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MXTV-SKVKNTfi YKAU No. 20:j
AMERICANS
ARF AT HrtMC
m ro EES.
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Three Successive Raids by
. Germans Make YanUi
, VASVr w
Accustomed to Fighting
With Protectors on Faces
OFFICER RISKS LIFE
TO GIVE COMMANDS
Bodies of Slain Buried Behind
Lines Amid Impressive J
Ceremonies
WITH THE 'AMERICAN' ARMY
IN FitAXCE. March 2. The three
recent raids, one in the Tonl sector,
and two along the Cherain-c'es-Dames.
have demonstrated that the
American soldier notwithstanding
his prevjous inexperience, now 1j
perfectly at home In a gas mask and
able to fight Uust as well with as
without it. In sk quickly reaching
this eta Re the Ame-itans have shown
their usual adaptability. Gas was
use in all three attacks In just suf
ficient quantities to oiake masks nec
essary as the Gertmatis in their raids
did not desire to encounter quanti
ties ortheir own gas.
.. Officer Takes Chance;
oVi
When-the engasement at Tolil be
gan virtually all the Americans were
masked. Some few of the men, how
ever, are- reported to have taken a
chance when the German infantry
attacked., pulling off their masks for
freer action. One officer risked his
life to give commands to 'his men
doring the roar of explosions. He
was unable through his mask to
make his men hear, so he pulled It
off and yelled his orders. As It
happened there was no gas In this
particular section, but he did not
know it. .The officer, was willing
to sacrifice his own life to get him
men to a place of safety where thy
eould also strike effectively at the
enemy. There were many other in
stances of personal bravery. A lieu
tenant, a sergeant and two privates
were in a dnroit -when some Ger
mans looked In. One cried In good
English: " -
v, Automatics Are Used. !
"Come out, v Americans!:" The
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Lar
ge Express Shipment
OF
ILK
Just Opened
NEW PLAID SILKS
NEW STRIPE SILKS
NEW FOULARD SILKS
NEW GEORGETTE CREPES
NEW CREPE DE CHINE
NEW TAFFETA SILKS
- NEW PONGEE SILKS
We arc now showing a wonderful assortment of both STAPLE
AND NOVELTY SILKS at prices considerably below present
market values. Well posted dry goods buyers expect this to
be the greatest silk season ever known because present styles
f&Tor silk fabrics and ,they have advanced less in price than
any other fabric, when compared with former prices.
: STRIPED SILK AND WOOL WAISTINGS
in six beautiful shadings just received. 33 inches wide at
$155 per yard. ! !
New range of colors in very fine all wool
CHIFFON VELOUR COATING
Quaker Grey, Buf tan, Sammy, Dark Magenta, Peacock, Taupe,
Tan, Navy and Black. 7 ThisVelour is 56 inches wide and suit
able for either Spring Coats or Suits.
i I
New Spring chandlse arriving daily.
JOSEPH MARTIN
IS STILL ALIVE
M'NARY WIRES
Gladsome News Is Received
a bySaIe" Parents of United
t: oiaies oauor
NAMES ARE CONFUSED
Massachusetts Man Dead In
steadError Is Made at
Washington
Joseph Arthur Martin of Salem is
alive.
The gladsome news came yestr
day'to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jo
seph Martin, 1145 Saginaw street, la
a message from United States
Senator McN'ary at Washington.
Ear.v in the week Mrs. .Martin re
ceived Information
j States treasury depaitment that her
son.josepn Arthur Jk'artin, a sailor
in the United State navy, had died
January 20, and accompanying the
notice was certificate for $5000 war
risk insurance which was to be for
warded immediately.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin vrisr.
stricken at the information, but be
came nopeiui -wnen uieif recalled
that a letter had been written home
tfy their son on February 8. They
believed a mistake had been made
by the federal officials and imme
diately wired Senator McN'ary to in
vestigate. The senator's reply came
yesterday, showing that the name of
the Salem sailor had been confused
with that of another Joseph Martin,
a Massachusetts man, who died re
cently at Chelsea. Senator McNary's
message-follows:
"According to record of navy de
partment Joseph Aithur Martin still
living. Joseph Mai tin from Massa
chusetts died at the hospital at Chel
sea, Mass., recently.' Joseph Arthur
Martin of Salem, Or., reported to be
still living. Dela In answer caused
by error of deputy commissioner of
claims war risk, bureau.". ... -r . "
French Ambassador and
Staff Leave Petrograd
t PARIS., March 2. The French
ambassador to Russia, Joseph J. II.
