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The Statesman receives the C ffO fCS t f7 '!: " " j '' "; " ', "7 . BIXTY-KIGHT1I KAIl NO. 38 KALE-M OKFXiOX. FRIDAY MOHNINU, MAY 1. 1918 P1UCK FIVE CK5TS .... - ... . A MOUSEjVOTES; VICTORY GOES TO MINISTRY Lloyd George Scores Notable. .' Success lira Controversy j uver vuorcs itiaae oy uen eral Frederick B. Maurice PREMIER SPEAKS IN DEFENCE OF POLICIES Give in Detail Fighting Strength of Arxhjr Crowd Hear Debate LONDON. May 9. The Lloyd George ministry won a notable vie tory in the house of commons today. By a vote or 293 to 10$ the house Toted down a motion introduced by former Premier. AsQulth, providins for the appointment of a special com mute to investigate charges made by Major General Frederick B. Maurice, recently relieved of his post of chief director of military operations at the war office. Stirred by the imminence of a cab inet! crisis, the people of London crowdtU the public galleries long be fore,, the debate opened. The dip lomatic and peers' galleries also were thronged. . . . . Premier Scarca.tic. , . v Immediately after the introduction of Mr. Asquith's motion, the premier took the floor and spoke in defense of the government. He refuted the charges of General Maurice, and de clared that statements made in his recent speech to which Maurice's charges referred were made on in formation, received from General Maurice's department of the, war of fice He showed also by documen tary evidence that the extension f the British line was made because of pressure exerted by France, and that the decision was taken on the advice of the military authorities in agree ment -with Field Marshal Haig, the war cabinet, having Interfered in no way in the matter, although it ap proved of the dispositions.. When the premier left r the house he was largely cheered. The premier, discussing General Maurice's action, said lie had ascer tained that Maurice had never made representations to the chief of staff . on the subject. ;.. i.-, ' . i ;.: ".Yet," the premier . continued sarcstically. "this , is so important that a select committee must be set up into it; so important as to justi fy General Maurice trampling on the king's regulations and setting up an example of indiscipline to the whole army. . i i Anxious For Inquiry.. ..: Both he and Mr. Bonar Law were anxious for examination of 'their, statements by a perfectly impartial tribunal. There was a mass of con fidential documents Involved and he maintained that a select committee was not the best tribunal to investi gate facts when passions were arous ed. The house of commons long ago came tc a Similar decision when such) questions as dlputed elections were involved. Mr. Asquith had deprecat ed a select committee to investigate Mesopotamia for reasons which the premier considered right.- With reference to the strength of the army, th premier said: (Continued on Page 3.) wo Pretty Styles :(':'"- ; For . y : Women and Girls A growing girls PATENT PUMPS with combi-; nation strap. Low Heel and Goodyear welt soles. An ideal style for girls in sizes 2Vj to 6 at : --$3.45 EXPERIENCED SALESMAN VANTED Man Experienced in Dry Goods Preferred Second Fire Barns Over Property of Railroad NEW HAVEN, Conn.. May 9 Within half a mile of the still smol dering ruins of the historic passen ger station burned yesterday, fire again today swept through property of the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad, this time the headquarters shops and yard system, causing damage of about $60,000. A rigid inquiry into the cause of the two fires has been begun. " Among the records burned were those for overtime payments due em ployes -under the proposed wage re adjustments. : . - , , t Pershing Asks Soldiers to Observe Mothers' Day WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE. May 9. General John J. Pershing has issued the following order to all units of the American expeditionary forces in France: "May 8 To All Commanding Officers: "I wish every officer and soldier In the American expeditionary forces would write a letter bom on 'Moth er's Day This is a little thing for each one to do but these letters will carry back our courage and oir af fection to the. patriotic women whose love and prayers inspire us and cheer us on to victory. , (Signed) ; : 7 -'Pershing." FIELD MEET-TO CLOSE SCHOOLS IN AFTERNOON Students to Participate in In terscholastic Contest at lOXlock DANCING INCLUDED May Queen Will Be Crowned as Additional Feature of (Program Combining the annual Inter-class and interscholastic field meet with a.new.MayjCarnlval feature the public-wnool students of. Salem today will participate in a program on the hih school field beginning at 1 o'clock in the af ternoonr AH schools In the city will be dismissed at .noon in order that the