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Newspaper Page Text3 T qrS ALL HERE bcLOCKt ITS ALL TRUE" PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING; MARCH 25, 1918. FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TWAINS AND NlWt STANDS riVK CKNTS VOL. XVI. NO. 271 " ii av a mtw . . av asssssssstr , -rav iv , " ... - - w . aai .ar - i , .w - m m - ' - sr .asaa sa, ...earn ' ii. .at, m. m m f V M V r XlIWiil Jxv n W v K L LJU. 'CLOCK' . : : , II X il LJ I 1ZM I II I lT I I I I I I, J I 1 I J I A;Vw wUSVVl J I KJ IXI I I IS lJ r l l-J Mr I -ri I PS i a "am lonigoi ana 1APAUME TAKEN EY GEEMANS : WHO CLAIM 45,000 FRISOMERS SPSS 111 BATTLE, American Army Officers Scoff at Big Gun Tale,, But Shells Fall Gen. Wood Says He Is Convinced Firing Is Being Done From Airplanes. 8ft I Berlin Insists Americans Sent In to Aid French Were Driven Back; French Claim From Paris Germans W6re Halted. Intense Fire Poured Into Enemy Trenches on Toul Front; Ger mans Reply With Gas -Shells . and Explosives; Planes Active. C D APPlHindenburgSaps U In HTM UL ManPowerof His Nation to Get Little Further German Advices Are Teutons Are Massing for Another Great Wedge Drive. MM I M ED 171 March 25 I. ASHINGTON. N. S.) Colonel Douglas Mac- W Arthur, chief of staff of the Rainbow division, one of the best known officers in the American army, has been wounded in the fightiog -a&4hi?wei. roat. VHi name appears on the casualty list issued by the war depart ment this afternoon, but no de tails of the extent of his injuries or when and where he received them was given. Only a few days ago Colonel Mac- Arthur was decorated by the French government for conspicuous gallantry In action. Colonel MacArthur Is - the son of Major General Arthur MacArthur. who won renown In the Spanish-American war and the Philippine Insurrection. and before going across was stationed In Washington as war department censor. New York. March 25. (U. P. y Major General Leonard Wood, Just returned from France, emphatically declared his I belief that no mysterious German gun Is firing on Paris. "I have read all the reports re garding the attack on Paris," said General Wood In a statement to the New York Herald, "and I am con vinced tbat no new gun of marvel ous range Is involved. In my opin ion, a great aerial attack Is taking place, and it seems very possible that radical development of airplane guns by the Germans is Involved. I hold this belief despite the assertion that the position of a great gun had been accurately ascertained, I am sure that within a short time it will be established that an airplane bom bardment has resulted In the mis leading report." "It Is my belief and that of my associates that the missiles falling on Paris are aerial torpedoes noth ing more, said Henry Woodhouse, of the board of governors of the Aero Club of America today, after, reading all the reports in the morn- ing papers. "It Is quite practicable to build an ordinary Maxim silencer that would deaden the report of a -gun throw ing shells into Parle from the sub urbs of the city,?' Hudson' Maxim, famous inventor o?. explosives de--Glared today- after "reading 'accounts f of mysterious shells falling in Paris. " "If ths Germans really have built & 70 mile range gun, it would he eo expensive and futile as to indicate their mental deterioration and (Concluded on Pis Two, Column Two) FIERCE Washington, March (tr. P.) "The war department sees no cause for alarm for the people of tke united States over the battle sltnatlon,w Gen eral Mareb, acting chief of staff, said this afternoon. "The' British announcement that the withdrawal was in pnrsnanee with the general plan is accepted. "we hare received no annonneement tbat American troops have been en gaged, neither General Bliss nor Gen- that line." Situation Looms Brighter, Ac COrding tO Information HeaCn-I eral Pershing has sent anything along ing Military Experts at Wash ington; End Not Yet in Sight. Pershing Has Sent In Message but No Intimation as to What He Says Has Been Given Out; Reports Carefully Weighed. w DISOU E REPROVES BELLINGHAM n 'ASHINGTON, March 25. (1. N. S.) An a r m y of 5,000,000 men must he raised by the United States. JThat was Major General . Leonard' Wood, who has just re turned