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4 TIIK Onr-fiOV HTATEMIAXf WEDNESDAY, AFRIT 17. Ht DRIVE AGAINST ITALY - ITiITilINENT V IS PREDICTION Charles Visit to Front Consid ered an Indication of Coming Activity ENEMY PRESS IS BUSY Switzerland's Neutrality to be Given bevere Test, bay German Papers WASHINGTON, April 16. An Austrian offensive agalst Italy is im minent and wiH be started on a large scale, in the opinion of Italian ob server as exVresfwd In official mes sages tod ax to the, Italian embassy ,hen . - Tli recent visit of Emperor Charles to the Austrian front and in spired articles In the Austrian and . German newspapers, the usual fore . runners of an offensive are taken as an .indication. 1 "Tb enemy press has begun to speak openly of the offensive - in order to prepare the. Austro-IIun-garlan public for the inevitable loss es resulting from such colossal op erations as are anticipated by semi official newspapers, f- .The Vossische Zeltung (Berlin), In an article full of, mysterious al lusions says this spring will pat Switzerland's neutrality unde the se vereltr test s the- Austro-German troop will probably fceircle, in the course of . their .operations, the lit tle tepubltev- fit --'.. , .Flan. Other Operation. , . ' "The Mannheimer Anzeiger urges that the German offensive in France be completed with a' similarly irrre tiistlbly drive against the Italians and against the British In Palestine. The newspaper asserts that a simultan eous offensive against the entente on all fronts would prevent the trans ferring of th allies' , reserves from one front to another which undoubt edly la part of the general scheme of the allies' suprem command. 'The Budapest I rap expresses the same opinion and insists that 'since General Foch Is in supreme com mand of an our enemies, we must at tack Italy immediately and carry the, enactor our presence to the back of the -French army." '.. : GERMANS TAKE THREE - OF STRATEGIC TOWNS ;, (Continued from page 1) ...,s M "On other parts ot the above front the enemy 'a attacks were repulsed. "This morning the enemy also de livered a stress local .attack upon our positions opopsite Boyelles, south of Arras, and fighting la still taking place in this neighbrohood. The hostile artillery has been more active today south of Albert and In the nelghbrhood of La Bassee canal. Bodies of German Infantry assembling In the Ylclclty of Locon -were engaged and dijpbrsed by. our artillery There baa been increased artillery activity on both sides In the Passchendaele sector. "On. the remainder of the British front the situation Is unchanged." LYS ATTACKS SUCCESSFUL BERLIN, Via. London, April 16. "Our attacks on the Lys battle field met with complete success," says the official, communication from general headquarters.-, , "The great ' mine craters ot the- Wytschaete battle of 1917 were taken by a-surprise at tack. Arftr short spell ot fire we stromediWulverghem In a ' surprise attack and;the enemy's positions on . both side of the village. , . "Counter-attacks by English com panies -completely broke down." "From the plain, while scaling the hetghta between Neuve Cbapelle and 1tllltlt Alt Inuin, . ,ttiil.l .-J wrested them from the, enemy in a vigorous hand-to-hand encounter, 'English attacks ' against Locon failed, s W) took . soma prisoners during the repulse of a joint attack carried out by the English and French north of the Luce rivulet. HEIGHT! AUK HTOILMKI) BERLIN,' y .la. London, April 18. The evening communication from 'VP f . . e'.. ' .