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II ; " ' M V II - - '. - . sT I . - M SB" VI " m - " aTT T VI I . I W 1 . " -. . : J ' IB r sT 1 . J I 1 I I ' 1 aw I sv-awssaaw U,"t II O'CLOCK , . f onight "and , Sat-; ' urday fair; , west. ' erly winds. . PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDA Y -f EVENING, ; APRILr 5, ;1918. --TWENTY-TWO PAGES VOL. XVI. NO. 281 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TO SIRS NlWt 1 STANDS - riVE CtNTS I - I ZT -i .-X I I ..." I I ' . I I .-'.'Vw X I I i -. I I , I I . II v II X '-f A - y : I . I -i I -J t I I - I I i -t - I NJ j II -.X Ml I VI - II II. I I . 1 f " . . ' ;s BUNS H0i leWMii liv SALUTE OF BIB HI , H sr . ' Portland Will Stage Patriotic Parade, Big Noon Meeting and 1 .Special Ceremonies at Liberty V Loan Temple in the Afternoon. .Managers of Campaign Hope to Celebrate ."Going ; Over Top" i by Next Wednesday or Thurs S day) Whirlwind Campaign On. PORTLAND ' and Oregon will .latinch IhC third Liberty loan campaign Saturday with smash- ; Ing; demonstrations of patriotism, j mora spectacular snd Imposing fii.:4h54itfi9;lftt;vet';. beforq has i, witnessed.''';;"' V. ' . "Y";! Ljle' a battle crV thio ward-haw ) gon 4 down the Klines of eager workers,' "Oregon bver the top la Vt' weekV'v .. 'r., --'Vr ,-vtViL-' Portland intends. If possible, to . be holding a monster Jubilee cel ebrating the over-subscription of the loan by next Wednesday or , Thursday night. .1 ..,,.,.. ...... Th rapid Bequence of open!n day events In, Portland, has bn thus scheduled:' ' ' ' Sunrise salute, of 21 runs. . 10. . mUnveillnr of .patriotic com-J petttlve window displays. . ; 13 o'clock; noon Meeting- of Liberty loan workers at Multnomah hotel, ar - ranred by the Oregon Civic learue and ( Concluded on.Ptfi Two. Column Tbrec) Eighty Alleged , Members" Taken - V .in Custody arid j Meeting paci$ Closed. ! ; "' BpokaneV Wash., ApHl .5. U, PV ' Spokane today began a determined drive on the l.f w. W.- : .:-.w,: A serlei of police raids -'on 1 W.' W. headquarters and other gathering places had netted SO alleged L W. W., before 11 o Clock1 this morning. v . i . Ths CttVs activity followed -closely -tipon the decision reached late yester- . day to . decline the ! offer of Governor Lister . to take . charge of the city's po-' lice and the sheriff s forces. Lister had . Intimated that If he took charge locally be might appoint new officials. " City Commissioner Tllsley early to day issued orders to "close all I, W. W. halls and meeting places." - ' .'At 10:30 two squads of police swooped down . on -the ; I. W. W. hall on Main1 street, ana upon tne neaaquarters on niverslde avenue. , k t Crowds la. the two, places seemed un concerned, as dtecttves ehouted, "Vou're : under arrest. Secretaries began pack- " ln( up the organization's ' papers but were stopped oy the police, who seised the "papers. i-; : i Secretary Smith of the agricultural . eeotlon of ' the I- W. W 1 who - was In charge of J the hall, was arrested. At the headquarters, the officers of-local 6DC.-wIth their papers, -were taken. . t t The of flees will be kept closed, prob . ably for . the duration of the war. said ...Tltaley.V Uniformed police , will be sta tfoned ; at each place to - see that no 1, W. -W. 'congregate.. ... , V ! The Tarrest of several' hundred I. '. W. . W. before", evening !was predicted. ., ; National headquarters of the I..W. .W. recently was moVed -from 'here to Chi cago..; i ' J, ;' SPOKANE POLICE MAKEIW.W. RAID .) - 3 1 . WOOD WARNS; AMERICA NEW jrpRKj April !5.