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!ft M - The Statesman receives th iaed wire report f the As sociated Pres.: the greatest and most reliably press asso clatioa in tbe world. kltv-kk;hth yf.au :;o. u Svll.KM, OKKUOVf F.INF.SI.Y Mdll.MMi, Jl K 111, HUM. riuci: five cxats DAILY EDITION FRENCH HIT HARD MANY DEAD A i InDortant Points Are Recao- r , . V, .7 II i tared Between Lourcelles and Mortemer Prisoners j and Guns Taken VIOLENT ATTACKS BY GERMANS REPULSED Counter Claims Are Made by .Enemy Who Claims Ad ditional Gains PARIS, June 11. The French . have struck the Germans a hard blow along a f lout of about seven and a half miles between Uubesccmrt and Mortemer. j The official announcement by the war office tonight of this gain Fays that the Germans suffered heavy losses and' left more than 1000 pris oners and some guns in the hands of the French. . Several violent enemy attacks on Chevlncourt were repulsed, but the Germans gained a footing in Mache mont and Betbancourt, which places are being bitterly disputed. ' Tank Support French. The text of the official statement follows: "The battle continued today from Montidldier to the Oise. ; "On the left our troops supported by tanks, counter-atacked thi$ after noon along a front of 12 kilometers, between Itubescourt and St Maur, and notwithstanding desperate re sistance on the part of the enemy, reached the southern! approaches of Le Fretoy, captured the heights be tween Coureellea and Mortemer and carried our lines more than two kil ometers to the east of Mery. . "We have also retaken Belloy and Genlis wood and reached tbe south ern outskirts of St Maur. "The enemy, who suffered heavy losses,, left more jjthan a thousand prisoners and several guns in our hands. t, "In the center the Germans, who had succeeded in pushing forward to the south of Loge farm and Antheuil, were driven back , beyond these two points by our troops, acting on con- (Continued on page 2i) The Home HUNS Brown - r Stop Running Risks with Your Child's Feet Buster Brown Shoes For Boys - For Girls Are the only shoes made over the Brown Shaping Lasts the only shoes that posi tively prevent corns, bunions, bent . bones, broken arches, and other foot ailments in growing children. I .Yet Buster Brown Shoes cost no more than ordinary, Shoes although they ere made of the best grades of leather, and with government standard oak-tanned soles. Come in and see these famous Shoes. 7 - ir . ,. - 1 ...T... , in - - -- ---e - Army of Czecho-Slovacks Occupies Part of Railway AMSTERDAM, June 11. Moscow) papers received here say Cxeeho-Slav-ck troops, about 15.000 strong, have occupied portions of the Siberian rail way in the southern Urals, where they captured arms and artillery, j The newFpapers add that soviet troops have evacuated Chelyabinsk and concentrated near Zlatoust, in the neighborhood l.t vhirh nn i" Czeril3 were Seated. Another groip of Ch Is declared to 1m? near samara, which town i aid to i m clanger. CLASS OF 1918 WILL RECEIVE DEGREES TODAY Commencement Exercises (or Willamette University at First Methodist Church EDITOR IS SPEAKER Designation of Senior Stu dents New Feature of Pro gram To Award Prizes When the graduating class of 191S receive their diplomas this morning at 10:30 at the First Methodist church, Salem will have witnessed the ending of Willamette Universi ty's seventy-fourth commencement. A new feature of today's program, one which is in force in very few similar Institutions and which never before has been brought Into tu ; graduation, exercises here, Is the des ! ignation of what will be known as "senior schiJars." From anions the junior class a few of the depart ments will name prominent student majoring n their courses and will designate them as having such stand ing.. Thes students will be virtual ly assistants in their departments and may .he called upon to teach classes occasionally and to coach su freshmen. In connection with the announce ment of this new group, winners of the six university and alumni prizes will be mada known. Kdgar B. Piper editor of the Oregonian, will make the commencement address and Act ing President George H. Alden will Continued on page 21 of Buster Shoes You know a man or woman with bent bones cr broken foot arches is handicapped for life. ; . . Yet these defects start from wearing the wrong: Shoesas boys and girls. The rown Shaping Lasts are scientifi cally designed to prevent all foot troubles from developing ingrowing feet. PAVIWf. HE invinu vij NEW BRIDGE ON