pupils may attend. The first part of-the demonstra tion will consist In the crowning of Miss Juanlta loores as queen .of the carnival. . A garland drill, wind ing the Maypole and & fairy dance will follow. These were part of the program at the , Willamette Univer sity May Day festival. High school athletes will take part In the Jnterclass meet, entering the following events: 100 yard dash. 220 yard dash. 440 yard dash 120 yard low hurdles. eifotput, discus. pole vault, half mile relay, running broad lump and running high jump The three junior high schools will follow this with a similar meet. It is anticipated that much rivalry will be shown In the lattef. - --- The events are entirely under the direction of the physical .training in structors. Miss Emily Griffin and R. E. Heater. A large number of students will compete as this Is the principal local contest of the year. A Handsome KID PUMP withHand turned sole and French HeeL It's a beauty from every angle -a high grade Pump at.. ....$4.45 MORE MONEY NEEDED FOR COMING YEAR Additional Bond Issues Must , Be Called for During Pres ent Session of Congress, Says Senator PREPARE STATEMENT SHOWING SITUATION Within Next Few Days Com mittees Will Examine Fig ures Submitted - WASHINGTON. May 9. Congre sional leaders have been advised by Secretary McAdoo that legislation at this session of congress Is Imperative to provide revenue to meet the nn expected increases in expenses inci dent to the vast expansion of the na tion's war program. A statement of the country's fin fneial situation, upon which the amount of additional taxes and bonds needed may v be calculated, has ben prepared at the treasury for submis sion within the next two . or threo days to the committees of the sen ate and house. . r Whether congress will undertake at the present session upward revl sion of the war revenue law of last fall, leaders at the capitol said to night, depends upon the impression made bv this statement. If it dem onstrates that It is essential to act now instead of waiting until Decem ber, as planned, hopes of adjourn ment by July 1 will go glimmering and congress prabably will be here until falLV . I Want Immediate Act km. Secretary McAdoo's belief that legislation must be enacted at once was expressed in a letter 10 senator Simmons of North Carolina, chair man.1 of, the. .senate flnante commit tee. 5 - . The unexpectedly ijeavy estimates of expenditures for the coming year include the 415.000.000.000 army program, about $1,500,000,000 for the navy, with further estimates ex pected, and $2,250,000,000 for tho shipping board., v ;' ' ' Senator Simmons said tonight the tacit agreement to defer further rev enue legislation until next December was made before these new. estimates were submitted. The situation now, he said. Is materially changed, and will have to be considered in the new light when Secretary McAdoo's for mal statement Is presented. f Representative Kitchin of North Carolina Democratic leader of the house and chairman of the wavs and means committee, said If additional taxes were decided upon, the levy of the last tax. bill probably would be doubled. He lestimated that $2, 500,000.000 In new taxes would be levied, but other leaders placed tho nrobable figures at from tl.OOO.OSd,. 000' to $1,500,000,000. making a to tal of around $6.000.009.oo, uasea upon the estimated returns f be tween $4,000,000,000 and $4,500. 000,000 from the present law ... Need Mnrf llond IsMie. ,V Futther bond issues also undoubt edlr will have to be authorized dur Ing the present session, according to fContlnued on Page 71 A t Irrigation Projects May Bay Storage Water YAKIMA. Wash.. May 9. Recla mation officials here today received from Washington authority to sell water from storage to private Irri gation projects which are likely to suffer from drought. The run-off of the Taklma river now Is about the same as In 1915, when midsum mer was marked by severe shortage. This season, however, the govern ment with a large. storage already In the reservoirs, has ordered the stor age of 20.000 additional acre feet at Lake Keechelus. and it will be sold at the rate ofvl per. acre foot. Annual Sheep Dipping Is Waived This Year Because of a shortage of labor and for the reason that most sheep men of the state would have to build vats for the occasion. he annual sheep dipping in Oregon will be waive! this year. State Veterinarian Lytle ' said yesterday. A dipping has been or dered for next year. Or. Lytle said yesterday that dur ing the last six months no shipments of sheep have been made into Ore gon from Lyle, - ash., where the yards are under quarantine. HUNS NOT ABLE TO CARRY OUT HEAVY ASSAULT HUNS NOT ABLE TO CARRY OUT ASSAULT Allied Gunners . Responsible for Failure of Preten tious Drive BOMBARDMENT TERRIFIC Defense on