CIRCULATION IS
OVER 4000 DAILY
FULL LEASED
WIRE DISPATCHES
.
THIRTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 155
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1916
TvrT-iT7i mnm rnrttiwa ON TEAIN8 AND KTBWB
STANDS TIVB OEWT
RUSS ANS DRIVE TEUTON
RMS STEADILY BACK
Charging Tl A igh Marshes Sometimes Waist Deep la Water
Czar's Armies Are Pressing Germans and Austrians
Desperately-Enveloping Movement at Kovel Endangers
Teuton Army's FlanksNo Changes Made On West
Petrograd, Aug. 1. Charging through marshy lands,
some time waist deeo in water. Russian forces drove Wk
the Teutonic line from the Dnister river to Koropietzf
ana eisewnere along tne eastern tront, have pressed the
Germans and Austrians hard, according to today's war
office statement.
Heavy counter attacks from Kovel and Luzk were re
pulsed after the Russians had attacked in the region of
Tchekhuv and Dubenekjj. Crossing the Dneister toward
Koropietz was accomplished despite destruction of
bridges by retreating Germans, the czar's troops wading
across, reaching the west bank of the swollen stream and
taking 1,000 of the enemy prisoners.
The German line was again bent backward in the bend
of the Stockhod in the region of Velicki and Kuchary.
Flooded fields, mushy swamps and barbed wire en
tanglements partly submerged, have failed to stop the
Russian advance across the Stockhod river north of
Kovel. German positions which the Teuton commanders
fiave spent months in perfecting are succumbling daily to
the Russian assaults.
The enveloping movement around Kovel is proceeding
step by step. General Kaledin's forces have negotiated
tne difficult marshes oi the
haroff s division is forcing
General Von Boehm-Ermolh westward from Brody. Be
tween Novel and Brody is a "kink" in the line. Military
authorities estimate the Teutonic army must retire from
this angle if the Russian advance on both sides continues
or else run the risk of having
Judging from battle front
on the Dniester river have subsided somewhat, permitting
General Letchitsky to press forward with greater
rapidity.
Austrian big guns are bombarding Brody in a counter
attack but it is unofficially stated the fire is waning.
Paris, Aug. 1. Two Gorman surprise
attacks directed at the French lines
shout Lihous were repulsed, the official
communique declared today.
Adjutant I.enoir of the aviation corps
brought down his fifth German aero
plane, the statement declared.
On the right bank of the Mouse the
communique reported extremely violent
artillery combat around Bois Fumin and
Halaufee, the towns being under bombardment-
from heavy calibre German
guns.
West of Pont-a-mnusson Gorman
troops exploded three mine chambers,
but the communique asserted the
French occupied the southern edge of
the craters thus formed.
Allies Naval Losses. ..
Berlin, via wireless to Sayville, L. I.,
Aug. 1. Naval losses sustained by the
allies since the stnrt of the war have
been three times those of tho Teutonic
forces, according to a German admir
alty statement today. The statistic?
cover the period up to June 30.
"During this time the allies Inst '49
men of war of 5ii2.0no tons. Of this
loss. 40 vessels of 4S.1.000 tons were
British. The Teutonic-allies Inst "0 vp9
els, of 101,000 tons, of which Gcr
ninny's part was 25 vessels of 102.000
tons."
Evacuating Kovel.
T.ondon, Aug. 1. Wireless reports
received at Rome and forwarded here
ith-i
It 's putts hard to be interestin ' wi
out lyin'. It takes years o' idleness t'.
Deconie a good checker player. j
Stockhod and General Sak
the Austrian troops under
its flank turned.
dispatches today, the floods
today asserted that Germany Is with
drawing her heavy atrillery and her
food and munitions depots from Kovel
in the faoe of the Russian enveloping
movement.
The same report stated that Vladimir
and Volhynskey in tho Bnme sector on
the eastern front have nlreadv been
completely evacuated.
British Driven Out,
Berlin, Aug. 1. Fierce fighting along
the British front north of the Sonime
was reported in tho war office state
ment today. It was stated General
Hate s men penetrated on a narrow-
front toward the west of Foureaux wood
but were driven out by German coun
ter attacks.
