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ITS ALL TRUE VOL; XVI. NO. 275 1MUI13 -iRiLir Oik li a lyyOTy ir iRilOI l ILIRq ;::lflFiWR: IT iriEdiL l vini J csv J liJ LiJ 1 viru (vwAicJ Jl 1 J xjj ii imiELa ii TO UJL l ' 1- : .- -. 1 T- ' ' ' ! : I . : ' : 1 ...-a: Sops BE SE1 1 American Commander Attends Conference of French Officials and Asks in His Country's , Name for Privilege to Fight. Secretary Baker, Back in France, Is Expected to Renew Offer to Let United States Troops Help ; Turn Back the Advancing Huns PARIS, March W. (U. P.) Gen eral Pershing, In a conference 'r with French officials at the front ; Wednesday, asked in his own and ' hfg country's name that the en tire American forces in France be engaged (. Vd'i th ' present ' battle, vtlM wavof flee annomced todaV.'? Pershing said the American arrqy was entirely at the disposi tion o( the French. He made his revest of General Foch, while Premier Qemenceau, Minister of - Munitions Lech eur and General ? Petaln Were conferring with Foch. : "I com to tell you that the American people would feel highly honored if our troops were engaged in the present bat tle," General Pershing said. "I ask this in ray own name and In the country's . name." "At the present moment the only ques tion Is to fight," continued the American general. "Infantry, artillery and aviation all we possess are at your disposal. Dis pose of them as you please. "Other forces are following, as many ' as will be necessary. "I especially came nere In order to tell (Concluded ea Pui lm, Column Tbi) i OF CARS REPORTED Important Conference of Lum- bermen Shows Daily Demand 300 More Than Supply. Leading lumber producers of the Pa cific Northwest in session in Portland today recommended that Colonel Brice P. Dlsqne. in charge of the government's airplane spruce industry, be given au thority to distribute all cars for fed : oral and private commercial account, thus relieving, if possible, a shortage ." which now amounts to 13,000 cars. Resolutions adopted at Thursday's meeting were presented to the general meeting Of the lumbermen and loggers at the Multnomah hotel this afternoon. ; The action of the executive commit tees wllf be telegraphed to Secretary McAdoo, director general of railroads 'or the United States government. That the car shortage problem Is the ' most serious phase of the lumber indus try of the Northwest . was freely ad mitted by leaders in attendance at to day" conventions f the West Coast Lumbermen's association and the Wil- i lamette Valley Lumbermen's assocla- ; tlon, and the general meeting. ' " ' alpballd!ag Affected ; : ! car 'shortage question Indirectly Affects the government's shipbuilding program.- Producers plalm that Unless . thejr are able to move their commercial lumber-to meet market demands, they -might be forced in some instances tn close their, plants. The ship timber sut (Conclodwt on fase Ntn Column Two) GREAT SHORTAGE TIME TO STRIKE DRAWS NEAR -- t:' ,. . By Ed L. Keen -.London, March 29. (U. P.) -There is no reason yet to believe that Quartermaster General Ludendorff has Increased his prospectsof win ning the great political gamble, which is the real character of the Ger, fjnan superroffensive. Every effort reserves aw failed. Meanwhile the German line has been compelled to take an Increasingly precarious shape. Simultaneously the German com mand has been forced to draw on its own reserves past the point-of highest efficiency.;-' , ,' , ,; . - The time Is approaching when the allies reserves, still Intact, will be able to stike where they please. ; . , IV Heavy Rain Battlefield and To Difficulty of By William Philip Simms WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, March 29. (U. P.) The fighting continues today despite a sudden change in the weather that has sent a gale and rain sweeping across the battlefield. The Germans, with ox-like perseverance, are butting away against the British lines in the region of Arras. The enemy has progressed some, occupying the front line trenches at Orange Hill and Neuville-Vitasse. The cold, stinging rain made night ffghting difficult. The moon -which since the commencement of the offensive turned night -. into day. was obscured, rendering the night as black as the pit. As a result there was a comparative lull In the Ancre valley and astride tho Sam me, following a hard day, although under brilliant flares. Suspended from parachutes, outposts and patrols clashed In constant maneuver for an advantage ous getaway at dawn. While Von Below gained ground In the north, the British held Von Hoffaker to petty advances in the region of Al bert. Four heavy attacks were repulsed lata. in tne aiternoon norm 01 tne somme. The enemy dead are