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i I 'II l! I f ' DAILY EDITION i 1 K VOU VIII., No. I nil. WYTSCHAETE RtRED FROM THE GERMANS THIS MORNING IMPORTANT POSITION VON BACK AFTER FURIOUS FIGHTING Geraass Forced Out After Haying Taken Position aid are Thrust Nearly Back to BaiiJccl; British Hold od Messines Ridge is Threatened WYTHOUTK rec.uti hkh Umdon, Apr. IT. The llrlt Uh have recaptured the great-' er part of Wytarhale and iruli ahly all of It. It I officially an nounced. The British drove the German hair way hark (o Hall leul. With the llrKUh Army, Apr. 17. -II It reported till morning thai Ida British righting magnificently har recaptured Wytsehate, Thl wn later confirmed by an official announcement. With the Ypres salient menaced, the Hrltlah have begun to withdraw from thl advanced line, The retro grade movement la apparently pivot ing on Wytarhate sartor where lon don report a successful counter at tack today. The Oerman yeaterday took Wyt achate and puahed eomewhat beyond. H la unofficially reported that they advanced to Bt. Elnl. Thla la on the only battle line a It existed tic tore the nrlllsh offenalve last year. The line appear likely to hold a long aa the railway rommunlrallnna itipportlng It are Intact. llnxehrnrk an Important railway Junction, la the Oerman objective. Iomlon, Apr. 17.-- Router cor reapondeut aaya the buttle In Flan dera I raging today with Incredible Intenalty. It la going In favor of SPREAD OF MENINGITIS Portland. Apr. 17. Col. Bryce P. Dlaque ha announced that speedy work by the army medical section haa checked a serloua epidemic of corebro aplnut manlngttl at the Van couver, Wash., cantonment, prevent ing the spread of the disease to log- King cnmjm wnvro nuiuirrn irr umus sent Alx cases were discovered about the middle of march. Each or the thousands or men were ex amined ant sprayed dally and none were permitted to go to the camps. The danger ended April 10. XNVHTH TAR AND FEATHER PIMMIERMAN Santa Fe. N. M., .Apr. IT. Four hundred convlcta from the stste pen- llafitlnii InAmv imrA nnit taathnmA Major John Mrkner, of Camp Cody, a federal prisoner charged with vio lating the espionage act. IS. E: Amsterdam. Apr. 17. Uaron Bur tan haa been appointed Austro-Hun-garlan foreign minister, succeeding Count Czernln, He held the same position bpfore the appointment of TVernln. , (he Hrltlah a far aa the report en able the correapondent to judge. The (iermana bat gained nothing since yeaterday and have apparently loat Mini territory. The (Iermana have not attempted to advance their wedge farther Into the Hrltlah llnea, for no new attarka on Mervllle and farther weat have been reported. They have devoted their aole attention to the work of widening their aallent and atrlklng at Meaalnea rldxe and the railroad running about six mllea north of Hallleul. Meaalnea ridge la the key to the Yprea aector, and It poaaeaaion will give the Germane commanding po sition In atartlng a new drive. If the Oerman auccoaaea are continued, there muat be a British retirement from Yprea and possibly for aome dlatance further north, while the cutting of the' railroad passln-t through llaiehroiick would be atlll more aerlau for the British. So Important are the point won by the (iermana, that the Hrltlah nuiHt be expected to counter-attack at once In an effort to a weep the In vaders bark Into the lowland once more. There ) higher ground Juat to the north of Hallleul, and Neuve ICgllae. from which the Hrltlah ran atlll enn dut a atern defense. Mervllle I atandlng firm, In aplte of terrific at tacks made against It. while along the southern slope of the aallent there have been no engagement re ported. The same condition hold true In the aector before Amiens. IN Stockholm, Apr. 17. A German communication on the operations In llelalngfors, does not Indicate wheth er the whole city Is In the hands of the German and the white guard aa yet. but the cleaning up of the city enn be a matter or only a day or wo at the most. According to private advices reach ing Stockholm, the red guards have evacuated Abo. The backbone of the Finnish revolution seems to be broken and while the red 'guard may continue to hold onto Vlborg and the Karen front for some weeks, their eventual defeat Is considered certain. The white guards continue to proceed relentlessly against prls oners. All Russians are shot, as also are the red ' guard leaders. The Svenska Dageblatt publishes a letter . rrom a Swede combatant, who writ,., "Women Participated In the bat- tie on the aide or the reds, many or. them wearing" men's clothing. All those captured were stood the wall and shot." against GERMANY VAU HALF MILLION MEN TO COLORS Ottawa, Apr. 17. -David Lloyd Oporme, the Hrltlah premier, an nounced In the house of commons to- nlt;ht that the pannage of the man power bill I Imperative, ns Germany hna Jnat called a further half-million men to tne colors, says a Reuters (linpnten received rrom London. grant pam, josBPHiNB oocirrr, BAKER TO MAKE TO Amertraaa Jlnl I imhi fur Ibrnmrw! Huptrt V. 8. Troupe Ready to Htrtke Hum Washington, Apr. IT. Secretary Oaker ha called upon American for renewed aupport'for the war. He ald the American troop In Europe are ready to atrike, but that they muat be backed up at home. Washington, Apr. IT. Steeled