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CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY ". FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES THIRTY-NINTF - EAR NO. 148 SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRADJ8 AND HBW BTAKD8 FtVB CENT yr n r a At&s a a n p . $ 1 nnr m stom m J irroram RUSSIA!' : CUT THROUGH GERMniM LIS AT RIGA Von Hindenberg's Defense, the Strongest the Russians Have to Face, Successfully Pierced Austrian Resistance Shattered and Slavs Have Open Road to Northeastern Galicia and Hungary0n Western Front Allies Make Important Gains at Pozieres Petrograd, July 24. Russian armies have blasted and battered their way through the German line below Riga and have shattered temporarily the Austrian resistance to further Russian advance toward northeastern Galicia and Hungary. Violent German counter attacks northeast of Kovel have been repulsed. Today a violent artillery duel was in progress between the forces of General Kuro patkin and Von Hinderberg along the northeastern most point of the battle front. . So far, the censors have yeiled the exact details of General Kuropatkin's recent coup, but the fact that the czar's troops have been able successfully to pierce Von Hindenburg's line considered the strongest to which the Russians are opposed was hailed here as one of the striking achievements of the war. Further details today served to accentuate the extent of the victories of General Sakharoff along he rivers Lipa and Styr. Apparently his forces have almost encircled the Teutonic commands of Generals Boehm-Ermolli and Bothmer, forcing their re tirement Russian troops now dominate both banks of the Lipa from the Styr to near Mirkow and in some parts of the line have thrust forward eight or ten miles beyond the river. Brody is menaced with an enveloping move ment."' Southward Russian forces control many of the ap; proaches to Jablpnitza Pass and have forced retirement of the Austrians to crests of the hills beyond. Probably the conflict today is in the pass itself.' Considerable booty has fallen into the Russians hands and in two days 27,000 men have been captured. To emphasize Russian successes came full reports to day of more advances of the Grand Duke Nichols' army in the Caucasus. The Turks are in full retreat along the full line toward Ehzingan. Allies Keep Gaining. London, July 24. Amid a blast of artillery fire hurled from big gun 3, Bri tish forces have advanced still further in their thrust around Pozieres, Gen eral Hnig reported today. The fight ing is continuing with the advantage with the British. The British commander reported that ground had been gained near the high wood of Pozieres. "We secured important advantages in spite of the enemy's stubborn de fense," he etnted. "A large portion of the village is now ours. We took two guns and sixty more prisoners." General Haig said that repeated Ger man attacks made yesterday between High wood and Guillemont had been without success nud that British artil lery and machine guns had inflicted heavy casualties. Last night was one of comparative calm, he continued. Despite Hnig's statement that the night was "comparatively calm," spe cial dispatches from Paris today de clared that the battle along the Guille-mont-Poziercs line was continuing and at midnight the British held the ad vantage. Successful resumption of General Hnig's massed infantry "push" with in the short spnee of threo davs. aft er the initial effort had advanced the British lines to within striking distance A fool an' his money er soon spotted. It 's easy t ' work your way up but it 's hard on th' folks you" work. of the German third line trenches brought great satisfaction in London to day. Special dispatches emphasized the terrific hand to hand fighting raging around Guillemont. Half of the village is in British bauds, but in the other half the Teutons are strongly dug in and fighting desperately to hold their ground. Latest advances reported in lnt night's statement was along a five mile front. The furthermost point achieved was at Pozieres nearly a mile on the main highway to Bapauine, the immed iate objective of the thrust. Guillumont was apparently today the most hotly contested spot. Destroyers Put to Plight. London, July 24. Six German de stroyers, attempting eitfier a raid on a rccon noisance on the British coast were put to flight- by a British sea force in a running fight off Showen Bank Silt- urday night, and early Sunday, an ad imiralty statement nnnonnced today. The German ships, it was said, were repeat I edly hit. One British vessel was struck once, but the totnl British casualties I were two wounded. The German de stroyer succeeded in reaching a base on the Belginn coast. The British patrol vessels, character ized as "light forces" in the state- 1 meat, sighted three enemy destroyers :-aturuuy at midnight near the north Hinder lightship. The squadron retired before the British cruisers were able to inflict any damage on them. Subsequently, the admiralty said,, six enemy destroyers approached and were