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SALUM, OlttXiON. FICI1)AY MOUMXOi, MAY 3, 1918
FIUCE FIVE CXXT3
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GERMAN LOSS
IS 350,000
IN 5 WEEKS
Enemy Sustains Appalling
Slaughter of Troops in
Present Struggle on West
ern War Front
FIGHTING RESERVE
IS HALF EXHAUSTED
Situation Takes Alarming As
; pect From Yiew of Ger
man Leaders
PIONEERS GATHER TO DEDICATE
CHAMPOEG MERIORIAL BUILDING;
T0ASKM0THER APPROPRIATION
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New Structure Commemorating Conference Held in 1843,
at Historic Spot Opened to Public More Funds Need
ed to Provide Auditorium a nd Furnishings 2500 Peo
ple Come From Valley Fob ts to Take Part in Celebration
By LUCILB' F. SAUNDERS. i what will later b made intomuseum
Where seventy-five years ago 102fand caretaker's quarters, upstairs.
FRENCH ARMY HEADQUAR
TERS,, via OTTAWA, 31ay 2. Un
der the German blows i he allied
armies seem to he welded together
' as never before. There now is no
point Of Junction at which the Ger
mans can thrust. - The process of
welding togethef the two armies is
complete, but-it will not stop there.
Franco-Rritlsh i divisions .will . be
moved about on a solidly knitted
front at. the wish of ihk allied high
command as freely as Germali dlvi
'i siona.- . :
!- Against the enemy's territorial
fains must be set the fact that he
had to throwVUO divisions Into the
; battle in five weeks. A considerable
! number of these-have been twice en-
raged and some thrice.. Adding
these reappearances together, there
: Is a total of 186 engagements of di
visions, equivalent to amass of two
and one-half million men whom the
1enemy has already put into battle.
As a German division. is never with
drawn, until it has sustained severe
- losses, on an average of 2500, it is
reasonable to reckon the enemy s
Iocs since the beginning of the battle
, at not less than 250.000.
i The Germans began the offensive
with a reserve of 650,000 In depots
S a France and at home. Ilehind
hese there is only the 1919-20 class,
otrsistlngrcf youths, half of whom
are under 18.; The enemy's genuine
fighting reserve, is thus half exhaust
ed before ;he lias covered anything
like, half the -distance to his goal.
UIs reckles emir.oyment , jof divi
sions has left him with & total of
.6$. out of 2 06. In France which have
n4 yet -been engaged. Of these
of tbe orieinal -Willamette valley
settlers gathered at the Hudson Bav
warehouse and decided whether Ore
gon should be a part of British Co
lumbia or a territory of the United
States, "yesterday approximately 250O
people gathered to dedicate the new
Champoeg memorial building!. Pio
neers from all over the state, one
even from as far cast as Union coun
ty, mingled, in ,great numbers with
the :crowds of visitors from Salem,
Portland and other valley points,
who came by way of auto, train and
boat.
Situated on a beautiful spot in the
twelve-acre memorial reserve, just a
few hundred feet from the east bank
of the Willamette', stands the newly
completed structure, designed by
George M. Post and erected under
the direction of Fred Krlxon ani
Ralph J. Jones. It is builtj on the
bungalow style with a dull sray and
white exterior and inside woodwork
of a slightly different shade. It con
tains a kitchen, main hall and two
rest rooms on the first Yloor and
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U.SSTRIPPING
FOR ACTION ON
WAR FRONT
Plans for Throwing Every Re
source Into Battle Maturing
Germany Still Has Re
serves to Throw Into Fight
Won't Be Stingy With
t Ice Cream This Year
I
Urge Manufacturers
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(Continued on Ptge, 3.)
CHICAGO, May 2. A. B. J
Gardiner, president of. the Na-. ; t
tlonal Association of Ice Cream J
Manufacturers, in addressing
the orpaniiatlon at its annual J
meeting: here today, ureed the
public to use ice cream in large
quantities this summer and J
support the manufacture, in i
their efforts to utillz tbe sur- t
plus milk supply of tbe country: I
He said th?.t unless this is
done the farmers will kill thou-
sands of their cores and jeop- J
ardtre tno aarry jnausiry.
