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The Statesman receives tbe leased wire report of the As-,'s soda ted Tress; the greatest sand most reliable press asao- ' 'elation in tbe world. D'pjhtDmou Ui-.iBIXTY-KKJIITIl . YF.AR NO.. SI .MAIJvM. OKbtMJ.N. KlUUdV UOJIMNU. JI NK 1, lUUi. v A t V. 3 fAMS CARRY IIUN TRENCH AT CANTIGNY All of German Garrison Who . Remained to Fight Killed by C: Rifles, Machine Guns and "Bayonets. ENEMY ORDER TO HOLD POSITION AT ANY COST Direct Hit Blows up Nest of Eipilen-Anery More Active WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, June 20. At dawn this., morning, American troops stormed German trenches add mac chine gun nests in front of Cantigny, In the Montdidler sector. Those of the eGrman garrison who remained to fight and carry out their orders to hold . the positions r: any cost were killed by rifle and machine gun fire and bayonet. i'- The Americans also took prisoners hTe American artillery put down a heavy bo barrage on the rear of the enemy positions. A few minutes later the infantry swarmed over the top and rushed the trenches. Some of the Germans had' tried to es-r cape through the barrage, crashing to their rear, but few of . them got through, for numerous German dead were found later. , , J , Defense Is Desperate. . V; Prlrsoners captured declare that they 'had orders to hold on at all costs, and this -was apparent by the desperate manner in which they fought.- The battle was short but deadly for the enemy positions were wept clean of the Germans. ; The or ficial report says that a great many Germans were killed. j ' One machine gun nest containing eight men. which had beensprink ling ' Cantigny for some days was blown an by a dlrecthItfrom a trench mortar bomb. - : . The enemy artillery has been more active on the Toul sector since the heavy rassinr to which th Ameri cana snblected they yesterday. The . infantry i action has been confined however,' to an attempted raid. In which only sixty men participated. In spite of the German official state- M Continued n page ). - ' - 'J . ' sMlor straws ssss ' keepings It wfll be worth more next faJL h". ns. - Th&'SaSlori aeooW, cirtainly more aiV seasonable and dollari in your pocket. Sarelyr to when Half a DoUar bnjjU' formerly priced atl.00 $lW$2.00andfJ2.50. ANOTHEE LOT REDUCED TOCHOICE ........ $1.00 cmim mm lieafenonfs ; Injured When Mortar Explodes CHICAGO. June SO- Second Ueutenant liernard F. Hurl ess was dangerously injured, perhaps fa tally, and First Lieutenant Charles Driver was seriously hurt., today when a trench mortar exploded at Fort Sheridan. . , The two officers were trying out a new 3-inch trench mortar when the barrel of gun burst. , Lleutenan t Hurless has - part of one hip, shot away and is believed internally hurt. His I condition was said tonight . to be critical .and . that , he may die. .He was graduated from the first reserve officers' training school at Fort Snelllng and his home Is near Lincoln, Neb. Lieutenant Driver Is expected to recover., - Philadelphia . Is his home. BLEARY ADrints ittlAGINARY ILLS CAUSED FLIGHT Labored under. Obsession Government Agents Con spired Against Him. LACKED LEGAL ADVISOR Feared He Could Not, Obtain 'Another Attorney When Wise Deserted. NEW YORK. June 20. While shielding.1 his brother, John. J. O'Leary, from charges of criminal ly'aldinrg his escape from trial last month for altered violation of the esDionare act. Jeremiah A. O'Leary. tbe Sinn Fein leader, pictured nim self as on the -verge of nervous col lapse when he fled to the west May 7. ha Indicated, that rovernment agent belndicated. that government agents had entered into a conspiracy to have him sent to prison, Deserted by his counsel Henry a. Wise, who had not been advised by government agents, the Sinn Felner asserted, not to connect himself with tbe case as it might Jeopardize his professional reputation, Jeremiah O'Leary said he .became convinced b could not obtain any other advi sors who couldTaefend him properly and that this so preyed on his mind I . (Continued on page 81 l Mariner sunt It ISA PEACE MOVE VOTED DOM i . BY Morrell, Representing Small .Pacifist Group, introduces Resolution Advocating Set t- tlement BALFOUR EXPLAINS "PEACE OFFENSIVE" Defends Action of Govern ment Regarding Propos ali of Central Powers 7- LONDON. June 20. -Philip Ed ward Morrell. Liberal, representing a small pacifist group In the house of commons today started a debate on .the question of peace by agree ment, by moving the following res olution: That this house desires that the government will lose no diplomatic opportunity to settle the problems of this war by agreement; and that to that