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KLVlY-KltiliTH YKAIt NO 42
8AI.KM, OKKiOS, WKPXKSHAY MOUM.Mi, MAY 15, 1UIH
THICK 1TVE CLLNTS
MAN
SALEM
IS THOUGHT
ON CYCLOPS
i
Earl Mollencop Is Sent
Aboard Mystery Ship When
- He Starts Home on Fur
lough After Long Absence
TRANSFER IS MADE
FROM U. S. CRUISER
Washington Authorities Are
Making Efforts to Locate
Missing Sailor
Major General Maurice
Associated With Paper
LONDON'. May 14. Major Gener
al Maurice, whose retirement was
ordered after the explanation made
by Premier Lloyd CJeorge 4n the
house of commons in answer to
charges contained in a letter written
by General Maurice, has accepted an
offer to become the military corre
spondent of the Daily Chronl le. This
announcement is made by the paper
itseir. and bis first article will ap
pear tomorrow.
FEELING GROWS
THROUGH RUSSIA
AGAINST HUNS
Advance on Central Part of
Country Feared Iavs
May Move Capital
It Is thought that Earl W. Mollen
cop, tbe sailor son of Mr. r.nd Mrs.
J. F. Mollencop, 4 8 North Twenty
first street, is on the transport
Cyclops, which was due March 13 at
.an Atlantic seaport, and has myster
iously disappeared. His mother has
been awaiting, his return to Salem
: for two months and! yesterday was
given tbe Information by Wasblng
' ton; D, C, authorities that her son
. had been transferred! to thft Cyclops
, while being sent borne on a furlough.
v Earl-Mollencop. who is 24 years
pld. enlisted four years ago in tbe
V a His parents have not seen
aim for a yeak His time of service
.'was to expire March 16 and so he
' , planned to some hone on a furlough
. ; before re-enlisting.' .
, He wrote to his parents that he
Was coming. Because the transport
'Cyclops was due early at a United
States seaport,! young Mollencop was
taken off his; ship, the IT. S. S.
, Raleigh, in South Ameri;'!, and was
, on his way home.
Nothing has' been learned of the
Cyclops and Its disappearance is con
sidered mysterious by navy men.
f Besides the telegram, Mr. and
Mrs. Mollencop haTe received a long
letter from -Washington telling of
- efforts to locate, the, Salem sailor.
Earl 1 Sbafer., son or Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Shafer, 12 65 State street, was
on the Raleigh with Mollencop. - ,
RESISTANCE DIFFICULT
Grain District Lost Through
Capture of Roitov-on-Don
by Germans
SECOND RAID
ON SEAPORT
BIG SURPRISE
First Hand Account of Attack
on Naval Base Given-Night
Ideal for' Carrying Out
Plans
VINDICTIVE HANDLED
IN MIDST OF SMOKE
Monitors and Airplanes Aid
in Combatting Heavy Shore
Batteries
Coroner's Jury Finds
Man Guilty of Murder
DETROIT, Mich.. May 14. A cor
oner's jury investigating the death
of Irma rallatihlus. whose body was
found under, the floor of the former
borne here of Helmuts Schmidt, self
confessed slayer, returned a verdict
today that she came to her death
through strangulation at tbe bands
of Schmidt. Schmidt's 17-year-old
daughter testified at the inquest that
her father explained the di.iappear-
ance of Miss Pallatinlus, who acted
as his housekeeper here, by saying
she bad left his home after taking
700 of his money.
HUNS CONFIDENT
OF ABILITY TO
REACH CHANNEL
TROOPS WAIT
FOR GERMANS
NEXT ATTACK
Intense Bombardments Con
tinued by Enemy While
Reinforcements Are Receiv
edHill 44 Taken
Prominent Member of Reich
stag Says Plan Is to Bom;
bad Southen England
MOSCOW, Friday, May 10.
