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Newspaper Page Textit ..... FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES w . M A K CIRCULATION IS OVER 4300 DAILY 7 I 0IEE r Ml FORTIETH YEAR NO. 75 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS OX TRAINS AND KEW3 STAN UK FIVE CK.NTS tlk :J him DD 111 ! f 4 f ii i i x w if a. jcri 1 1 n GENERAL HIVELLE Ml E Reported Germans May With draw From Part of Alsace SAY RUSSIA OFFERED ' . SPECIAL PEACE TERMS German Food Dictator Admits Supplies Greatly Over Estimated London, Mar. 28. General Xivolle was driving his wedge with sledge hummer blows against the Germans to day north of La Fere and fll the same time, by hot pursuit forging another such wedge and thrusting at Laon. The most bitter fighting of the ad vance and the retreat so far if cen tering around the point of this second wedge near St. Gohain forest. Military experts here today express ed their admiration for the marvelous speed with which Neville has moved in following up every advantage of the Herman retreat and in forcing the 'icmy, in Bitvnnce ot its carefully laid j-lai.s, to fcive way before the tremend ous picssure of the French' forces. In the meantime, on the liritish front the f igjting was still of the open variety, if, opposed to. the masses of men now coming to grips on the French wcti.rs. The British are steadily forging ahead, cavalry and armored cars in cessantly harassing the retreating Ger mans. Weather conditions continue the .dfniu obstacle to swifter progress. Holland dispatches today detailed re ports of two German moves of exceed ing interest' to- military eritics. One was that theGermans were, preparing i'or a shortening of their lines by with- lawals in Alsace, particularly Muel liouse. The second was tliat Berlin had made tentative offers of a separate peace with Russia the terms to in clude autonomy for Poland, interna tionalization of Constantinople, Rus sian domination of Armenia and, in return. Russian evacuation of Austrian territory now held. French Forge Ahead. . Paris, Mar. 28 "French, troops captured important positions in the re-, giou of Leilly and Neuvillo and made further progress north of the Ailetfo. ''' declared today's official statement. The war office reported a heavy ar tillery duel in progress in the region east of the lower forest of Coucy. ' ' All day yesterday and during the jught, the statement said; "heavy auus on both sides raged in the region of liutte I)e Mcsnil and Maisons De hampagne. "The night was quiet between the Oise and the Sonime and south of the Oise. "' Leuilly and Xeuville Sous Margival lioth lie to the south of the forest of St. Gohain. Progress imported here in dicates possibly another Irench en circling movement. Heretofore the fighting has been reported from the north of the forest. Both the towns mentioned today are . southeast of 'oucv Le Chateau and on the main road from Coucy to Soissoms. Say Only Minor Actions P.erlin, via Sayville wireless, Mar. 28 The day was quiet for the majority of the forces on the western front, ac cording to the official German war of- (Continued on page eight.) ABE MARTIN t A house wife kind o' feels like givin'' tip . when her groccrymnn tells her duction ' anssafras root has trebled in price. Tipton Bud has a nephew that's 1 - . ' 1 . ' Viancer. DRIVES 111 Elf Portland Chink Killed In Renewed Tong War( Portland, Or., Mar. 28. The tong war is on anew today. Alter an auto mobile race down Madison afreet, two gunmen, believed by the police to be members of the allied Hop Sing and Suey Sing tongs, shot and killed Jos eph Cue at Second and Madison street Anton Maroviih, who was driving the ar iu which Oue was riding, was shot j the arm. "ta two gunmen ran from the scene o murder as soon as they had em, d their guns into the automobile W. .1. Brockmau, a street railway em ploye, and William Taggart, tool; up the pursuit of one of the tongnien in an automobile and captured him a fen blocks away. He gave his nnme as Wong Wing Tueng and said he came from San Francisco. due, who was proprietor of the Olym pic and Knstern Oyster company had lived in Portland and was considared a thoroughly Americanized Chinese. Sis bullets struck him. He died on the way to the hospital. E ANY OF THESE STEPS May Increase Militia to 450 000 Universal Training Probable By Carl D. Groat, (Tnitod Tress Staff Correspondent) Washington, March 28. Presidest Wilson lias taken