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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTXAND, SUNDAY MORNING. MAY g, 19181
f LUMBER TRAD E i ES
ACTIVE AND CAR
IS
SUPPLY
GOOD
New Business Accepted by Mills
i of West Coast for Week Heav
' lest in Three Years.
cent In eicwi of production, probably
accounting for the present healthy tone
Of the market. Shipments for the period
were 4,923,518 feet, or 049 per cent be
low production. t w
, For the period covered by this analy
sis it la probable that car supply was
the controlling factor. While west coast
and western pine mills were, ehort of
cars, the southern pine producers ; had
plenty of cars. . Southern mills shipped
more than they cut, while west coast
mills cut more than tney could possibly
ah i n
That orders are certain to go where J
car supply is easy is demonstrated oy
the report. With Improved car supply,
orders at west coast mills are already
showing decided .improvement
MOVEMENT IS BETTER
Conditions in Western Oregon
and Washington Show Big
Improvement.
HUNS FAIL TO FOLLOW
IN ATTACK, HAIG SAYS
(Continued From Pae One)
Unusual activity in the lumber busl
ines! In Oregon and Washington is in
Idlcated by the bulletin of the West
J Coast Lumbermen's association. New
. ibuslness accented by the mills report
tlnr to the association for the week end
lng April 27 aggregated 69.966i399 feet,
" ithe heaviest orders for a period of three
j weeks.. Demand I, brisk, car supply is
. gdbd and Improving, and the market
''holds firm with an Increasing volume
of domestic business in sight.
? Total shipments for the week ending
) April 27 were 91.284.358 feet. Including
frail,' local 'and cargo shipments. This
.,, 'ls the largest . movement West Coast
'.mills have enjoyed in many months.
production at the 142 mills represented
.1
Mn the report was 79,875,681 feet, ship
' Itnenta being 11.408.677 feet or 14.28 per
' cent above production.
jj far Snpplr steady '
: i Present heavy movement of West
.Coast lumber la due to a combination
f of an active market and an unusually
'steady supply of cars, says the report,
i tHall shipments for the week totaled 2328
. cars. the normal movement being less
than 2300 cars. If the car HUpply continues
. ' iln . the same volume during the next
few weeRjs the congestion against which
'the mills entered formal protest six
; 'weeks ago will be largely overcome.
IBalsnce of unfilled rail orders Is now
,511,747 cars. A year ago this balance
1 fwas 18.820 cars. Orders for new busi-
' 'r.ess wer at 4hat time lighter than at
. 'present, those accepted during the cor
responding- week of April, l'Jlli, aggre
gating 67,600.000 feet.
; Movement of domestic cargo trade Is
rbrlsk, owing to a steady demand for
Slumber in California. Aggregate ship
1 merits for the week were approximately
.'.113,000.000 fret, reducing the balance of
'unshipped domestic cargo orders to
61.000.000 feet. Scarcity of tonnage is
-"holding the export cargo movement to
: ithe minimum, the. aggregate for the
",week being wly 829,000 feet.
Weather (ilves Impetus
With the arrival of spring; weather
ttlocal trade In Western Oregon and
I Washington Is Improving. Orders are
V coming in faster than the mills can fill
lUhem. New local business accepted for
' the week totaled 9,834,509 feet and de-
; liveries were 7.703.107 feet,
j) New government orders Irq prospect
I 'and Increasing demand from local trade
twill hold prices firm, according to the
I i bulletin. Crop prospects In Montana,
I 'Minnesota and the Dakotas, ; states in
fwhlch a. large portion of the local lum
iber business Is distributed, are favor
. table and a brisk buying business is pre
t idlcted through that section.
J Iluylng Heaty In South
"I It. 8. Case, manager of the Weyer
t jhaeuser Sales company of St! Paul, has
.-.tieen visiting mills and yards in the
I Northwest during the last few weeks.
ille reports that buying in the South,
jwljl be heavy this year and that Bouth
- ern pine producers will not be able to
jshlp more than one third of. their out
Jput north of the t)hio river.! Mills in
jeyery producing territory with the ex-
iceptlon of the West. Coast arid western
pine districts, are short of stock, he
'says, and will not he able to meet this
lyear's demands. This means that the
market for Northwest lumber will be
! greatly extended 'this year; provided
' the car supply continues favorable.
