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..... . PC. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES n CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY H $ 4$ ?H 2fe ?fe Hfi 'fc ife 'K 'K. ? 1 THIRTY-NINTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1916 price two cents 55AFSSEl GREAT OFFIISIVF BEGUN (SI (German Front for 90 Miles Swept In Cloudburst of Millions of Shells, and Forward Defenses Are Broken On Sixteen Mile Front Germans Make Series of Terrific Assaults at Verdun Capturing Part of Thiaumont Fort Italian Advance Is Still Unchecked By Ed L. Keen, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) London, July 1. The supreme offensive of the allies began at 7:30 this morning, with one of the greatest Anglo-French gains on the western front since the German retreat from the gates of Paris. Two hours after British troops drove forward, they had captured sixteen miles of German forward trenches north of the Somme, the war office announced in a brief statement. French troops, on the British right, struck at the same hour. The British war office announced that the French made "equally satisfactory" gains, leaving to General Joffre the honor of announcing the full extent of the French successes. No statement had come from the French war office early this morning but it was believed a full report on the French gains would be made before night. The British attack was made on a twenty mile front north of the Somme after one of the most terrific four day bombardments the world has ever known. With German advanced trenches firmly held, the British were pressing forward to the attack at 9:30. The latest dis patches to the war office said the battle was proceeding with the utmost violence on both British and French fronts. Many prisoners have been taken, but it is impossible at this hour to obtain any estimates on the number cap tured or the losses. Fragmentary dispatches from the front report allied casualties have been light. On the remainder of tlio British front, milling parties continue to harms the Cermnns, penetrating enemy defenses at many points, iuflii'ting losses ami taking prisoners. The war office at 2 o'clock this morn- i,ig issued a statement of warning, that, in the interest of public safety, there should' be no traveling on the con tinent, except for the most serious roas-! oils. All persons intending to leave forj 1 10 continent were warned that theyj would undergo tlie strictest examina-i tion under the passport regulations and close search of, their persons and bag ft a go. The combined British and Fren.'h drive began a few hours after the tier mans launched the must powerful on slaughts against Verdun in many weeks. The crown prince hurled his legions igniust the French work east and west if-the Mouse. The French war office rt'inounced that on every sector thej Cermana were repulsed with appalling losses, except on the northeastern front, where the French were again driven 'lit of Thiaumont works. Tli latest information received here ,!uted that about loO.flnO German troops were massed along the British front fniin the Somme northward to Arras, with SO. (100 Germans in reserve. Moving southward from Arras, the Toi-mans face the British in the follow ing order: First Bavarian reserve division. Thirtv-eighth I.aiuls'rum brigade. One Hundred and Eleventh division. I'iftv-seeond division. - -r I "V Tilford Moots has returned Tipton Cut's bob sleds an' borrowed his hay bidders. Th' more cultured th' audience th' less yoa see o' th' fust act. if - 1 1 ALL FRONTS Fourteenth reserve corps. Sixth active corps, which rests partly north and partly south of the Somme. Behind the German front are the fol lowing reserve units: Twenty-second rosiirve corps, concen trated at Valcncinnes, the First guard division, northeast of Caiubrai and the Fourth guard division, southeast of Cambrai. There is no way of estimating the number of British opposing the Ger mans on this front. Travelers arriving from 1 ranee recently have reported the country around Amiens swarming with several hundred thousand British troop?. Take German Trenches. By Ed L. Keen. (United Press staff correspondent.') London, July 1. The long expected British offensive began at :.'!0 this morning with a tremendous smash against the German lines en a 2(1 mile front north of the Soiniue. This in formation was contained in a brief spe cial bulletin from army headquarters to day. The British swept forward with a rush, capturing some enemy front line trenches. Many German prisoners were taken. The British attacks were con tinuing with the greatest violence nt the hour when the dispatches were filed. The first reports were flashed to London shortly before noon. Newspa per extras were grabbed eagerly in the clubs, hotels, on the streetsevery where. Within a few minutes the word spread throughout London "the big push has begun." The public, aroused by announce ment early today that the Kussians have captured the important Galician city of Kolomon. that the French have had success in the fighting northeast of Verdun and that the Italians are steadily pushing northward in the Tren tino, accepted the early bulletins as clear indication that the