(I.X SXr war going to be a hard one. .. -a war against such' efficiency as'never,before has been known in the wond,"is Major ueneral Leonard ered at a ranqcet nere. ; He declared It is wicked to mistetd ' the American people about the seriousness of the war.,1 - .,..' ; ; - f ., ' "This is not a war of political parties,' butf theUmeiican people," he saKl "This is not a war' of Swashbucklers and profane men. lt Is a war of serious men. battling for a noble cause. It is going to be a war that will try 'rjvery souis.",-f " y-'pxi-y-.? FACTS ABOUT THIRD U. S. LIBERTY LOAN INTEREST tiii-AH per cent, payable anid March -1 si - t 'j. . Mte.ot loan 53,000,000,000, wjtn oversuosenpuons. ,, Bond denominations 50, 100, $5 00. fl 000, tl 000 and $10,000. . Maturity of bonds Ten years, dated from Mayt9, 1918. ; Taxation- Carry same exemptions as second loan. , , Selling campaign Twenty-eight . days, ending; May 4y Terms of payment Five percent on application, 20 per cent on May ,28, 35 per cent July 18 and .40 per cent August iS. ' Secretary of the treasury authorized to purchase during the first year an amount equivalent to one-twentieth of the original issue, and each sub sequent .year one-twentieth of amount outstanding at start of. year, until one 'year after the close oithe war. This provision .is designed to main tain the bonds at par or higher value. . . . t , . PRESSES GRINDING President Wilson" Will, Formally Open Campaign With Stir , ring' War Speech. Washington. Aprfl S.(U. P.) Amer ica will start ubscrlblnj for her third Liberty loan tomorrow. 5 With ' the loan bill slcned. the first bonds off the presses and others com in hv tha thousands., the nation Is ready to open the campaign on the of the war with a whooo. Both Bwollen coffers and slim pocket books will- be i freely opened, is the confident expectation of government heads. ) . . - ' Tresldest WU1 . Speak -pPMMent" Wilson ""wHr- fftrtnally ope ti,; iMh'mnitcn with a strlkln war speech ' to. Baltimore - tomorrow - jlfhW while thirougn me ana mwuww ,v yolunteeworker will urge the Amer ican nation to do Its 'financial duty. Movis stars Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Mry Ftekford and Marie Dressier will sell bonds " here tomor row, opening '? t6Ui that wllVtafce them fat-; afield. in. the United BUtes. ; 4 ' The -DtH authorising- vne roan wa signed by the president last night and the first 50 "bond was struck oft and stowed la the treasury. ; i " men Rldre. N. J- today laid claim to the' national "record ' for percentage of individual nibscrlptlons In the sec- ond Liberty loan campaign. Forty-three per cent of the total population of the r . . . j.AA . town, or 1788 'OUl OI iv iKiwnwi bought bonds. ' ; Gles Bldge Held at Model ' "' . Olen Ridge was assigned a quota of $152000 In the second bonds, but the sale of bonds ran above S800.000. Liberty loan officials, are using Glen Ridge s a model after which all of the country i shouia pawern. u ex plained that If the Glen Ridge average was maintained throughout the country In the third campaign, there would be more than ' 40.050.000 Individual ' sub scribers to the third loan.,, , An' urgent appeal -was sent throughout the country today for all subscribers to the third loan to wear their Liberty bond buttons and display their window cards, which wm be given 10 every, oona subscriber. , , f r - I'x Government to Oregon Aviation Sites , Washington, April 6 (WASHING TON, BUREAU. OF THE JOURN AL.) Chamberlaln.' McNary and SInnott to day conferred - with the .'aircraft , sec tlort of i the signal corps ': and secured the promise of further consideration for Hermlston and Medfprd as aviation stations, . presenting argument; that all the year flying may' be carried on In Oregon I as ? well as " In the - southern states.