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Ik Mm . . FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES . CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY ,. THIRTY-NINTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY 15, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS TTTB CENT SIXTY SQUARE MILES OF FRENCH 4 a .'5 Fighting for Possession ol tellers Was "Hard, Bloody and Close" No Wall Two Feet High Left Standing-Guns Swept It Level and Buried Hundreds In Its Cellars Where They Had Taken Refuge-30,000 Prisoners Taken Other Losses Are Heavy Results of First Fortnight's Fighting Anglo-French troops have captured 25 villages and reconquered sixty square miles of French ter ritory. More than 00,000 German prisoners have been taken. 'v. German losses are estimated at from 60,000 to 75,000 by allied critics. German critics say allied losses are "frightful." British troops have penetrated to the German third line at one point and are less than seven, miles from Bapaume, their immediate" objective. French troops have broken through German second line trenches and are within one mile of Peronne, their immediate objective. The greatest British advance is four miles. The greatest French advance is nearly six miles. London, July 15. The Germans at one point have been forced back to the third line of their defense under smashing British blows four miles behind their original front, General Haig reported to the war office this afternoon.. ' , ,- : , . . " -7 "Alt is well at the iBritish front," said an official, state ment. "We have pushed our rear from : Fricourt to Mametz, capturing two thousand prisoners in 24 hours. The total number of prisoners since the beginning of our offensive is now 10,000. In addition, we have taken large quantities of material." The reference to the advance made by the rear from Fricourt to Mametz emphasized the gains made by the British in the fighting yesterday. The first and second British lines apparently have advanced well beyond Mametz with the third running through the wood where desperate fighting occurred. No important new gains since the issuance of last night's official statement were claimed nor they were expected. ' Heavy German counter attacks slow ed up the momentum of the new Bri tish advance in desperate fighting on the Ovillers-I.ongeval front last night. The British encountered most stub born resistance after breaking through the German second lino and were met by steady machine gun fire in the dis trict north Of Longueval. Notwithstand ing this determined opposition, the Bri tish troops continued to consolidate llieir positions and brenk down small German positions in fighting that con tinued wel Unto the night. The newly conquered positions, in gome caBes on the slopes of rolling hills whose ridges are held by the Germans, re being made ready for defense ngftinst even stronger enemy attacks. The Germans poured a hot artillery fire upon the southern fringe of the village of Ovillers throughout yester day's fighting, after most of the town Miss Tawney Apple wrote her name On a egg last November an t'day she got letter from an actor. Young Lafe Bud has dropped out o' th' tlks an'; joined a suit club. 1 OIL RE-TAKEN itself had fallen into British hands. Correspondents at the British front re ported that hundreds of bodies lie buried beneath the ruins of the town. "The fighting for Ovillcrs has been hard, bloody and close," said one dis patch. "Many of our men died to gain a yard or two of the earthworks. There have been fights to tho death between a handful of English or Irish soldiers I and a dozen or more Germnns, meeting jench other in the darkness of deep eel liars quarried out from the chalk sub- soil. "Ovillcrs is a place of abominable i ruin. There is not a wall standing two i feet high or a bit of a wall. The guns I have swept it flat, but underground I there are still great cellars quarried out by the inhabitants and these the Ger mans are holding out against our at tacks and bombardments. I "Heavy shells have opened up some of them and filled them with dead and wounded. The ground is pitted with en ormous shell holes in which the men lie buried. Ovillers is perhaps more ghnst lv than anv ruined ground along this front." Special dispatches from Taris this af ternoon reported that the Germans have retired on the French front, adjoining the British to the Guillemont-Albert-Comblea railway. The retreat was made necessary by the British advance. Berlin Admits Losses. Berlin, July 15. "Despite severe losses the British succeeded in pene trating our lines between l'ozieres and Longueval, gaining ground and occupy ing the Trones wood," said an official statement issued thin afternoon. ' South of the Homme there was no in fantry fighting last night. An attempt by the Russians to cross the Dvhia wa; repulsed. In the region of Skrobowa, the Germnns recaptured part of the po sitions lost July 3, taking 1.511 prison ers. German Attacks Repulsed. Paris, July 15. The repulse of minor German attacks