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1 Full Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today . A J fl ffHSL" ' Jl" ' fl fff ft " 1 ffiTEIGHTHYEAR MnpMT:. ROAR OF KRU EARD FAR 30 MILES .Glare of Blazing Belgian Homes Illumines Sky for 20 Miles , Asphyxiating Bombs Declared To Be Breach of Civil ized Warfare-Canadians Assert Germans Massacred Belgians-Canucks Receive Praise For Efficiency By William O. Shepherd. (Copyright 11115 by the United Press; copvriHlitcd in. Great Britain.) Headquarters of the British over eas ormv, Northern France, April 25. Via London, April 2G. The German iirj now bombarding Ypres with li inch euii-i in their great drive against the Iliitifh and Trench lines in Belgium. Tlie roar of these great pieces, the latest product of the Krupp works, pan lie heard for Sir miles. German f; incendiary shells have set fire to all ' Belgium farm houses ond villages along 1 a front of ".0 miles. Tonight the sky I is illuminated liy the glare of these Mar.ing homes and barns. J The high northerly winds which for . three days have been blowiug across J the Anglo-French and Belgian trenches, J? 'srrying before- them the stupefying V jaws from German guns, have now liiM down. Temper of Allies Bitter. There is complete calm tonight but it tie temper of the allies over what they Vtaiw '"' n niost flagrant breach of "; the rules of civilized warfare bv the Hummus in the use of asphy tinting I homlw. i fxtreniely bitter. From tho '( liih('M officer down to the privates ' . v.lmouiv recently joined the army, tliirc is the bitterest invective against V t ho ttcnniiiis. "I believe the Germans actually did JiMMiicie the Belgians," snapped n ''I'laadian officer of high rank who is field hospital suffering from tho ji'i'tevU f the deadly gam's. Many ! I'uiia.tiuuH ar0 in the hospitals suffer- lWv fro,., lh. ... II ' bombs ti,b ;,. ,' lias Iimi iiih'i anadiatt contingent . I,(H" '"Kageil ,i ,avo re-1 eeivcl unstinted ,;... e Tii-nis.. (...., VI..I.I M.i slinl Sir .lidin f'ri.ii,.v, ...i i.:.. t.,r ("T the part they pluye,! in the battle. Germans Deny Claims. IWIin. via wireless to San ill,., J, f. -April W. The war office ' siM-ci I i, all v in. I .leiiinrelv today fl,., ,.l;,' i !: !'"'"'"" ..ii ivis ,hat " "'li I. ...es !,:,. throwl, ,,, (l(lrimllll , lurk iidiiss the Yser canal ;!, V" ;""'". a state. I imml '"lay declared tu, position, ut ! " wet bank of I lie tuiial.i .v"',""" ' 1 "y the Germans. t ' " '' loini number of , ,',rs tali,. n i, , Hi,,, British prison-! nu'lian th, s..,. 't'.tal nf .'taken. ,- ' ""'-ns. A-' '' also have been "lt",M,r'r kmv' tl'p o,"',"""s ' ,ir,l'fte, In. m t ,., Viw.ru. .... .1.. 1 "tiitc'tlciil I'r.iui the war office ns,.,i '."artMnacsii cili'lLnnP l, . ,,r.l i, ' recall- i L ' 71"'''"": "K'""' been in M .i H 1.1, , I lusn .... ..I.,. which niiDate , Kl,.v .,,... "':""u"""g territory, I ne ""N throwers and fi,,,', 1,1"'!"' ' 'f lie. '""''I to have been tnkeu bv thl .COUNTY POOR SYSTEM j WRONG, SAYS BUSHEY I ounty Being Buncoed Out Of Thousands of Dollars by Un scrupulous Imposters -Should Employ County Poor In spector Who Should Also Prove Valuable Aid to Un employed-Some Cases of Tl't the prp,nt HV-m of tok.n( 1,.,, . c.uiiny s indigent citl- ;'ha Z?,M'''h' lal ,nd ""organiwd, )'" V V'""". fourt endeavors to P'Wl ',""'w',"' tb disbursement of :W;' :'ru "ie county', fund., that " in n, , ,'" ro,H)r iral"'d P- t' th. .. """nces whilo in oth- '"hv r,. 1 J , un" or ,omo very t inT! "l T'1 "e is th.. . ut lnf''"ntion regard- Rl.i.l; : .mi,.. ... """" or such caies, is the 'La., i. .'"""-v Ju'llfe Bushcv I. " "' ' 'HintV .Tn.l... r,, . I ni'T. 1 ne that the' n., . . employ a r-"i o 1, . . .1 " person to devote ; " id, "' "eepmg in touch ith ""l..v! .,h "(teJ n.l d. to Visit n,,,l : tine ,t. '".""K.'