Fleet of Zeppelins
Raid Coast Counties
London. Ausr. .1. Probablv one of
the Zeppelins engaged in the raid on
eastern counties was bngged, the war
office announced todny. The raider
was engaged by British aircraft and
bombarded by anti-aircraft guns. ' Lat
er it was seen to drop to a low altitude
and disappear in the mist off shore.
The number of dirigibles engaged in
he raid was not nnnounced. A num
ber of explosive bombs were dropped
in a score -or more places and the Zep
pelins apparently cruised over half a
dozen or . more counties, dropping
bombs at several places of no military
importance.
"The Zeppelins flew at a great
height," tiie war office declared, "and
it was extremely difficult to deter
mine their exact number, but there
were at least six. The bombs which
they dropped fell in thinly inbmabited
districts."
Cooked to Death
As Result of Fight
Portland, Ore., Aug. 1. Police ques
tioned Dan O'Connell, night foreman
of the Union Ment company's glue plant
todny, with regard to the horrible death
of E. Otto, day foremau, who fell into s
vat of boiling water and suffered fatal
burns.
O'Connell was detailed on the word of
W. A. Carswell, an employe of the com
pany. Carswell alleged that O'Connell
admitted having knocked Otto into the
vat.
Questioned by Deputy Sheriff Ham-
i mersley, the suspect is alleged to have
admitted that tae struck the blow which
caused Otto to topple into the boiling I
water. O'Connell ia said to have de-
flared, however, that he had no inten-1
tion of pushing Otto into the vat.
GASOLINE GOES UP
Portland, Or., Aug. 1.
While motor owners and motor
yearners were chuckling today
over the low price of Fords,
agents of .John D. Rockefeller
Pocnntico Hills, N. V., hung up
some little signs bearing the
following device:
"Gasoline, 20'i cents," A
one cent boost.
Heep! heepl heep! here
come- the Glooms.
Holds Mrs. Finley Was En
titled to Pension From
Application
The mothers' pension law and its
status under the laws of 1913 and 1D1S
is interpreted by tho supreme court in
an opinion handed down this morning in
the case of Mnry Luclln Finley, re
spondent, vs. County or Marion,' on ap
peal from the judgment of Circuit
Judge Galloway.
.Mrs. Finley filed for a pension under
the mothers' law of 1913, setting forth
that her husband was entirely incap
able of supporting her and her sou, then
about eight years old. Being of the
opinion that the petitioner was not en-1
titled to the reliet sought, by reason pt
the fact that she was at work which
kept her away from home much of the
day and for other causes not necessary
to mention, the county court took no
action on the petition until July 30,
1015, when it entered an order deny
ing the same, but gave other relief.
Mrs. Finley then uppealed the case to
the circuit court, and Judge Galloway
decided she wus entitled to a widow's
pension, but held she was guilty of i investigation which showed that ap
laches in not compelling the juvenile proximately two million pounds of ex
court to act upon licr petition sooner ! plosives are handled at the Black Tom
and allowed her compensation only from peninsula and in the Jersey Central
July 30, 1915. I yards nearby daily. From Hudspeth's
The supreme court is o'f the opinion figures and thoso f'irnished by W. S.
thaf a mother is not required to be Topping, chief of the bureau of explo-
with her children all the time under
the act of 1013 if ehe keeps them to
gether in the home, and that she does
not forfeit her right to a pension by
workiag away from the family resi
dence if such labor is necessary to con
tribute to the subsistence of the family.
Ia this case the petitioner was entitled
to a pension of $10 a month from date
of a'pplicatiou. It is ruled that the coun
ty court acting as a juvenile court un
der the terms of the act of 1013 cannot
grant other relief than that provided
in the act. The court holds that it is
not tae intent oi tne act or JHi.s to re-:
peal any of the conditions of the act
of 1913 so as to affect amounts then
due, which should have been allowed in
tho regular course of proceeding, and
that sims accrued before the act of 1915
went into effect should be allowed in
full. Subject to this exception: No
person who is disqualified under the
(Continued from Page Six.l
Industrial Commission
Finds Conditions in Mesaba
Bad as Those in Colorado
Washington, Aug. 1. "It is a story
of public authority prostituted to pri
vate interests that is hardly equalled
by Colorado," declared a report of the
committee on industrial relations to
day, describing the strike of Mesaba
raiige iron workers. Duluth, St. Louis
county and Minnesota state officials
were raked severely by George P.
