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VOL. XVI. NO.! 285 hums mom tm : aementieies; f GlfY AMB STATE NEAR QUOTAS; 31 l bbBV Portland Nears the $11,00,000 ; - Mark and Oregon Is Passing; Loan Quota of $18,495,000 ; With Good Measure, Estimate State, County and j City Cam paign Committees Are to Con- j tinue Efforts in Order to Pile' Un a Bier Oversubscriotion. r ? Tr -r i Portland! win hc passed the $11,000,000 rtikrk tonight , In subscriptions toj the third Mberty loari and Qppgon will hsie exceeded Its quofa of " I IB.WS.OOO, by a liberal-margin. .Emery dims lead, chairman . of the Portland vLiberty loan com mittee, announced thli noon that Wmber banks of th;e Portland Clearing House association today subscribed $2,000,000 tp the third Liberty loan bond iifsue. Port land banks not members of the Clearing House association sub scribed a total of 225,O0O for bonds, .making a totql subscrip tion fr the banks ff the city mounting to 12,225,000. The banks were eai'h assessed . a quota by I tie liberty loan com mittee and each has made its contribution conform to this al lotment. At a meeting of the Liberty loan committee it was decided not: to announce for pub lication the individual subscrip tions of the banks, i That the quotas will- he passed will i be shown officially when the returns j are tabulated tonight was the convic-1 tion of loan drive leaders: this afternoon, j General Ouy W. Talbot stated that the I city and state this afternoon were very near the quota, with enthusiasm un abated. .. According to unofficial but perfectly ; reliable estimates on the amount of sub-i scrlptlons so far received, the demands! (Concluded on ri Two. Column Three) LIBERTY TEMPLE T Feature of Evening Will Be Par ticipation of Fraternal Orders; Two, Canadians to Speak. Tonight's demonstration in front of Liberty Temple, beginning at 8 o'clock, will be featured by participation of fra ternal orders. The. program will be : Assembly by buglers r Hill Military Academy buglers. - Major D. J. Sturrock, , Canadian army. Just returned from the i trenches. Lieutenant J. W. Warren, Canadian army. Just returned from trenches. Concert Elks' band. . Eugene CioffJ, conductor. Reading "Uncle Samuel's Call." writ ten for tha Portland lodge of Elks by D. Boll Cohen, past exalted ruler of Port land lodge. . Selection Three Hundred- Eighteenth Engineers' Glee .dub, E. is. Strong, di rector, i , Patriotic feature drill Portland Re- view No. 1,' Maccabees, i . Selection Three Hundred Kighteenth Engineers' Glee club, E. N. Strong, di rector. - i - Duet H. 13. Hudson, tenor.' and Dolph i nomas, caruone. t Solo Mrs. Herman Pollts - "What Are Liberty .Bonds," J. I - Etherldge. "Star Spangled Banner." audience. German Military Camp Has Mutiny Amsterdam, April 10j (V. P. Aij ex tensive mutiny occurred Monday in tha German military camp at Beverloo, ac : cording to report received hers today ' from the Belgian front. German soldiers are said to have fired 'upon their offi cers, killing; three and wounding many. Seventeen soldiers have been arrested.' PROGRAM TON GH ON THE ITALIAN FRONT - - BY BAIRNSFATHER T " . ' ' .... - m vr 1 mm rerfe .. w mn mm ill i vxv. til wri l I I ' 1 A C " l i i.m l .1 i .-, .... - ; - ., On the way to the 'Alpini : INTENSE EFFORT L Lord Dunmore, English States man and'Soldier, Here to j Tell of Fighting. . "Remember this: the only way of, re ducing ! America's losses on-the battle field and the way to shorten the misery of this war is by increasing the '"-in tensity of your effort; by building ships and by getting your armies and your vast resources to the field of battle." ; This, as explained this morning by Colonel Murray, Karl of -Dunmore, and possessor of many honors from the crown of Great Britain, is America's chief part in the war that 'Colonel Mur ray emphatically asserts will be carried to victory in spite of all odds. Lord Dunmore Is in Portland for a-few days as a missionary from the British war of fice, . bringing to America a lesson from the suffering of the allied forces as he has witnessed them at the fighting front and through government channels. Tonight at The Auditorium Lord Dun more will review the war aa It is seen through the official eyes of Great Brit ain and he will put especial emphasis upon the activities in' which the United States can most profitably fill her niche in 'accomplishing victory. He Is one of two missionaries sent to America by the British war office for the purpose of providing this nation a view of the fight that the propagandists have not given us. Mayor Baker will preside at the public meeting at The Auditorium. Lord Dunmore will be a guest of honor at a luncheon Thursday noon at the Univer sity club. He has addressed the Cham ber of Commerce. s ; ; Will Hold Aniens "The immediate German objective at present is Amiens. I am .confident we will hold Amiens, but should it fall it will not effect the final Issue of the war," Lord Dunmore declared in dis cussing the phases of the fight that are moat timely. v :"- r-?