end it expresses its opinion that secret-treaties with allied 'gov ernments sho'ild be revised since, io their present form they are incon sistent with the object for which this ecountry entered the. war andj are, therefore a barrier to a demo cratic peace. The motion was negatived with out division. - In moving his resolution. Mr. Mor rell declared that there-was a pas sionate desire for peace In Germany, If it could be get with security, but the Germans believed that the allies were unwilling to listen to reason able terms.. Snowden Asks Explanation Philip Snowden. Socialist,, in sup porting the resolution, asked Sec retary Balfour to define what he meant by "peace offensive. Mr. Balfour replied be meant any effort under the guise of seeking an honorable termination of the war, to divide the allies and discourage in dividual members of the alliance. Mr. Balfour declared it was a fact His that Germany was pursuing her aim an impossibility to get away from of universal domination with per- their homes on account of the child sistant and elaborate care and fore- ren and it .was necessary, in order sight and with a ruthless, coia- blooded manner which leit rapo teonic tradition far behind. V "We ? never rejected proposal which we thought had the slightest probability of concluding a reason ! able peace, and there ia no evidence whatever that the German govern ment has ever been serious in such peace offers," he asserted. Contending that Belgium re mained the greatest blow to German honor, the secretary asked wnetner Germany had ever In any document or speech openly or. plainly offered to restore Belgium, to absolute po- lltical and economic Independence. He knew or no such of fesv Tnere i ani eifct years inclusive will be tan hn suKeestlons bat never a frank I n r.r of three days each week. avowal. 1 , Noc Shutting Kara -tVrtalnlr." he continued, "the mvernment Is not going to shut their' ars to anything that could be called ' reasonable suggestions. If such suggestions should be made, These treaUes were entered by this with nthr as means or ai- liance. By. these treaties we stand. .t--i vn.n I. ynnA tin in y"rmum " Only those whose mothers turn -We have a task 'before ns of them over to the women or the kin . . ' nn..i. tn. deraarten will be cared for. Tbe t.m. i ui nnv JoninML Et- 1U" 1 ' , " k .v. Attn, finds Itself. ..'... -xa This was the very issi ume. the secretary, that the allies were likely to make proposals to the cn - tral nowers. or. so far as ne was able to Judge, that the central nowers were likely to make propo sals to the allies, except for the one purpose of peace offensive. What the central powers apparently want ed to do was not to propose reason able terms for the alliance aa a whole.' but to offer some memDer of the alliance terms seemmiy ex tremely favorable.. It that memDer considered only Its own interests and not the Interests of the whole al liance, some of them would be per fectly helpless taken In Isolation and (Were strong only so long as tney were united. i EXILIXCELIOR 1U I AAISTERDAM, June 20. Dr. von Betnmann-Hollweg. the former Im perial German chancellor, is gravely 111. according toCologne Volks Zel- tung. He recenfly suffered a atrok of paraljrt-1. THE WEATHER. Showers, cooler southwest por tion; gentle winds, mostly westerly. French Transport Lost on j Way to Malta with 21S0 PARIS. June 20. The transport Sant Anna proceeding from DIzerta for Malta, was torpedoed and sunk on then ight of May 10-11. according to the Havas agency. There were on board 2180 soldiers and native work men, of whom 1512 were saved. . Available shipping records give the Sant' Anna as a French steamer of 913S gross tons. She was built in France. In 1910 and was owned by the Fabre. line. . f II A pf ro DITBIW VrliniUiLaJ 1 UlU.l DIES? SUDDENLY Death Comes at REtlnlght raft er Illness of Hour with Heart Trouble. Charles D. Purdy, 64 -years old. died at mldnlht of heart failure af ter an illness of about an hour, at his home. 9S9 Mill street. He at tended a prayer, meeting at the First Presbyterian church last night where he was a prominent member, ervlng as sexton ana eiaer. . jar. r uray naa lived in Salem, more than thirty years. Among relatives who survive are bis widow. Mrs. Emma, Purdy; two sisters. Mrs. Elizabeth Fulton and Mrs. Sarah Robinson, of Salem; a brother. Ed Purdy of Waukon,.la.; two daughters.. Miss Edna Purdy and Mrs: Ruth Brant of Salem, and sev eral grandchildren.- John H.. Albert of the Capital National bank and T. G. Albert of Salem, and Georg.Tl. Albert of Lansing la. are brothers- in-law. Mr. Psrdy was employed as Janitor of the lew Park school for many years. - ..t . , The body is a Rigdon's undertak ing parlors. Funeral arrangement will be announced later. IONDERGARTEN FOR RED CROSS Oiildren Wfcbse Mother Make Surgical Dressings to Be Cared for. . 