Flanders Front Found Adequate; No Gains Made WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE. Ma. .y 9. The Germans had Intended to make a mucn more nretentious assault in Flanders yest terday than they Vere actually able to carry out. it has been learnea. Their failure was due to the excel lent work of the allied gunners and to a- small coincident operation by the Frencheast of Scherpenberg. which came at the right moment to help upset the enemy plans In this sector. The German attack as actually ex ecuted. . lay . roughly, between La Clytte and Voormexecle, and it, was made principally by the fifty secona German reserve division iresn troops which had not been used since the May offensive began assisted by the fifty-sixth regulars. PoAfcibly Another hmteh. Fresh details which have come to hand and statements by prisoners would indicate that the enemy bad Intended to attack with five divisions on a much wider front, mainly be tween Locrs and the Ypres-Comlnes canal and It is quite possible that this drive was meant to be the fore runner of a grand smash to push up west of Ypres and thereby threaten the "British hold on the ruined city. The Germans preceded their ad vance bv a terrific all-night bombara ment against both British and French over a wide front. At 9:30 o'clock the-infantry drive was start ed by' the fifty-second reserves, wbicn was sent axalnst the British In Ridge wood and tlw neighboring territory southwest of Voormezeele, and by the fiftr-slxth divisl. which attacked the British on the right and the French on the left. Barrage Tremendous." Before the battle started in earn est, however, several things had hap pened which were to have a viiai bearing on the day's program. Along the Ypres-Comlnes eanai an unusuai movement among the enemy had brought down a tremendous barrage from the British guns against a Ge man division on the right of the fit- ty-second reserves. Nothing further nappenea aiong - this sector, but it appeared later that the enemy had been assembling here to participate In the attack and naa been so badly smashed that the Idea of their taking part naa neen aoan AtvnA. In the meantime, along the Frencn front, between Locre and La Clytte. the French bad their eyes open and hon a heavy bombardment. Also thA Vronrh had undertaken a small nttpration In the early morning for the capture or a posiuon asi 01 Krheroenberg hill. - The combination f the French attack and the gieat bombardment undoubtedly complete ly linnet the German plans, for aa iTItlnnml German divisions. which were assembling to assist their com nlM nn the right, could not be hrnurht in. As a consequence the assault wss , confined to a two dl vision affair, which was directly mainly acainst the British about Ridgo wood. . POSITIONS KK-ESTABLISIfED. i LONDON. May i.-"At the close of the fighting this morning on the La Clytte-Voormexeele sector." says Fi.M Marshal Ha!gs report from (Continued on page I) SALEM TEAM IS CHAMPION OF OREGON Probst and ' Elliott, High School Debtors, Win Unani mous Decision Over Marsh field Speakers 1 , EIGHT VICTORIES IS RECORD FOR SEASON Trophy Is Awarded as Fea ture of Junior Week-End Program at Eugene EUGENE, . Or., May 9. Special to .The. Statesman) Salem high school won the interscholastic debat ing championship of Ore an here to night when pewey Probst and Phil lips Elliott were given a unanimous decision over Albert Powers and helma Lyons, representing' Marsh fieliV high school. The Sat-m team had the negative side of the question an dthe Marshfield team upheld the affirmative. Arguments presented by the- two teams were cn the question, "Re solved. That at the end of the pres ent war the United States should be come a member of a league of na tions possessing power to enforce the decisions of Its International court. Points on which the Salem team excelled in the contest tonight trere freedom In delivery, esremporaneous ability, broad information on toe subject and easy adjustment to the argument of the opposing team. The Marshfield team excelled in poise and dpflnritness. The CUD. which now goes to Salemhas engraved up on It the names of six bign scnoois lneludlnr Salem In 1917 Guild hall, on the campus or nn University of Oregon, was the scene of the debato... The final contest or the interscholastic league Is held here each rear as a festure of Junior week-end. Last night's "victory was almost a mrnriM for th suDnorters of .me Salem team for the reason that only few days ago Probst and r.uioii wrt annrised that they must take th negative side Of tne quesiioa. In previous debates they upheld the affirmative. Tne resuu or me wn r.nnnt rives Salem eight con ..iiii victories this year with not slncle defeat registered againi tfc arhnnt. All Tlctories nsve oeen by unanimous decision of the Judges with the exception of a contest with The Dalles hih school at Portland. which the Salem team won oy a iw to one decision. . ' Early In the season, Deiore omcr teams In Jhe league were eliminated. e.in'i nexative team was Kenneth iPower and Paul Richardson, always kwlnners. ;. Rumanian Qaeen WUl v Hot Recognize Treaty iUCTPrnAM.. -May 9. Qaeen Marie of RumaniaJaccordlng to Ger man nwanaoers. nas puoucij - nounced that she never will recog nise the peace treaty ofiwwu uu- Wnla and Germany. Her majesty says she would ratner aoaicaie mm reign over a country under German rule. The queen's children are ot the nnininn and they never lose an opportunity.