to the work ahead or him by peraonal knowledge or condition at the bat tle front In Europe, Secretary Ba- ker returned to hi desk at the war department from hla trip abroad There la no doubt that he believes adequate measure to checkmate the Oerman effort will come out of the pooling of all allied and American resource under command of General Forh, the Impressive French com mander-ln-chlef. t '.whatever direct Information the war secretary may hava as to the plana or Oeneral Foch will be for the ear or President Wilson alone, Officiate familiar with the circum stance or hla conference with the Hrltlah and French authorities and with Oenerala Bliss and Pershing, regard It as a most fortunate thing that ha was on the scene when the German blow waa struck. . Hla pre enre served to expedite greatly the decision to pool all allied resource In men and munlttona. O.S. An Atlantic Port. Apr. 17. Thlr- ty-aeven were burned to death when the American stesmshlp O. B. Jen nings and the British ship, War Knight, both carrying naptha " and Inflamable oils collided off the Brit ish coast March 14. All the victims were British except one. tsiroyers went to the rescue through the field or biasing oil and took off the Jennings' crew; Portland, Apr. 17. William Isen , uerman-Dorn Diarxsmltti was today fined $.pt00, sentenced to 30 days In jsll for threatening mem bers of the liberty loan soliciting committee. He said, "To hell with you and government bonds." Y - Lieutenant C. F. Dean, son or Mrs, Lydia Dean,' or this city, Is doing ver)r efflolent wor ,tt organising the uegion oi uoggers and Uim bermen "iber ramps In 1,16 ,nland Bmplre. Bpokane papers . reMmt'y M work he ta doing The U L. L. L, waa organised by Col. Bryce P. Dlaque, of the spruce division of the aviation corps, and has for Its purpose to put down se dition, disloyalty and pro-German Ism In lumber camps and saw mills and to deVote the beat energies to the production of lumber for the uses of the government. A local has been formed In nearly , every camp of the Cascades, and Is 'doing mighty good work. In many J cases I. W. W.'s have torn up their cards and have become good mem bers of the legion. LOCAL MAN DOING GOOD VIK IN ARM Oregon, wedsemay, april GEN. MAURICE FEELS. MORE COHEN T 8ITUATIOX GREATLY IMPROVE!! lV REt'AITUlE OK UVTH41I. . ATE SECTOR RETIREMENT QH YPBES SALIENT Military Xeoenalty Eotrre Evaraatlon of Ground Hard Won Last Year by British and Canadian London, Apr. 17. Major-General Maurice, chief director or military operations, made the announcement of the recapture or Wytsehate. Coun ter-attacklng was successful at Me- teren and southward. The British have driven the Germane half way back to Hallleul and have advanced and Improved their lines toward Neuve Egllse alio. General Maurice said that the Ithdrawal to a new line on the Ypre aalllent waa decided upon 8unday and carried out Sunday night and Monday. "t Is regretable," he said, "that a military necessity forces u to give op ground which has been won at such heavy cost. The situation yes terday waa very anxloua, but the news la better today. ru in as Washington, Apr. 17. An Aus trian offensive against Italy Is Im mlnent and will be started on a large scale, In the opinion of Italian observers, as expressed In official messages today to the Italian em bassy here. The rerent visit of Emperor Chsrles to the Austrian front and In spired articles In the Austrian and German newspapers, the usual fore runners of an offensive, are taken as an Indication. "The enemy press has begun to apeak openly of the offensive In or der to prepare the Austro-Hungartan publio for the Inevitable losses re sulting from such colossal operations aa are anticipated by semi-official newspapers." the dispatches say.. "The Voiaslsche Zeltung (Berlin.) In an article full of mysterious al lusions says this spring will put Switzerland's neutrality under the severest test, as the Austro-German troops probably will encircle In the course ot their operation, the little republic." . r -i .. i . ! LIBERTY LOAN IS TO Washington, Apr. ' IT. Liberty loan subscription this morning to uted $931,156,000. Committees are out all over the county today, having started Monday to clean up on the Liberty loan drive.1 It M reported 'that good work la being done, and Chairman F. C. Bramwell states that It Is possible that the remaining I4M0O will be cleaned up by tomorrow night. Be ing Indisposed today Mr. Brain well waa not able to get down town until late and the drive in the city was postponed. Out on the Leonard farm a re markable record was made yester day. There are 25 men working on the farm and all have bought 'Lib erty bonds tor a total of $1,650 Three had bought before the com' mlttee called, leaving 22 who bought from the solicitors. Manager C. E. NUes Is very proud of the record made by his men. , 17. iim. ER ANO HARBOR IS frrawnt City Harbor Imnrovemrnt CUuihi Gora Through I'ackanged Help Development A telegram received here (his af ternoon from Congressman W, C. Hawley announce that the house to- dsy passed the rivers and harbors bill leaving the paragraph for the Improvement or the harbor at Cres cent City unchanged. The opening or the Crescent City harbor will aid greatly In bringing about the construction