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i UHAnGE IN TIME . WORKS SMOOTHLY No Confusion Apparent as Result . of Observance of Order to ' . A Advance Clocks. jCha wder to turn the - clocks : ahead ' on hour waa" j generally 1 oherrl i throughout the city Saturday night and i Sunday tnorningv Many people chanced - Ihelr tlmepiecea before retiring ) Sator day night,. while other made the chance In the morning-. Tba official clocks were "chanced at 2 o'clock Sunday moraine' ' ; - Ulttle confusion resulted ; from the chance, as far as 1 could he learned. Trains, which were running- at 2 o'clock Sunday rooming- wars all 'marked an hour lata, whila tho atartinc after that hour ran by the new schedule,' Churches. theatres and other places which were . open Sunday were all operated by the - new time. Today alt business, estab lishments and commercial houses, alone with other forms of enterprise, was un der the new time, and the trains had nearly all, ""eauchJ-W! with the clock. ",- Streetcars are running with tba -new schedule and the chance was made with : little disturbance. " i Reports from" all parts t the country .showed that the new system was being -generally observed. Throughout the na tlon little confusion was recorded, and industries are - now commencing ' one .'hour earlier' than before. It Is believed ' that the .primary cause of the law, to have people spend the extra hour of , daylight In cultivating home gardens, will be highly successful. " MOREUIL AGA!f FALLS f INTO .-HANDS OF HUN (Cofi tinned Inm Tw On) east of Moreuil, waa also won back by " ' the British. V ' . On the northers', flank, ' the British f counter attacked ; south , of the . Scarps y and advanced their line to the east of Feuchy, mile east of Arras, thus relieving the enemy , pressure- against .this important city, Half's men held this caln despite desperate attempts to re-take it. : .-, v,: a .-.-. i-. The French war office .reported the , decimation of af- German battalion, .which crossed .the ," Oise near s Ch,auny. - The Berlin night report merely des cribed "local successful battles between the Luce and the Avre." and declared French counter attacks weet and south . ''west of j Montdldler failed wittt heavy Mosses, i j . , , , ' .Two Possibilities Open to Huns By Henry Wood i-.Wlth the French Armies In the Field, April l (U. P. The allies. having tf checked 1 the German onslaught before XltS objectives were maintained, military off totals consider that only; two possi bilities are now jSpen to the Germans. First, to continue the present effort. In which case the battle must lnevU- t ablycome a long and gruelling strug gle, like the Sorame or 'Verdun. Or, second, to start another offen i slve elsewhere, presumably la the Cham ' pagne, where the German crown prince's farmy still Is lined up, but where -the talllestare confident the only result that . can be ( obtained Is the production of J another , salient like the present one. -': Dusrng 'the temporary hill Imposed by The necessity rf the Germans brlng v Ling up heavy artillery, the allies llke . wise are completing concentrations cal ", culated;to check future enemy efforts. ' ; Owing to the . rapid 1 advance, the j-battle so far has been essentially one ox iniamry comoais, witn rules, ma- TRY TO SIXTH. Z mmm NOW PLAYiNG TO CAPACITY AUDIENCES ?. - -' J ...V v ;: v'SQil H ' - si LT-f L Ail 1 I A1 s ' I - 4!" Oeiraldllinie; Farirar SUPPORTED BT WALLACE. REID HOBART BOSWORTH - TULLY MARSHALL -. -- ,'1.;.' 1 A3TC OTHEBS IJT ; ftSiv?"