4- .Kiddies whose mothers are put ting in their spare time at the'rted Cross surgical dressings rooms In the post office this summer-will have the privilege if attending the Red CVross kindergarten:, which opens next Wednesday under the direction of Miss Inez Goltra. Since school let out for vacation many of the women have comclained that It was almost to prevent attendance at the wora roms from falling off when It was most . needed, to offer the kinder garten as an Inducement. 1 The rxn Is being fostered by Mrs W. M. Hsmilton. who has completed the arrangements ana" is handling the publicity for ; the movement. Miss Goltra. who baa voluteered her services and equipment free of charge, is well qualified, to . handle the youngsters Intrusted to her care- as she has had training In the wora In an eastern college and the past w,nter conducted a kindergarten In c-ien. Children between the ages of four Mrs. A. U Woolpert.. assisted by Miss ( Lena Dotson. will be In charge on Wednesday. Mrs. A. L. aWllace on Thursday, and Miss Etta White on Friday. The last two will also have helpers. They will call for the boys and girls at the post office between 9:30 and 10 each morning andreturn tnem tnere at noon. asiu from 1:30 to 2 they will call the children until 4:30. and keep I classes are strictly for he Red Cross and only those who are giving actual I Th school board has been asked . n . CrOKI. ta ns. tbe high school kindergsrten room but 1 loa Jg ukeu on the reque,t it is held. not certain where It will be EARL SUT.1NER IS WOUNDED Earl Sumner, a meraber of Com pany M. the. Salem .division of the 16 2d Infantry in France, is believed to be .tne risst member of that con pany to be wounded in action. W. P. George, a relative, has received in formation that Sumner had the bones of one leg' shattered from the knee to the hip. but the chances were good for saving the limb. The first in for mation came In a letter from the young man's nurse. Another letter has been received, indicating that the leg had not ben amputated. - Sum ner is believed to have been detach ed from his company, for the Salem company, as far ss Is known here, has not yet been in the front line trenches. -..When the company sailed from Camn Mills, Long Island, Sum ner was in a hospital and did not go across until later. CLERKS MAY PICK FRUIT THIS SEASON Merchants Ready to Come to R-a f f . f fy' ' ' 1 Kelief 01 Situation it UrOUp System of Closing Can Be Arranged. FURTHER EMERGENCY CALL IS AWAITED Automobile Owners Are Call ed upon to Furnish Transportation. Another 'step toward aiding the berry 'picking situation In Marion noon when a group of about seventy-! live representative pustness men or the city gathered at the Commercial club and passed the following reso lution Introduced b7 W. H. Hamil ton: ... .1 . . "Resolved, that the executive com- league Rhetor an emergency regard to the character of the busi ness, should the reports from the neid. be to the effect that aucii cio- ing is necessary to save the crop. 1 The. measure was the outgrowth of .much discussion as to whether it would be wise to close the business houses In the morning, afternoon, or all day. As the Tactions backing &LoV tirnnnMl tn uf anlal tint muM not aeree. It was decided If I trading is confined to certain hours or days all dealers In similsr goods I faonld ret tocether and set their I own time', all adhering to the dec!- J sion in absolute fairness to their I competitors. Thus if procery clerks should be called to tbe berry patches or orchards, all groceries would close at the -same time. With dry goods merchants banks or others the same consideration would be given. Action Will Tie Imnsediate. Immediate action will be taken by a committee composed of Bea F. West. D. W. Eyre. J. W. Harbison and William Gahlsdorf toward secur- ln automobile transporuuflia,cor berry Pikers and Red Cross women. i....... i rit thl week k.i.. master before families, Th Business Men's League commit- tee. of which P. E- Fulierton is me vi wni t meet until the need for helpers becomes acute and other sources-of labor fail. y&w& uirGood Friday in "the Church employment , of flee repweo i-M 1100 pickers would be needed In ad dition to the boys and girls, fsmllies and others already pledged to go to the fields. The emergency meeting was the outgrowth of an. offer of one of the bnsinesa houses to send out all of Us employes esch morning as long as reeded. O- B. Gingrich. seereUry of the T. ML C. A., was largely respou. ible tor calling the men together and also for opening the exchange of opinions by submitting a resolution t u tnrs clone In the mornings. rrT. r.nht fortha strong protest- i .