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WKATIIF.IL Fair; moderate westerly winds vjy i Ar y l r. ml . a . . r- daily edition pTllTII VHII V. if ' mi L'U niiriv l'imiiivi . ....... 771 - - ............ I .nwit.i.tia. ix. mis Tr? rrr- mv r-r wri SALEM OVER - , - ! i TOP TONIGHT NEW ORDER People , of Ordinary Means Have Shown Patriotism, Now It's Up to Wealthier Class. Says Steiner GERMAN COMMUNITIES ARE SHOWING LOYALTY Centers I of Teutonic Popula tion in County Among Best Buyers ' Salem and adjacent rural territory, the district assigned to General Steirner and hiis cohorts of liberty bond talesmen, still lucks $121,250 of tbe quota assigned by -the state eommlttee, and state headquarters U urging that all towns in the state attain their quotas by tonight. Be tween noon Wednesday and noon i yesterday the several teams sold bonds aggregating $127,500, bring ing the total up to $336,300. Es timates place tbe amount collected by the teams yesterday at 1110.550. ; General Steiner; is highly gratified with the showing that has been made by the people of. ordinary means In tbe community and says that IsJSa lem Is to go over tbe top it will be necessary that . persons of greater means buy in proportionate amounts, and buy today. -Never has there been a time said General Steiner, "when the peo ple generally have responded to well to the government's call to help win the war. Ninety per cent of the peo ple Interviewed who could reason aby be expected to buy bonds have done so. The present drive has increased the number of bond holders in the commjtralty easily 400 per cent, j "But those who have bought bonds so liberally have been mainly per sons of ordinary means. It is now squarely up to the people who have lots of money. The committees of solicitors have combed out the field pretty thoroughly, and if the weal thier people do not come through proportionately to their neighbors who are not so well equipped finan cially the deficiency will not. be rais ed. Those of smaller means have demonstrated their patriotism. Nov; (Continued on page 6.) t.f&EP I Y v80ND-BUfr cm Y A L S?i BUY A BOND UBE DO X 1 V A B l VMH W DT 1 REAL WAR TIME SAVINGS ON COTTON SKIRTINGS, SUITINGS, ERIBROIDERIES AND LACES. r Skirtings: Regular COc Cotton Rnftkot Weave Boach Skirting and SuithiKS in a poo.1 range of Stripe.: '.These are 3G inches wide and conshh'Ving the high prices of ." Cotton Fahries, the lot is a 'genuine find at yd. 25c HPOKT STRIPE Suitings and Skirtings a splendid lot of 30c and :&e Wasj .Fabrics in stripes of rose, green, blue, yellow, pink and black. ( Special to close, per yard 20c Embroideries and Laces '.! ' ' ( ' i ' '' ' ' ' White and Cream Kmbroidery Insertion and Km broidery Edgings 2 to 00 inches in width, On ac- fount ;. of scarcity and heavy advances in all classes of merchandise this is a rare opportanityValues Morth many times the prices quoted. Arranged in four lots at per yard. .. . . ..... . . . .5c, 10c, 15c, 25c TUIMMIXCr LACES, Insertions, etc., for Waists, Dresses, Underwear and all kinds of trimming. Mix ed lot of many kinds good and desirable patterns, special to close, xcr yard. .... .. ....... ....... ..5c LEADERS OF MOB HANGINGPRAEGER TO BE INDICTED Five Men Charged With Mur der hy Coroner's Verdict Are Arrested JURY'S ACTION AWAITED Accused Men in County Jail atEdwardsilIe,IlL, Await ing Trial COLLINSVILLE. Ill , April 11 Joseph Itiegel. Weslev Reaver i.h. srii pukes. Jr.. Knid Elmore and Wil liam Brockmeier, barged In a cor- oner's Jury verdict tonight with the rnuraer by hanging of Robert P, Praeger, an enemy alien, were ar retted tonight and were taken to the county Jail at Edwardsville, 111., where they will be held without bail for action by the grand Jury. w. E. Trautmann, first assistant attorney general, who has been pres ent at the inquiry, which started last Monday, is quoted: as saying tonight that when the grand Jury convenes next Wednesday he will present a transcript of-all the evidence ad duced at the inquiry this week and will request indictments for the five men. Itiegel yesterday is alleged to have appeared at the Inquest and to have confessed that he was the leader of he mob whichshanged Praeger. lie is a Collinsvilte-jniner and was for merly in "the United States army, from which he received an honorable discharge. , Beaver, a saloon porter here, als. testified! at the inquest but is said to have denied that he took any part in the lynching except to carry the flag two blocks as Praeeer was be Ins marched to his death. Dukes. Elmore l and Brockmeier are alsw miners who live here. Testinmony which has been made public has made but slight mention of Dukes.. Elmore and Brockmeier. Accordinjg to the statement by Mayor J. iH Siegel, Dukes was in the crowd that gathered at the city hall wtere Praeger