fhe Med Fair penc At The Armory ' This Rflpming-neT!teFQV r4- SI.tvsi: K.NTIl YKAlt NO. .i : . V . ! r T SAI.KM OltKCItV l.'l.'llllV IWIIIVIVI! - .... -. i i , , f ii imn 11UU1S flYiS SPATE FfR $2.50 AS NEW Agricultural Appropriation BilMs Passed, Ready to Go to Conference Before Ac- .. Hon in House NECESSITY SEEN FOR . BIGGER PRODUCTION Oregon Senators, Chamber r lam and McNary Cast . Votes for Measure r -WASHINGTON. March 21. The agricultural appropriation bill, with tithe Core amendment increasing the '1918 government guarantee wheat kprice to $2350. was passed today by the senate. It now eoes to, the con ference, where another fight over the wheat price, Is expected. The wheat price amendment was ' adopted .49 to 18 after five days' discussion in which its (advocates urged the necessity or stimulating production, and criticised govern jnent price fixings The bill, carry ing appropriations of '$28,000,000. was passed without a roll call, the principal fight being centered on the ' wheat provision. ' Besides Increasing the federal guarantee, the' Gore amendment also provides that the guaranteed prices for the 1918 crop shall be based up on No. 2 northern wheat or its equivalent Instead of the No. 1 va riety as under existing law, and shall '', be payable at local elevators or rail way markets Instead of at the prin cipal primary markets as Is done now. These provisions are designed to increase further the farmers re turns. , . t Guaranty Marie Bindinc , Another provision Is that the guar anty bIV.11 not be dependent upon ac tion of the president but Is hereby : f Continued on vac WHEAT PRICE Many Wierchants;Seento Think That Misrepresen tation of Values in Adver tising is Permissible , - - i . i and will be excused by the buying public because it has become such a common practice that nobody believes the exaggerated statements anyway. WE BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC IS INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO BEALIZE THAT THEBE IS ONLY ONE STANDARD O& HONESTY and that a merchant who will try to deceive & his advertising will try to deceive in his : store. ; . j ! FICTTftOUS VALUES l and IMAGINABY SEDUC TIONS fill the advertising columns nowadays. During our entire business career, we have depended upon QUALITY OP MERCHANDISE and prices made possible by our spot cash plan of business to attract trade. CAREFUL BUYING, r ECONOMICAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT and an earnest desire to sell on the closest possible margin of profit, ex plains why we undersell other stores. We never buy an ar ticle until we are convinced that it will prove satisfactory to the wearer. ! Yoilwill find a wonderful range of styles and qualities to select from in every department. , ) Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Shirts, Hosiery, Underwear, Dress ' Goods, Silks, Corsets AND NOTIONS Large shipments of Spring EXPERIENCED SALESMAN WANTED MAN WHO UNDERSTANDS BOTH DBYG00DS MEN'S FURNISHINGS PREFERRED .. SENATE TALKS OF TROUBLE IN LUMBER CAMPS Chamberlain Says Troops May Have to Protect Work ers in Forests BLAME PUT ON I. W. W. Bill for Commandeering Tim ber This Summer Under goes Discussion WASHINGTON.. March 21. Warnings- that the people of the Pacific northwest, tired of I. W. W. activi ties, might take,' the law into their own bands to suppress traitorous conduct; charged that the govern ment Itself had "coddled" the lead ers, and piedictions that sabotage and other activities to embarrass the government's air craft program are likely to break out in the spring and summer, featured the senate debate today on the administration bill to empower the government to 'com mandeer timber and conduct logging opeiations. i The debate flared up so sudden ly and lasted so long that time al lotted for considering tha bill was used up and Chairman Chamberlain of the military committee l-t it go over for action later. i Senators were not sparing in their declarations that the government should act swiftly and drastically to meet what they characterized as a menace to the people. Senator Chambeilain paiticularly declared it might be necessary to send troops into the spruce forests to protect workers getting'out the precious tim bers for the airplanes. s "The Industrial Workers of the World will not allow men to . work in the forests," he said. i Senator Borah of Idaho declared the government could deal adequate ly with the I. W. W. without re sort to force and by orderly lawful action. : Without mentioning the name of the I. W. W. leader to whom he i (Continued on page 6.) ' OF EVERY KIND Merchandise arriving dlily. AND .1 - . " PEACE OFFER BY GERMANY IS REPORTED Officials See Possibility Guns Are Roaring Thunderous Prelude for Effect on French and British People U. S. OFFICERS SEEK OUT ENEMY'S