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Newspaper Page Textr TODAY'S FEATURES 1 ' WhltfoeV of Belgian, .Tag 1 ? - tka Two, la the Can With MAeo, by CkarlM - W. Dske. Page 9, heUo.Tw,.irt - B Hal re Bailee's. Weekly Article, Page - . , 11, SeCtiOA TWfc : - i - i - . - , , . Plrtorial Wa , Bevlew, Page II 8S i THE WEATHER -. i . I ' -l w--. . rrtIB sad TllBlt7 SnAsr, falri i rUiwakt wind. - ; . i : Orr ul WatkUrto Fair. ned nto orUwit ts!llfht frost tut : ; ''. ? IMS TWO ;, . -.-i srVOt.VL NO. 2. PRICE FIVE CENTS CITY EDITION ' PORTLAND;- - OREGON SUNDA,Y.;;MORNING, . MARCH 31; 1918.: t - gspsiipjigiiiaiag BUILT MEPi BUM S I LKE HELD Reserves Sent to Front Between Morguil and iassigny Are Be- lieyed to Have Held Advancing Germans iri Check, Paris Says. German Forces North of Sorame Are Hurled Back With Losses, Haig Announces; Heavy tiains Continue Over the Battlefield. WASHINGTON, March 30. (U.' , P.) French reserves thrown Into v the line front Morguil to Lasslgny are - believed td ; have hays an official dispatch from 4, Paris here late today. The flghU ing has been fierce, and heavy man. French casualties wera re ,' ' ported to Juve been comparative- -ly slight. . , , London, " March to. (C' P. Th heavleat fighting today continued . to canter around Montdldjar, . tha points of tne German edffa,"-acoraina ' v both ..'.Brlttah and French official atateraenta . Tna war ouici mis evening aaia tne ltuation waa "anohanaed." .The newest enemir' thtust was an t 't: ,.aVS'WVUII WH, WTW. B. IU front astride Montdldier.' Thla sector extends from Morg-ull southward around Montdldier and eastward to a txlnt. be- voixl Ltuwlinr. r ".-.tf . .'fj'. 'Salt Htsroi ' rioitlnM . ' . The 'French War office reported '.Pe- taln'v men, : aided ;by. conttnualty .arrlv Inc" reserves "offortni desperate' resist ance to the enemy's powerful assaulta.? A ' continuation of the ranifatt In'; the southern part of the battle zone at least was Indicated In the Paris communique's statement that , "despite bad weather; French airmen carried out extensive bombing' attack in the region of Noyon, Uutscard and Ham. Halg reported a savage German at tack at Demom ana Mesieres. 10 ana 13 miles south of Montdldier, where the British- were forced to tall back slightly. At Mesieres, however, the British took a number of prisoners In counter-attacks. Uaig still retained possession of Demuln after sharp fighting throughout the aft ernoon. 4 Maselag Troops -at Terdaa The correspondent of the Amsterdam llandfllnblad. after a visit to the Verdun front, reported that he saw .heavy Ger man concentrations of troops On that . sector. The British continue to drive the Turks before them in the Mesopotamian and Palestine theatres. In the former reerlon. British forces have captured Ana BnJ Haditha, 83 mllea northwest of Hit, and are pursuing the remnants of the Turkish army. General AUenby has advanced two miles on an eight mile front west of the Jordan, occupying Khummei-Ikbad, Khummel-Bureid and ' Uelrslman. 1 Berlin, via London, March 10. (V. P.) "Ayette haa been cleared of the ene my," the German war office reported to night.; , -v "North of the Somme the situation la unchanged." TAyertte Is seven miles northwest of (CODCltued en Page Twelve. Ooluma . TwoV. UNUSUAL. ACTIVITY TO BEGIN s m THIRD i 1- This week' will be marked by unusual! activity oti . the part of Liberty , loan worker Veglnnlng with inspirational - meetings of -campaign officers and werkera eft Monday and oulmmating in the . festivities of the formal . opening day on Saturday. Lieutenant General Julius L. Meier haa catted a meeting of the colonels and captains - of his division at , the Portland hotel at S o'clock. Monday eve ning. At 'the s&rne hour a meeting haa 1 been called by Lieutenant General James " A; Cranatdn of the colonels and captains of "hla division of campaign workers in th green room of the KJh amber of Corn mere '.f, .. . 