long awaited super-offensive of the nllies has begun. A Rain of Iron. The British thrust forward this morn ing followed four days of the most lav ish expenditure of shell fire the world has ever known. The German front for nearly (tO miles, from the Ypres to the Somme, was bathed in a never ceasing flame of artillery pounding with the explosion of millions of shells. At dawn today the British bombard ment, which grew more intense through out yesterday, suddenly concentrated n terrific, fire on the German line from the Arras south to the Somme. For an hour and n half the brief bulletins re ceived in London said, the German line was under a steady rain of high ex plosive shells thut blotted out trenches and human life. The big guns lifted their fire nt 7:"0. At the some instant Tows of British trftips sprang forward to the attack. They were seasoned regiments who had been awaiting eagerly their chance at the "bouches" for many months nod new regiments for "Kitchener's arm- (Continued on pa. n ne.) Exploding Shells Kill Boy and Hinder Firemen Damage $230,000 Seattle, Wash., July 1. Fire Chief Stetson and Fire Marshal Bringhurst, conducting an investigation today into the couse of the burning of the United States army headquarters's dock and Oriental pier No. 11, which were de stroyed by fire with a loss 'iggregatiug more than $2I!0,000 and one boy's life last night, were unable to make a guess as to its origin. The boy's body, torn by aa exploding shell during tho destruction of $30,000 or $40,000 of government ammunition and supplies, lies in the public morgue unidentified. I'ipemau John Wdiorr, of hose com pany 2;, injured in collision with Chief Stetson's automobile, survived tho night at the city hospital and is said to have a chance to live despite a fract ured skull. Exploding shells, which made fire fighting extremely dangerous, knocked a number of firemen down by sheer force of impact, and showered frag ments of steel, iron and wood over the streets and the bay for n distance of several blocks. The United States army quartermas ter's dock loss is estimated at $100,000. The supplies and ammunition destroyed were to have been shipped to the Philip pines and Alaska. Prices Sagged Some In. Very Dull Market New York, July . Tho New York Evening Sun financial review today said: Little, naturally, was expected of to day's short session on the stock ex change in consequence of the prevailing uncertainty regarding the Mexican sit uation and the approaching holidays and business shrunk to small propor tions. Much satisfaction was expressed over President Wilson' reassuring words in favor of the avoidance of war, except in tho case of absolute necessity, but this was offset to a greater or a lesser degree by the bitter arraignment of tho government, con tained in the memorandum issued by the .Mexican authorities in commenting on the latest American note. First prices were generally lowered and fractional declines were widely distributed throughout the general list. With buying incentive at low ebb, the professional traders worked for reac tion and influenced some rather sharp declines in specialties before expiration of the first hour. Standard railways, while dull and inclined to heaviness, offered better resistance to the forces of contraction because of the recent excellent earnings statement. There was no important change in trading conditions in the closing of the session and although some special ties like Industrial Alcohol and Stude baker corporation extended their losses, the list elsewhere showed a slightly better tendency. Mexican General Says He "Does Not Understand English" fialveston, Texas, July 1. Mexican soldiers fired on sailors of the United States gunboat Siileiu at Tampico, lust Tuesday afternoon, wounding two, ac cording to refugees arriving here to day on the steamer Dade. The sailors, who were taking sound ings from two small boats, returned the fire. It is not known whether there were any Mexican casualties. The Dade left Tampico before the incident occurred but was apprised of it by the steamer Monterey at Vera Cruz. The refugees said Captain Scott, ot the I'nited Stales gunboat Marietta sent a message to General N'afairete allowing 21 hours for an explanation. Nafarrette is said to have replied that he did not under stand English. Passengers on the ade saiil N'afar rette was organizing an army to cap ture the state of Texas and that he would be in Wasnihgton "before Wil son woke up." They said also that Nafarrettet notified Consul Bawson that if any more American gunboats, transports or merchant ships appeared off the harbor for refugees he would burn tho city, emptying the oil tanks into the river. Say German Submarine Is In Chesapeake Bay New York, July 1. According to the Trans-Atlantic Trust company, unof ftcial fiscal agent in the United States for Aiistro-llungary, the German sub- T IfJ M PlfiTFORM Stands Firmly by His Position and Makes It Issue of Campaign HIS CREED ONE OF PEACE WILL WIN OR LOSE ON IT Not Right To Carry Self De fense to Point of Dictating Other Folks Affairs By Robert J. Bender. (United Press staff correspondent.) Washington, July 1 President Wil son has takea his Mexican policy for a