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9 FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES CUMULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY m a ON TBAINS AND FORTIETH YEAR NO. 23 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS STANDS FIVE (BENTS gl Journal GERMANS IN OFFENSIVE I ALONG Wm FRONT TAKE FRENCh BENCHES French and German Reports Agree As To Fighting In That Sector, But Disagree As To Its Importance Berlin Is sues Official Statement Regarding Naval Battle In North Sea Further Progress In Rumania Is Claimed French Aviator Brings Down Twenty-Eighth German Flyer Germany has started a sudden offensive toward Verdun and an offensive whose first clash with the French defenders has been marked by desperate hand to hand fighting on the bloody Man's Hill, of ghastly memory. jnBiir y H c'01" Both Berlin and Pans statements today agreed on the The second rumor came via Switzer fighting in this neighborhood. But Berlin claimed aw '"SKSfc'Si general occupation of French trenches across a front of Germany and stated that the Herman more than a mile, and dignified the advance as part of an X; JS.'iftJKd Z assault in force by mentioning the generals in command ! pose that an parties meet forwith to of the attackers and listing several regiments as partid-1 10 -)-ating jization of future peace." The French official statement, however, while record- JB wh hxft that, the attack came from four different points, son's senate speed, u wing considered stated that only "small enemy parties penetrated our ad- 'nfl45?1& Sgont?d ViinCed tl"encheS " ' "s I''ans '0I securing peace at the end The Berlin report detailed the capture of five hundred . Xn 1VV French soldiers and ten machine guns, the tact that me German statement added that infantry forces were ''efficiently assisted by artillery pioneers and mine throwers" indicate it was a carefully prepared and strongly executed movement. Berlin also asserted that French counter attacks launched last night had failed to recover the ground lost by the enemy. Hill :04 and Dead Man's Hill, immediately adjoining, have been soaked with blood in the most bitter fighting probably on the whole western front. It was against these positions that the crown prince again and again launched his attacks seeking progress toward Verdun. The German plan of battle at the height of their drive on Verdun was apparently to smash great forces against the French line around Hill :J04 (on the left bank of the Meuse) and then, almost immediately to follow with a vigorous assault on the opposite bank, around Fort Douaumont. Berlin, via Sayville wireless, .Tan. 20. -French trenches on height 804 were sti.rmcd by Genhail forces on a width of 1.486 yards (4400 meters) and captured Q00 prisoners, today's official stateinent declared. The statement said: "On thc west bank of the Meuse in the sector of General of Infantry A'ou Francois under Lieutenant General Von Demborne, in command of Westfalien and parts of Badlsh regiments of prov- oil valor, efficiently assisted by artil- j lerv and mine throwers, stormed French trenches on heights 304 in u breadth of 1800 meters. . "In the han.l to hand fighting the enemy suffered sanguinary losses andj left in round figures 500 prisoners in I our hands, among whom were 1- offi-l errs and JU maenme irons. "At the night time the French launch ed a counter attack which failed. "Attack enterprises on Dead Man's Hil and northeast of Avocourt brought desired results." s ABE MARTIN Remember when buy a . :ie. wirU. o ' ole papers t ' put under I I arlor carpet . hv.-r. if you deserve s eeeef you've got t' advertise. 9 we used t slopes of Hill ;04 and Dead; French Version Differs Paris. .Tan. 20. German attacks on , four points along the front from Avo- , court wood and Dead Man's Hill were, reported bv the war office today. I en. negieit nis oesnuss. hnta more of the spectacular imrt of All were repulsed with heavy losses, In the railroad list Union Pacific and , He said he was located by I.ieuten- (ho Amvru.,ln wrU that which en It was stated. Reading were narrowly firm, but stocks ; ant Bonner of theSan Francisco police th, who,e. worWtl, llew art Near Hill :1U4, it was stated, however small enemv detachment netrated I"' advanced French trenches Along the Soniine two enemy attacks were stopped by artillery tire. Official Naval Battle Account Berlin, via Sayville wireless, .Ian. 26 The German official version of the ; recent North sea destroyer battle was issued today by the official press bu- !, .,;,. It read: "Immediately beginning the engage liiient which took place in the darkness. i the commander of the V-69. which re- leeived a lull hit by which the bridge was struck, was killed. Ho was captain I of flotilla Corvette Max Sennits, who since the beginning had commanded his flotilla with courage and success. The