.i- in-i ,', ''"""'y curt ii... "i urra.rs anil to I well informed k !" "act of , ' ' .i case. - iiav. . !" th..,i,., , , "T ""'Jcct much ser- t 'h,,!,.,!,,, 'i'"1 ''"'lire Bushey, whilo ' 1 m.m.1.:'. . '", reminiscent nrnod "'""('ii th . "",r He had pro- I'-in-i ,-. . uiiis wiiiru united !h- .'.'I" ''5 for life (perhaps) .., i"'!.'!ps'' Wns Dirt fil..m..n .4 ' -!, ' iuJe to thinking, i.r, , '" '" ,h? "i'low's " i! too serious a prob- i DD Germans. North of Beausejour two French night attacks were repulsed it was stated. On tho heights of the Meusc, the German attacks continue in pro gress. The heights west of Esparges were carried by storm. Several hundred French prisoners were taken and sev eral machine guns captured. ' Assaults Are Halted, London, April 28. Two determined assnults directed against the ullies by the Germans operating from Passeberi daele, eight miles northeast of Ypres, have been halted, an officii'.! statement issued today by the press bureau an nouneed. This attack was launched against the allied positions about Brodseinde. Uesporute fighting continues, the statement declared, but the allies are holding their ground everywhere. The official report today does not claim that the Germans have been driven entirely from tho west bank of tho Yser canal. That the allies are slowly recovering ground was as far as tho announcement went in this connec tion. Fighting Is Violent. The Daily Mail published a story' to dny that Field Marshall Von Hiuden burg, hero of the fighting on the east ern front, was directing this IntOHt and greatest German drive in Belgium. The story, howover, is not confirmed from any other Bource and is not gen erally credited. Tho report originated from tlu fact that two, and possiblv T " T ':'. .'. ' ' -"' '"'.' ' ' I nti luntii na Cl... fir lit... .. .. ., .nave oeen wiinurawn lrom roland and j are ,m. notion against the allies in Ji..ii ,T . ... Germans nro directing attacks toward Saint Rmy, following the failure of nssnults against ("alonne, it was stnteil today. Fighting of tho most violent nature is underway but the French are '"'"'in iiiv- ...runt, uilll moselle I 111? holding firm GUNS A An.HtPr.lnm Jicnfih.l. Kt.lnv olotn.l'ii I'm. . , . a;.. fr g n captured by the Germans, had escape.' but It. was not believed here. English Laud Force. I I. on. Ion. Anril "fl " Wn tmvo lnn.lo.t a large force on the Gnllipoli peninsii- "i.e war oiuco ueie a n.i.cen todnv. This is 1 Sieved tl) indicate that the attempt, of the allied forces to re duce the Dardanelles fortifications by both land and sea attacks has begun. The expedition is understood to be un der command of General Sir Ian Ham ilton. Previous unofficial reports have plnced the numerical strength of the Anglo r rencli land forces being eon- (Continued on Page Five,) Fraud In Point lem to be treated lightly or to be re garded as a mere passing incident in every day matter-of fact life. This county pays out hundreds of dollars every month for the relief of the poor nu ine neeuy r,na, wnue in ine great 1 majority of cases the recipients of the I money are worthy people, there are number of instances in which the coun ty Is being grossly imposed upon. On the other hand there is no question in my mind that there ore some very needy people ho nre in need of county help whose applications nre rejected be csuse the court lacks sufficient evi dence to convince and they have nt the time to investigate. "As I snid before I have given the. matter -careful thought and I am con- vineed that the best solution to the problem is for the county to pmpli.y an 1 IwtrwiHf nn,1 riinncifnt lulls mnn to hinklfimt p..i.m1 ,,t .1.., Tl... I.' ., i. U'....t..n , nfter nil cases of indigency, to keep In, cnustnnt touch with every case upon ; the county's indigent pnyrnll and to keep the nmrt posted thoroughly upon even - mi ivi, ua csmp. Mit oniv tin but 'it should be the duty of this offi- I... l,a Ir.L nt a !...,.. r ...rm I would call him the county poor inapect- (Continued ou Page Six.) Letters Written by Roosevelt Read Tell How He mi b,.. 