all the steps within his power to bring the navy to its maximum strength for the present. lie may still nsk congress that it be raised to 100,000 men. He still has several wavs open whereby he can bring the land forces to greater strength, though speculation isMhat he will get his main crease by asking for volunteers or in having congress, pass a compulsory training law. The means whereby the larger army could be obtained are: - . Increase of the militia from 150,000 men to full war strength-450,000. increase of. the army from 120,000 --to war strength, 170 000, by bringing com pany units to their entire quota. Increase of' the army by adding at once all the annunl increments desig nated by the last army bill. ; This would giVe 275,000 in all. Call for volunteers. Have congress pass a universal serv ice measure which would probably be so shaped as to furnish 500,000 youths. Just what is in'thc president's mind is not known. Military men say, how ever, that as plans are now shaping the (Continued on page two.) Peasants Tell Story of Their Living Hell While Germans By William Philip Sinims, (Cnited Press Staff Correspondent.) j With the British Armies in France, March 27. One day spent in the terri tory just wrenched from German dom ination by France-British arms would make the most timid, human pacifist jackrabbit stand on his hind legs and spit in the Prussian war hound's face. If American voters could spend an hour among the pinched faces of babies, could hear the stories of wronged women, could see pillaged towns, sacked cities and the devastated countryside then any .Washington politician refusing to help resist the Kaiser 's. decision to treat Americans in the same way would find himself sud denly snatched from his chair by the nape Of Ids neck and hustled where the whang-doodle mourneth foreverniore, "Is America coming into the war?" a woman with a sick husband and sev eral small children asked mo at Nesle "Tell your people, for God's sake for their sake for everybody's Bake help us stop the war, because it. won't end until those horrible Prussians are beaten. And with America in, they'll be beaten the quicker. Girls Taken Away. "If you had lived as I have lived for two and a half years compelled to kow-tow to them like a servant, vou'd understand. 'My twenty year old sister, with lots of other girls and wone,n was sent awav bv these Prussians to where and to wliat fate we don't know My husband was not taken because he was ill; my babies, because they were too young. " We had cows horses, pigs, chick ens and the like but the Germans took all. At first they paid for them in notes scribbled on" any scrap of paper handy. But for over a year now they have take what they wanted, without even giving us the notes. "Before they left I asked them if they wouldn't "give me a little cash ia place of some of their notes but tney laughed in my lace. - 4"Ta!;c them to Poincare,' ther said or to your British friends they'll pay you' and then they laughed Borne mn-A " ' , . ... This story of the women with the HOUR LAW TELLS Ml 10 RAISE FIVE BILLIOIHOLLARS Only One Ingredient Neces sary In RecipeThat Is Patriotism THIS JO BE STIRRED BY GERMAN RUTHLESSNESS Says Allies Have Greater Financial Staying Power Than Germany (Copyright lf)17 by the Tinted Press.) (CopyrigKt at the Department of Ag riculture, Ottawa. Canada.) By Lowell Mellett. (Cnited Press staff correspondent.) London, Mnr. 28. A. Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, has iriven the Cnited Press the recipe for raising j rive billion dollars tinder certain given circumstances. Only one ingredient is necessary, he said in effect, and that is patriotism, but it is well to have it stir red by German frightfuluess. "The synchronization of German frightfuluess," he said, "made the suc cess of the victory war loan certain." Just as Zepeplin attacks on London started the first great rush to the colors, the German promise of undersea fright fulness accentuated the greatest rush to the pocketbook any country ever saw. So in giving the people of Great Britain most of the credit for their great fin ancial effort, the chancellor insists that some credit be allotted to the promul gators of the frightfuluess campaign. Asked why he had confidently under taken to raise the desired money with a promise of a little more than five per cent interest when London's great est financiers had declared it would be necessary to