hit also killed some other officers and ranks and damaged the steering gear, causing a collision with other boats. "The V-09, then in a heavily dam- aged condition, entered the Dutch port of Kmnidcn, unmolested by the enemy". "The boat rammed by the V-69 con tinued to participate in the combat, despite damages, and in the future course of the struggle heavily damaged an English destroyer by ramming it.! Tho vesel rammed was in ;i staking" ( condition. "Although its speed was diminished by the double ramming, the German tur-j pedo boat (destroyer) succeeded in' reaching its (Jcriuau support unhind-j ered by the enemy. "A third German boat, which hail 1 long contact with the nthors. encount ered numerous hostile torpedo destroy- j on. It immediately entered into ac ( lion and sank one large hostile destroy- er by a torpedo hit at tho shortest I ! range. "The hostile forces being superior,! j the bout stopped fighting and arrived ii port unmolested by our adversary, j and undairagcd. ' ' Rtt'ssian Positions Captured Berlin, via Sayville wireless, Jan. 26. i Capture of further Russian positions I on both sides of the River Aa (Riga front) and repulse of strung hostile counter attacks on ike east bank, were announced in today's official state - : (Continued on page seven.) BIRTHDAY WILL BE FOR NEW PEACE MOVE It Is Asserted That Kaiser j Will Offer Better Terms to Entente Allies London, Jan. 2G.-That Kaiser Wil I helm plans to make bis 5Hth birthday to morrow the occasion for nnother peace move with more acceptable terms to the entente was reported today from several different sources. The nearest thing to an official hint of this plan was read in the speech made yesterday to the Hungarian parlia ment by Count Stephen Tisza, the Hun garian premier. "We are inclined to continue B further exchange of views regarding peace with the Pnited States government," was the way the Hungar ian statesman put it. More than usual significance was at tached today to this intimation, in view I of the fact that Count Tisza is supposed to have been one of the premiers of th approbation of any or 't . 1 1 ' i.i ne jii rnneu , nui u approval must be made in a speech or statement. A pronunciamento from the mperor would be a logical mode of ans wer. The German government also expects President Wilson formally to transmit to Berlin the text of the reply made by the entente powers to his own peace suggestions. Officially Germany is not yet informed of what the allies said in reply to the American president. Teu tonic officials suppose they will be so informed. Irregular Price Movements Featured Wall Street Today New York.Tan. 20. The New York Evening Sun financial review said to day : irregular price movements, which bore little significance and which attracted scarcely more than nominal interest, characterized trading in today's stock market. The general level was some- what higher than yesterday. Top pric- report of the incident immediately af- ,.au ljm)s ,J wi fin,( n0 cs represented gains of a point, or so, Iter the explosion Oxman said that at (.it or sma wM(,h hag nQt but thc advances were not consistently j that time he had S000 head of cattle on a ftjfa mlln a bomber an artillery maintained and in some eases, like cei- his ranffe which needed attention and ..,' ., ;., tajn 0f the motor stocks, specialty and : rubber stocks, small losses were record-i 'like St. I'aul, Norfolk and Western, and Long Island were under pressure in tne afternoon prices reacted and the general level sank a point or so below Thursday, with particular wefk- ness in tne motor, snipping and some; or me s icrianv issues. ALLIES WANT OREGON SHEEP ' Portland, Ore., Jan. 26 Allied agents have entered the market for Oregon sheep it was learned today. Heavy purchases are be- ing made for shipment to Eu- rope. 1 m If al that stuff that has made Mil- wnukoe famous could lie poured into the Pacific at once, the namesake cruiser should worry. WELL-KNOWN 6MA--L Deques TOf rteMeovTHCABwes oft rtfC iNITlATlv'e NO 1 fePeRCNDvM W.AL mm m m SENSATION SPRUNG BY PROSECUTION IN MOONEY TRIAL TODAY Entirely New Witness Gives Testimony Against Defendants San Francisco, Jan. 20. The state created a seniation today in the trial of Thomas Mooney on charges of mur der in connection with preparedness parade bomb outrages when it put on the stand a new witness never before referred to. Who 8Wre he saw Mooney, Warren Billings, Mrs. Mooflcy and Is rael Weinburg, four defendants, to gether at Steuart ana Market streets a few minutes before the fatal explo . sion occurred at that corner. The witness was F. O, Oxmnn, an Ore gon cattle dealer. One by one he identi fied the ivlooncys, Billings and Wein burg as the tour persons lie saw at the fatal corner and he gave a vivid de scription of the scene that ensued. With these four, he said was a mvs- terious man with a