- I At present 20 stations are lo cated in 10' southern :states and nine In five northern states. Further In spection .in ' the Ndrthwest may be ordered. - , s Kaiser's Apology : For Paris Murder Amsterdam. ".April 6. U. ' P.) The kaiser. In a personal letter to the Swiss president apologised -for the killing of the secretary of the Swiss legation - In the bombardment of Paris, according to advices, received here today. ;t; ; . Secretary Baker 7 ' : Eeturns to Paris Paris. April E. (I. N. S.) Newton D. Bakerr i the American secretary, of. was, who has .just returned from Rome and the Italian battle front, held a number of conferences today.. ; - wood's "warning to the country, deliv semiannually, on September, 15; ;.'' ' '-"'; . Y. " U. S. AFTER DATA Property Values of Telegraph and j Cable Companies Will. Be Obtained. Washington. AnrU 5. (I. N. SJ The first step In taking oyer the telegraph ana c&oie companies or tne. united States was foreshadowed todav. it is believed.' when the Interstate commerce commission formally ordered a sweep ing investigation into 43 companies. ine companies named In the order form the Postal Telegraph group. -The Western Union group has been under appraisement proceedings by the com mlttee tfor the past two and a half years and the procedure has been along practically the same lines aa that or dered today and U understood -to be the reason It is not included in today's or- The property owned, . Its -val&s and use, any Increases or. decreases of. stock. bonds oy' 'otherUaeeortties and ' moaeya. receivea mrougn iae- issuance or stock. Donas or otner seeunties will m scruti nised. The. syndicating, banking and other financial - arrangements - under whih such Issues were-made. find the expenses incurred, thereon, will also be searchtngly Investigated. . ' Karninga and the expenditures will be thoroughly investigated,: according to the .order. , .. . .. .. Hearing dates' will soon be' set and persons required to appear and testify win do oraerea to proauce books, docu ments sjnd other papers &s the com mission may deem necessary. - The. In vestigation covers -the Commercial Ca ble Company of New Tork, Postal-Tele graph Cable company. New York; Com merciai'CaDie company, Massachusetts Commercial Pacific ' Cable company, New Tork; Maekay . Telegraph A Cable company, Arkansas: Postal Telegraph Cable companies of j California, Colo rado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, .. Michigan. Missouri. Mon tana, Nebraska. Nevada, New 'Mexico; Oregon. Pennsylvania. Tennessee, Utah, Washington. West Virginia and Kan sas Mackay Telegraph-Cable company; Louisiana; Merchants Telegraph com pany. Ohio,; Postal Telegraph Mackay Telegraph-Cable company, Oklahoma; American District Telegraph company Philadelphia ; Lehigh Telegraph com pany, Pennsylvania ; Mackay Telegraph ft j Cable company, Texas; Chicago. Mil waukee ft Lake Suptrpr ' Telegraph company. Wisconsin: Postal Telegraph Cable company, Wyoming. s; Britain Secures 61 Australian Vessels .Melbourne. A us.. ..April 5(U. ,-P.)- Twenty-seven overseas and 24 coastwise ships have been placed at the disposal of the British government , The coastal - ships mentioned probably include those plying between Adelaide and Brisbane most of which range h tonnage from 6000 to 8000. Many of the overseas ships are considerably larger. World Blacklist of ,, t I Enemy Connections .!-- . ' - j . - ; 1 ICew Tork. April R -MU. P.) A world wide trade blacklist of firms with enemy connections will be issued In a few days by the war trade board. It was declared today by Paul Fuller 'Jr., dlrector.of the bureau of trade, intelligence. ; The last list contained only the names of South American firms,: and the coming Issue will be the first for the world. CamerarMeS Wanted ; In Signal Service r r - i Washington. A"prll S. (U. P.) A- spe cial draft call for 400 skilled photograph ers to serve with (he signal service In France was sent outt toy. the provost marshal general s ornce today. ' The men will be mobilised at Madison Barracks. Sacketts JHarbor. N-,T. i i For this work men found