78, V- 'v - J vuuoiiumiom.j our, nmi lie took pains to hold his teni Hyrnciise. .N. V., April I 2U.-UW ghosts per when Attorney Bninuin, succeed- Or t ill IIM'IT. WOl'n I'll 1 i) inrth fr tin....f U':n: i. .: r f ;: r: Re.j?.',u . hi ". in relut i.e. to political bosses ami ma - chine politics, A.'ain 011 the stun. I In the trial of the $.-.11,11011 libel suit after William Barnes, Jr., the former president put in one of the .n.ist uiieomforlable .lays since the hearing of the case opened. T.ie 0"i 'it'll.' J. wns also the most unl'avoiablo lo Edith Serkin Sobs , Before Pitiless Examination Los Angeles, Cal., April 211. Iloe- lessly confused by the cross-examination of Furl lingers, Kdith Serkin, 17,. star witness ror u.e stale in tlie trial Oregon City locks free of charge, tin of Chief nf Police Sebastian, broke ; der government ownership. She cleared lowa toitay 1111, soniie.i ns Judge Wood tried to restore her composure, "Oh, I didn't sleep a bit last night, the girl cried, "and I'm sick." -o.ss neraiii uravciv Helen. led Her story against Kogers' skillful attacks until he finally forced her into several contradictions of details la her direct testimony. After one of these dis crepancies, .Judge Wood called her to the bench to discuss her statements. It was then that she buried her face in her arms mid sobbed. lingers was iiitiless In his Interroga tion of the girl, n.id his cms examina tion occupied much more time than hs.t been expected. It had not been con eluded when the usual 110011 recess was taken. IOs Angeles, Apiil 20. Sebastian will not have to stand trial on a charge nf contributing to tbo d lin.p.ency of t'ecile Livingston. Judge Wood ruled today thai Hip district at torney must elect whpther he would try the chief on the l.ivingslua chargo or trv to prove liim guilty of con tributing to the ilelimpiency "of Victoria Desparte. Both girls wer named In Hie sninp ai'i'usatory Indictment. The district attorney then announced that he would drop the Livingston charge. He then refused lo fix S time when he would be ready for trial. The. prose cotion made that altitude the basis of a hope that the Desparte case also my be dropped. The Y Liberty baseball toam mads its first public appearance in a matched onnie on the hicli school urmiiids voter- dnv when it administered ,let',iit to Its Mill t,.nm, bv n score of It to . Tlift g.uiie was n fast one from start to fin- j i, and iiltlioiiL'h the Ye Liberty tam but ris-entlv urizn r,im. tin' plover ' shoeed up in splendid good form. Cn- ' der the muiiiigement of Hoy Phillips, I they are ready to meet all coiners in ' the. nmnteitr class. They expect to play I the Stavton team lit Slaxt.in next S-ip- Promised to "Standin" With Barnes ,l0""' ,l,!'t htt ,,,,,' " TllH .U 111) lU'l", I'll- screes of let- Iters were produced. They disclosed (he i.i-iai.h 01 mug nil,, ire.pieiit cnrresp.m ilence, freiiii'iit ciinsiiliutioiis as In up poiiilim tits and the neiiiii'm'ence nt' ItooM'velt In I'latt 's wisi.es in many mutters. The colonel admitted that Plait was the bii's of the icpiiblicaii party mid Lang, Steamer, Goes Thru Oregon City Lochs Free Oregon City, dr., April 211. The Wil lamette company's steamer N, It. Lang was the first vessel lucked through the at ll:.IO 0. 