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British and French Reinforce
ments Are Reaching Haig's
Army; German Attacks
May Be Stood Off
NO DECISIVE VICTORY
IS WON BY TEUTONS
Officers Who Hourly Watch
Progress Optimistic Over
. i Situation
WASHINGTON, April 13.-ISoth
French and. HriUsh'reinforments are
leaching Sir Douglas Hal' army in
Flanders, which now la in a strong
position to upt't further German at-J
tacks. Major General James I). Mc-j
Lachlan. British military attache j
here, said tonight In rcvlewJng tho
situation on th northern part of th
Jon it western battle lino.
While the Germans have scored,
General Mcl.nchlan said, they have
not done as well an they hoped and
each hour their advance i delayed
ftiakes victory, for them' leas likely.
Iy falling to break through, the Ger
mans find themselves In an awkward
narrow salient and for ' thai, reason
the battle Is bound to continue with
great ferocity.
So Derisive yietorjr Vn. .
"A thine at and .the Germans
have scored said General McLach
lan, "but not ho heavily m they
would have liked to have done. They
have won no decisive victory and
each hour tint their ndvance- la de
layed makes It lean likely that th-v
will. They are In a position not very
different from that which they occu
pied at the end of tho first, and what
may be colled motile, stage of the
preceding battle for Amiens.
"By their drive at Arulens the Ger
mans hoped to (separate the British
from the French army. The'.attack
between the Yprea-Comlnea canal and
La li-we in clecily meant to divide
th British army, roll It up and pen
etrate to the coast of the English
channel. In ther battle for Amlena
their attack; was stopped upon the
northern portion of the. line between
Arras and at Albert. In the present
Continued on ns .
SILKS
CREPES DE CHINE, GEORGETTE CREPES,
GOTHAM CREPES, BLACK CHIFFON TAF
FETASA HANDSOME, DAZZLING COL
LECTION We can fill your Silk-wants. There are
stores that carry more yardage but it is doubt
ful that a better balanced stock of Silks can
be found in Oregon at this time.
Gotham Crepe
i Thin wonderful silk lias Rained trememlouH pop
ularity and justly ho. Jt in very rich in quality ami
tho tnoxt serviceable crepe on the market. It in Hint'
able for Tailored Waist, Suits, Dresses, Collar or in
t-omhination with other Silks or Worsteds. U'k the
thing in the large eitieg and we are fortunate m
. having a good wleclioiv of new spring shades, for
your choosing, 40 inches wide, yard. . ........ .$2.65,
Crepe de Chines
Kvery wanted shade in six weights and qualities
from which to choose. All 40 inches wide at yard
..........I. ..$1.65, $1.85, $1.95, $2.00, $2.25, $2.65
Georgette Crepe
' There is a piece to match almost any hhade
wanted and in two weights, 40 inches wide at yard
.... ..... ...... . .... .... .... .$1.85, $1.95
Black Silks
We specialize in the most waft ted and useful
kinds. There are no fewer than ten grades of Black
Chiffon Taffetas and Suiting Taffetas to make your
election from. Alsp an equally good variety of
Drew' Satins, JYau de Soie and other bla?k Silk.
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FIELD IS CLEAR
FOR INCUMBENTS
AT COURT HOUSE
Only Bushey and Goulet Have
Opposition for Nomina
tions in May
DEMOCRATS ARE ABSENT
Interesting Competition De
velops in Mayoralty and
Police Races
As the time approaches for cloning
down on filing of county candidate!!
nt the office of County Clerk lloyer.
it Is apparent that few content will
be on for Republican nominations
and that the Democrats will have nn
ticket In the field, although Demo
crats have come out for some of tho
district nosltlon.
Candidates have until April If. to
fije nt the clerk's-of flee For county
Judge. W, M. Unshey, Incumbent,
will - have stronper opposition than
he has had at any previous election
in' which he bas been n candidate.
L.. J. Adams of Silveiton U after
he .lob and working hard, while
John II. Scott of Salem is a. candi
date, though he has not yet filed
his declaration. '
Goulet Slronly OpxM4l.