Through the capture of. Rostov-on-Don
the Germans hare gained con
trol of the .Caucasius grain districts
in the Doneth basin and the coal. Iron
and oil fields. Northern Russia is
now cut off from the Caucasius, ex
cepting for a single railroad running
through the Sa rat sin In the southern
LONDON. May 14. The admiralty
has Issued the following graphic
story of the Ostend operation:
"DUNKIRK. May il. "The plan
ning and execution of that success
hid been entrusted by Vice Admiral
Sir Roby t Keyes to Commodore
Hubert Lynes, who directed tJig pre
vious attempt to block the harbor
with the Sirtus and Brilliant. Upon
that occasion a combination of un
foreseen and unforeseeable ' condi
tions had fouht against him.
"It was & night that promised
well for tbe enterprise- nearly
windless and what little breeze
stirred came a point or so west of
north. From the destroyer which
served the conimodore for a flag
ship, the remainder of the force
were visible only as silhouettes
blackness.
"From Tunkirk a sudden brief
5 flurry of gunfire announced that
ENEMY LOSS 3,000,000
Russia Promises to Keep Ger
mans Busy Desires of
Country Explained
part of the government of Saratov,
which the Germans are now threat- German airpianes were on the way to
visit Calais and over the invisible
coast of Flanders the summer light-
NURSES ENLIST
FOR RED CROSS
Salem Young Women to
Leave for Active Duty Af
ter Graduation
; Upon their graduation a number
of the nurses who will receive di
plomas tonight as graduates of the
Salem hospital, will enter Red Cross
work and special exercises have been
planned upon their double gradua
tion and .departure. The program
will begin at 8 o'clock at the First
Presbyterian church and Is open to
the public. .
Miss LUllan McNary," superintend
ent of the hospital, is making the
event of much interest.: Mrs. Jane
Burns Albert of Portland, a soprano
soloist, who found large favor with
Salem people when she sang at the
state fair, will come to Salem for
the program. Luclen E. Becker, a
prominent Portland organist, will
also be on the program.
enine.
Coupled with the fall of Sebastopol
and the overthrow of the Ukraine
rada and the establishment in the
Ukraine of a bourgeoise government
wholly under German rumination,
the capture of Rostov-on-Don has
created great uneasiness in Moscow
and Petrograd. A German advance
in Central Russia is generally feared
and the removal
Yekaterinburg in the
Is bing discussed.
Germany's overthrow of the Uk
raine government with which It had
made peace is regared by North Rus
sia as a step toward its occupation.
Within a few weeks the future of
Petrograd and Moscow probably -will
be determined as it Is considered that
soviet government either must sub
mit to German domination or re
treat eastward and prepare for a de
fense aeainst the invaders.
Effective resistance win De mm
cult without assistance because of
the lack of technical experts and sup
plies. The bitter feeling against Ger
many is Intensified by tha ruthless
seizures in Ukraine and a growing
disposition to accept allied aid It the
entente allies will recognise the Bol
shevik government is evident.
ning of restless artillery rose and
fell, monotonously. ,
Vindictive- Sighted.
"There's the Vindictive: The
muffled seamen and marines stand
ing by the torpedo tubes aad guns
turned to eaxe at the greet black
of the canital to sh,' "n mlm' throal1 lhe
lvl mountiinsM"? "mok from the destroyers' fun-
and end. .1
'There was no preliminary bom
bardment of the harbor and bat
teries, as before the previous at
tempt. That was to be the tirst ele
ment in the .surprise.
Monitors Await SiimaL
"Monitors anchored in firing posi
tions far seaward awaited tbe sig
nal. The great sea batteries of the
royal marine artillery In Flanders, I
Inquiry Into Creel's
j Statements Is Ordered
WASHINGTON, May 14. Repre
sentative Treadway of Massachusetta
introduced a resolution today In
structing the rules committee to in
vestlrate statements reflecting upon
congress alleged to have been made
by George Creel, chairman of the
committee on public information, in
a speech at New York. It was re
ferred to the rules committee.
