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PORTLAND. OREGON, , SATURD AY EVENING, ; MARCH 30, 1918. FOURTEEN PAGES.
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TO START
ON SUM
Americans Will
Cross Fast as
Allies Can Get
More Steamers
United States Loyally Accepts
Naming of General Foch as
Supreme Commander.
Clocks Will Be Turned Ahead at
1 2 o'Clock in the Morning,
Taking One Hou? From Sun
; day-Morning Sleep.
New Plan to Be Universally Ob
served and People Failing to
I Make Change Will Be Late
"to Easter Services.
AT 2 O'CLOCK Sunday morn
ing, the new government
"fiat time" will gain one hour
upon the sun. By federal edict,
every' clock in the land will be
moved forward one hour, which
mean that everyone must rise
one hour sooner of a morning and
, start to work that much earlier.
By this means the evening end of
the day will be advanced an hour,
so there' will be more daylight
.JIme for gardening, for play, for
' outside forma of work and for
speeding along . the war time
program.
'Much has been said about this pro
gram which makes It seem extremely
complex. As a matter of fact, the only
complex thing to remember is to Bet
the- alarm clock and other clocks one
hour, ahead tonight on going to bed.
Then all one need do is forget all about
the change In time and go by the
clock.
The daylight saving plan is strictly
a war measure. The daylight saving
measure' was designed to take advan
tage for an extra hour each day be
tween March 31 and October 1 of day
light that ' preparations to make the
world safe for democracy may proceed
with alt diligence. It will give the ship
workers,' munitions workers and all
other war workers more time and it
(Concluded on Pigc Thirteen. Column Slxi
CAR SITUATION
Washington, March 30. (I. N. S.
The entire army in training In the Uni
ted States will be transported to France
without delay. The speed with which
tliese units regulars, federalized guards
men and national army divisions are
to be shipped overseas rests with the
allies. Paris and London,.' with the com
plete records of needed shipments of
munitions, food and the like at their
disposal, will decide what additional
transports can be diverted to troop
movements.
Then the men, now all practically
trained sufficiently to participate in
open fighting, and many of them with
combat training experience, will be
shoved forward as fast as transporta
tlon problems will permit. ,
This Is the reply of the United States
to the request of the British premier,
David Lloyd George, voiced through
Ambassador Karl Reading in New York
city two nights ago. The United States
has loyally accepted the naming of
General Foch. the great French strate
gist, as the general In command of the
coordinated military operations on the
west front. Already General Pershing
has accepted a position subordinate to
him. The American army In France,
all divisions, combat, as well as con
structive, are at Foch's disposal. And
military officials here who know what
it all means, say that the result of this
soon must be In "evidence.
Ally Strategy Will, Prevail
From now on General Foch will be
responsible for all operations in the
west. He . will have the assistance of
the' French and British commanders as
well as of General Pershing. And he
will be able to meet every German move '
with a mobile force of troops who can
be utilized wherever needed, regardless
of the particular nationality of the men
that are in the particular sector chosen
for' operations.
German strategy for, the first time
in this war is to be met with allied
strategy. Instead of separate units do
ing what they pleased, the entire allied
forces on the west will be operated as
gtgantlc army. Reserves will be as
available to Foch as they have been in
the past available to the German high
command. And officers here who know
all that is involved declare that this
action alone has shortened the war at
least a year.
The news of the appointment of Foch
today overshadowed, all else, even the
great conflict which still is in progress.
Outlook Is Brighter
It ? was believed here that It might
be two or three days yet before the
effects of his appointment will be ob
servable In the reports from the front.
Generally speaking, officers said to
day that the war reports were satis
factory. The German gains south of
the Somme are small, they say, while
at all other points they have either been
halted or held back. The French retain
all positions near Montdidler despite the
fact that the Germans are reported at
tacking with six divisions of reserves.
PROTESTS
CLAMP!
