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o ft ! M I B f f a , CIRCULATION 13 OVER 4300 DAILY ! . .'.' X .. w FULL LEASED " WIRE DISPATCHES w $ I! FORTIETH YEAR NO. 78 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS anos-fif0 T S . hu. 1111 - I J KM K ffvnT nrn r'f-! u ifilWfllrrfir 11 If! SOUTH ATLANTIC Lands 265 Men and Two Women Saved From Sunken Ves '. sels New Nder Is Sailing Vessel with Auxiliary Gasoline ELs, and Flies Norwegian Flag Until In Range of VictkVs Supposed to Have Picked Up and Cut the South AkVn Cable : ' By 1L ,Rbertson, (United Press . J Correspondent) Rio De Janeiro, March 31. Two hundred and sixty five men and two women survivors of eleven steamships and sailing viessels sunk in the Atlantic, were brought into port today with another amazing German raider story. They arrived on the French bark Cambronne. - The new German raider, according to their stories, is a sailing ves sel, with auxiliary gasoline engines. She flies the Nor wegian flag and is heavily armed. The survivors claimed many of those on board the eleven ships destroyed by the latest German sea rover had been drowned or lost in the sinking of the vessels. The new German raider bears the name "Seeadler." Her commander is Count Luckuer. She left Germany on December 22. Most of her victims were overhauled and sunk in the vicinity of Trinidad, according to the sur vivors. The present whereabouts of the Seeadler is unknown. . List of Victims. The raider's victims as listed by the I Survivors, were: ! Steamer Gladys Royal, British, 4,500 tons( sunk off Mnderia, January 3). Steamer Lady Island, British, 4,500 tons (sunk January 21). Steamer Rongoth, British, 5,500 tons. Sailing vessel Pinmnrs, British, 3,000 tons (sunk February 19). Sailing vessel Jounn, British, 3,700 tons (sunk February 20). ' ' ' Schooner Trese of Halifax, 400 tons (sunk January 28). Steamer Buenos Aires Iowock, Ital ian, 1,200 tons. Steamer Charles Gounard, French, 3, 000 tons (sunk January 21). Steamer Antoniui, French, 4,000 tons .(sunk January 28). Steamer Rouchefoucauld. French, :t,0(0 tons (sunk February 27). Sailing vessel Duplex, French, 3,000 tons (sunk March 5). Story of Survivors. On March 11, survivors told of the overhauling of the sailing vessel Hongarth. The Hongarth refused or ders to lay to, and immediately opened tire on her pursuer. One man aboard the raider was killed and four were wounded by her shells. Those nboard the Cambronne described the new Ger man raider aj a triple masted sailing vessel with an auxiliary engine equip ment of quadruple expansion gasoline motors, nue was nrmeu iw, ble cannon and rapid fire guns and left She was nrmcd with German v December 22. Members of the German crev told sur vivors that they were escorted by Ger man submarines to Island and that they had an IS months supply of oil, muni tions and supplies aboard. In almost every case the Seeadler adonted the strateaem of flying the Norwegian flag and signalling to her prospective victims that she desired to speaK to tneni. v ltn iue uusukiitcuiik victim hove to and the Sea Addor came within perfeet range, the raider's crew broke out the German ensign and open ed fire. As soon as the overhauled ves sel surrendered the Germans method ically seat crews nboard, took off the survivors, imprisoned them and then wank their prize. Audacity Wins. The very audacity of the raiding plan followed by the Seeadler was respoa- I!: ABE MARTIN S Miss Tawnev Apple is Lack in th'1 bo office o' Th' Fairy Grotto painted up like a candy pear. It's a cinch a girl that won't help her mother won't lielp her husband. .. . .. I siblc 'for her great success in preying on coinmorce. Instead of being a - fast cruiser typo like the Moewe nud the Kmden, the Seeadler, according to -sur vivors, was a cumbersome looking ves sel, innocent appearing in her big spread of sails' and ve,ry slow speed. Those aboard the Cambronne said th Seeadler's crew told them after leav ing Iceland the raider bore due south wnrd. The first sinking of which the survivors had any knowledge was off the Madeira Islands on January 3. Then, judging from successive sinkings, she turned her nose' southwest across the Atlantic Her most recent sinkings were reported off Trinidad, Venezuela. Probably Cut Cable. At about the time the Seeadler was somewhere around Madeira and the Canary Island, something mysterious