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Tea Additional Super-Dread-Naughts
andSix Battle
Cruisers Included in Pros
pective Development f
140 SMALLER VESSELS
ARE ALSO ON THE LIST
Is b Addition to 156 Vessels
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Year Plan.
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WASHINGTON. Oct. 22 Con-
tress has been asked by the navy de
partment to authorize a second
three-year naval building program
to provide ten additional super
areadnaughts, six battle cruisers and
140. smaller vessels at a cost of
$60.i.000.000. This was disclosed
tonight by Secretary Daniels after
Bit appearance before the house nav
al committee to explain the appropri
ation. . . . ! ;
This authorization is ashed for the
next fiscal year and is in addition
to the 1 & naval vessels comprised
daring the' first three-year building
program authorized in 1916 and the
great number of new destroyers and
other special types contracted for
PAUL WALLACE
HIT BY HUNS
1
Popular Salem Officer Slight-
! ly Wounded in Engage
ment with Enemy.
. Lieutenant Paul B. Wallace af Si
- . . i
iem was slightly wounded in a re
cent engagement with the Huns In
France, according to a cable message
received from him yesterday hi
Claries A. Park. The message read:
"Slightly wounded. Don't worry."
Lieutenant Wallace left Salem
with Company M, but later, upon
his promotion to bis present rank
was transferred to Company L of Dal
las. .
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harbison yes
terday had a letter from Lieutenant
Wallace in which he said he had
been In one engagement and was on
hl way to another. The letter was
written, fire days after the death of
his mother, but he had not yet been
PPrtsed of her death. I fl
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clnce the United States entered the
war. Work on the first three-year
program was delayed by the war.
but congress lias required that a
start must be made on all vessels be
fore next July 1;
Including the $600,000,000 for the
three-year program. Secretary Dan
iels -said the total estimates of the
department for ship construction, in
cluding ' armor and armament,
amount this year to $972,090,000.
Only $200,000,000 of the $600,000,
000 will be made available next year
for construction work on the three
year program, in addition to $372.
090,000 asked foe. completing vessels
already authorized.
"The new program of 156 vessels."
said Secretary Daniels, i. I "prescribe
specific numbers of battle ships and
battle cruisers only, there being ten
battleships asked for and six battle
cruisers. As regards small vessels,
although the total number is to be
140. It is simply asked that they be
of types already approved and in ex
istence, or of new types; which may
develop) during the life of the pro
gram, the details being Heft to the
discretion of the navy department.
"The new three-year pTrogram Is
a7 continuation of the policy adopted
In 1916 of increasing the navy and
contemplates its steady , upbuilding
and Improvement. It is line with the
policy adopted by this government.
and which has met with the entire
approval of the American people of
building up a navy strong enough to
meet all requirements.
"This program if authorized by
congress, as l am comment it win
be, will give ns sixteen capital ships
that will be the equal of any afloat
at the time they are built. The bat
tleships and battle cruisers author
ised in the first three-year program
will be unexcelled by those of any
other navy., and the country may rest
assured that in the new construct
ion authorized our constructors will
produce the most powerful and ef
fective of fighting craft. ;
"The imperative necessity of turn
ing out as rapidly as possibly all the
destroyers and other types of craft
needed in the war against the sub
marine for the necessities of war
fare for the time required, us to
contract upon this class of construct
ion has led to tne fear in some
quarters that in devoting so much
necessary attention to the building
of smaller craft, we might fail some
in looking out for the future In
building the capital ships upon
which the strength of a navy ulti
mately depends. This the naval au
thorities have always had in mind
The three-year program adopted in
1916 provided for ten battleships
and six battle cruisers. Now we ask
for as many more, to be built as those
formerly authorized are completed
and facilities become available.
"The total expenditure authorized
upon this new program U $600,000.-
000, the provision for the first year
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SHOES
At euch inviting prices. . The pic
tures tell the story as far as style
is concerned but see the Shoes, touch
them, feel them, try them on and
you'll agree that the actual value is
from 50 per cent to 100 per cent
more than the prices quoted. Re
member, solid leather soles, Good
year welt or hand turned on our
bargain table to close out.
Men's
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Medium
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$4.65
being a third of tfeis $200,000,000.
This Is exclusive of estimates for
emergency appropriations for new
vessels to bo built under war ur
gency, which total $M 0,000,000, and
also for estimates for continuing and
pushing the, old program, the emer
gency, construction of destroyers un
der way, etc. .
- "Including the $600,000,000 for
which authorization is requested in
the new three-year program, the to
tal estimates of the department for
ship construction Including armor
armament, amount this : year to
$972,090,000. This total amount I
recommend for aproprlation next
year for ship constructions, that is
for completing ves t Is already au
thorized and for new vessels, -is
$572,9&0.000."