!? TSae Devil1. Stbne": ww GERMANS HEAR CALAIS-PARIS RAILROAD , ffP FERE PARIS The Germans, by their recapture of Moreuil, are now within' 10 miles o Amiens and (he main trunk' line which "flives Paris rail connection with . Calais and thence by steamer, with "Enaland. This lino Is of immenso - importance to the speedy transportation of men and supplies from Eng land to France. Its capture by tho Germans would throw allied' trans portgtion facilities into confusion. " '".". chine guns and light field guns alone engaged. Presumably the Germans next thrust will be supported by their heavies,- fully opposed by . the ajlles' heavies. The Germans so far have engaged JO divisions (1.080,000 men) of which a fourth has been withdrawn as the re sult of losses. The most conservative estimate,, based . on scientific , muitary calculations, Is that the German losses have reached 100,000.,- - Orchards Blooataon "Battle Line By Wffllam Philip Slmns , . With, the British Armies in France, March ll-(tl:) Energetic fighting continues from one end of the new bat tlefront to the other," both the British and French being engaged.- But oppo site the British, fighting la mostly quite local In character. '. Some of this Sunday was done amidst a thunderstorm, with ' rain and , hall, typical of April In France..- The sun, occasionally penetrated the Clouds, mak ing the rain drops shimmer in the peach and apple blossoms, so abundant on the hillsides along the firing lines. The Germans vainly attempted to reach the Paris-Calais railway. , They attacked heavily In ' the region of Moreuil but were thrown . nacK witnout progress. The cavalry dashingly aided In clearing tip the situation, especially m the forest northeast of Moreuil.- t : . Fighting similar to . this Is going en Santisrptle Boon to llothers BooUim and relieve chafed. Irritated, (kin ef Infants. Keeps kia tnsh and - sweet. Fine far bkby's Under akin.- 60a. All Ornaaieta. Ad. CBT V- AW iMOTOfN around Arras, in the An ere .Valley' at Albert and astride the Somme and Luce. low flying war planes, cavalry, artil lery and infantry are - participating. The main thing Is that the enemy has failed to advance worth mentioning any where, losing everything. Between the Somme and Morlaneourt alone, a small affair cost them 1000 dead and a defeat ;During: the past tw days I have heard , stories of the : herolo work of In fighting the devil with fire we must take care fiot to burn our hands, or, as our fighting men would say, "Be very careful when you use poisbn-gas, and look out for a shift of .wind "which may blow: it -back into your-5owa trenches." This is wtualtyUhe apswer given by. a.;, Rotable "array of, leaders in America and Britain and France tq . those who advpeateia i peace ' offensrve to accompany, our military- offensive: or think, ;we should imitate Germany in-... isjirrinup discontentamong enemy peoples; or believe with.' Lord Lansdowne thaiysome ort of-negotiation with the enemy i$ possible; or hold with some of bur pacifists that the war may be honorably ended without the complete and crushing defeat 'of German-military powerl The only way fp deal with the "bandit" nation is "by overwhelmingly uperidtr force," declares the Atlanta Journal, .while the-Portland Oregonian, emphasizing the leiscih taught by Russia, says "that '.in a world which holds an undefeated Germany there can be cnojeace." r. ' Read THE LITERARY DIGEST this week March 30th number- and you will find in this article the enlightened public opinion of the United States upon premature peace talk. Other interesting articles in this number .are: .... -r. iZM s. -:;': yfV - . I ---I" :-;r-t-i-- " y- r-::-or'j "i . ' : -i "'' 'vT ' ' ; fV..:-.k;s.-;. ; ;'-. . ' t t .j ' 1 j -: !' Why Germany Delayed the Big Spring Offensive Reasons Advanced "by Fren ch and German Newspaper ' : Seizing the Dutch Ship Saving Daylight to Beat the Kaiser Japan's- Press on the Siberian Move Does Poverty Kill Babies? Electrified Government Railways Using the Piano o Teach ; tKe Deaf Arabs Destroy Priceless Books 'The Most Alive of the. Arts The Farmer on the Battle-front r ' (Prepared by U. S. Bureau of Education) Denominationalism in Camp . News of Finance and Commerce . What Next in Russia? : Many Striking Illustrations, Humorous and Educational h How Young America! Is Boycotting the German Empty benches are confronting the teachers of German all over;the United States, despite the in- ; sistence'pf "school