- rmm lha rrocers. . who maintained it would be """c' MeM xwodore Roth maintained tneurau. ouiaea aar ipiw -t!me-. .-The a worklnri struggling moon. The white faced 1 .rrount or the store be- ?nrort ;dUVnSfthVt the only wfr in which they could go out to IZItmrmm would be to dose np en- tlre days, handling the previous dsys 7.. a- kI .m as on Saturdays. C M Roberts agreed with him, adding .v. -rt wnnld be worth ery Utile In the grocery business if forced (A inrthen already strenuous work with hours of labor in the hot sun W. I. Staley. acting as cB.m., also expressed his opinion. Arter the problem had been thrashed out by Mr. CaWadort. Mr. Roth. A. W. Cchruna. ton. Gideon Stolx. U J. Chapln. I. ton. Gideon Greenbaum. nn Fry. John Albert . . r nnlnionl"' rt"" " . " ..TZI an notners, me - "rr.., seemed to be that clerks, eP" women, if they spent the mornings In berry patces wo14.fr.tlnf to stand op under the i raj in or im ishlng out the dsy in oKlcea ' or be- hind counters. 'T "dO with more ftror. Mr "Bf f lI E- irelou",",B T 70 the country tlJ .Urt lork bV "clocks radT?rthJm about four This would glTe them aooui fnll hours .or pic.... Transportation ed Rnowm. it nnhrt who has a large lo- ganberry farm, appeared at the meet- lar and told of the need for trans- Donation. The committee 5PP,nt?d to take up this matter mei iasi n.suj a .vvui nff the a D ha bet I cat of .ntomobile owners, selecting those oBe- refased to Be the0 Krad rhom they thought would loan tneir froni out tbe ml-dusk and ears and service as drivers. The a- ,na4oWB' rou could discern a great bor bureau wm ieiepuu .tinun hls morning. A auuicieuii number has been secured Jor today s crews and will leave tne i. m. v at t o'clock. a '- "" " The scarcity of tents for camping parties will also be remedied as a large number agreed yesterday to (Continued on. Pt . . Navy Men Come to Attend Funeral of Salem Sauor A. naval esroit Is. expected from Portland for tbe funeral of Joseph Arthur Martin, the ,2 4-year-old sailor who. died., at a naval hospital. In Chelsea. Mm. June. 13. Tbe body arrived yesterday morning and the funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the chapelot Webb AClough. A. younger. brother, HughA. Mar tin, has arrived from Fort Stevens on a five day furlough to attend tbe i unci at. . w tm m uiruimr . vi u heavy artillery corps. Private Mar funeial. . lie la a member of the tin is with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Msrtin. 114 5 Saginaw street. Conducting tbe funeral, will be Rev. H. N. Aldrtcb., Rev. Mrs; F. T. Tort er and Rev. Edwatd Glttlns. Rev. Mr. Glttina , was , the pastor of the dead sailor when he was a boy In Sunday school. Interment will be In the Pioneer cemetery. ! four miles from Brooks. SATURDAY HELD ITilPROPER TKilE VAS BRIDGE DAY Some Other ' Part of Week Will Be Chosen, for Local 'Celebration. POLK COUIfrY WORKING prnaty Coznixuttee Named r f v . to Herald Coming Event Far and Wide. Another long step toward the con sumation of plans for the bridge celebration was taken last night when a numoer of heads of corn- mittees gathered at tbe Commercial club for a conference as to ways snd means. . While no definite action was taken as to tbe date of dedica tion and the specific features, their was a generous exchange of Ideas and a number of original suggest loas were brought forward. -It was pointed out that the com mittees could not set any definite date, as that will depend entirely upon the date when the construct' Ion company, can turn over the bridge for the opening. Only one polat waa decided that the big event would not be held -on Sat urday. aince both business men and farmers are always doubly busy on M mm (Continued on page ) i L t Cf- r Wins in French Hearts By RUSSELL M. BROOKS GOOD FRIDAY IN THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY", France All ;the day. the clouds hsd contributed their tears to that of a world sorrowful.' penitent and remem bering afresh that once upon a time one man made the supreme sacrifice, a vicarious atonement for others. Through tbe haxy rain surfeited al lhe massive part of the church. - clock in the center was vaguely in- distinct a ,pectral ahape to awe the superstitious, a ray or hope to the believing, altogether a thing of mys- tery this night. Vague remembrances of sunny days when the stone floor of the.en- I trance waa strewn with laurel leaves I for. the hppy bride and groom: wen red-robed altar boys knelt at the door seeking alms for the poor: