavalry. Infantry, hitched
batteries, munition trains, automobiles,
trucks, cannon all either advancing cr
awaiting the word to dash to the front.
There Is forward movement everywhere.
county people who desire to invest in
them.
Winlock Marshal Dismissed.
Centralis, Wash., April 21. Perry
Castator has been dismissed as mar
shal by Mayor Raught of Winlock.
It is expected that J. W, Benedict
will be appointed as his successor.
O. A. C. Pledges Support.
Oregon Agricultural College. Cor
vallls, April 21. Assurance of col
lege support to any request for serv-
May Protect Harbor.
Hoqulam. Wash., April 21. Word
coming from the nation's capital Is
encouraging, relative to the effort
being put forth by Congressman Al
bert Johnson to have Included in
plans of defense of the war depart
ment fortifications for Grays Harbor.
Champion Fisherman
Of the Kogne Going
After the U-Boats
m Grants Pass. Or., April 21. la
IS It's all over for the German U- B4
lEB. boats! Claude Barden, acknowl- )Ba
fta. edged by everyone from Grants )sal
)sal Pass to Gold Beach to be the JeH
14 champion drift-net fisherman of )K"
the Rogue river, has joined the VSi
Ba United States navy, and is due fet
Mat at Bremerton Monday. re)
New York. April 21. (U. P.) Col
onel Roosevelt struck back today at
those who have been using hla plan for
raising a division of troops as an argu
ment against obligatory service. In
the first interview he has granted on
hia army plan, accorded the United
Press, he reiterated strongly his de
mand for universal obligatory service.
coupled with a plea that while this
compulsory system was being made op
erative a volunteer force be sentj
abroad.
"I do not want to be put in the
position of saying to my lellow coun
trymen, 'Go to the war.'" he declared.
"I want to be in the position of say
ing: "Come to the war; I am going
with you.'
England' Mistake Cited.
"I. wish we already had universal
military training in this country. But
we are as Great Britain was when the
war broke out. She had disregarded
Lord Roberts' advice to have universal
military service. She was very wrong
in doing that.
"But it would have been a capital
mistake If when the. war broke out, she
had declined to send a small military
expedition at once to Belgium and had
refused to accept volunteers from Can
ada and Australia on the plea that she
then intended to do nothing except In
accord with the theory of obligatory
military service.
Send Tofnnteers First.
''What she ought to have done was
I to send her expeditionary army exactly
as she did; to use the voiunteera ex
actly as she did, and Instantly to in
troduce the system of obligatory serv
ice also. This is precisely what we
should do.
"With all my heart I approve of the
president's plan for universal obllgx
tory servlcei both for the present war
and as our permanent policy. ' .This .
plan will give as the army we must t
hae 18 months hence. But we ought
to treat as a necessary supplement to ,
this plan the utilizing of volunteers
who would not be reached under the
obligatory plan who will not and '
ought not to be asked to volunteer in
the regular army or the National-'
Guard, but who have' special fitness-,
for the war and who will come for
ward eagerly to serve if they are to b ,
sent abroad at the earliest possible
minute. - .
Kate System 1 Bot Country.
"The obligatory aervlce-ldea Is capi
tal to make those serve who ought ,
to do something, and we ought not to
let it be twisted into preventing those
who ardently desire to serve from .
serving even thoygh they 'would be
exempt from serving under the obliga
tory law." - . " "
The colonel was asked how he fait'
toward Germany.
"I am utterly against any "hymn of
hate In this country as against any
nationality." he exclaimed. "Let us
have our 'hymn of hate' arainst that
system of organized tyranny which
has made Germany a menace to the
world as a sequence of Itself be corn
ing the evil genius of what was best '
and noblest in the German character.
We are fighting in the spirit- of An- .
drews Hofer and of those Germans
who led the fight against the tyranny
of Napoleonic France when we now -
rally the free peoples of the world
against tyrannous militarism, which
Would destroy all freedom.
Stand Together Is Advice.
"Once we have destroyed the tyranny
we shall hall . the' Germans as our
brothers and we shall eagerly hope to
admit them to the fellowship of freo .
peoples."
Colonel Roopevelt was here reminded
of the fact that in the past he had,
differed shatrly In matters political
with the president under whom he now
sought to serve.
"Once this country is at war." he
answered. "I shall recognize no parti
ranship and no distinction of parties.
Let us all stand shoulder to shoulder
without the slightest regard to ordi
nary partisan consideration's without ,
the slightest regard to our differences
on internal subjects pledged all of us -alike
to war for the honor of the flag
and the Interests of mankind."
Samuel freal Kills Himself.
Marysville, Cal.. AprlU21. (P. N. SJ
Samuel Deal, aged 3, a 'wealthy res
ident of Camptonville, Tuba county.
committed suicide Friday by shooting
himself with a rifle, because hla wife
had filed suit for divorce. She charged
cruelty. Deal kissed his six children
goodbye and then calmly walked to
the rear porch of the house and killed
himself.
French Gain More Ground.
Paris, April 21. (U. P.) More
ground was gained by French attacks
north of Rheims today while General
Nivelles forces beat back German at
tacks upon the positions around Mont
Haut, which were wrested from the
enemy a few days ago.