I Production of West Coast mills under
the eight hour day continues 10 per cent
(short of normal production : under .the
J10 hour day. The cut at 107 mills for
fthe .week, of April 27 was 67.802,070
4 feet, while actual production of these
.' jsame 107 mills for the week of Febru
' tary 23, . the last full week of 10 hour
; '.operation, was 75.276. 00l feet, a decrease
'of 7,473,934 feet or 9.93 per cent. The
'percentage of decrease has remained
'substantially the same since the inau-
Twenty-elght hostile airplanes were
brpught down yesterday five were driv
en down and three were shot down.
Eleven of ours are missing. Our avia
tors have dropped 22 tons of bombs."
Artillery Busy at French Front
The Germans opened an intense bom
bardment simultaneously In Flanders
and before Amiens this morning.
Field Marshal Haig today reported
intense enemy artiilerying from Locre
to a point south of Ypres, and fromthe
Nieppe forest to tho Meteren . sector.
The French war office said there was
"lively artillery fighting" In the Avre
region.
An Austrian official statement issued
in Vienna yesterday declared that
fighting increased to considerable vio
lence" on the whole Italian front from
the Gludlcaria valley' and to the Adri
atic sea Thursday.
Hit Scored on Big Gnn
There was minor fighting on other
parts of the west front The French
made successful surprise attacks on the
Olse and Allette and west of Fompelle.
German attempts In the Coucy sector
and north and northwest of Rheims were
without result.
Paris newspapers received Informa
tion from the front thata lucky shot
from a French battery had hit one of
the German long range guns which had
been bombing Paris.
An official report from the Palestine
front said that the Turkish forces
crossing the Jordan at Jlsreddamie to
attack KBsalt, on a Bpur of the Mecc
railway east of Jerusalem, had been
driven back.
and British ' scored tactical successes, j
The British took more than 40 prisoners
In the sector 'of Hisses (three miles
northwest of Bethune), while the French
took half a hundred in a thrust at Locre
village. These advances, though of a
local nature, .are Important, as they
show the Allies to be the strongest
where .the jDermans usually believe them
to be the-tmost vulnerable, at the Junc
tion point The British also improved
their positions around Meteren. two
miles west of Bailleui.
. -, German Attack Falls
Only In one sector did the ' German
infantry make a major effort during
the day. This was at Locon. near La
Bassee canal, where, under a tremen
dous barrage, they swept , forward to
nip off a small salient. They were
ccmpletely repulsed. Haig announces.
On the Picardy front there were lively
gun duels throughout the last 24 hours.
SERVICE ON SEAS IS
LURING MANY YOUNG
MEN FROM THE VEST
Wide Variety of Experience Is
Obtained by Those Who
Serve With Marines.
SIX GERMANS FALL UPON
ONE LONE BRITISH FLIER
HOPE OF GERMANS DASHED
BY HINDENBURG'S REPORT
- By William Philip Sims
With the British Armies In Flanders,
May 4. (U. P.) The Germans have
increased the aerial defenses In recent
weeks, but, regardless of the bright
skies of recent days, British aviators
continue to cross the lines with amaz
ing daring.
One British youngster, alone, tackled
the-rearmost machine of a formation of
12 Germans above the Lys river. The
enemy machine was overturned and fell
several thousand feet, completely out of
-control. The Britisher was then at
tacked by six Germans from all sides
and was forced down through another
enemy formation, which set upon him.
Nose-spinning, he started fo the
ground. Meantime all his control's had
been shot away. When but 30 feet from
the ground his machine flattened out
with such a jerk that the fuselage (body)
was snapped In twain under the pilot's
seat, throwing him out.
As he stuck behind his own lines the
Germans, like vultures, circled above,
pouring the fire of their, machine guns
into hUn.
The Britisher, lying beside the wreck
of his machine, returned the fire with
his automatic. The British machine
guns and rifles in the front and sup
port trenches finally drove the enemy
off.
This is a sample of what is happen
ing many times a day, although the
records show It Is mostly the Germans
who are the victims. .
London, May 4. (I. X. S.) Sixt von
Arnim had an afterthought today. It
Thousands of American youth have
joined the United States navy to escape
the doldrums of the dry and dusty farm
and the monotony of the factory and the
counting house. Hundreds of Oregon
lads have been lured to the sea and still
others are enlisting in that branch of
the service which promises thrills and
experiences which make real men of the
hardy sons of freedom.