FUGITIVES GIVKX 11KIJ
PARIS, Oct. 22. The American
Red Cross has aided 5.000 refugees
returning to their homes in the re
conquored Alsne and Marne districts,
in one. month's time. Supplies have
been sent to Chateau Thierry. Es
soneS. Dormans, Troisjyy, VerneuII
Vlllers-Cotteret. Motor trucks
known as rolling grocery stores
make he rounds of the districts to
supply the needs of the horaeeomers
in places where no shops have been
opened..;
PHIL KHZER
IS NOT DEAD
Pleasant Surprise Comes to
SisterrrDoctor Cables
All Is WelL
Captain Phil Keizer Unot dead, ac
cording to a cable message received
yesterday by his sister, Mrs. H. J.
Wenderoth. On September 8. Cap
tain Keizer, who Is In the medical
department of the 30th engineers
gas and flame regiment, the first
unit of that character to go overseas.
was reported to have been killed to
action. His message yesterday said:
"Well. Report mistake. Everything
fine." He enlisted at Marshfield
where he was practicing his profes
sion.
BELGIAN CHILDREN AIDED
HAVRE. France. Oct. 22. Lieu
tenant Colonel Ernest P. IMcknell.
commissioner for Belgium, has an
nounced that the American Red-
Cross Is to aid the sickly children
In occupied Belgium by sending them
In Holland to build up their strength.
Already 10,000 children have been
brought out of Belgium for this
special treatment.'
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HAVE ORDER TO
SING IN GROUPS
Committee on Education and
Special Training Sends
Instructions.
NEW UNIFORMS ARRIVE
Applications from Candidates
for Training Schools
Are Sent in.
OREGOM AGRICULTURAL, COL
LEGE. CORVALLIS. Oct. 22. S. A-
T. C. men of the Oregon Agricultural
college wilt sing, following out In
structions from the committee on ed
ucation and special training, Wash
ington. D. C. Group singing has
proved so successful In the vocational
sections of this and other colleges,
that the committee desires to ex
tend the practice. Dr. D. V. Poling.
Y. M. C. A. secretary was particular
ly successful in training the mem
bers of the Washington detachment,
who have been sent elsewhere for
educational training;, in the singing
of popular and patriotic song hits.
The college will be represented at
a government conference In Port
land. November 14 and 15, by W. F.
Gaskins, director of the school of
(Continued on page six)
NOTE ACTION
WILL AWAIT
WAR COUNCIL
One Question in Peace Situa
tion Immediately at Issue
Seems to Be Evacuation of
Captured Territory.
OFFICIAL TEXT OF
GERMANS ARRIVES
Bigr Problem Confronting the
World Now is " Are the
Germans Whipped?"
WASHINGTON, Oct 22. The
orevailinz belief here tonlxht is. that
any action President , Wilson vmay
take as a result of the new German
note will await and largely be guid
ed by a decision of the supreme war
council in France.
Shrewd diplomatic observers and
some officials take this view, though
no intimation of his own attitude
has come from the president, because
admittedly the one question Immedi
ately at issue is a military problem
-that of the evacuation of invaded
territory by .the German armies as
the only condition upon which the
plea for an armistice even will be
given consideration.
The Germans now are evacuating
Belgium jnnd "northern France As
rapidly as. they can move before the
sweep of the allied and American
soldiers and still maintain their or
ganization. Since the Berlin government says
they want to get out without further
fighting, apparently the Issue is one
for the allied war council to deter
minewhether it shall be suggested
through President Wilson that Gen
eral Focii be applied to for terms, or
whether without further diplomatic
parley, the approach of a white flag
from the German lines shall be
awaited.
The official text of the Getnan
note reached the Swiss legation here
by cable early today, but it was not
delivered at the state department
because the entire day was spent at
the legation cn the tedious task of
decoding and translating it and pre
paring an English translation.. The
translation was made with the great
est care by Frederick Oederlin. the
Sw'sg charge, because there are ob
scure phrases in the unofficial Ver
sion received yesterday by wireless
which may be cleared up by a more
accurate rendering of the German.
When the charge's work was done
Secretary Lansing had left his of
fice and . an engagement was made
for the delivery of the note at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning.
This Incident In itself was pointed
(Continued on page six)
FALL OF VALENCIENNES IMMINENT;
BRITISH ENTER SUBURBS OF TOWN;
leZECHSIFIGHTING ON WEST FRONT
With French Doughty Fight
ers from Austria Help Re
take Village from the Arms
of Central Powers.