E. Noulens, his embassy staff and
the allied missions have left Petro
SAL KM,
CITY OF KIEV
IS CAPTURED
Immediate Objective in
Ukraine Is Gained by Oc
cupying Capital of Repub
lic; Rada to Be Reinstated
WORKMEN RALLY TO
DEFEND REVOLUTION
Huns Plan to Starve Petro
grad; Rumanian Peace
Deal Called Off
(Rv The Associated rresa)
Raids of growing intensity ahi fre
quency on the Franco-Belgian front
ere furnishing the chief features of
military Interest, particularly in
view or the Increasing degree of
American participation in the fighti
Ing. Larger issues, however, are in
volved in the Russian situation, the
uncertainties of which are sivina
rise to manifold military and politi
cal complications.
The peace negotiations between
the Bolsheviki and the Germans
seem to have been broken off.j Man-
ifestly, at any rate, there is develop
ing a growing measure of belliger
ency among the Russian proletariat,
who with the safety of the revolution
as a rallying cry. are reported to be
responding from all sides to support
It. i ,.. I.
& Likewise. 4 the peace negotiations
between Rumania and the icentril
powers are reported In unofficial ad
vices from Berlin to have fai.'ed. The
unsatisfactory reply of the Rumanian
king Is said to have been responsible
for the break. A semi-official Ber
lin statement, however, says the Ger--man
and Austrian representatives
have not left Bucharest where ftie
sessions were held. j
Adrance Is In Full Swinx.
' The German advance Into the In
terior of Russia is in fill! swing
again, with columns reported mov
ing toward Petrograd from p9kov
and pushing northeast along the rail
way from Podolosk with the object
of cutting the Moscow-Petrograd
railway at Bologie, midway between
ihe two cities and starving otat Pet
tograd by shutting off its supplies.
'In the south the Germans ht've e.
cured thelr; immediate objecjtie In
the Ukraine by occnoying Kiev, the
capital of the republic, after ja little
more than a ten-day march through
the country on the ZOO-mili routo
east from the former fighting fronts.
The German reports do not indicate
what price In casualties the Bolshe
vlkl exacted for . the surrender of
Kier. which they had -apiurea irora
the Ukrainian rada's st.ptortdrs Feb
ruary 8, with reported total c asual
ties for both sides o? 4000 killed and
7000 wounded. Presumably the
rada. which negotiated the separate
peace "between central powers and
Ukraine Rrest-LUovsk, 4111 he
speedily reinstated in the captured
city. . !
The tentative proposals ror Japa
nese Intervention wi g(terla becaue
of the Russian situation have n t
culminated In any definite decision
by the allies, o far a the. (current
advices reveal. Iondon dispatches
mention a growing tender er there to
discuss the sitnatlon fully and await
developments, particularly the atti
tude the United Htates may Assume.
China is also Involved In thlj situa
tion end press dispatches from that
country report political itnw ttle-nent
there because of it. The ('hires-'
government, it is said, is o send
leinforcements to Manchuria 1
Ormans Cap! ore French. i
Twelve Amerlfans were takn Pr'"
oner by the Germans in theirjraM of
Friday morning on the AtHrh'an
trenches east of St. Mi.-hlel, the Gor
man war office arnoun-eu.