littering the ground south of the Somme. .After re peated assaults all day, the Germans bent back the British line a short dis tance to Hamel-sur-Somme. Warfusee Abancourt and Marcelcave. (Hamel-sur-Somme is seven miles south and west of Albert, on the south bank of the Somme. It la direcUyopposlte SaUly-le-Sec War-fuaee-Abancourt Is two miles directly Director McAdoo Has Outdis tanced Expectations in Three Month Period. Washington, March 29. (I. N. S.) William Gibbs McAdoo, three months ago today, formally took possession and assumed control of most of the railroad property of the United States. In the short space of 90 days, as director gen eral of railroads. Mr. McAdoo has revo lutionised railroading, has swept aside gentlemen's agreements of long stand ing, has cut off abuses of power and has gone further tn general reorganiza tion methods than any railroad man thought possible. It took McAdoo 15 minutes to put into effect the universal waybill, which sim plifies shipping from one part of the country to another. This reform had been under agitation for more than 25 years. One Great National System The new director's first order placed the railroads of the country on a basis to be "operated as a national system of transportation." Today he announced that, planning with Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the shipping board, the railroad system now will be linked with the shipping program to place all of the transportation systems here on an international basis. The individual railroads now are en gaged in putting the finishing touches to the biggest Inventory ever taken in the history of the country. Labor Disputes Adjasted One of the biggest, probably the big gest task that confronted the director general since he assumed control, has been the question of adjusting the pend ing labor disputes. , By the creation of the railroad wage commission, now en gaged In its labors, he temporarily set- tied all disputes. The report of this body, which is headed by Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the Interior, will in volve ' the largest increase in wages ever recommended in the history of labor. The strongest blow at the corrupting Influence in railroad finance was struck, it is believed by friends of Mr. McAdoo, when ' he issued order No. 6, that said : "Carriers' operating revenues shall not be expended for the payment of any one employed in a.ny way to affect leg islation ; for attorneys not actually do ing necessary legal work; for persons or agencies constituting associations un less approved by the director general ; for any political purpose or to directly or - indirectly influence the election ' of any person or an election affecting any public measure' thus far made to draw in the allies RAILROADS 0FU.i'-;23 VESSELS TAKE REVOLUTIONIZED WATER THIS YEAR Portland; , Drenches south, and Marcelcave s two miles south of Warfusee-Abancourt.) Below this the Fronch brilliantly held the roads to the southward, driving back the German crown prince's hordes with the bayonet at places. Battle Line 70 Miles Long With the British Armies in France. March 28. (U. P.) The tide of-battle is ever rising. The great struggle ts extending northward and southward. with a sudden new thrust westward and northwest against Arras and a gradual spread southward around Noyon. The new battle line Is more than 70 miles long, measured around the western bulge. The principal fighting Is in the three distinct centers one against the north flank toward Arras; the second astride the Somme, against the center; the third against the south flank, bife tween Montdidier and Noyon. . Severe fighting is under way in an three. After comparative quiet since the be ginning of the offensive, the sector from Coactaded w Fip Nineteen, - Column Ft), Willamette and Columbia District Puts 124,000 Tons Afloat in Three Months. Twenty-three vessels, representing deadweight tonnage of approximately 124,000 tons, have been launched by shipyards In. the Columbia and Wlllam ette river districts since January 1. All but five of the vessels were for the emergency fleet corporation. The dead weight tonnage of these five is appro ii , t Ann A. umwij i u, tuns. From 1915 up to the end of 1917. J7 vessels had been launched in the Ore gon district. Of these 37 exactly 30 were launched in 1917. Six of these went to the government under the comman aeenng- order. All six were steel steamers, four being 8800 tonners and two of 8300 tons. Two had previously Deen omit lor service or the British gov ernment, having been contracted for by the Cunard line, an English concern for. Transatlantic voyages. They were tne war Baron and War Viceroy, both 8800 tonners. Five In Commission wi m