GERMANS MASSED IN
STRENGTH AT SHELDT
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Activity of Americans Near
La Cateau Has Dimin-'
ished Greatly.
LONDON. Oct. 22. rTritlsh troons
have entered the western suburbs
of Valenciennes. Field Marshal llaig
reports from headquarters tonight.
The text of the statement reads:
"We have entered the western sub
urbs of Valnciennes and. north of
that town have penetrated deeply
into the Forest de Raismes toward
the angle of the Scheldt at Conde.
"Progress was made east of St.
Amand and we reached the Scheldt
at llollain and Byulelles. south of
COFFIN GHOULS
UNDER ARREST
Bilking of Government by
New York Undertakers
Revealed by Arrests.
NEW YORK. Oct. 22. In an in
vestigatlon here of the activities of
alleged "coffin ghouls" the federal
authorities today caused the arrest
of two undertakers on charges of at
tempting to defraud the government
, The undertakers, it is alleged, by
representing to relatives of dead sol
dfers that the government coffins
tn which the bodies were shipped
home were "cheap pine boxes." se
cured orders for expensive caskets
and then appropriated the govern
ment coffins. In some cases reselling
them to the government. The "cheap
pine boxes cost the government $36
each.
"The "coffin ghouls" are said to
have reaped a rich harvest from the
Spanish influenza epidemic in the
training camps and several more un-1
aenaaers are saia to De unaer in-1
vestigation here.
.....
GREAT NEW DRIVE IN PROSPECT AGAINST GERMANS
only, toormyM im
EXPECT ST AND Will BE ATTEMPTED ON MEUSE LINE
Line Surrendered from Lille
Northward No Longer or
Stronger than the Present
Stand of Enemy.
COMMUNICATION LINES
WILL BE IMPROVED
First Stage of Great Retreat
Now Considered Prac-,
tically Complete.
WASHINGTON, Oct. . 22. Now
that the Germans have been cleared
out of Belgian Flanders and North
ern France, army officials here are
watchlne the battle front intently
many or them with a distinct feeling
that a new storm of attack may be
about to break against the enemy.
There was nothing tonight to indi
cate that this expectancy was found
ed upon definite Information and it
possibly grows out or a numoer ot
happenins-s of a minor character in
themselves, but possibly .important
links in the chain of events soon to
be disclosed.
Beyond doubt the German retire
ment in Belgium has slowed down
However, it is not clear whether
this Is due to the fact that the re
Tournal. Both of the places are in
our possession.
"Northwest of Tournal we have
driven the enemy from the village
of Froyenne and progressed beyond
it toward the Scheldt. Further
away heavy fighting has taken place
for the crossing of the Scheldt. at
Pont-a-Chin."
PARIS. Oct. 22. French troops!
have captured Challandry and Grand-
lup. north of Laon, according to the
war office announcement tonlxhL
The Czei ho-Slovak troops f Ightlny
with the French recaptured the vil
lage of Teiron, which had temporar
ily fallen into the bands of the en
emy. (By The Aoctatrd Prr)
The fall of ' Valencienes to Field
Marshal llalg's forces Is imminent.
Despite the desperate resistance of
the Germans, the British have en
tred the city on the west, while on
the north they have made a deep
thrust into the great Raismes for
est and are moving in the direction
of Conde, near the angle of the
Scheldt.
. Valenciennes has been In uninter
rupted French possession from 1677
until the onrush of the Germans
early In the present war. It Is now
about to be redeemed.
Although the progress of the al
lied forces In Belgium and French
Flanders 'has slowed up somewhat
In the face of the stiffening of the
lines of the enemy rear guards, ap
preciable gains have been made, some
of them of much Importance. llol
lain and Bruyeiles, and north of
Tournal the village has been cleared
of the enemy, who is drawing toward
the Scheldt. There has been sharp
fighting for the crossings of this
waterway at Pont-a-Chln; the Ger
mans are battling hard to keep the
allies from outflanking Tournal on
the north
Behind the Scheldt the Germans
are maAsed In strength: their ma
chine guns on the east bank are re
ceiving the support of the artillery
and trench mortars.
In the north battle area, the Bl-
atans have reached the Lys canal
along their entire front, and have
captured a bridgehead with numbers
of the enemy west of Meerendre.
An item of great Interest appears
In the latest announcement- by the
Vr.ench war office concerning the
operations along the Alsne. It says:
"The Czecho-Slavs- with us retook
the village of Teron."
The French are still moving ac
tively to the north of Laon and have
now completed the occupation of
Chalandry and Grand'up. To the
southwest of Ghent they are firmly
e?iannmea on tne east Dank or tneiat the MilUr a Trm t'...n..