engaged by the British sea forces in a running fight off Mhowen Bank. "One of our vessels was hit once," the statement concluded, "and two of our men were slightly wounded." The North Hinder lightship is located off the Belgian coast between Ostend and the mouth of the Scheldt river. Shouwen bank m in the same neighbor hood. The action which the admiralty described, therefore, took place off tj)C Belgian coast. The German vessels en gaged presumably came from Zeebrugge, where there is a German destroyer base. Many Bky Battles. Paris, July 24. Extraordinary aerial octivity on both sides of the Greneh German battle line was reported in the official communication today. I.une ville was the object of a German air raid. A French aerial raider on Sunday dropped eight bombs on Con flans sta tion, and a number of others on build ings at Dieuze and Vigneulles. Aviator C'liaput brought down on Sunday his eighth German aeroplane in a combat near Fresnes. One other German ma chine was destroyed near Vaux on the same dav. (Continued oa Page Bis.) - $14,160,000,000 London, July 24. Premier Asquith in commons today moved for a vote of credit on 450,000,000 pounds, the largest sum which the government lias asked for in a single bill since the beginning of the war. The measure, characterized as a "supplementary esti- mate," will bring the total asked this year up to 1,0050,- 000,000 pounds and the total since the beginning of the war 2,882,000,000 pounds, or about $14,100,000,000. The amount asked for today approximates $2,191500,000. sc s(c sfc sic sc sfc sfc sfc sc sfc sfc sc BLACKLISTING 10 BE E Americans Not Hard Hit, But the Principle Is Just As Bad By Robert 3. Bender, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, July 24. "The black list difficulty will' be adjusted," Sen ator Hoke Smith of Georgia declared today after a taU with the president. "1 believe Great Britain will with draw either the whole or the major part of this blacklist order," he said. Smith has beerr a leader of the op position in this country to England's blockade policies most of which oppo sition has been unsuccessful. The fact that he sees defeat for the present British plan wai regarded as signifi cant. "That policy is so foolish that I Think even Great Britain will appre ciate it," said the senator. To other cullers today the president admitted the blacklist difficulty "got on his nerves." He indicated, how ever, that the method of handling it had not been determined. . In British, circles .todav it was de clared the direct loss in trade by the united States finiiB will be infmitesi ami and that the indirect gain, pnrtic ularly in South America, should be great. It was pointed out that only those firms having direct dealings with the central powers have been black listed and that this policy should re move the fear that there may be wide spread" ramifications of the boycott to firms with only domestic relations with the boycotted concerns. Since the war first began. British officials here said today a number; ot these blacklisted firms have been maintaining Germany's trade relations with South America. Now. however. since that will be stopped, straight out American houses will be able to enter the South American trade field with out almost anv competition. It was understood on good authority that insofar as the South American is sue is concerned no opposition to tlie blacklist is being met with from sev eral Targe and powerful banking houses of New York which have recently gone in for South Aniericnn trade. Market Irregular But Prices Stronger New York, July 24. The New York Evening fiuancial review today said: Profit taking and distributive selling in the first hour, and professional re covery imparted a good deal of irreg ularity to the security list in today's early trading. Tho uncertainty of the movement was the more disappointing to the element committed to tLp con structive side of the account in view of the generally favorable character of the news over the Sunday intermission aird the widespread belief in a highly satisfactory quarterly report by the United States Steel corporation. Ac cording to the current rumor, the lead ing teel producer will show the larg est earnings in its history and although there is no certainty about the matter, the possibility of tin extra dividend by way of compensation for payments omitted last year, is entertained in some well informed circles. Activity in U. S. steel overshadowed all. else in the market at the outset, and under the influence of strength of the market leader practically every thing moved to a higher level. But be fore the expiration of the first half hour heavy professional selling checked the improvement. United Industrial Alcohol broke sharply and extended its loss to seven points or so later 011. Dealings fell away materially after the first hour ond the market) there after displayed little or no animation. Thereafter the market was largely one of special movements in special issues and it spoke eloquently of the meager ness of public participations. Conditions were little changed in the late trading and the market lost none of its professional character. Prices moved narrowly when at nil. but deal ings were confined to relatively few issues. TWENTY-THREE DROWNED Copenhagen, July 24. Twenty per sons were drowned in a collision be tweeo two ferrv boats on the river Spree, just above Berlin. SAN FRANCISCO IS Theory Is That It Was In tended To Hurl Bomb Among Paraders ANARCHIST LOST NERVE LEFT BOMB ON SIDEWALK Police Chief Organizes Force to Run Down Even Slight est Clues Saa Francisco, July 24. Hope of ap prehending the bomb i.'