PROGRAM Asphaltic Concrete Surface to Be Placed on New Center Street Structure During Summer Season SILVERTON HIGHWAY WORK TO START SOON Another Project by County Calls for Half Mile on River Road During the present summer Mar ion county will lay an asphaltic ran crete pavement across the new Marion-Polk county bridge at Center street. Whenever the contractors are through with their work the county will doubtless be ready to be gin paving the driving surface and and the hard surfacing should be completed by fall. Paving of the bridge is not includ ed in the contract for construction and will be part of a highway pav ing program that will occupy county forces for about two months of the present summer season. Whether the road improvement Is to be done with the city'spaving plant, which the county is endeavoring to lease, depends c". the rental price that the city demands. X. D. Elliott, chair man of the streeWommlttee of the city council, had tentatively arrang ed with the county for the lease of the plant t a charge of 7 1-2 cents a surface yard of paving. Objection to this arrangement was made at the council meeting Monday night and a measure was voted to charge 10 cents Too Mnch. County Says. At a conference yesterday. County Road Master Culver informed the street Improvement committee of th council that the city could not -pect 19 cents from Ihe county, and that unless arrangements could be made for a charge of 7 1-2 cents the county would lease another plant which Is said to be available Con census of opinion of the street im provement committee was that 7 1-2 cents should lie the charge, but no a' tion can be taken unless the coun cil, at its meeting next Monday night, rescinds the action of this week and authorizes a contract at 7 1-2 cents. The city street improvement com mittee Is composed of the street com mittee, the city rnslneer, the chair man of the sewer committe and the mayor. Chairman Elliott of the street com mit t re has stood consistently for a charge to the county of 7 1-2 cents 4 yard for use of the plant, and so strongly has the county depended upon the tentative agreement th: it already has the plant at li state fair grounds where it Is all but ready to be placed on the Silvetron road paving project. '. "The paving plant was bought o Improve the city." said Alderman El liott yesterday, "not to make money for the city. If the county wants to u.e the nlant at 7 1-2 centwto build roads into the city. I think the city is gettine value received." Silverfon Uku First. rim of the county paving pro- j-ts will be about three and one-half miles of the Rllrerton road, begin- nipg at a point about half a mile above the state fair grounds. This Is the end of a half-mile stretch of sample paving that was Installed by tne government arout fifteen years ago and which I still in good rendi tion -ith the exception that the sur face Is eonflderably worn. The snr- f face will be replaced by the county. me connty has the paving plant about ready to operate, has a lot of material on hand, and had expected to begin work about Friday of this week. Reeause of the delay In mak ing the contract with the city, how ever, it may not be possible to start until the first of next week. Aside from the Silverton road and the Center street bridge, the county contemplates paving about half mile on the Hiver road durlnr the summer. Asphaltic concrete will be used on all the Improvements and the cost will he about $1 a yard. This is a slight Increase over previous cost of Improvements but the pavement is to be thicker than that laid here tofore. Also the pavement will be wider. . - - Submarine Sighted Off New Jersey by Steamer AS ATLANTIC POUT. June 41. A German submarine w-as sighted 2.. miles off the New Jersey coast early last nirht by a Itritis-h steame acordinr to the officers of the ves sel, which arrive! .re tonieht. According to th officers, tbe sub marine, which was cot. more th.