- .
w "er. having made crossings at'
treating forces are nearingihe whole
northern front on the line which fre
quently has been selected by military
critics as the first pausing place to
the Meuse or the border, or to the
necessities of extending allied and
American communication lines as
the troops advance. It is probable,
officers said, that there is necessity
for a breathing spell on both sides.
There Is little doubt here that the
German army is headed for nothing
short of the Meuse line and that any
pause will be but temporary to per
mit readjustment of the columns and
supply lines In order that the same
orderly sequence of movements will
characterize subsequent retirements, j
Several halts of this character may
be eipected. It was said, as the with
drawal project Is carried out. The
fact that the allied armies are ham
pered by extending the communica
tion lines gives opportunity for sueh
halts before Marshal Foch's forces
can come up in sufficient for to com
pel a resumption of the rearward
movement.
The line surrendered by the enemy
from Lille northward to the coast,
it was pointed out. was fsr stronger
and no longer than that which be
nw stands upon In Belgium. In al
dltion by the evacuation Of the Flanders-coast,
he has furnished the allies
with means of setting up new and
more direct communication lines
from England via Ostend, Zeebrugge
or other Flanders ports. Without
question, ft Is said, these avenues of
supplying the advancing armies ai-
ready are being opened to free the
longer lines back Into France of that
burden and consequently officer
several points.
Around L Cateau. where Ameri
cans are fighting with the British
fourth army, activity has diminished
greatly. The same Is true of the
American' sector northwest of Ver
dun, where the chief activity of the
enemy has been, the shelling of the
American lines with mustard and
other gas shells, and an air raid.
which came near to achieving the de
struction of an American base hospital-
The German reolr to President
Wilson is still the subject of much
comment, newspapers and public
agreeing that German has by no
means adequately met the desires of
the president and the allied powers.
Official cognizance of the note has
not yet been taken by the United
States government.
- Meanwhile some German newspa
pers are calling upon the emperor
to eliminate himself from the ques
tion and declaring that peace must
not be delayed on account of the Hc
hensollerns or for any other reasons.
Winter, unusually late this year,
has set in on the front In Northern .
Russia and a prolonged lull Is looked
for In that territory.
DR- POMEROY
'PASSES AWAY
Well Known Salem Woman
Succumbs after Going to
' Bedside of Brother.
A telegram was received by Mr.
and Mrs." W. J. Kearth Tuesday af -
ternoon telling of the death of Dr.
M. E. Pomeroy who died in Portland
yesterday at 3 o'clock.
Mrs. Pomeroy was a prominent
practicing physician in Salem, with
offices in the Bank of Commerce
hulldlng. A week ago she left for
Portland to be at the bedside of her
brother, Edward Cornelius, who
died October 15.. from pneumonia,
following Spanish Influenza.
While In Portland Dr. Pomeroy
contracted pneumonia, which result
ed In her death. C. T. Pmeroy, her
husband was called to Portland Sat
urday and he was accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Kearth. who re
mained there until Monday night.
The late Dr. Pomeroy is survived
by her husband. C. T. Pomeroy, and
her mother, Mra. C Cornelius, who
lives In Salem, and a son. Dr. Ray
Pomeroy, who Is in the navy over
seas. The funeral services will be-held
jD Portland Thursday at 2:30 o'clock
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parlors. The body will be cremated.
cannot see any tactical advantage
gained by the enemy unless he in
tends to fall back at least to the line
on the Meuse.
The first stage of the great re
treat Is almost complete. The Ger
man right flank has been swung Lack
like a gate all the way from Solemes.
south of Valencienclennes, to the
Dutch border. South of the pivot,
however, there has been little change
on the front at the Oise to the
Meuee. It has been noted' that
neavy concentration of forces was
made by the Germans on the Le Ca-
teau-Oise-Serre front and that also
against the American pressure north
west or Verdun. . Without question
the retention ot these lines unbroken
was vital to the German plan of ac
lon. Now that the withdrawal in
the north has progressed so -fully,
however, it was cause no surprise
here If a retirement between the
Olse and the Serre were undertaken
without delay, to rectify the whole
line. .
To manOfficers It seems possibl
that events nave so shaped the lines
that a grt drive may soon b un
dertaken, calculated to upset the
whole German plan of retirement.
Already the allied lines have been
shortened so that considerable forces
must be available for the work, par
ticularly British. The time cannot
be far away also when the American
second army, under Major General
Rullard. will be put Into play.
'To some observers It seems possi
ble that a wide attack may be made
by the two American . armies, both
(Continued; on page tlx)
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