MOTIVE "Stone Wall" Lines of Allies Prepared for Greatest of Struggles LONDON, March 21. Seml-oifl-cial negotiations are on foot between Germany and the entente in which Germany is displaying a strong in clination for peace, the Catholic newspaper Nieuwsblad Hertzeuden says it has learned, the Central News correspondent at Amsterdam reports. , C WASHINGTON. Ma.rch 21. Even word from Iondon that the drive launched today by the Germans on the weBt front is oh a larger scale than any undertaken there since the war began has failed to convince American artillery observers that the Ion heralded German offensive is at hand. They are waiting for the full 'cope of the enemy action against both British and French fronts to be made clear, and still believe that the logic of the situa tion pointsaway from a German of fensive in the west at this time. There was a -distinct feeling to night 1 at the tumult of the Ger man gnns might cloak some other purpose than to commit the issue of the war to desperate onslaughts against the all but impregnable al lied lines in the west. Supreme con fidence in the power of those lines to resist the shock characterized the expressions of all officials. Allied Resistance I'nshakeaWe. Some high afmy officer, hereto fore confident that the German posi tion on all 'ronts made a defensive attitude in the forest almost manda tory, viewed with easerness the pos sibility that a great thrust at Paris or the channel ports had been actual ly set In motion. They telieved only some internal pressure that would not broofe wise counsel conld force the general staff to risk such a ven ture. They believed, too, that a German assault in the west now would bring the ultimate triumph of the allied catgs. close, because the resisting powr df the allied armies is unshakeifble. . "If thisikin-J'act a German drive," said one genera officer, "I will look upon it as the mott hopeful sign In the war thus far. Defeat of the movement is certaal Peace Offer Reported. "But I cannot believe that it is a real drive. Every requirement of reason would direct, the Germans to press their exploitation of Russia's resources and Russia's man power to the limit while they held the west front locked against our efforts." Reports from Holland that a peace offer had been made semi-offielally to the entente by Germany caught immediate attention. There was nothing at the state department to confirm this report, but some ob servers' saw the possibility that the menace, of the German guns had been turned loose to play a thun derine preludie to such an offer for the erf ect upon the French and Brit ish people.. Motive Causes Speculation. Others saw possible significance in the fact that the German, on slaught comes quickly on the heels of the acquisition of Dutch shipping by the United States and the allies. There was speculation as to wheth er that incident might have created a motive for the drive. In view of th strategic situation. The purpose might be," it was said, to overawe European neutrals, or it might be that realization that the submarine campaign had failed to block the movement of American tronna to France led to : resort w a desperate effort to reach the eh nel ports. Offensive launched Early. From' a purely military standpoint the launching of an offensive this early, in the year is an Innovation. Experience would indicate that the ground is as yet too soft with the winter rains for extensive troop and transport movements necessitated in pressing home a great thrust. The spring appears to be early in Eu rope, however, and the German ex perts have certainly gauged every factor before nnd-takinr extensive operations. It may well be that prolonged bombardment, covering many days of; constant gunfire, will follow the Initial rush In the Cara brai sector, paving the way for greater efforts by the infantry later. The situation at Cambral has menaced the security of the German lines ever since the surprise assault by the allies last year gave them cer tain strategic advantages. It was thought here early today that the (Continued on Page C) GERMANS FLEE WHEN YANKS GO INTO TRENCHES American Patrol Gets Valu - able Information in Raid With French BATTLE IS SPECTACLE Fire from Barrage and Guns of Germans Makes Con tinuous Flash - . WITH TJHE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE. March 21. The raid into the German positions east of Luneville last night by American and French 'troops was carried out under cover of" darTtness and as a haze beanN to roll In over the hills facing the American lines on that particular portion of the sector. Fiom an, observation station high In a tree y top, the correspondent watched -the artillery preparation. It began soon after dusk, orange-colored bursts of flame where the Ameri can guns were firing showing in cer tain