jwas confined. He Is said to have asserted that he had a brother who died in arrav ser vice in France. Brockmeier is as rerted tolhave told the coroner's Jury that he was In the crowd at the city I ball, but because of lameness did not N follow tie mob when it escorted Praeger dutside tbe city limits. BUY LIBERTY BONDS FULL POWER FOR WILSON IS FEARED Iowa Senator Declares "Dep uty" President Could Be Created Under Proposed Overman Measure MANY VIEWS OF BILL ; HELD BY SENATORS Arizona j Democrat Scorns Idea Chief Executive Can not Be Trusted WASIIINOTOX. April 11. Re striction of the president's pwer in reorganizing government agencies to the military establishment and other war-making branches was advocated and opposed today when the senate resumed debate on the Overman re organization bill, laid aside a wek Tor passage of sedition legislation. Senator Smith of Georgia, Dem ocrat, led the attack on the adminis tration measure, declaring that while there is no lack of confidence in Pres ident Wilson he should not be givrn authority to disturb the interstate commerce commission, federal le r.erve board, federal tjptde commia-pion- or other agencies of the civil establishments. He said he favored giving the president more power over the military establisment than the bill provides, but by specific desig nation by congress. - Full IVmer Advocated. In a long speech championing the Mil. Senator Iewis of Illinois. Ienv cratlc whip, declared congress Rhould give the president any powers he tems necessary to prosecute the war successfully. " "Any who are against any meas ure that the president demands as necessary to win the war," he saiJ, "are against the president." In running debate with opponents of the bill, as It is now drafted. Sen ator Lewis said he believed the pres ident now has authority to . make changes in government departments without legislation, but that the pres ident haa often been , criticised for exercising alleged dictatorial or il legal powers during the war and that such criticism should be avoided by aiving him a specific statutory, au thority he desires. MIenuty" President Fearel. Senator Cummins of Iowa, Repub lican, who has vigorously opposea tha measure. Interrupted to suggest that under its terms the president could appoint a "deputy'Vpresident, ranfer all his authority and vim ally retire. Senator Lewis said tnis not a fact, but suggested that the Interstate commerce commission. ffdfral trade commission and ie eral reserve board could be abolished anA their functions consolidated .n hoard of business, finance ana transnortatlon. senator Reeil of Missouri, uemo- crat. a rain SDoke in opposition. Senator Ashurst or Arizona, dem ocrat, pleaded that no aid or com fort be given to the enemy by shack ling the American commanaer in rttiof He declared President wnson u wost potent official in "an cnnsien dom" and the spokesman for the al- vcf no pontlnued. "tnis man wno t has denonstrated his great capacity tor public affairs and nas moveu with unerring precision in man-i nr1t.wide ImDOrt. 18 HOI to trnnted so say some senators with the power of transferring certain bureau officials and chief clerks in Washington." Leader to Review AH Western Home Guard riTP.KKR- Or.. Anril 11. A re view of all tbe home guards In west ern Oregon, either in Eugene or Sa lem, will be held within a month or six weeks, according io pian nounced by Colonel John Leader, commandant of the University of Or egon battalion and of tne .ugen battalions, at the drill of the latter tonight.- It is planned to assemble all of the companies recently organ ized in the valley at a central point and to pass in review before Gover nor WIthycombe. Grocers Soon to Be Without Wife Flonr YAKIMA. Wash.. April 11. -Appeals by a number of grocers of Yakima' county, to O. A. Fechter, county food administrator. shdr that a considerable proporltlon of the grocers of tne county are now, or soon will be- entirely without white flour. They will not be aole to obtain a fresh supply until May I, under the rullnr of the food admin istration. Trouble is attributed to the fact that many grocers have ex ceeded the limitation put on flour sales by the government. , HAYS IS GIVEN GREAT OVATION AT PORTLAND War to Victorious End Is Plea of Republican Na tional Chairman KAISER'S THRONE SHAKY Fire Million Men and Hundred Billion Dollars May Be Needed, Belief PORTLAND. Or.. April l-"Ve will continue to fight and tolgive and Amerkun arms the intolerable die until victorious have ended forever arrogance brutality.' of scientifically trained said Will! II. Hays of In- diana. chairman of the national Re publican committee. In an address at a liberty loan mass in eetlnr her today. Hays, who is on a tour of the west, arrived early today from Seattle and was fo Ieve late today for San