POUT LIO
KAISER , STRUTS AND BRAGS
LONDON, March 30. (I. N. S.) Dispatches from The
Hague today pictured the kaiser as swaggering about on
the Picardy battlefield behind the German lines, talking in
a loud voice to British prisoners.'
Chamber of Commerce Appeals
to District Director Aishton
Against Seattle - Pronounced
Embargo on Portland Harbor.
Frank R. Hanlon, Who Issued
Order as Rail Export Agent Is
Seattle Dock Man Devoted to
Interests of Puget Sound City.
'. HRD DESPERATE
Bankers and Commercial Inter
ests Join Lumbermen in Appeal
for Traffic Relief.
Chairman Hurley of the Unlfed States
shipping board and W. G. McAdoo, di
rector general ox railroads, were ap
pealed to by bankers, business men.
1 lumbermen and loggers at a meeting of
' ',; lumbermen at the Multnomah hotel Fri
day afternoon to give immediate relief
to the Pacific coast in the way of ves
sels for coastwise trade and more cars
- to move commercial lumber.
The car shortage in the Pacific North
west has reached such proportions that
unless the mills receive relief many of
them will have to close down. The
. ."side cut" of the mills is piling up at a
. rapid rate and it is impossible for the
, lumber mills Jo make deliveries to the
trade, without which the life of the In
dustry . is gravely threatened.
The message to Chairman Hurley of
the shipping board, asks that sailing
, : vessels and motorshlps be retained T on
; ; Uia f acuio coast.
. The messages, which call attention to
t the fact that under present conditions
",' the shipbuilding Industry, airplane stock
-, output program and government auxil-
lary work are severely menaced, read as
t follows :
. "Hon,- W. G. McAdoo. Director General
or Railroads, Washington, D. C.
PORTLAND indignation Is being
fanned to white heat as re
alization of the significance of
the Seattle-pronounced embargo
against the export commerce of
the Columbia river is forced upon
the business community.
The Chamber of Commerce has
" appealed to District Director Aish
ton of the federar railroad admin
istration at Chicago for nullifi
cation of the order.
The slightest delay in action will
cause the telegraphing of the formal
protest of all Columbia river ports 'to
Director General McAdoo of the na
tion's railways, said Executive Secre
tary Dodson of the Chamber this morn
ing. The conviction of the Portland busi
ness interests is that when Puget Sound
was congested with export business, an
embargo was declared equally effective
against the Columbia river and Puget
Sound, simply to keep the Columbia
river from being put In a position to
handle business which Seattle cannot
handle.
The opportunity to put the little
used Columbia harbor in the same hols
as congested Puget Sound, it is pointed
out, came through the fact that Frank
R. Hanlon, the man who issued the
embargo order as joint railroad export
agent, is a Seattle dock man devoted
to Seattle interests. Had Portland
been allowed representation in the
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Follow in Wake
Of Hun Armies,
Stripping Dead
Some, Taken Prisoner, Admit
Surprise at Small Numbers
of French Casualties.
By Henry Wood
With the French Armies in the Field,
March SO. (U. P.) French bombing
planes have dropped 65 tons of explo
sives on German communication lines
and depots during the enemy offensive.
French aviators also bombed troops'
concentrations, both on the fighting line
and In reserve.
Flehtlnz sauadrons participate In
every combat, constantly pouring ma
chlnegun fire Into enemy convoys filling
the roads from St. Quentln. nam,
Chauny. Nesle and Gulscard.
Prisoners assert the German army is
accompanied by special "ghoul squads.
whose duty it is to strip allied and Ger
man dead of all clothing, shoes and
equipment, which are extremely scarce
in Germany. Some or uiese gnouis.
taken prisoner, admit their surprise at
the small numbers of French dead and
wounded.
Since General French at Ypres pre
vented the Germans from turning the
British flank by stretching out his lit
tle army until It reached the North
Sea, no more brilliant movement has
been executed on the west front than
the manner In which the French gen
eial staff, night and day, kept up con
tact with the BrltiBh armies, doggedly
retreating to the northwest.