- " V --..:, "Breaking through the Hne means very little unless the side that breaks through has sufficient superiority in manpower to defend the opposing armies on the field, j I do not : believe, Germany, has uiat superiority. ; n"Th allies today admit that -tha guar antee of their victory lies in America's SHORTEN WAR (Continued ea fag Tw. Columa Out) PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESD AY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1918. TWENTY PAGES. "The' chauffeur says a car fell OFFICIAL STATEMENTS FRENCH PARIS. April 10. (U. P.) "Great -mutual artillery fighting ; along a wide front held by French and' American troops, from south of ,f Verdun 'to east of St. Mihiel" was reported" by ' the French war office today. ' ' t "Along the left bank "'of the Meuse. in the Apremont forest and in the ' "region of - Flirey, there was 'great mutual artillery, fighting," the com- : m unique - said. ' (Tlie Meuse ; flows ., horthwafd through St. Mihiel and Verdun. It . is on this : sector that American troops took- over addi tional trenches to release French - forces . for the. battle - of Plcardy. -Apremont; is five miles southeast of . St MlhieU. Flrey Is 14 miles east of St. Mihiel. Both of the places are in that portion of the line officially referred to as the 'Toul sector.') "Northwest ,of . Rheims (In the Chemln des Dames sector where -American force8 are fighting) our, successful raid ' resulted in : some " prisoners. " 1 "Northeast of Monrenaud we took some prisoners. t - ; "After a number . of German at tacks in the treglon of Hargard-en- Santerre . (where the British and French lines converge five miles south of the Somme, at Corbie), we finally retained the . village and cemetery- "West of Castel and in the region of Suxoy (in the neighborhood of Moreull). German attacks were sanguinarily defeated." BRITISH LONDON. April V Y , "Fighting Continued , north ; of La Basse 'canal yesterday evening and last. night,- Ve,are holding the ' line on the rivers Lawe and Lys and .: - are heavily engaging the enemy on the crossings: at Estaires -and Bac :' , St. Maur.-f: -t . "V "On the southern flank, Givenchy was captured in a successful counter -attack.. We took 760 prisoners here. "east .And- norths of ,-ArTnentiers, : . aa far aa the Tpres-Comines canal.'! i theraswaa: a- heavy hostUbombard-' ment early this morning with fight-" (Conttnatfi ea .Fase Two. Celasui Tve) v over here last week FIFTY NEEDED FOR L PhysicallyQualified Men of High Calibre Wanted; List Closes Friday. - Fifty physically qualified men of high calibre between the ages of 18 and 40 are wanted to bring the personnel of base hospital unit 46, now at Camp Lewis," to an enlisted strength of 200. : Unit! 46 is maintained as an individual organisation at the American Lake can tonment and.: .since , mobilization two weeks ago, has entered into a period of intensive training that forecasts early service in France. Orders ' for Increase In its personnel were received Tuesday by Colonel Da vis from the war department and Merle G. Campbell of the unit was detailed to obtain the 50 recruits by Friday eve ning. No applications will be taken aft er Friday. Mr. -Campbell opened a recruiting sta tion in room 617 Corbett building, where he . will conduct preliminary examina tions. ! Applicants accepted , will join the unit at Camp Lewis and be assigned to de tails for which they are most fitted. The-unit is composed of Oregon and a few Washington men, with 25 physi cians ana iou nurses. Most oi tne pny siclans already are mobilized at Camp Lewis and the nurses will join the unit when it is established in a French base, it is understood. Seventy-five of the xiurses are in training in eastern bases. L- Chicago to Build Fleets of Ships Chicago, April 10. (L N. S.) This city is to have a shipyard that wilt turn out 46 steel 'ships a year of 3500 tons each for the ; United States and her allies, and another to build 2000 con crete vessels of 2200 . tons each for - do mestic - purposes, it was announced. The ships will be built by the Chicago Marine ' corporation, capitalised at $1,600,000 to 62.000,000. The concrete ships are to be built by the Foundation - company. Franklin Remington' of Naw York is president of the'eompahy and Cox" Stevens of that city ara aha