fit for limited military service will be accepted.! Of Hunibert inU. S. j New. York, April 5. L NV S.) Attor ney General Merton Lewis; has been re- auested . by the French ' ambassador to ; investigate the activities in the United j States of Senator Charles Humbert, edi- tor "oi ine "aans journal." nni nirnn UULU ILIIU OPE!! FIRE Armed' Force Enters Vladivostok, I So American Consul Cables to American State Department; Force Sent Ashore by Cruiser. Invasion of Japanese Office by Armed Russians Is Excuse for Landing of Men; One Japanese Killed, 2 Wounded in Clash. WASHINGTON, April 5. (I. N. S-) Japanese troops, "today landed af "Vladivostok. The: state department, was today '.informed by the American: consul at that' "place that - "because . of . the In vasioti' of-a Japanese' office by' MM&n6& Russians ' "small "force of v era in the harbor.'' v . j In the office Incident the JBka sians- opened fire, killing one anese : and, , seriously : wounding two others. - " - s The cablegram from the-, consul at tracted manifest Interest In official cir cles . but while officials would not dis cuss the incident In any way it was! un derstood that the state department does not look upon it as having political im portance. The general view la taken ' that the" Japanese commander, followed a very natural course In moving to pro tect Japanese life and property. Jones Property 46n. Waterfront to Be-Added to Supple & j 'Ballto Yards. . A deal for the establishment of one of the largest plants and the only separate plant for outfitting ships : In the Port land harbor has been closed, it became known .today, ,when it was , learned . that the Supple Ballin - Shipbuilding , cor poration. with a plant at the foot of East .Oak - .street;-; has taken - over- the Jones property, bounded by' Kast Yam hill. East , Taylor, East Water , and the harbor line. ' r' litis property baa been 'added to the old Supple property; which was taken over some .'time ago. The . Supple- prop erty Is bounded by Belmont, East Yam hill, East Water and the harbor line. The merging of the two properties gives a straight stretch along the East Side water ; fronjt between water troit uriwten liiw iMorrisore- ana Hawthorne bridges, from Belmont to East - Taylor streets. - bounded on the . 1l- . . 1 east all the way by East-Water street. Work-on the new plant began this morning and Is to be carried to comple tion with haste. The plans for the establishment - of (Concluded on Pat? Two. i Column SU) Dr. Karl Muck to Be Tnfnrn qH Tminn f lAo -ti JJU UOl JUKjU. U VAX UIK t f ai Washington; '"April S.-rHtUJ P.) ,TBe Justice .department .will Issue an order I i., . . i, .w. Seem a ' T ,i "r'lRome.5 It to decUrtd thai a anve suu close of the war of Dr. Karl Muck. leader of : the Boston Sympbonjt orches tra. It was officially announced this afternoon.-1 1 c s i :i -f- WOMEN!! Keao tne rieip wanted Ads " to- ;ri i g h t and t- make ' ' the. rhogt of pppor-t tunity..- THE GERMAN DRIVE ON AMIENS Ft ROM east, north and south the Germans are pressing in i upon the important railroad -center, Amiens." They are trying to advance along the rivers Noye, Avre, Luce, Somme, Ancre and. Hallue, which AMIENS C r- Cs. 1 ma.mel. MAILUt GrtlVESNES E , 1) MONTOIDIER OFFICIAL STATEMENTS . FRENCH PARIS. . April 5 U.. P.) Ths ' French official statement says: "We advanced to the west of Castel ; (two. miles northwest . of Mereull, , toward . Amiens). and drove the 1 enemy. hacii from Arrisreourtf Wood. - . 'By -a counter attaeic. sou in west oi AOrl veanee , two ' eocwpled t St. i Aignaa V ttwo and.. a half nail.a northwest t JM Wftnfdidiori. ' -ws- oabtnrwi -moat' of !