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VOL. XVI. NO. 287
STATE 10
urday Evening in Celebration
of Success Expected to Bring
s Out HundredtThousand People.
, j .
Special Railroad. Rates Will Help
Swell Throngs With Merry
makers From All Points; Six
Mass Meetings Are Scheduled.
It EG ON first In Ihe honor
roll of Ulcs."
This, the official bulklin from
. th nation's capital, is the thrill
inn sloftan that inspires Orcgon's.
plans . for a monster . jubilee in
Portland Sairday nJght, eele
brtln(r the triumphant -commie?-.
tlon of the third Liberty loan
. .campaign.
1 One hundred thousand people
will constitute the tremendous
audiencb attending six slmultane
Pus mass meetings beginning al
8 p. m. Saturday.
A th climax of the evenlnf and , of
the campaign, at 9:30 p. m. crowd And
tand nd choruses will move over to
Bixth street, which will be entirely de
voted ' to merry-making.
- reople will come from points through
out the state as well as the city, because
special rates, of fare and a third have
been granted on alt transportation lines.
A congratulatory telegram -was re
reived this morning by Edward Cookingr
ham, chairman of the Oregon commit
tee, and Kobert E. Smith, state cam
paign manager, from Frank R. Wilson,
director of publicity for the national loan
drive, as follows: - "' - -
' (ConUnavd on Pg Two, Column Two) ; -
ADVISES GENERAL
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Those Who Wish to Subscribe
.'Need Not Wait for Call of
Solicitor.
Those who wish to subscribe to .the
liberty loan do. not have to wait until
a r solicitor calls on them. - Go to your
banker or to the liberty Temple if you
are ready to take a Uberty loan bond.
This Is the advice ' given citizens by
Ouy W. Talbot, general in charge of the
subscription division of the Liberty loan.
coriunlttee. '
Mr. Talbot says:
, "Our workera have endeavored to call
on ' every cltlien but they find many
away from their bffices or homes and
are unable to get in touch with them.
sometimes after several visits.
We urge that the people who have
not yet been approached go to some
bank or to the Liberty Temple and make
their subscription at as early a date as
possible tn order that we may clean up
our work In nana promptly."
Former Transport
. i Meade Is Sinking
An Atlantic Port, April 12. (I. & S.)
The former United States transport
"Meade, which was recently turned over
' to the United States shipping board,. Is
sinking oft this coast, according to
message received today.
- A crew of 35 men was taken off by a
coast guard cutter and the ocean tug
Gerroantown. which ware standing by,
871,213 Called Out
1 Under Draft JAvi
Washington. April 12. (U. P.)4The
nation up to April; 10 had Called S71.213
drafted men to training camps, Rspre
, sentative Biegel of New Tork announced
on tha floor of the house today.! ' Of
' this number S5S.S3? are for the general
run of tha service, while 17.JH were
ordd "for special , work. 4 V - :
BET FIRST
FLI6 FOR
BO HP S ULE
BUY BONDS TODAY
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State First to
Portland Leads Big Cities
NATIONAL LIBERTY FLAG OURS
RAISING the National Liberty Flag in front of the Treasury
building in Washington at the opening of the Liberty
Loan campaign. Secretary McAdoo raised the emblem
and announced it would be given to whatever state was first in
attaining its quota. Oregon has won the honor and the flag
will fly here.
Per? Capita Subscription for This"
Almost Equivalent to a r Bond
, j. Child in Oregon; Iowa -
Washington, April , 12. (I. N." S.) .
Oregon i.wlll fly the National Liberty
loan honor flag that has '.been flying
from .the treasury building here. The
treasury department i announced todax
that the state" is tb? first to pass' Us
Quota.- 'Oregon's allotment-was 18,495,'-
000, s and . . today subscriptions c totaling
$19,044,000 have been reported. A. mes
sage-or congratulation was sent imme
diately to the' Oregon central committee.