The organization decided to
stop making ices and sherberts
and concentrate on ice cream.
President 'Gardiner said this
course was adopted at the sug
gestion of the federal food ad
ministration officials.
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LiV YV'!"
Chairs and tables are the only equip
ment on hand Just at present. One
of the most striking features of the
main hall is the big fireplace of larga
smooth round stones. The big porch
with its columns of whole tree trunks
at the corners afforded a shady rpot
for many of the pioneer guests and
the speakers at yesterday y cere
monies.- ;
Building . Lon Desired.
For the past eighteen years Found
ers Day has been observed by the
Oregon pioneers and their descend
ants with an appropriate program on
the spot. In 1901. a Oment monu
ment containing the fifty-two namas
of those men at thv original meeting
who voted in favor of joining the
United Stater, was dedicated by. the
late Harvey W. Scott. Arter a stren
ii mi a flirht. heeun In 1907. tho land
and appropriation for the building
were secured from the state. The
money for the former, however, was
not given until after a dozen men
had taken up a collection amyig
themselves and secured the tract.
Their donations were later reuinu.ru.
Many I'ionwr lreeMt.
Te spirit of the pioneers dominated
the program ftt this year's -meeting,
p H. D'Arcywho acted as chairman,
called on as many of the old people
as possible and introduced them to
the audience. Among them were
k- t!b Ron of Reuben Lewi.
9rMclnated in the orlglnar
meeting; JJ. U. Smith, son ot another
of the pioneers of '43, also his moth
er; who came here in 1845-., Mr. V.
a MPherson. wife of the first state
;v. P. ana i. ..r,
r.rav necretary of tne con-
fcrence; leicnrr "'rt
Beers, whose fathers also took part
lnV knd H. L. Pittock. owner of the
Oregonian. The .friaesi man v
vji cuu'um. 0n Mini
mootinz was W. W. r-nicry. v
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. n vnn was nere iu
in. IBt ; .. . clAnnv
ufalfnda. Smitn. me wmuw ui
Smith, a pioneer of IMS. was a,,
Jnd Judge Daniel Webster ; of alem
were other pioneers
Rev. Mr. Hunsaker. another Or-3-gon
old-timer, opened the V
with the Invocation.- He was follow
S bj the veteran's Jrtte. who
sane "The Star Spangled Banner,
later contributing several other num-
T. T. Geer One of Speakers.
nnromor T. T. Geer, who
gave the dedicatory address. recount
Id tbe history oi the .spot and com
mented on the presenf patriotic spii it
of the people" of Oregon. He sa.l
the present buuaing js n.r.c., -runner
of a more Pretentions add -tion,
which is to contain on audi
torium. - "4V,va
Governor James ,lu'1""' .-Vv
H which he pointed out the need of
Americans" in tn?
.rut. "It is more important
i that vnn neo-
than it ever was u.- a
pie are standing logevuci
said
RUMANIANS ASK TO
1 FIGHT AUSTRIANS
Local Operations Only Move
ments Lull Broods Over
Battlefield
ADDRESSES OF ! ANOTHER BODY
MEN ORDERED
Added Identity Information to
Accompany American Cas
ualty Lists
UNDER FLOOR
Remains of Irma Pallatinus
Beneath Hduse Occupied
Schmidt
s
HONS SHAKE!!
BY DEFENSE
OF YANS5S3
WASHINGTON, May 2. The war
department ' will resume tomorrow
publication of the home addresses
of men reported on the casualty lists
from France.
Orders to that effect have been
issued issued and the list given out
tomorrow morning wilt be In the old
form followed prior to Secretary
Baker's instructions sent from France
early in 'April. i
This action meansUhat it has been
determined, that any military Infor
mation the enemy might gain from
the lists would not be .sufficient val
ue to Justify the added anxletyamong
the .relatives of soldiers occasioned
by suppression of this aid to positive
identification.
printer:
of W. If.