111. Aboard were n number of the company's officials, newspaper men and ciluens. The toll has been OU cents on each ton of freight and ten cents for each passenger on bouts traversing the Ore gon City locks. PEACE DELEGATES HELD VP. London, Apiil 20. Unless the British authorities release the liner Nootdaui, now detained in ine 1'owns, the 40 Am- ...... "" .'-;.-. .o ine naguei Intel national W omou s congress ached- j uled to take up the sub Wt o peace,! will uot be uMp to reach Holland by . the time the IL-.. i ,.. .. ,u ,!,,,.,- -.illSll. .lane Addains, of (.'iilcaan headlnir the the . Amencuu delegation, telegraph-1 . ,.l .i 1 r.. iv ,iim.-i ii nu -iin.wasiiiiur i-aue uere today, urging that the releas of the N'oor.lani be etpedited. It is believed I Hint BS iii.iii US ttlP I'Paanl ' ah an. I ' apers srp iiii'ctpd It will be ?riiiit ted to pioeee.l, NOT PREPARED. "I benr that ss a husband he has exceeded nil cxpeetutlons. " "Well, his wife's friends and her people didn't eippct very much." Ksnsat City Journal. The Weather Oregon; Fair tonight an, Tn's- la.Vj westerly wind'. Lit. 1 ' ' .-TH V V . I in Court win. him He admitted he met the "easy boss" and his son, Frank, at private breakfasts in New York while he was governor to discuss piltiiniage, legislation and other mut ters. Hue loiter was rend in which the co Ion. I nsl.e.l that 1111 iirciiitect friend be permitted to l,i. on 11 eminent con tra, t. The sympathy of the I'm. iiu'r presi dent with the opposition of Itnss I Eti rll :. to the re nomination of I'lmrlcs K, (Continued on I'm:" Five.) Salem People To Take First Trip In 50 Years Mr, and Mrs. W. T. Kainsdeii, pioneer residents of Marion eoui.lv, leave to day lor a six weel,-, ' soi.inn in Cali fornia, where they ex t to take in the San Diego and San Ftanciscn exposi tions, Mr, Itaiiis'lcn came to Oregon fi nil Marion connlv t'nuu Wisconsin whe.i a boy of 5 yeacs n" nye, and was ruiscil in this county, liy honest toil he has accumulated a considerable amount of farm and city property, chiefly faun property in tin leliiule.l Waldo Hills distiiet, and now, for the first time In their lives, he and his helpmeet proposn to gel ml and see what is going on In tlie world nod en joy ionic of the fruits of l ieir labor. In all of those .'id years Mr. Itniiisden has f)r nui,, . l0llnillrv -,. , , ,, ,ln,.f h. h , wrl, , ,hn u MT( M , , (l,u( I., w . ., .... "Lni.Lni" Li., l .u 1. ..t I .1, ... .. . "iiurniii min imiii-t sipn-s. i im-t i-aiin-i , vi, ,,, (ri Is, now in Call- r... John Bunny, Famous Movie Actor, Is Dead New York, April 2i.-.lohn Mutiny, one of Ihp mot famous moving picture U'turs la "the country, died st his home in Flstbush today, llimnv was 52 years old. He died of Ilriuhls disesse, The fncp f,f Dunny was probsblv known to more people In this country, and ewn in other lands, Hum Unit of snv other man of Ihe "movie'' world. lie wns famous ss a ''omcilii.it and re I gsr.le.l his pxtrenie homeliness as one I of his greatest sssets. I Within the past two weeks Hntiliv 'wns reported lo bp dying but rallied and was dpi dared to be gieiillv lm I prnxed, When at his wort he wss j even reported dead ami mm of his friends railed (he New York liews , papers and notified them thai h had ' paste, j wav, Itiinnv was side to rend in the papers the reports of his death land Initi'hed heartily. Hv Ihe next dav I he wns so nuu h Imprmcd he wanted . to b at e the house, faiKjti TWO CENTS .i" " i SILVER BULLETS JWE ALLIES' IIII Germany Is Unfrightened At and Is Prepared to Subscribe Even a Third War Loan If Necessary-Teuton Money Goes Back To the People -French Paying Expense With Treasury Bills Bv ft APT. w iPTrrouAu (United Press