COPENHAGEN, Msy 14. The
Germans are still of the belief that
they will be able to reach the English
channel coast,' bar navigation of the
waters and bombard southern Eng
land and that tbn it will be easy
to btfein peace negotiations, accord
ing to an interview the Politiken has
had with a prominent German pol
itlcian. a member of the relchstag,
who requested that his name be not
used.
He added that the German offen
sive thus far .had proved a failure
owing to heavy losses and that the
German high command was waiting
to obtain more artillery.
Germany, had lost In killed and
wounded and made prisoners, 3,000,-
000. he added.
Answering -questions, about the
opinion of the relchstag main com
mittee on the situation on the west
ern front and the end of tbe war.
the newspaper's informant said:
"We still believe, according to
messages from our military leaders,
that we shall reach the North coast.
where our guns can bar navigation
of tbe channel And fire on boutn
England. V
"We have lost. Including killed
wounded and prisoners, 3,000,000
men. do you minx, inai we iniena
FIGHTING IN ITALIAN
SECTOR IS CONTINUED
Comparatie Quiet Still Reigns
in North Preparation of
Huns Systematic
Bishops Veto Women's
Laity Rights Measure
ATLANTA. Ga.. May 14. The
college of bishops of th Methodist
Episcopal Church South today vetoed
tbe action of the general conference
of the church giving full laity rights
to women, and also reversed the
change! by the conference of tbe
words In the ritual "Holy Catholic
Church" to "Christ's Holy Church."
The bishops held the action of the
conference was illegal; that both
measures must be submitted to the
annual conferences, and that not un
til two-thirds of the annual confer
ence voted for tbe changes could
theactioa of the general conference
be held constitutonal. .
PROCLMIATION
EXTENDS FOOD
LICENSE POWER
, (OFFICIAL. SUMMARY)
While the Germans continue to
reconstitute with fresh elements
their u"nits shattered by tbe, allies
during tbe recent big offensive, Jihey
aire , keeping up intense' oombard-
ments against the British and French
positions on various sectors In Flan
ders and Pioardy. They also have
become embroiled with the French
in heavy artillery duels In Cham
pagne and in the Vosges mountains.
Nowhere on any part of the line
from 'the North sea to the Swiss
frontier has there been an infantry
engagement of great Importance.
Near Morlancoort. which lies to the
south of Albert, "the Germans deliv
ered an attack against the British
on a front of nearly amile and at
one point penetrated a British posi
tion. The Australians in a counter
attack almost immediately recaptur
ed the ground and the enemy suf
fered heavy losses and was repulsed
on tbe other parts of the front.
Attempted Aault Fail.
The Germans attempted an assault
against the French on Hill 4 4. the
Administration Given Wider
Latitude in Control of DiV
tribution of Supplies
NEAR BEER AFFECTED
Canned Tuna Fish and Salmon
Brought Under Control
of Government
WASHINGTON, May 14. Presl-
oent Wilson today issued a procla
mation extending tbe licensing an
thority of the food administration
so as to give it wider latitude in the
OREGON MUST
'.FURNISH 1500
DRAFTQUOTA
Twenty-Four States Called
Upon toa Send Men to
Camps During Latter Part
of Month
MOVEMENTS TO BEGIN
ON MAY 24 AND 29
Recruits From This Section to
Be Sent fc Fort McDowell,
California
WASHINGTON. May It. -Twenty-fourm
states and the District of Co
lumbia were called upon tonight by
Provost Marshal General Crowder to
furnish for the national army S1.C0O
more men qualified for general mil
itary service.
Movement of drafted men to tbe
camps under this call is, to extend
over two periods, from Msy 20 to 24
and from May 29 to Jnne 2. These
dates were fixed because during tbe
rive daya beginning May 25 approx
imately 232.000 men called for re
cently will be moving to the camps.
Part of Speed Plan.