'At 1 these meetings officers will be given final, Instructions as to their part In the' work of raising Portland's share of the iuota of tlS.495.000 allotted toXre A gen - fpr .the third , Liberty loan. A. L. A?4Us, J. L. Etherldge. Willis K. Clark ait otjier officers of the campaign com , mitten win address these -meetings. At - . th Monday evening meetings officers of . th drive will receive their badges of . office. ", ' ' - J- ' . 'r.i' ?'.-? Thursday night a monster meeting of News Index SECTION ONE CO PAGES. 1. .rranah Htm Thfoww jmj wn rv.. a--., ak Hum Of on htoyard By prank H. tmoi f. a u A am Hour Lean CamMian T f orm Thlj WMk j. t. hlayar Mint B P"0flM Hum Pimm Liberty Loan Bill V. M. O. A. Ojrmwwlum omm HuS to .1MM AeWM Mnh I Pre for AimrXam Boon i PIm Nun to Otae4Mt 4. W. B. B. Bate BMW B. Mi MaeArthur Popular Offtoor DvUnouwit Tax BIH I atltlana OlrculataS rawnlna Maoltlna Ouna Available ; OanMt VradteU ttmrn Cr Afl War Partial V, at. O. A. OHDraf Bam. Oantaenlal ' Oraaon Ready to Btajie 9114900 Loan Quota . . ' ' m Americana mm liTactlae TnHft BwiM W. Morrow , dltortal Brlaf Information Town Toartce . . Franco an4 Italy Assaal far Spruce SB RoaMrente Are Barjh .,,. Throat of iUar" OuloU WobbJfcH OanH4ataa for LatldaUre File Oarnt Law It Now Lattar In th Paolfle Rorthwaat WaJtar M. 'lorco Woula Ooarnr Wlaeomln lolKlo at white H Hot man Point to Racers as Oammte- lonar . WaJUr B. Aahar OanSMsto f or Laala. latnr Mlllwrlfht 9aU Labor Commlulonai hi - " March I Bit Butinaaa Month Bolthnlkl Ralont Pure BoelaJtem . SatuMla In tha OaurU .. . : " a. 10. . 11. it. 14. IB. 1B. 1T. 1B. 10. Hun HanS Heavy an Alaaca-torraln Pay f Paoklnf Hout Labor isareaiH L attar Prom Oregon Soldier v Idaho Oererner to OaH Speclel 9lea Pendleton Pur Bale Suoeoarful Petition Piled for Jude ttank lleaall Shipyard" Laaoue Open Sunday Transportation , Bent . Portland Player exlnt CommfUlow Lauhmakr Boa Sauad Aer Beat Thirty Rider in Hunt Cfcaee Oowler Talk Like Flehtlna Mas pact Bis Military Bntry Jack Dempaey Oonddered Lucky War I Help to Baseball, Peetball to Revived . Plehlnt Beaaon Start Monday Hem Sioard Benefit Smoker .Sparkle 20. fl. . rinai xrapinootine aaaat Tooay aaebaH Schedule far 101B Beawn MuHnomah Olub In exhibition Cincinnati Depend on Vou natter : Real Bttato and Building ' Want Ad . Market and Finance Marina Row BS. 4-0 as, so, Tribut Paid Memory of Lata W Cotton lair te Return to Duty Boon ' : Cyanide Fume at Taeoma Fetal SECTION TWO 20 PAGES w. Nm 1. ttrin' Inverts . f Balalum . By . arane wnitwea .- - t.- t. In the Cab with McAda i By Chari W, Duke. - . SU ..' The? Realm at Muda .yj.:-& .'.. nt ) vn aea eoi in veudevm - .ia sv.aant , B. Photoplay New " ' ' fL S-7. pa wk In Society ; I 9. Fraternal New 'J'-',' 9. .Fee th Industries ReeWomn Sy w - aaaialee Bvrd - - ,? Mlssionr of- the Movlea By Milan J 10. Woman' Ohtb Affair f ' " 11. American Trelntni In , Prahe By " Hatatre . Belloe , . ,:Th Food" Situation ht Oermany-Sy S- . . Cdward 'Motf Weolle - i-tSr-f The Wer M Pctorhtt Rvlw' v J,!-'- . 4, . A - ' . - n . k . . . . s r.f : 4r-.w...4f4wi,wwi. am mwvm nana' fw. .tit we reane onoot - - Vi 10. f. Fathlon Chat By Mm. Qui Vlt 7. 1 section: tiiw&s-U : pages -: ' -' - Cemle 1 Holland Holds That Seizure Unjustified Am.terri.m an it -as mf.erdm: f",, 30. (U. P.) Holland does not believe selsure of Dutch shipping In American ports Is Justified by International law. That waa Honands reply to President WU- son's proclamation authorlaina- such requisitioning. The Dutch reply in- slsts that the seised ships must not be armed and used as transports. f 1 King George Pays Visit to BattlefrontlS 5 London, March 30. (U. ' Oeprge visited the battlefront In France on xnursoay, it was 'officially an nounced upon his return to London to night . ' -; v - Destroyer Hits Mine; Forty Lives Lost a - . London. March JO. U. P.)