bix. nve nave Deen In com mission ror some time. Thev are the j Westland. Westwind. Westward Ho and Westchester, all 8800 tonners, . and the Point Loma, 3300 tonner. The second (ConcluSed on Page Nineteen. Column Three) Roumanian Oil to Be German, Monopoly Washington. March 29. (L N. S.) A German company to be designated by the German government will exploit all 1 the U privileges of Roumania. according I lo aavlces reacning tne state depart ment this afternoon. Austro-German capital will control three quarters of the company, the remaining Quarter be ing Roumanian capital. The company will not be subject to Roumania's code of laws. The company will have at its disposal all petroleum at its own price produced by private' persons or joint stock companies in Roumania. Meat Cutter Wanted Garage For Sale Wanted, Mlseellaseoat i WANTED One small Buffalo silent meat, cutter. Price must be right. Poultry, Pigeons, Pet Stock 87 BAKRED ROCK eggs for hatching ; incubator lots a specialty. . -! Opvortaattles Si A GARAGE business for sale 35 steady storage cars; . sells gaso line, oil and does repairing. If s the time and season when the Impulse to find. better hemes is fctrer.jr and contagious. A JOURNAL WANT AD gets eager attentions. If it seems at ; all "promising." it is promptly In vestigated. If the house or- the apartment are really desirable, the ? tenant who is likewise will be found. l . PHONE TOUR AD TODAY -i 'Main 7173 Phones A-6051 - Adds Hun Oregon; frid a y . evening, march '2fv isistwenty pages. "FOREMOST STRATEGIST" READY G ENERAL FOCH, the great French leader, who, it is prob able, will be in command of the allied armies that are to strike at the flank of the Germans. Foch, it is said, will have the powers of a "generalissimo." -, . v -S jf j. 4 Vi . ; j jui & t) ' :Jx -1 - AAy, iwAivj K-v si WILSON CONGRATULATES FOCH ON w ASHINGTON,March 29. (U. named interallied commander, uetmans in trance was indicated toaay in-a-messige from Presi dent Wilson.. conrritulatinr him on . The message said-. " "May not convey tojrou,,my sincere . congratl latlons 'on' your , new authority? Such unity . of. command is a most hopeful augury Of ultimate success. We are following with profound interest the bold and brilliant action of your forces. , . , (Signed) "WOODROW WILSON." General Foch, Who Will Lead Reserves in France, Popular With U. S. Officers. Washington, March 29. (I. N. S.) News of the appointment , of General Foch was conveyed to President Wilson during the cabinet meeting today. - The text of his cablegram to the general was made public before the cabinet ad journed. ' . The president, in addressing the cable gram, however, lid not make -clear whether Foch was supreme in command or merely in command of the Anglo-French-American army of maneuver the "victory reserve." The announcement that General Foch commands the allied reserves la most niuinr to the military experts. who say that the veteran French gen eral has "no, equal in. all. Europe as an exponent of military strategy. -With bis transport line short, so far as these things go in Europe, and with an abundance or men ana suppues ex ui sorts. ; Foch can be depended upon to reach the vital spot in the German ad vanced lines by the quickest route. That the Germans realise that, all is not Koine well is indicated in todays reports, .which show that the high com mand is bringing up additional men ana guns from the reserve bases m Ger many.- These men have been utilised to replace the decimated shock ' units near (Coacladed en Pise Nineteen,, Colunia Fear) Approval Stamp Is I Needed on Packages Washington. March 29. I. N. ' S.) The postoffice department today ordered postmasters-throughout the country to refuse-to accept any but authorized par cel post packages addressed to Ameri can soldiers abroad.i ; 5 . , . The order is effective April t and was issued in pursuance of the war depart ment's order that shipments to soldiers abroad be limited to things actually -queeted by.- men,' which - requests ..must bear the. approval stamp of .their com- mandars.---- p. - , .-.