from the front, be fore the senate military af , fairs committee in executive session this afternoon. Of this number from two to two and a half million must be sent to the front with the least possible delay. By J. W. T. Mason New York, March 25. (U. P.) (2 -.45 p. m.) -The German official com munique this afternoon Indicates that Von Hindenburg is again concentrating troops to attempt to drive a wedge be tween the British and French troops at the southern end of the British front. The sector where Americans are de clared by Berlin to be fighting with the French is on the direct road to Paris. Today's French official communique re fers' to the .same district in announcing that the French troops in the Noyon re gion have held the heights on the right bank of the . Oise against important enemy attacks. These Americans (if any are there) may be a few units known to have been in, thstChemln des Dames region, a short distance of the Noyon ; area... . -ji. . ..1 . The. German . statement- it trvw, may he -accepted;, at .not as meaning n fi mora uus :uu' ui Ainennui navv taken up better defensive positions than they first occupied in the sector .Tinder attack. Within the same distance, hut slight ly to the west, the German effort ap parently is being concentrated to separate the French from the 'British. (Concluded oa Page Bight, Oofanut Twp) FIRST SOMME BATTLEGROUND MAP of the country where the British and Germans are now fighting, showing how the lines are being pushed back from the point of farthest advance toward Cambrai to the old Somme battleground. The heavy black line shows the battleline at the opening of the present German offensive. The dotted line shows the position of the armies July 1, 1916. The present battleline runs through Bapaume, Peronne and Ham ap proximately halfway between the other two lines. , Nesle and Guiscard Have Fallen to Huns With Heavy Losses of Materials, In cluding Number of Tanks; Line Pressed Back to Westward of the River Somme, Berlin. Via London, March 25. (U. P.) French and American troops have been thrown back through the pathless i wooded country near Lauenvllle, Vtlle- quier and Aumont, the Berlin war office declared today. This is the second reference to French and American troops aiding the British in resisting the German drive. Franco American forces were mentioned in Sunday's day official statement of the Berlin war office. If Berlin's statement is true, it would Indicate that the French and American troops involved really are a part of the "mobile reserve authorised by the Ver sailles Interallied conference. The near est point In the line where American troops have been mentioned is in the .Chemin de Dames, 35 miles southeast. In the official communique, under Paris date of March 25, appears this paragraph ; "Cast of Badonvlllers, where Ameri can troops are In the line, the enemy attacked at dawn, but was thrown back with heavy losses." Editorial Charges Regarding the Lumber Industry Refuted; Agitators -Scored. American Guns Active By Henry G. Wales With the American Army in France, March' 25, a. m. (I. N. S.) Ameri can batteries on the Toul front sub jected - the advance positions of the Germans to an intense destructive fire at intervals during the night. There was no Infantry action. German Batteries replied with gas shells and high explosives, specialising in counter battery work. At daybreak American observers la French airplanes penetrated over the enemy's lines, photographing the Ger man positions tbat had been bom barded. Wilson's Message in German's Pocket By Fred S. Ferguson With the American Army in France, March 24. U. P.) The American lines were heavily bombarded and machine (Concluded on Pie Two, Column Four) Chamberlain Timber Seizure Bill Passed Scorching reproof to malcontent agi tators, who weave false rumors Into criticisms harmful until officially re futed, is contained in a letter addressed to the editor of a Bellingham newspaper today by Colonel Brice P. Disque, com mander of the spruce production divis ion of the signal corps, the headquarters of which are in Portland. Colonel Disque utilizes the letter as the vehicle of a formal announcement that the eight hour day is guaranteed for men In lumbering operations with