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TOU VIII., .Vi. l:w. . Dmit OF THE GUHMAN TIUNMH FtCVKKIHHliV digging thkmnklvk in at lahmgmy decs fostfc::es tf:? iJmu llrKla, PmiKe, Italy, Aaser Ira, Cwnttla, AtMrtnUU, (Jermaay, AantrU, Bulgaria In i'omflk tondon, 'Apr. 1. A lh allies be (la an offensive movement on Pic ardy battlefields. German eaulte how elgns of slackening and thp are feverishly digging themselves In around Lasslgny. where Frenrh jn--ure la heavy. South of the Bomme the tlda turned on Sunday, when the French made galna. Tha great German "peace" drive toward Amlena haa become the bat tie of natlona. Americana are aiding Jhe allies. Austrian and Bulgarians are fight, ing with the Oerroani. Tba Can adian and Australian cavalry are To Ing great work. One hundred thou aaad Americana are moving Into the fight ' .,-; ..,;-.-. Germane are fighting Intensely to reach the Pnrls-Amlens railway line, or Alena Itself. If Hlndenburg meant to spend April flrat In Parla. It mint, hire been aome other year,' aa he la etlll . BO miles away. Boastful utterance! of German leadera have rented. I-ondon. Apr. 1. dlrltlsh have re pnleed two Oerman attarka on the western outeklrta or Albert. South or the Bom me the enemy periltted In attempting to advance along Luce and 'Avre vslleys. but are making but little progreaa. V' a ran Parla. Apr. 1Kollowlng the. cap ture on Saturday or the villages of Aubvlllcrs, Orlevnea, Catlgny, Mes nll, 8t. Georges, 1 Mont-he and Ayencourt, all In the neighborhood or Montdldler, the French troope by a withering lire and counter attacks recovered their linos In Plemont and Pleaaler de Roys which had changed hands several times during .the day, aweeplng back two German divisions nd causing several groups of as- sailing forces to retreat hi disorder. It was declared In the French re port that the furious assaults of the Germane bad been stopped every-1 where. "' The Oerman losses In Saturday's 'fighting were the heaviest of the war, greatly .exceeding those earlier In the week. 1 so far is' ii NOTHING BY London, Apr! 1. The ' ' German drive Is apparently at a atand-atlll. .'.'A final German victory Is no -nearer and resources of men and material , are materially depleted, although Ahoy have made large gains In ter ritory. A further ronewal of . at tacks Is predicted when the enemy h consolidated positions and brrn-.bt " it ; ni trilnry. ' ' " ' " i ins is o;i lion i;i rwE DIE rini li m n Mil QTD 1111 SIB III I'nUie) (i-Mtttere Fm4yed ne) Gov ranwal (Vm ruction et A nay d Navy lUaeo Walkovt Norfolk. Va., Apr. 1. A atrlke or union earpentera employed on gov ernment cooatruotlon at army and pavy batea waa called today and haa pread to every yard at' Plymouth and In the aviation field at Hamp ton. Most of the earpentera are out. Other olasses of skilled labor nae commenced walking out. They want tlty centa and hour, Inatesd of 88. 100,000 RMITHH JIAVK WAR ItlHK INHUBANCK Waahlngton, Apr. 1. The Smith family haa 100,000 of Ita membera Hated In the war risk lustirance bu reau files. One thoueand and forty of the 8mltha are aurnamed John, 1.60. William, 100 John A., and 100 Wil liam H. The Miller and Wilton elana are repreaented by IS, 000 men each. There are numerous John Browna and John Johnsons, to aay nothing of John J. O'Brtene. Clayton Aloyslue Aab heada the lint and Joaeph Ayny closes It M2i:iii;3T E-f.rrt.JT tluJ Salem, Apr. 1. The governor hn declared he will not re-appoint Adania aa highway commlaaloner. He Ja trying to get aome Lane coun ty man to accept. He will probably not appoint today. It la believed R. A. Booth may get the appoint ment. WOODEN AOLEH hell at !W t'ENTH IN HOLLAND . Amsterdam, Feb. 2. (By mall.) The German war economy board eatlmatea the quantity of wood re quired In 1118 for making wooden sulea for shoee at a million cubic meters. Wooden' aolea advertlaed aa "pliable" are also making their ap pee ranee In Holland. A pair of them sella at IB centa. GERJn!l,ttll8f, SKI tl III Washington. Apr.. 1 Something of the destruction accomplished by the German Invasion In Prance Is ahown In the lessened production In that country, says a recent food ad- mlnlMtratlon bulletin. The 1917 crop of wheat waa 40.7 per cent of. normal; potatoes, 40.1 and sugar beeta, 82.1. Of the 213 beet augar faetorlea Prance had before the war, the Ger mans destroyed 208. ' In the Invaded parts of Prance all fruit treea were cut down. Just how ' many hoge were taken out of Prance by the Germane will probably never be definitely known. The number of cattle la variously es timated at from l.XOO.OOO to 2.800, 000 head. Compared with tire-war' times 'the percentage of cattle, remaining in France Is S3V4 per cent, of sheep, 63.4 per cent and of hogs, 69.8 per cent. .';'.,'.