--Forty men were lost 'When a destroyer struck a mine and sank, the British Admiralty announced this, afternoon. THIS WEEK LOAN DRIVE Liberty Loan : Eveats of This Week MONDAY. 8 p. m. Portland hotel, meeting of colonels and captains of Lieuten ant General Meier's division. 9 p. m. Chamber of Commerce, meeting of colonels and captains of Lieutenant General Cranston's di vision. THURSDAY . ' 8 p. m.-Eleventh Street playhouse, meeting of 8000 workers, called by General Guy Talbot. SATURDAY 10 a. m. Unveiling of window dis plays of 600 stores.; . - 2 p. m. Monster parade and pa geant depleting war activities. . i ,4 p. m. Unveiling: of prl sew Inning. slogan ana aevice, announcement of ' prtsewinnerand awarding of prises. th entire corps of Liberty Loan worki era, numbering more than 8000 men. will be held in the Eleventh Street theatre. Thla meeting is called by order of Gen- ( Concluded oa Fif Twelve. Cohuna Three) iillG iUhiu iiihi uuiLuun iy lira American pommander- Cablet From Battle Front That Situa - tion Is Improved j Uoyd George " Says Struggle Only Beginning. Great Britain Calm but Besoluto as Fate of Nations Is Being Decided on Battlfieldj Coor dination Counted on" to Win. WASHINGTON, March 30-(tt, P.) "The situation Is Im proved." . This . was, the summary of a ca-V bled- report on the west front battle, from General Pershing, rcacnlniithl war department to night and -given out by , Chief of Staff March. He added: : ( The situation looks a great deal tetter." ' Pershing's dispatch covering tha fight, ing up to the end of March 29. .follows : The battle line-.on tha evening cf March, 9 waa the same as reported yes terday, except that south of the Somme it runs t through Warf usee-Abanccur t, Marce!r.vv'l3Tvuln MTlra , la a3u vii.le, thence on Ma lta cf March IS ex cept that ; the . Fi en:U ;tvJt Ld rxnchtl, t iflermiiti altarVa - tlierii. tuxtHanMlr . Uesierea,! east bf Xem4tn and near L4tasignj- were repulsexl. At tacks north, and ' soutA ' of tha- Scarp, river. on March 2. In which the enemy suffered serious repulses, wet made 57 1ft nemy-divislODs. . r ' -rme situation' at i tne anev c jaarch 29 Is Improved. v l r ' t f v -ySIged) PERSHING."' 'Tendon. MTfh Jft.lftT' 'T.! TH-mler ! Lloyd Oeorje - tonight wired ' "Premier Clemenceau of France -the following . 'Thanka for your message of appre ciation. Great Britain la calm, but res olute, relying on the justice of Its causa and th valor of the men who defend It. "Our confidence grows as we watch the Bteady march of the gallant army of Franc to repei the Invaders , . .- - , . . f Ko Predlctloat Are Made f "Thar- first few daya after Germany tlaunche1 attack with an unparalleled concentration of troops and guns tha alt- tton was extremely criticMv "y Oeorge. . 'Af-lUt ?enaS'aTtS "Thanks to the IndomltabI braveiry J th to ' our faithful all could enter the battkt.l 01 our iroops unui reuuorcemeiu. ana . V. . M4.,iM,4An I. M4tw- fmnwAWA ' the situation Is now improved.' .3 I 4P1 ,fni.l. 1.AW4V4. ' ni . Ant- in the opening stages. No predic-tay tion of the future can yet be made. ! A number of measures have been taken In concert between th -two- govern- ! menta to deal with the emergency. . (Concluded on Page Plfteen, dolumn Poor) Thirty-six Vessels Launched in March Washington. March SO.iI. N. S i Thirty-six ships wera launched In March by the United State shipping board, it waa announced tonight, and 18 others completed and delivered td ship operators for service. Two more completed vessels are expected to be added to the March record. i.W'r--t5"-rt'4-t'r'- - I4.4 .hlM Mti h, 4M,ll-4VI mni.il IX . JV; j launc.hlngrwer 232,788 ton dead weight, ml Ln. w w..t,. .w.. . 