campaign issue and put it up to his political adversaries. This is the opinion of political aad official Washington today, following tho president's return from New York, where he spoke last night. Taking the issue which his republican oppouents had threatened to make the principal object of attack, the presi dent has adopted it as his own. The question he raised last night in his speech before tho New York Press club were believed directed primarily at those contesting his re-election. The questions were: Would the glory of America be en hanced by war of conquest in Mex ico f Would an act of violence by a pow erful nation like this against a weak and distracted neighbor reflect distinc tion upon the annals of tho United States? Is it our duty to enrry self defense l.n .I:.,.,: 4i. rit:- to the point of dictation in tho affairs of another people! Will Stand Pat From this and other utterances along the same liae, the president is said by his friends today to have indicated clearly he will not countenance war be tween the United Stntes and Mexico save as na unavoidable resort in set tling border troubles. For the second time in as many days, he said he would stake his personal fortunes upon the ideal he is following in Mexico. For the first time the president indi cated what may be in his mind as to the immediate purpose of concentrat ing such large armed forces on the border. "Force," he said, "can some times hold things steady until opinion has had time to form. No force ever exerted except in response to that opin ion was ever conquering and predomi nating force." And thus the president last night, throwing off his customary restraint, expounded his creed. It is one of pence, supported, he said, by a vast ma jority of the letters nnd messages sent to him from men and women in all parts of the country, urging nnd pray ing that he avoid hostilities in Mexico. The president intimated he would go to the extrtme lengths of diplomatic recourse before he will resort to the use of arms in forcing Mexico to co operate with this country in protecting its own people. Moose Compliments Wilson. The president dwelt also on his ef forts to serve the whole people, thou sands of whom, he said, are appealing to him to maintain peace as long as possible. "1 have constantly to remind my self," he said, "that I am not the serv ant of those who wish tireiihance the value of their Mexican investments, but !... r ..... l . ,i . . i . , PREIDE PUIS MEXICAN POLICY turn j urn imr si-iiiiii in tne raiiK ami i.i , a . .. . . f;,,, ,f . , '. ". . ." , proved the statement given out yester- tile of the people ot the Inited ' , . ., States." I l'uy by Foregn Secretary Aguilur com- Bninbridge Colby, who placed Theo- nienting on and refuting assertions in dore lioosevelt in nomination for the j the American note. presidency nt the progressive conveit- The foreign office statement was pub lion at Chicago, paid President Wilson Halted in the same editions with the high tribute, but did not declare un- qualificdiy that he would support him tun public for the first time. The news- to confer with Boyd when the detach in the coming campaign, us it was re-! papers printed first n paragraph oflnicnt was sighted, how Boyd was wain ported he would do. President Wilson 'a communicatoion nnd;ed of the Mexicans orders not to per President Wilson arose from his seat then inserted tt paragraph of See re- niit further advances and General and shook hands with Mr. Colby as he tary Aguilar's reply answering that par-. Gomez personally parleyed with the iinisneii speamng. flavor John P. Mitchel, Ituliih Pulitzer " and IrvinS.i Cobb also spoke. The presidential party, which included Mrs. Wilson, oc- cupioti seats in the tiaicrnv. President Wilson did not begin to speak until ul most 11 o'clock. marine long repor'red en Toute to tho'suid that they hail withheld publics - I'nited Stales has actually arrived audition of many of these communications is now concealed somew here iit Chesa-1 because they did not wish to stir up penke bay. The announcement was mode hostility to the I'nited Stntes. in an advertisement inserted in a Hun- The foreign office announced today uariun newspaper today ofefnag to trsnsiuit money to Hungary via the ves sel. According to this ad the I'-boat arrived from Hamburg at a point near Baltimore Thursday morning. Officials of tlm bank refused to dis cuss the nmttiY, intimating that secrecy as to tho undersea boat's hiding place was necessary in order thut there should be ui) clash with the American govern ment over its status. As ever, Oregon is justifiably and inordinately proud of the O. N. Cr. I KILLS t I Greal Wall of Water In Hay Creek Canyon Sweeps AO Before It Moro, Or., July 1. The bodies of four persons, swept away by a cloud burst which struck Hay can on nt 6 o'clock list night, was recovered to day by rescue parties from Moro and Wasco. Mrs. A. Fortner and her daughter, Mrs, L. II. Lawrence o New Meadoys, Idaho, were in their ranch house near Monklnnd when tho flood suddtnly burst an them The house was lifted from its foundation and whirled away. Battering against logs and rocks, the structure was demolished in the first two miles. Tho body of Mrs. Lawrence