when the front during the day was draped with the black cloth of mourning, which was after all only a feeble attempt to emulate the de pressing robe of this nigbt that now enshrouded all more effective than any man made anaaow. wnesi u church Itseir was aione. u maw oak doors dosed, which Is seldom of war; of these came back marehlng as It were ehanneU of mr ttlBL votere sllence was with as. hotting more, a black silence tHat msde me expect a sudden shock. A tide door opened slowly. From within came th. low sound of ch.nt- Ing swelling In volume as the Interior Xiosed. The contrast aw your ,eif j possession. In that vast stone- rihhMi rhnrch whose very roof was of supported by Immense col mM forming Gothis arches, there was one brlgh. spot only, a bright aaxxiing llghr Illuminated that 1 , V- UMirinM Fnr a moment ot kneeling peopj nnt a kneeling. nothinr more: silent, and ir rever ence meant anything now. it existed thAr more fully than 1 aavever seen. The alienee Itself was rever- ntr a tribute, unaffected Just a simple, clesr devotion.' Now the walling sound of the singers rose higher for a moment. It echoed IBS SIB Volcan Arsenal and Y arschal owski Airplane Works in Yienna Lose Huge Ncnbcr of Employes. RIOTS IN SUBURBS OF AUSTRIA'S BIG CITY Food Situation In Dual Men- archy at Most Serious Stae -Gerainy'ProT Frater nal Attitude. LONDON, June 20. More than 100,000- personse have, 'gone on strike In tbe .Volcan. arsenal and the Warschalowfkl airplane works in Vi enna, according to llspatch. rom Zurich to the Exchange Telegraph. , The -dispatch adds, that riots have occurred at Favoriten. Margarethen. Ottakring. and Briglttenay, suburbs of IVenna. " sittXtiox xevkh equalled . AMSTERDAM. June 20. Messag es arriving here from Germany and Austria make It clear that the latest troubles tar the dual monarchy over tbe food situation -have never been eualled since the beginning of the war. The Austrian premier. Dr. yon Seydler. in a statement to the press represntatlves at Vienna, announced that as a result of recent negotiation tbe German government declared it self ready to advance to Austria a certain nastily of grain, and. he add ed, some hundreds t 'wagon loads were already on the way. . Germany had thus again proved Its fraternal attitude la the alliance, he continued, but the supply la Aus tria was still so scanty, as to make (Continued on page C) of Our Udy" Described - L FF, C r7.. Azamst Gloom of War Tints back and forth between the 'pillars, like the distant sound of the ocean. It reverberated in the dark vaulted ceiling; thea all ceased. . Here and there a' vagua aupressed sob came oat of the massed . throng., , One Judged that the apex of a highly spiritual moment had been reached. Faces became . more distinct, all ghostly light la the failing eaadla rays from the central point; faces of men, soldiers who had "lived for the past three and a half years la the trenches. - seamed aad hollow, faces of old men. ruddy In daylight but now pallid; faces of youag men there were none, these were at the front; feces of children, they were many; women .ah. there waa a story of a life -sorrowed, for nearly all wore the vestments of mourning. For them there was eternal sorrow and a woman never forgets a hut- band, a brother, a father, a eon. The dark veils of death told a story eloquent with pathos. Still they were faithful and did not questmen the necessity, the need of It all. "They also serve who only stand and wait wis never more clearly brought out. . No finer example of devotion and love of country has ever been presented.' The question arose why this as sembly? For what purpose do they gather? What comfort will be de rived! from spending aa evening here? More swiftly came the answer, to those who believe these questions cannot arise. ' 'Half -, ahamed In thought, I stood there sllenUy. watching.1 A man made .his way carefully dot, on tip-toes the sour.J of his sqaeeky shoes on 'tha: atone floor made an Indelible Impression no my mind. At such a time cse searches fraatically for a relief from a feeling ot depression. 'Again the singing began; people msde their way carefully out. As old woman came by collecting no'i from the kneeling throng, tbe rr-'" of the chairs they used. Blacker was overhead; blackness was ea tv - side and back; only In front was tt light; .Only in that direction wre turned the faces. I turned to go. It vas not r.y church but at that moment It be longed to all. . Only through the la ky blackness put sad wonder of wonders, the moon was bright. It had cleared the clouda. it .was a to ken thst Easter Sunday was comint. that this night alone was the sor row before the breaking of day, 1