'His Masters Hat" "
U purchased here, is an exact representation of
CASH VALVE. "
Do you know the sincere man detests sham
and pretense. He insists that a thing must be ex
actly what it purports to he. It may be an inex
pensive grade, if need be, but it must be a worthy
representative of that grade, and not a weak type?
Ya higher grade. I
! THE HAT, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE YOU
BUY HERE; "RINGS TRUE" WHETHER YOU?
PAY $1.45 OR $4.00 FOR IT.
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Slip-On-
Veils
V7e have just received another large shipment of these
popular Veils. Make your selection today be- f
' cause they are sure to go fast. They come v
' in plain. and fancy designs oi
v various colors.
10c, 15c 20c, 25c, 35c, 50c, 70c
tU .ut. of vit
.t.i I'rn eFawr-'
S. Meany of the University, or JJ sh
?' . .o, Governor Miles
wSre Sam Hill and D. C Elliott of
K'vu.iu. These men exprersvl
V waehtneton. remind
! thaop.. that It . Vit. df
.-. .-iiiiinn a 'Miller. J. Di ljee OI
"'"".rlrk V. Holman. pres-
Ident of the ureRon "w,tvC,.r
ej and Mrs. Kdith Tozier-Wcather
eiV.j- Krif addresses. '
eu nr
ChnV. S. Josselyn gave the ben
edictlon ....ronriation.
' A ' motion made V Mr. Miller prn-
hat the next ei '
nrovtmcnis "
OFFICIAL SUMMARY.
America is strlppnig for tile "de
cisive battle on the battle front of
Europe. In an executive session of
the military commie of the lower
house of congress Secretary of War
Uaker, Majbr General March, acting
chief of staff. aid Proveet Marshil
General Crowder have asked con
gress to give the president blanket
authority to increase the Unite!
States army to whatever size may bj
necessary to win. the war.
This county now has nearly 2.
000,000 men under arms and the
array appropriation bill for this year
would provide for an increase of this
number to 3,000,000. . -
Lull Continues in West. :
1 i '
J While 'America's; plans for throw
ing her every resource into. the bat
tle against Prussianism are matur
ing, the lull whlchj haa brooded over
the western battle lines continues.
The expected German attacks on the
Ypres'and Amiens fronts have, not
been launched. Here and there tho
opposing; artilleries I have- broken
forth into wild bombardments, such
as usually preludes to massed at
tack i on i the allied lines, but they
have died out ofter a few hours.
Here, and there local operations have
been carried ont for the purpose of
straightening lines and raiding the
enemy's positions but they have not
developed into anything unusual.
The Germans must attack soon or
acknowledge their defeat in their
ambitious attempt utterly to. crush
the allied, armies. '
Germans- Ha More Reserve.
Germany has rost heavily, but the
emperor still- has reserves to throw
into the fight. The defeat Monday
on ,the Meteren-Voormezeele lino
southwest of Ypres, has taught -the
Germans that the allies are prepared
la stand' their ground and , thero
seems little inclination ai.iue pres
ent moment to renew a conflict which
threatens to bo disastrous.
The report that Czech soldiers, ne-
sertinE from the Austrian army, now
are f iehtinz with tho. Itarrans has
been followed by dispatch 1 saying
that Rumanians who had been cap
tured by the Italians have asked per
mission to fight against tne Austri
ans and that they are now, .on the
Arinr line! - I
The Uritish forces in Palestine
have recaptured Ec-Salt. a village
from which they retired three weeks
aro under pressure from a superior
force of Turks and Germans.
A Berlin report says that the for
tress of Sebastapol has been occu
pied by the Germans. This was ex
pected after the capture of Simfero
pol last week.
Tacoma Man Instntly
Killed by Electricity
TACOMA. Wash.. May 2. D. E
Colvin, employed in the sub-station
of the Tacoma Railway" & Power
company, was Instantly killed this
evening when he came in contact
with wires carrying !0, 000 -volts of
electricity. He Was alone in the sub
station and it Is not known. Just how
the accident occurred but It is pre
sumed : he fell against the switch
board. The body was found a few
minutes later badly burned.