A powerful raid was carried o't
against the French in the Verdun
reglon,south of Haucourt. .more than
four hundred prisoners and mshine
guns being captured, accordinv to
claim. Portugese tn.ops
handled themselves well against ih
Germans who raided trencnes on a
wide front north of Neuve Chapejle,
the Portugese counter-attacking
promptly and completely restoring
the situation. j
livnox March 2. A dispatch
iUa nfririal TL'jssian news agen-
cy says that the town of Tcherkflet.
r. Tn frnm HelslnEfors, I capital
of Finland, has capitulated! to th
I?olshevnU, 600 white guaras ueins
von i.riannrr Tied suards defeated
the white guards at Kerkala, on the
Karls-Helsinsfors line. Four hun
dred and fifty of the white guards
are said to have surrendered. j
ninatchen from Stockholm say rtn
agreement has been made under
which the Russian and Finnish tro4n
I will both evacuate the Aland aslandj.
leaving the forts and war material
in charge of the inhibitanls and tlie
Bwedifth forces, recently landed. Te
Finnish troops, the advices stat?,
Vit.v alreadr returned to Finland.
thil ih UnssianA will nroceed to
I Kweden, remaining there nntil con-
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BY GERMANS
OIUXiO.N', SUNDAY MOIt.M.NU, MAItt'H 3, 1918
ALLIES TO HOLD
ON UNTIL U. S.
GROWS STRONG
Real Weight of America to Be
Exerted in Spring of
Year 1919
GENERAL GIVES OPINION
French Man Say J War ''Will
End in Fall of 1919
Americans Praised
PARIS, Feb. 10. (Correspond
ence.) France, Great Britain and
Italy must grit their teeth and hang
on until the spring of 1919, because
it is not nntil then that America
can be expected to tnrow real
strength into the field, strength
great enough to undertake offen
sives and batter independently at
the Germans with armies the size of
those which the allies have been us
ing, in the opinion of a French divi
sional general as given to the Asso
ciated Press. Having begun the on
slaught, fully prepared, more than a
year hence, the Americans will
prove, he believes, the deciding, fac
tor, and they will bring the war to
its close about the fall of 1919. The
general holds high hopes of the
American troops already in France,
whom he has seen repeatedly and at
close quarters, as the saviors of the
allied cause.
The general, who wears service
stripes to show his participation in
the war since the beginning, and
three wound stripes to denote sjz in
juries while in the front trenches
visiting and getting acquainted with
his men, sketched the situation and
his impression f of the Americans.
Though he did not say so categori
cally be gave the impression that his
opinion la in general the opinion of
the French military.' authorities. ,
American Trooj Fralsed.
"The American troops," he said
In answer to a question, "are en
titled to the highest praise , for the
aoility they have shown and -are
showing, for the speed with which
they are learning. Tq me it seeinaw
as though one of the most hopeful
things about them is the fact that,
while they have supreme confidence
in their own value and ability, they
are nevertheless not over-conf IdenU
Their leaders especially have shown
and are showing a willingness to
learn.
"This spirit should not be under
estimated. Both the French and the
English have had to take bitter les
sons since the beginning of the war,
and at huge costs have learned
things that they now can pass along
to the Americans. It I a good sign
that the latter are willing to profit
by the experience
"I haven't any Illusions that the
Americans are going to be able to
get into full action this spring, as
was heralded last year. I know and
appreciate all the difficulties that
stand In the way of their putting a
big army into the field quickly, and
I don't look to se them In a posi
tion to undertake offensives and sim
ilar telling operations before the
spring of 1919.
AHIe to Crit Teeth.
"Until that time French. tJngland
and Italy must grit their teeth and
hang on. When the time does come,
however, I feel sure the Americans
will be strong enough to strike: de
cisively and for that reason I hope
and expect that the war will be over
In the fall of next year." .