- : . t . . . .a . J Ad ACLA STATESMAN headquarters'saysV " "The height .of WytscJiaetM .have been stormed, liallleul Las been taken." . . , 4 Multnomah Judge Affirmed in Opinion of High Court .The 'supreme "court yesterday de cided the cane of Alice M. Itoblnson vs.' the Knights and Toadies of Secur ity, appellant; on appeal from Jfult I'omah county, a suit to renver mon ey on a beneficiary certificate. The opinion was written by Chief Justice McBrlde and Circuit Court Jude Uagle-y was affirmed. , ' . Other decisions were: W. N'. Daniels vs. Northern Pacific Railway company, appellant; appeal from Multnomah; suit fcr damages for goods Spoiled In transit: opinion by Justice Burnett: Circuit Judge Kavanaugh reversed, and case re manded. Frits Bietrieh vs. fiiellch & Jop Un, appellants; appeal from Mnltno mab; action to recover e onipensat Ion for personal injuries; opinion by Jus tice Benson; Circuit Judge McC31bi affirmed. Montana Coal & Iron company vr. Omar Hewkin et al.. appellant; ap peal from I-ane; action to recover money; opinion by Justice lloore; Circuit Judge Coke affirmed. Paul F. Tyler et al. vs. John P-Un et al. .appellants; appeal from Mar lon; suit to quiet title to real pi open ly; opinion by Justice Itcan. judg ment ot Circuit Judge Galloway mod ified. A petition for rehearing was de nied In Gearin vs. Itoihchild. and a motion to retax costs wes denied in Mercer vs. Germania Fire Insurance company. Native of Germany Kills Himself at StattHospital Henry LocKenmeyer. committed to the State Hospital for the Insane from . Multnomah county, April 14, 1917, committed suicide by drinking poison spray which : he found in a greenhpnse. Lorkenmeyer was "32 years old and a florist by trade. Re cently he had been depressed, but went to his work at the greenhouse as usual. lwkenmeyer's references on the record at the hospital are the Clark Bros., florists, ot Portland. He was a native of Germany. TO KEEP WOODEN SHIP WAYS BUSY Officials Explain Order Given MondayWar Marvel Picked for Model WASHINGTON, April 16.A?1 ways for wooden ships and those be ing built will be kept busy for the period of the war.- Shipping board officials 'explained -today that the statement authorized yesterday that It would be , necessary to curtail the wooden program to provide engines and boilers for steel vessels, did not mean that the work of plants, now turning out ships would be Inter fered with. ' The 4700-ton War Marvel, recent ly launced at Orange, Texas, has been chosen by the board as the model for all wooden ships to be-built hereaf ter. It has been found that the 1400 horsepower engines used in the 3500 ton wooden ship, which Is regarded as uneconomical of operations in for eign trade, will drive the larger ves sel at a satisfactory speed and conse quently new demands on the boiler ard engine manufacturing capacity, of the country will not have to be made to the detriment of " the steel program. .;'': CASTOR IA . For Infants and Children In Use ForOvej-20 Years Always bears the Signature of Local Engagements Occur at Italian Front Points HOME, April 16,-rThe communi cation from headquarter today sayu: "There was! more frequent, and harassing firing In th Val Lagrld. In the region of Adsmello and In the, Iln-nta valley the activity of our pas trols led to local engagements. The wt of the front was ult." o o verdsin SSIFI IN THE STATESMAN JWLL PROVE, OUR Phoiie 23 PUBLISHING CO. 215 South Commercial NO DRUMS WHEN PERRY SIGNED Former Salem Newspaperman Advanced in Military Cinematography Perry .Prenerott Ileigclmatr export to remain for another month sit th" United State S bool V.f Military Cinematography at, Columbia univer sity in New York city, although h recently. iliad orders to go to Madl nn barracks or Lake Ontario. In a letter lr aO&n friend he says: ' "I am gld t5j kpow that .Salem counts me on ft honor roll altliouRh I tjnlUKd in New York city. There weren't any drum beating or bands playing when I enlisted. It was Jut a cold Jannsry day with Ire a foot Hi ik on l.n Island sound, and unow falling thickly while the fop warning wailed. Nt much romance in that. It laxted five days and th?n I came here. "We were to have, left the school about ten daya am, when as usual at the last minute nn' order came canceling th previous ore. I have been .here thre months and as a result of my wOrk have been recom mended for a Hrgeancy, and will have rharg of developing films and negatives for the unit I will be with. I expect shortly to necure the rank of sergeant, f lrit ciasic. and pet an acsignntent as a cameraman. were to have gcno to Madi son barracks on Lake Ontario, but now It looks as if we will remain here for another month. "Whil here 1 have been acting a a corporal and non-com In charge of the flag detail and I raise the flag each morning and haul it down at retreat. - ..'