happened to one of the cable lines from England via the Canary Islands to South America. It was considered pos sible here that the raider yanked up tliis line and cut it. The slow moving Seeadler was not lacking in courage to pick out a spot near where allied patrol vessels were still searching for the German steam raider and hrr con sorts as the scene of her preying on com merce. Even after Germany officially reported the return to a German port of the Moewe and identified her as the South American raider, British patrol vessels still searched the South Atlantic. watp,s in vicw of sports that the Moe- had am(jd flnd quipped 8evpral of her prizes as auxiliary raiders and that these auxiliaries were still at worn CARP FOR THE EAST Portland, Or., Mar. SI. Two" carloads of carp, a living, twisting, mass of' fish, are en route from Portland to the At lantic seaboard today to low er the high cost of living. The carp were alive when they left here, and most of them will probably live until they reach the eastern coast. A year ago several carloads were "shipped; from Portland to New York and most of the fish arrived there alive and kicking. The carp were gathered in the Willamette and Columbia sloughs in seines. j. Stock Market Listless Prices Show No Change j New York, Mar. 31. The Xw York Evening Sun financial review today said: There was little in today's short ses sion of the stock market that was fun damentally different from what had gone before this week. Interest in the trading was only nominal and business was light. Price changes were narrow, with an easier tendency. The market did little more than drift throughout the session, with a tendency to ease off. A few of the spe cialties showed strength or weakness, as the case may be. Ohio Cities Gas was again in active demand at advanc es of 8 to 5 points or so. Texas Oil and American Hide and Leather were weak The stel and copper issues were nar rowlv irregular and quiet. The rail road' list was likewise neglected and under some pressure. The shipping shares were depressed by reports ot more sinkings. - Albany had a war bride yesterday when Eva Williams, 16, married Cuba v1roi. 1S Not to b outdone bv the bride her mother at the same time mar ried the groom ' guardian. War Causes Towns To Drop From Ball League Portland, Or., liar. 31. HillslMiro and Woodburn are out of the Inter city Baseball League as result of Thursday night's meeting held in the office of President Hay, 270 Fourth street, llillsboro decided that it was not ready to affiliate with a strong organization and the falling to the ro!- ors of the Thiid Oregon spilled the plans of Woodburn. The league is now angling for a sixth town to make tip r six team cir cuit. Camas was admitted as the fit'.h teniu last night, and, according to President Bay, the sixth team will be announced shortly. The other four teams are two in Portland, Salem mid MeMinnville. Fred Norman Hay was officially placed in affice Inst night as president for another year. P. Jojdin of McMinn ville, was elected vice president to suc ceed George Roberts Grayson, who be comes treasurer in favor of June 8. Jones, who did not wish to serve an other term. Wayne Francis Lewis was reelected secretary. To the wonderment of the directors, Oregon City was not represented last night. The 'Falls City boys have been after a franchise and may get2 busy within the next few days. Prexy Bay says that the team he has in mind for the sixth franchise is not Oregon City, so if they both come in, steps may be taken to find still another aggregation and mi eight club league composed. The tioldsinith, Wright & Ditson, Reach and Spalding balls all were adopted officially. The finnncial question was discussed and a satisfactory system of home and visiting teams dividing the gate re ceipts was approved. NEWSPAPERS OPENLY Reichstag Demands for Peo ple Greater Part In Government Amsterdam. Mar. 31. Demand for the democratizing of Germany has reached the reichstag and the reich- staff has responded to a move for m vesrifintion of the relation of that body to tho people and the peoples' share in government. Dispatches from Berlin told of the adoption bv a vote of 227 to 33 of a resolution fostered bv the national liberal members pro posing a committee of 28 "to consid er constitutional questions especially the representation of the people and the relation of the people