He laughed as the correspondent
expressed surprise that the com
mander pt a division should be con
stantly exposing himself to the dan
gers of the front lines,
"Every French general," he said
with ajunile, "goes I to the front
lines as dften as he can. Everv gen
era! inputs that his colonels and
other staff officers visit the front,
for they and he have the duty of
becoming acquainted with their men
as mnch as possible, and of letting
the men become acquainted with
them. i
"You see. It's like this. If the sol
dier sees his general at the front and
realizes that-the general is quite
willing to take the same chances as
he must take, there is absolutely
nothing that that soldier will not do
at the command of the general. Sev
eral generals have been wounded In
their visits to the front, one recently
was allied. '
SUV DELEGATES
ACCEPT GERMAN
PEACE
TERMS
PETE0GBAD, March 3. (By
The Assodaed Press) The Rus
sian delegation ' at Brest-Litovsk
has accepted all German peace
conditions and is about to sign the
peace agreement.
BUCHNER MAY
ENTER RACE
TO BE MAYOR
Candidates for Executive, AI
dermanic Positions and
Chief of Police Must Be
Nominated in May
WALTER KEYES SAYS
HE IS OUT OF IT
Councilman May Be Elected
This Year for Long and
Short Terms
Mayor Walter E. Keres laakes the
positive declaration that he will not
be a candidate for re-election.
Apparently few Salem citizen re
alize that for the purpose of electing
city officials next November under
the consolidate elections act, it will
also be necessary t? nominate them
at the primary election May 17, littlo
moye than two months away.
Mayor Keyes' announcement that
he will not be a candidate gives j-ise
to speculation on the subject of can
didates to succeed him. Gossip ro
far mentions the name of only one
man. He is Walter Buchner, one of
the aldermen -f rom tho third ward.
Friends of Mr. Buchner, both Inside
and outside of the council, it is un
derstood, are asking him to take
while for the nomination nnd it Is
probable that he will accede to their
wishes. Mr. Buchner Is listed in the
official directory as a capitalist.
Keyes Says He Is Througfr
Acquaintances of Mayor Keyes
would like to see him take another
term, and he would have litti'e dif
ficulty In capturing the office again
if he chose to take it, but he says he
is through.
"I've had enougb.'V atd i B4ayor
Keyes. "The office is all right for
a man who has lots of time and
money. Of course it Is a ejee place
to hold down for a term anyway,
but I shall not be a candidate again."
Aside from the mayoralty! consid
eration, a chief of police ai,d prob
ably fourteen members of the city
council will have to be notiinated
in May and elected In November, for
all of them will go cut this year
under the new election law. . The
law prevented a city election' last
December according to the custom
that has prevailed In Saleiu in former
years, by which seven member -of
the aldermaaic body were elected
each year, hence half the council-
men are holding longer than lie
terms for which they wei elcted.
Apparently the only way to meet
this situation at the coming election
and make it possible in the future for
half the members to be elected each
votjng year will be for the city coun
cil prior to the Iay primaries, to
pass legislation providing, for long
and sbprt term candidates this yea".
Poland Iay Be Opposed.
Chief of Police AI Fcdand will doubt
less be a candidate to succeed him
self. Judging by the number of as
pirants for the place when Foland
was elected by the council to succeed
the late Chief Cooper, be will have
opposition. Constable Tercy Varney'a
announcement of his candidacy fcr
justice of the peace, of course, elimi
nates blmi from consideration as an
aspirant for ,head of the police de
partment, but doubtless there will be
others. . ; .
Man Quotes From Bible
. In Asking Exemption
ST tXUI8. March 2. A quota
tion from the Bible Deuteronomy,
chapter 24, verse 5, Is elte by a St.
Louis man In hisappeal for exemp
tion which the district board hns
under consideration. This portion
says: j
"When a man hath taken a new
wife he shall not go out to! war, nei
ther shall he be charged (with any
business: but he shall be free at
home -for one year shd shall cheer np
bis wife which he hath taken."
Cadet Killed as Plane
Crashes to Ground
HUOSTOX,
Texas, , Murch 2.- Ca
det Clarence J. Jeremet, Chocago, of
the fourth proTisIonal squadron, El
lington field, wa killed today when
the airplane in which he was riding
as an observer fell 300 feet.