West, who wrote the report of the
Colorado strike for the United Stntes
commission on industrial relations.
'"The city of Duluth, the county of
St. Louis, anil the state of Minnesota
as represented by Governor Burnquist
and other public officials, have joined
hands in a relentless effort to crush
out the strike 15,000 miners," declared
the report.
M ore than 1000 men Lave been
deputized according to the sheriff's
own statement anS armed with ear
bines, revolvers and riot sticks. The
slums of Ihiluth h ve been combed to
recruit this army of gunmen. Sheriff
Meining like Jeff Farr of Colorado, ad
mitted thnt he had deputized the com
pany guards without investigation as
to their character or record. In fact,
he admitted, some of them 'might pos
sible be what the writer told him they
looked like thugs.'
Duluth Against Miners.
"Business Duluth is doing its bit.
Leading wholesalers have served notice
on merchants that during the gtrike all
credit will be curtailed. And while the
miners of Minnesota and their families
face want and suffering and endure
the violence of a private army of gun
men, the I nited States Steel Corpora
tion announced the largest earnings in
the history of an American industrial
corporation.
"One bright chapter can be written.
Mayors and the majority of councilmen
F
AND NINE MISSING
Fl
JProperty Loss Still Estimated
at $20,000,000 Fully
Insured
LOSS OF MUNITIONS TO
BE BORNE BY THE ALLIES
Munition Shipments from
Point Average $1,000,000
A Day
By J. P. Yoder.
(United Press staff correspondent.)
New York, Aug. 1. Arrests of higher
tips in the $20,000,000 explosion on
Black Tom peninsula were expected to
n. n rnuulf nf n l,inr iittrlif nnnfnvmma
between Prosecutor Hudspeth and Com
missioner of Public Safety Hague of
Jersey Citj According to these of
ficials, at least two presidents of rail
roads with Jersey City terminals are
concerned.
These officials, before the expected
arrests today, refused to say whether
the men would be charged with man
slaughter as were the three men arraign
ed and held in $5,000 bail yesterday or
whether they would merely be charged
with violation of statutes regarding
shipments and storing of ammunition
and explosion.
Prosecutor Hudspeth's proposed re
quests for warrants follows a 24-hour
' sivea nrrmii7.oit hv the rnilrnmla. if wna
also shown $33,842,488 worth of explo
sives were shipped from this port during
May and that more than .iiiO.OOO.OOO
worth of munitions for the allies had
been shipped from here during the 12
months ending June 30 last.
LloYds Hit Hardest.
While Hudspeth's immediate desire
is to prosecute alleged violations, his ul
timate aim is to force munitions mak
ers and railroads to find -some other
place than Black Tom, or, in fact, the
state of New Jersey, as a shipping
plant. He will be backed up by Kepre
seutative Hamill, who Is said to be plan
ning congressional action toward pre
vention of another such series of ex
plosions as shook five states Bundav.
The known dead list this forenoon re
mained at four. The Jersey Citv coron
er announced a fifth death during the
night when Policeman O'Neill took to
fConHnnerl nn Pap Wt
of Hibbing, Virgiuin and Chisholm
squarely for the rights of the miners.
They announce if the United Stntes
labor deportment mediators are met
with persistent refusal of the steel
i company to admit possible grievances
of the miners they will put the strik
ers to work on needed public improve
ments. "The miners demand a minimum of
$3 for an eight hour day, abolition of
tho contract labor system, and twice a
month pay.
Criminals Are Officers
"Mayor Victor Power, of Hibbing,
vouches for the following: Two of the
toughest characters he ever saw ap
peared at his office and asked for a
'flop' meaning a place to sleep. He
asked them what they were come for,
and they replied they had arrived from
Duluth to act as deputies. He de
manded their credentials, and they
showed a letter from Chief of Police
McKeecher to the superintendent of
the mining company which "vd: '1
am sending you the two men for the
work we taUed about. Let me know
if they do not do it satisfactorily, as
I have something on them'."