'is having Its effect on ths speed of ship production1, and 84 launching a month are predicted from now on. - The Bethlehem Steel Co., In its ftv shipyard plants, last week, drove mil lion and a half rivets, an excess. of 17 per cent over the previous week. This number of rivets represents the riveting work of two complete -ships. , v Monday Latest for Income Tax Returns Milton A. Miller, collector of internal revenue,- formally announced Saturday night" that hla offlc would remain open for the filing of income tax atatements until midnight Monday, which : la the last day such statements may be filed. Mr. Miner also made public the: follow ing -letter from. Daniel C Roper, com missioner of internal 'revenue, appreci ative of th cooperation of the press t "Dear Mr. Miller : I thank you ' for bringing to my attention the splendid co operation extended to your Of fie and to the bureau of Internal revenue by the newspapers of Oregon, Th generosity of th press in contributing so largely of their space to formation, regarding the provtoions of tha war revenue act constitutes a public service which is deeply appreciated by this bureau' WHERE GERIAN. f 't;'v ' -i- - M APTSHOWINGPORTIONS of the western battle line where the German hordes $y tixxtultatieoxi$ drjive , agaiilst i the Arras, Cambrai and St. Quentin fronts are attemptinp; to. break through. The shaded portion indicates ground gained by the Germans since the drive began March 21.; ' r .1 ; Ui il I I .11 i if HI mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm J' ' . 1 1 . a- - . ; r - ' ' h T ',v , . I -Walsh.. r 7;--V Xf y-; l KThrnis fgred .r ?r s .4-. ..-;.'. 51 .-4,-?ii, v. rvi I --.-j . Kiar ta I 'I " r- . . r. . . r- Air f-,;- 'I Hn trad uniocod.ly- :,f.; i:Va-7J ' Jr. 'v 'IJtlTBiy throusA fthoaen . v, r 1. r' r-H-; r - nsir - ; t recoBaifu WHY GERMAN WAS FIRST AT- BRITISH FRONT By Frank H. Sltaoads (Copyrifbt, 1918, by the lleCIor 'Kewapapcr r-. i -i . ,JBynoicte. ., , THE onenlnst German attack upon the t iui,. u iZT offemuv In th West? it in wesir ocoiia attack the British - or the ijermn I TrehCh? , The events of . the first two rwesent driv lnfflcathat th S3ermans aro making gigantic Western offfnsive, and that their main attack la being; directed at the British. r " -Ami between -An attack : upon the French and upon th British, these con aldnrationa have bad weight In recent Oerman comment: First of all, the TiriMah have hcom tha ferincipal en emy and have bornevth brunt of the fighting for , the last year. A mllUon casualties In th Brltiah armies- last year jare th best proof of th growing cost of th struggle to Britain,' and for the first time the total of British losses exceeded that of the French, and ex ceeded it very materially. A sever de feat of France in tha field now might, conceivably, put Franc out of the war, but.lt would not dispose of Britain; whereas a decisive victory over th British armies- in Franc would, . any time this year that ia, before the United States force are reaay aimost I inarvitablv comnel Franc 10 max a JtLtZ!Zt 1 I though defeated, refused to accept a Wky Britain Firs I a word, if th British, armies were smashed up by a Hlndenburg victory France would be left alone, or practical ly alone, to meet the . victorious Ger mans, with no prospect of great help for at least a year. And the Germans rea son that Franc might then be expected to make peace, while th Brltiah Army would be smashed up by-its .defeat and compelled to quit th continent. To be TIMELY NEXT VTEXT Saturday marks the first anniversary of the entrance of the United il States in the war :-n consequence A conlprehehslve revieis of the; 1m- mmt task of transforming this great will be presented in THE SUNDXriJOURNAUnext attday.iUV -p. 4 , ..