Staff Correspondent) (Copj righted 1915 by the United Press; ii. ukiucii in ureal ijiitiiin.j Berlin. Auril 2(1. Via Th. II,. n,l London. "If th silver bullets, Germany Is prepared. ati Mireet is and can be with tho al lies, but Germany will rm,ii ,mf I.t. eneil. The German people iiavo over- nuun-ruieii iwu war loans, in mv opin ion i hey stund ready to over subscriliu a third, should a third prove neces- flu r. i This is the miintfui nt fi, ,!..! r... mniiy. as expressed to mo today by Dr.i Karl llolfferich. so tnrv ,, ii,.', i,. perial treasury. It reflects the otfi ! eial view of the relations of finance to i tne war. . worm ft uonts. "The fact Dint a Cnrinnn .....l, (,l is worth 22 cents instead nf the ti i ir in fi I I I snid to him. "is beinir imoled abroad us an iiidicaUun that Gerniniiv is ultendy whipped. That is one tpies-i tion not umlerstood in the United Mtates. Can yon explain it from the German standpoint! " I ".U the eomnieueoinent of the war, "j Dr. llolfferich ci.nl I I cation between tho United Htutes and Germany was cut. Financiers natural ly are a timid people. First impres sions always count, with them. It was impiitsible to keep in c ose coniumnl enlbin with the United Htutes. Dor tin ior!s ami exports were priietlc.ully stop ped. Considerable foreign investments PROBFEKITY PARADE. Chicago, April 2(1, The big gest "prosperity parade" prob ably ever singed in any city moved through the streets of Chicago todnv, ushering Wil liam Haiti Thompson into Hip mayoralty chair. All Chicago celebrated, a holiday having I n practically declared, ft S. P. FAST TRAIN STRIKES LOADED AUTO Pour Are Killed Noar Oreswell, Lane County and One Fatally Injured. I Al " 1 h" "f ,"",ri1 "" nors of the Hnlein coinniprcial club, at Creswidl, Or., April 2d.-The north- Hie Motel Minion Ihis noon, It was l.iMiiid Nil iihI ii Limited of the Honthern nniiiiiinously decided to lend the moral. Pacific company yesterday struck nn "N'wnl of Hie club lo the Sulem base. iiiiloiii.il.il.' driven by P, L'. Hly in front lml teani, n.nv priWpHs of orgnnizu.- of his ho.iie he.,. ..., I it to frag , ,, ,,. nf , i.,,,,,,., meals and killed four small children ... . .. , , , who ocupied the tonne.iu, besides In- Wl""" " Iul' " l'"H,'r l"w,,n Pr juriug Mr. Hly so badly that it is moling the si ess of the team. Hoc thought he cannot recover. relnry Halpli Monies will address per- i1?"','',''" .,. Iso.ial lelters to all of the liusiness mea lleiiliih Morss, aged 12. ... , (leorge Hobincttc, aged H. "f ,h" ''"' endorsing tho movement Vincent Treiumr, aged H , , lor a city bull elul) mid soliciting their Dorothy Treiinor, t.ge.1 II. - moral snpiort and palronago and tb Mr. hly sustained concussion of thei,hl, wi w 11M1prlake to dispose of brain and broken shoulder. I ho ace : ,,. ., , . . ., . ., dent wns witnessed by Mrs. HIv, hi.i1"" """""" ,l,,k' l "' wife, and Mrs, Clara Maxwell', his proceeds lo go to the support of the daughter, II. C. Flick, It neighbor, also' '''"''' saw it. I When Informed of this favorable ac- Train Not Noticed. i ''"i '' part of the commercial Mr. HIv Is s.i elderly man. He had j -1"1'' Turner, orguniwir and just bought his automobile from the Kenernl manager of the hnsobull club, garage and alighted to open the gate : '"pressed great satisfaction and prs- Icnding to the Honthern I'nclfie. track, 'beted a su ssful srnsxin for th intending to cross Hip Pacific llighwny, I ,,ul' ttom the standpoint of when Hip four children cnnie along on K'""1' ,,,'"i "l",rt "d Bmount of their way to Sunday school, They were Kood advertising it would bring to tho Invited to ride and clamon-d Into the1'11.'' The funds derived from the sale) car. It was apparent t lint