' Tonight's call marks further de
velopment of the government's plan
for hastening men to France and
replacing Ihem as rapidly as they va
cate the training centers. ' In all.
224,100 drafted men will be journey
ing from their homes to military
camps between May 20 and June 2.
control of food distribution.
June 1. all kinds of near beer or fer
mented beverages containing less
than one-half of one per cent 'of al
cohol are brought under license. Oth
ers affected Include packers of caa-
nea tuna run; packers of any form
or preserved salmon:
llZVrilTZ S3 2X2? " -rtrTanreg7 p.cklngU noi
lr?Z:r I" ii!.??'' lif; W' Mder license; glnn.r bur-
ang-eur ttat mal. cLas and sendur
Moreover, we shall have enough to
do during the -age of man to control
the new Russian country and secure
their mercantile and Industrial In
fluence. Responsible German poli
ticians only demand that the western
powers shall give back our. colonies."
RUMANIANS ON
BELGIAN FRONT
Reports From liege State
Cavalry Division Already
Has Gone Through
ever placed on land mountings, stood
by likewise to neutralise the bigger
artillery along the coast and the air
men who were to collaborate with an
aerial bombardment of the town,
waited somewhere in the darkness
overhead. Destroyers patrolled to
seaward of the small craft.
"Four minutes -before she arrived
at the position of the Stroom bank
buoy and fifteen minutes only before
she c was due at the harbor mouth,
the signal for the guns to ojen was
given. 1
Alrtdanes Give AW.
FOver the town a flame suddenly
appeared high in the air and sank
slowly eastward the signal that the
alrnlanes had seen ana unaerstooa
Almost coincidentally with their firt
bombs came the first shells, whoop
ing up from the monitors at sea.
The'surprlse part of the attack was
i
(Continued on page 2)
.W ool Diiess Goods
This should be of interest to every woman and impel her to choose at least one
more dress before these Woolens become a mere memory.
Real Wool Goods are almost impossible to get from the mills to say noth
ing of the slim assortment. Formerly, the choosing of colors, patterns and
"' qualities was mostly a matter of taste now the selections from the mills
have simmered down to less than one tenth their1 former assortments. , Fnr-
thermore the mills are operating on nearly 100 per cent advance in prices.
Now we are calling your attention to the GOOD OLD VALUES that .
can not "come back" when sold ont. At a not far distant time yon 11
i think of. these splendid TAILOR SERGES, SUrTTNO DRESS SERGES in
Tjlack, navy and other colors. Also NOVELTY STRIPES AND PLAIDS
inceUtSt variety. Tlym there are GABARjnOPLINS WHIP
CORDS, CHIFFON BROADCLOTHS, VELOURS, WOVEN JERSEYS and
SHEPARD CHECKS Not a finer line in Oregon at present day prices.
New Hose
Women's lisle and fiber silk
in tobacco, bronze and putty.
Lisle 60c
Fiber Silk....;., ....... 65c
Body Vests
We have just received a
new lot of these long looked
for Body Vests for Women,
fine ribbediU.U.... ...30c
For Boys
Knee Protectors, real stock
ing savers. This is marble
time enough said, pair. .25c
EXPERIENCED SA LESMAN WANTED
Man Experienced in Dry Goods Pref ered.
LONDON'. May M. "Reports from
Liere say that ' one cavairy division
from Rumania has passed through
Liege going westward and that more
troops from Rumania are expected
on the Belgian front. ' says a dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
from Amsterdam.
"Orders have been given for all
other traffic on the railways to stop
in order to allow the troops to pass,
the correspondent adds.
It. is probable that the cavalry
f erred to by -the correspondent be
longs to the German forces which
were oieratinr in Rumania and
have been released from that front
through the signing of tbe peace
treaty between Rumania and the cen
tral powers. i
Chicago Drivers Strike
Temporarily Called OH
CHICAGO, STiy 14. The strike of
5000 teamsters vnd truck chauffeurs
called here today was temporarily
caned off tonight arter a conference
of union officials summoned by Ilin
ton O. Clabaugh. superintendent of
the bureau, of investigation of the
department of Justice.