places in the wood roundabout. From the hillside across valley the German guns retaliated. Deafening Roar Begins. For more than half an hour the brilliant bluish-white flash or their guns was like a jumping electric spark here and theie. Soon the re ports of the explosion became a deafening roar which rolled In from everywhere as the guns far and near came into action. This was the time for the barrage. From ihe spot where the shells fell a constant red glow shone through the darkness. At the same time the German guns increased their fire. As the barrage lifted, the road be came quiet Just at the moment the Americans and French went over the top. The noise of the German guns sounded like some one beating a big bass drum. Rifle Fire Break In. Soon nearly alt the firing ceased and almost immediately the staccato rattle of machine guns and automatic rifles fcegan. Occasionally rifle fire broke In and then all was fairly quiet for nearlv hair an hour except tor oc casional bursts of rifle fire and short bursts of allied rifles. . The first members of the raiding narly to return to the American first line were the stretcher bearers. When ill th raiders had returned dull ex plosions sounded from within the en emy lines and occasionally there wer bursts of flame showing where dug outs were.belnfc blown u. . German Troop Flee. The raiding party came back mod stained and some were smeared with blood. Thev reported they had se cured no prisoners because the Ger mans had fled as the Americans and French drooped Into their trenches;: Some of the Gertnans were shot while they were frvine to get away and others were killed by the Amer ican shells. One German wh had placed himself between the first and second lines with an automatic rifle was discovered by an American sold ier who challenged him. The Ger man turned to draw a revolver. The American promptly killed him and went on further into the enemy lines. The patrol got much information of value and excent for the lack of prisoners the raid was pronounced a success from every point of view, bv both French and American of ficers. Most of the infantrymen who participated in the raid are from New York, although there were some from New Jersey. Some of the engineers who accompanied the party as pio neers are from California. Fate oi Bolsheviki Members Is Postponed NORFOLK, Va., March 21. IT. S. Commissioner Percy S. Stephenson at the request of department of jus tice agents today indefinitely post poned rendering a decision in the cases of the forty seven members of the Bolshevik crew ?of the Russian -steamer Omsk on charges of violat ing the espionage act. The agents said they wished more time to col lect additional evidence The Rus sians are in jail. Women Asked to Take Men's Places in Cities WASHINGTON. March 21. The primary responsibility for furnish ing labor for the farm this year i a community and not a government al one, said Clarence Ousley, assis tant secretary of agriculture, in a statement tonight on womenworking cn farms. "No agency of the gov ernment.' he said, "can create labor or compel men to pursue any partic ular vocation." ' He urged tin Women seek to re place men in cities at brief intervals to enable the men to work on th j farms during the cultivating and bar vesting season, pointing out that "It should be understood that the man power of the country l not yet ex hausted and that except for certain lighter tasks men are better adapted for farm work." M NARY GETS WHEAT.PRICE UP TO $2.20 Favorable Order From Food Administration Comes Af ter Conference in Senator's Office at Washington PORTLAND ON SAME BASIS AS CHICAGO Julius Barnes of Grain Cor poration Is Led to Change His Mind WASHINGTON, March 21. (Spec ial to The Statsman.) The farm- J ers of Oregon and trie entire north west will get a better price for their wheat this year than they have ever known before. For this price they are much indebted to Senator Charles I. McNary and his untiring efforts with the food administration and with the shipping board. Food Administrator Hoover, I.on record in writing, in a letter to Sen ator McNary, as saying "the gtain corporation Will maintain the Chica go basic price (on wheat) for Pa cific coast points so large as the shipping board maintains the rates mentioned ' by you." Under the proclamation of the president, of February 23,. the Chi cago price forTs'o. 1 northern wheat is $2.20. Mr. Hoover's letter to Sen ator McNary means that the price at Portland ,as well as Seattle, will be ?2.20 or substantially that. McNary Enlists Barnes. Early in February a delegation of wheat growers from t ho "northwest came to Washington to ask' that a price be fixed for 1918 wheat. They sought out Senior McNaiy ' and asked his cooperation. The senator immediately arranged a series of conferences between these farmers and the various officers of the food administration and the shipping board, and accompanied them on each occasion. IU was. at his in vitation that Julius Barnes, head of the federal grain corporation, came to Washington to confer with the farmers. 