to the gov ernment." The reiohstag then adjourned until April 24. German advices today did not indi cate enthusiastic editorial eulogy- or Chancellor Von Bethmannliollwcg s sneech although applauding his dec larations with regard to Germany's po sition in tho war. Several liberal news papers frankly expressed chagrin over the chancellor s tauure to sense utv public, movement for greater partici pation bv tho people in the government and his statement withholding such re forms. The Munich Post openly assert ed that Germany now is the sole con tender against an alliance of "world democracy" and adds that the people of the world are being convinced that victory of the cause of freedom is im possible as long as Germany continues hor present form of government. The Berlin socialist organ, Vorwaerts insisted "no compromise is possible on the franchise." The, Berlin Vossische Zeitung open-it- nasnilitlC tho chancellor, declared: "Parliament as representative of tho people must soon reform itself. Deeds hir n determined reichstag are more weighty than the words of a feeble chancellor." Will Jail Every Chink If War Is Not Stopped i ! Portland, Or., Mar. 31. A thirty day I truce in the tong war which has spread froni one end of the coast to the other ;will probably be made in Portland late ithis nfternoon when leaders of the war- ring tongs will meet here. A perma nent peace pact can be made during the temporary truce, city authorities believe. iii case a peace pact of some nature not made todav the police acting under orders of Mayor Albee will ar rest all the Chinese in the city and hold them in jail until ech one is able to prove his right to be in the United States. - . Vou can settle your troubles among yourselves, but when iX comes to in discriminate shooting on tne sireem it's got to stop," Mayor Albee toiu a Chinese delegation. "If you do not, I'm trains' the limit with you. we win stretch the law u little to bring you to time." TO INTENSIFY FARMING Washington. Mnr. 31. More than $200,000,000 will be loaned out by the federal land unnus uunng ino cumm ir to intensiiy the farming mrtust of the country as a measure of na-. tional defense, the federal farm loan board announced today. OREGON'S QUOTA 800 Portland Or., Mar. 31. Oregon must supply 800 naval recruits by April 20 according to orders received nere - 'day by Lieutenant Blackburn, charge of local recruiting. TO E Would Have Graduated In come Tax With Minimum at $5,000 AND ALL INCOMES ABOVE $100,000 CONFISCATED "Working Classes Must Do the Fighting, Capital Must Pay Expenses" New York, Mar. 31. The strongest pacifist influence in America today sud denly turned from efforts to prevent war to means ot financing it. Simultaneously it became known that a" plan put forward by the American committee -on war finance, headed by Amos Pinchot. to place the entire fin ancial burden of the war upon persons with incomes ot. more than $5,U00 per year has been indorsed iu high govern ment circles. The greatest significance was placed upon tho sudden action of leading pa cifists because of belief that they were n close communication with washing- ton leaders. While they insisted that they "still hoped" for peace, their ac tions indicated that tho hope is practi callv dead. The committee in its announcement today pointed out that the heavy death toll of war will be upon the working people of the country, becauso of their greater numbers. With this in view it calls for signa hires to a pledge to demand legislation tor a special war income tax on all in comes over $"1,000. The schedule calls for a tax of 2 1-2 per cent on all in comes f rom, Js3,00(! $10,000 per year. Limit 4100,000. On all incomes over $10,000 a sliding scale beginning at 10 per cent and ris ing to a point that will permit no in dividual to retain a net income of more than $100,000 per year, is proposed The pledge further calls for legisla tion limiting net profit on all war sup plies to 3 l-z per cent and provides that no wholesale or retail dealer shall sell foodstuffs or other necessities at a prof it greater then ix per cent during the war. ' ' We do not believe Jhat any real pa triot wants the poor people ot the na tiou to bear the burden of the cost of war, in addition to the burden of fight ing," said Pinchot today. "Our com mittee is not made up of peace at any price people and there is no one con nected