PETROIT. May , 2. Wrapped In
canvas, the body of Irma Pallatinus
was. found today under the cement
floor in the basement of the homa
here formerly occupied by Helmuth
Schmidt, whose suicide in tbe High
land Park Jail ten days ago has re
sulted In an investigation to deter
mine the fate of at least three wom
en who . lived with Schmidt, as . his
wife.
.Mrs. Edward Rederer, a sister of
Irma Pallatinus, identified a strand
of Jialr as Hhat of her sister's and
examination: revealed tbe fact that
the woman had been strangled to
death with a clotheslines.
Miss Pallatinus accompanied
Schmidt here from Lakewood. N. J
and relative? state that the couple
were married in New York, this be
ing disputed, however, by Schmidt's
daughter and widow, Mrs. TietX
Schmidt. The woman disappeared
suddenly two years aro.
Mrs. Schmidt, who was brought
before Prosecutor Gillespie, late to
day for further questioning In con
nection with the death of Augusta
Steinbach, who, according to
Schmidt, killed herself when he
would not marry her. fainted when
told of the finding ot the body.
1UMILRI WITH GAS.
posing V-Vooi for further im-
provemeni" "
unanimously. -
ho occasion y v-"" .,i,ol
n iiiniifi
Smith in her girlhood..
Wells Fargo Driver Says
He Stole Bag of Money
MA USUI FIELD. Or.. Mav 2. Karl
McTlmmons, driver for Wells-I- argo
fe-Co. express here, was arrested to
day chareed with having stolen a
packs ze from the local office last
Saturday nicht which contained
more than SS0O. Officers declared
toniglh that .McTinmons had con
fessed and returned H of the
money but-fl whlchhe had spent.
- .CHIXEKE THOOPS 3IOVR
AMOY, China. May 2.Heavy re
inforcements of government troops
are moving iovara -unn-u-Kangtung
border concentrating
chiefly at Tung Shan and Chaoan.
imiTISH HEADQUARTERS IK
FRANCE.! Xray 2. (Via Ottawa)
i-'arlv this mornine the Germans
heavilv bombarded with cas shell
and high explosives the allied post
tions west of Merrls and the area
around iVillers-Ilretonneux. There
waa no Infantry action.
The allies have; been prof King by
the lull to prepare: to met! any fresh
enemv effort.
TMirtnsr ! Wednesday the Dwtish
carried out a successful enterprise
gonth of the Ancre.' advancing thj?
front over a width nearly nan a
mile to a deplh of '400 yeards.
The weather has improved and
the altmen are' loing deadly work
over enemy positions. ,
TIIIOWILLK HOMBED.
IX5NDON. May' 2. The report on
aerial operations tonight rays:
'One ton of bombs was dropped to.
,i.v at Thlonville. Several bhrsts
were observed on the barracks, rail
way station and si4ings. A fire
broye out in the. Carkhutte works.
PLANE FALLS,
SIMIAN DIES
Lieutenant William Dean
Thompson Killed at Law
ton Flying Field
LAWTON, Okla.; May 2. Lieuten
ant William Dean Thompson of the
23 rd field artillery, student observ
er at Post field, was Instantlly killed
and Lieutenant Foster Bailey, pilot.
was injured seriously today when
their plane fell 300 feet.
The engine stopped- when the men
were doing a spiral ana tne pilot
attempted to-coast to a landing.-the
machine went Into a tail spin, falling
to earth.
Thompson was married three weeks
ago and his bride has been with hJm
at Lawton. His mother, lives at
Eagle Pass, N. M.
BALLOON BURNS
TWO ARE KILLED
Eighteen Seriously Burned in
Explosion on Florence
' . Field
OMAHA. Neb., May 2. Two men
were killed and eighteen . burned
more or less seriously tonight at
Florence field in an explosion of i
baloon of the Cacquot type attribn
ted by army officers in charge to Ig
nition or the gas by sparks of static
electricity from the fabric of the en
velope. .. ,
The men killed were, so 'badlv
burned as to be unrecognizable and
their Identity will not be established
it was said, until the roll of the bal
loon detachment has been called to
morrow.