Experienced seamen say that to see
the world, one of the best mediums Is
to sail before the mast. But the Port
land boys who havejoined the marines
are destined to see more of the world In
a year on board a modern American
war craft than the old-time tar wit
nessed In a decade of roving about in
slow sailing craft.
From country to country, from clime
to clime, touching at strange foreign
ports, basking in the tropical regions or
braving the terrors of cold and Ice In
the Arctic wateis, the doughty marine
encompasses all that young men need to
stir the red blood in their veins.
Fortune hunters they are and not in
frequently the boys' adventures are re
warded handsomely, as in the case of
the marines at Parts island, S. C. They
uncovered, while digging a trench for
war practice, a treasure chest which had
been buried many years ago by Jean
Lafitte, a Mexican Gulf pirate. The
strong box contained several thousand
dollars In coin. The metal was sold and
the proceeds went to the dependent fami
lies of the marines.
EMPLOYE, ON ElCOMfANY
FOR THIRTY-TWO -YEARS
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INTERMITTENT IDLER
DECLARED THE CAUSE
FOR LABOR SHORTAGE
Public Employment Bureau Sug
gests Methods by Which Men
Needed. Might Be Found.
50,000 Pounds of Bombs Dropped
Washington. May 4. (U. P. 1 Allied
aviators yesterday and Thursday
dropped more than 50,000 pounds of ex-
Dlosives on stations at Ham, JNesle,
probably saved him from duplicating the R Chaiune8i St. Quentin and upon
disaster which iiis vain onslaughts of 1 " --ntrmments in the region of
Rethel, official diplomatic cables an-
guratlon of the eight hour Say.
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-J Analysis of reports for the first 16
weeks or lais, just issued ny the West
Coast Lumbermen' association,, shows
: that the lumber industry of the country
is holding a well balanced' relationship
between production, shipments and or-
dern. Records show that in the three
principal producing districts of the coun
try, west coast, western pine and south
ern pine, the aggregate cut was 2.57i
f.9S,659 feet, that shipments aggregated
2.r65,755,141 feet. aYid that orders totaled
. 2.609.9&4.S95 feet
Order were 38,235.936 feet, 1.43 per
last Monday cost him. It was suggest
ed by the terrific counter borhbard
ment with which the Franco-British
batteries greeted a German drum fire
on the 25 mile front between Nieppe
and the region of Zillebeeke. So the
German commander gave up the "New
Flanders battle" before it had gotten
beyond the artillery stage. Relatively
it was one of the most encouraging suc
cesses to the allies' credit since
March 21.
When Haig and all the front corres
pondents in Flanders, early this morn
ing, reported the mighty crescendo of
German shelling it had begun last night
and assumed drum fire intensity at
d a wn-j everybody looked for a renewal
of the. German drive. It was a fore
gone conclusion that by night new fierce
infantry combats would be reported.
Thus the first word from Eritlsh head
quarters this evening, which was to the
effect that the Germans did not follow
up their bombardmient by Infantry at
tack, came as a great surprise. Haig
did not omit the explanation, though.
German Plans Frustrated
"The enemy's bombardment southwest
of Ypres," said he In his night bulletin,
"was vigorously replied to by the Brit
ish and French artillery. No attacks
developed."
The telling answer of the allies' guns
undoubtedly convinced the Germans the
hour was not yet ripe to make a new
try. More guns, more troops are need
ed by Arnim to repeat his effort, for
a second failure on the same front will
cost him his Job and hl3 army its
morale.
So it came that an anxious, expectant
public, ready to hear of a new titanic
German rush, steeled for a new dent
in the line as a result of overwhelm
ing pressure, received instead the cheer
ing news indirectly conveyed, it is
true, because Haig does not brag that
the allied guns had put a quietus on
the German plan before it had a chance
to develop.
The German public, on the other hand,
primed for a new smash and speculat
ing on how Ypres would be taken, from
the ' front or flank, was tersely told by
the great HIndenburg tonight :
"The situation is unchanged on the
battle fronts."
Ally Air Raids Snecessfnl
While the Infantry rested, the aerial
cavalries of both sides engaged In furi
ous combats and wide sweeping raids.
The British fliers made a record bag.
Thirty-six German machines were
brought down. British raiding ma
chines continued their work of destruc
tion behind the German lines, hurling
22 tons of bombs on various Important
targets. .