The report declared also that a Nick
Dillon, once said to have been a
"bouncer" for a hoase of ill fame, in
vaded a workman's home and when re
sistance developed, a fight ensued in
which two men, one a depoty sheriff,
was killed. The miner and four friends
were charged with first degree murder
and seven I. W. W. organizers, sta
tioned at distant point on the range,
were arrested . without warrants, re
fused a hearing, placed on a special
train and taken to Duluth, seventy
miles distant and . also charged with
first deeree murder, in that it was al
leged their speeches had incited the
crime.
ONLY
DUR
11
EXPLOSION
HUGHES SPEAKS
FOR THREE HAS
IN SIZZLING HEAT
He Makes Mexican Situation
Leading Issue In Coming
Campaign
PREPAREDNESS AND THE
TARIFF CLOSE SECONDS
He Combines Views of Stand
patters, Liberals and
Progressives
By Perry Arnold
(United Press stuff correspondent)
New Vork, Aug. 1. Charles Evans
Hughes' "keynote" for the coming
campaign pleased all republicans to
dny. Party chiefs who ussembled to
hear the former justice formnlly ncccpt
the nomination last night were unani
mous todny in praising the striking
sentences with which the candidate out
lined the issues on which the G. O. P.
is to start eviction proceedings ngainst
Woodrow Wilson and the democratic
majority in the senate and house.
The fact that 4,000 men and women
sat for nearly three hours in swelter
ing, sizzling lient to hear tile nominee
break another one of his famous si
lences in the meeting at Carnegie hull
wus looked ujion by republicans today
as auguring well for success in No
vember. Moreover, the same sticky,
sweating auditors had enough enthusi
asm left nt the end of that session in
the close air of the hall to cheer
Hughes vociferously. Tb(iy woiild
have heard something from Roosevelt,
but the former Moose, playing "sec
ond fiddle" at u political gathering
for the first time in o great many
years, hustled out or the hall.
Tried to Please All
Hughes' speech pleased today be
cause, in the view of his friends, he
supported his harmony plea with a se
lection of the issues for the campaign
which combine views of republican
standpatters, republican liberals aad
progressives. The "old liners" were
pleased with a ringiug protection dec
laration on the tariff; the liberals with
the labor, conservation and adminis
tration's efficiency sections in his up
braiding of the Wilson administration,
and the bull moosers with the "Ameri
canism" creed, the preparedness plat
form and the Mexican discussion.
Iieimblicans and democrats alike to
day were convinced thnt Hughes' prin
cipal issue in his fight against Wilson
will be tho Mexican situation.
The second line offensive will be
bombardment along the lines of "ad
equate" preparedness and tiie tariff.
Nearly eight years ago, Hughes ac
cepted the gubernatorial nomination in
Madison .Square Garden. At that time
and in the campaign which followed he
was adjudged one or the best earn
iiaitniers New York had ever Been,
Considerably grayer of beard and inoro
linld last night than on that other
night of acceptance, Hughes exhibited
no diminution of vigor in his stumping
ability, in the opinion of t'.iose who
knew him in other days.
On his trans-continental trip start
ing Saturday, his supporters expect
him to uive the country a sample or
the sort of campaigning that made him
famous in the gubernatorial race.
Indorses Suffrage
New York, Aug. 1. Charles E,
Hughes today declared for a womanl
Slllirilgt Ullit-nuun;ii v iu u .viiiw.i.
tion, in a
telegram sent ueorge dilu
erlnnd of Utah,
" My view is thnt the proposed a
meiulment should be submitted and
ratified," the republican candidate
suid in his telegram to the Utah sena
tor.