black mustache. Those live, he said, were in an automo bile which he saw come up to Steuart and Market streets shortly before the explosion. Mooney, he said, was stand ing on the running board holding a suitcase. Hillings and the mysterious man took it from him and started along Steuart street, he said. Hillings appeared extremelv nervous, the stranger was carrying the suitcase at the time. Finally Hillings took the suitcase away from the other man and s nrted back to the corner. He jostled Oxman as he passed. Witness said his attention was Called to Hillings because his shoulders were shaking with nerv ousness. Thereafter he watched Hill ings closely. He testified that he saw Billings place the suitcase on the sidewalk at the corner. At thin juncture, he de clared Mooney appeared and said to Hillings: "lor God 8 sake give it to him (meaning the mvsterious man) and let him go. The bulls will be on our trail." Mooney and Hillings held a brief eon vcrsation, wittness declared, and he saw i.iooney look at me ctocK m tne Perry building ' tower one block dis tant. Then UlS two men .jumped back into the automobile, which drove rap idly along Steuart street and disap peared At toriiey Coekran, for the defense, kod this testimony iierccly during, attncl cross examination. Throughout his testimony Oman chewed a toothpick and talked with the drawl of a plainsman. To show tnat ne couiu noi oe m stahcn nooui the incident and especially about the ; muuuei 01 ...e ul, "" man aucn.iy prouueeu a 'aueu ic.c- graph envelope on which he had made) a memorandum at rue ume, rea in k. "Ford No. :18 suitcase. I rc-bably thousand other mechanical ideas to stolen. July L"J." This is the number or j,(.1f0(.tion Weinburg.'s ('ar- . . . U you 'take a map of the United Explaining why he had not made alStHt(,s , nn , . wn th ,,.:. he didn't want to get mixed up in the case. He feared it might force him to in Kansas City. Bonner found him at- ter a scarcV which took him to all parts or tne countiy. Oxman s testiinonv created a big stir in the courlroom, so unexpected was " a in peace times. When one was younger San Francisco, Jan. 20. Jung Oy, nl()n(, lms hwu thlllu.l Uy a el0M btse-17-year-old Chinese slave girl, was res- M f(m;,.lM ml)teh but when, shel- cued from captivity m a house m China- ewd ,,e,haps, in a trench, one sees two town early today by policemen led by ,,,,,.)( appTOBChing each Other and witTi Mrs. Donaldina Cameron, of the Presby- a )ail. of strong glasses gradually real terian mission. , (nat om, the specks is an Amor- She wns found looked in a closet after I i(,an( ,vno has given up everything -the officers had chopped down several I home, prosperity and probably life to doors. The girl dropped out of sighl three 'that the other is a brave German, do- the other maneuvers his opponent into for butter and cheese -makers' license; months ago and during that period was what he conceives to be his duty a position from which ha has either passed. held, presumably to be sold as a slave.! ,mc realizes that here are two com-1 got to fight or flee. The knockout blow I H. B. No. 106, by Hawloy. To crodi Two Chinese women and a man were also j butnuts worth watching. j is usually a midden descent on the cue- cute and suppress bovine tuberculosis; arrested. Very rarely do the Germans venture my, accompanied by accurate machine creating the office of county dairy herd I Admiral Dewey, we may be pure, has 1 already told Grim Death exnetly thc same thing he told Oridlcy. ' .- MEMBERS IN THEIR SPECIAL ROLES A, - JON'es Eugene Youth Held As Slaver m California Oakland, Cl., Jan. 26. Harley Ham, 23 years old, was arrested here last night on a charge of white slavery. Ham was arrested with Mis Gussie Fox, who is said to have disappeared from the home of her fath er in Eugene, Ore., two months ago- Ham and the young girl were reg istered at an apartment as "Mr. and Mrs. Knight," and at nnother apart ment under the name of " Fleming. " Since Ham ran out of money more then a month ago, both said, the girl has been supporting both. "She wanted to go home, but I tore up the letters ahe wrote to her folks for money," Ham told the police. Girl's Father Goes South. Eugene, Ore., Jan. 28. Hnrrv Ham, arrested with Miss Gussie Fox. In! Oakland, Cal., on a white slavery j the recent presidential election. It charge, it a son of Josiah A. Hain, a i was under Dailey as United States dis gardeuer of this city. Miss Fox is ajtrict attorney for Indiana, that the big daughter of Jesse Fox, a farmer liv- J political clean up at Tcrre Haute was ing near Coburg, a few miles east of effected, which resulted in sending Eugene. Mr- Fox left for California last Mayor Hon M. Roberts and his group night in search of his daughter, accord-1 of democratic, city officials to the ing to local police. j redcral prison. AMERICAN A DARING MEMBESS OF