The French steadily extended their
lines from the region of La Fere to
beyond Montdidler. This successful op
eration has broken up what is known
to have been the official German plan,
namely, following the Bavarian crown
prince's expected rupture of the British
front, for the German crown prince's
army to pass through the breach and
march on Paris by way of the Olsa
Valley.
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REGARDED
SEROUS
Son Called Home From Yale to
Bedside of Father, Who Is
Very Sick Man.
(Concluded oo I'aec Thirteen, Column Seren)
Wells Is Trying to
Make Fair Easter
: Easter bonnets may be worn Sunday
with soma degree of safety, .according
to Weatherman Wells, but he said he
wouldn't .likft-,to guarantee a definite
feeling of security from Jupe Pluvius.
This is the season of the year when
the weather Is more or less uncertain,"
he explained.
The forecast la for fair tonight and
Sunday with westerly trtndWf.f?
Concern over the condition of Theo
dore B. Wilcox, federal milling commis
sioner, who is ill at his residence, 215
King street, became grave today owing
to the failure of the patient to respond
to treatment for an intestinal trouble
which Is gradually sapping his strength.
The report issued by the attending
physicians indicates that Mr. Wilcox is
in a very Berious state. His relatives
are preparing for the worst. Theodore
B. Wilcox Jr., one of the sons, who is
a student at Tale, Is now on his way
to Portland. The other immediate rela
tives are in Portland. -
Mr. Wilcox nas been ailing for a
month and his recent trip to New Tork
to attend an Important conference on
tho federal flour problems, aggravated
his trouble. Immediately after his ar
rival in Portland from the east he went
to his .home, where he has since been
confined.
Mr. Wilcox Is the foremost flour miller
of the Northwest, and during the long
years of his activity In this line he has
sent' millions of barrels of flour from
Portland to many parts of the world.
It was owing to his far seeing business
ability and courage in launching out Into
new fields that Mr. Wilcox nas been able
to open new world markets.
His life In Portland has been closely
idetnifted -with the commercial growth
of the community, and his rapid rise to
a high position in 'the business world Is
all the more noteworthy because of the
fact that when he came to Portland in
1877 he was a poor boy. His first busi
ness connections ' here were with the
Ladd & TUton bank. He was W. S
lAdd'a private secretary until the time
of the death of Mr. Ladd. Subsequently
he became the ' head of . the - Portland
Flouring: mills, vt-'-rZT '
(Continued on Pace Ten, Column Three)
BETTER PRICE FOR
LUMBER
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Lumbermen Want Government to
Make Readjustment Because
of 8-Hour Day.
Readjustment of the prices ' of fir
shipbuilding timbers will be sought by
the lumber Interests of the Pacific
Northwest to meet the increased costs
of the eight-hour day and rise in price
of logs, the lumbermen being Insistent
that the new federal price of $40
thousand for ship timbers is Inadequate.
While contending that the fixed gov
ernment price is insufficient, the mill
men ere nevertheless displaying a spirit
of loyalty toward the government needs
and will rush their output to the limit
pending further negotiations with the
price-fixing board.
The lumbermen intend to go back to
Washington in May "loaded with data'
to bolster up their contention for an- ad
vance in the price allowance.
At the recent conference with the
price fixing board represetatives, George
Uer linger and waiter Nettleton request
ed that the maximum for ship timbers
be no less than 143.60 under the former
working day basis and $44.20 under the
new conditions.
The delegates were told that the eight-
hour day factor did not warrant any
extra consideration. The representatives
did not have at that time enough data
properly to back up their contention,
however. The National Association of
Lumber Manufacturers meets in Chi
cago in May. ' At this meeting an at
tendance of all the trustees of the West
Coast association Is expected, when the
Northwest situation will be fully repre
sented. ,' .
Price fixing of lumber used In rail
road construction and barges used on
the Interior waterways for government
transportation has created another new
angle which: the lumber men must meet.