Portland, Or., has subscribed to date
110,128.000, ; or $75,000 over " Its quota.
making' a, per capita ; subscription of
$48. 90 jThe per capita subscription for
Oregon 'outside of Portland is $19.50. ;
Both "Portland and Toledo, Ohio, are
laying claims for the first honor flag
In . cities between 100,000 and 250,000
population. Toledo, to date has made
the remarkable record of selling bonds
equivalent to $65,foB every man, -woman
and child to the city. ' - v '.,
Forty-flva , towns are rtled lor first
honors and in cities of less than 25.000
Burlington, Vt.. and Joliet, UU are lead
ing.. Sioux City, Iowa, has ?won first
honors for cities between 25.000; and 60.-
000 Inhabitants, and Lynn, ilass., for
cities between 60.000 and. 100,000. ..
Iowa i' probably . will have the honor
of being the second state to pass US
quota. A ." claim was ' received today
from this state for' the National Honor
flag, but it arrived a few minutes after
the honor bad been accorded Oregon.
Thei claim for the flag failed; to set
forth the amount of subscription, mere
ly stating that the allotment bad been
exceeded.-' . V "v -i .
With- reports from the Philadelphia
and Minneapolis federal reserve dis
tricts still missing, the official total of
subscriptions to the third Liberty loan.
as announced by the treasury department,-
its ,$37S,?19,0OO -i Thim ; represents
sales of 10 districts-up to the doss of
business Wednesday, AprillO.
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PORTLAND, ' OREGON, FRID A Y EVENING,
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Is Oregon's
i.. - .f.i - . it i
If ass Quota
$48.90
for Each Man, Woman and
Claiming Second Place.
Totals from the other two districts are
I expected today, and treasury officials
I look I for a general speeding up of the
federal reserve banks' reports so the
amounts will be up to date. New Tork
is far in the lead, according to the 1st
est -Jfigures.
The i districts and their subdivisions.
such as counties, cities and towns, may
now publish their totals locally, get
ting them from either the federal re
serve districts or the banks and trust
companies to which they make returns.
. '-pi Figures Are Misleading
.The; comparatively small total an
nounced for the Cleveland district, only
$7150, Js no Indication of the total bond
sales of that district,- treasury officials
said; ' It Is explained that the Cleveland
district has reported those Initial de
posits which were received at federal
reserve bank and has omitted all dis
tricts ; recorded in the member banks
and
trust . companies, which total up
wards of $20,000,000. Belay In returns
from the Minneapolis district Is given
ICoSctadfd oa Pag Sixteen. Cola ma Two)
Wily-French Lassie
Taking No.Chances
Chicago, April ; 12. (U. ' P.)-lAn in-
-ternatlonal -exchange of notes will , re
sult - soon in . the marriage of . Mile.
Jeanette Armand of Dyon, France, to
Private Alfredo Carvaellt of Chicago.
The canny Mile.' Armand wrote Chief
of police . Alcock : i. l am to : be .mar
ried! soon to - Alfredo. Please Investi
gate" hlm." I - want Ao " know more
about .-him,' 'I - ; : ' .
Detectives - delved. - Today the chief
State to Date Is
dispatched his official : O.-.Ki to the
bridegroom's - record."- tv.r ;t - - -.
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SSI SfjEED
Convention Poposes Parliament
With Full Power for All Inter
nal Legislation; Ulsterites Ob
ject in a Minority Report.
Conscription Must Be Submitted
to Irish Parliament Before
It Can Be Enforced; Unionists
to Get 40 Per Cent of Members
London. April 12. (U. P.) The plan
for proposed eelf government of Ireland
was adopted by th Irish convention
100 to 42. it wu officially reported by
that body today.
The convention report provides for the
establishment of a parliament for the
whole of Ireland, with full power for 'all
Internal legislation, administration and
direct taxation. Self government, the re
port said, is to become a law Immediate
ly. . ;
The Ulsterites filed a dissenting minor
ity report.
The convention report submitted today.
declared that body voted 4 to 17, that
any conscription measure must be sub
mitted to the Irish parliament before It
can be enforced. "'.'! ,
Ttt parliament, according to tha re
port, wilt consist of a. senate of 4 mem
bers, and ahouaeot. commons .jjtQOl
members. The senate will be representa
tive of commerce, industry, labor, county
councils, churches, universities and the
peerage. . - ...
The Nationalists agreed to guarantee
the . unionists 40 per cent of the member
ship in commons. '
The Question of ultimate control of the
customs excise was postponed. Mean
time it will be controlled by the imperial
parliament.
IT
FOR VOLUNTEERS
Wilson Believes States Should
Be Credited With Number
Who Have Enlisted.