- Not only the numbers but the conditions of stock remaining should ho tnkrn Into ' consideration, - Al though cattle had decreased by ldVi per cent In numbers, the con dition cn be better understood when It. Is known tlAit Franre Is now producing hut one gallon of milk lien before the nr 2!4 gnl '3rs woi'e produced. . . DAILY EDITION GZJim TATS, rani. Icrj Trb cf E:::rTr:b Lciid V,& tszzzzz, hi fl:::3 Tbcr;!i Tens, Tlzzzvdi hz With the American Army In France, Sunday, Mar. II. All the American troope have been turned over to the all lee. American troope may noon be fighting' aide by aide with the French and DrltUh In the battle raging In northern Prance. Great activity of many aorta la un der way In, the whole American tone. Tralna pf motor trucks miles long, loaded with Americana are paaalng through the towna. On oil er roads mile after mile of march ing Americana are on the move. , Washington, Apr. 1. The forego ing announcement that American soldiers actually are on their way to the fighting lines to take places beelde tbelr hard pressed British and French allies aent a thrill through the national capital. It waa the drat positive statement that General Perahlng's forces actually are oa their war to the battle lines to help atem the tide or the German drive. l, The American soldiers previously referred to In the official dlapatchea aa being In the fighting are believed to have been engineers or other aux iliary troope wboch probably were caught at their work aa they were a rew months ago at Cambral when the Oerman auddealy - enveloped parties of British forces behind their lines la a swift turning movement. Too much may not be said about the number and position of the Am erican troops, because of military reasons. It Is no violation of the censorship, however, to say that more than 100,000 Zimerleaa right ing men fully equipped. Intensively MM him mm , is LIE FITOI Amsterdam, Feb. 28. (By mall) A "mutilation allowance" ranging from $6.75 to 113.60 month la what the Oerman soldier gets from a grateful fatherland for , Injuries which make it Impossible, or almost Impossible, for him to earn a living. Recent legislation haa fixed these new amounts, and It Is provided that the regulations shall be "Interpret ed In a liberal sense." Thus, If arm or leg wounds may be fairly regard ed aa equivalent to the complete loss of the limb, the Invalid la entitled to the allowance. The allowance Is ' also earned when the consequences of head wounds' or Internal Injuries In volve regular hospital attendance, or, aa the regulation puts It, "If the Invalid cannot take nourishment In public owing to Injuries to the face or Jaw without attracting pub lic notice." ' . All these come under the lower scale. The higher rate applies to those unfortunate war victims, for - off" nelL.V merly the' sole bread-winners their families, who have become complete mental wrecka and require continuous care. GENERAL BEIiL ASSIGNED , : TO WESTERN DEPARTMENT Washington, Apr. 1. Major Gen- eral Bell haa been Assigned to take charge of the Tvestem department, wlth headquarters at San Francisco, 4 MONDAY, APIUL 1, trained In the school of actual battle conditions, are available at onoe to be thrown Into places to strengthen the British and French llnee wher ever they threaten to buckle under tfe unheard of ferocity of the Ger man onslaught. It la also no viola tion of censorship to aay that the American government fully realises that the second battle of the Somine may continue tor aome time. The aendlng of General Per shlng'a fighting troops to places In the British and French fighting line haa been expected by military ex perts to follow the creation of a uni fied command under the French chief of staff. General Poch, and General Pershing's formal offer of all available American resources. American forces. It la thought, possibly might be the means of tip ping the scale. The announcement does not ' necessarily mean that by tending American troops to the re inforcement of the British or French that the sectors they hare been holding will be abandoned. Other means of caring tor that part of the line are available. Every officer of the American general staff and every member. of President Wilson's administration haa been looking forward to the day when American troopa would actu ally take their placea la the big bat tle now raging. Easter crowds on parade on Penn sylvania avenue about the White House grounds and everywhere heard the newe and gathered about newspaper bulletin boards where the Associated Press dispatches were posted and read the news with greatest enthusiasm. ' , QL m Ffl TO jt Marshfleld, Apr 1. That mill operators of Coos county have not yet realised the magnitude nor Im portance of the war and the Impera tive demand for airplane spruce, and Immediately, is the statement of M. Duvall. civilian atache of the office ! of Col. Brice P. Dlsque of Portland, I after a tour of the camps -and mills In Coos county. ' ' More speed, more spruce, a higher efficiency In getting It out of the woods, cut and shipped la the busi ness which his Investigations and recommendations have covered. togg are lying in booms at various mills in the county, he states, which are high grade spruce and would furnish airplane material. Because the logs are beyond others In the boom and are difficult to get out the mill men have been content to make no special effort to get them through the mill before the lower grade logs which surround them. 1.' hl'.nJ NEAR ADAM'S flEJE London, Apr. 1. British on the Euphrates river In Mesopotamia, continue the pursuit of the Turks and have advanced 70 mllea beyond the town of Anan, to a point mld- way between Bagdad and Alepho.' ill MM IB Greet IMaaiuMilp Celtic, of White tttar lino, Torpedoed, flat Not itenk Will Bo Saved New York, , Apr. 1. The eteant- shlp Celtic, one of the biggest White Star steamers,' la reported to have been torpedoed ea route to