naval, architects.' TA UNIT 46 GIIIE ran i TERRIFIC EMBER Twice Are Germans Flung Back From Village in Pitch Black Darkness, British Wielding Bayonets, Clubs and Fists. Ten Fresh Divisions of Bavarians Are Hurled Against the Brit ish Line;Heavy Cannon Fire . Is Still Kept Up in North. By William Philip Simms WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, April 10. (U. P.) Prom the La Basse canal to . the south of Armentieres there was- terrlfie fighting through ""Tuesday flight. Today on. thte left sector, there was inomt tarily no infantry vfigh'ting but the artilleries were 'mutually blazing away . In, full .chorus. Tuesday afternoon and night there was bloody hand to hand fighting around Armentieres and on the high ground about Givenchy and Bethune. which waa the immediate German objective. The enemy attacks failed in both places Ten fresh divisions (120,000 men) of the best Bavarian troops were hurled repeatedly against the British on the high ground around Givenchy Tuesday night. Twice they captured the town and twice the British flung them back in the pitch black darkness wielding bayonets, clubs and fists until the remnants of the German stormers re tired beaten. Counter Attack Drives Oat Haas At the bridgehead of the Lys near Bac St. Maur which the Germans held there was similar fighting. - At sundown the enemy pressed us back to La Croix du-Bac (one mile north of the river), but the British counter at tacked heavily and drove them back. A big concentration of German guns was freely used in the forward and back areas as probable preparation for Ger man attacks between Armentieres and Messines. The Germans attacked violently the British and Portuguese positions from the La Basse Canal to a point south ward of Armentieres at 8 o'clock Tues day morning. Battlefield Very Maddy General von Quast's attack Tuesday morning followed a bombardment open ing at 4:05. It continued for an hour or two then died down. A couple of hours later a sudden bar rage was put down from Armentieres to the northward of Lens, the German in fantry following in its wake. Heavv. continued fighting occurred which was particularly hot near Festhu bert. Lone range guns shelled Bethune. Estairs, Laventie and practically all the villages in the back areas, von viuast used several fresh divisions. The weather was misty and the sVy overcast throughout .the day. The ground is very muddy owing to the rains. Hlndenburr. foiled In his attempt against Arras. Vimy and Notre Dame- Lorette. perhaps nopes to name ine British , positions from the north. Special Features on Loan Drive Program Ad Clab la Charge This Afteraooa Fraternal THgkt at Liberty Tempi aad Mass - Meet lag at Aaditoriura. Special features of the Liberty loan campaign for: the balance of the week are announced as follows : Today Ad Club day; Afternoon at Liberty Temple. Tonight At 8 o'clock. Fraternal night, at Liberty Temple ; mass meet ing at Auditorium. Colonel Murray speaker. Thursday Progressive Business Men's club day : Noon Will H. Hayes, national Republican chairman, at Multnomah hotel ; state office holders', parade to Liberty Temple. Friday Realty Board day: Noon Benson hotel ; 8 p. m Multnomah Am ature Athletic club night, at Audito rium. Saturday ' evening Monster Jubilee, with four simultaneous programs at important downtown street intersec tions, and centering with massed "gath ering at Liberty' Temple ; unusual mu sical and special features. - " - First Americans omU British Front Tak' Places for Ba By William Philip Simmi j WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN KAIMfc, April 1U. (U. P.) The first American have arrived at D:.V fwml Tk inrind infantrv airmen and engineers. I have seen the Americans, who are the forerunners of many more, moving to their and full of ginger. . General Pershing, conferring with General Foch at the front. March 28, placed the entire American expedition ary force at the disposal of the allies. Three days later staff correspondents with the Amerlean army on the Toul front reported great forces of all branches of the service leaving that sector for the Plcardy front. All- the roads In that part of France were blocked by moving men and equip ment, it was said. The arrival of -the first of these FORESTALL .SENS OF T, PLEA Business Man Has Created New Nobility of Purposet . As-S i erts Chicago Mart.1" Chicago, April 10. (I. N.' 8.) Sound ing a warning that employer and em ploye must join hands now and prepare for the stern period of reconstruction after the war to prevent the appear ance of a "Bdlshevikl" in America "to turn us over to the tyranny of the mob, which is more cruel and destructive even than that