Announcement of Colonel Brice .P.
Disque that beginning; Monday, v April
1, fir will be placed on an equality
with spruce ra the airplane construction
output program has, caused a new rift
in the clouds which have been -darken'
ing the affairs of the lumbermen.
Colonel . Disque told the milk men at
the letter's banquet Friday night "to re
turn to their plants "and get out all the
HUNS, CHECKED, DIG
IN OPPOSITE BRITISH
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By William Philip Shams
With the British Armies in France.
Saturday, March 30. (U. P.) The first
phase of the central powers' great offen
sive Is over, I believe. That tho -second
phase will begin as soon as Hinden-
burg's battered hosts can . be relieved
and guns brought ,up, however,, can
not be doubted. .
The " situation . was not materially
changed throughout the British line
this morning, while the Germans, line
frightened moles, their passage over
land checked, were digging in nice maa
In places. - '
About midnight the enemy puf down'
a heavy . irencn-monar DomDaram-sni
southwest of Cite St. Auguste, near
Lens.
Cite St. Auguste Is about a . mile
due north of Lena, near Hill 70, and
about the same distance east and south
of Loos.)
When a hostile party tried to approach
the British lines the British waited until
the Germans were fairly close and then
turned loose the machine guns, scatter
ing the enemy like magic
Prisoners Brought la
Southeast of ' Amiens, on the high
ground between the Luce and Avre
rivers, the Germans succeeded in taking
some territory In the neighborhood of
Mezieres and Maison-Blanche, wnicn
they held In force against a British
counter' attack, though the -British
brought back- prisoners from under the
very noses of the enemy's machine guns.
At Rouex,' a party of British which
held long -after being cut off, was daring
ly withdrawn at sunset.
With the British Armies in France, Fri
day, March 29. (U. P.) In the last 48
hours, - I believe, Hlndenburgs cohorts
have been fought practically to a stand
still. .
Carefully sifted- - information rrom
widely different sources convinces -- me
that the German war lord's battle plans
have signally miscarried;
The1 present spasmodic thrusts are due
partly to recomposltlon of this enemy's
flghtlngforees and readjustment of its
offensive scheme. " ;
From prisoners it' is known, the Ger
mans expected to occupy Amiens on the
fifth or sixth day" of the offensive, cut
ting ithe. Calais-Paris railway! . Yet
Amiens atill stands; '
- Hurled In Like Battering-Ram ;
Similarly, 'Arras, which, was yester
day's immediate object, with Vtray, re
mains in the hands of the British. The
kaiser's storm troops - were' checked by
the withering fire from : machine guns
and artillery -
Further- cyclonic fighting ; is - expected
along, the whole : line. The first flush
of theenemy's enthusiasm . has passed.
1 Prisoners say tha offensive i not going
aa -weil . as was expected. While their
lossa.. are high, German discipline will
4 undoubtedly continue" i the V? offensive.
While barring the latter movement
f holding1 tEeiseTTnicsbTIdTy;',rtaW
Ty
French kept up contact with the Brit
ish. This was accomplished only by
masterful handling of the French re
serves throwing in infantry divisions
when they arrive In time, otherwise
using cavalry ' divisions when quick
action was necessary, while' artillery
was rushed rapidly along the entire
front.
Meantime every French division vas
resisting heroically, necessitating often
15 German attacks to dislodge them.
Prisoners declare they were driven
to ' the attack by officers wielding
whips.
WAR STAMP SALES
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TO BREAK
TIED Bl FBI!
Paris Reports Battle Renewed With Vio
lence on 25-Mile Front; French Call Up
Reserves and Are Fighting Desperate
ly to Hold Advancing Hun in Check;
British Line Is Pressed Back at Demuin
and Mezieres; Counter Attack Is Made
and Number of Prisoners Are Taken;
Cavalry Participate With Gallantry.
LONDON, March 30. (I. N. S.) "North of the
Somme the situation is unchanged' the war office an
nounced this afternoon.