. "We have had some fine hikes up the Hudson and along the, Palisades, but they tannot compare with the Columbia highway. o u - "Heard Archbishop of York a high dignitary of the Church of England, today, in St. Paul's chapel. He spoke of.tho work the English universities have done In the war. He said that with an enrollment be fore the war of 2C9C, Oxford now had only a few over 400 .students. He Is a fine speaker. . ' "Through the courtesy of the theater managers of the city, the members of our school have seen some fine shows. We took In "May time" at the Winter Garden and sev eral vaudeville performances. ; "Tonight the weather Is blustery. Last, night It snowed and today it rained and bailed. The. buds are slowly coming out but the trees are all bare." SUSANNA DUNN WILL UPHELD Yamhill County and Circuit Courts Affirmed in Ben son s Opinion The circuit court ' for Yamhill county," Judge' H. H. Belt, was af firmed by the supreme court yester day In the case involving the will of Susanna Dunn. The will stands as submitted for probate, according: to the supreme court opinion, which was written by Justice Benson. The-case Is a contest of the will of the late Susanna Dunn, which was fought in the county court, then in the circuit court In Yamhill county, and then appealed to the supreme court, the contestants being appel lants In both instances. Mrs. Dunn died July 19. 1915. ami among her heirs were William Clinton Dunn. James Dayton Dunn, Matilda Ann Ingram and Irvanna Ross, the con testants, and Albert Dunn and Bert ram Colev grandchildren, to whom the, bulk of the estate was left. Al bert Dunn was theonly child of Mrs. Dunn, who was rememlc-red lp tho win.. i . Mrs. Dunn was 76 year olfl when the will was made. Testimony was given to the erfect that Albert Dunn had not been on good tentnf with his mother for a number of'yesra. and that during most of tne later-years of her life he had lived in Montatl.i, but that he had returned to Iter home August 1, and that tho wilt hud been made three days later. Albert Dunn and his wife, It was contended, had been ler sole companions from August 1, 19H, until May; 1915, when she was faken to a hoxplful tit McMinnvllle. Upon pel If Ion of the s STATEjMENJ M Pay contestants to have tho 'Will annulled the 'county rTrtm- refused to'tomply, and probated the will. I'pou uppeal to Out life nit court, JudgH licit uns tained' the county court, and appeal was take n to the 'supreme court. Indigent Class Is Not , ' Increasing Says Judge Neither war prices nor the loss of young blood , from the community has caused any perceptible Increase in the Indigent class, . meaning, of course, tlitvdaxH who receive monthly aid from the county funds, according to County Judge Bushey. This hi explains by the fact that so large a proportion of the poorer class is now able to find employment. As to the source of the pauper list, which n trow ".costing the county about $zr.ooo aryear, he believes It is recruited largely from a clans whose proper place Is on th farm, but which has chosen to come Inlo town with the idea that it easier to earn a livelihood by teaming or by odd Job than by lilting tho soil. With tho coming of dekness. acci dent or loss ot work, there. Is no re course and these persons drift Into the deiM-ndent class. BAKER RETURNS FROM EUROPEAN (AR FRONT (Contlnueor. fronv page 1) Prsenc Aid in 1 bit tie. Official familiar with the circum stances of his conferences wlth'tha British :intl the French authorities and with Ceneral Blips and Perohinx, regard it as a most fortunate thln that he wan on 't be scene when.th- Oerman blow was struck. His pres ence servcrd to expedite greatly the decision to pol all allied resources in men and munitions. ' Th? prompt action of General Ter rhlng In placing his men at General Foch 's disposal is. known to have met with MY.