A statement by Colonel H. IX. Per-
sey. commanding at Fort Omaha
said that spme of the Injured were
burned seriously but not fatally, and
that all were receiving proper at
tention at the hospital at Fort Oma
ha. - r
It was the first fatal accident at
Florence field since the establish
ment of the balloon school.
In the fire which followed the ex
plosion on of the balloon sheds was
badly damaged. ;
Attacking Force Cut to Pisces
and Loses Heavily ra Killed
and Wounded by American
Fire
BROOKLYN AIRMAN
BRINGS DOWN PLANE
Lad of Twenty-One Ytzrt
Wins Thrilling Battle Tilth
German Flyer ;V;?S
OFFICERS GRAB
CHARLES OLCOTT
i .
Employe of Spaulding .Mill
Scatters "Kingdom News"
at Night
Night offlceri .Victor and M arils
following np the trail of a person
engaged in distributing copies of the
-Kingdom i News" a piece of liter
ature that has been placed under, the
ban of -.-the "authorities surprised
Charles W. Olcott, an employe of the
Spaulding Lumber .company, in the
act of placing a copy of the publica
tion upon a, porch at 144 South Thir
teenth street late last night.
Olcott, who s a middle-aged man,
made no effort to escape as the of
ficer turned his flashlight fnll into
his face, but put np a rapid line of
argument as to his aim In distribut
ing the literature.
There are indications from the
manner In which the literature was
being scattered about the city last
nightthat Olcott is one of an organ
ized group, working systematically
and religiously to cover tne town in
spite ot interdictions.
. Olcott was placeavunder.nonds ot
(50 for his appearance In court and
at the moment of going to press he
washout with an officer to get the
cash which he claimed to have In
sight.
Ennis and Herriott Die
V XVrji7 Prrfnrnrino Stnnti
FORT WORTH. Texas, May 2.
Lieutenat James It. Ennis, Jr., of
New York, and Cadet Paul Herriott
of Oakland. Cal., who were killed to
day at Hicks fleldvwhen" their air
plane fell about 150 feet, had just
taken the air to fulfill their part of
a program calling- for "stunts" In
honor of General John II. Greble and
his staff from Camp Howie. General
Greble was not pn the field -at the
time of the accident, v
Rising to an altltude-of about ISO
feet. the aviators attempted a
straight nose dive and the machine
crashed to earth before it could be
rlgtheC. Ennis and Herriott met in
stant death.
The" accident did not prevent the
day's program from being carried out
and General Greble witnessed many
thrilling. "stunts."
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. May 2. The unit. Ger
man shock troops which attacked
the American position at Seicheprey,
April 20. is known to have suffered
morr severely than It was at -first
believed. ' -
Information :has beea ; received
from a. German , prisoner . who i was
brought in by one of the America!!
patrols. He was a Red Ctoss xoa
who assisted in the removal of tie
wonnded and the burial of the, deal
after the engagement; and told th
American intelligen' officers that
the Cerman force was cut to pieces,
about four-firths of Its 1U0 effect
ives being killed or wounded. '
In' view of the fact, that the pri .
soner gave other Information of
definite character, the Intelligence
officers seemed to believe his state
ments relative to the German cas
ualties. American Officer Villd. ' " "
Lleuten&nt Colonel -Richard: IL
Griffiths, commanding a battalion cf
infantry, has been killed by s--.'.l
fire In Picardy. He emerged' frc.a
a dujrout Just as a German shell. ar
rived and exploded directly la. Xrpct
of him-.
.Lieutenant Colonel Griffiths was
with tbe ' Fourth Tennessee .volun
teers. He served also a: major ia
the Philippine constabulary. -lis
was appointed a major in the satJr-a-al
army after resigning from - the
British army. His widow. Is .a Red
Cross nurse.
An Americas aviator aas tmclt
down - the fourth German airplane
along the American front.. northwest
of Toul. Lieutenant James A. Mels
ner. whose home . Is tin Brooklyn,
after a thrilling aerial battle . at
about 15,000 feet, shot down aa jj
Batross scout which fell In flames.
Lieutenant MeKsner is 1 1 years
of are and a graduate' ot Cornell. '.