pny'fffjt per cent, he said: Was War Problem. "The bankers, as was natural, look ed at it as a financial problem. I didn't. I looked at it as a fighting problem, a war problem. I considered what the people would do as a matter of patriotism, not as a matter of fin ance. Once they were made to see the fighting possibilities of the money we asked, I was sure they would not leok twice at the question f interest. Even this proved that to be the case." (Continued on page eight.) Held Territory babies and the sick husband was not unique, or unusual. It was duplicated throughout the region. A Story of Outrage. Another woman with -a bandaged hand said a German officer burst into her bedroom and that her hand had been cut bv his sword while she was trying to defend herself against his ndvanc.es. I talked to an old man at Kouy Le Grand whose right hand was wounded by the splinter of wood during the bombardment. "The Germans sent me here from mv farm south of St. Quentin,- after tak ing ail my turniture and everything else," lie said. "I saved ouly the clothes on my back. The Germans dvnamited my home; they chomied down my apple yard, they ruined my well, tilling it with manure. v There were about 1 400 of us col lected "Jere under similar treatment. (Continued on page eight.) Peace Rumors Cause Wheat Prices to Drop Chicago , Mar. .28. Wheat started a few minutes later, upon firm, but peace rumon, developed a weakness. There was little buying at the start and selling on the advance was general. Longs evencil up their trades when the peace talk started. Alay wheat opened u$i 3-H. but later declined 3-4 to $1-9:1 4. July opened up 3-8, later declined 1 to $1.C 3-4. September opened up 1-4, subsequently declining 1 1-4 to $1.52 1-2. Corn was firm at the start but later broke with wheat. Commission house demands were fair but offerings small. .May opened up quarter, later losing 5-8 to 1.17 1-8. July opened up 1-8, but snbscquently declined 7-8 to 1.15 1-4. .September opened up 1-8, later losing :(-4 to $1.13 3-4, Oats were governed by the other cereals. Slay opened up 1-4 but lost 1-2 on the decline, going to 60 7-8- July- opened up 3 8, declining 5-8 to 57 -s. Provisions ruled slightly higher, with the increased strength in hogs. Washington, Mar. 28. Opera tion of the AdaniKon eight hour law will increase the expenses of the railroads of the eountrr at least fi0,000,000 a year, ac cording to a petitioa presented to the interstate jfinerce com mission late yesterday by the western railroada asking for a general rate increase of approxi mately 15 per cent. KISSED "EM GOODBYE Copenhagen, Mar. 28. King Christian - formally bade' his former subjects in the Danish West Indies farewell yesterday, wishing them "a happy fu ture," under the Cnited States flag. He issued a formal proc lamation thanking residents of the islands, now sold to the Cnited States for the "centur ies of loyalty." $ WILL GO TO VANCOUVER Portland, Ore., Mar. 28. Van couver barracks has been desig nated as the mobilization point for the Third Oregon infantry regiment by . Major General Franklin "Bell, who actd upon the recommendation of Ad jutant General White. The Van- , couver post wag selected instead of Camp Withycombe at Clack amas, Ore., because of better fa cilities for handling troops. KAISER HAS DIABETES Berne, Mnr. 28. Kaiser Wil liam is suffering from a mild form of diabetes and is under going treatment at Homburg, according to a wireless dispatch received here today, ; . His physicians ore said to have given assurances that with a careful regime,,. of treatment they can effect eure, but wor ry is said -to be retarding the eaiperor's recovery. i c ' BIO STEAMERS SOLD ' San Francisco, Mar. 28. The sale of the steamers Great Northern and Northern Pacific to the Pacific Steamship com pany for a price said to total six and a half million dollars is reported here today. The ac quisition of these vessels by the Pacific company puts that lino practically in conrrol of coast wise passenger business, leaving only the Portland and San Fran cisco Steamship company in the field. AT WORK IN ARGENTINE Buenos Aires, Mar. 28. Pro allies iu Argonthie frankly voiced the belief today that there tire German influences be hind the Argentine govern ment's wheat embargo. The English newspaper Herald declared its belief today that President Irigoyen unquestion ably acted iu good faith, "but we suspect subtle influences contributed to his decision." . There vas no doubt, however, about the popular approval of the embargo plan. Native Ar gentines arc unanimous in sup porting it. 