was found this morning four and a half miles down the canyon sittl that of her mother nine miles from their home. Hay Havener, John Hunsinan and O. T. liurnett were caught in their tent, where they were working on a road east of Monklnnd. liurnett and Hunsmnn we're drowned, and Havener narrowly escaped. Their tent was under a hillside, facing a knoll to which they ran when the first wave reached them. Upon the arrival of the second wave, Havener and Bur nett started across a ravine to high ground. Burnett was lifted off his feet and became entangled with a woven wire fence. Havener used the fence as a rope and pulled himself out of The Bwirling, muddy water, hand over haad. Hunsinan stayed on the knoll aad was swept away. The bodies of Burnett nnd llunsman luter were found three miles down the canyon, Bridges and roadway were washed away. One bridge was lifted from its concrete piers and carried intact for a mile. At least two farmhouses were demolished, and some livestock was drowned. i At about the same time the cloud- 1 burst struck Hay canvon, a smaller sec ... . , - ... tion of the sntno storm broke over Grass Valley. The damage reported from there was slight. Oregon Boys Given Great Ovation San Biego, Cab, July 1. Troop A, Oregon cavalry, and the Second bat talion Third Oregon infantry under command of Lieutenant Colonel ,1. L. May, detrained here today and marched at once to the camp near the exposition, where they were to be un der canvas by nightfall. rVere are loO enlisted men and I!) officers in Hie command. A great ovation was given the Ore gonians as they marched through the streets. They are to bo followed after n twelve hour interval by the Firi bat talion, including a )'(tchine gun com pany, supply train and headquarters and sanitary corps. The first section of thu. Oregon na tional guard arrived yesterday and procecdi'il nt once to San Yscdro. where they went into camp on high ground overlooking the Tijuana valley. The cavalry troops arriving here to- Press Approves Aguilar's Stand -Trevino Gives Oat His Version of Carrizal Mexico City, July 1. The Mexico I City newspapers today vigorously ap- American note which was thus given to ticular charge, Officials said today that the tone of Amiilar's statement was fully iusti - fied. because of the tone of the Amer- icnn note. They complained that The I'nited States has sent several ex- tremely sharp and undiplomatic mes-lehii f replied he did not enre to lose sitEos to the Mexican izovernmeiit uud'nnv more time nnd would walk over that imemdiately upon receipt of in - formation that Secretary Lansing had issued fresh warning for Americans to leave Mexico, instructions were tele graphed to nil civil and military auth - orities to give guarantees of protec tion to all Americans and other for eigners within their jurisdiction. The war office has received from General Trevino a complete official re port of thcveiirounter at Carrizal, con firming the ntntement of the Mormon guide, I. era Spillsbury, that the Amer ican) were the aggressors. EXCEPT M WEATHER Outine of Program for CherVy Fair and Its Many Events Everything is now ready for tho great Cherry Fair to be held under the auspices of the Commercial Club and especially the department of conven tion, publicity and tourist, of which Benjamin. Brick is director. In fact, everything is ready except the weather. Queen Estella and her attendants will leave the Marion hotel at the hour of 9:15 a. m. escorted by the Chcrrians and Cherrinn band. The crowning will take place, on the north side of the Courthouse nt PolO. Governor Withycombe will place the crown and Mayor White will deliver the golden key. Tho Boy Scouts under command of Scoutmaster Fuikerson will drill in front of the reviewing stand. Following the coronation ceremony, the crowd will go to Willson square to witness the great and only baby parade. The liae of march is around the park, on Court, Cottage and State streets and grouping later around the band stand. Then follows the Grange program at Marion Square, with President Kerr of the O. A. C. delivering the morning ad dress. The armory opens at noon, showing the cherry displays and the floral ex hibits. Those, in tho afternoon parade will form near Marion square, at 1:30 o'clock, the parade beginning prompt ly at 2, the line of inarch including the business district. Street sports are scheduled for 3:115 and base ball at 4:15 on the League grounds. Hiawatha will be presented at Will son park at 5 o'clock under the direc tion of the North Salem Women's club. Water sports are scheduled for 7i!10, The C'herrian band will play in Willson park beginning at 8 o'clock and the day closees with a dance at the armory, beginning at 0 o'clock. TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS. Two fatal accidents have been re ported to the state public service com mission. Both are from Portland. Harold Moody was eTeclroeuteil when he backed into a live wire while work ing on a roof at the St. Johns Ship building company's plant. The com mission has set aside the sum of $7,2."".!''