the same pay for eight hours as was for merly allowed for 10 hours. He declares unfounded a report that the adoption of the eight hour day was due to the influence of the American Federation of Labor and, referring to the unionizing of the lumber industry, adds : With this question I am not con cerned beyond determining that they shall not use the Loyal Legion to bring about a condition which they were un able to bring about before the war and I would consider it highly unpatriotic and exceedingly detrimental to the in terests of the government at this time. or any other time during the continu ance of the war, for you. or any other members of any other organization to seek to take advantage of the Loyal Le gion of Loggers and Lumbermen and the war conditions to exploit that organ ization." . Since the organization of the spruce production division was effected there has been an apparent propaganda of un founded criticism questioning its effi ciency and such criticism Colonel Disque meets with directness in his letter, which reads in part, as follows: The Loyal Legion of ' Loggers and Lumbermen was organized for Just one purpose.' and that was to bring home to the lumbermen of the Northwest the true and vital- importance to their- gov ernment during, this emergency "and to unite them into a patriotic organisation WASHINGTON. March 25.(I. N. S. The German ad vance has slowed up materially, official advices reaching here to day said. The British are holding the enemy at all points, although , still fighting on the defensive. The situation seemed materially clearer, although the end of the present battle is not yet in sight. All of the information received in Washington shows conclusively that the terrific force of the earlier attack has slack ened in the face of the British defense. however. Officials here could not make public today the reports which have reached them from General Pershing. mis is aue to tne tact that. the Ameri can commander-in-chief has no direct personal knowledge - of what is going on, but simply confidential informa tion received from the British , and French high commands. This has been transmitted to the war department, but officials say they cannot make it pub lic until the same tacts come from Lon don and Paris. The question of whether Americans are actual participants in this,- the greatest battle ever known, remained Mrs. Mooney Is Up For Second Trial an Francisco. March 25. (TJ. P.) That District Attorney C. M. Flckert would conduct the prosecution of Mrs. Rena Mooney personally was Indicated when Mrs. Mooney appeared for the second trial of the preparedness parade dynamiting. Before court opened Fickert announced that there would be no charges against Mrs. Mooney dismissed and declared he was ready to proceed. Superior Judge Griffin. In whose court the case was called, declared he would not permit delay. ROCimcourr Sr-tAUKSMT ANiCMJ CANTlNy BOUCMMN CHAt3 COURT Wit ;otY BENJMCTZ vONiU-CKS. kCHllT; IGNIE3J rlASNtt.RU PM)r .ftNUSTU. Unit BUlKt SRAV-SUR- SOMMl t aw." -WAV- CN-SKMTE.RRC CHNJLNtS W rmttv ILLtCHQL-Lt -"j ... .Tir,r rutum Lr VXlht. LKCHMKTTf. London, March 25. (U. P.) Announcement that the British have been "pressed back at several places" south of Peronne and that there had been heavy losses of materials, including a number of tanks, was made by the British wax office statement tonight. "South of Peronne we have been pressed back at several places slightly west of the Somme," says the statement. "Further southward the enemy captured Nesle and. Guiscard. The losses of materials have been heavy, including a number of tanks." BERLIN, via London, March 25. (U. P.) The German war office today announced the capture of Bapaume. The enemy losses, say the Ger man, are unusually heavy. Forty-five thousand allied prisoners have been taken, together with snore then 600 guns end quantities of other war materia!. . , ' mrae.jrtvejrw forced below Ham, the Berlin war office vAu.-raCPessat aaooweceov W tJ ll- Li-L.. -t e the statement contia HUNS MOWED DOWN IN ATTACK IN MOONLIGHT 25. U. P.) the Scarpe to the Mooney Conviction Denounced Chicago, March 25. (I. N. S. Fif teen hundred members of the I. W. W. were addressed by William Hevwood and urged to work for the pardon of Thomas J. Mooney, convicted in the San rancisco preparedness parade bomb outrage. A resolution denounced the conviction. All labor organizations were asked to protest the hanging of Mooney. (Concluded on Page Two. Column Thr) LAUNCHING OF SIX SHIPS SCHEDULED Wasklarton, March .