-the newspapers add of Insulting tne uermana in nuiuui. Archie Roosevelt Wants To Get Back to Front PARIS. May 9. Captain Archie Roosevelt, who was wounded by shell fragments on March 7. hss sufficient ly recovered to take walk". He says he Is feeling fine and wlsh?s to re turn to the front, but It is uncertain when he will be discharged from the hospital.. rTNDTNDIMS' . HIDING PLACE .'I Half Breed Charged With Murder of EVa French Taken in Custody PLACERVILLE. CAL.. May 9 Johnson Hunter, a half-breed Indian, was trailed to his hiding nlace in the timber in Pleasant Valley, twenty ralle from bre, tonirht and arrested for tl'e murder late today In Pleas ant Valley of twenty-three-year-old Eva French. . The posse that located Hunter wa headed by Sheriff Charles Hand and it enter's brother. Bernard, who. e rnrding to the police, was In love with the slain girl. Johnson ' Hunter, ac cording to Sberifr Hand, admitted the crime but gave no motive for JL Hunter was employed by the girl's parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. French, pioneer settlers. Eight Men Are Gassed Inll Omaha Jank Yard OMAHA. May 9. Eight mea were raased. one seriously when a six-foot steel aeetyline tank was punctured early today (n a local junk yard, let ting out dense fumes of chlrolne. one of the most common wsr gases. They were given, first aid treat ment by police surgeons and all will recover. The tank was taken to the yard with a shipment of junk from a Nebraska town. . Women Compelled To Give Time to War Worh MILES CITY. Mont.. May ' 9., Every woman in Mies City and Cust er county wll be requested to give at least six hours. a week to the Red Cross or allied work, unless a valid excuse can be furnished. The local branch of the national woman's coun cil of defense has taken the matter up and Is maturing plans for carry ing out the plan. Failure on the part of any woman to do her part wilT result in her being hailed before tne council.. - . Government t o Inquire To Fate of Captain WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, May 9. Comrades of Cap tain James xtorman. Hall, aviator, missing after a combat 'on the Toul front, have asked the American em bassy In Paris to communicate with Germany through. Switzerland la an effort to ascertain whether Hall was killed or made prisoner. . They have furnished the embassy with a de scription of Hall's airplane and the number of .the motor. - - .A French artillery observer i ported that Hall apparently was mak ing a safe, landing when he disap peared from sight. , . ' ' BOrdBARDLlENTs . THREATENSTO: LEVEL ATMS Germans Make Systematic Ef fort to Destroy Public Buildings . CITY IS ABANDONED Firemen Remain at Posts At tempting to Quench Blazes From ProiectOes i ON THE I. FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE. Wednesday. May S. The German artillery, under orders from the Prussian and Bavarian crown princes. Is doing Its utmost to tarn Amiens into another Ilheims. Pl- cardy capitals, have already suffered terribly from these efforts to carry out the German idea of striking ter ror Into the fatherland's enemies by destruction of their most loved works of art. and every day adds to Its suf fering. The correspondent today went all over the abandoned city and observed the effects of the bombardment Which turned parts Into heaps of ruins and killed fifty-two men civi lians, thirty women and five children, besides . wounding sixty-two men. forty-eight women and nineteen children before the population had an opportunity to evacuate the place. Since the Germans have been within cannon shot of Amiens they have hurled no fewer than 5100 shells, mostly six Inch and eight Inch, into the city. Art Treasure la Danger. Every Indication points to a sys tematic effort to destroy the public buildings, as the cathedral has been struck by shells which' have pierced the roof and walls, and the object of firing Incessantly upon the town cannot be explained except upon the aasumpetion that It is carried out with the purely barbarous Idea of th destruction of the beautiful objects It contains. - This follows from the fact that no troops whatever are in the