Tf W. II. GouM I to succeed him
self as county commissioner he will
have to overcome the opposition, of
Jame I Feller and Hen K. Robert
son. All three of the' .men have
filed. No opposition to Incumbents
has been manifested In any of the
other countv office. The present
holder at the court bouse whose
terms expire, who have filed for r
nomlnatlon and who no far h;ive a
clear field are: Mildred It. Brook,
recorder; I?. G. Boyer, clerk; W. I.
Needham, sheriff; H. H. Derrick,
furveyor; A. M. Clough. coroner.
For constable of Ralem district,
A. M. Southwlek and Walter K. Ie
J-ong are pitted against each other
to sticeeed Percy M. Varney, who Is
scandfdate for chief of police of
Salem. For Justice of the peace.
Salem district. G. E. Unruh and
Frank Davey are after the Republic
an nomination, and T. A. ninebsit
nnd John H. Cradlebaugh are the
Democratic aspirants.
Heven Seek' LcffUIutnre.
J. T. Jones wants to be constable
iContlnned on Paee 1
33 DEAD; 37
MISSING IN
ASYLUM FIRE
Thirty-Five Helpless Negroes
Are Carried Quickly From
Ward Next to Which Okla
homa Blaze Starts
VICTIMS ARE BURNED
BEYOND IDENTIFICATION
Many Bodies Found in Beds
Some of Missing Ones
Are Youthful
NO U M AN, () k lu!, April 13. Thirty
three bodW'K, lui n-l arnl cbargi'd .be
yond ncoKiiltlon, tonlKlit had been
taken from tho ruined building; that
houxe Ward No. 14 of th tat hon
liltul fortht InHaAe hern, ruvaKed by
fir-, that stalled rly tlTln morning.
Three bulldlnKs. all lraiiis Blictnre.
wire destroyed and p. fourth badly
damaged. The Ibt of inlKninj; tonight
stood at 37.
AccordinK to the bet Information
obtainable tho fire started from de?
feetlve wiring. In a linen clo.net )
Ward No. 14. Thirty-rive hIpIK
negroes were ran led quickly from
the adjoining ward. No. IS, but th
blaze In Ward ,11 hud gained Kreat
heudway and it wus here most of tha
death occurred.
Klghty negro pationts were rescu
ed from Ward No. 10, most of them
having to be tajrled out.
A two-story Structure rontalnlnp
Wards in anll6 next started to
blaze. These two wards contained
88 violent patients, piost of . them
negroes. Borne of the patient In
these wards fouRht their rescuers.
The fire here waa extinguished be
fore the structure was totally destroy
ed. a
Only a few of those in Ward 14
escaped and ths vletlnu wet burned
beyond identification.
Most of the 33 bodies recovered
were found in bads. Indicating a
Kreat many of them had been render
ed helpless by smoke and funics.
First reports placed the ages of
those missing at from 10 to 15 years,
but r later checking' up indicated
none of the -persons missing from
Ward 14 were under 14 years old.
Some of them were from 16 to 38
years old, and had been In the Insti
tution for a long time, having neither
relatives nor friends.
Dr. D. W. Griffin, superintendent
or tbe nospltal, believes that the list
of missing will be cut down some
what by the finding of patients who
escaped from' the grounds In the first
rush of excitinent.
ANOTHER SALEM'
SOLDIER DEAD
Benjamin McClelland, Son of
Salem Alderman, Succumbs
to Disease
Henjamln McClelland, a Salem
soldier encamped at Camp Harry
Jones, at Douglas. Arlx., died there
Friday night at 8:3". o'clock, accord
ing to Information received by his
parents. Mr. and ,Mrs. James Mc
Clelland, 205 North Twenty-first
street. His father Is a member of
the Salem cltv council.
The soldier wottld have been 23
vears old next month. He had been
ill for only a short time, death being
due to lobar pneumonia. He was
a member of the medical corps of the
l niteti states- army. He served with
Company M at the Mexican border
In the summer of 1916.
Henjamln McClelland was well
known here. He v?.n graduated
from the Ralem high school with
the class of 1915. A brother. James
McClelland. Jr.. Is also In the army.