northwest and south east of Verdun was reported by the war office today, but no important actions on the Somrae front were chronicled in the official Communique. On the west bauk of the Meuse the French repulsed a German ercnade at tack on a trench northeast of Avocourt - - (Continued on Page Seven.) HIS WIFE IS KILLED Prosecutor Called To Aid Brother finds Wife Nearly Dead on Return St. Joseph, Mo., Julyl5. Lured from home by a fake telephone call, Oscar K. McDaniel, county prosecuting attorney, returned to find his wife beaten uncon scious, apparently attacked while she slept. , The murderer fired several shots at McDaniel. Ho hurried home, fearing a plot. An insane robber who recently escaped from the state hospital and who had written several letters threatening the lite of the prosecutor is believed by the police to have killed Mrs. McDan iel. Two children asloep In an adjoining room, slept peacefully while their moth er was fatally beaten. Shortly before midnight last night McDaniel was called to the phone and told to come down town to a saloon where his brother was in trouble. When he arrived at the saloon In Lin motor been there and that no one there had telephoned him. Fearing treachery, McDaniel hastened home o be greeted by bullets, fired from behind a tree. The attorney re turned the fire at a man standing in the darkness. Whether he hit his mark is unknown. Bushing into his home McDaniel found his wife, beaten unconscious, blood spattered on 4he bed clothiug. When discovered, her body was taken to the hospital and the prosecutor col lapsed. Search of the house revealed the theft of Mrs. McDaniel 's wedding ring and other jewelry, indicating that robbery may- hava been the motive. Police said there was no evidence of a struggle. Beneath the woman's pillow lay her revolver. It had not been touched. E Dr. L E. Axford, of San Fran " cisco, Missingr-Tele-. grams Puzzling Portland, Or., July 15. Detectives are searching Portland toduy for Dr. U E. Axford of San Francisco an optometrist, or for a mysterious Wil liam Bradford, who is supposed to know something about Axford 's disappear ance. , A letter just received by the Port land police from Frank A." Merserenu, proprietor of the Merserenu apartments, 2205 Mission street, Sun Francisco, gave the first details. Merserenu de clared that shortly after the disap pearance of Dr. Axford, his fiance, Mrs. A. E. Stone, 82 Bartlett street, San Francisco, received a telegram from Portland, signed by a William Bradford. The message said Dr. Ax ford was in Portland after having been rescued from an open boat off the const, and that he was suffering from "ill usnge and exposure." Mrs. Stone answered the message, according i Mersereau, and received an answer saving Dr. Axford was do- I ing well and was receiving good care. The message said he would return home in a few days. The messages sent were found in Portland telegraph of; fice, but they have no address nor clue as to tho identity of William 'Bradford. I The first message led detectives to believe Dr. Axford might have been shanghaied. Mersereau 's letter said Axford is 42 years old, a widower, and boarded with Mrs. Stone. He has a son, Haymond Axford, and a 14 year old daughter died several weeks ago in the east. After his disappearance, said Mersereau 's letter, Axford 's relatives feared his mind was unbalanced as a result of the death of his daughter. Several men nnincd William Brad ford have been questioned, but detec tives have not found the right man. General Trevino Looms Up As Leader El Paso, Texas, July 15. General Jacinto B. Trevino loomed up today as the strongest military leader in Chi huahua state. He refused to obey orders of First Chief Carranza to make certain arrests and of War Minister Obregon to resign as comamnder of the de facto army in Chihuahua. With 20,000 troops, the bulk of Carranza' army, loyal personally to Trevino he is said to have forced a "back down" and will remain loyal. Efforts to bring about Trevino 's court martial failed, as the army would not oppose him and be threatened to join with Villa. I General Ignacio Enriquea, appointed by Obregon to replace Trevino, bas been recalled. Enriquez proouhly will be ulared In the cabinet as minister of public instruction. All ON COLLIER HECTOR TUGS AND TENDER Engineer and One Fireman Badly HurtCarpenter's. Leg Broken ACCIDENT HAPPENED BEFORE LEAVING SHIP As Rescue Ship Left Scene the Big Vessel Drifted a Hopeless Wreck Charleston, S. C, July 15. Survivors of the wreck, of the naval coilier Hec tor, broken in two off Cape Romaine, today brought- to Charleston thrilling stories of the disaster. Captain G. F. Newell, they said, together with 15 men of his crew, remained -with his vessel after the tug Wellington had taken off 102 crew members, and marines. The 16 wore later rescued by 1he lighthouse tender Cypress. The Wellington had -to .give up her rescue work with the captain and others still on board because of the darkness and the rough sea. Few of the surviv ors believed they