city and that the railroad passing through It is not In use. The cannonade gener ally ceases at nightfall. only to be replaced by air raids, which occur almost every night. fouarh Aerial Torpedoes, Aerial' torpedoes to the number of Clf hare been launched from air planes upon various parts of the city, As most of the shells and torpedoes tare of the Incendiary typa, they have caused enormous damage, so that up to the present 1200 houses have been destroyed. When the firemen, who .gallantly stuck to thee pests, have attempted to extinguish the flames the German gunners, seeing the glare of the fire they had caused, have con tinued to throw in shells upon the spot, while at night the German air men have circled high over the blaxs and dropped more bombs. The cathedral, which possesses the finest got hie nave in existahce, has so far escaped serious damage, but any moment may se Irreparable In jury done It. as projectiles continue to fall all around It. All traffics is forblddln" to enter the city so that the enemy may not be given ground for -declaring the bombardment Is of military exlgen cles. Si el "0 R r a r. c 0 tiWttuL Many Lires Loit YHca Ter rific Gale Strikes Town, Wrecking Buildings, and OYeriunixng Trains STORM ALSO VISITS . SECTIONS IN ILLINOIS Cattle Killed Railway - Telegraph Convoca tion Blocked CrilCAGO, May ' 9. Six known dead, scores injured and property damage running into the hundreds of thousands of dollars .resulted from a storm which swept through central Illinois and . Iowa today, reaching the proportions of a tornado In many sections. The storm was accompanied by torrential rains which warhed cut miles of -railway track, while ttt wind uprooted trees and telerrsrh and telephone poles, paralyicg :.-e communication for many fcon. Many buildlnxs were destroyed ai croos and rirdens ruined! . At Franklin. Morgan county, tbre persons were killed bya fall In c rocf. At Toulon. Ill-, a farther and his son were killed when' their home vii wrecked. Near Nashua. Ia.. a farmer was reported to have been kniel. At Eld ridge a score of persons were in jured when their homes were demol ished snd one woman was carried through the air for thirty feet, at taining a broken collar bone. Several persons also were Injured near 1' cr eatine. . , . Heavy Ttaia PremV. . In Illinois the most damage done In Christian. Shelby, Mason r. 1 Morgan - counties. The towns r Waverly. Clements. Reea and Yo msns, south of Springfield, stiff er-i severely. At Pana. Ill-, a passer rr train was' wrecked by a wahot tut no one was seriously injured. . The Methodist church and rrron age at 0?eela. 111., was wrecked. In Chicago much damage was re ported to windows, roofs and trrt sidlnm by a high wlnd'tbst was pre ceded by a heavy rain. "The wreck of a Chlcsro. Mllwsn- kee ft SL Paul train at Calmar was reported In a telephone mestare from West Union, after midnlgbt. it was believed that -the train wjs from Austin. Mian., but details were un available. The report received at Weft TrJ n was that a string of box cars. Down out upon the main track, struck . U. Austin train. .It was Impot!ll to confirm the report here, or learn tt exact nature of the train reported wrecked. Virtual cessation of wire communi cation with the affected diftrKVi made t difficult to get accurate de tails tonight, hut IndlcatrSss were that, while a terrific gale was pre valent over most of central ana northern Iowa, the tornadoes were confined to Chlckssaw, Wlnaefhck. Scott snd Muscatine counties. It was reported that Fort Atkin son. Fredericksburg. Osslan and Pal mar ail suffered severely and tfcat the villages of Republic. Pearl Rork and Plalnrield were virtually de stroyed.' . ' The known desd are Mrs. Thomas Down. Theodore Krelger. Jr.. Al'-ert Smith of near Hampton, and Hoy Husband and Mrs. A. O. Carpenter of near Nashua. Six additional deaths were reported at Calmar, according to a dispatch from West Un'.on. eighteen miles south of here. .DES MOINES, la.. .May 9. Nashua and Immediate vicinity In Chlcasaw county, northwest of here, and Eld rid re. in Scott eounty. cine miles north ot Davenport. . felt 1 he full force of the tornadoes. At Ieat one person wss killed near Nashua, while a score of persons were In jured. , HutlHnr Fall on Man. Roy Husband, .a farmer residing three miles from Nashua, was crushed to death when a building crumpled anon him. " Confirmation of railroad reports of other deaths In that vicinity were larking. ' . Every bslHlng in the path of the Nashua tornado was wrecked, over a dUtrlct seven miles long and one fourth to one-half mile wide. Five children of Clarence White, alone at the time, rushed to the bas-ment (Continued on Page 5 THE WKATHIin. - - -..- . . Friday fair and wsnncr: frost !a the interior In the morning; mod erate northeasterly winSs.