-- Baker's hearty approval. The French general made a deep Im pression upon the secretary who 1a known lo share fully President Wil son's belief that victory can ffnly spring from a unified command un der such a leader; ' ; ' Had Narrow . Kwa pen. During his trip, Mr. Baktflrvlsited England. France and Italy and saw the battle fronts. Ha has bti In the f American front .line trenches under fire; once a German shell ex ploded close to his automobile and on another occasion he stood In the window of a battered building be hind the allied line to .watch high power missiles tear great craters in the field less than 100 yads away. While the Picardy was In Its open ing stages. hiparty passed along tho whole British front, covering 200 miles In two nights, and a. day cf motoring. ..-. 1 Ud inn City Deserted. Later Mr.-Baker saw another phae of war. In Italy he visited Venice. He found it a deserted city, its streets and canals, flanked by palaces and art works of priceless value, were deserted. An occasional soldier and here and there al1IntferliJg citizen were the only people of whom' the party caught sight. Only one store. a lac shop, was -noted by .the party as being open, To the few persons who remain in Venice, the American consul has become guide and helper. The American Red Cross Is caring for Ihrm, through him'. Mr. DaVex failed .for Europe on an American cruiser. He returned on a famous liner, formerly German, but now an AmerUan transport. The on ly incident was a, radio call yesterday from a -burning steamer, which the transport changed her course to an swer. Otherwise the, party would have landed twelve hours sooner. Mr. Ilaver did not go. to the white house tonight but reported his re turn to tho president over the tele phone. Later he held a long con ference with Major General March, acting chief of staff and Provost Marshal General Crowdcr. He said the present system of giving out casualty lists would be continued, ad ding that he had learned a good deal about tho subject In France and con sidered the problem a comparatively simple one. Umatilla Water-Rights Case Modified on Appeal The opinion of the supremo court yesterday, written by Justice Mcf'am nt. modifies tlm decree of Jiidu" I'belps of the lowr court for l'ma tlllu county In the- determination if the relative rights of claimants to th waters of. tint 4'matllla river and tributaries. '.Tbi lower. court, nfler adjudicating, the rights of users, held that tho wat"r - mauler has discre tionary power to adtulnl.der the rels tive mounts of water In full or not. us he mlicht Judge proper. The modi flcation of the supreme court In the decree is that the water master Is under obligation as a public servant to! administer, ,lhe apportioned Amounts -of water In full, though he Is allowed th tlbt to rotate among the users In doing so.. The opinion was on rc-hearlng of ithe'cnse, the former opinion by Jnstlto Burnett not havlng-tonrhed on the point mod Iflcd. Considerable history Is con nected with the case. The proceed !ngswere first Instituted by the gov ernment several years ago on the ap peal of the Brers Mill company, or Pendleton, seeking a prior right over the Indians. The mill company was upheld. A second appeal was brought by the Western Land & irrigation romoanr relative, to " rights on the lower river, the appelants claiming that Interests ' valned at i7&o.iuu were involved. Water Superintend ent Cochran allowed the company a prior right over the Hermlston' pro tect of 17.000 acres. ThU rutin was modified by Judge Thelps by maklng-4he area 4100 acres, and in thts sppesl the Jorr court was up held by theistipreme court. LewisOaUPoints Eian. - in Fignt, Say Critics MILWAUKEE, Wis., . April 1 Ted Lewis, champion welterweight boxer, outpoint! Joe Fran. Boston, In a ten-round no-decision bout Vhlrh went the limit, tonight, fight critics axreed. ' ' - ' ' 9 j Your Printed Message f Should Be Appropriate f & It ghould harmonize with the hnsincss In which you are engaged. It mafcea no dif- A' A fercnee whether your mcsHagis he a husiness card, a handbill, a letter, a pamphlet, or X i ' a rnf nine -1 li A rule linLl crno.l to nvorv nun t Yoa wouidjjiot. expect '.a machinist 'or 'a coal deafer to lc