- to provide income for Moody's twenty year old widow. If she lives out her expectancy and does not mnrrv again she will receive a total of $l.",wil. John W. Senman slipped while work ing tit a chute in tj) t Portland Union stockyards and received injuries which terminated fatally May 22. He leaves a wife and three children. To care for these, $7,22H.tis has been allotted and it is possible for them to secure a total of $l2,liS:t.40. dav tlid not bring mounts. The horses are to be furnished here, according to the officers. This version of the Carrizal clash not only supports the previous Mexican of ficial iinrartive of that encounter, but gives the new allegation that Captain Boyd of the American detachment tie' fiitly declared he "would march to Villa Ahumada in theface of fire." Il was an official report of Colonel liivns made to (ieneral Trevino. After recounting how ltivas went out American commander, urging nun to wait until word could be received . from Juarez as to the right of the Americans to proceed to Villa Ahumada .the statement continues: "To this, the overbearing American i the Mexicans, if necessary, (ieneral ! Gomez answered that he milht march j ahead if he thought lie was able. Then !(icneral (loinez and we who escorted him ! retired to where our forces were. The ; American leader did likwise. going to his forces, ntid ordering Ins horses chained up and with his cnvnlry afoot, advanced in open skirmich formation upon our forces who remained mounted and without making a move until the Americans niiened fire nt n distance of SO meters." On request of Trevino, it was an nounced today that (Ieneral Carrnnr.a had promoted Rivns and five other Mex ican officers for "constancy in service, gnllantrv in action nnd defense of the country" in the Carrizal fiuht. ARIZ ARE MOVED NEARER PERSHING'S ARMY Believed To Be Preparation for Attack Should War Come i TREVINO'S ARMY THREE TIMES THAT OF PERSHING Arrival of Militia Frees Reg ulars For Service In Mexico ; El Paso, Texas, July 1. Cararnzista troops in tho southern portion of Chi huahua state are being moved nearer to the contracted American lines, accord ing to information received here to day. (ieaernl Jacob Trevino, commander ot tae de facto government's northern army, is closing in on General Tersh iug's bnso near Colonia Dublan. Car ranzista reinforcements continue to ar rive nt Villa Ahumada, These movements ' are believed by military officers here to be the fore runner of an attack on the American expedition should relations between the two governments reach the banking point. Militia Arriving El Paso, Texas, July 1 Today a. tent ed city "of several thousand militia men is ttoming into existence near Fort Bliss. Before the end of the coming week there will bo an army of 25,000 na tional guardsmen stretching from El l'o to Columbus, N. M. They will gradually assume patrol iTsties of over 0,000 regulars, who can be rushed into Moxico to join Heneral Pershing's column. Local authorities b lieveil Cnrranr.a'a statement from Mex ico City yesterday might lead to th punitive expedition being reinforced. While the militia's advance on the borber is screened by an official silence, 10,000 from Pennsylvania and Now Jer sey are tho vanguard expected here to day. Regulars at Fort Bliss wore hard at work this morning, cleaning the new camp site of inesquite nnd cactus. "I can give no information regard ing troop luovments," General Hell stated. "I havo received instructions from Washington to this effect. Hut we expect tho advance guard of the militiamen some time today and others are en route." m Ready for a Dnsli. The regulars relieved by the arrival of the national guard will be held in mo mentary readiness for a dash into Mex ico, should war eventuate. With the (1,000 regulars from tho F.I Paso zone, General Pershing would have a punitive force of about 17,000 men. The latest estimate of the Amer ican army now in Mexico is about 1, (KMI. Even thus reinforced, Pershing will have only about a third the num ber the Carnrnzn government has con centrated in a horse shoo around tho American expedition. The. Mexicans are believed to have laid their plans for a quick blow by superior numbers: in case of war. The negro cavalrymen, cantttred at Carrizal and released from Chihuuhna prison were ninong the first to see the 2:i horses returned by the de facto gov ernment yesterday on their arrivul nt Fort liliss. With a shout of joy the Car rizal heroes made a mad rush to see if among those recovered were their favorite charges. Much affection was shown for the horses by the negro cav alrymen, i; The funeral of Mrs. Emma Z. Yates who died Thursday was held this af ternoon at, 1:10 o'clock from the par lors of Itigdon anil Ki.hiirdson. Burial was in the Macleny cemetery. She is survived by her hnsbmnl, S. ,f. Yates ami her parents, Mr. ami Mis. James A. Pickens, living near Salem and also two sisters, Mis. K. ('. Simmons of Ku- gem Mis. Rosa Clark of Poitland, and four brothers living near Salem. The postoffice tit Toledo will soou bo housed in it new building. The Leader says the new postoffice fixtures "are a credit to the community and will be adequate for a town several times the size of Toledo. ' ' t THE WEATHER :cc)r:;()f:'( Oregon: To night and Hun diiy unsettled, probably show ers; variable winds. THIS IS. plC (Hie wFrHcd