While he was protecting a photo
graphing plane a German machine
came In view. A French plica
started for the German, but MeUsntr
who was flying high nearby 1n--a
speedy Nleuport .chaser, made s.cUTe
for the German's tail. W hen .within
range he opened fire with .his ma
chine gn and thf German started a
spiral nose dive, but arter a jew sec
onds straightened . out and started
back for Germany. - ' -
Melssner followed so closely "when
the German started out that the li
ter's wing tore both of the under
wings of Melssner machine hat at
the. same time the young American
poured a - deadly stream , of bullets
Into the enemy plane, which started
smoking.) Melssner kept np the fire
until the German machine tarsi lata
flames and, crashed to earth.
Tbe American, pilot landed safe,
on his own side of the lines, but the
German fell about a mile Inside the'
German lines to the south of Tala-H
court.. The American infantrymen in
the front lines watched the engage
ment and cheered1 loudly another
American air victory. ' ' ""
TROOPS i REPORTED REtrTLSEfc
CONSTANTINOPLE, May I, via
LONDON. May 2. An official state
ment Issued today ,by the Turkish
wff- office reports the repulse ot
strong British detachments; in, hLestp
potamla. , . J . ...
DRM IAW MAY BE MENDED BY ADKipiATIOIi
PRESIDENT WANTS POWER ' TO RAISE BIGGER 'ARM
Harry P. Flannery Is '
Guilty on Booze Charge
RAN FRANCISCO. May 2. liarry
P. Flannery; former police commis
sioner, politician, and until recently
proprietor of a down town bar. was
found mlltv by a Jury in the United
States district court tonight on three
charges of conspiracy to sell liquor
to soldiers In uniform. Sentence, to
be pronounced May 10. may be as
severe as two years,' imprisonment
or a fine of $10,000, or both, on
each count. ; i
WASHINGTON. May 2. IUankcl
authority for the president to 1n-1
crease the army to whatever size may
eb necessary to win the war was pro
posed to the house military commit
tee in executive session today by
Secretary I'.aker, Major General
Mirch. acting chief of staff, and Provost-Marshal
General Crowder An
administration measure amending
teh selective draft act to provide for
this grant of power will be prepared
immediately arid prompt action on It
asked.
Secretary llaker told tbe commit
tee it would he unwise to -set any
limit of the number of men who
could, be' ealTcd to the colors and
that the granting of complete discre
tionary authority to the president to
increase the size of the army as ra
pidly as transportation ' and equip
ment facilities -may warrant would
have a great pyschological effect on
the enemy by .showing how thor
oughly the nation is throwing all its
resources Into the conflict. 'L.'
May .Mobilize 3.000.000.
The army appropriation bill' this
year, Mr. ISaker said, shoulj rrovWe
for approximately 3.000,000 men. in
cluding the nearly 2.000,000 nov? under-arms,
but this should not be ac
cepted as any fixed limit to the num
ber of men to be called within the
year. Supplemental appropriations,
be said, .will he submitted as tho
army Is Increased. -
Secretary Daker also outlined to
tbe committee today the reasons why
he opposes house amendments to the
senate resolution to change the basis
of draft auota from state population
to the number of nvsn In Class 1. un
der which states would be given the
credit for men who have volunteered
for service in the army and. navy.
He said such credits would be, tulr
if the basis was to be state popula
tions, J)ut that they would. not be
fair-with the basts the number of
men in Class 1, because then tome
states would have 'to furnish fib draft
men, while other would have to fur. -nlsh
a very high percentage. " 1 Tt'-
WiUon for Volunteer Credits.
When the resoltulon to change .the'
draft quota basis was. before ths
house. President Wilson wrote Chair,
man Dent of tbe military committee,
supporting the volunteer credit! pith
but he was represented today as bar
ing changed his mind In ivew of the
inequity that would result, tl la un
derstood that he will write Chairman
Dent asking the house to recede troqx
its insistence on its amendments.
There were Indications today, that
an administration bill to grant un
limited power to the president . to
Increase the . site: of , the army, will
meet with opposition. '
,wEATHEiir
Friday probably rain west, cloudy
east portion: cooler, taqderat louth-
westerly winds.
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