America, but not sunk. Kfforta are being made to save her. . It la believed there were no passengers.. AMK1UCA UOUW LONG LUASktt IN FKANCK New York, Mar. 22. (By null). Under the double caption "The behavior of the Americana in Prance" and "Contracts for Ave years" the Berlin Tageblatt of Feb ruary 6,' recently received here, pub lishes the following dispatch dated "Swiss Frontier, February 6. The Swiss General Press service reports: The Americana have recently con cluded In France numerous five year contracts for troop camps, housing facilities, etc. In establishing them selves In France they continue to proceed without consideration for others and to tear, down entire buildings which are In their way." L:....iL..liS -ti3C j OR Portland. Apr. 1. State Chair man Cooklngbam today received county quotas of the third Liberty loan. Josephine countya allotment will be 8106.000. This Is the mln Imum. as the ' secretary states, and Is expected to be , over-subscribed. A re-assignment for cities, towna and. districts will be made later, either at San Francisco or Portland. The quota given Is based on the county' total resources. s FORECAST FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1 TO APRIL, Pacific Coast States Generally fair, except over northern districts where occasional rains are probable after Bret day of week. Tempera tures will average somewhat lower. r,E8ic:.E Mso u;;e London. Apr. 1. British restored their line south or the Somme in the Luce valley after a vigorous coun- ter attack, the war office announces. Two strong attacks by the Ger mans against the British front from Marcelcave to the Somme were re pulsed with heavy-losses to the ene my. German attacks north of the Somme were made with tour waves or Infantry, which were beaten 'back at all points. - t In the neighborhood of Serre (north of the Somme, seven miles above Albert), the British advanced their line, taking 230 prisoners and 40 machine guns. ' The statement follows: "South of the Somme our line In the Luce valley was restored yester day after a vigorously executed counter? attack. Two strong attacks made by . the enemy. In the course of the day against our front from Mar celcave to the Somme were repulsed, In each case with heavy loss to hia troops. In his attacks delivered yes terday Immediately north of the Somme, the enemy's Inrantry ad vanced to the assault in four waves and were repulsed at all points by our outpost line. The enemy's cas ualties on this portion or the bat ttefront alone are estimated In the thousands. ? i . .. ' , - (I'll ei;i E05UE. rai ijr-ri ni Ul.ua Li! EFFORTS BY MeOLKAY FIKXINQ INTERESTS TO ITTAT I.VTrt K8T OF LOCAL KZX no ofj a ra feed for Vlgoronw Actio to Defoe Kfforta of deanery KosjopoJr to Have FUhiag fasduetrj . At the noon luncheon of the Oamber of Commerce today, WU ford Allen, former president of tl t Chamber of Commerce, spoke of tie urgency of action to defeat the ref erendum of the Rogue River tu. bill. This bill, enacted by the le t legislature, embodies the deman'i of the upper river fishermen, pro hibiting the nse or the seine aa4 tts set net by the monoply at the snou or the river. . Mr. Allen told of the actloa of t i state sportsmen's league, recet.:y held in Portland, where the b".".l endorsed aotwithstaa'Iag the i: t or the McClear Interest to fer; ' 2 the 'endorsement He a'-o '1 i' t mertod by which' tie er,-- of the bill secured the many t' s anda of e!snatures neceeury D a ear a referendum of the t."3, t'A solicitors being hired to can raze t" i streets of the city of Portland, ail throngh this method enough nam'i were obtained to bold ap Ce ac:! i of the bin and obtain Ita p'.aco n;.i the ballot at the fall election. H said that the cannery people were advancing the argument that the use of the seine' was necessary that the fish might be taken from t-e river for use as food daring the w.r, trying In thle manner to capltalLe patriotism to the financial interest of the cannery owner. "If." said Mr. Allen, "the use of the last &,h from the river would hasten by one day the winning or the war, none would oppose the taking of this last fish." But the argument was ad vanced that the question was not a question or the proper nse of the salmon tor rood, but the methods employed In making this use of the fish. It Is a question of the rights or the people who reelde along the river as against the monoply con trolled by a single ' man' at the jinouth or the river,' a monoply that Vs destroyed an industry at Grants Pass that waa formerly worth $25, 000 per year. The apeaker suggest ed that the Chamber of Commerce and the local fishermen's union take Immediate action to support the hilt before the people at the , general election as the danger or Its defeat was great, and the work of years in the entire Rogue' valley; and that represented the general public as against the monoply, would go for nanght. (Continued oa Page) Poor) PARIS 18 AGAIN BRING ' SHELLED AT LONG BANGK . Paris, Apr. 1 . Bombardment of Parts by the long range gim has been reaumed. " . hawley i;;ei$ "'5 tl r.i"i .1 LnJi iiiiUI Washington, Apr. t. Congress man Hawley has telegraphed John Dubuls, at San Francisco, a strong endorsement of the plan to have bonds of the Grants Pass irrigation district approved by the federal re serve board, which la holding a hear ing there today. REFE