boards and school superintend- ehts that the scholars ought to learn Jjafitfes of Teutonic literature, war or no war, -The pupils simply won't 4o it, f March 30th FUNK & WApNALLS COMPANY (Publishers of i THE OREGON .DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1918. American engineers, who dropped picks ana loavtii una fiMna rtumm, uwiymm to hold the line at a threatening point. They vera "on the Jeb" several days; British odd units likewise were unable to keep out of tho fighting. Joining the ranks of riflemen.. . .Tho enemy Is reported concentrating at" various points. -, '.r" ' The present comparative quiet may be broken at any time. Hlndenburr promised the German wax correspondents he would be In Paris en April 1. He Is far behind schedule. , Moreuil Bitter PHI for Bun London. April 1 t- n. B.) The Ger man drive is stopped. The spearhead of the menacing wedge that threatened Amiens and Paris and seriously endan gered tho junction point of the French end British lines, has- been battered, in on both, sides and for 16 hours the Ger mans nave been on the defensive, trying to .atem the ever-swelling tide of the allied reserve army,, ' Mezieres and , Moreuil ' have been re captured, the former by the British, the latter by. mixed French and British forces, at the point of the bayonet, after lt-had changed, hands twice. The recapture of Mexlere represent a rain of at least two miles for the British, but front Moreuil the allied ad vance to Mesieres is more than three miles. . ' . - XAt other vjtal parts of tho line, both on the -northern and southern leg of the German wedge, Important gains- were made by the British and French re spectively and In the center Jointly. -The great "comeback" set in late Saturday evening,- and t its - momentum Increased throughout the- nights k , " -' Seven hundred prisoners were taken by the French In another Important success," tho recapture j of , Piedmont. Between Moreuil and Lasslray. the French advanced as far as Chauny Sur4 aaaia. j . . -. , On this front It Is announced the on storming .German waves were literally "mowed down.'- Terrific German losses on all . parts of tho fronts of counter attack ate reported.- The British, are once more In full possession of their positions In the Luce . valley, south of the Somme, thus materially reducing. If not entirely stopping, the German menace to , Amiens from due eaat-v The loss of Mpreuil ; is the bitterest plU Hlndenburg has yet had to swallow since ' the allies f first, demonstrated -dX htm that their front was not held by a "contemptible little army" that might be-f broken by sheej weight - of flesh and steel. The brilliant dash and the enthusiastic comradeship with which French and British hurled ' themselves, breast by breast. Into the -Teuton lines, holding the shell battefed town, s is acclaimed r In ; and the freedom of mankind. ; Religious London and Paris as the first great services were held in the. various rest demonstration of j the wisdom of the j camps. Men who ; were clerks, Or mer centrallsatlon of the allied western com- chants and who were engaged in every in and. - r t - . j kind of occupation a year ago, surround 1 it seems. Numberon Sale To-day The QUL. : GREAT BRITAIN TO E Age Limit, Will Probably Be Placed at 50;s Irish Con : scription Considered. By Ed X. Keen London, April L U. P.) Great Brit ain Is preparing to respond wholeheart edly to tho army's call. "Send us more men.". ! ' ' . I Premier Uoyd George's announcement Of prospective drastic measures was re ceived ' unflinchingly. They probably J wllV include calling up for national serv ice men up to SO years of age cancell ing army exemptions up to Z years of ace, and a thorough i combing out of military eligiblee In war Industries, with substitution of more iWomoir and aged men. ... ' ' 'i-"':-r'''"-' I It Is also hoped there will be Irish conscription "by consent." -i-. The govern ment appreciates the Inconsistency of appealing for American manpower when