.anter. who tnnfc a toll of six lives dui:ng the prepared- ness parade Saturday, centered today on throe theories: 1 That the maker of infernal ma.- Chinee was a member of an organized uu win d Detrayetl by a fellow conspirator seeking reward money; or, if he worked out the plan alone! that the fanatic will become emboldened and" betray himself. , z that, with virtually . every San Franciscan aiding the police, some in dividual will come upon, a Valuable clew. ' 3 That the drag net set out by the bomb squad will obtain information through one of th many avenues orien to the police. rvDt one definite clew is in the hands of the police, although a mass of vague informatiou has been' given ro mem. captain Duncan Matheeou, head of tho new bomb squad, declared today that San Francisco police are facing the most difficult investigation in their history. In order to cope- with the situation, Matheeon has organized hi corps into three shifts so that -every hour of the day and nijrht will be covered, lie sides a big squad of detectives, patrol men who have distinguished themselv es as sleuths and a number of govern ment detecives will aid in the hunt A group of foreigners, who gather in the Potrero district, are being closcly watelied. This group has already pro dulced one character who recently shot one policemen and gave battle while barricaded in a cabin. - , The chamber of commerce law and order committee has suggested the caning or a mass meeting for Wednes day uight to enlist tho aid of all San t-Vanciscans In the search for the guil ty man or gang. Chief of Ioliee White, let it be known today that for more than six weeks he has been engaged in a search for persons who sent threats by letter and post cards to newspapers and those who promoted the parade. Pos tal inspectors have been associated with mm in this work, but their com,' bined efforts have failed so far. The threat began to come as soon as the first plans for the parade were announced. They were printed out, anil it is believed were the work ot the samo persons, although many be lieve that more than one person was concerned in Saturday outrage. Most of the postcards were signed tho Km- pioyers' liberty league and denounc ed those behind the parade plan. One letter, sent to severnl newspapers, was signed "The Determined Exiles from Militaristic governments." Tiie threats were so indefinite that Chief White said he found it impossible at the time to forecast when or where an outbreak would come. "Saturday plainclothes men were scattered nil through the crowd watch ing the iarnde," he said. "Several were within a hundred feet of where the bomb exploded. 1 do not believe the bomb planter intended to explode the bomb 011 the sidewalk. It is ap parent that ho intended to kill or in jure those persons in the parade. Eith er lie lounu that tho time wns too short, or lost his nerve at the last mo ment. Keports today from, the hospital where Miss Pearl Zemnn and William Turiibull,i two of the injured bomb victims are confined, were that they might not. live through the day. Miss Kinsley Van Loo, Mrs. Llovil Wymore and Howard Kmipp uro also in a seri ous condition. Mayor Stands fot Reward. Mayor Kolph's orders to Chief White to "go the limit if the city won't pay the reward, I will," today "aroused sev eral citizens to offer addition reward. K. W. Kinney, head of a plumbing firm offered 1,000 ana this, with another $1,(100 offered by Ben Lamborn, of Ala meda, whose brother was killed, brings the total reward to $7,000. Kinney said be made his offer because of bis person si friendship for Dr. Geo. Painter, one of the victims. Word reached the police here at noon that Chief of Police Peterson of Oak land, had discovered whnt he thought might prove a valuable clew in the rase. He is said to have located a man named Miller who was seen at 1:30 Saturday afternoon sitting on the suitcase sup Cosed to have contained the fatal omb. Simultaneously the mayor and Chief (Continued oa Pagt SsTea.) DETERMINED TO GET 801 PLANTER INFANTILE PARALYSIS . CASES NOW DECREASE New York, July 24. Infan- tile pnralysis cases , todny reached a new low mark in the epidemic since its outbreak June 0. Only 89 new cases were reported. . Yesterday there "were 115. The number of deaths in cases already re- ported, however increased from . 