with the movement who has any German sympathy. Our proposal is simp ly predicated on the nntion's expert ence iu past wars and is based on the belief that in the event of war there should be a genuine partnership in pa triotism between the working people who will be asked to volunteer their lives and the wealthy who will be call ed upon to give their dollars. "Protracted Patriotism." "The proposal may even 'furnish more money than is needed to finance the war. Any surplus logically could be used as a sinking fund for pensions. "An idea of what such an emergency law would do can be seen in the'ease of tho Dul'ont family, popularly reported to have an annual income of $80,000,- 000. Taking out $100,000 allowance for each of the 10 or bo members of the family, would leave a net return to the government of approximately $79,000, 000 a year. "Recently we have been asked to sign a meaningless pledge of loyalty to the country, which was, in effect an insult to any real American's patriot ism. There is a pledge that is something more than empty words. It is practical patriotism." Getting Ready to Build Battleships Oakland, Gal., Mar. 31. Acquisition of ninety five acres of Oakland water front property adjoining its present holdings, to be used in the construction of battleships, was announced today by the Union Iron Works company. A canal thirty feet deep, a half mile long and three hundred feet wide will be built through the new property, lined by piers, shops and other facili ties. The improvements will cost $5, 000,000, according to company offi cials. The purpose of the extensions is to make the construction of numbers of large warships possible, slip facilities for four 1,M)U foot vessels to De pro vided. When the additions are complet ed all large .type naval vessels will be built on this side of San rraneiseo bay. . ARMED GUARDS ON EACH SHIP Des Moines, la., Mar. 31. "Arm ed guards composed of the naval of ficers and American bluejackets arc assigned to every American ship that sails for ils for the war awe," stated near kdmirl Palmer in an urgent appeal to- for additional naval recruits, made pub in lie by the local recruiting station today. PAII PLAN 111 MONEY Full 111 GILL HOT GUILTY" SAYS JURY AFTER ALL MIGHT SESSION Beckingham, Poolman, Doom McLennan and Peyser Are Free ATTORNEYS WEPT AND GILL WEPT WITH THEM Billingsley Told Straight Story But His Reputation Weakened It Seattle, Wash., Mar. 31. Mayor Hir am V. Gill, Chief of Police Charles L. Buckingham and Detectives Poolman, Doom, Jlcl.eiinan and Pevser were de clared "not guilty" today of the charge of conspiracy in the illegal ship ment of liquor into dry territory, filed against them by the Vnited States gov ernment. The verdict was reached by the fed eral jury at ti:30 o'clock this morning, after deliberating since 5:20 o'clock last night. Because the defendants and attorneys did not assemble until !:-l5, it was not read until then. The foreman of the jurv was T. M. Bennett- When tho verdict was announced, Wilmon Tucker and Walter Fultoif, two of the defense attorneys, broke down and wept. Mavor Gill remained almost motion less for an instant, then a big wide smile spread over his face. Later he, too, broke down and wept, and kissed his law partner, Herman Fry. Beck- ingham patted his weeping attorney and boyhood friend, lulton, on the back. The defendants then stopped to the jury box and shook hands with each of the jurors. The crowds swarmed around and congratulated Gill and the other aequittcd men. Rev. Percy, one of the jurors, "declar ed that "at no time was he certain, but ho could not vote to convict because then the punishment would have fallen on the families of these men, though a doubt existed as to their guilt." When the booze-gra'ft case went to the jury Friday evening, the 12 men had a mass of conflicting statements which were charges and denials of wholesale municipal corruption. If the government's case were found ed on truth Logan Billingsley, chief bootlegger here, himself under indict ment, his brothers and their allies sold whiskey behind the protection bought from city officials trm the mayor down. If the defense theory were right, Bil lingsley, bent on revenge against Gill, the man who smashed his drug store, started a rumor of bribery he never ac complished, and used it to put diked States Attorney Clay Allen off his trail, Kither