-,J.J.. - - - - .iij . -. r . tf. .. I HIS PROMOTION P.) That General foch has been of the- great forces fcombating the "vour new authoritv'- PLANS TO REOPEN FARE HEARING LAID Traffic Expert -Cousins to Get Evidence: Court - Action to .i Be Awaited. Preparation by the city to reopen the 6-cent fare case before the public serv ice commission, in the event that the supreme - court upholds the decision of the six circuit judges, began this morn ing, when Mayor Baker instructed Ed ward M. Cousins, municipal traffic ex pert, to familiarize himself immediately with, the evidence presented to the com mission, py the Portland Kail nay, Light Power .company in the case, and se cure any additional facts accessible. No effort will be made, by the city to secure a rehearing until after the su preme wirt has ruled on the appeal. Mayor Baker has been advised by City Attorney .LaRoche that it is the unani mous opinion of all the attorneys Tep- reeenting the city in the case that to take further action before- the commis sion to set aside its present order would be a strategic mistake. . , -"Such - action would embarrass and lessen the chances of the. city ta the appeal now in the " supreme court," writes City Attorney LaRoebe. . "In the event the city should lose Its case in the supreme courVwe can then apply to the commission, for a rehearing, and if we have facts that will Justify it. -we may confidently expect a modification of the present order." . -f The attorneys representing' the city anticipate that the appeal will be heard In the .supreme court about April 0. and a speedy decision is expected.' ;v. Geo;fBlairjTJiN:;; Folks Lieutenant - Commander George B. Blair, U. a navy, is on leave for a few days and; will spend, the time with his family and friends In Portland. lieu tenant-Commander Blair was at the head or the Oregon Naval Militia until it waa called out nearly a year ago, and was an.-enthuiastic preparedness advo cate lor years. He has been serving on the South . Dakota with -the . "Jacldes" Ifrom Oregon..but is not in a-posiUon to twf viwrlTip.a af ftit. lm , teirof hla experiences at ihis time. - Gen. Bliss Says Allies Hold the Enemy All Along Line in France British and French Fighting With Complete Knowledge of German Plans. Washington, March 29. (U. P.) "The enemy is being- held at all points," was the dispatch from Gen eral Bliss, read to the house military committee this morning by General March. Bliss' report, read before the joint war department house military con ference, indicated the situation, al though still grave, is gradually as suming favorable shape for the al lies. While the house military commit tee was closeted with war chiefs at the department, the senate military committee heard General J Frank lin Bell In a. sweeping analysis of conditions in France from the great drive to the American expeditionary forces. That the aJllea. by reason of their knowledge of German plans and preparations to meet them, had whipped the Teutons .before the west drive began, waa the declaration of Bell. The allied withdrawal was baaed, ' he said, upon complete familiarity with every step of the German prep aration for the offensive. I knew the British plane in a general way before I left. France." He told how each slda Is able now to locate enemy artillery by station ing observers who listen for the pound of guns. Six of these listen .ere . report,- and their report are ' combined with, the result, that an Too3lrVer is enabled to fly over a certain position and verify the fact that a sun or battery Is located there. "Then it Is easy to force the enemy to .move his guns." said Bell. . la spite of, lavish fire on these positions the guns themselves are seldom destroyed. '1 can - assure you that General Pershing has established schools and is taking advantage pf all the latest scientific methods of combating the enemy." General Bell gave interesting in formation on the duties aiid proper ages of officers. T National Labor Policy Is Agreed Upon by Labor Planning Board. naTioaMabo"' prticfor th'durauon 5 the war and giving a sweeping victory ernoon by the representatives of capital me signing of the agreement followed r:rJ,:ZZTt m, not be made public until received by Secretary of Labor Wilson, it was the cause of great gratification by the rep resentatives of labor on the board Among the principles, it is understood. there is a guarantee that the common laborer will receive wages proportionate to the high cost of living and which win provide for his comfort and health. This alone means that the so-caiied day laborer will have his wages amount to at least $4 a day. The wage policy must be governed entirely by comfortable standards of living and prevailing "prices in the com munity. There is also a guarantee that women doing the same work as men will receive the same scale. Trade unions are given the right to organise and are . accorded fun recognition. It is understood that the agreement pro vides1 agarast discrimination and the term "open , shop does not once appear in the document. . The . representatives of . capital are among the most - extreme and con servative non-union employers in the country, while the labor representaUves were known as the most liberal and most radical. ' WORKERS!! READ THE HELP , WANTED. Ads TONIGHT Opportunity v : for Advancement RADE UNIONISM W