- Eklnette Wood, n4 extended : our positions; to northward, -or -mob.. trenauqL . . , t "Thursday night German fcttacto l ,; with -U divisions. (180,000 men), of ,' which seven were fresh, failed toir, reach their objectlre.' which, accord ing to captured .orders, was the rail-. way from Amiens to ciearmont. . :"W 'maintained ' our . line -as wholes The casualties of the enemy . were cruel."--. - - ' x . Last j night's official report ald: : .' "From Grlvesnes as far as north . i of the. road between '.Amiens and . 1 Koye, tne uermana auacaoa wiuj --. enormous lorces, anowwg a ura w termination to break' through1 our . front at any cost ".Up to the present we have Identified prisoners from 11, different army divisions. Our troops . with : intrepid 'courage -resisted the Shock of the attacking masses that , were mowed down by our artillery " . fire. . Despite - their efforts. . three ; times repealed, the Germans .sue- ceeded at JLha, cost of heavy sacri fices la eVgnlng .-a few-hundred '- meters of terrain and occupying- the villages :. of - Mailty Ralneral . and Morisel.-' We held the .neighboring .GERMAN y SRLIN. April (Uk P.) The jfi Berlin wan ouice niwnw - vuo ' ?. breaking dowti of 'four allied :at- tempts to retake tne neignta soutn west 'of MoreulL' r ,-. :.- , "Before Verdun (where American troops are now in the line) . and at Parroy wood. "there' was at times a : more lively, artillery engagement said : the' German' reoort. - -v- - - - . . , , AuStrO-Germaflr UHVe CXpeCteO I . . -. v . V . n v to uperaTe Against moun- . tain Line. Amsterdam, Apm il. . r.i a Asstrlaa effeaslvsgalsst Italy Is pesdlag, Badapest ewspapert: declare, ' V. . ma . I. ,t mmmwmmi M 1 ; WashlnstonJ April -U. P-) Trana- , . ,, Astro,-German forees IV vs . ' . . formerly: in Koumanla i under General I von Mackenaen to . the Italian front is in ' official 4 dispatches from i -. . . . .... Impends, in Italy -and that the enemy evidently Is .onlyj awaiting : faVorable .-&Mr ; eond Itlonsv " . . Italian miutary critics are or tne opinion that theVAustre-Oerman drive will i be .against r the i mountain Una, Aviators reoort' that large bodies nave been transferred iron the PI ve line to the mduntaln sons by ths Austrian, it Is reported : that, recently the Austrlans nave - undertaken the eonstroctlon of new fortlflcauerui along tne Xivens .ana the Tagllemento rivers, adopting a new system -consisting 1 of points of support with several bridgeheads.. Italian pris oners and the civilian population of in vaded Italian provinces nave been com pelted to work on these fortification a : The military ' critics In Italy " believe that another reason for the delay in the Austrian drive s that the Austrlans are loath to begin until - the , issue of - the German offensive ta Fra-ce is certain. converge near Amiens. "During the continuation of our attack south- of the Somme fresh, successes nave been- BRITISH I'ONOOTJ. April -(Ui P.) Brit. lah forees were pressed; back to os1S VUUra -Brettoo-, neaux (eight miles east etanuensl. in heavy flrhting Friday afternoon and evening. Field 'Marshal Halg re ported today. The British are main taining their1 positions. :' ' "Between the Luce and the Somme ! there .'was heavy fighting Friday, afternoon, and late in the evening." .the Statement said. : . ; "Strong enemy forces In repeated a, assault were .beaten off with .loos. . "We were ' pressed back. to", po sitions, east of . Vlllers-Brettonneaux, ' which we are now maintaining": . , Active" artillery fighting was , re-'. ported ' on . the northern end of the vbattiefronc by Field -.Marshal; Haig. A orui.wui ooraroe. in me neign- ; borhood ' of Bucquoy and in .the Scarpe valley the enemy's artillery was active, the statement said.. . "Our artillery engaged hostile con centrations In the neighborhood ' of " Albert.". .