The federal official put the case
up to the patriotism of the union
men who agreed to an armistice
pending and conferences tomorrow
morning when a settlement may be
effected.
officisl accounts say the enemy
gained a foothold on tha . rugged
slopes but that the French were
pressing them hard, while Field Mar
shal Haig In his communication as
serts that an attack north rf Kem
mel (which might. Include Hill 4 4.
was repulsed.
North of Robecq. In Flanders, the
British took the initiative Into their
own hands and in an attack inflicted
casualties on the enemy and cap
tured prisoners. On the Amiens sec
tor the French carried out a similar
maneuver with like' results.
Although tbe Germans everywhere
remain in comparative quiet, except
for their artillery work, it Is realised
behind the allied lines that this state
of affairs will not last long, for the
enemy. Is ' known to be preparing
methodically for a resumption of
hostilites. ' When the blow is to be
delivered apparently is beyond the
realm even of surmise.
FiKtit at Monte Corniv
In the Italian theater considerable
fighting continues around Monte
Corno. , which commands the ap
proach, to the valley leading from
Trent to Rovereto. Here the Aus
trians have renewed their a Hacks to
regain the ground captured by Gen
eral Dial's forces last week, but the
Italians have successfully warded off
every blow. Attempts by tbe invad
ers to reach Italian positions on sev
eral other sectors of the front also
met-with repulse.
The British weekly casualty report
issued Tuesday -gives further proof
of the sanguinary character of the
fighting, that lias been going on since
March 21. The latest list aggre
gates 4f,612. of which number S01
officers and 5065 men were killed
or died of wounds.
week showed
that of the previous week 3S.C91. or
a total for tb three weeks of 120,
307 men killed, wounded or missing.
' Anarrhy In Raia.
The first effort to force former
subjects to take up arms against the
entente allies has been mado by the
German emperor. In. proclamation
announcing- the "Independence" of
Lithuania, the emperor sayx he as
sumes that the conventions to be
concluded "will take the Interests of
the Geifnan empire Into account
equally with, those of Lithuania and
that Lithuania will participate in the
war burdens of Germany, which se
cured her liberation."
There has been considerable fight
ing in the streets of Moscow between
Bolshevik troops and anarchists, and
at last accounts -the hostilities still
were in progress.
era, agenta. dealers or other hanf
lers of cottonseed not already licens
ed who handle more than 20 tons of
cottonseed a year: Importers, man
ufacturers or distributers of cotton
seed hulls, and owners of elevators.
warehouses or other places Is which
they are stored.
The proclamation does not affect
retail dealers doing a business of less
than $100,000 a year, farmers, gar
deners, associations or others with
respect to the products of any farm.
garden, or land owned, leased or cul
tivated oy mem.
Both tuna and salmon are brought
nnder license.- the food administra
tion explained. In order to stabilize
the industry and put It on the same
basis with the manners who already
are operating nnder licenses.
Poultry and egg packing plants
doing an annual business of $50,000
or more already are licensed and the
new proclamation brings all others
Into the same class,
HOUSE PASSES
. OVERMAN BILL
Measure, Unamended by Rep
resentatives, Goes to Presi
dent for Signature
WASHINGTON. May 14. The
long fight in congress over the Over
man bill giving the president power
inds. The re port last j to seorganJ-e the government depart-
40.004 casualties and j ments and agencies, ended late to
day with tbe passage of the measure
unamended by the house. It now
goes to President Wilson for his sig
nature. The vote was 295 to 2. Rep
resentatives Sterling of Illinois, and
Gillette of Massachusettes. casting
the negative votes.
An amendment to exempt the In
terstate commerce commission from
the operations of the measure was
defeated 213 to 87.
total number summoned daring. Msy
Is something like 3CS.C00, nearly half .
of the S00.000 expected to be called
this year.