NS BIG VICTORY PRICE TWO CENTS GERH Bf WISH Haig's Men Take More Prisoners and Re- port Capture of Machine Guns Nortliqf . Somme After Inflicting Severe Punish ment on Germans; Execution Frightful. Ground Gained in Counter Attacks; Line! Yields Only for Short Distance at the : Advanced Points; Fighting Extends; Over Distance of 80 Miles; Rain Falls. BERLIN, via London, March , thousand prisoners and claimed in the Benin war efhee official statement today. : ., , "Between the Somme enemy from bravely 'defended villages in a westerly and I northwesterly direction - by way 'orWarfuse, Abanccurt and Plessier," the statement added. "Between Montdidier and violent counter attacks." PARIS, March 29. (U. P.) The French are holding firmly the territory recaptured from the enemy yes terday in the Montdidier sector, according to the official -announcement issued this afternoon. : In the Montdidier region, held the villages recaptured ment "We stormed and captured Lemontechel and repulsed counter attacks against Plessis "North of Montdidier holding the enemy on the Avre river." "There was funous fighting in front of Plessis-de-Roye. emy assauus were mmea resistance or our iruops. rnfuncn cum inn uic ucavy luuce , in this region. "North of Montdidier, the checldnsr the enemv alone the Laneuville, iere-Bemard, "On the road from Laon columns and convoys were "ArtiUenes are active on L GNDON, March 29. (U. of prisoners and machine heavy losses on tne enemy, day. frntint attnrW with I , . , day (Thursday) only gained our hand fighting, Haig said. His reserves, sent forward thrown back everywhere with Our own machine guns, artillery and rifles did great execu tion. "Our positions were maintained against strong attacks north of the Bomme on Thursday afternoon and evening and we gained ferround by successful counter attack," Field Marshal Haig reported today. "Heavy continuous fighting con tinued south of the Somme until late in the evening. We maintained our line throughout the day Jn the face of re peated assaults by. superior enemy forces. . , "We have withdrawn a short distance from advanced points." ' London. March 29. (I. X. S. As the fighting xorie of the mighty battle of Picardy lengthened during tne - past 24 hours, the German drive again slack ened along the line. Not alone did the allies' front hold under the sledge hammer blows of the massed Teuton hordes, 'but the French. by a sudden lunge forward, pressed the r JOURNAL'S WAR NEWS IS BEST - William Philip Slmms and Henry Wood. United Press Staff Correspondents, with the British and French armies in France, are today on the actual aceries of the world's greatest battle, sending the news direct to the readers of The Journal. - - These two tried and trained correspondents have been on Die batUefronts tn France since the beginning of the war. Their experince. mature Judgment and admitted ability give The journal an unequalled representation on the -frontier of freedom. -' 1 ' - -Only four American correspondents are permitted at the British and French fronts. Of these four. Slmms and Wood have been there throughout the war, and in this respect the combination la unequalled. -., ; .. . t ,.- v, . Om TftAIHS aRD tCW:v TAMO FIVK CtNTS ? ' RESERVES I " -" e .-. - -r"--" & FIB LOSS ' i VETERA 29. (U. P.) Seventy 1100 captured guns, were and the Avre we drove the Noyon the French delivered despite counter attacks, we yesterday," says the state - de - Roye. the Anglo-French forces are ; vanuy ginsi mc inaomuaoie . Franco-British are victoriously line of the Avre. in front o Mezieres, Marcelcave and to La Fere, Qerman infantry cuspersea by rrencn artillery. the rest of the front." P.) British forces took a number guns north of the Somme, inflicting . rieia jviarsnai naig reponeaTO- trrft rleterminatinn throiichfttit the- . r. . j .- outpost lines after severe hand-to- against out battle positions, were losses. ' A . . ' i . Germans back two miles fn the sector between Lassigny and Noyon. Fighting of a fierce description has ' been raging . over a front between . SO and SO miles long from a point 'Bear : Lens, north of the Scarpa rtver, to the south of the Olse river. ' Again the Germans suffered extreme ly heavy losses, their attacking columns being mowed down In heaps by the galling fire of the Anglo-French machine guns and cannon. f ; British Held U HQs Lise -''j. While Field Marshal Haig, In his re ports to the war office, dwelt upon the violence of the fighting east of Arras, stating that the Germans had succeeded i in breaking into some unimportant out post positions, no mention was made , of the engagement by the official state ment, given out by. the German war of-? (Conumud m Fm l". Colas Om) v..-. i , l