material for half a dosen divisions of the best fighting material in Ireland Is Idle.. yr-::-iJ;i:,i' I With the Morning Po"sVs and Colonel Beplngton's surrender to General Foch, the last vestige of serious British oppo sition to. the generalissimo Idea: was re moved. It Is now generally understood that Foeh was virtually, though not ac tually. In this position since the battle started, which accounts for the splendid welding ef French-British forces at the critical Junction point. ir FRANCE IS TO ACCEPT ' OFFER OF Ui S. FORCE (Ceatiiiaad from Face Ob) 1 tlon expressed Is in the song, whistled and sung from the transport wagons, "Where Do- We Go From Herer So far a f ighUng; activity is corl, cerned, the day passed quietly on, th American sector. There was i only the usual exchange of artillery, fire. , On Easter Sunday, the day of resur rection, the thoucbts .of the men in the American army turned more than ever to the grim business of IcUllnC. EasteY was a day of new hope for democracy SEND 111 ME Loafing Is Now a Crime Austria Saddened by German Victories Kaiser's Brother- in - LaWy "Strafes" President Wilson . A Herd of Albino Deer 1 ' Mismanagement of Our War-Work Painting Battles From the Clouds Etiquette for .the National Anthem School, Community and Home Gardens h (Prepared by U. S. Food Administration! Testimony to American Morale The Church's Changed Situation Best Current Poetry ; THE) LITERARY : DIGEST, submitted an in- utry to more than 1200 Vschoolj superintendents-1 lie aim being: to learn how widespread is the feeling" against teaching German in our 'schools. More than 1100 replies have been received, and in THE LITERARY DIGEST for this week the.results of; this intensely, interesting investigation are shown. AD News-dealers the Fggioqs NEW Standard Dictionary). NgV YORK ed by their families, and who: are now ready to lay down their , lives in the greatest battle of history, attended the services. ?' i'.r U" - ' !" t '-l . Wst Baiter at the Freat It was a wet, rainy Easter. There was no fashionable parade. Tho entire front was mired. Mod soaked couriers dashed about on - motorcycles,! automo biles spattered mud on the man at the roadsides, while L doughboys j plodded cheerfully ; through, the mlra. . Za an ancient church In a tqwn close to the lines I saw - American! soldiers and French poOus kneeling at the same altar rail. They bowed' their heads and silently kissed the same crucifix. One of tho poUue laid a brotherly hand oh i the shoulder of. doughboyand looked htm aUentlT in the eye. There was no word spoken, but tho. silence : the silence - i- f "4-,' spoke more than, words. 4- German Forces Increased By Fred S. Fergasea f With the American Army In the Field. March l. tU. P.) Trodp movements behind the German lines arO Increasing. It waa learned that one division moved Into the trenches on the Toul front Thursday, but was withdrawn Saturday, presumably colnc north. I ' - v' An American patrol entered ; the Ger man lines three times durinc last nicnC On one expedition it encountered eleo trically charced barbed wires. I On An other occasion shots were exchanged with the enemy, but the patrol with drew without casualties. ' t The Americans are on the alert for a possible attack which- may bo under preparation by? the enemy, . Our troops are prepared for defense against Ger man tanks. American artillery Is peri odically pounding the German lines. The Boehe cuna retaliate, but damage on our side Is small.: I A' captured document has shown that orders had been Issued to the Germans to endeavor to ct very minute Infer matlon regarding the Americans. It de scribes the uniforms and equipment of the United SUtes troops.l Huns Don American Uniforms ;. With tho American Army In France, March IL (I. N. S.)