attired the tame at a f .florist or a jeweler. It would not be appropriate. Neither would it 1 appropriate for V their printed mensage to be similar. The coal ad may !e printed in bold, black type, - on coarse, heavy paper; but, the high grade jewelry ad ahould.be printed artistically with light face tyie, in refined cplor and on finest quality paper. Y ' ' - & What ii more, the printed message should be up to the minute in ityle. Old, an- & tiquated style in printing creates just as bad an impression as would the hoopskirt, -I' the boblle skirt or the "train'.' if worn today. . .. r . It's our business to make your printed messagef appropriate. Our printing plant ' Y stipplied with the very latest type faces, ornaments and other equipment. The plant & . is in eharge f a printer of unusual ability a unan who makes a study of what ii V appropriate and timely for each printing job. 'Ilia services 'and his advice are at yourtjisnosal. ' ,1 I . I STATESMAN PUBUSH1G CO, f :. . ... JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT r 215 SOUTH COMMERCIAL STREET REPORT FAVORS PITTMANBUL Senate Committee Amends Measure Providing for With drawal of Currency WASHINGTON'. April After arrall-dajr meeting the senate bank ing and currency committee late to day decided to report farorably the fciiver Dili introduced by Senator Pitt nan of Nevada, after amending so a? to provide for the Withdrawal from the federal treasury and melt ing Into bullion $3."0.000.000 In sil ver dollars. Instead of 1250.000.000 ts originally proposed. This bullion Is to be used In meeting foreign trade business. Senator Otvch. chairman of the committee, plans to submit the re-. port tomorrow and ask for its Im mediate consideration. The bill teas approved "after Director of the Mint Ilaker. Assistant Secretary Lefflnr- well of the treasury, Governor Hard ing -ot the federal reserve hoard, and. O.var Strauns, New York banker, had t uppeared before the committee and urged prompt action as a war meas ure. The bill provides that as the silver dollars was withdrawn from th? treasury the secretary shall also withdraw aa equal amount of silver certificates to be replaced by federal reserve bank notes. To replace the sliver dollars th director of the mint would be author ized to purchase silver at the. rate of 11 an ounce, which supporter of the bill declare will have the effect of stabilizing the silver market as well as stimulating production. PROPOSED MATCH EAGERLY HAILED &nefal"Bell Proves to Be Supporter of Manly Art in War Times The proponed boxing matc h for lh he uvy we ight c hampionship of tho world. In which Jes Willurd.wlll do. fend his title nualnnt the on"n1aiiKbN of Fred Fulton, is .tlructlng wide at tention, lioxlng enthuHliCMts, cvr reod ylo witness the fall of nn oil champion for tho tin 111 of bailin g the new, have. shwn clearly that they will support the'1cut. Tho eagerness of promoters In offering fabulous sums of money for the priv ilege of staging.' the contest gives ample proof erf whether It Is wanted. As must always be tho case, bow e ver, some opposition has developed. It is said with emphasis thta to pro mote a bnxlng match of this inagni tuo would be in direct opposition to the spirit of the times. rope, spilling their blood, why shouldi these men be allowed to Hot?" Is aiked on many sides."' ft might Just as well be asked "WJiy should aay H'en be allowed to-bos f '" -.' The onswer to thc'jTfjticslWh's was Riven by General nll, ia, comnuinl of the 77th dlvishon aftamp t'pton not long ago when a great boxing tournament was held at that canton ment. "If American youth take to boxing tnke to aiove fighting. It will breed a race of hardy men who will not peed to fear the world. If you men. win jiaht In Kurope as your repre sentatives have foijRht hro In this t'ng today, we nerd rot have any fenr cf any nation on the earth let alone the Germans." . General Dell might have gone fur ther and told of the cry for boxing gloves that has come over seas from the men In camp before going "Into the front line trenches. It la almost Impossible ia supply the demand of