23 yesterday to 31 today. With today's figures, there have been 2,94 cases since June 0 and 009 deaths. "In spite of the new cases today, 1 believe our charts show the curve is now down- ward, said Health . Commis- siouer Emerson todny. BANDIT KILLED IN BATTLE ON STREETS 9 Dick Turner Starts Fight and Is Killed by Police In Spokane Spokane, Wash., Julv 24. Pick Turner, a suspected bandit,, wns fatally wounded today, and one policeman seriously hurt in a running fight which raged for blocks through the Spokane streets near the Union station. . Floyd lielvin, the officer, was Bhot several times. Sheriff Bob Hodge of Seattle, who happened to be near when the firing begiyi, chased Turner down Trent avenue and captured him as he fell with five bullets in his head and body. The battle started when Turner had words with the crew of a Milwaukee train on the elevated tracks. Sudden ly Turner whipped out a. revolver and began shooting. Flourishing the gun while men and women scattered right and left, Turner then fled along Trent avenue, pursued by Sheriff Hodge and Patrolmen Fuller and Clelvin. Turner was gaining and seemed on the point of escaping when a police patrol carrying' several officers- took up the chase. The fugitive was cor nered and made a Inst desperate stand, receiving a bullet in. the back and one in the head from Fuller's gun and three bullets frum Oelvin's weapou. Clelvin dropped from his wounds and the desperado staggered on a few more Bteps before being seized by Hodge. He was rushed to a hospital where his death is momentarily expected. HOT WAVE IN PLAINS STATES AND ON COAST Indirectly Caused 150 Deaths, 64 by DrowninglOS at Fresno Chicago, Julv 24 Tho plains states and parts of the Pacific coast were still staggering today under the most terrific, sustained heat wave in recent years. The wenther forecast promised thundershowers thut would reduce temperatures 'in portions of the north centrnl and northwest. Cooler wenther was promised for the western lake region. The present hut aimll has caused approximately forty deuths from hent alone in the plums states. Indirectly t has been resiiousiblfl for Mil other deaths, including sixty four drownings. During the last 24 hours tempera tures of 100 and above were registered at various points, Fresno, C'nl., with IDS being the lender. Chicago spent a parched Sunday. It wns estimated 500,000 found refuge at the bathing beaches. England's Blacklist Based on Information Secured by Illegal Opening of Mails Washington, July 24 j The state dc- partment will irainediutely acknowledge to Ambassador Page at London receipt of the mail reply from Great Britain and inform him t tint it is not considered a response to the American note. The request for an early reply on the principals involved will be repeated. This was the official declaration nt the state department today. The Bri tish reply received yesterday will be given out for publication some time to day. The Netherlands minister called at the state department to see Acting Sec retary of State Polk today regarding a rumor that the United States migh send warships as convoys to American mail carrying ships. The Netherlands diplomat was told the rumor was with out foundation. j Direct relation between the British mail seizures and blacklisting of Amer- IS STILL AWAITING IEI L Impossible for Bremen to Send News of Her Whereabouts SO WATCHFUL WAITING IS ONLY THING POSSIBLE Sailors On Big Diver Are Having Great Time In Social Way By Carl D. Groat. (United Press staff correspondent.) Baltimore, Md., July 24. Everything pointed lute this afternoon to a dash for the sea by the German submarine freighter Peutschland. All the crew's bedding was taken from the Neokar and stowed on the submarine: the flat barge May alongside the submarine -since she entered the port, m taken away and a path cleared for a quick dash. In addi tion the Deutschlaud tested out a Diesel engine. Terhaps the most significant thing, however, was the fact that mem bers of the crew visited German friends near the waterfront and said they were leaving tonight for the capes where they would await the Deutschlaud 's sis ter ship Bremen. ' Waiting for the Bremen. Baltimore, Md., July 24. Men con nected witn the Ozean Bhederei con fessed todny that they are in tho dark as to the present whereabout of the Bremen, sister ship . of the sub-sea freighter Deutschlaud. But iu the same breath they declared they have no reason to believe that she has met an untimely end and they ex plained that while he rs--eu route -they would have no means of tracing her movements. - -''.. It was recalled that Captain Koenig announced the Bremen was dus here "shortly." Officials, however, refused to reveal anything as to her schedule time sailing from Germany or time of arrival here. She is equipped with suf ficient oil for a month or more of steady traveling and perhaps, it was said, she may have found it expedient to Ho sub merged for longer periods than the Deutschland did. It was merely apparent that the lo cal officeB knew the vessel left Ger many, but that they are now without information about her. The Deutschlaud will await the ar rival of Bremen, it is stated reliably. Practically no stevedores worked at the Deutschl.'nd