In the aviation department at Tlerka-
ley.
Besides hM parents and the
brother mentioned he leaves another
brother, Charles McClelland, and n
sister, Mrs. D K. Genunder, both of
whom live In Salem.
It. Is expected that the body will
arrive In Salem either Wednesday
or Thursday. The funeral will be
held from the Klgdon chapel. Fur
ther announcements will be made
later. j
I. S. May Conduct Fir
Production for Planes
SKATTLK. April 13. Unless p-o.
ouction of fir tor airplane stock Is
speeded up In the went coast terrl
tory, the government may take over
tho Industry, Cojpnel Hrlce P. Disque
of Portland, In" charge of aircraft
material production In the northwest,
told members of the Pacific Coast
Loggers' assoclatMt In aets'.on here
today. Colonel Dlsque ssserted that
spruce production has shown an In
crease of 24 per cent since the gov
ernment took, control a few months
jago.
YANKEES TAKE
PART IN FIRST
ALL-DAY FIGHT
Two German Attacks. Repuls
ed and 36 Are Brought
Back Prisoner
FIGHTING DONE IN OPEN
First. Attack BegunEarly in
Morning ; Heavy .Bombard
ment Is Started
(II) The Aiwlttird Prrnit)
WITH THK AMLlUCAN AH MY IN
FltANCi:. AI'UIL. 13. YeBterduy's
battle was the flrnt all-day struggle
in which thn American troops have
been engaged. Two Oerinan nttarks,
whiih were delivered In fotce against
the American positions northwest of
Toul, wcre-ii'pulxed with heavy cas
ualties to the enemy. Including six
prisoners left In the hands of the
Americans. American losses were
slight. ,
The ritfhtlnq: Legan with one or the
most violent bombardments ever laid
down In that sector. During the
night the Germans kept up a haras
sine fire, throwing many gas shells
into the American positions. The
rirst attack began at about C o'clock
In the morning and was directed
against the French ttiopn on the
left flank of the American: forces In
the forest of Aprernont. j
i Whilo this Was going on. the
American troops made a counter-attack
on the German line, 'moving for
ward behind a perfect curtain of fli.
The enemy, driven out of his. trench
es, was forced to fight in the open.
A deadly machine gun and auto
matic rifle fire was poured Into the
enemy, who offered stubborn resis
tance at first, but later retreated to
their second Ilne.j hotly pursued by
the Ametican troops. Desultory fight
ing continued for several hours.
The Germans a Jain attacked at 11
o'clock at a point further! to the
right.. The American barrage fire
cut them off, but the German officers
drove thlr men through the ex
ploding shells unit I a tew succeeded
In penetrating the 'American front
line. !
A counter -attack which was Im
mediately launched by the Ameri
cans, ejected the enemy, driving him
backr to his positions. The i struggle
continued to eway, back and forth
for several hoursf , ;
"JVet;er Dpabt End, Even
in Darkest Honr," Daniels
NEW YORK, April lSiFallure
of the latest German drive fn Flan
dera and France In "the supreme
struggle of autocracy" was predicted
by Josephun Daniels, secretary of the
navy, in an address here tonight be
fore the National Democratic club.
The chief rpeaker at the club's
celebration of the 17Cth anniversary
of the birth of Thomas Jefferson.;
wecretaiy Daniels said that we now
are seeing fulfilled Jefferson's pro
phesy concerning France and the
United tHates that "mutual good of
fices, mutual arfectlon and similar
principled of government seem to
destine the' two nations for the most
intimate communion."
"Today when all which the blood
and the sacrifice of other days have
cost is Imperilled we are fighting ns
brothers," said Mr. Daniels. 'Ameil
can soldiers nre as proud to fight
under Koch as Iifayctt s soldiers
were proud to fight under Washing-
ion.
"The mortal conflict between des
potism and democracy Is on. Never
doubt the end, even In the "darkest
hour. God rules In the heavens. All
will be well with the world and the
rate that befell the Napoleons nnd
the Caesars and the Iiannibals will
befall the kaiser."