-There 4 a no more oseryant war correspondents than WUlisni CL Shepherd who, since the bejinninr of the war,-has seen fightinj on seven fronts and has studied social and economic conditions in a dozen European nations" His dispatches and news articles. are familiar, to all Journal read ers. He has prepared, a series of articles. basedron his Vr rone obscm tions which will be published in THE SUNDAY. JOURNAL btfinnlnr next Sunday.- -i ..... ' . , , THE . SUNDAY JOURNAL. : First in News, Featurcsland Phot,grsaphs DRIVE CENTERS : . t v ATTACK DIRECTED sure, 'there are . few ' observers outside of Germany ywho believe that tithe oti this achievement ia posslbl, but - th Simple fact la "that if the Brltiah army could be routed, brushed. Franca might be compJld.to make-peacet whii:ir th French: were beaten there . la small probability that the Brltiah would yield and In any event Britain would be left with her great army. still Intact. .. In 1 th " second place,9 - the Germans manifestly believe that It would-be eas ier to crush the British than the' French army. At the bottom, Hhla belief rests upon the declaration' that the British army, unlike the French and. German. Is a creation of the -war, -officered by men mainly commissioned " sine the struggle began and Jacking in th train ing , which French nod German officers receive 4n th theory, of- A war t move ment and maneuver,' bef or, th present conflict. ', - - '. " ; ."':- ' ' ' 4 ' -i -. Oermaa Opialoa - f Britiikv Arsiy The German la fond of asserting that if th trenchr deadlock were broken and freedom of movement restored, th su periority of the German over th Brit- ish trooos. and particularly of th Oer - .. -B-d.4-.-1. , . . ( 11. . 4 great. No auch advantage Is .elaunedirT- .TT . r "f -7 r r"" over th French, both because th value of th, French soldier and officer was 4trw14) Vv the r3ermn. wifhln rrlln conceded by the German, within certain limits, before the war, and the 'French success In the Mame campaign stands as an Incontrovertible proof of French -t.lll 4t au..K4a...aAa. . " .VThan talt ' vlrdWn rha, WIv'd th accident Miss Qeisy ran across -.L.h114 I11th.. GT. I the street to the left side, over the curb. U4.t, tha Hrnttiv niuiM :ri "7:. "' J." ' L.V" as he has not ts'theTBfltlAlt'.'-S result waa disastrous, and th epilogue I Mra.v-15. :''?-jn?5 T,.n v.in h. v..v,4n .v.iatito la charge of Geonr Httrburt, llv- svnnh twiner tta.v an smaller oontlngents than the Oermans had actually engaged, eleared all -th ound. tooK 80,000 prisoners -1 1L w-. -"lj). en Fas Thte. Cotaa. Oa) conquered ground. (Contused FEATURES SUNDAY nition from a peace- to a war basis WIGTDRV IW flNI Agreement Is Signed in Behalf of employers and Workers in War ? Industries by Former President Taft, Frank P. Walsh Right to Form Unions and Induce " WorluneV to Join Js .Granted but : Closed Shop Is Not En tirely' Allowed. . . .' . WASHINGTON, March 30. (V N. S.). Sweeping Alctory for .' organized labor on 1 many, ; points embraced .In the, formal -; "agreement drawn up between em-' pic yen and workers In the war industries --was made pub lip, hero lonight" by the H department, of labor: '. : - : ''. Tna agreement was drawn up by the - war " labor ' conferences board headed by former President WUUam-IL. TafW end : Frank P. vpoa) folloir l : . Oraanlia '."yr VVprsWe'.tt t;'glnll4 bargain ooilec- 'tjtMAaekf a?,, J at ' afflraiKl. - Thla right avVaall msb.4- Vaav ' JtMmttJt asftepf A -akAr iff! lfat'e4A mjBaVA JVb F.TP wTOM AWa wi tWa" - fared with by the employer i8 