-rTho advance waves of the attacking Germans in their offensive against the British On .. the Somme wore British and French and even American uniforms, according to information reaching the- Americans here. The intelligence section of the enemy evidently : thought the presence of the railway engineers meant' that American Infantry was In the battle, as the Germans launched an, attack Just opposite where they? were located, v j The Germans, t It - Is declared, wore uniforms Identical with v that of - the Americans, even to the typical Araert-j can slouch hat. ! i - . - 1 I - Many of the elements whlchrattacked the ! French woro the horlson blue .unl form of the French, and. those operating . - H i Langiiajje 10 Cents against the British- were attired IniOunther of this ' place "was arwet. khaki - Instead ' of regulation German Sunday afternoon In St. Helens an I gray green. . , , The Americans hear that the usual ether and rum concootlon ws adminis tered to the German shock troops before attacking and that the men were given narcotics to insure -them some sleep when the reserves wtnt Into action, so that they could get artificial rest for use later on.,- .- i.,.;- -. ;''-" "Berlin or Bust" Is Spirit of Men ; By Heary G.. Wales - WJth the American Army on March, Saturday. March SO. (Delayed) (L N. 8.) I saw today the first tangible evl dence of General Pershing's placing the American expeditionary force at the dis posal of General Petain of the French army., j :; ;- -: The ; Infantry men ratUed along on French motors at a rate of II miles an hour, the men e-aainr out rn.inu.i. the country. Every motor truck lsliiVl coa.iea in me stars And Stripe a. 1 French women by the roadside el asp the hands of the Americans marching by, thereby typifying the faith of France In her newest ally in the hour of need. The traveling field kitchens drawn by six horses each had bannera bearing the legend, ."Berlin or Bust." j Alien Enemy Arrested ' ? Rldgefield,' Wash.,, April X. JUfred PLAYING .: .,' : 0MM BY RIGHT OF r c. "i !' '."' ' T " i -v.. lr v.;1j!ki:'.l:- l ;. ill' ",, IP THE LUXURY CHORUS "I WANT SOME M0RE" I j s That's the chorus you!n hear 'from all the family j: when you give them delicious 'LUXURY" Bread; i VICTORY BRAN RAISIN - .9. .. . ; Bakail aa tha CoTtrnmea't wanU tam r ;. Your Grocer SelUtXJXURY . r NEW YORK BAKERY MILLIONS WASTED During 1916 It Is esti mated 600,000,000 was ex- f tended for automobile- tires, f the life of these ; tires could have been . Increased 40 per cent, think of the sarins, and there is no ques tion but that this could be accomplished If - roads, and hifhwajrs were paved with. B1TUEITHIG WARREN BROTHERS ; COMPANY ! Journal Ll&g Portland, Or. ,1. F A C T 5 KO. 251 1 lodged - In the : Columbia county Gunther is an alien enemy and n'y tereo as sucn at tnis pi ace, and warn rested for entering prohibited terrllor ; Omcers were riding back laoeetmt to cheer up the men, hut, that was iinn esaary. The faces of rhewe troop bore 11m stamp of determination, and that's not a figment of my Imagination, either, for they are duly aware of the fact that the enemy is not yet beaten and more blow are to be parried before final victory t won. --.' . . '.;'. . The marching Infantry carried rifles, bayonets and canteens the nie. hata, gas masks, haversacks, front r tlons and extra equipment being cairl by kit wagons. The water fUters wet all labeled "Water Wagon" , and j th drivers were being "kidded" continual' ' ftiilnnrlan In Rattla I ! London. April 1. (t N. S.) It Is no officially . confirmed ' that ' there .' r Austro-Hungarian and Bulgarian tra ; flghtlnc with the Qermans'On the we' ern front In view of the serious sftu tlon facing the Turks'" In Mesopotur and Palestine, It Is believed doubtful any .Turkish, forces have been shift r Into the French theatre of war. ' j ' . . - . . . 1 r- '-t -v About SI per cent ef Spain's popu' tlon, some 4,000,000 persons. Is' en gag in agricultural pursuits. ' ; r; !' , . II.,,1. 1, ' " II I'll HIIJ . ! I, .1 J .l.'lW BROADWAY AT STARK Continuous 11 to 11 f J i - : ... - j AND 99 in i'The Bell Boy2 , A TT fa runs freely from ; i I it docs .not g ciooanoKcr; : 1 1 1 1 1 1 : : : : i : r TATTY 1