would again see those left behind, for the Hector was rapidly filling through her, hatches. She was well gone when the Cypress reached her. i Lieutenant-Adams, commanding the 50 marines from Port Royal, said the wind that hit the Hector was blowing 110 miles an hour. Taken. Off At Daylight , Charleston, S. C.f July 13. Wttli the naval collier Hector-broken m two by' yesterday's storm aud -abandoned late last night, n radio message today brought word to the navy yard that all on board had been saved. The crew and the company of ma rines carried by the Hector, were tak, sn aboard tho tug Wilmington and the lighthouse tender Cypress shortly be fore daylight. The Hector was abandoned at 12:45 a, m., seven miles northeast of Cape Romaine. When last seen she wns total wreck. All who were aboard, in cluding G. F. Newell, her master, are proceeding to Charleston aboard the rescue vessels. At 2:!0 yesterday afternoon the Hector first flashed her distress call, saying she was 14 miles south of Charleston, with a list of ten degrees starboard. Twenty minutes later she sent another 8. O. S. with the cry " be lieve we are sinking." The Bteamer Alamo imniediateify sped to her assistance and wns follow ed quickly by the tug Vigilant. Cap tain Hunt of the lntter vessel report ed, however, that he was unable to got within three miles of the Hector and that static conditions prevented her from communicating with tlie Alamo by wireless. Just after the wireless Telling that the llecor was sinking the collier flashed to the navy yard: "Crew to leave. Send help." Anil nothing fnr- ther was heard until 3:55 when Newell wirelessed: "Hector aground ten miles Rniltllliimt fhnrtputnn litrlittilii i TtrAfilf.' ing in two. Rush help." Marines and Crew Totaled 122 Ten minutes after the last message, "Send help at once" was sent, he Alamo was standing by. Then tho' wireless failed. Immediately after the Hector's first distress cull at Charleston, calls from the Arlington radio station were heard, asking any vessel to go to the Hec tor's assistance. The Hector had left Port Royal for Santo Domingo, carrying marine re cruits for the latter place and Cuba. J She attempted to put Into port hero when the storm disabled her, but ac cording to Captain Hunt, wus unable to get further thun within nine and a half miles of the Charleston light-' ship before nuking. . The Hector carried n crew of 12 ot ficers and 50 men and sixty murines. The Hector was built in 1908, one of the first of the new tvpe of naval colliers. She was SH.t.'J feet long, 52.5 brnad and had a draft of 24.5 feet. The destroyer Terry which was re ported in distress off here last night, is waiting outside of the harbor in tow of the wrecking tug Relief for a pilot. She will duck this morning. Tho Terry was being towed from Santo Domingo, where she run aground sev eral weeks ago. Three Were Hurt Washington, July 15. Three men were injured, two seriously before the crew and marines aboard the wrecked collier Hector abandoned her off Charleston, a navy department radio said today. The chief engineer aad one fireman were seriously injured and the ship csrpenter's leg was broken. 8. 8 Teacher Now can any little boy tell me what we need most when we go fishingt 1 Voice in class "Bait." IS NEARLY ABANDONED Still Patrolling Creek But Have Little Hope of Catch ing Man Eater Matawan, N. J., July 15. Crowds of pleasure seekers who would ordinarily spend their Saturday afternoon at the beaches, wer.e expected to flock here today to join in New Jersey's game of shark hunting, but there was lit tle hope held out b y seasoned hunters that the big fish which has killed four persons within the last fortnight will now be caught. , The funeral of Lester Stillwoll and Stanley Fisher, the shark's most recent victims, will be held here this after noon. At tho same time it is believed the search for the man eater which at tacked them, will virtually come to a halt. - There have been rumors that a shark has been seen near Keyport, but for 24 hours there has not been aa authentic report of the presence of the man killer in Matawan creek. A railroad engineer reported sighting the big fish, but this is doubted. Most of the searchers be lieve the shark escaped from the creek soon after killing Stillwell and Fisher. A patrol of Matawan creek was re sumed early today by several men carrying long pikes. It was not ex pected, however, that further dynamit ing would be done and today's task may be one of "watchful waiting." Captain Edward Craven, aged ex-sea captain, who has been one of the leaders in tbe hunt for the shark, gave up com pletely today. - j "The creek be damned and the shark be damned. I think I'll quit," was the way toe captain sized things up. Acting Mayor Henderson has offered a reward of $100 for the capture of the shark, and a pro-rata reward should more than one "of the man eaters be killed. A movement Is on foot to per suade Governor. Fielder to offer a re ward on behalf of the state. In the meantime great interest cen ters here in tbe steps