any man nerrwhatsoaver, 'tt1frKs s4.Tha Htfytin liiST&Tu in aaaoclktiona or group to bargain cb4 lectlvely -through choseiv representative hi racognlsed And affirmed. This right shall not '-4enisd, jaftrldged ; or Inter fered with in any manner whatabver, , " t Employers should - not ' discharge workers' ' for membership - In' trades unions," nor. for, legitimate 'trade, union activities 4. The workers, In th exercise of their right to .organise, shall not us ! coercive measures of any kind to In due persona to Join their organisations, nor to indue employers .to- bargain or deal therewith. Exutlag CoadhJoa 1. In establishments where th union shop exists, the sam shall continue and I th onion standards as to wages, hours J of labor . and other" conditions of ' em- j ployment shall be maintained 8 In establishments where union and nonunion' men and women now work to gether and the employer meeU only wlth : mploya or , represcntativee en- gaged In said establishment the, con- Unuanc of such conditions shall not be deemed a grievance. -Thla, declaration, however, is hot4: Intended In any man ner i to deny the right, discourage th practice "of formation of labor unions, or the Joining Of th sam by tha work- ;CosolndeA oa Pas Seven. Ctlaai row) Traffic 'Accidents :. Saturday-Numeroiis Who rolling a hoop in the street near Vnsiajr1nr( '' ann mnJf ' ''IPAIIInar'i traf 1 Ra.turdaV. Sl-rear-old Rhelnold Bruhn I -!-, - - :t j - lo suss viota ucisy. is nunnesoia ay- enue. a The machlno p 1 . . - . . . .. hospital. I09i WlDlam avenu. but upon Juries were not .serious. In trying to I acros th ldewlk and stopped Against is. three foot bank. I Ing at the VonaW hotel. S Aoccrdlng , to J Traffic ? Officer i Bender. , ,urburt cut tat th. trrne, t Third ana Morrison J street AgAlnst . th - traffic semaphore I slgtutL ? A Sunnystd car nearly trnck J.-v,BA .nd hUa backin awav ha I his machine and while backing away b bit v Mrs.. ROhlflng- and th rear wheel passed , over her. 'm was not injure and .her daughter took her home. - . Twenty oer accKients ,oi - minor natur occur ed during th day. I fltiooa Prnrri.or To t VUiilvOt XIXjUIXvjI jJLO Ousted byMandate f,-.Toklo.March JOj-tU. P. Wang Shi Chen, haa been removed from tM OfXio of., premier,- oMn4 tyP'iAtiai mandates according to an ' official tele- I gram received , her - today from P ;king. - ; r -, ,- :. ; .- . ' 5- Tuan Chi Jut was namea premier in his - place. It ris believed this ta th first step toward a conciliation between tb? opposing: factions ol North aixd i South Chlna Portland Clocks Moved One Hour New Daylight Saving Schedule to ; ' Remain in Focce Until Last : 1 of October Next Portland and Oregon, along with the Peat of tha country, are on tha new daylight saving program . today. At S o'clock thla morning th official act of setting th clocks ahead oneediour waa supposed officially to take t place. Ai av matter of fact, most home clocks went ahead at bedtime last night, so every thing- would be ready before church time today. . . . ' . Railroads arranged to set their clocks promptly at 2, tha chief dispatcher's time being official, and agents caned htm aa soon after that hour as they could get aline, that they might compare. All church services in Portland today war set at th new Urn schedule, and from now on until th time - changes again- In October, ail activities will be run on the extra hour basis. - The extra hour schedule will be in affect under' th -- provisions of th roeaaur passed - by .congress, until October 1, when, the clock will be set back an hour. One exception, - however, -where tha new. . schedule .will not : be . observed promptly has com to light.' While the' nation v eat its J clock ahead to sav '14 hour sf daylight, th. Mult nomah circuit court will wait until Tuesday morning, according to an an nouncement by Presuilng J ndg Morrow. His stated reason ; for; this is Jhat a new Jury baa been summoned, wit nsse subpeaaed -and attorneys noti fied, all to , appear Monday morning at :I0 and uo mention was mad aa to whether th old time or th new would govern.. - To avoid' posslbl' con fusion. Judge Morrow aald, he decided to walt.umUl TnesdAy to set the.court nous clocks aneao. "Washington. - MarcS-10. (L N. 8.) Th senat "eat the nation to daylight saving .this .fternoon T At 3 o'clock. 