-n Ino yard from th" Fteamer. was not In a ?oifion to launch a tomed'v nor did the V-hoat open fire with its enr. The ship dashed for shore at full speal. xitr-sagaing. and saw no more of the submarine. Students Strike Forces School Board Head to Resign on Fourth Day SAX DIEGO. Cal.. June 11. Student of the local hieh scnool. who voted last Thurs day to -strike" unless the board of education gave what the student" considered a sat is factory reason for the dis rharce cf twenty teacher, to night held a me'tin? wMrh overflowed the hotel balronm in which it was held. Today was the f'irthof the strike, and as on , the fitst day, lest than ten pupils out of the 1MJ0 atUnded school sessions. President . G. Jones of the 1oard of education has resign ed and today petitions were . circulate! .for the recall of three other members of the majority which voted for the discharge of tbe teachers. MINIMUM WAGE SCALE GOES UP Order of Industrial Welfare Commission Effectie in Oregon Today Effective today the minimum wage to be paid women employed in mer cantile, manufacturing and other lines of employment in Oregon Is advanced from 23 to 30 per cent The Increase was ordered by the state Industrial welfare comnvrron April 12. following extended hearings and conferences with a committee of citizens. , The weekly wage of women in mer esntlle establishments Is to he not less than $11.10 with employment limited to eight hours and twenty minutes a day or fifty hours a week. The apprentice term Is divided. 4he lowest being. $7.20. Outside of Port land a similar scale of oav Is provid ed put tne hours are extended to fifty-Tour a week. The scale for manufacturing In oustnes 13 $11.61 for fifty-four nours with a pprentices at $7.20. ana S9.60; telephone and tel eigrapn occupations, approximately tire same; office occupations. $43 a montfi public housekeeping. Ill CI a week. This classification includes waitresses. GREAT NAVAL OFFENSIVE IS NOW IN SIGHT Germans Being Told of Move- mnet of Hun Fleet Soon To Take Place ACTIVITY IN PORTS Teuton Admiralty Recalling Officers to Prepare for Expected Dash WASHINGTON'. June 11 Further evidence that Gerc-.any .in its efforts to end the war this summer. Is plan ning 10 support its land offensive by aenuing its naval forces against th combined Ilritish and American grand fleet Is git en In an official dis patch today from Switzerland. "A telegram of an official nature.' says the dispatch, "is being spread irugnnsi 10 tiermany. wbich sav iua ine uerman admiralty is con sidering a big naval offensive. Or ders are supposed to have been given to keep the whole fleet in readi ness and a certain number of naval officers of high rank liave been hur riedly recalled from Switzerland aid other neutral countries where they have been spending their leave. "The Kieler Zeitung speaks of ex traordinary activity in the ports and the Hamburger Post publishes an in terview with Von Tirpitr. who was asked If Germany was in a position "lea'ntf herself with- the HnglUh fleet. The admiral naturally replied in the affirmative, saying that after their land forces have pushed the French and English back on the other side of Paris. It would be th turn of the kaiser's boats to drive the English off the high seas." lloth in Washington and in the allied capitals a German sea offens ive on a grand scale has been regard ed as a possibility and th appear ance of the Teutonic fleet in the North sea at any time would not be unexpected. Rear Admiral Cleaves said ia a public address not long aso that word-had come to the liritish fleet that the Germans at last were ready for the supreme test. If the battle 4oes come American -vi fiff will plav their, part. American dreadnaughta under 4tear Admiral Hugh Rodman Joined tn P.ritish fleet some time aco an1 Ad-mif-af Cleaves in hi recent addre said that when Admfc-aJ Deatty. com tnandinc the British grand sea forces, heard that the Germans were com lnc he asaigned the American ship a prominent rlace In the linJ. 10. WILL PDT IN MILITARY INSTRUCTION Willamette's Board of Trus tees Votes in Favor of Ask ing Government to Place Officer Here TO CARRY OUT PLANS WITHIN SHORT TIME President Doney Will Look In to Matter on Way Home From France. Formation of' military companies and procuring of a government au thorized instructor in military sci ence to be stationed at the Willame ette university campus were recom mended In a resolution passe? at the meeting of the board of trustees yesterday morning. Immediately up on his arrival from France, Presi dent Carl G. Doney will be instructed to go to Washington to arrange with the war department for taking such steps. Should the plan be carried through, the government will furnish uniforms and equipment to the men students, who will be placed in col lege on furloughs and drilled when not attending classes. They will be school only in cases of extreme em ergency. The idea is to make men better fitted for commissions when put in the regular army. Communications have already been received from Representative Hawles and Senator McNary stating that they are both