ALLIED FLYING CORPS (Following is The second story writ ten for the United Press by Lord North- cliffe. Tho first told how American soldiers in tho British and French ar mies live and what they do in tho great wax. This one gives a graphic picture of the sort of work American aviators are doing and tolls what the American soldier thinks of his work. United Press.) By Lord Northpffe (Copyright, H17 by the United Press) (Copyrighted in Great Britain) Headquarters of the Canadian army in 1' ranee, Jan. terness against t 'fliere is little the enemv anion" the Canadian, American and British sol dicrs. They admire him in mass fight ing and for his machine like discipline, but they have no use for him in the kind of warfare now going on. "You will find the Canadian and American u thinking, independent ar my, remarked a distinguished British to J, interesting day-and so j foll,(1 jf Tl,ev had broui'ht to the stock of vitality and knowledge embraced In the wonderful citizen armies of France and England the qualities inherited by generations whkh havo 81,anne,, thc Nurth Ami,ri (.a eontinent with its raiiroad.s, chain led Niagara, linked up the world's cil k,s am ariuips )y tft(? telephone, jit , whh i,in,des it lamps, cher- . with .,....,, mn-icf ,,nH brouoht. jj ,i,,strov j'n,ssia despot ism. In 4ne iT,,ited' States you have probably jf Vighting in the skies. A Thrilllnfr Snectaclp j (,onfess, indeed, that, although I , (lav(! m wceks at wa th(, ; H,,,t.,,.l,, o wnli,., fightera high in I the sunlight is one thai holds my at tention as nothing in the world ever has throw himself into a foreign army, and over our lines anil one has to be very far forwurd nowadays to get a good view of a fight between the allies and the enemy in tho air. I have hail that - Election Frauds Cause Federal Indictments Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 26. Six sealed indictments containing the names of ninety-nine defendant were returned by the federal grand jury in the vote fraud probe here today. It was announced the names of those indirted would not be made public un til after they had been taken into custody. This wsa the government first definite blow in its investigation of charges of ejection frauds in the mid dle west. It was believed in political circles several prominent men and at least two city officials were indicated. This probe was conducted under the supervision of Frank; O. Dailey, of In clianapolis, appointed special assistant mtcd States attorney shortly before VIA TORS good fortune several times. The nir ... i ,. . ix .i i lighting In 11)14 bears as much reeemb-L. lance to the air fighting of 1917 as old steaiu automobile to the six cylinder of today. There is a perpetual match in speeding up between the enemy and the allies. Four or five miles an hour extra pace means everything.-its not an in crease of engine power to over 200 horsepower that brought about the change so much as the wonderful pro gress in tho art of flying itself, and it is just hero that the Anglo-Saxon and the Frenchiiiun bent the slower minded German. It is just this reason hit-!w'liy dermun soldiers' letters are now so full of complaint about over, cautious i in man aviators. Looping the Loop When Pegoud invented looping the loop the people aBked whyt What's the use of it? l'egoud was a very consider able inventor, as well as a flyer, is the answer. Looping the loop fs a useful maneuver ami it has been succeeded by that extraordinary development, the "nose dive", in which an airman seems to fall like a stone for a thousand (eel till the spectator's hair rises from his head in horror then suddenly the ma chine flattens out and scoots away and you find it only a trick after all. 1 talked with one of our wounded boys -ho wns jusl 111 who had fallen 8000 feet owing to rudder wire connec tion being shot through. By a miracle his machine straightened itself out auto matically within a hundred yards of the ground and the boy is alive and will fly again. 1 aBked hint his sensa tions. He is probably the first man in the world who has fallen 8000 feet, more than ten times the height of the Woolworth building. He said that for a long time what seemed like hours he knew he was fall ing at a tremendous Spea4 and then he lost consciousness. As in a dream he found himself being picked up out of tne wreck ot his machine by people who thought he was dead. Maneuvering for Position U the beginning of an air fight there is maneuvering for positions and I make the amendment maKing tne Jaw feinting as iii boxing. There are, as apply to Multnomah county only, com mie, two men in each nuu hine, a pilotll'lv with constitutional provisions, and an observer, except in tho smaller Senate bills Nos. 147 to 164, inclusive, type, in which the wings nre clipped were rend second time and re-referred, down t o nothing I" get extra speed, Final