Krancisco. lie was eiven a great ovation herel "fin the question or the war there is but one side." he went on, "On that said supporting the country's cause shall stand every political party and every mem per of every po- luteal' party entitledl to any consld We will fight eration whatRoeyer. until we have a conclusive eace by victory, and not bt compromise bar gaining and nutil thejworld has been made safe as a home for our chil dren's children. I The mission of America Is about to be accomplished. All of freedom's holy truths which brought together the Continental conrress are about to function. Dedicated to the propo sition that all men are created ejual America has continued firm in the midst of revolution: and has with stood the shocks of Civil war until our snores nave become the stepping stones to freedom, out laws the very offspring of justice, our flag an in spiration to tbe men j of all climes, and our country the most wonderful governmental achievement of all his tory, .the mightiest tulracle of all time. j , "We are living in an epoch In all the eons of God's time. The old world is in unprecedented conflict. Thrones"are tottering and autocracy may be doomed. The moment Is here when in the scheme of things a unl ive r sal democracy of men govern ing themselves, can rule the world. The conflict has progressed to a point where the issuefhangs in the balance, so that only by interference by this country with) its unselfish purpose and a government built sole ly on the idea of equality and full freedosl can the tide be turned and the world be one for democracy. If this nation can do this and this nation will do this the mission of America will- have been accom plished. - i "There are still some individuals In thi9 country, who-jbelieve they shall awaken some morning and find the war over. Pitifully wrong. This war will not be over until every last resource of this country is taxed; to the utmost and the blood of millions of our best. citizens shed. It may mean flveyears. five jmillion men and a hundred billion I dollars. The same Prussia that fights today fought for thirty years and every preparation must be made for Junt that kind of a conflict. THOMAS B. KAY WINS DECISION Court Holds Disbursements Honestly Made, Accounting Unnecessary . j Judge, Percy R. Kelly; of the cir cuit court yesterday banded down a decision dismissing the: action of Fannie Kay HinhoD against her brother. Thomas B. Kay. state treas urer. In which Mrs. Hishoo demand ed an accounting of funds, handled by Mr. Kay as agent for their mother after the death of their lather. . Dismissal of the case amounts to a decision in favor of,the defendant, the decree of the court holding that Mr. Kay had already made a strict accounting orthe estaA ; of Thomas Kay and Ann Kay, the parents, anl that "the evidence discloses that dis bursements have been honestly made so far as the defendant. T. B. Kay, is concerned." It is held further that with the exception of real estate, the funds and property have been fully disbursed in part to Ann Kay to de fray her living expenses, to main tain property and partly for certain benefactors and distribution among heirs. . . . Xo Money Involved. The case was one in which Mrs; Bishop demanded an accounting to be made by the defendant on his ad ministration of ih estate of their mother, Mrs. Ann Kay. A peculiarity of the case was that Mr. Kay was not charged with retaining, any funds and no money was involved la the action.- The case resolved i itself Into (Continued oa. nag 2) M'ADOO HAS MESSAGE FOR FARRIERS I , - . Director F. O. Dit-kfhach oT the mittee late lant night rceeivel from chairman of the Oregon central liberty loan coihtiiittf a statement .from Sccrt-tary McAiloo which in to meeting all over the stat; tonight. Becnine of the lat arrival of the statement th' iicwxpajM-rx are teeiuletl upon to reach the rural communitii'M with the iiiPHnajre, and the uewspaleni will be distrib uted about the county through the effort .of Mr. Deckebach as early today an possible. . , "To the rural residenta of America it a matter of supreme national importance that the treasury of the United States shall le supplied at all tiin with the amount of money needed ta furnish the food, the clothing, the puns, the ammunition required' by our sold iers to light successfully for the safety iumi liberty of America, to pay the allowances made liy the government to the dependent wives and children of these soldiers and to pay the life insurance which the government permits every soldier to buy front it. The treasury must also have the necessary money to extend credit to the valiant liritons, French, Belgians and Italians who are fighting alongside American soldiers on the bloody battlefields of France,-Belgium and Italy. If the American people fail to lend their money to their government for these noble puri'oses how can we gain a victory in this glorious cause. Kveryonc can help by lending their money to the government. "They do not make a gift of their. money. They merely lend it on impregnable security and are paid interest on the loan.