While officials did .not explain
why only half the state were asked
to furnish men at this time, it is
understood that the sections to be
drawn upon were arrived at through
comlderatloa - of the proportion of
quotas already called In same casea
and of the location of vacated train
ing camps.
Not All XatlotMU Artsy Camps.
The cmaps selected for the regis
trants affected by tonight's order are
not all national army camps, snow
ing that men are to be sent wherever
room may be found for them. Ia
several instances men from certain
states are ordered to go to camps to
which men from their states are not
usually assigned.
The western states drawn upon
and camps assigned them are as fol
lows:
For the movement from May 20 to
24: i
California, 1500, to Fort McDowell,
Cal.
Colored, 1500. to . Fort . Logan.
Colo.
Washington. 250, to Vancouver
Barracks. Wash.
For the movement from May 29
to June 2: - i.
Oregon. 1500, to Fort McDowell.
CaL
Washington. 250, to Vancouver
Barracks. Wash.
Wyoming. 500, to Fort Logan,
Colo.
Up to a late hour last night the
local draft board had received no of-
fcal commiunleation as to the num
ber of men who must go from this
district. It is felt, however, that at
least fifty will be called from Salem
alone.
PORT OK HOSTOX riiOSF.ft.
BOSTON. May 14. The port off
Boston was closed an hour today
while Rear Admiral Spencer S.
Wood. U. S. N.. commanding the
first naval district, made an official
inspection of the harbor defenses.
THE WEATHER.
Wednesday showers and cooler;
moderate westerly, winds.
C2KRM.WH CAITURR HILL.
' WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. May 14. Hill 4 4. a small
but important elevation near tbe
Wyverbeek river, north of Kemmel,
about which sanguinary conflicts
have been wa;ed since Mar 8. ap
peared today to be In the bands of
the Germsns again.
The enemy began an assault yes
terday morning and gainei a hold
on this positon and at latest reports
was still clinging tenaciously to the
rugged slopes, although he hard
hititng French had been pressing the
Invaders vigorously. Hill 44 aas been
one of tbe most hotly contested
points on the northern battlefield.
Disposal of Rumanian
Crops Arranged by Treaty
- AMSTERDAM. May 14. A Vien
na dispatch says tha a special econ
omic treatey between Rumania and
the central empires provided that
Rumania will sell to Germany and
Austria-Hungary her surplus pro
duction In ItlS and 191 of all
kinds of grain. 'Including oil seeds
and also fodder, pulp, poultry, cat
tle fibrous plants and wool. . lis-:
mania ajso agrees to seen this sur
plus to tbe central powers for a far
ther period of seven years If It shoald
be required.
(Continued on page 3)
I SALMON ANGUNG MAY BE SPORT ALONG RIVER
NEAR SALEM IN FEW DAYS SAYS GAME WARDEN
PORTLAND. OR May 14 (Special to The Statesman)
Carl D. Shoemaker, state game -warden. "No fish have died end
through the new fish way recently built hy the fish and game
commission. Indications are that the egg take on the nppor
Willamette and McKenzie rivers will be the greatest in the hin
tory of the state hatcheries. "Stories earried in lhe press that
thousands of fih cannot get .-over the falls are untrue," nays
Carl D. Shoemaker, state game warden. No fish have died and
none will die as we expect to take care of all of the fish which
may be caught in some of the pot holes. Counts made by rep
resentatives of .the commission during the past week show from
300 to 500 salmon going over the fish ladder an hour. The
fish are going up stream in larger quantities this year than
ever before. Mr. Clanton, superintendent of hatcheries, is au
thority for the statement that this is the largest run of salmon
over the fills in the eight years in which he has been connected
with the department It is my belief that there should bo gome
good salmon angling in the Willamette above Oregon City and
as far up as Eugene during the next two or three weeks."