of the autocrat," R. Good wyn Rhett. president' of the United States Chamber of Commerce, in an ad dress today before 8000 delegates made a plea for "a victory in this war that shall sweep autocracy from the face of the earth." It waa a matter of rejoicing that the war has developed a new soul. There was a time, the speaker declared, when industry and trade were looked upon aa soulless, but tha business man of today haa created a new nobility for the peo ple of a nation In those who serve for the common cause. "It is. not enough for the business man to turn his genius to saving of America from the menace of German militarism." Mr. Rhett said, "but there is another equally important part for him to play in preserving America from the foes that threaten - from within. "Unrest has arisen by reason of the distribution of the great wealth that has come to the people of this country. It must be reckoned with, if industry and commerce are to go on under pri vate initiation and leadership. Other wise, the extremists will find willing ears to their strange doctrines and willing arms to aid their strange experi ments In government. The Bolshevik! will appear in America as well as in Russia to paralyse all business. "We no longer see classes arrayed for conflict, but marching side by side in mutual confidence to a - greater pros perity and contentment. This is the kind of democracy we must make safe, for therein Ilea its only safety." Registrants Minus Cards Face Arrest C . District Attorasy Haaey Warat Tbat All ef Draft Age WIU Be Com pelled to Skew Froaer Cradeatlalt. Draft registrants must carry their registration or classification cards if they wish to avoid arrest on charges of being military service evaders. This edict waa issued today by Unit ed States Attorney Haney. Federal officers will, within a few days, canvass draft registrants and all men between the ages of 21 and 31, in clusive, will be required to show regis tration credentials. No efforts will be spared by the fed era! net. said Mr. Haney. to round, up all persons without cards. ' "Those without cards will be put in Jail. The fact tnat a person baa no card ' will cause his' arrest.'; Explana tions will be heard afterwards," Mr. Haney warned. FlaAes Sweeping City of Lancaster i . Lancaster, Pa.. April 10. fI..N. S.) Flames are sweeping the business sec tion of this city this afternoon. Fire starting in tha big Sprecher. and Ganss hardware store spread . quickly to the Garvon department, store and, driven bya: gale, into the McCrory 10 cent store.; - The whole, .business , section . is threatened. .' UNRES PRICE TWO CENTS Sk.', cYSrl t- a places in the line cheery men 'at the British front, reported in the above dispatch. Is just 11 days after the movement began. ' It is assumed that these forces will be brigaded with the British. The fact that these men have ar rived at the "British front" probably locates them some place north of the Somme, aa the British and French forces are supposed to converge at Hangard. five miles south of that river. All that portion of the front from Hangard north to Dlxmude. In Belgium. Is held by Haig'a troops. E Desire Seen in London for a ; Showdown on ! Consciip '''tionrfitlr.'"- London, April 10. (U. P.) The Lon don morning newspapers, for the most part, praise Premier Lloyd George's courage in demanding Irish conscription. They hold it purely a matter of justice, requiring Ireland though belated to pay a portion of the cost of world free dom. ' Though It is realised the enforcement of conscription in Ireland Is fraught with possibilities of . a serious nature. there seems to be a desire for a show down. There is confidence that possible resistance In Ireland would be defeated. because it Is said that such resistance would not represent all Ireland's opin ion, but merely the fragment which is responsive to the obstructionist poll tlclans. After all. it is held by the London press, it is the government's duty to enforce all measures for the country's safety upon ail subjects. The Express said : We are warned that conscription will unify the nationalists and Sein Flnners in rebellion against the gov eminent We do not believe this. If Ireland does not respond to conscrip tion, strong orders from the government must control the situation." Though curious, as to the course of events on the Western front since the German attack, especially in view of Lloyd George s statement that the Brit ish army command had advance knowl edge of the German plans, the morning papera mostly expressed willingness to await further Information before stat ing their opinions. O'Connor Cables Premier San Francisco, CaL, April