'CANNED COW" JUMPS Portland, Ore., Mar. 28. "Canned cow" will no longer, sell for 10 cents a tin. All of the leading brands of condensed milk manufactured in the north west advanced 30 cents a case wholesale today, putting it en tirely out of the 10 cent retail class- . Butter also took a jump to 43 cents a pound wholesale, which means one dollar for a two pound roll at the grocery store. The reason for these increases is a fight between creameries, condenseries and cheese factor ies for milk. Dairynjfn who haven't sold their cows to the butcher because feed was so high, are reaping the benefit. TO BREAK INTO MOVIES New York, Mar. 28. Mrs. Margaret Sanger, birth control advocate, is go ing into the movies. It was announced today that she will tour the country appearing with a sixj-eel film in which she plays a feature role. The film, it was stated, was in the process of man ufacture when Mrs. Sanger was sent to prison. It waited completion until her release. ARMY OF 15010 III FIST SHAPE SIEjlVIL IR This Is the National Guard Hardened by Service On the Border THESE IN ADDITION TO . TRAINED REGULAR ARMY At Same Time Recruiting Is v Adding Men Familiar With Guns New York, Mar. 28 An army of 150, H00 men the national guard of the the summons. They are lit and ready, from (he buckles on the mules' harness and the straps on the "papoose packs?'' to the big six inch howitzers in the ar tillery. As a unit the National Guard is bet ter fitted for actual war service than at any time since the volunteers were mustered out after the Civil war, com manding officers of the different organ izations assert. Scores of high officers of guard organizations from every state in the union are here today for the sessions of the National Guard as sociation convention. "Our so-callod 'second lino of de fense' is ready to jump into the first line. They are ready as they have never been before," said General Albert . J. Logan of the Pennsylvania National Guard, today. On the Mexican border General Log an commanded the Second Brigade of Pennsylvania infantry and saw 40,000 guardsmen from . 11 other states being put through their training. He speaks with authority on the general condition of the guard. In Splendid Shapes "In addition to the regulars,' wo now have a real army of more than 150,000 men ready at an instant's notice to spring forward 'for any sort of serv ice. ""From the physical standpoint they, could not be in better shape. Every man is hard and ready for a hundred mile hike under full pack. "While on the border the artillery perfected itself in marksmanship as they could hot have done under any oth er conditions. The infantry upheld the tradition that Americans can shoot straight. "As important as the condition of the men is the increased efficiency ef our officers. For the first time in history we had full guard divisions in mcneuv ers. Most regular army men had never even seen a full division i maneuv ers. Our officers learned how to handle masses of men. The long hikes brought the men up to topnotch of efficiency. "The service on tho Mexican border made us an iiiiny of seasoned troops to back up the regulars." All Will Be Kept. Washington, Mar. 28 National Guard units which were partly demobilized vesterdav when the order went out sus pending further demobilizations, will be mobilized into service, the war depart ment ordered late today. Tho order is known to affect tho First Mississippi infantry and ambulance company No. 1 of Alabama. Just what other organizations are af fected by the order the war depart ment' was unable to state at once- Re ports from department commanders must first be received. The war department announced furth er that the first regiment of engineers, U S A., except Company r, uas ueen ordered from the southern department to its home station at Washington bar Headnuarters and A and B Companies are at Brownsville; Company C at Laredo; Company D at Washing ton barracks; Company E at Eagl Tass and company F at Fort nam jiousion Uiiit Join In Chicago, Chicago, Mar. 28. Army and navy recruiting gained considerable impetus today and from indications, yesterday s record, which was the highest of the year, will be excelled. -Yesterday 300 volunteers applied for enlistment and GO were accepted, mis nuniuc, uw tint, include