of a rattroad over the mountains to that city. EHK (fflMf TO wan tioi Portland, Apr. 17. Still another speclsl draft call, the third In a lit tle more than one month, has been made by the war department. Under thla third call, Oregon Is to rurnlah 261 men or service In the national army, In addition to the Sll called out by the order of Mareh 11. who have already reported at Camp Lewis, and the 921 who are to re port to Camp Lewis in the fire-day period beginning April 2. ' The 251 men to be taken In the new special call are ordered to re port to Fort McDowell, Cel., In the live-day period beginning May 1. As this Is an artillery training post. the supposition ja that these men are to be put Into the artillery, though no official announcement has been made to that effect. These 251 men constitute 1.4 per cent ot Oregon's first groat draft quota. All told since March 11, a totst or 1.541 men rrom Oregon have now been called into military ' sen-Ice through the draft. The stste. and various counties are to be credited later with these men against the net quota for the big draft call that is coming soon. In this call, as In the two special calls previously made, men actively, completely and assiduously engaged in the planting and cultivation of crops will not be called until the end of the quota. ' Josephine's quota is two men tor this draft. James Martin, clerk of the local board, stated thla afternoon that the two men who would probably be called In the May draft are Uoya W. Fall, who Is an engineer working for the city of Pontine, Mich., and Ches ter F. Stone, of Grant Pass. The alternate is Roy F. McFsrlin, now at Kennett, Cal. These men will go to Ft.- McDow ell, on Angel Island, near San Fran cisco, where they will probably be inducted into the coast artillery.' On April 30, nine men will leave for Camp Lewis in response to the call Issued a few days ago. They will leave on a special train at 5:30 m. , Mr.' Martin this morning received telegram' from Kenneth Williams, asking that he be transferred to St. Louis.' This disproves the state ment received over the wire last week that he was on his way home. The request was granted. NAVAL ItKCRllTING OFFICER TO BE HERE BOON Ensign F. B. Upshaw, of the U. S. naval training station at Seattle, will be In the city In a day. or two to receive recruits for the navy. He Is at Ashland today and will arrive as soon as he finishes there and at Med ford. All men of draft age who have not Deen oraeren to report in any cur rent quota are eligible. Amsterdam, Apr. 17. Berlin newspapers announce the, formation of a hew political party, called the "German Workmen's and Employ era' party." its alms are said to be similar to those of the Fatherland pro-militarist party. Bill PASSED WHOLE XIMHER 7. RATTLE RAGES fflH GREATEST GKIIMAXS GET VltOM LOWLA.NDg AFTER EIGHT DAYS OF FIGHT I.NU SLIP HACK SOME . , SITUATIONS STILL SEfW HaUle Line Back to Where Hrltlah Drive Started Last Year Liao la Likely to Hold By Associated Press Having driven the British from Ballieul and , Wytsehate, the Ger mans are battling desperately to gsln other points on high ground south and southwest of Ypres. After fighting eight days with huge force the Germans have ' at last got from the lowlands. But they must push further to make their gains secure. The British are atrlklng back dog gedly. London admit, that the sit uation Is more serious than at any time since the German drive In the north began. Some ; newspapers have advised the evacuation of the Ypres sector and Passcheadaele ridge, which la a continuation ot Messlnea ridge..' Lloyd George Is still hopeful. He said that General Foch Is confident that nothing vital haa been lost. The enemy hss not yet wiped out . the British army as aimed. London. Apr. IT. South of Arras the Germans were driven rrom Brit ish trenches Into which they had forced their way. Early this morn ing German artillery became more active south of the Somme. The British made a successful counter-attack In the neighborhood of Wytsehate In which the Germans suffered heavy losses. London. Apr. IT. According to an Exchange Telegraph dUpatch th Germans have advanced from Wyt sehate as tar as St. Elol, and also hare a grip on the southern slopes on Mount Kemmel. . . .. : 8t. Elol hi about two miles north- east or Wytsehate. and about three and one-hair miles directly south of Ypres and is located near the south ern end or Messlnes ridge. By the rapture of Kemmel the Germans have greatly endangered the British right on Messlnes ridge. London, Apr. 17. British posi tions before Ypres have been with-, drawn to a new line. The situation is most serious. During the drive the' British regained - Meteren ' by ' router-attacks. Elsewhere the enemy has been held and repeated attacks north of Ballieul have been repulsed. r i ! TO BE' NEAR ST. PAUL Minneapolis, Apr. IT. The W'il- lard-Fulton fight, which will be for the benefit of the1 Red Cross will be ' held July 4, In an arena In a district mid-way between St. Paul and Min neapolis. n'U Ml led ' PRICE. FOR' TREASOII Paris, Apr.. IT. Bolo Pasha Is dead. . He faced the firing squad this morning and paid the , penalty for his treason to France. Before the firing squad he lost his attitude of indifference but died gamely. FURY IN NORTH ' i