''South of the Somme we maintained our positions."
PARIS, March 30. (U. PJ-The battle was resumed
with fresh violence last night and is progressing on a
40 kilometer (2490 mile) front from Moreuil to beyond
Lassigny" the French war office reported this morning.
- "Our-troops-supported by continuaUy -arriving" re
serves, are offering desperate resistance to"the enemy's pow
erful attacks."
BREAKING
CORD
though their spirits are much lower
than at the start.
About 0 enemy divisions (960.000 men)
have already participated. Many of
these were badly mauled and are unfit
to return to the firing line. Before the
tide definitely turns, fresh divisions are
being hurried toward the battle, while
the enemy, though tired, is trying to ad
vance everywhere possible, particularly
south of the Somme, in' an effort to
reach the Amiens-Paris railway.
Enemy Is Loslsg Headway
- Against the British alone 41 divisions
were hurled the first day of the battle,
11 more the second, four more the third.
nine more the fourth, six more the
fifth, ' six more the seventh, one more
the eighth, and about five thereafter, j
Slowly but surely the enemy Is losing
headway. Hlndenburg was expected to
gain momentum as the first strongly
Intrenched positions were passed.
Meantime the enemy's main thrusts
are in the southward, where the Ger
mans are trying to drive a wedge be
tween the .French and British.
British Casualties
For March, 14,588
Report Smallest Sisee A agist and bbvl-
ossly Does Sot Iselade IOtset Is, the
Present German Offensive.
London. March 30. (U. P.) British
casualties published during March to
taled 14,688, according to computations
made today from official lists.
This is the smallest British casualty
list since last August and obviously
does not Include the total losses in the
present . German ' drive. -
The casualties were divided as fol
lows: i
KlllMl Wounded Marine Tnt.T
unwn .. sb 7Z IBS 1.188
2.87 .8fiS . tSS 1S.18S
Tqtth .... 8,810 10,884 894 14.588
The total casualties for the past few
months have been :
February. 19,492 ; January. 74.038 : De
cember,- 80.034 ; November, 120,679 ; Oc
tober, 88,558 : September. 105,430 ; Aug
ust, 60.373.
To Ask Divine Aid
.-London. March 30. O-iK. , S.-,ic-tory
prayers' -wiU be, delivered In many
English churches i. tomorrow..; Prelates
are -urging that special intercession ser
vices, be .held to ask. Divine -aid for the
allied troops that are struggling- against
the German hordes IK France.;; -,y
Total Sales in Oregon Friday
Night Reached the Sum of
$2,017,952.05.
Well, now, the old state's gone and
done it again.
What, spilled- the beans 7
No. "beaned" old Bill, the kaiser-
meaning that sales of Thrift Stamps and
War Savings Stamps In Oregon have
smashed right up over the two million
dollar mark a couple of days ahead of
schedule and that the War Stamp
movement is sweeping over the state
and taking an Impetus that assures the
overwhelming success of the campaign
State Director c. a. Jackson had set
' Despite the bad weather, French aviators continued their at-'
tacks, the statement said, dropping bombs on and pouring: machine
gun fire on the enemy's battlefront concentrations. About 34,000
pounds of projectiles have been thrown on the Noyon,. Guiscard
and Ham regions. :
Thirteen German machines have been brought down V
Moreuil is an important city about ,nine miles northwest of;:
Montdidier, in the direction of Amiens. The front mentioned, there-V;
fore, extends for more than 24 miles, running south from Moreuil,
veering sharply eastward at a point west of Montdidier, and cx-
tending east of Lassigny.
London, March 30. (U: P.) "We were pressed back at De- .
muin and Mezieres, south of the Somme, but at the latter village
we counter attacked and, took a number of prisoners," Field Mar
shal Haig reported today. l;
"Only local actions have taken place north of the Somme during
the past week. -... , .. f.