to be taken by the government.' It is expected revenue cutters will soon patrol the Jersey coast. SIUKER KILLED BY AI Alexander Laidlaw Shot by Special Officer J. F. Dowling Tucnma, Wash., July 15. Shot through the abdomen by J. F. Dowling, a special officer employed at the Mil waukee ocean dock, Alexander I.nidlaw, a striking longshoreman is dead here today. The first fatality resulting 'from the weeks of longshore strike trouble here came last night as a result of one of a number of clashes between strik ers aud sympathizers and strikebreakers and guards on the water front. As Dowling is said to have stepped from a tide flats car at Eleventh and Pacific avenue in the heart of the busi ness district, someone struck l.'m across tne head with a club, lnstnntly he drew his revolver aud fired, the bullet piercing I.aidlaw 'a body. I.aidlaw ran a few steps and then fell in the street. He died half an hour later at the receiv ing hospital. Dowling wns surrounded In a moment by a clamoring crowd who surged about him, and he fired a second shot, tho bul let cutting the sole of one man's shoo and tearing off the big toe of anoth er of the men. Dowling bncked against the wall of a store building aud leveled his revolver, calling "I demnnd pro tection." City Detectivo I.loyd Ktn caid rushed in nnd disarmed Dowling, a shot being fired as he did so, Dow ling refusing to give up hiB weapon until the officer wrenched it from his hand. Dowling wns kept in a cell at the city jail over night, with a double squad of officers on hand to act in case anything came of a rumor t.at the strikers planned an attack on the jail. I.aidlaw wns the second striker to bo shot here. John Now, shot through the bowels in the attack of strikers in June on the Grace steamer Santa Cruz, is re covering rapidly. Marblehead Sails with Naval Militia Portland, Ore., July 15. With nearly 300 men aboard, the cruiser Marblehead steamed nut of Portland harbor today for a .1.000 mile trip to Sitka, Alaska, and back. Of those aboard, 55 are regular enlist ed men in the United States navy. The remainder are members of the Oregon naval militia, Including the high school division and the lawyers' division. Only 17 attorneys could pull themselves away from their desks to tnko the cruise, which will Inst two weeks. The Marblehead goes first to Port Angeles, Wash., where she will be join ed by tho California naval militia on the battleship Oregon and the Wash ington militia on the cruiser New Or leans. NextTuesdny the three warships will steam out of the straits of Juan de Fuca and go north. SECRETARY POLK SAY SUBMARINE IS Today Notified Secretary Mc Adoo Formally of His Decision ACT SHOWS GOOD FAITH AND STRICT NEUTRALITY Deutschland Nearly Loaded- Captain Certain He Can Evade Watchers Washington, July 15. The state de partment announced today it considers the Deutschland a peaceful ship, "in view oi an tne tacts in tne case." There will be no formal decision of Acting Secretary of State Polk. I'olk notified Secretory of the Treas ury Mo Adoo formally "of his opinion. The state department announced that the decision may not make a precedent and that arrival of another submarine liner would be treated as a separate and independent case. I he acting secretary today expressed displeasure at morning news stories pur porting to relate the findings of the neutrality board, no said the reports did the board a great injustice but that he could not reveal the contents of the report. ; Will Please Germans. By Carl W. Ackerman. (United Press staff correspondent.) . Berliu, July IS. Berlin is anxiously awaiting a decision by. the .-American state department-on-the status of the submarine Deutschland.. . A formal finding that the Deutsch land is a merchantman, in the face of protests- of allied diplomats, will go a long way toward convincing OcrmanB thatAmerica is really trying to be neu tral. At the same time it would be a blow to the Von Tirpitz supporters, who have been urging a disregard for Amer ican opinions and the resumption of former submarine policies. ' Ambassador Gerard has received cer tain confidential information regarding the Deutschland but he will not discuas it in any way. The American consul at Bremen and Berlin dculed today that they had been asked by Washington why they had not reported the Deutschland 's departure. Such a report was received hore from London. They said they knew nothing of the Deutschland 's departure. Koenlg Not Worried. Baltimore, Md., July IS. Dowa along the waterfront today they puffed on their strong old pipes and wagered the German woudership Deutschland could never run tbe allied patrol off the Vir ginia capes. BuW at the eastera forwarding dock, Captnin Koeuig only smiled and kept his-men busy loading her up. lie was ec undent of success, lie did not brag. He's too uiet for that. But he told friends he would pass the British or French war dogs safely. Just how he will accomplish this remarkable feat he would not say. Some persons connected with stowing the Deutschlund's valuable