-( WA8HIG TON BUREAU OF THE JOURXAL.) Jleaator Chamberlain's timber commas deerlag bill was passed aaaalmoasly by tke seeate today, after belag araeaded - to aaihoriie the taklag of timber la the forest reserves, taas placlag all tint bar sadtr the commandeering power. This was proponed by Senator Jones of Washington. Another amendment by , Senator Frellnghnysea ef Xew Jersey, wkieh was adopted, requires that opera tions be eondseted nnder rales of the .. forestry service, which will promote fire protection and conservation. The only ether amendment, entslde of committee amendments,- provides that sawmills shall net be repaired te Increase their equipment. - - " -- J -- l Concluded oa -Pasa Two, Column Ftre) PHONE YOUR. HELP WANTED ADS to The Journal Main7i73 A-6051 ) Results at little expense. ' V- Portland s shipbuilding speed record will go over the top this week when six steel and wooden vessels will be launched, an achievement which Is de clared to equal if not surpass any ship building district of the United States for the given period. Four of the ships will be for the United States shipping board. At this rate of launching the Portland district la going far toward meeting the losses to American and allied shipping from submarine sinkings for a similar period. The . vessels to be given their bap tismal plunge will be launched from the following yards: Columbia River Shipbuilding corpora- vessel. 4 p. m tlon. steel government Wednesday. Albina Engine & Machine . works steel government ship, -.4 p. m. 'Wed ossday. f' G. M. Standifer Construction compa ny's North Portland yard, wooden mo- torship for Llbby, McNeil A Libby, Tuesday or Wednesday. " Grant Smith-Porter Ship company, government wooden steamer: , Launch ing this week. Date undecided, Peninsula Shipbuilding - company, government wooden, ship, scheduled for 3 p, m. today. - j; Foundation company, wooden" ship for French government, noon- Saturday., (The best previous record for Port land was made last week when- three ships were launched. - 1 - ROLL OF HONOR Wahincton. March 25. (I. N. 8.) eral Penhtnt Sunday reported tha following casualties of tha American expeditionary fotcea: One died of accident, four died of diseaae, one wounded neTerely, 12 wounded slightly, one arb oaer. total IS. Died of Accident PRIVATE ANTHONY ROMANOSEt Dtee ef DlMaae SERGEANT JVUB HAUSTON, pneumonia. PRIVATE FRANKLIN COOPER, pneumonia. PRIVATE JOSEPH E. COVERT, pneumonia. PRIVATE BRNEST L. STAFFORD, rnri.t farer. Wounded Severely PRIVATE JACOB BROSZ. Wounded Slightly I lEtTTENANT ROYAL SHARPS. CtRPtRAI, ARNOLD CARICO. PRIVATE CARTER A. DILLINGHAM. FKlVAlbi WUJJAJt UL.VSMUIR, PRIVATE CHARLES U FULLER. PRIVATE ALBION O. GROSS. PRIVATE JAMES M'PANIELSON. PRIVATE MARK. A. RESNICK. PRIVATE DAN SANDERS. PRIVATE MAJOR M. SHELTON, PRIVATE HARRT SHEPHERD. PRIVATE BURTON L. THOBBURN. Irelualy Reported at Mlatlnt, Now Reported aa srwAnee PRIVATE CHRISTIAN A. SORENSON. -No datea are siren to show whether resulted in the becinnins of the German of. tensive cr whether they occurred on other sactora. . - -.!,- Washington, March 25. General PeraUng cabled the -war department today a casualty list reporting one American dead of wounds, three of disease, one of -unknown caws and seven slightly wounded. y . Died of Wounds PRIVATE JOHN T. KIBBX. Died of Disease FLETCHER PICKENS; pneu- BY WIIX1AM PHILIP SIMMS . - with THF RRITISH ARJViltb IN 1 tic riCLU, marcn f With increasing intensity the fighting thunders on from Both the British and Teutonic troops are fagged, but continue battling. Captured prisoners declare that the heaviest blows are yet to come. The Germans, at heavy cost, have progressed across the old battlefield of the Somme, but the British line everywhere is intact Haig's troops have withdrawn in the most perfect order. ' All night long the fighting has been most severe, especially along the Saoirnies-Bapaume road. The Germans, in dense masses, were hurled for ward