the officials of Seattle sold out to the clever bootlegger for money, or a spider-like crook spun a web to enmesh honest men. These squarely conflicting stories were presented to the jurors by some of the best legal talent in the northwest. Fred and Logan Billingsley swore they paid $,000 to Mayor Gill and $1, 200 to Chief of Police Beckinghani and $10 a barrel protection money to the detectives. A booze-graft trial has been in session four weeks, but preliminary rumors and government investigation started four months ago- A- federal jury, in December indicted Logan Billingsley and his brothers, aft er ex-Patrolman Edward Margett, a rival bootlegger, and Eddie Baker, man ager of the Jesse Moore-Hunt company of Han Francisco, had turned over in criminating evidence. Logan and Fred Billingsley pleaded guilty and are now awaiting sentence. On this evidence and tho stories told tiy Logan BUlingslej, ami ins iioriuers, Fred and Orn, Mayor (till, Chief Beck- ingham, ex-Sheriff Modge and City De- tectives Meyer Peyser, Jack Poolman, Dan McLennan ana james uoom werc., indu tett late in January. They were charged with conspiracy to violate the federal laws governing the interstate shipments of liquor. The Billingsley story which startled the town, charged Mayor Gill and the other defendants with shocking corrup tion. Vnited States Attorney Clay Allen was obliged to call for assistance, and Attorney General Reames of Portland, was commissioned an assistant attorney general and sent to Seattle to handle the prosecution. Gill was defended by former State Su preme Court Judge Frederick Bausman and Wilinon Tucker, president of the state and county bar associations. The charges against ex-Sheriff Hodge were dismissed by a directed verdict from Judge Netterer at the end of the first week for want of evidence. He was defended by his law partner, form er Superior Court Judge William R. Bell. Guv W. Talbot -was re-elected last night, director to the Portland Cham ber of Commerce, civic branch. ' P0RM1 LAUNCHING Swept Across River, Cut Steamer In Two Man Probably Killed Portland, Or., Mar. 31. The steam er Vesterlide, launched from the yards of the Northwest Steel company, took an unexpected course as she slid from the ways and, darting across the river at an angle, cut into the river steam er Ruth, owned by the Willamette Nav igation company. The Kuth was prac tically cut in two. Two men, Kd Hnnley, a deckhand, and Harry Goulson, a fireman, were seriously injured, and a third man, whoso name is not yet known, is miss ing. It is thought he ' probably was caught under nearby logs and may have been drowned. Members o fthe crew of the Ruth, seeing the big hull of the Vesterliuc larting across the river, lumped trom the boat, and started to swim to shore or nearby rafts of logs. The bow of the -Vesterlide is still imbedded in the Ruth. The Ruth was used to tow logs to the Grown Willamette Paper mills at Oregon City. Recruiting for Company is still going on under the charge of Captain Max Gehlhar, of the National Guard Reserve, who has his office in the Bush bank building. Applicants for enlist- , ment will find a welcomo there any time and be given au exam- ination, and, if satisfactory, will be sent to Vancouver to join the .rest of the Salem boys. Two more men, signed last night. They were James II. Ewing, of Willamette university, and Fer- ris W. Abbot. This brings the company up around the 120 mark and at least 30 more are needed to round it out to war , strength. Will it get them? You bet it will! BONE DRY JULY 1. Olympin, Wash., Mar. 31. Washington will join the lifiF of bone dry states July 1 with the permit system invalidated, even if the absolute prohibition law passed by tho legislature is to be voted on at a referendum election, according to the opin ion of Attorney General Tanner today. He holds the federal law applicable to Washington on the date it goes into effect, making it a crime punishable in the fed eral court to order, purchase or cause to be transported in inter state commerce any intoxicating liquor. it' NO JAP WARSHIP SUNK Tokio, Mar. 31 Rear Admiral Suzuki, vice-minister of marine, today denied rumors printed in Vancouver and San Francisco Japanese newspapers that a Jap anese warship hud been sunk iu the South Pacific by a German raideu or submarine. The gov ernment has taken steps to ap prehend and puniHh the