working for the inter ests of this plan. !ntructnr Ite-KWtL Among other matters taken up yes tcrday was the re-election of in true. totrs. All vacancies not crovlded fot were left to the president and evee- utlve committee to fill. Formal res Ignations have been tendered by Dr. and Mrs. Frank W. Chare of tb music department. Coach It. Mat thews and Dr. J. O. Hall. The lat ter two are expecting to enter some form of government service. Dr Hall has been professor of sociology and economics. Beginning with tbe summer of 1919 Willamette- will have classes daring vacation and it will Le possi ble through them for specially ommended students to complete -the I four year course In three years by at- I tending two summer sessions Salaries of practically all faculty members will be raided this coming fall. Another consideration taken op by the board was the matter of adver tising the local university l.y a sye- tmatic campaign wmong the hlgb school students of the state. Pro fessors will be sent out to talk to prospects all ever Oregon. New Hall Needed, ff it Is possible to find ft substi tute for Lausanne hall, the present women's dormitory, tt-.e bu'lJir.g will be abandoned, according to the rec ommendation of the trustees. How ever, if no other qaartera ran oe procured it wf I be neeeseary for the women students to continue there Th building U old and badly Id neefl of repairs. Among-the new members elected to serve on the board are J. I. Goltra and Judge If. 1 Henson et Salem,. In a report read at the meetinr mention was made of the financial standing of the university. The en dowment has Increased nntU it is cow pat the $700,000 mark- Re-Classilication of Questionaires Ordered District Attorney Max Gehlhar, as a federal agent, has received instruc tions to begin a complete re-classl fication of all questionnaires, the government's purpose being to' ob tain more men for rlaus 1. Next week will be a class 1 week .and Monday morning Mr. Gehlhar will begin a re-perusal of all question rial re of men in that place, taking only the unmarried men first. Some married men who are not usefully engaged or who are not mainly In strumental in the support of their families will be subject to re-Icassi fication. however, along with the un married men. In Marion county about 23 per cent of the question naires placed their hojders In class 1. . CAXMDATK IS INIHCTKII PIKRRE, S. P.. June 11. Orgill Anderson, Socialist candidate Tor governor, and Fred Fairchild. also a prominent Socialist of South Dako ta, were Indicted by a federal giand jury bie today for violation of the espionage net. They have been ar raigned and will pleade totJe charg es tomorrow. THK avf-atiifi; Wednesday fair and continued warm; moderate winds, mostly west- I erly. ; i4meWcon Brings Down Three Machines of Enemy WASHINGTON-. Jute 11. Details of exploits 67 American aviators 'a recent operations , on the French front are t;iven 'in an official dis patch t'-duy from France. French arny." raid the difpatch. "have continued to distinguish thera- wlvei in the course of the last opr erations. "David K. Putnam of Ilrooklyn- Mas.. brought down three eneny machine and has ben mentrf-nc-1 twice in the ord-r of the day. lieu tenant Sawcll after a loor fight down-d a German biplane. The av iators. Stanley and Veil, tiave each carried off a victory."' 1 DEFRAUDING OF WILSON OBJECT OF CONSPIRACY Hindus, Americans and One Russian Concerned in In dictments THREE ARE WOMEN Two Men Recently Defend ants in Hindu Trial at San Francisco SAN FRAXCISCO. Jane 11. In dictments charging them with at tempting to defraud President Wil son through representations that they were an accredited mission !" this country from the Nationalist party of India, were filed against three Hindus, three Americans and a RusMaa here today. , Three f those indicted were women. The Hindus indicted were Profes sor S. Nath Chose. Tarak Nath Das and Kulin B. Rose. The Americans were William A. Wotherspeoa. a re tired San Francisco lawyer, his wife. Marian, and Miss Agnes S Died ley of New York. The Russian was Miss Bluma ZaUnik. The Hindus and Miss Smedley were hell on fl 0,000 bond. Wother spoon $2-00 and Mrs. Wotherspoon and Ml.s Zilznik oa $loe. The indktmtnts were rtturnCj by the federal grand Jury. Chose and Das were defendants in the trial here recently of a group of Hindu and others on the charge ot attempting to encourage a revo lutionary government in India from these shores. Das was eonvtctej and is ser.rtg a sentence of ZZ months