TWO TOWNS ARE
SLIGHTLY SHORT
i
Hubbard and Woodburn Have
Not Yet Attained Their
Quotas
rOUTLAND, Or.. April 13.-4(Spe
-, .
ciai 10 -jne statesman ) with every
county In the state well over the top
tnu afternon tn the third Ubertv
loan campaign, officials are anxloin
ly awaiting further word from th
eight towns which are still short of
their itotao nnd are keeping Oregon
out of the 100 per cent column.
. The towns that are still short are:
Astoria. Wlllamlna, Hubbard. Wood
burn. Myrtle Creek, Flora.. Haker,
and Oakland.
' Lake county leads the state with
30a over-subscription. Tillamook sec
ond with 26, Lincoln third with
250, Curry fourth with 245.
' ' W" EAT I IF. II.
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Sunday, rain; increasing southerly
winds.
H AIG'S ARMY
TARGET OF
HINDENBURG
AH German Efforts Directed
Toward Systematic Dislo
cation of British Armies ;
Attention Is in North
SIX TEUTON ARMIES
ARE PARTICIPATING
Captured Maps Show Enemy
Behind Schedule Furious
Battle Rages
tflu Tkr AMKx-uitnl Irri
WITH THK FIIKNCH AUMY
FltAMJi:. April .13. All efforts of
the German hish command for The
present ate directed Joward the sys
tematic dislocation of the ItVltixh
armies. Having fulled to break the
communication between the Dritlsh
and French, the enemy nas turned
his sole attention northward and It
appears likely that the Germans will
continue to throw all their available
strength in that direction.
The enemy's plans seem to be to
deliver a succession of hammering
blows ut different points Jwtween the
Sonitne and the. seal with the dech
of bringing a Unit n Hrltbii evacu
ation of tho entire "northern district
of France.
Six German armies are participate
ing In the battle raging along the
front. They are as follows: Von
Arnim's, Von Quest's Otto von I)e
low's. Von Marwitz's, Von Hutler's
and Von Doehm's. on tho east of
the Olse.
The Germans owing to their pos
session of Interior lines nf communi
cation Inside the seml-clrcle formed
by the front, are able to move their
starteglc reserves with greater facil
ity than the allies, and thus by sur
prise attacks with rapid concentrated
superior forces can compel the re
tirement of th allies at any point.
Hitherto. 'Owin to the great tenacity
of the allies, the enemy has been on
able to carry out his plan of advance
according to his pre-arranged pro
gram. This has been learned from
orders captured on prisoners who
have fallen Into allied hands In con
siderable numbers these latter days
during close fighting. These orders
forsay the capture -of tho lins along
the Lys river cn April 9, while Iie
thune should have been taken on
April 10. but it was saved by the
wonderful, defense of the Drltlsn at
Glvenchy. .
On the French portion rf the bat
tle line the principal fighting I
pro
owar!
gresslng on the sectors to'
Amiens, where the Germans persist
In trying to pierce the line In order
to obtain the moral victory of tak
Ing Amiens, but they are unable to
overcome the opposition of the
French. During the last night the
battle here n.-ver ceased a moment,
enemy assaults being Immediately
followed by French counter-attacks
which resulted In the recapture of
the Important village of Hangard,
a number of prisoners.
i
SALEM MAKES
HIGH FIGURE
Sale of LibertyBonds Passes
$600,000 Latest Reports
Show
Salem has exceeded th If.Oo.O'H)
mark In the sale of liberty loan
bonds and the quota has been pasxed
by a bl marln. The- campaign'.
however, will lie pushed with un
abated erdor.
Since the list statement wa made
on the liberty bond situation, the
city of Salem has rolled In more
than S40.000 additional, an evi
dence that the canvassers are kee;
Ing tin the effort. It is now known
that Silverton. Turner. Jefferson ant
Mill City have swung Into line with
their quotas passed. The highest
percentages or over-suoserlpuon are
repor'd as follows: Monitor. 30&:
Falls Cltr. 2S0; Jefferson. 2S9: St.