The telegram which evoked Hughes
lecluriition for a federal amendment
for equal suffrage was as follows:
" xou will no oouiit reenn our con
versation of a few days ago when I
urged you to make public your views
wilh regard to the equal suffrage fed
eral amendment. I feel quite sure
there is nothing in the republican plat
form which in any manner would con
flict wiln such a declaration. inai
platform, commits the party to the
iirinciide of woman suffrage and rec
ognizes the right of each state to de
termine the question ror itseir.
uuenoe on Amendment
"It is silent upon the subject of the
constitutional amendment and there
fore leaves everybody of the party
free to determine for himself this ques
tion. The submission of the amend
ment is desired by many millions ef
voters aud 1 think the day has coine
when eonrresB should recognize the
widesnrend desire by adopting the res
olution of siibmissin and thus enabling
the states to pass upon the question
which, without the preliminary notion
of congress they would be prevented
from (loinir. There is a teenng or in
tense interest ,iu all these suffrage
states in respect to your attitude and
I think it most important that you as
soon as possible state publicly your
(Continued oa Page 9ix.;
Mexico Trying to
Get On Coin Basis
El Paso, Texas., Aug. 1. Foreigners
desiring to form stock companies for
the purpose of exploring .or exploiting
Mexican oil fields must renounce their
nationality and swear1, allegiance to
Mexico. This was the substance of a
message received here today from the
ministry of justice in Mexico City.
Another official report stated that
the Mexican government recently pur
chased $1,500,000 gold to coin twenty
peso pieces and that a new monetary
system had been devised to raise Car
ranza paper money to the standard de
sired. .Following the military funeral for
John Twoney, killed in yesterday's
clash with nlexican bandits below Fort
Hancock, the body was to be shipped
to bis mother in Madison, N. J.
WILLJLEAVE TODAY
Pilot Who Brought Her In Is
Scheduled to Pilot Her
Out Today
SHE STARTS FOB HOME
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 1. Ger
many's first sub-sea freighter,
the Deutschland, left her Putnps
co river berth today at 5:30 en
route home. Flunked by ves
sels to guide, slio turned her
nose toward the capes where
she may await further before
dashing to sea.
The channel for n hun
dred yards or more had been
dragged lest the submarine
come to grief from hidden
mines. The managers appar
ently feured that some of the
passing allied ships had thrown
such machines overboard but
the -search, showed nothing.
.During the forenoon harbor
tugs,' revenue and police boats
swarmed near the Deutschland
pier; they were to watch for any
vessel that might "accidental
ly" ram her.
With the German flag flying
at her stem and Captain Koenig
and his sailors on deck, the
Deutschland, in tow of the Tim
mius, left her dock at 5:33 p. m.
today on her return voyage to
Germany. She received a royal
aendoff from the hundreds ot
motorboats, tugs and other craft
iu the harbor. Her escort con-.
sisted of the launch Kfco, the
government tug Wissachickon
and the police boat I.annan.
By Carl D. Oroat,
(United Press Htaff Correspondent.)
Baltimore. Mr., Aug. 1. Owen Cole
man, the pilot who brought the sub
marine freighter Deutschland safoly
into port, will take her out again.
Plans of the promoters call for him to
pilot her down the bay before night.
This was learned authoritatively early
today, and it was understood that
Coleman was then at the dock where
the Deutschland and the tug Timmins
lie.
Shortly after the Information con
cerning the pilot became known, the
tug Timmins and tho smnller launch
Kfco sturtcd out toward mid-channel
carrying a drag, apparently to pick
up any mines or obstructions.
Everything was ready for the get
away and the tip that tho vessel
would sit i I before night enme from a
more reliable source than the usual
crop of unconfirmed anil unconfiriu-
nblo rumors. There were also reports
from vnrious members of the Tiniins
g flt ham,
The revenue cutter Apache lay In the
Pntnpsco a short distance below the
Deutschland, apparently ready to see
that she had fair play on her return
journey.
Humor had it that the Deutschland 's
sister ship, the Bremen, is due along
the Atlantic seubourd either todny or
tomorrow, but there was no definite
information as to whther she will dock
here or in Boston,
"Honorable Peace"
Meetings Are Held
By Carl W. Ackennan,
(United Press .Staff Correspondent.)
Berlin, Aug. 1. -Although the Ger
man national committee for honorable
peace held meetings throughout Ger
many today and the newspapers every
where were filled with the speech de
livered simultaneously and identically
at all gatherings, there appeared to be
but limited public discussion of the
peace plant.