'Mr. Barnes was at first not disposed to favor an early price fixing, nor was be disposed to favor any advance in the wheat price in the northwest. After a long confer ence in Senator McNary's office, at which all of the wheat growers were present, Mr. Barnes changed his at titude and later rendred great assis tant in securing a favorable order from the food administration. In turn. Senator McNary accom panied the grain men to the' office of Food Administrator Hoover, where the northwest situation was thoroughly discussed, with the re- (Continued on page C.) BROTHER BILL ARRIVES TO GREET PATRONS OF GREAT COUNTRY FAIR Have you seen Brother Bill? . Whejther you have or pot you want to seej him and take advantage of the opportunity to help boost him along on his merry way in the cause of lilierty, justice and humanity. Brother Bill is the bie Red Cross ram who was donated to the Ameri can Red Cross by a patriotic citizen of Jefferson county. Or., and, since he was first put no for auction at Bend, he has been the means of rais ing a total of $5000. all of which goes to the benefit of the Red Cross chapters who receive him as a guest and pass him along to the (next chapter. Brother Bill came up from Port land last night ands will be on exhi bition at the Counlry Fair and Auc tion Sale at the armory today and tomorrow, so lha everybody will have a chance to lid upon him and thus help out In replenishing the funds of Willamette chapter. Red Cross. He will be one of the many big features and attractions and will be pleaded to meet and greet all , of his friends of Salem and surround ing country. Open Thi Morning. Everybody be on hand with your pocketbooks (latch strings out) when the gates of the big Red Cross Country Fair are thrown open to the public at the armory this morning. Not only that, but be prepared to hang around until the "last dog is hung" on Saturday night, which will be along In the wee sma hours of Sunday morning, if you do not want to miss "anything. For there is go ing to be,something doing every min ute and one cannot afford to pass up any of the big surprises that are in store for the people. And it is impossible to pull everything off within an hour, or even eight hours, so you will have to be on hand early HOLLAND GETS WAR-LIKE NEWS FROM GERMANY Attitude Toward Dtch Has . Been Changed by Ship ping Situation U-BOAT WARFARE NEXT U. S. Officials Believe Repri sals Will Be Commenced on Neutral - LONDON. March 22. Dispatches from The Hague report that a local news agency says that Germany con siders her Telations with Holland altered -by the attitude of the Dutch government toward the entente and the United States and publishes a report that the abandonment by the Dutch government of the remaining restrictive clauses in its shipping loan terms would be regarded by Germany as cause for war. - WASHINGTON; March 21. Al though off-ials declined tonight to put any detluite Interpretation oh dispatches from The Hague, purport ing to outline Germany's attitude to ward" Holland, it was pointed out that the Dutch government under German threats had rejected the British-American- shipping- demands. The belief was general heres how ever, that the requisitioning of Dutch ships in American and British waters would result in German re prisals upon Holland and that unre stricted submarine warfare woul.d be extend edo the Dutch gone, Governor to Be Asked to f Pardon Thomas J. Mooney SAN FRANCISCO; March 21. A petition for the pardon of Thomas J, Mooney will be filed with Gov ernor William D. Stephens as soon as -the supreme Court issues the re rhittur on its decision affirming Mooney's conviction and, sentence to death on a charge of murder in con nectien with the preparedness day bomb explosion in July. 1916. - Attorney Maxwell McNutt, repre senting Mooney, made this statement today, explaining that the issuance of the remJttur will close-any possi fbility of reopening the case. The remittur will be issued auto matically on March 31. Royal Flying Corps Cadet Killed Instantly FORT WORTH, Texas March .21'. A royal flying corps cadet was instantly killed at Taliaferro field near here today when his plane fell several hundred feet. Details of the crash and the name of the victim were not obtainable' at H. V. C. headquarters. 