dock todny; their threat ened lubor trouble was settled but com pletion of loading obviated need for their presence. May Hot Have Cleared. The dilatory, daredevil diver boot Deutschlund was still in this port of Dreams und ocean-going mosquitoes to day. The dreams were moro dopey and the mosquitoes more ferocious than ever, but uctuul facts about the German ad venturers homeward voyage were stow ed carefully win the double locked thoughts of the promoters. The Deutsch lund 's sister ship, the Bremen, is due, it is said, "nt any time." Whether clearance has actually been granted to the Deutschlaud is carefully guarded. If it has, the Deutschlaud must clear out for the capes by night or re-clear und in any case, she must submit to sculing of her wireless if she stays long er port port. Persistent reports snv the Deutsch laud will carry from 100,000 to 400, 000 worth of gold, if insurance is ob tainable. This is reported stored in the (Continued on Pstf Seven.) can firms was pointed out by state de partment officials today. The extreme irritation which the ad ministration sees over England's delay in answering the mail note is partially because it was through the alleged il legal practice of opeuing mail of Amer ican firms that she obtained much of tho information on which the blacklist was compiled. The preliminary mail reply received is altogether unsatisfactory because it ignores the contention of principles ex pounded in the Americnu note and deals only with specific enses which have no imiucdiute bearing on the aeinaim ror a reform in their practices. At the state department officials to dny smiled at stories to the effect that the government would provide vessels o convoy merchant ships carrying goods of blacklisted merchants. "All rot," said one official. D LA M N S ARRIVA ENGLAND'S REPLY NOT ACCEPTABLE DODGES SUES Says She Cannot Assiem Responsibility Until Investigation r ADMITS RIFLING MAILS BUT MAKES NO EXCUSES Ignore -American Statement That Seizure of Mails Is . Illegal ' Washington, July 24 Basing her pre liminary reply to America's protest against mail seizures on eight specific, cases cited in the American note, Eng land in a memorandum delivered here yesterday and mado public today, as serts that the incouveniencea charged are due to a. faulty system that has been corrected. She cannot assume responsi bility for occurrences complained of nn- . til she has investigated them in detail, the memorandum says. American contentions that the prac tice of mail seizures is Illegal is ignored, as. is also the -position .of tho United States, that even if there is no appreci able delay, illegal seizures may place- hngland In possession of information to which she has no right. The reply does say, however, that the principles involved will be taken up' at a later day. " i The note declares only four specif io instances are cited, and that they ar in such form that investigation is dif ficult. It was learned, however, the not said, that the Macuiff ' Horticultural company of flew York shipped docu ments relating to perishable goods on three ships the New Amsterdam, ths Rotterdam and the Costeriijk. '.. : These mails,' the note. Admitted, removed February 10, February 17 and February 25 respectively and were' for warded some weeks later. -v. It was not until February 22, soya the note, that a formal note complaining of the mail delays, was received from -tho American ambassador, stating th Macniff company anticipated further difficulties during March. The note states immediate action has been taken in all cases where specif io complaint was made. ' Another caso cited is that ' of the Standard Underground Cable company of Pittsburg. The note says Great Bri tain is "astonished" at an "insinua tion" that the delay wss directly con nected with the fact that a British com petitor obtained a contract for which that company had been competing. 1 It is contended Great Britain went out of her way to facilitate the ship nient from the United states to Nor way, though it wos mostly cooper "which might havo been of value to Germany." A complaint regarding money order seizures, the note says, must be left for consideration in the final reply of th allied governments "as it involves per sons of principle on which consultation among the allied governments is still in progress." Regarding the mail from the steamer Medan the facts as cited by the United States are substantially correct except that the neutral mail was forwarded. l TODAY'S BALL SCORES Z National. R. II. K. Philadelphia 1 .1 4 Pittsburg 0 14 0 Demnree, Meyer and Barnes; Mam maux and Gibson. American. K. H. E. Chicago ...' 3 12 .1. Detroit 2 7 a Wolfgang and Schalk, Lapp; Covol eski and McKce. JOHN. BROWN'S DAUGHTER DEAD San Jose, C'nl., July 24. Mrs. James Fadlingcr, aged (15, only surviving daughter of John Brown of Harper's Ferry, died three weeks ago at Camp-, bell, Cal. Mrs. Fadlinger will be buried at Saratoga alongside of her mother, John Brown's widow. : THE WEATHER : f Oregonl Tft eight and Tues day g a r ally fair; weaterlx winds, ,t