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
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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