The French official statement, an
nouncing these details of the past 24
hours' fighting, declared heavy- losses
had' been inflicted upon the Germans
in the Mont Haut repulse.
"Artillery was active during the
night north of the Aisne, in the re
gion of Nanuil-la-Fossee and Haute
bise, the statement said. "Cannon
ading was particularly violent east of
Craonne and north of Rheims.
French forces gained ground In
grenade fighting south of. Juvincourt
and east of CourCy.
(Juvincourt lies five miles due east
of Craonne and about 10 miles west
of Rheims. Courcy is five miles
northwest of Rheims.)
"A German ' attack on Mont Haut
was repulsed with losses to the
enemy.
"French detachments raided German
lines west of Malson de Champagne,
imprisoning 40 Germans."
Germans Say Drive Checked.
Amsterdam, April 21. (I. N. S.)
Germany's military expats' declare
that the advance of the Anglo-French
armies on the western front has been
checked, according to Berlin advices.
It was admitted, however, that
there were "Isolated instances" where
the Germans were withdrawn from
advanced positions, to prevent useless
loss of life. Into newly prepared
ground supporting; the Siegfried line.
Correspondents of German papers at
the ; front sajr; that " the . British and
French- paid with .heavy losses for
their grains in front of Arras and be-
0. A. C.Will Send 200
To Presidio Camp
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
11s, April 21. One hundred and forty
two student cadets of the Junior and
senior classes of O. A. C. have file!
applications for admission to the train
ing camp, which is to be opened at the
Presidio, May 8. Fifty-seven of this
number are seniors.
No under classmen are being listed
for admission by the commandant
of cadets, with the exception of
those who have had special mili
tary training In' addition to the
work at college. This ruling makes
it certain that nearly all the men who
will attend from this college will have
had three years' drill in college orUts
equivalent. This total does not In
clude faculty members and graduate
students. With the addition of these
names, the detachment from O. A. C.
will probably number over 200.
Puget Sound Navy
Yard Needs Men
The United States civil service com
mission announces that the following
vacancies exist in the Puget sound
navy yard. Qualified persons are urged
to apply at once. Application blank and
information may be secured from the
recorder, board of labor employment.
Puget sound navy yard, Bremerton, or
from the secretary of the Eleventh
civil service district, S03 postofflce
building, Seattle. Places are open for:
Twenty boatbuilders at $3.04 to $4.6
per day.
Ten machinists, at $3.04 to $4.40 per
Two drillers at $2.40 to $3.3$ per day.
Five shipfitters, at $3.04 to $4.72 per
day.
. Twenty laborers at $2.40 to $2.5$ per
day..
tween St. Quentln and the Argonne I
forest. It Is estimated that the at
tacks were - carried ? out . with about
1,000.000 men, most of them represent
ing new or. reformed organizations.
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Raising armies is more difficult, as well as more important, than raising flags, and one of
the chief difficulties in the United States is the feeling against conscription.
"There is enough patriotism in this country to get a volunteer army, and until that is dem
onstrated untrue we should not resort to conscription," declares Senator Thomas of Colorado,
while Senators Stone of Missouri, and Gallinger of New Hampshire are among those wjio think
the recruiting problem can be best solved by increasing-the soldiers' pay. Among Southern con
gressmen also, we find opposition to universal service on the ground that it would be inadvis
able to give thousands of negroes training in the use of arms. Samuel Gompers is also reported
to be against conscription.
On the other hand, a recent canvass of 476 newspapers by the National Security League
revealed 270 of them in favor of universal military training, 49 opposed to it, and 157 non
committal. ' ,
The Milwaukee Sentinel may be said to reflect the consensus of argument in favor of ob
ligatory military training: "Under the volunteer system in time of war, the serviceable man
hood of the nation is divided into fwo parts. There are the-patriotic young men who volun
teer to go to the front and, if need be, die in order that the nation may live; and there are the
slackers who are perfectly willing to sacrifice the other fellows on the altar of patriotism. That
is not a democratic arrangement. A democracy which offers equality of opportunity, has a
right to exact in return equality of service."
Read THE LITERARY DIGEST for April 2 1st in order to get every view-point upon the
greatest problem that is now confronting the Government.
Among other articles in this number that are of unusual public interest are:
Who Will Foot the War-Bill
The Various Plans For Raising the Vast Sums Required and How They Affect the Individual Pocket
bo ok
German Plots Among Negroes -Forming
the All-America War Group
Germany Annoyed With President Wilson
Saying the Soldiers From Wound-Infection
Patent Medicine Poetry
Albert Ryder--A Poet's Painter -'j
What Shell-Fire Has Done to Reims j
The Unseemliness of Funerals I
Casting Bread Across the Waters
Britain's Achievement at Arras
Moral Climax of the War
Ireland's Evil Genius
Passing of the Auto-Gear
Concrete Ships
D'Annunzio Salutes Us
Can Billy Sunday Win-New York?
Striking Illustrations, Including Humorous Cartoons
"The Digest" Policy in War and Peace
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