- At the same time the farmers of the nation can render genuinely patriotic serv,e Ending all the money encourage everybody else to do the same. It makes no difference how' small the loan, it will be helpful. Those who can only buy thrift stamps should buy thrift stamjw. Those who can buy only war savings stamps should 'buy war savings stamps. Those who fan bllV libertV boilda. Slinilbl !mv lihortv lmtwls Altrara tbau sliould luy as many, stamps and as of as few. The govemiuent has now put these loans iri such con venient form that there is no citizen in the land who cannot help to some extent if he is patriotic enough to do so. "I rely upon the farmers, than whom there are not more vitally interested in pro. tecting America's future and the liberty f the world to do their uimmi, iu nriji m iiiih grcai iiiteny loan worK. ine iarmers are already performing patriotic service of the highest value in raising the foodstuffs needed bv our own militarv force ainl rifinna at home, by and by the soldiers and nations associated with us. But form. They should invest all of their available hrbney, the -obligations of their government. In doing so they will not only benefit themselves in having money but will be helping to defend their lib! erties, their rights and their farms against the threatened aggres sions of the most powerful autocracy and militarv crovernment ever create?!. "The farmers of the nation people. One hundred and forty-three years ago on the nineteenth of this month the farmers at Lexington and Concord Tired the first shot for liberty and it was heard round the world. I know that the American farmers of today ucrjc ancestors, i Know mat they will jom with other Americans of every business and profession in providing the money which will enable their government to fight to a victorious conclusion this great war for liberty, justice and MARINES OF U. S. LAND AT VLADIVOSTOK American Fighters Join Brit ish and Japanese to Protect Vast Stores oi War Mater ials in Siberia RUSSIA MAY BE FREE OF FEAR OF INVASION Bolsheviki Attempt to Disarm Japanese Troops at Har bin Fails IBu The AtsocUitt.d 7rfJ HARBIN. Friday, Xpril Z Amer ican marines have been landed at Vladivostok, as well as British and Japanese forces." according to ad vices from that place; The Ameri cans are in control ,oT ' the dock 3. while the Japanese are guarding th railway and ammunition depots. WASHINGTON. April 11. Land ng of American marines at Vladivo stok is expected to have a .reassur ing effect in Russia. With Ameri cans Joining the British and Japanese naval forces in protecting life and the vast stores of war material be longing to the allies at the Siberian port, the enterprise it given a dis tinctly International character, which it is believed here, should quiet fears of the Russians aroused by German suggestions that a Japanese invasion has been begun. Since tbe attitude of the United States is credited with having stayed the proposal for real Japanese- inter vention in Sibertia to check German influence, participation by Americans is .counted upon to emphasize the purely local character of an opera tion undertaken to protect life and property where there is no compe tent Russian authority to enforce order. . - ' No details are available as to the number of marines landed. In fact the navy department tonight had not been officially Informed 'of the land ing.' though American warships are (Continued on page 2) , Marion county lilerty loan com Etlwunl Cookinghaui, executive he rvat at funnen Kchoolhou they can to their government and many bonds as they can instead! civilian population, of the great they have a further dutv to per . , y traditionallv are freedom Invin are just as liberty loving as their American sacred rights.' r ' HUN-AMERICAN ALLIANCE TO BE DISSOLVED TODAY $30,000 in Treasury to Be Turner Over to Ameri can Red Cross I USEFULNESS IS AT END Charges of Disloyalty Declar ed Failure Public Opin ion Feared PHILADELPHIA. April 11. The executive committee of the National oerman-American alliance at a spe- I cial meeting here today, decided o dissolve the organization immediate- ly and instructed tbe officers to tirn over at once to the American Red Cross the $30,000 In the treasury. Anqouncement of the dissolution was made by K. A. M. Srholtz of Baltimore, attorney for the natlona body, after an all-day meeting be hind cloiwd doors. It was also stated that dissolution will become effective tomorrow when the executive com mittee will meet again to act on certain-financial matters and obliga tions that will have to be adjusted. The Rev. Sieamnnd von Bosse. Wilmington. Del., president of the alliance, recommended that, in view of public opinion, the organization be dissolved All German language newspapers in the United States with three ex ceptions, Mr.