in the moonlight while the British machine guns raked them in an un- Observers close up at the front signaled back to the artillery and the r.aif-crir.nd dinners fired until their pieces were almost red hot. The enemy is progressing on almost without artillery support, trusting in their ability to. oena tne oruisn unc vy ueci iuuc ui uuiui enrh tircets were ever offered to modern guns. Th. fie-hrinr on the road north of Bapaume continued to be terrific this morning and likewise southward in the region of Ham and Nesle, the enemy i. t.n.rrJtv endeavorine to maintain a crossing of the Somme. ArTn.rntlv the Germans are attempting to drive a wedge into the cen- f h. hattlefront. where they have created a pointed salient after rhts and treat losses. - ; iTh British line is bending, but it has not broken. Hindenburg counted unon' breaking the line the" first day. , i r The enemy cavalry is doing Us utmost to harass the British withdrawal, but only comparatively smau puui uvc jei. apcaicu. Th situation necessarily is obscured with the attacks and counter attacks surging ceaselessly, both under the sun and the stars. As Is inevi table in the case of such fighting, the attackers have taken guns, prisoners and materials, but I do not beheve in alarming numbers. Th airmen continue constantly the lighting in the sky, creating new rartfds' They are withstanding the strain of ceaseless work admirably, Th spirit of the men In all branches is fine, as the prospect of yet heavier fightjng opens. Meantime, tne uermans are up to ineir uiu incas. nod. Fierd Marshal Half, in his official statement, admitted tha German crossed the Semms south of Peronna, near Licourt, bat declared they wero driven back. It is not plain whether the Berlin war offic and General Hatg referred to the same action.) Divisions freshly brought up failed to bring a decision in favor of th enemy, the statement said; . In the evening they were defeated and streamed westward. It was, declared. ,-' Near Bapaume, the enemy was again defeated. Northeast of Bapaume, German troops broke through and drove the enemy back by way of Ytre and Sailly. ' ,- r Hot fighting is in progress for the possession of Combles. Nesle was stormed during the evening. Strong positions west. of the Crosat canal were captured. Guiscard and Chauny have been captured. - ,t Ytres and Sailly are southeast, rather than northeast of Bapaume. . j Haig admitted the enemy gained a slight foothold in the new British lines north of Bapaume during powerful attacks Saturday evening, but dv clared they were driven out. Combles is midway between Peronne and Bapaume. Nesle is 15 miles south of Peronne and 7 miles west of Ham. the capture of which had been admitted by the British. Nesle is 17 miles west of the original line,' and if it is in German hands, as claimed by Berlin, this marks the farthest enemy advance to date. The Crozat canal starts at Tergnier. turns westward to Ham. then swlntrs. north to Peronne. It passes three miles east of Nesle. Villequier is seven and one fealf miles west of La Fere. Aumont is about two miles east of Villequier. - - - Chauny is about eight miles west of La Fere. Guiscard is about elsrht miles farther west and about six" miles south of Ham. Villeauier is about three miles north of Chauny. HAIG'S EARLIER REPORT pneumonia. PRIVATE mofita. PRIVATE TOM WAT PRIVATE WINTHROP 8. LOWEST; mn 01 aver. . Died, Cause . Unknown PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JOSEPH E. ICKSON. v Wounded . Colonel Douglas MacArthur. rup- British officers or civilians are going through towns far back of the lines advising the people to flee and announcing the Germans are in the next village. One, In the uniform of a military policeman, galloped into a village, wivinr a revolver and crying mat tne nuns .were on his heels. He was caught and proved to be a German. Wtth the British Armies. In the Field. March 84. (U. P. Under the eyes of captains and kings the great battle presses without pause. Haig- and others are fingering its pulse on. thia side. The kaiser, Crown Prince . i Frledrich WUhelm. Crown Prince ' Kupprecbt, Hindenburg and Ludendorf f are to consultation on "the other.,- : ; .r.:v"'"' - - ,;- -- - The struggle widens irr the night time andl