"Our cavalry lias fought with great gallantry, both mounted and
dismounted, and has repulsed the enemy with heavy losses in;
numerous engagements, ' ' ,
"At Demuin the enemy's attempts to recapture the village broke
down after sharp fighting through the afternoon." ; ('
London, March 30. (I. N. g.) Me
zieres. south, of the Somme river, has
been captured by .the Germans.
Mexleres lies about 12 miles southeast
of Amiens, which Is now generally re
garded as the Germans' objective. It
April 1 as the $2,000,000 day, and when Is near the point of the salient which the
Jesse A. Currey, state distributor.
checked up the returns Friday night
he found the total sales had reached
32.017.952.05. Sales today will be un
usually heavy because it is the last
week day of the $4.14 price for War
Savings Stamps, and it is believed that
when 'final' accounting of figures to
April 1 Is made, that the aggregate
sales will be found well over the two
million one hundred thousand mark.
Nine months remain in which Oregon
must save and invest $15,000,000 in War
Savings Stamps in order that the state's
quota of $17,000,000 by January 1, 1919,
may be attained. This represents a per
capita of $20 for every man. woman
and child, in the state.
The sales reported the latter part of
the week have been notable In a num
ber of respects. They show that the
big sales recorded were not due to the
10 days' fighting In the German offen
sive has pressed into the allied front In
Picardy.
and powerful counter attacks, had driv
en the Germans back, recapturing im
portant ground and prisoners.
South of the Somme river fighting of -tremendous
proportions has continued. '
On the narrow front between Bolry
and Serre. the Germans massed at least
132.000 picked troops, according to Fri
day night's official statement of the
British war 'office. Savago assaults '
There was sharp fighting in the were directed against the British front.
(Concluded on Page Seren. Column Six)
Germany Refuses
Swiss Ships Safety
United States Premised Switieiiana $,
Tons of Grain. If Germany Wonld
Promise Safe Condneti Is Befnsea.
Washington. March 30. (U. P.) Ger
many has refused to grant safe conduct
to ship carrying grain to Switzerland,
the Swiss government has informed this
country. As a result, grain -ships for
Switzerland will be held up until Ger
many relents.
The. United States promised 30.000
tons of grain to be shipped to Switzer
land by way of Cette, provided Germany
would promise Immunity from subma
rine attacks. Germany's "refusal to
pledge safe conduct creates a new inter-,
national problem - for Switzerland, as
well as for the Teutons and ailles. -'
Demlum sector (on the Amiens-Noyen
road) but all the efforts of the Germans
In that district failed with heavy losses.
The tenth day of the world important
battle of Picardy found the allied armies
linked solidly under one supreme com
mander In chief. General Foch, one of
the master strategists of Europe.'
General Foch takes over the high com
mand at an hour when the mighty bat
tle was looking extremely favorable for
the all lea The Germans have been
beaten at Arras, where they tried to
smash the British front and win back
the famous Vlmy ridge. South of that
sector the British, by means of swift
but all the attacks were beaten off and
the German ranks flowed back across
the field that was literally carpeted
with dead and wounded.
So severe had been the German losses .
along the French front in v the Olse
sector, that the German attacks were
notably weakened and the French war
office In Us report spoke "of the fight-,
ing on Friday afternoon as local.
The French thrusts against the lower
flank of the German salient continue
to grow in strength and it was reported
from Paris that French troops' bad
fought their way back into Noyon.
(Continued' ea Pif Two, Col una Two)
WAR SIDELIGHTS
IN -.
THE SUNDAY JOURNAL
War features of compelling interest in THE SUNDAY JOUR
NAL tomorrow include:
THE INVASION OF BELGIUM By Brand Whitlock,
-United States minister, to Belgium.
AMERICAN TROOPS IN FRANCE By Hilaire Bellow cele
brated English military critic.
WHAT GERMANY EATS IN WAR TIME By Edward
Mott Wooley.
THE BROWNING MACHINE GUN By Tames H. Collins. '
THE WABIN PICTORIAL REVIEW v
TOMORROW : .