IS. (U. P.) T. P. O'Connor, Irish leader and for mer member of parliament, regarda Pre mier Lloyd George's proposal for con scription in Ireland as an blunder." insane a camegram was aispatcned by O Con- nor today to John Dillon. M. P.. declar- ing conscription would "encourage our bitterest enemies in this country." O Connor's messsge to Dillon follows Must at once record solemn warning against conscription In Ireland. It will paralyse friends and encourage bitterest enemies in this country. This Insane blunder would again reader futile best efforts of Irish, leaders everywhere. "T. P. O'CONNOR." i f i Mexicans in Clash With U. S. Patrol . ,,.V"r ITLFPJ YrTw ElETu-1 "T-Tr .Vr..C" l)ia Tllrt ClnnA rivmr mitH v ),. ...I. the Rio Grande river south of hers early today. The bandits, numbering several hundred, fired on United States patrols early this morning when- the bandits at tempted to cross the river and raid small hamlets and ranches en the American aide. The United States patrol returned the bandits' fire. Details; of the fight are not yet Known. t Reiuforrrments Sent In EI Paso, Texas, April 10. United States trooDS were rushed to Fort Han cock this morning on motortruck rein force the American patrol there ra - PRAISING PEIR'S ported In a battle with Mexican bandits. I riding la a streetcar to the ca piled to who attacked the American forces early) day. today. . . .. . Senator Stone was stricken jusf as the , All telephone wires to Juares and car reached the senate office building, other : Mexican border towns from the He was carried from the car lo .the of Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific coast were flee of Senator Cummins of Iowa, Later cut. today, on military orders. ' Belief tbat German agents have been eommu nicaUng with spies la, Mexloo ever these wires is bacn of the order. ' . li ii mi nnn n mi U OflflflPII HUH uInHuII MLS HI LIME BACK i Gen. Maurice Reports Germans Are Attempting to "Bleed 'the British Army White"; Attsjck on Messines Front Repulsed. Fall of Armentieres Will Not Be Vital; 2000 French-Are Lost i as Prisoners; Portuguese and British Lose Guns in Retreat OMtO.N, April i The Germans 10. U. P.;j this mornlog renewed their northern ! attack ' from east "of Armenllcrea as fjir .; as McbElnes (five miles nirth if.' " Armentieres) v Gner&l laurl; , -CcHrecidr-ijf -mxfatjonsr artiiburtcpd this afternoon. I . "They entered our line betwern the Ljb and the I)ouve one mite south of Met.fines." and capturM a considerable portion of IMoeg- : ateert wood ' I wo miles south of Iouve" he said. j i "The enemy Is carrying out Its original program of attempting to bleed;-tha British army white," Maurice said. "The attack on ' the Measlrtes front -haa been repulsed and no high grjniund has been gained by the enemy. bu tha small advance made, together with; yes terday's gains, may make Armentiefaa a very awkward salient. The enemy is now on both sides of Armentieres, which Is a hea of ruins. If it is lost, !( will not be vital. ! - "Last night, east of the old battle field, tha French carried out a With- - . drawal from an awkward angle: dje to retirements of the fifth army". jToo . French bajtalions were cut off and -probably 2000 taken prisoners, i The , (Oarkidfd on Page yine s. Recommended That One Execu tive Officer Have Charge of Production. . Washington. April 1C. (tj, p.) Charging that government officials have mlsrenreaented tha roera of the a v la- I tion program and misled the pubBc. th senate military affairs committee- today demanded tha aircraft crodurtior- b I taken out of the hands .of the! signal corps and given to"""one executive officer (appointed by tha president and respon- : I slble to hin. j Tha commute. thrnurh fUnator AVIATION PROGRAM CHANGES ADVISED Chamberlain, its chairman, today filed with the senate a report on its; recent searching Investigation of the j whole 1 aviation program. j . Ita recommendations In 'brief: Take aircraft production out bf the ' ' hands of the signal corps and glra it IV VII. Surround this man with a "corps of tha beat aircraft engineers, both Eu ropean and American." j Get an Immediate; supply of tha best while wa are developing our own. . Encourage aircraft invention a d- J VetOpment. ! Make a broad plan and policy for the future. i Senator Stone Is Victim of Paralysis Washington, April LS Ni B lh- Senator William J. Stone of Missouri. chairman of the senate f oreiga rela- tn I tiona committee, suffered what was he IUeved to be a stroke of paralysis while I he was removed to his home. - i - l Physicians hastily summoned were un- (able to state bow serious the senator's I condition was. He is 70 years wa. i ... ... . -. i