Washington, April 12. (I. N. a)
That President Wilson is pledged to
giving the states credit for volunteers
In all draft totals became known during
the debate on the new draft legislation
in the house this afternoon.
Representative Shallenberger. In ask'
ing favorable action on his amendment
to provide this, read the following ex
tract from a letter by the president :
. "It may be that In giving credit for
volunteers no useful purpose will be
served, but it will be perfectly proper
to include them.
Representative Dent, chairman of the
military affairs committee, defending
himself from the charge that he had
held up military bills, declared this was
utterly untrue.
'I have held up the military appro
priation bill until Secretary Baker comes
home." he said. "But then I will push
it and if he wants two or three million
men he will get them, or any number
he desires.
An Inspiring appeal to the American
people to forget sectional Jealousies and
unite tn the common cause of triumph
over Germany was made in the. house
this afternoon? by Representative Julius
Kahn, in leading the . administration
fight for amendment of the selective
draft law.
"In this crisis I hold that Ao man
should take such a narrow view of the
situation as to want to make a fight
against this legislation because his dis
trict may nave furnished a lew more
men than some other district.
"I say to you that you must take first
the men who can best be spared. That
is the principle behind this legislation.
The others must be in reserve classes
that we can fall back on if we need
them to win. :
..'"From the first 1 have told yu that
starvation and - internal ' disturbances
will not defeat Germany. Force, force.
and more force only will win. -
MEN!!
WOMEN!!
Read the Help
Wanted- Ads to
. night and make
i the most -of -pppor-.
tiinity. - ': ; '
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FAVORED
APRIL, 12, 1918 TWENTY
Ex-President Addresses New York
Legislature; Says Pending
Crisis 1s Greatest World Has
Face"d in Three Hundred Years.
Five to Seven Million Men Are
Needed by America to Drive
Back Germans and Attain Vic
tory; May Take 2 Years More.
Albany. N. T.. April 12. (I. N. &
The United States must put an army of
from five to seven million men. fully
equipped, on the western front to win the
war. It will require two years to do
this and probably another year to smash
German militarism.
This was the declaration of Former
President William Howard Taft, address
ing the New Tork state legislature In
Joint session this afternoon.
The hearts and minds or everyone in
this country are today centered on the
west front." Mr. Taft declared. "Upon
the results seems 'to hang the fate of
the world. The crisis Is there impending.
the like of which the world has not seen
in two or three centuries. There William
Hohenxollern and the Potsdam gang are
flinging two million men agaiast a'76
mlle front being opposed by the French
and 'English and- small force of our
own beys"-: ,r.-p..-
"This prompts me to determine never
to stop Urging 'until we actually hav
accomplished the putting' Into training
force of our men to the number of
from 5.000.000 to 7,000.000. . It may take
two years. Let us face that possibility.
What is the use of being optimistic of a
speed we cannot obtain. . . When we get
these menv and their equipment over
there, then victory is ours."
Enlistments to Be Speeded Up
Great Lakes, 111.. April 12. (I. N. S.)
Orders which will result in speeding
up of enlistments and a greater United
States navy to keep the lanes to France
open for the transport or American
troops were received todsy by Captain
William A. Moffett, commandant at the
naval training station, from the navy
department at Washington.
All district commanders have been In
structed to enroll In the United States
naval reserve force all available men
immediately. Men in all lines and spe
cialties to volunteer for the period of
the war are wanted.
The order Is a sequel to Secretary
Daniels statement in his address to the
Jackies last Wednesday that they will
be depended upon to cooperate and that
the greatest navy In the. world is to be
Inaugurated to still greater proportions.
FOR DIKED LANDS
Max H. Houser and Ralph Wil
liams Making Purchase in
Clatskanie District.
Max H. Houser. prominent Portland
grain man, and his associates are nego
tiating for the purchase of 6000 acres
of fine bottom land near Clatskanie,
Or. The purchase price Is about $50 an
acre. . The deal is practically closed,
according to Mr. Houser.
The -purchasers Intend to put the en
tire tract Into crops. The land Is well
diked and protected from the overflow
waters of the Columbia river.
Included In the tract is ample water
frontage.
The land wil be taken over from the
present owners, the Clatskanie Agri
cultural company.