In local operations both the French
nounced tonight.
Twenty German aeroplanes were
downed 'Thursday, 12 of them falling
within their own lines, the dispatch
added.
Berlin Says British Attack Fails
Berlin, via London. May 4. (U. P.) 1
Enemy counter attacks at Kemmel and
Bailleui (Flanders front) failed with
heavy losses, the German war office
announced this evening.
Twenty-five allied airplanes and two
balloons were brought down by the
Germans yesterday according to the
official statement issued by the w'ar
office tonight.
"Southeast of Arras, an Engiisn attacK
was repulsed," the statement .declared.
"Southwestern Finland has been
cleared of the enemy."
Track Repairs in 3
Months $14,339.47
Repairs to track area of the city lines
owned by the Portland Railway, Light &.
Power .Co. from February 6 i to April
26 have cost J14.339.47, according to a
report filed by the company with 'City
Commissioner Barbur.
Mr. Barbur has arranged to keep a
careful check of all repair work on
track area of public utilities by having
a weekly report made by one of the em
ployes of his department and by requir
ing a semi-monthly statement from the
companies.
WOMEN DOCTORS FIND
OPPORTUNITY IS LACKING
David Hep tier
David Hepner, aged 57. died at his
home In Portland Thursday afternoon,
after an 'illness lasting a year and a
half. He had been an employe of the
Jones Lumber company. In South Tort-
land, for 32 years.
Mr. Hepner was a native -of Pennsyl
vania, coming to Oregon in 1877. He
Is survived by a widow and three sons, I
Fred T. of the Portland police depart
ment. Harry J. of the Portland fire de
partment and Carl G. of the Columbia
Shipbuilding company.
Oregon City Couples
Suing for Separation
Oregon City, May 4. Fannie Xelddtt
brought suit today Tor divorce from
Frank Neldon, charging cruelty. The
couple were married on March 15. 1917,
at Albany.
Clara May Grossenbacher charges
William' Grossenbacher with cruelty
and asks the court to grant her a di
vorce as well as the custody of the two
minor children and $25 a month for
their care and maintenance. They
were married in Cathlamet, Wash., May
29. 1914.
J. V. Deardorff was granted a decree
Professional Idlers are causing a labor
shortage in Portland by working Inter
mittently, according to the April report
of the public employment bureau operat
ed with the co-operation of the United
States employment bureau at 247 Davis
street.
The report shows a shortage of labor
for the shipyards, mills and logging
camps. Farm hands ,are also needed.
"If the professional idler and Inter
mittent labor would develop a patriotic
spirit and do their part in making the
world safe for democracy, by working
steadily, the labor situation would be
greatly improved," said A. B. Brown,
director of the bureau.
During the month of April the ' bu
reau sent 5.618 men to positions. Calls
for 9797 men were received from the em
ployers during the month. A total of
174 ship carpenters and 1382 laborers
were sent to the shipyards and 246 men
were sent to the mills. The bureau sup
plied 136 farm hands, covering various
parts of the state and Washington.
.The bureau is making a special ap
peal for positions for men between 60
and 60 years of age. Many calls are
received for positions for such men. ac
cording to Mr.' Brown, who are fitted
for light work, such as clerical posi
tions and watchmen, and if positions
can be secured for them, it would re
lease many able-bodied men for heavier
and more important occupations.
Bees Swarm Early;
Have Filled Hive
Bsy Little Bed let . Believed to Have
.. Takes Advantage of . Xtw Daylight
Saving ArrangtaenU
Oregon bees have dona their bit to
ward the war. ,
A hive of them owned by Douglaj
Hewitt, 4210 Sixty-fifth avenue south
east, broke all previous records and
swarmed May 3.
: "l have raised bees for 20 years in
this state and In the east and never be
fore have known them to swarm before
the last of May." said Mr. Hewitt.
The bees swarmed on blossoms Of
fruit reea. . Customarily first blossoms
in the spring give them only enough
honey for an appetiser for the real sup
ply of honey In the clover; and the fact
that they filled a hive at this time fore
casts a big supply of honey this year.
t "Ws " will need 'a great amount of
honey to take place of sugUr. and I look
for a good market." said the Portland
bee-raiser.