Paul, 219; Stayton. 116; Turner.
112.
Committee Named to Fix
on Plan of Dissolution
As the Friday meeting of the Ore
gon Hon Growers nsoclstlon In thli
city failed to bring out a full quorum
of the stockholders, U has been de
Heed to appoint a committee to met
in the near future and; devise a plan
for dissolution of the organization.
It is very annarent that tinder the
existing conditions of the markets
there Is no profit to be derived from
hop production. At cpt the indus
try hns proven nrevarlons on account
of the fluctuations of the market.
Fully two-thirds of the yards of the
valler have already been plowed a-y
and devoted to more staple products.
ERNEST BLUE !
IS ARRESTED"
AT KETCHIKAN
Former Salem Lawyer Indict
tdxm Charge of Taking
Public Money
WEST SALEM FUNDS GONE
Report of Accountants Shows
Shortage of Town Is
About $2300
Announcement was made by Dis
trict Attorney Max Gehlhar yester
day of the secret Indictment by the
recent Marion county grand Jury, ana
arrest in AlaJka Friday of Krnest
IUue, former Salem lawyer. The
cbiiiKe attains! IJlue Is larceny OI
Public money which he Is accused of
having appropriated while serving as
treasurer for West Salem.
lilue was arrested on an extra
ditlon warranfisiiued by Governor
WiUiycornbe te the governor of
Alaska at Juneau. Blue has been
practicing law at Ketchikan, on the
southern coast of Alaska. He was
repotted to occupy the position of
deputy United States attorney, there,
but this appears to be untrue. He Is
now out under 15000 ball awaiting
the arrival of Sheriff Needham who
has been delegaUd to bring blm back
to Salem.
The charge against Rlue was In
vestlgated In Marion county Instead
of I'olk county for the reason that
the-funds belonging to the town of
West Salem were kept on deposit In
Salem banks. IUue left Salem about
August 1, 1916. When those who
were close to the situation began to
suspect that be bad made away with
funds accountanta were set to work
and recently ascertained that the
shortage amounted to $2300.
While In Salem, blue was registrar
for the law college of Willamette
university.
MAJOR DEICH
SENDS ORDER
Part of Salem Military Police
Company Goes to Port
land Monday
Captain O. J. Hull of the Salem
company now In process of forma
tlon for the state military police re
ceived an order by telephone last
nlcht from Major Deich at Portland
to send t fifteen 'or twenty men to
that city for guard duty as soon as
possible. The men will probably be
sent tomorrow.
The armory will be open -today
from 9 to 5 o'clock with Captain
Hull on hand to receive cnlMmenti
About twenty men already have
been lined up for the company an
physical examinations will be given
at the armory Monday. The re
mainder of the company will follow
the first contingent as rapidly as the
men ran be recruited.
niankets, uniforms and Quarters
will It furnished the men at Port
land. They will relieve men now
on guard dutr at Portland.
Two Americans Awarded
Famous Service Cros
WITH TIIK AMERICAN AllMV IN
r RANCH. April 13. Captain Jaraee
Not man Hall and Lieutenant Pau
FriiOk Hair, members of the Amerl
can aetlal forces on this front, were
oday awarded the Distinguished
ervjee cross. They are the flrit
American aviators to receive th!
new military distinction. The off!
Hal citation states that Captain Ha!
on March 2I attacked a group of flv
enemy single-seated machines an
three enemy two-seaters while h
was leading an aerial patrol of three
machines, lie hlmsejf destroyed on
ana forced down two otherg which
probably were destroyed.
26 Is Death Toll of
Long Range German Gun
PARIS. April 13. The bombard
ment of the region by Paris by. long
range guns was resumed today.
PARIS. Apr'l 13. -It Is officially
announced that 26 person were kill
ed anT 72 injured In last sight's
aerial raid on Paris.
Davey Dedicates Service
Flag Having Seventy Stars
Frank Davey was called to Gervals
last nlrht where he gave the dedica
tory address nt the. unfurling of a
service flag of seventy stars, rep
resenting the voting men of the com
munity who have enlisted for war
service. Th service was In the
town hall wblth .was packed for the
occasion. Other features of the pro
gram were solos by Albert Egan and
Miss Ada Miller and a play by local
talent. Several Salem people at
tended.