Japanese Steamer Said
to. Have Been Sank
LONDON, March 2. According to
advices received by Lloyds, passeng
ers landed from the Igotz Mendl.
which went ashore on "the northern
extremity of Jutland, Denmark, while
attempting to reach a German port,
report that the Hitachi Mara, a Jap
anese steamer captured by the Ger
man raider Wolf on September 26,
was sunk on November 7.1 When the
Hitachi Mara was captured 14 of
her crew and two Indian. passengers
were killed. When the ; vessel was
sunk those on hoard were transferred
to tho Igotz MendU
TAG DAYS WILL
BE INSTITUTED
BY RED CROSS
Willamette Chapter Has Plan
-to Acquire Funds for Pur-
chase of Yarn
EMERGENCY IS FACED
Representatives Will Appear
Each Saturday Beginning
March 9
By ETTA SQUIER SELEY
Is "Somebody" In the trenches?
"Somebody" whom you know?
And Is that "Somebody" over there
uecause you couldn't go?
Blue stars on your service flags
Sacred memories hold?
Red Cross works; and working, prays
i rae may cnange xo goia.
me boys "over there" are only
Beginning the fight, and Red Cross
is only beginning to work. True,
Willamette chapter has already sent
oven 5000 pairs of socks. Wonder
ful! work ff bo short a time. Isn't
Hi; But. as they were all knitted of
woolen threads instead of steel, they
wui wear out; oesides, there is the
everlasting chance of dear Kultur
sending a ship or two, or six down
for; Davy Jones to wear. So we
must make allowance for that. And
have any of you bought yarn recent
ly? If so, are you not amazed every
time you see In the country a sheen
which has not developed wings? One
mignt expect to see them soar away
out or sight any time. But hlch
prices or not, our boys must have
socks, and then more socks.
i Have you head any one say: "Oh
Well, I've, done my bit.?" Then it
must, have occurred to you that If any
mortal had done his bit and did not
expect to keep right on doing it then
such a person was not fortfylng his
home against the enemy. As well
expect a soldier to go across. Into
the trenches, fire his gun once and
say, ."There now! I've done my bit.
no I'm ready to go home."
The point Is that. Willamette chap
ter faces a great need. Our funds
are running low. It takes money to
buy yarn to make socks for the boys
wnoy are over mere to protect us.
The 50 cents of each membership
dollar which are allowed to keep
does not go far toward buying sup
plies for the willing workers of this
chapter to make into usable articles.
So! .We must find some way to
provide i for a constant income of
funds to pay for material for the
things which must be made. And we
Bereby announce, and beg you to con
sider such announcement a patriotic
necessity, that beginning with Sat
urday, March 9, Salem will see n
. .
weekly tag day to raise funds for
purchasing yarn.
Willamette chapter invites public
investigation. We have been con
sidered the banner chapter of the
northwest, and there can be no fall
ing short now. So friends, patriots.
don't be shocked because the Red
Cross must ask again and again. It
will not shock us half so much fo
yield up a weekly dime as It would
to have an enemy gas shell land on
one of our business streets; and be
sides, we will still be able to breathe
, l i - m m j I . i .
mr pit di irrcuuni piiifr (wrung wim
the dime.
Willamette chapter, American Red
Cross, appeals to your loyalty.
Loss of Fruit Shipments
Brings Receivership
YAKIMA. WASH., March 2. W.
8. Earls, acting for hire. elf and ofher
creditors, today applied to the su
perior court here for appointment of
a receiver for Henry Brothers,, a
corporation eomposedHOf A. H. Henry
of this city and Arthur. Henry, a res
ident of New York state-, engaged In
development of a largest ract of Tie
ton land. Liabilities of 483.009 are
stated of which about $9000 is un
secured. The firm has suffered loss
es of fruit In shipment and In other
ways in the past-year and lack of
capital and Inability to obtain funds
to continue operations was the cause
for the application for a receiver. It
was stated today the assets were am
ple to discharge the indebtedness
and leave a considerable margin.