13 hours bef or (he law says th clock shall be advanced. Senator : Calder of New Tork turned the senat clock one hour hi advatlc. " fttotiator Caldor -wae- 5 be father of th daylight bUl in th senate and his performano this aztemoon was ia -tooviss. . IU " MiHaiSelect -t..t'- xo i5u Jjuiertamea A rousing farewell Is planned by mem ber of Portland oxemptton boards who wilt give a dinner at 11 H0 o'clock Mon day morning at the Multnomah hotel in horror, of Portland's " first military se lects 'who will leave for Camp Lewis Monday afternoon.' A -patriotic :- program haa been ar ranged and all persons having Interest m th first draft quota from this city art urged to attend. Mayor Baker will preside. Bishop Sumner will apeak and a musical program haa been arranged. The : Portland contingent of 114 men will leave for the American Lake can- I tornmnt about 1 :10. The '- following . women will aaslat the , exemption board officials to stag th affair: Miss Jean Mackenzie, I Mra. L. H. Mills, Mrs. Carlton B. Swift. Mr. X H. Davis Jr. Mrs. Wesley Ladd. Mra. Harry- Falling, Miss Shanna Cum- ming, Mra. David T. Honeyman. Mrs. Arthur Sherwood, Mrs. Kenneth Beebe, Mrs. Henry- L. Corbett. Mrs. Lloyd R. Smith. Miss Ruth Teal, Mrs. William C. Alvord, Miss Jean Morrison, Mrs. Thomas Honeyman. Mrs. W. D. Wheel wright. Theodore B. Wilcox' Condition Is Grave The condition of Theodore B- Wilcox, who Is seriously ill at his home, 21S King street, was grave last night. Th patient:, who has been surxermg irom a severe. Intestinal trouble, failed to show I "i1U of . mOYroent:ndL JTl lata relative ara viicninc mukuiiut I at oasiao ior kdh iukiwm vaa I tn cnais na w nw. I . . -r mf -m- m w 1S H I " K I j I ill AIRPLANE Ahead of the Sun At2A.M Today SERIOUSLY MENACED fenj . IIS fM.aMk. Am - aAtVBfHnSr MH.TI i rjTLi.Lt WU1 IiaTV W vn-aw, a' g " operations must be suspended, wood shipbuilding, will be, perhap -'T' re- tarded,' And Airplane sprue production S-rloualy stowed up. unless W O. Mo- Adoo. director general or raiiroao. ana EL N. Hurley, chairman of th federal shipping board, ns their unquestioned authority immediately - to provide rail and water transportation for the abnor mally accumulated "aide-cur of th rollla. ',. : . : -: - Thla is th final conclusion of north west , millmen, lumber operatora,J bank era and local federal officials who have closed a conference ia i'ortiano. - What 'Director General Me Adoo and Chairman Hurley will do, and ar will ing ta do ar expected to be revealed telegraphically early this week In the form of answer -to. the. northwest's ap peal for relief. i "Side Cat" Blocks wrK - Put concretely, th situation la thus stated by. those familiar -with it:1 v The accumulation of ' aid cut la at least 50 per cent above normal At north west mills. This .means tn pmng up of tens of millions of feet of lumber I u cne - . .. 1 III OH' Chairman Hurley. Signs! Official j Order Authorizing Expenditure of $75,000,000 for Columbia; River Project I To Start Soonf Final Approval of Shipping Board All That Is Necessary, Is Word From Senator McNary; Wooden, 3000-Ton Ships to Be Made. XTEW YORK, March 30. The Chung So Yuet syndicate has contracted wilh the AtlanUd ? A - Paciflo Shipbuilding oomyany. for 150 ships to be built at-PorU land, Or., at a contract ' price of . 