GUM!
ARE HELD
FOR III
Stiffening British Resistance
Checks Hindenburg Drive
South of Lys; Important
Railroad Center of Haxe
brouck Protected
ALLIES TAKE CAPTIVES
IN RESTORING POSITION
British Holding High Ground
and Slow Prozftts Is Made
byHum; FateofBaillculIi
Still in Doubt .
(Bp Th Anf4 prt)
Stiffening Ornish rsLtn.
checked the German drlva southward
rum me iys toward Bethune and
westward from MerTille towards
Haxebrouck. near th iuiriaw k.
The enemy pressure Is continuing
with great weight toward the north
uu ueperat battling Is la pro
gress aioag the line runnin soutb
wei from Messines to the south of
Baflleul.
'The, whole Ypres salient and th
continued safety of the channel ports
re pointed to by observers abrosr
as at stake in the fighting now under
iiaxeorou-k and Balllenl. im
portant railway centers, are vital
feeding points for Messines rigdt and
the Ypres position In general.
erman Temporarily Held.
Insofar as Haaebrouck Is eoneern
ea, the Germans hsv hen h.it .
wlab .Dieppe, west or Uerrllle
and some five mllea away from their
objective. The Germans have K
battering away, at the British line
here since they captured Merrill oil
Wednesday night, but have advanc
ed only a few hundred yards, being
stopped short of th forest, which la
owui a mile ana a-hair beyond
Mervllle. '
Little additional lltht waa tt
by Saturday's dispatches upon tha'
sitnatlon around Ualllenl," to which
the Germans bad worked very close
In Friday's fig htlnr. It waa nv.i.
ed. however, that the enemy was at-
lacamg neavwy in -the vicinity of
Neue Kgllse and-Wulerghem which
Ilea in the region to the northeast
of BallleuL between It and Messines.
Tne Dritlnh are on romparatlelr hiah
ground here and the reports did not
Indicate that the Germans were mak.
Ing much progress.
On the southerly side of the wedge
which the. Germans hae diien In be
tween La Daasee and Attnentieree,
the British resistance waa not ably
stiff. ,
IlrltUlt lie tor Pool (ton.
There was an improement also la
the allied position In the Komme bat
tle front. The Germans Jiad gain'"
ed a footing In Hangard-en-ffaateiT.
southeast of Amiens, In an attack
on Friday, but a combined drive by
the British and French during the
night at the point where tbelr lines
Join, on the Bier Lore, near Hangard.
restored the situation, putting the
French again In complete possession
olthe village..
I Jean while, the American forces
ife contributing to the maintenance
of the line on sectors of the French
front to the southeast. The men In
the sector northwest of Toul added
to their .laurels last night by repell
ing. In conjunction with th French,
another German attack on the posi
tions In Brule wood. In the forest of
Aprernont, east of SL Mlblel. A
counter-attack, was launched and the
Germans were thrown out of .the po
sition at a point wher they had
gained a footing.
Americans Tak Prison.
Details tt th repulse of Friday's
two attacks upon th Americans la
this sector show that daring the
fighting which lasted irtuaUy all
day. the American troops Inflicted
heay casualties on the enemy and
took 36 prisoners. They suffered
few casualties themselea and had no
men turn prisoners. s -
LONDON. April 13 Th Ger
mans were driven ont of Neuve
Kgllse tills morning, according to
the report from Field Marshal Hslg's
headquarters tonight. Four at
tacks arainut the British positions
ftoutheast of Ballleul also were beat
en of; The text of the statement
reads: '
"As a result or the flrhtlnr laH
nlcht In the -neighborhood of Neuv
Kgllse, the enemy succeeded after a
prolonxed etruggle In fonfng his
way Into th village. This morning
he was vigorously counter-attacked
by our troops and driven out. leav
ing a lumber of, prisoners. Including
a battalion commander, rn our
(Continued ,oa pas 2)