- von Bosse said, also were of the opinion that it was xbest for the alliance to end its existence. No v act of disloyalty has . been proven against the National German American alliance. Mr. von Bosse said, but as it had been held respon sible for actions' and utterances of Individuals and state organizations, he felt that Its usefulness was about ended. In recommending dissolution, Mr. von Bosse warned the members against continuing tbe organization under any other name.. The 130.000 which was by resolu tion contributed to the Red Cross. was the nucleus of a fund of S100. 000 that was to have been raised the Income of which was to have been used to -defray the expenses of the business administration of the alliance. It was announced. . GERMS DRIVE li si;; ii ::;; British Defenses Penetrated Over Front of 30 Miles; Von Hindenborg Is Driving Attack After Attack Be tween Arras and Ypres HAIG HOLDING FIRMLY AT IMPORTANT POINTS South Ypres Fighting Devel ops Into Major Operation;' Mass System Used; Huns Suffer Heavy Losses (Bp The Anocatei Ptci) Swinging his heaviest Ifrlnm mm.l mightiest guns for to the north f the-Plcardy battlefield. Field Mar shal von Hlndenburg now is driving aiiac aner attack against the Bni ih lines between Arras and YpreJ. Charging across level country behind a tempest of high explosives aid gas shells, the Germans have succeeded by terrific fighting In penetrating the British defenses a points over a front of c early thirty mllea to a denth of almost six miles just to the south of i pres. . The loss of Armentlerea Ir admit ted by the British but this was ex pected from the trend of events la that sector during the last few days The enemy 'had driven In on-imth ides of the town and holding out longer by the British would havo imperiled the whole line. So far as known the withdrawal of the Briuh forces from Armentleres was order ly and was only for the purpose of straightening out the Una in the re gion wbers the German pressure Is the heaviest. Brltih Firm at Vital Points. ' The Britih have stood firm at vital points along the line. Wrtschaete Is fctlll held by Field Marshal Hals' jnen. who also maintain their rria on Messines ridge. Lestrem. Ploec- Heert wood and llollebeke. against which furious assaults have . been launched only to break down or be v nullified by British counter-attacks. A terriric attack made against Holle beke and Wystchaete was complete ly repulsed with great loss to 'the Germans. ' i This particular part of the battle line in tbe west has been the scene of terrible fighting, for nearly for r years. . . The drive south of Ypres has de veloped Into a major operation, it would appear, and the Germans, u ing their massed attack system, are not counting the losses Inflicted up on them la their advance. I So faf they have gained little of great tac tical value. ' The high -ground along the front Is still held by the British forces and the retirements here and there have not as yet endangered the integrity cf the line from Arras to tbe NortU" : While this battle Is going on theie Is a lull In the s truggle before Amiens. ' Since tb announcement that tha American troops had made their an--pcarance In the sectors occupied by the British, there has been nothing to show that they have actually eo tered into the battle. Americans Stop Attack. . In the Toul sector, however, tie American troops have again been fighting. The Germans have abs-v-lotely failed in an attack on Persh ing's men. the excellent artllfery" work of the Americans breaking n? an assault by special shock troops 1 efore they could reach the Ameri can wire entanglements. In the Italian theatertnere has been only scattering artillery engage ments. The British have once more ad vanced north of Jericho. They nave swept the Turks back for a mile and a half over a front of five miles. The Germans are slowly advsncing ir. Finland, the land and naval forces working In conjunction having rearh- ed Lovlsa. midway between Viborg and Helslngfors. It is reported from Tokio that the situation in Vladivostok is much re lieved and that the Japanese forces will be withdrawn as so on as order is restored in the ctty. OTTAWA. Ont.. April 11. Tele graphing from British headquarters In France this evening. Renter's cor retpondent says: The situation In Flanders re canted today as fairly well In hand bnt the fighting continues on a heavy wale and is likely to continue. Wh.it the Germans achieved developed out cf an advance in tbe center-of the (Continued on paje 2) ... - r .'' J'