German raider responsible for the recent sinking of British and Japanese ships iu the Indian ocean. ' j $ CARD OF THANKS Mr. and Mrs. John Gardner and children desire to express their deep appreciation of the numerous acts of kindness and helpfulness shown them by friends in the bereavement attending the illness and death of their beloved son and brother, Clement J. Gardner. Especially thanks are due to the Daugh ters of Isabella, and the Knights of Columbus !for their comforting atten tions. GERMANY DENIES STORY Amsterdam, Mar. 31. -Official denial was received from Berlin today that the German government had ever violated the diplomatic immunity of American Minister Brand Whitlock; at Brussels. It was asserted that Whitlock will con tinue to be treated as minister until he leaves, and that all obligation to the - j Americf 'strictly American relief commission will, be observed. ACCIDENT II MILE DEEP : DIM1EFIII TODAY'S DRIVE Important Base City of St. Qaentin Menaced by Both Armies FIVE TOWNS INCLUDED IN CAPTURED TERRITORY In Mesopotamia the Turks Retreating Devastate Country By Parry Arnold. (United Press foreign editor.) New York, Mar. 31. Ht. Queatin, next to Cambrai, one of the key posi tions in the Hindenburg line, in now threatened by tremendous drives raunclt ed from two directions by French ami British forces. -. 1 Formal official statements were lark ing at noon today from both Berlin and London, b.ut battle front dispatches, coupled with the French war office re port, gave indication of the menace which advancing masses of French and British troops have had to tho German positions at St. Quentin. Details of the fighting passed by the British field censor told of a rate of progress forward by General Haig's troops exceeding any since the first few days of the German retreat, and capture of five villages and towns. Seven squar miles was tho total of territory wrested iu this day's operations. ' The British forces are advancing in a southeast direction on St. Qnentine, while General Nivclle'g French force are pushing north and northeast. The German official wireless state- i ment which usually is received befors 11 o'clock, had not arrived up to 12:30 today, although a number of other wire less dispatches, apparently not delayed,, had been received up to that hour. , Made Great Gain. . By William Philip Simma. (Vnited Press staff correspondent.) ' With the British Armies Afield, War. 31. British troops today swept forward in a mile advairce over a seven mile front in the Hcmlicourt legion, serious ly menacing the important German bnso city of St. Quentin. Five cities were captured in this sweep toward tho Hindenburg line. The ground gained constitutes an ad vance of about a mile and a half over tho recently won line of battle against the Teutons- The towns occupied by the British in the advance today were Hendiconrt, Ht. Eniilie, Vermand, Marteville and Woye court. Vermand is the most important of the towns occupied by the British. It lies about midway between Peronno and St. Quentin on one of the main highways. Forcing Turks Back. London, Mar. 31. British forces are progressing steadily north of Bagdad and on Murch 23 occupied Shahroban according to Mesopotamian official statement today. "Tho Delta Awah Sindiyah waa also occupied," tho statement said. "Here wo were confronted with the T I remnants of the enemy defeated at Kut- I ..1 A .n:4-'AMnl 1... n,. ... ll-'IIUIIH, IKIIllVICVU I'J lie tiwvjrn. "On the 25th there was severe fight ing about Jebelhamrie and in the direc tion of Kizilrobat, in which we severely punished the uicmy. "Tne retreating Turks aro devastat ing the country. "Toward Puitak Pass considerable Turkish forces were encountered and we inflicted serious losses on a strenuoos ly resisting enemy, capturing a consid erable number of prisoners and taking foodstuff supplies." The towns mentioned above all He northeast of Bagdad, on the. general rond to Teheran. w Trench Advancing. Paris, Mar. 31. -French troops ar still progressing against the German lino at various points east of Neuvilte and Vregny and have captured a num ber of important positions, today' of ficial statement aserted. (Continued on page three.) Till? WE ATM?!? lllLl IILOllIliai Oregon: To ami Sunday occa sional raia west; part cloudy east portion; waiowr east portion Sun day ; mode are south easterly winds. (TRATE ImintekJ 9