Action on BiUs. and climbing power. Knowledge of the Senate bills were acted on on third engine and plane power, quickness of reading and final passage as follows: decision and accuracy of shooting with ! B. B. No. 188, by Hnwley. Fixing thc Lewis gun are ettential to the pi -j salary of sohoo lsuperintendcnt of Mal lot. Ilis observer is provided with some hour county; passed, form of a pistol and often with bombs, j S. B, No. Pit), by .Hnwley. Piovid Rival planes, like giant hawks, hover ing deputies and clerk for dairy and around above or below each other till one, more expert, ot more during than; gun tire. Sometimes it becomes a duel with Browning pistols, ill which the on are so close that they can see each olher's eyes. The thing is over before you rculi'e it. One machine is off and away and the other whirl and crashes down to earln. Names net Published The British army does not permit the names of its flying heroes to be pub lished. In telling you, therefore, of American flyers I must deal with those Americans with the French army. Lieu tenant Thaw of Pittsburg, was one of a number of Americans who entered the famous foreign legion of the r'renoh nnny at the outbreak of tho war and is now senior American flying officer in France. His name and that of his colleagues are better known in Kuropo than in their own country. In giving a list of those whose names are known, some, alas, lying beneath n wooden cross, I can say no more thnn that they are worthy representatives of a great na tion. Lieutenant Thaw was followed by Bert Hull from Texas, .lames Bach, D. Masson, Silas Lufberry, .Tames KeCOn noil of Chicago; Chouteau Johnson of New York; Klliott Cowdin; Kiffin Rockwell; Clyde BnUIey, of Texas; Pud ley Sill of Poekskill, New York and Victor Chapman. (Continued on page two.) I ARE AMENDED ON THIRD READING Numerous Bilk Acted Upon This Morning In Various Way i VERY LITTLE DISCUSSION AND GOOD DEAL OF WORK House Extends Time For In troduction of New Bills to Wednesday It was an unusually quiet morning in the senate, the day commencing with a brief prayer by Sergeant at Arms Col. Mercer, and from that time it was pure business. One thing noticeable, and a I remarkably bad feature of legislative j work, too, was the amendment rff many bills that were up for third reading, on Mm. floor. Practically every bill passed linn iiiwi ii iiKi mm iuiiv . i utn ua, ttm3L, ithml, ror()mmi?mPut. sburtly before adjournment the presi- dent called Senator Vinton to the chair, nnd during debate on the passage of senate bill No. 8, thero was a pretty tangle as to parliamentary procedure. It came when ufter much timo had been taken up in trying to amend thc bill on the floor a motion was made that it be r-refcrred to the committee with In structions to strike out the omergeucy clause Then several changes, alterations and amendments were proposed and fin ally a point of order was made, end sustained by the chair, that the sen atois were out of order, not talking in relet ion to the motion. Orton disagreed with thc ruling and so did Unr'and and one motion followed another until there wns a medley of half a dozen of them. Uiglit in the midst of it someone moved to adjourn, and the president pro teiu declared with considerable emphasis that the senate stood adjourned. When President Moaer gets back on thc job this afternoon he will have a nice little tangle to work out. There wns consid erable hilarity as the adournmcnt was announced and it was evident some of the senators had been "baiting" the presiding officer. Outside of this little digression it was a busy session. Senate bills Nos. .19, 41, 49, 64, having been passed by the houso were signed, by the president of the senate and on the signature of the governor will be come laws. H. B. No. 22 was reported back with thc recommendation that it do not pass nnd was made the special ordor for Tuesday at 2 o'clock. S. B. No. 78, relating to the cifht hour law for women, was indefinitely post polled' House bills Nos. 78, 112 and 111 were reported favorably. Senate bills Nos. Ill and 57 were re ported naci( invorauiy. Senate bill No. 63 was re-referred to committee to niaso cnanges necessary 10 'f I commissioner; passed. S. B. No. 121!, by Hnwley. Providing inspector tor iiliumook county; passed. S. B. No. by Gill. Creating a game refuge in Multnomah county, laid on table, the printed copies having not been distributed. S. B. No. 128, by Dimick. Rotative to county budgets and taxpayers' meet ings; pasRed. S. B. No. 6, by I. S. Smith. Fijring terms of court in second judicial dis trict; pnssed- S. B. No. 9K, by Huston. Relative to recording of conveyances; passed. S. B. No. 99, by Huston. Waiving Continued on gage Seven.) jjc sfc sjc ijc jJc THE WEATHER A COi-P WftVE Coming Oregon: To night and Satur d a y pa ft 1 y cloudy; south westerly windB. MAN MEASURES