The negotiation of this deal Is a direct-result
of the Improvement of the
Columbia river highway below Poit
land. When the tract shall ultimately
have been divided Into small farm and
garden lots, aa is the program, the truck
growers will be afforded direct mar
ket in Portland over the surfaced road
which would have been unavailable be
fore . the highway Improvement
made. ; ' -
' .That . the development or these dike
lands la to be followed by other develop
ment la the opinion of highway and ag
ricultural experts, as the good roads pro
gram is carried out.
Associated with Mr. Houser In - the
$250,000 deal is Ralph Williams of Port
land. Another Investor is also finan
$250,000 DEAL ON
cially Interested. - c--.--
The land lies in the Beaver drainage
district and the holdings are said to be
among the richest of the kind in the
Clatskanie district. .. . : .
It is the intention of the new. owners
to put In a large crop of oats this year
on a part of the tract. Other sections
will be used for grasing. - . ;
r Owing' to the richness of the soil the
land Is declared to be admirably, adapt
ed to general a-ardenlpg - as well . as
grains and roots.
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OFFICIAL
REPORTS
BRITISH
LOXDOJT. April lt-(U. P.) "De
spite the fact thai he has al
ready throws Its dlvltloas late the .
fight, the eaemy has Made little
progress toward, his goa Field
Marshal Halg declared la as order
ef the day Issaed today.
The caeny's object Is to separate
as from the Fresch, take the chaasel
ports aad destroy the British amy."
"The Freaeh are movlag rapidly
aad streagly to oar sspport. There
Is so other coarse bet to fight It
ost. Every position mast be held
to the last mas, aad with bo retire
meat. WUh oat backs to the wall aad
-belterlag la the Jaitlce of oar casse,
we matt fight to the ead for the
safety of oar hemes aad the freedom
of maaklad.
I depead oa the coadact of each
nu at this .critical momcaL
LONDON. April 12. (U. P.) 'The
enemy captured Merville last
night," Field Marshal Halg an
nounced today.
"We fell back to new positions in
the neighborhood of Neuve KgTlse."
The British by a counter attack
have regained their positions north
of Festubert (a mile north of Giv
enchy). Into a part of which the ene
my ha'd forced its way, Field Marshal
Halg reported today.
"In the neighborhood of Merville
and Neufberquin .there was severe,
continuous fighting last night," the
statement continued.
"The enemy's pressure Is contin
uing his progress."
"Near TUloy-les-Mofflaines (a mile
and a half east of Arras) the enemy
entered one position but was driven
out by a counter attack.
"Astride the-Somme there was In
creased' artillery fighting.
"Between the Lostne and the La we
rivers and also to the north, hostile
. attacks were repulsed.
-r- -"From La Basse canal, aa far as
Hollebeke (three miles southeast of
Tpres) fighting continued.
"South of Arras there were strong
local attacks, , in the neighborhood of
yeuville-Vltasse, which were re
pulsed. , . -
LONDON. April 12. U. P.)
Fighting is continuing between
the La Basses and the Tpres
Comlnes canal. Field Marshal Halg
reported In his night communique.
Between 8teenwsrck and a' point
north of Est a Irs, a German attack
pushed the British back. The enemy
1 also progressed In the neighbor
hood of Ploegsteert wood.
. Fresh German divisions were
beaten off between Kstrem and the
Loisne, and a British counter at
tack resulted tn the re-capture of
lost positions.
FRENCH
PARIS. April 12. (U. P.) Success
ful surprise attacks north of the
Ailette river and west of Butte-du-Meenll
(In the Tahure sector, where
American artillery is engaged) resulted-,
in the taking of some enemy
prisoners, the Trench war office re
ported today.
French patrols took some prisoners
in . the JS'oyon and Canny-sur-Mets
sectors.
GERMAN .
BERLIN. April 12. The German
war office, in its statement late
yesterday, claimed more .than 10,000
prisoners In the fighting around Ar
mentieres, including a Portuguese
general. -
British positions on the south
bank of the Lys and the east bank
of the Lawe were captured! to
gether with Hollebeke. and the
British first line south of that
place, it was announced.
Mesalnes Height was stormed and
held as far as Ploegsteert wood.
South of Kstalres, the Germans
have reached the Lawe.