the Sammies, who love their glove bouts even more now when thy PHONE stand face to face with the Great Ad venture thanwben ihey were, at home. . - Price Fixing Not Taken Up by Industries Board WASHINGTON, April 1C.In Its plans to regulate the cotton, woolen and leather industries, the war in dustries board. It was said today, has no dfupoPltion at this tfme to go !nt (he question of fijflng the" price if raw cotton, wool or hides. Before a price agreement Is reached with th manufacturers, however, a thorough rtudy will be made or each industry with a view to determining the gen eral effect of price-fixing. ' In working out prices, the board and Its price-fixing committee will consider the situation from the Tlew polnt of the consumer, as well as that of the nation's war needs, and vill endeavor to fix a price that will be fair to the consumer. WILL PREVENT PATENT THEFTS President Takes Precautions to Keep Information From Enemy Hands WASHINGTON. April New precautions to forestall the trans mission of Information to the enemy were taken today by President Wil son in revoking the authority given the secretary of the treasnry to li cense the sending of communications to enemies regarding patents, copy rights and trademarks, and the au thority given the federaljrade com munion to license citizens of the United States to apply for patents in an enemy country. - Many application for permission to seek patents In 'Germany have been made to the federal trade com mission. All of -thee were scrutin ized by experts lo determine their true character bnt the documents were so voluminous and complex. ln i ud Jog technical charts and draw ings, that it was feu red an admirable opportunity was being offered for tho im of th secre t codi-s' to convey industrial or Military Information, prejudicial to this country in th- conduct ft the war. Helpful Hints On Banking ' WHAT IS A CHECK? A Check is a written order by a de positor! for his bank to pay a specified amount of money to, or by order of the person whoser name appears upon the face of the check. f keeping a record of each deposi tor's signature, the United States Nation al Bank protects both the patron and if self against fraud. ; Have you yet bought that 3rd Liberty Loan Bond . lJauti,. 23 AND WE WILL CALL OREGON ONE LEADING STATES New Controversy Arises With Iowa as to Which One Leads in Loan Drive WASHINGTON. April It. Gov ernment bonds of the first and ace-. ond liberty loans have been absorbed : largely by the public and rompara lively few remain In the hands 'of' banks. This was shown today by a '' report of Comptroller of the Cur-i rency Williams.. - ; . " . v.; Referring to the past liberty loans,, the comptroller said: - "It Is a tribute to the solidarity and a powerful evidence of the suc cess of our banking system that these gigantic transactions have been car- ' rled through without creating the slightest flurry or derangement In -the money market." y Oregon and Iowa, -which have been contesting for the honor of being the' first state to subscribe Its quota, to-, day opened a new phase of rivalry by reporting almost simultaneously- " that all their counties bad gone orrr the top. Oregon reporpd harlar made this record by last aSturday. however, and from Iowa cams the message that the last of its conn ties had over-subscribed at 1:46 ths af ternoon The treasury la deferriag the awarding ol first honors to either of these states pending investigation of their reports. ' FLEET ATTACKS .! . GERMAN ALLIES LONDON, April 1ft, (Rrttlsb Ad miralty, per Wireless PrM) Dr. Ktchard von Kuehlmann, , te Cer- man foreign minister, baa telegraph ed to M. Trhltcherin. the Bolshevik, foreign minister, to the effect that the Russian Dlark sea fleet has sep arated Into sections of unknown na tionality and In Violation of the pc-are treaty providing for the disarmament ofliusstan warships. Is attacking al lies of Germany. . j lr. von Kueblmann gives notice that all lllack sea warships contin uing to ahack lu violation of the Drest-Lltovsk treaty will aftr April 20 be treated as hostile ships. UnitedStates Salom Orooix