men who were ae ..oLh for the aviation or submarine , tnr ihe officers reserve corps The majority of the men applying for enlistment in the regular army were ,..;,. men. having been in the Span ish-American war or stationed along the border or at Vera Cruz. officers and patriotic or ganizations were today resorting to va- ,umi. means ot Slirnnu uu lit Motorcars carrying recruiting ..nil-it. Motorcars carrying 'nrW throuffh the letaoinshrdluununun officer and soldiers did advertising work through the Loop. High schoo cadets, led by bands', paraded and naval reserves from the Great Lakes training tt.tum were started at the various re cruiting headquarters or distributing literature at the elevated stations and transfer corners. Pendleton has completed arrange ments for a grand patriotic rally Thurs day. Hospital Ship Sunk Thirty-One Lives Lost London, Mar. 27. Thirty-one lives were lout and 12 persons are atill miss ing from the hospital ship Asturias. tor pedoed without warning by a German submarine, the admiralty announced late today. The Asturias was sunk on the night of the twentieth and without warning despite the iact that she was fully il luminated and her red cross signs plain ly visible. Thirty-nine of those aboard her were injured in the explosion. The official German wireless report yesterday reported the sinking of the Austurias. She was a Royal Mail Pack et eteanier of 12.002 tons, prior to her requisitioning for admiralty service and was registered at Belfast. When Ger many announced her. polisy of sinking hospital ships, oa the ground that the allies were using vessels painted with red cross insigna as troop and supply ships, the British government formally indicated thut there would be reprisals if the threat were carried out. Two Destroyers Sunk. London, liar- 27. Two British de stroyers have been aunk, the admiralty announced late today. One struck a mine in the English "' iuui viiuris nun ii vi me crew were rescued. Another ank as the result of a eol- lision, one of the crew being drowned. T MUST BE POSITIVE, DEFINITE GIVE DETAILS Congress Must Know Exactly What He Intends to Accomplish By Robert J. Bender, (United Press Staff Correspondent) able extent, niaKing progress of u-at-Washington March 28. President tucking army difficult over muddy Wilson will have to be -positive, defi- nite and specific in detail to get what he wants from congress. This is the impression today "on the hill." A vast majority of the forty percent of the new congress hero ready for the Monday opening feel that way about it. They say that if, the president shows any inclination in his coming "war message" to be too general or "timidly suggestive" of what he wants, wide difference of opinion will result and, perhaps,- disastrous delay in a Teal program. Congress leaders and the men iu the ranks say flatly that right now the temper of congress wants to be told why he called them into extraordinary session and what he wants them to do about it. With all prc-congress preparedness steps now practical) taken, the big question of voluntarily censored Wash ington hinged today what the president will say next Tuesday when he ad dresses the joint session. The congressional event among early arrivals were " forged back home, " They all say they are returning with a completely renovated , set of ideas, especially growiu in the back home garden plots. While this temper described prcdom natcs, there is also evidence that some western members brought a slight cool ing of the war spirit with thein. Cer tain representatives and some senators, who have strongly and openly opposed war with or without warlike actions toward Germany all along still main tain that "a majority of the people don't want war." They are ready, however, to do the president V bidding it he makes a strong statenifm. Sacculation is rite as to what will ue the attitude of Senator Stone on any warlike move asked of congress. Stone, chairman of the foreign rela tions committee, is really more of an enigma than the president's forthcom ing message, which remains to tie com pleted. Keports nero today are mar Stone will fight openly and bitterly against Germany. Whether he will go so far as he did in regard 10 me ai ineu ship resolution and abandon his com mittee leadership to HenafTir Hitchcock is producing a lot of speculation. Talk today is thut the house will show itself more ready to ao ine pn-siucm s win ding than