Eeviyal Meetings
Continue This Week
Oregon City, May 4. The revival
meetings held In the Nasarene church
for the past week are to be continued
all of next week, with an all-day meet
ing one day. which will be attended by
visiting ministers of the denomination
from Portland, who will take part.
Sunday a number of new members will
be taken into the church. The evangel
ist. Rev. T. K. Beebe of New Bedford.
Mass., Is preaching strong sermon and
creating a deep Impression.
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of divorce today in the circuit court
from Martha Dowty Deardorff.
Marriage Licenses Issued
Oregon City, May 4. Marriage
licenses were Issued today to Carl
Virgil Huber, Chehalls. Wash., and
Helen D. Stannard of Gladstone, and
K. D. Carter, Oregon City, and Codellle
K. Robinet, Oregon Cityi Mr. Huber
and Miss Stannard were united In mar
riage this afternoon at the home of
the bride's parents. Rev. and Mrs. F. C.
Stannard, at Gladstone. '
The Bride's Silver
It must be selected with great care from the
newest and the daintiest of ware.
JVe placed much new silver on our shelves this
week among the new things were two designs
in complete dinner service.
And the Ring, Too!
Diamonds from tens of dollars to thousands of dollars!
See the fodr trays of diamond engagement rings at 525,
S50,"75, and 100. Special values!
We show, too, the new styles In wedding ring.
WATCUf.S We carrv one of the largest stocks of watches
on the Pacific Coast ; watches from 17.&0 to 'W.
Ladles, we can make jour old watches over Into wrltt er
bracelet wntcnet at a (mall ontlaj.
We make a liberal allowance en men'
matches In exchange for new ones
American and Hwlss Watch Bepalrlng
Expert f.jt her Ice by a Skilled Optometrist
Aronson's
Washington at Broadway
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story out of the superabundance of her
ruffled and pentup spirits.
We looked up the requirements very
carefully," she explained, "and met them
letter for letter and then sallied forth.
We armed ourselves with our certifi
cates, our references, our diplomas from
reputable universities, our personal tes
timonials from . citizens and a dozen
other little details ; then we cranked up
the engine of Dr. MacLachlan's flivver
and away we went to the officers' train
ing camp.
"We women meant business. . We had
a sneaking hunch that we were not
wanted, "so we went over ready and
armed to take; the examinations, don
the uniforms and salute the privates
just as though we never dreamed of
defeat.
"The major received us with atti
tude and angle of body that was a
cross between a social call, a military
salute and the agony of a small boy
being Interviewed by a school teacher.
"Finally the major sat down, non
plussed. Very carefully he eaxmined
our documents and stalled for time.
Finally 'he said :
" 'Ladies, I ah I ah cannot exam
ine you. I ah it hasn't been done
you see.' "
The visitors "why-notted" him and
dared him all in vain. He remained red
as to complexion and obdurate with his
"ladies," which had taken a certain te
buke into its tones. They aired their
thorough knowledge of the war depart
ment'3 requirements, which did not shut
them out, but all to no avail.
Gasping for breath and a way out of
the embarrassing situation the doctor,
who was becoming - most unhappy as
they brought home to him their serious
objections to the ban being put on their
skirts, especially ' In an equal suffrage
Local Infantry Actions Reported
Paris, May 4. (IT. P.) Local infantry
actions on both sides of the Avre
(Amiens front) today were reported by
the French war office tonight.
There was mutual cannonading In the
upper and ldwer Ailette regions.
City Wins Strike,
Declares Official
Th city of Portland has broken a
strike.
The 12 men who left city service when
thev were denied an increase of 50
cents per day have been replaced, ac
cording to Assistant Commissioner John
son of the department of public works.
The men refusing to return unless paid
$5 were working as an emergency sewer
repair gang. They were otrerea op
Dortunity of working for 15 days for a
private contractor at $4 per day instead
of $3.50 paid by the city. The men
refused to work for the contractor and
refused to come back to city employ at
the old figure, according to Mr. Johnson.
Using the thermopile principle, a Eu
ropean electrician has invented a process
for obtaining electricity directly rrom I community, was inspires to ask :
coal without using engine, boiler or I "Would you like to go as nurses?"
dynamo. "No," they chorused. "Would you?"
THERE'LL BE MUSIC ON
"THE MOUNTAIN TOP"
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Yes, music, dancing and a gay time
at the opening of "Portland's Roof
Garden"! next Wednesday. It's a big
special event this year better than
ever the .
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