contracts SViuring the day. "i. In anoonllKht - of sufficient brilliance to "permit the reading of newspapers, bombing . , an observation ; -s aircraft swarm carrying high explosives far behind the - battle .sone. f-They 'broaden or, mueav London, March 25. (U. P.) German forces crossed the Somme river - south of Peronne, between the city and Licourt, but were driven back to the east bank by counter-attacks, Field Marshal Haig reported today, The first hostile attacks this morning developed north and south "of Bapaume, Haig said. , (Bapaume Is 18 miles west of Cambrai and more than six miles south- west of the nearest point held by the Germans before the present offensive.) -The battle continues with great violence on the whole front'' , - North of Bapaume yesterday evening powerful attacks were repulsed with heavy enemy losses. At only one point did the Germans reach the British trenches. They were immediately thrown out. Elsewhere the enemy attacks were stonDed bv rifle and mli-hln erim firm - by the British, and he- was driven back with great losses. : . , linw may oe regaraea as the most optimistic official statement issued by Field Marshal Haig since the German offensive beran. kecnrAnw n u Germans dressed as British commander, the enemy's advance has been stopped all along the line temporarily at least) Wounded Slightly , Corporal Oscar E. Thomas. Private first Caaas I their area of death scores Edvr. J. CoHina, Corporal James M. Hastings. ! fw Villages escaping.; . r . SliTKlSrKl' When the sun rises, the bombers, like prowling bird return' to their rests. Ccrporml John Lershock PrTaU Charles A. Tntnt. Private Jeawpb Yi Kliua. Scout fleets, succeeding the bombers. fly over the clashing Infantry, har rassing enemy forces and observing the artillery. . British airmen have smashed records. The 47 German airplanes downed Fri day, were equalled again Saturday and probably today. The battling is almost exclusively between the Scarpe and the Oise. While the struggle continues throughout the line, it Is hottest on the British right - . Prussian cavalry, hurled forward at various points, attempted to hack tnrougn tne jsriuen lines, but was foiled everywhere, t Terrific encoun ters with mounted and unmounted enemy m the region btwen the Tergnier canal and Ham resulted In driving the Germans back.-- Although making-some progress, the (Concluded ee Pace Three, Columa Two) Battle Is Veritable Struggle of Nations London, March 25. (L N. 8.) If un official advices concerning the make-up of the German armies is correct the bat tle has become a veritable struggle of nations. On the first day of the drive it was reported from Copenhagen that Turkish, Bulgarian and Austro-Hunga- rian soldiers had -been sent to the west ern front but whether they are being used in the actual fighting or are being held in reserve is not known. On the anted side, British, French end American soldiers' are engaged along the battle line, while Portuguese troope hold a sector of the line immediately north of the cone of offense. All reports Trom the front today em phasizes two things : - Is The severity of the German losses in the fresh fighting that developed on Sunday. , - X. The gallantry of the British, who were compelled ..to - withstand assaults made by superior forces of troope follow ing the most violent cannonades known In warfare. German Plans Ket Tet Bevealsd " " The compete plans of. the German army command have not yet revealed themselves, but -the general opinion by , allied military critics is that the Germans are ready to make any sacrifice if they . can break through where the French and British armies Join, so that both flanks of the allied forces can be attacked. One series of German attacks would thus be directed southward-toward Paris: the other northward towards the channel coast. " '..' Field Marshal Haig's advices from British headquarters breathe a spirit of strength and confidence. "They show, that the British had long prepared for such a grand scale offensive as the Ger mans are now making by preparing a. aeries of fortified positions to which they could retire In case ef necessity. ' Dispatches from The Hague" today said that the German press expresses (Ctmeloded on page Eight, Columa Two)