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nam of 61 soidicia sppesrad en the eutMltv
Ut bkoed tr th war dapartawnt lata tba
aftarnoea. TPiva war kttM ia aetiaa and tbraa
licntanaatt war raportad auaatac la actios. Tba
other ebuaificatieaai vara:
Died et wonada. S: died from diaeaa. :
diad fraaa acridanta. t; wooaded arrarely. 4;
woondad aUsbtiy. 28.
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MILES 1ST DF LILLE
Enemy Pressure on Northern Portion of '
British Line Continues With Unabatejj -Fury;
Huns Drive in Deep Salient as.
Haig's Forces Retire to New Positions.
Violent Fighting Continues Throughout
Night in Battle Between the La Bassee
Canal and the Ypres-Comines Canal in
Belgium; Huns Claim 10,000 Prisoners .
By Fred S. Ferguson
fL 7ITH THE . AMERICAN ARMIES IN
y V FRANCE, April? 12. (U. P.) After re
v . pulsing, two German attacks on
American positions northwest of Toul, American ,
troops today counterattacked ctrtd recaptured an
observation hill. " -' . U
V The , American troops battled with the Gerj-, -mans
all day, infantry and artillery participating;
At a late hour this afternoon the fighting was
contining.' .
LONDON, April 12. (UTP.) "A definite cruu hat
again been reached and the situation undoubtedly is
not pleasant," General Maurice, director of operations',
declared in an interview this evening. j
'The enemy is a short distance from Bailleul (seven
and one half miles west and
is an important railway center.
"South of Armentieres the
about seven miles. I think that
the battle never aimed t particular towns.
"From Hollebeke to La Bassee, 17 German divisions have been
engaged. We are holding the
ing Armentieres with gas shells,
Germans out."
L
ONDON, April 12. (I. N.
northern France, was captured by the Germans after, a severe"
struggle Thursday night, the British war office stated todav.:
(Merville lies just northeast of Lestrefn, on the Haztbrouck"
road. It is between 17 and 18 miles west of Lille, eight ' niilej? 1
north of Bethijne and between seven and eight miles soythcast.df.
Hazebrouck.) . .
Violent fighting continued during the night in the ncvv battle"
which has developed between La Bassee canal 'and the Yprc!f
Comines canal, in Belgium. -. . V ,
Heavy German pressure resulted in their making progress ; t
some points. In the sector of Ploegsjeert wood, oh the 'west
Flanders front, the British took up new and stronger jjositknik.
I changed; in the region of Festubert a .British counter attack" won
-J back ground Which the Germans
- many oi uic vicrtnan aiiacxs were oniuaniiy repellen. tjn the
Somme river (Prcardy battlefront) there were only artillery duels' -.
"There was a continuation of severe fighting during the rfagHt
in the neighborhood of Monville and Nefberquin," the officialre-
ports said. "The eneijiy exerted strong pressure and mad some
progress in both sectors. Merville was captured by the cnmk
during the night fighting." : ; I
By WUIiam
With the British. Armies in
battle around Armentieres has been resumed with redoubled fur
. The enemy has passed the Loisne and Lawe streams, tn'tbe
direction of St. Venant (seven and a half miles west of EstairesV
on the Lys canal), and are advancing beyond Steenvverck, tdr
ward Bailleul (seven miles northwest of Armentieres and three
miles beyond Steenwerck); J I ' i
Some ground has been lost in' order", to conform to the movet
ment to the south. .' : . . ' . .. ;
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This morning, east of ploegsteert, there was a terrific German
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DOmparameni. . " - . i , . ; .-
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- A erman officer, taken prisoner, declared the Germans werr
wucrctvato capture Amiens today
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nuninar nut massea OX trtMMw inW I
,th- Rrltlah and PartuauMa rwv.4,1 .
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jm relaxed almost completely their pres-
iur 'lnt Amiens. ' i
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on TWAIN NMD ntw
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north of Armentieres), which
Germans made a total advance oa
the enerny from tho beginning ti
exits of Messines. Vc are drcnclv-
and I believe are keeping th
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S.) Merville, on the Lys river, in
had previously taken. ' I :
PhiKo Simms
France, ADrn'-l?. m p Thi
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to a point north of Steenwerck.. and
Estalres. which Indicates that the Ger
mans at some points have advanced al
most six. miles since this new struggle
started In the north.
(Coarladed oa Ttft Elf kt. Colasaa Ooa)