cargo said she would dasli out tonight. This seem ed improbnble, though she may finish loading by night. Everything points to a get away before Tuesday. Close Inspection is given gift pack ages for the crew, lest these contin in fernal machines. Market Very Tame Prices Fluctuated Little New York, July 15. The New York Evening Sun's financial review today said: As is usually the on so in the tsliort Saturday session of the stock market in mid-summer, the market today was very tame as well as highly professional. Although prices for the most part con tinued the upward movement of the last hour of Friday's session, the changes were narrow and lacked any suggestion of vigor or disclosed more than the most perfunctory interest. There was little in the news developments over night of market-wise influence, although little there were numerous items from both foreign nnd domestic sources, which tended to impart cheer, notably the continued success of the allies on all fronts, peace discussion progress toward an understanding in our Mexican rela tions, and so on. United States Steel and most of the standard industrials held closely at the closing prices and there was distinct firmness in the motor and metal issues. Munitions specialties were inclined to be somewhat unsettled but the movements were narrow and the net results . in the early session was scarcely changed. Thero was very little change in the later trnding which became even quick er thnn before. Stranger Is the cashier int Manager No. Stranger Oone for a restt Manager No; gone to avoid arrest. PEACEFUL SHIP GERMANY AFRAID TURKS WILL MAKE SEPARATE PEACE New York Salesmen Reach Rome from Berlin, Make Statement WOULD WELCOME PEACE ON BASIS OF "DRAW Strict Watch for Spies and Any Wanting to Co To Turkey Suspected By John H. Hearley. (United Press staff correspondent.) Borne, July 15. Germans are wor rying now over the possibility that Turkey may desert the central power while they are under attack on all sides and sue for peace, according to two New York salcsmon who arrived here today from Berlin. I he two New Yorkers did not nrofess to have any information from German sources, but detailed the discussion heard in German restaurants and gath ering places. They asked that their names rje wnnneid uecause tbey hava . business interests in Germany. nevorai Americans who desired to ro - to Turkey on business, have been de-. tamed in Berlin for three weeks. while their credentials are closely scru tinized, the two Americans said. Tbey reported tnat the Balkan express was devoted almost exclusively to carrying. military, and that all civilians who asked permission to go to Turkey wera viewed with suspicion. 'V .- inc. Herman authorities hava im posed more drastic regulations to curb spies, they said. On entering Germany, they were forced to strip aud submit to an examination with lemon, juice to, prove that messages were not written on their skin in invisible ink. The pop ular belief in Berlin is that the spy. regulations have something to do with preparations ior anoiner Dig naval Daf tle, possibly late in July or August. The New Yorkers snid that the "man in the street" with whom they talked in Berlin, has come to realize that Ger many can achieve no final victory and ...mi i. ...:. C ' I . L .. . L win u BuiiBiii-a wiin pvttcv mat . brings a draw. There is much dissatis faction over the food situation, they said, and the cliie'i complaint being tnat tho rich are suffering less from the food snortago than the poorer class. In the evening wealthy Berliners crowd " the first class hotels for a substantial meal. Dinner in the averuge Berlin hotel costs about (2 and breakfast and lunch eon about (1.25 the Americans said, but sums of the articles on the menu card run very high. Even in moderate priced hotels a peach, for instanco, costs 35 cents, they reported. Though the fields are full of cat tle, tho authorities are urging that fish be eaten in ordor to preserve tho meat supply against the possibility of a long war. Potatoes and vegetables, they said, are being planted in every vacant spot, even in the public parks and along ths ruilroad tracks. There has been no diminution of th anti-American feeling, they report. Even employes of the hotel at which they aro stopping constantly said that Germany would have won the war mouths ago if it had not been for Amer ican munitions. The Americans snid that one peace demonstration occurred at Karlsruhe while they were in Berlin. EPIDEMIC ABATING 4c New York, July 15. The number of new cases of infan- tile paralysis showed a falling off, in a report issued by the hcnlth commissioner's office to- day. During the past 24 hours only 144 cases have been reported, compared with 102 for the prev- ious 24 hours. The number of deaths reported today wore 27, as compared with 31 deaths re- ported yesterday. The cool weather of the last . 48 hours has aided iu the fight 4c on the disease. THE WCATWPP Ulli nwialUdl T3U3T HW Oregon: To night aad Bun day occasional rain; southerly winds. 13