1 ) 'and constantly In order to get! the rull benerit. Mrs. John A. Carson, chairman over all In the colossal exhibition and sale, and her valiant corps of able and willing assistants have been turning the whole country upside down and topsy turvy for good things and entertaining iand amus ing features for this affair and ; if anything has been overlooked it is not their fault. Irt this work they have bpen ably assisted by an effi cient corps of jvolunteer patriotic citizens of the masculine gender and if preparation and work have any thing to do with; it, nothiag can pre vent its ,'being a graiid success and productive or splendid, results from n financial point of The only thing that stands InV the way of a complete success in every particular is lack of attendance and that Is strictly up to the public. . Xu Mere jKalem Affair. "This is not to be a Salem affair," said Mrs. Carson, in speaking of the big Red Cross benefit undertaking, yesterday morning. . "It Is for every body. A community afrair would more nearly express the Idea and everybody should get together, country, elty and haml?t, and let us show the rest of the state and other states how we do thinrs in this sec tion, "particularly the section em braced within the limits of Willam ette chapter of the Red Cross. The country people have given most ex traordinary assistance, have contrib uted imoft liberally to the stock of goods, wares, merchandise, livestock and everything for the big auction sale of Saturday, as well as for other features of the great show and sale, and we hope they will Tome in full (Continued on page 6) VAST H OFFKII German Armies Strike at British and French lines Over Front of 50 Miles ; Greatest Battle of Entire War . May Be Commenced FIGHTING IS TERRIFIC; BRITISH POSTS YIELD Bombardment Begun Before -Early Dawn Breaks; nfan- try Storms Out ; German Losses Declared Heavy GOI MI,LIN(;, WiriJi WIN',"' SAYS IIINDKNBIRG AMSTERDAM. March 21. "The prize of victory must not and will not fail us no sort peace, but one which corres ponds with Germany's inter ests." Km per or William tele graphed the Schleswig-Holateln provincial council, according to a Kiel dispatch. The emperor's telegram was sent in reply to a congratulatory message. Field Marshal von 1 linden burg has telegraphed- to the Posen provincial council as fol lows: . "God willing, we will .also overcome the fenemy In the west and clear the way to a general peace." ' I (By The A undated Pretsl 1 Exactly twenty-five months after the Germany began the historic bat tle of Verdun, the thunder of their guns deepened into a tempest of fire along the British front in northern France and they began what may be the greatest battle of the war, a struggle which may lead to results which will shape the destinies of people over coming centuries. The attack was made on a scale' hitherto : unknown during this war of major offensives. It was over a front of fifty miles. , Offensive iAuuelied at 5 a. m. The bombardment began at o'clock Thursday morning Just be fore the early spring fdawn was breaking over eastern France. Shells of large and small calibers were rained upon the lines ield by the British about five hours. Then Ger man Infantry stormed outrtoimake the first great assault. The, Ger mans, favored by the wind, moved forward tinder ' cover or a pall of smoke which hid the assaulting .col umns from the eyes of the British holding the -front lines. Describing the battle, Andrew Bohar Law informed the bouse of commons that rightly held portions of the British line had been with drawn, but said that there was no need for alarm on the part of the conntry. The Associated Press cor respondent at the British front re ports that an attack there had been expected and that great preparations had been. made to meet It. The Ber lin official report says that the Ger mans have penetrated into some British positions. French 'Front "Attacked. Nor were the German ef rorts con centrated on the rront held ,by the British. Early Thursday morning the Germans assaulted the French lines near the village of Ornes, to the northeast of Verdun, and claim to have penetrated to ar considerable; distance. Near Rhelms, too. the French were subjected to an assault, but here the artillery bore the bur den of the fighting. v Nothing has been reported as to an attack on the. lines held by the Americans. That such an attack may yet be launched, and with only slight artillery preparation, is within the possibilities. The activity in the American sec tors during the past three weeks would indicate that the Germans have been concerned with the dispo sition of General Pershing's legions, their probable strength and the lo cation of the batteries supporting the infantry holdinsr the lines. Austrian on Yet Front. The Germans have called upon the Austrian army for assistance in their erfort to carry the battle to the en tente allies, for the official reports from Berlin say that , Austro-Hun-garian artillery is engaged along the western front. The French official reports state that the Germans have been sanguin- (Continued on Pica 2. J