WEATHK
Sunday shower; moderate southerly
winds. ;
U.S.HELPI
SIBERIA WISH
OF RUSSIAN
American Participation F
vored As Complete Evacu
tion of Country After E
I pedition-Is Assured
ALLIES TO ANSWER
JAPAN IMMEDIATEL
Complete Confidence to I
Put in Sincerity and
v tary Ability
WASHINGTON, March 2. The :
sponses of the entente allies and
America to the Japanese invitati
for an expression of their, views :
garding the Russian situation so f
as recent events there have affect,
conditions in Kastera Siberia, are c
pected to be returned within the no
two or three days. It is certain th
there will be no long delay as the
appears to be no disposition to ent
into any extended arguments on t:
subject of measures to comb.it Cc
man aggression la Siberia and to pi
tect the. military Mores at Vladiv
stock, i .
One distinguished foreign repr
sentatlve said today that a situatJt
has developed where the allies, a:
America, must place entire con
dence in the rectitude of purposa ai
military ability of Japan. This t
lief is that . there can s be no h:
confidence such as would be lmpll.
by a demand fop. a pledge fro
Japan in advance of any action t:
may contemplate, to limit her act!
ities or to make certain dispositlo
of occupied territory after the -.
Such action, he said, would cast i
tolerable suspicion upon a devot
and powerful ally.
Xo Formal Purpose Needed.
It Is entirely possible that .sor
Inquiries may be made to devtl
the nature and extent of what Jap:
regards as the special German me
ace that existed in Eastern fiibcr
even before the resumption of tl
German drive against Russia. AtU
from the presence of a lajrge numb
of German prisoners of war in Cen
ral Siberia nothlnr officially
known here of any new thratenh
danger to Japan or to her allies u:
less such might be found in acth
German propaganda in that scctio
which might involve the transfer
allegiance to Germany of the Bo
sheviki-controlled population. t
cause an outbreak- of sbsolite ai
arcby which would threaten tJ
lives and property of Japanese cu
other foreign residents in Hibc.U
It Is not doubted that Japan is no
satisfying her allies on this point an
consequently there will be no necc
slty for any formal engagement t
declaration of purpose by Japancr:
covering her aims in Siberia beyon
any such expression as she migl.
herself care to voltnteer.
Chlnewe Are telactant.
Reports reaching here and credi'
ed to British newspapers that hi
ready Japanese and Cbinese troop
have been sent into Asiatic RujkI
find no confirmation here. They ar
believed to be founded upon lrev
'ous reports that Japanese marine
had been landed at Vladlvostock t
suppress disorders there of an a.i
arcbistle turn that threatened t!
safety of the military stores at t'.
port. It It known that there are ton
large Japanese cruisers at Vladlvn
stock but as they have been thr
for some time, officials ssid tlx I
presence could not be construed a
Indicating any new policy. As fo
the report that Chinese troops hav
been sent Into Siberia, offocials ar
convinced that this is based on j
misunderstanding of the movemcn
of some Chinese soldiers into Harbin
which being in Chinese Manchuria
Is properly a subject for Chines
military control. So far as can b.
learned here, the attitude of the Chi
nese government has been market
by reluctance to join In any Intern
tional campaign in Manchuria.
Russia Favors U. 8 H.elp. ,
There has been a notable omlssin
to develop the feeling of the Russian!
themselves towards any disturbance
of status In Fiberla. However, a re
port reached Washington from ai
apparently reliable rource today th.i
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SALEM ONLY POINT IN NORTHWEST DIVISION
REPORTING 100 PER CENT JUNIOR RED CROSS
Rnlcm is the only point in the northwest division of the
Jlcl Cross to turn in a 100 per cent report on the orKaiiization
of the .Tumor Jtol Cross in the schools. The town nearest ap
proaching the Salem record is "Wrangle, Alaska, which reports
80 per cent. .
This inforThation came yesterday to Mi"31ab-1 Uohcrtson,
secretary of the Junior lied Cross for the Saiera.aeb'ool, from
Ilohert Max Carr-ttf, director of Junior work in thc.tiorthwf-st
division of the Tied Cross.
, Every school in Salem has organized a Junior auxiJiary to
"Will arncttc chapter. "