the senate. working ua Kesoiunon. Meantime the house foreign affairs committee is working- on a "state of war" resolution which it plans to in troduce immediately after . President Wilson concludes his message to tne joint session. With the arrival oi oionei i,. House at the white house the belief was general today that President Wil son is rapidly whipping his message in to shape and has called in his personal friend end adviser to go over mo ur tails. It promised to be the longest address the president has delivered to congress. Tn addition to outlining the course of events which has led up to the pres ent situation with Germany, the presi dent will recommend for immediate passage legislation which failed to get throuuh the last congress. The revenue legislation will occupy an important part of his address, lr.ncr with the militant measures necessitated by the crisis. The army appropriation bill will probably be re introduced in the form that it passed the last house and new provisions necessitated by eventualities which. RUSSIA PREPARES TO MEET PROPOSED DRIVE OFGERMANS Everywhere Feyerish Energy . Mark Work of New (ioTermnent SYSTEMATIC HANDLING ' OF SUPPLIES NOW RULE Munition Plants Speeded to Maximum Capacity Bras iloff Cheered reirograu, -uar. 2 Alenace of a ,, ,i i,n w; ; ..,... . i.( ,.... .i ,v. ' tion of democratic Russia The greatest energy was apparent to day at the war office, Extraordinary efforts hao been made .to apprisu troops at the front with the exact con ditions under which Russia slipped from the bonds of autocracy into .de mocracy, as well as with the provisional government's plans for the future. i ine ministry ot tne interior Licnd inf every effort to speed up to a maxi mum the output of munitions and sup ply factories and "other goveramcnta! agencies are center on the rapid transportation of these supplies to the front. Army Pledges Loyalty. Kntire confidence is expressed 'he of Bussia.'s troops being able to with stand German assaults. The weather favors the defenders, spring thaws hav- I'" fosened tne ground to an apprect- 6rS!i.' ' . . , , . ... The systea. of food supplying-which ' has relieved the shortage here m Petro- fcrad was today being- extended thrdujih.- out ithe larger cities ot Knssta. Evidencing the new spirit in the auiiy, dispatches from the southwest ern front today told of a great demon stration accorded General Brusiloff on his taking the oath with his troops f loyalty to the new provisional govern ment. . B.usiloff personally received his troops and witnessed their re-pledging of fealty. Then his men carried him or their shoulders' to army headquar ters. There, great red shields were biouglit out, inscribed: "Those in the rear conquered a dynasty; we at the front will eonquer the enemy. . Long live Brusiloff, the nation's heroV' Prices Remained Firm But Sales.Were Light New York, Mar. 28. The New York F.vening Hun financial review today' said : There was little more than nominal interest in today's stock market, with, an entire absence of news developments ot marketwiso influence. Trading was quiet and perfunctory except in the rail road department. At the highest level, however, a good deal of stock was met and thereafter the rails as well as the industrials mere ly marked time, holding nevertheless, well above the level of tho previous closing- Financial circles are naturally keenly interested in this government's financ ing plans. Washington advices state that any loans to be made to the allies will be put through eyner tne Treasury department or the ledcral reserve board. ... Prices in general held firm throueu out, with particular strength in the railroad, sugar and motor stocks and the individual issues like Driggs-Sea-bury, Wilson & Co., Ohio Cities Gas, Bethlehem steel and son on. The copper shares were narrowly irregular and ne glected. Strong Bpots among the rails were Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, Head ing and Norfolk and Western. New Haven moved forward a point of more on successful financing to meet $45,000, 000 notes maturing May 1. . have arisen since adjournment will be taken on as supplements. This bill probably will bo introduced in thn house as soon as the tower blanch is organized and will be rushed through in order to meet tne distress aused by the war upartmeni mnix shortage. THE WEATHER I Oregon: To night and Thurs day rain; south erly winds be coming tires g near the coast.