- y- ... Last night's report said : - The enemy launched heavy at tack .Thursday . morning on the whole front between the Somme and Avre rivers. it was preceded by a ' violent; bombardment. On our right and - center the : German," infantry -were repulsed, bat on .our - left the . assault . -succeeded ' In pressing back our - troops, for a "short distance la the neighborhood of HameL .. "The fighting- In this area Is con tinuing.'' ' . ' .. V (Hamel lies on the southern bank of the SommeTriver. between 10 and 11 miles due east, of Amiens. This la now the vital area of the battle. as the Germans are exerting tre mendous pressure; in their frontal attack against the British defences of theirsbase.) TEADER IS GIVEN PROTECTION Entries) to Be Suspended Where Desirl to Work in War In tfustry Is Shown. i Waskb kton. , April S. r- (WASHING- TON BU&KAU OF THE JOURNAL.) AsaistamKeretarv vi,iun, r,r ti liiterior 5 Vartment has informed Rep- resewtatl) SInnott that the decision has been re 4 to suspend homestead en- tries fort t over one year where aome steaders p.nt to work in shipyards, mo - niuon pi 1U snd other necessary war Industrie The effect Is to protect the entrymat from a contest because of his absence.- ' The til 2a thus lost most be made 1 . i'T- ........ . . py acru. (creaiaence later on. Appuca- xSraSsr nooS!S? hvTffi !. ,.- .i-.0 !!. , i.u, u, .i. ' Bay R. Kaust, Portland shipyard work er. - Vogetsang says the law grants no authority; but war needs are now re garded as baring the highest claim on workers. -X . . .- . v- ' ' : - Cunarder Valeria Reported7 as Lost '.: r : " -i ' ' ! New (York. 'April L N. S.) Ac cording to- unconfirmed reports , re ceived here today,- the tSSS ton Cuna-d liner Valeria has-been sunk In the Irish sea. a-X ' i. The Valeria left New Tork on March 4 with a cargo for aa English port. HOMES hi in jnnu1 i j L'i'i nil in , DCniVIHIHG IVIIlGOIIilD Ulil British After Sustaining Terrific As-. ; saults Thursday, -Are Compelled, to r Yield Ground, and Battle Line Now Is t Within Eight Miles of City of Amiens. j Heavy Attack Is Also French; After 10 Desperate Assaults V Germans Make Only a Slight Gain; Dutch Frontier Reported Closed Now. i . By William 117 ITI4 THE' BRITISH ARMfES IN FRANCE, April 5,J yX - (U. P.) -Big guns axe . shelling German troops s seen massing ,on the road junning southwest from Albert, ' parallel to the iway from that city to Amiciu. It is not yet Apparent whether the Gennans will storm the em- . bankrhent:but such an attempt is ardenUjr-esimryHhe British. i - Reports from, south of-the Somme-'indicate the fighting died down aftef the German "grab" toward Amiens on Thursday, when Itheynussed troops ra-the Corbie -.' lhe Bntish along the railway embankment prevent any ,se-.t rious westward advance via Corbie. - j -' Simms dispatch, filed today.' the heavy fighting described' in statements had died dowm at least temporarily. The dispatch evi dently covers' a later period than the communiques. 1 , i . ' ' Both London and . Paris . specifically' mention the fiehtine as under way Thursday afternoon, t erred. to the tjerman attak Of rhursdav a an artinti alraw in cluded. (Corbie is eight miles due Amiens railway.; Amsterdam, April 5.- (U. will be closed for a ' week, acording to an announcement in the ' ; nanaeisDiaa.toaay. . Swiss dispatches announced. yesterday that the Germ4n-Swiss. frontier would be dosed, beginning, today. , ;The , closing of the.: 1 German frontiers, generally t have, been followed by heavy - troop ' London. April S. The Germans In their frantic efforts te take Amiens, are press ing in from the - northeast, east and southeast-r-followlng three -railway lines converging upon the city from those directions. - - - -Hair's, reoort today of - the fighting In . that region- indicates-, the enemy -is concentrating In a frontal attack from the east, and that the enveloping move I ment on. the two. flanks of this sector Is awaiting the outcome. Hlndenburg has met with-considerably more suc cess in this route and the one to the southeast than , in. bts attempted ad vance, from (the northeast. 