The honorable peace movement was
inaugurated by the kaiser to unify the
empire on Germany's peace terms.
Fifty well known German orators made
the same sueei-h in fifty German eitios,
emphasizing Germany's willingness for
an honorable peace.
Rue Barnes of West Union, Iowa,
was a guest of friends in the city yes
terday. He has been inspecting some
fruit land holdings near Corvoll'n.
DRAWING THE I1ET
TIGHTER AROUND
BOMB SUSPECTS
Letters Found by Police in
Home of Mooney' Sister ,
Implicating
lrwriro euve uc enm
Jlj II LiLLiiV un 1 kJ HU UULV
ni nmrti irn mi I HTfP
ILUllVd 1U DlLLlHuJ
District Attorney Will Ask In
dictment of five On Mur
der Charge
San Francisco, Aug. 1. Prepared to
submit the letter files kept by Thomas
J. Mooney, one of tho suspects in the
suit case dynamiting ease, District At
torney Fickcrt will go before the grand
jury tonight and ask the indictment
of Mooney, his wife, Warren Billings,
Edward Nolan and Israel Weiuberg oi
charges of murder.
This announcement was made by the
district attorney today after a careful
examination of the letter which were
takou in a visit by police to the Moon
ey 's sister. According to Fickert and
Captain Duncan .Motneson ot rne nomn
squad, the letters roveul the details of
the alleged dynamite plot. They include
not only letters received by Mooney
from others biit copies of letters writ
ten by tho suspect regnrding. his plans.
One letter is said to have indicated
that sumo man in the east, whose nume
detectives will not reveal, had given
Mooney certain sums of money.'cvidcnt
iv t, fiirthnr his nhinn. Another is de
clared to liavo been addressed to two
men, former associates of Mooney, ask
ing them if they wouia oe --iooi ioow
for a couple of weeks." Newspaper
cuttings referring to tho recent Mat
tines and Chrquines straits dynamiting
wore included in the evidence. .
Fickert said that in one letter Moon
ey said his views were " becoming more
radical," ' while in a letter to Billings
he urged the lattor "above all things,
keep your mouth hut." The letters
contained the statement, said the of
ficers, that Mooney . planned certain.
ii,innB whinlt hn auiil he dared not men
tion, adding "if I can pull off what I
am planning, I will be the biggest man
in Ban Francisco labor circles." Thi
is believed to refer to his attempt,
which proved aborativc, to start a Uni
ted Kailroads strike.
The most important additional devel
opment during the past 24 hours was tho
positive identification of Israel Wein
berg ' jitney bus as the machine which,
stood in front of 721 Market street
whilo Billings, Mooney and Mrs. Moon
ey were there shortly before tho explo
sion which cost nine Uvea.
The district attorney say he has also
located a jeweler in Oakland who de
clared he sold to Billings four alarm
clocks like the one found in an uuex
ploded bomb picked up iu fcau Mateo
county recently.
Chief of Police White today received
another offer of confession from a man
claiming to have been in the confidence
of alleged plotters who exploded the
suit case bomb hero July 22 and killed
nine persons.
The writer, who refused to sign his
name, declared he was offered mouey to
plant tho bomb in Market street. He
doclarcd that when he refused, the job
was ncceptcd by a man of Gorman e
truction, who was Bent to Man Diego im
mediately after the outrage.
Police do not attach serious import
ance to the letter but regard it as tho
work of a man mentally unbalanced.
Offer was made by the anonymous
letter writer, however, to testify or tell
what he claims to know in private it
given protection.
Coroner l.clnnd began the forma! in
quest into the deaths of the bomb vic
tims this morning.
GOLDENDALE MILL BUKNS
Goldcmlule, Wash., Aug. 1. Fire
swept tho famous Beckett Lumber mill
near hero today. Originating in the
boiler room, flames rapidly coasumeir
tho plant, despite the heroic efforts of
volunteers.. E. C. Trost, owner, said
he v.. old u l i'ild at once. The loss
was :o' of which 3000 was covwsl
by inn.li uca.
THE WEATHER J
Oregon: Fair
tonight and Wed
nesday; v aria bio
winds.
V THROUGH