175,000,000. The Monarch Ljurober ' . mills have been purchased , by ' Harvey Pisk & Sons of this city, . The AUantlo A Pacific company is . of Wilmington. DeL These . -ships are to.be built for China. - : Washington, March- 80. WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) After a long, conferenc with Senator McNary today. Chairman Kurley of the shipping board .signed official rul- - 4g ;erb3r-th awAr-'HTstsresui which desire to construct a big ship yard on th Columbia river are Assured Pt authority , to go ahead on th basis -they hav asked. .. - . v Subject to th final approval of the ship contracts by th abippiag beard.- -prftject which (Chairman Hurley charac-i terited. aa th biggest -thing th Paciflo oout has ever , liad of fared it,' seems close to oonsummaUon. Th Investment proposed 'is said to "b 175,000,000, look ing to an Immediate program of con- ' struction of 150 ships of 8000 tons ach. - To Be Uader America Flag ; Whit - Du Pont .Interests Ar' under stood to be th backers of the project, ! announcement Is delayed pending final word from th shipping board. Th only possibility of a hitch lies in the differ ence over the forms of th contracts ; under which th boats ar to be con structed for private ownership. The rul ing approved by th shipping board to day, whieh compile with th requests" of Senator McNary, includes th follow, ing points:. S Th yard shall be fro to contract for th construction '.of wooden ships on private account to be built by American organisations. - Th ships ar to -salt under the American flag. They are All to be approximately of - 8000 tons, dead weight, to be delivered without com mandeering within specified ; limitations. With th snipping rates regulated by th shipping board, th board is to be furnished Information, on request, con cerning the ships under construction. Th builders are to comply with th Instructions aa to wage, conditions of labor and price of materials prescribed, by the shipping board, or any other gov ernment agency. -m--rv ' Help Solve Pertlaad Problem Th fact that th ahlps are to have an electric drive with Diesel engines and are planned on lines which will not cut Into the government's program in, boil ers 'and turbines is believed to hav large Influence In the decision of, th board to grant permission for their con struetton. ' It is expected that th plant will b located -with tn a short distance . of Port land.i and . may-involve 4 th .absorption (Ctfnnnaed oa Pur roartaaa, CotosisTBte) ' - m.T . a lav V "W"-w f Aj 1 A. S ' JJ WORK ARE f f , sv f If ' - t necessarily produced In connection wlUt th sawing. of ahlpr. timber Ar-, f Th Industry, needs a minimum of. f SO ears A day to handle' lta aid cut., And Is getting 450. . Th sld cut represent a . production cost about three times ' th normal amounts, which. In turn, means th ty ing up of operating funds In tb sam proportion. ' . ' ' - So great and so long ars the lines ol credit asked by the operators that th banks are strained to the limit to carry them and have, consequently, declarer that some emergency step . must b taken to-relieve tb situation, . , , j Sesis MUls Have ciese It was the urgency of th bankers, ' I large - degree, that brought about ttu deeply serious conference of last weV to' Portland. 4 fe'f:-fts, s So congested are the storag areas o: many of the mills that th operatori complain they have not operating roon to pile ships Umbers In the neceasan proximity to - railroads for?, loadint aboard the car thar ar Allotted. As long as the . mills produc ships (Conchidsd oa Pu roar,- Cohnaa Two) . J . ' kv - ' i - . , .' , - - - v -' - - - t - ' - , - - -