neither they1"' ,he spiisoii tickets will ba devoted nor Mr. Hly saw or heard the approach-! H' purchase of equipment for the, Ing train, for Mr. Hly got in and rnn "1'1" ""'I K "Hinds sail such Initial ea Ihe automobile on the trnck directly in i V'"'" advance expenses for visit front of it. ; lK teams, which will have to lie guar. The horrified witnesses heard s crush siiIimmI, and the moral support of th sad saw the nulomoblle hurled high in 111111 r''1"1 club and business men will the air and fall at one side of the track. ' "nn goon patronage.. I The train sped on without stopping, its' The t it Is working out in fin engine crew unconscious of what hnd "I'spo, the grounds are being put into j happened. .condition ns rapidly ns pomibbi and Oar Thrown 30 Teat. Mr. Turner ho's to play the oponlng I " It was nil so sodden, " related Mrs. ! (tame of the season on Hunday, May I Maxwell, Mr. Hly 's daughter. "Kather:""' either with the Albany team of I looked up the track ss he opened the the MeMluuville tesm, both of which j gate, but then he waited a moment nf ' are strong amateur oi gnnlrutlona ami ter that for the children, Just ns he 'will put up s stiff contest. went through tho gate it came upon : ' j them, If we had only gone out to open MOTION IS DENIED. and close the gate for him as wp osoal- ly do, we could have prevented the Los Angeles, Ciil., April 2li- Federal 'tragedy." .lodge Tlippett denied the application The car was literally reduced to,"' Harry Chandler and ulhcr defend 'wraps. It lay .'til feet from the place nts charged with violating American where it was struck, with a child 's slip- neutrality laws lo ipuish the indictment per on either side of it. II wns blowu to pieces as though wrecked by ll ter nric Internal explosion. TirTH VICTIM DEAD. 'tie children, died today of the injuries ' t'r, 'swell, Ore., April '.'(I.- Flank F. I.e sustained. The coroner's ury In Hy, t he ei.'c-l fariner, whose automobile 'etir'iiliiig the accident had not re I was struck by the Hlnisln Limited Hon .port 'd u tcnlicl cany this aftei niiini, Financial Backing of Enemies wero blocked.' We have boen unable to conduct our business with tho United ritativ. And your financiers and other neutral foreigners wero unable to know nt first hniui just what the situation in Germany actually was. "On the other hand, London, New York and Paris have had complete, un interrupted communication. Morgan and other American financiers estab lished branches with the allioa. Sue cess for the latter meant success and wealth for those financiers. This all has contributed to slight depreciation of German exchange.'.' Is Director of Bonk. Br. llolfferich, who is imo of Ger many's most successful financiers, al though Olllv 4M vi'ill-a M.I was of the Deutche bank, tho largest iii normally, until the kaiser picked him to linn. lie the war finances. He has raised two war loans exceeding three billion dollars and is the real "man heliiml the money nf the empire. " The money already subscribed," he said, "will last until October or N vemlier. If the war is continued and more money is needed, n third loan will be flouted. And it will also be over subscribed. Let me tell you why," ho ndd"d, leaning forward through puffs of eigarelte smoke. "There ore two reasons. German money always stays id Germany, ns everything the army needs is made in Germany. When supplies are purchased (Continued on Pago Five.) FIRS! BALL GAME OF SEASON IB BE Commercial Club Pledges Moral and Active Support to Salem Ball Team "gninsi iiiem. aim n.so oeiiien ineir n pi. cat ion t'or a list of witnesses who op penred before the grand jury thut voted the indictment. dnvr resullinii in Ihe death nf four lit- V '