5w Fealties Xslstalsed The statement said the British, after beating off several' assaults and inflict ing heavy losses on the Germans, had been forced to fall - back to positions "east of Vlllers-Brettoneux." v This town Is eight miles east of Amiens, on the Amiens-Roeieres . railway and is about midway:, between the Luce and the Somme. . It mars tne ciosesi spproacn of the Germans to their objective. Halg said the British are holding the enemy In these new positions, i r " To the southeast, the Germans have battered away along , the route of the I railway which runs from Montdidler 1 uirouin muitun w yumciia. -1" rt- ay follows the vajley of the Avre. " The 1 nearest -the' enemy has approached Amiens along this route Is Moreull. more than it mties iroro Amieiia .u 1 . Esesiy Artillery AeUve I -The northeastern route la along the 1 whih mn, from Aiwn thrmi.s j 01, to Amiens; foUowing the ' Ancre niu Th nmiifia bave heen f bmlv I ... . I neiU l Uif wssi aa 1 ssssag w va 1 but bow thU city the battle line to the uthwrt and paraUel. I the railway at a distance of about two ffill,, until the Amiw.RMlM railway crosses the fronC Albert is II mile northeast of Amiens, while Corbie Is ntne miles due east. 4 Activities north ot the Somme, Haig r TO CALL WASHINGTON, April 5 (U. P.) President Wilson Is preparing to launch the second great draft of American fif liters. He Is expected to Issue i proclamation this week notifying 800,000 registered men that they roust hold themselves In readiness for service. . . 5 : - The first great call to camps under the second draft will approximate . 1 50.000 men, to start'moving the latter fart of this month. -There will be a continuous stream of men io camp thereafter' under present plans, and probably 300,000 or ,400,0(0 will be called before July 1." " . 1 Made Against the : I". Philip Simm j . ' road, in the Ancre valley, v - indicates that at the time of filinc today's British and French official evening andnight. "Simms.re-, east of 'Amiens, on the Albert-' j . - E P) The German-Dutch I frontier ! . . f . . ;- reported, are-limited to artillery- fight- ,- tng for the present. ' The enemy's artO-' lery Is partlcnlarly active In the Scarpa i valley. In which Arras Is located, and m Kiiuiy ox iMicquoy. 1 - 't' : .GerMaae 'Fsy BeavHy ' The - latter . town Is about IS miles south ' of Arras and midway between ." Arras and Albert. - . ' . ? -f German concentrations' fn the neish- borhood of Albert were shelled by Brit- - isn srtinery. - . .- The German attaelrs were dttvru after a severe bombardment from heavy ' German gnns which bad been moved to the front.. - . - , . -. . The Germans paid - heavily for he small amount of groond gained.' The? (Coatiamd oe rase Toe, Colsns Teel Officer Is Charged With Disabling Ship Jeks Lisi. Jssior .Offleer of sera:! neste. Alleged is Have Thrown arras Iron Iste Xsgtse; . : y . ;. San Franclsoo, April t-iVl P. John Lind. junior officer of the steamer Sae-, ' ramento. was nnder arrest here today ss ; a result of charges by CsptalnEw. . . Cullen of the Sacramento that Llnd had disabled ths vessel when 100 miles off " Honolulu. The Sacramento arrived from1 Honoluln Thursday. . , - - ; According to Cullen's charges. Lind, who lives In Seattle, joined, the vessel 4 when she left there. When too .ml lea from Honoluln the engines broke down and the steering gear failed. Invest! -; gatloni showed scrap Iron ; had been thrown Into the engine and the quad- ; rant pin drawn from the steering gear." CuWen said he suspected i Llnd be cause he understood Llnd hAd been sr- , rested- a half dosen times for anti-war actlvlUes In Seattle. ' . - .- 150,000 MEN , 1 X