at the McNeil's Island federal jni tentiary In tbe state of Washington. Chose was not 'arrested until the 'rial was Hearing Its end. He was apprehended after a yorld wide search. Mis Smedley was arrested New York at the same time for alleged violation of the espionage laws. They are still In that cltr. Hose Is not in custody. NO ARTICLE FOR WHICH mm CAN BE EXCHAI ABSENT FltOr.I BARGAIN DAY'S LIST Saturday, Jtme 2, to Witness Activity ia AD Lints of TritTc The list . Is now practically com plete there Is no article for wh'ch money can be exchanged that cannot be found la af least one of the forty odd stores listed, as participants la Salem's second Annual Bargain Day Carnival. t From groceries to clothes, from autos to wall paint. Ice cream to hard ware. fre&h fish, shoes for all the family, furniture for tbe whole house bicycles, dinners or a chance to go to the show, are all contained la Par gain Day's offerings. . Several' times the ftucstlon has been asked. "Will there be any other bargains offered outside of the stores listed as participants in the Grgain Pjv Movement? We answer that we have been as nrcd that a few stores whose names are not entered on the Iit will have a number of things on sale for this day at greatly reduced prices. We advise all who Intend making purchases on the day of days to ftndy carefully the advertising col umns of The Statesman and Capital Journal, for at no time In the history of Sal-m has there been the busy ac tivity that next Saturday will wit ness. Ia the olden days when a balloon ascenrion was schedule for Satur day aftcrnooa the people turned oat to see the sizht. and often the mer chants closed their stores." When the tuao dropped in the parachute, the show was over. In this instance, the prices drop first and then tbe show commences. Many have confused the Bargain mm ov 1 urn n v iriiiLiu we YMKEES General Pershing's Report Last Night Tells of Brilliant Work by Americans Who Capture Prisoners and Ma chine Guns POSITION IN BELLEAU . FOREST IS ADVANCED Germans Sent in Confusion Through Wood BeHeyed Impregnable Marine Forces Continue Advance WASHINGTON', June 11. American troops northwest of Chateau Thierry this monunjr ad vanced their position in Dclleau wood, eapturing S0 prisoners and coiiM.leraMc war material, including- a number of machine puna and trench mortars. General Pershing reported tonight in bis daily corn- . nunique. It U in this section that the raar ncs have lx-en fighting for a tium ler of days ami it waj assumed acre that they were the troops re ferred to. The statement follows:" "Northwest of Chateau Thierry we were again sneccsMfuf in ad vancing our positions in the IM lenu wood. We captured 250 pri oners, of whom three were offic ers, and eonsiderahle material, in cluding a number of machine guns and trench mortars. In the Woevre our batteries exeeuletl effective neutralization and harassing fire. ntrvcir cnr.orr YASTcnns. . rARr. June 11. -Americas, troops brilliantly carrfej Iicllcae wood this morning, taking SOS yrU oners." This announcement lmade by the war office ia its official report to night. IVrieati wood lies in jhe Chateau Thierry sector Just ti tbe west of the vtllajre of Bourescbee and otb or the village of Delleaxi. it Is i (Continued oa page ) Day movement with Dollar Day of pre loot years. Dollar Day was a dee!2e4 success. , hat a lollar was the limit of the pr-, chase. On Bargain Day there will be no limit, and lntea4 of saving a fractional part of a dollar yotf may save many dollars on your pur chase. ...... Don't forget to engage your Xaa-' sare to Salera early. Although the railroads plan hauling extra coaches to accommodate .the traffic, they have cot means of ascertaining what amount of extra accommodations will be required. Dargwln Day Is now the topic f conversation In every part of Marlon and adjoining counties. Practically everyone Is planning to come, and Salem's preparations assure thern of a hearty welcome. The following Is a list of the stores who by their generous cooperation have jnade Salem's Second, Annual liar gain Day possible. Each of them will exhibit Bargain Flore Cards ia their windows on Bargain Day: Price hboe Company, ladles and men's shoes. Kaioury Crot Iters, ladies- furnish ings. A. V. Scl rank, groceries and dry goods. rutin it Creenbaam, ladies furnishing goods. , llay . Ik. Farmer Hardware Co.. hardware, cutlery, silverware, etc F. W. Wool worth Ck. le, 10c and l&e goods. - . . Vkk Ilruthcr, automobiles, tract- ( Continued from pace 3)