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f M f M t I I I I CIRCULATION IS OVER 4100 DAILY i i s a FULL LEASED l WIRE EISPATCIIIS X g r FORTIETH YEAR NO. 86 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAIXS AND STANnS F1VB CENTS BIG III! EH I1EV7 YORK HIIS MIHE WHEII ALMOSTJH PORT Only One of Y, Bulkheads BrokenNo K gers Were Injured MAOUTHAtf TD AMD CUTL FOUND CARRYING MINES Germans Have Submarine Re leasing Mines So Tide Sweeps Them In New York, April 10. Officials of the International Mercantile Marine re ceived cabled reports of the mining of the American liner New York, stating thiit all passengers had been landed at o British port. "The damage," nn official said, "ac cording to our cable message, was con fined to hold No. 4, which is one of tho ship's 15 watertight conipnt-incuts- Evidently the bulkhead system of the ship worked perfectly." . ... i... ..num. ... ..r -"-m i.. .,.. A.. a i;,... tit J .runs, just arrived, mouglir. word or extraordinary German activity and dar ing in sowing mines off the entrance to Liverpool harbor. It is to one of these that the New York must have fallen victim, since ulie was probably proceeding under pilot tit the time she was struck as the Bri-ti.-.h pilots arc carefully apprised of the location of the British mine fields. Passengers on the St. J.ouis told of how Merman mines had been scattered j just before the St. Louis sailed on her outbound trip by a Norwegian tramp vessel. British patrol shifts finally de- cidcd the Norwegian was suspicious, erlmuled her, found mines aboard and, siccordiiiH to reports, promptly took the captain and crew ashore for execu tion. , ' .. . . Tht mine sweepers under control of the British Admiralty, swoop the chan nel clean of these menaces to naviga tion several times daily, but the Ger nmiis have perfected a submarine mine layer and have succeeded in releasing floating jacks of explosive undetected. The favorite German trick heretofore 1ms been to release o large number of final ing mines at that time when the tide will sweep them in toward the in jier harbors and into the deep channels. Arrived Under Own Steam. Washington, April 10. The American liner New York struck a mine last night while outside Liverpool bar but her j iixengers are safo and she is now entering the dock, according to a state il- nrtment cablegram today. ' The message said: "Tim American liner New York struck mine at 7:40 p. in. last night, miles outside Livei pool' T.ii'r. pas veiig-ers.trahsti'rre.1 to other -vessels-ana 'landed.' except four' st ill. ou .filili). ""N't -casualties. Proceeding down' stream. Ntnv entering dock." "The4 message, came from Consul Wash ington, at Liverpool. - TliCNew.York is a ste'd screw stenni or yf ,-ip,7W'8 tons, .built in l SSS. by- 4. &,j!.jTh unison, of "Glasgow, and owned ly'ffl.i iiitoiviatioiiul Mercantile '.Marine company. '(the American line). The ves sel k.o17 feet in length and, 00" feet beaiii.; 'She' is' registered at the port of N,.-- York.-' . . . ..;T,lie.l New -York- was the third armed passenger ship of the American lino to w.iir ; The.tft. i.iniis,' the first, ret u rued yesterday.--The St. Paul is now on the ot lier side- i- The New, York carried seven Amer icans. Her passenger list included 15 first,. 22 second and third class pas-! schgers.' ;'i'" ,,: " j f. i ! ABE MARTIN . . ' . , V - - ' . HELL-- . ' "VYhon Wilbur Moots' teacher asked liim t' name three national holidays he said, "State Fair week, Christmus an' Th' Follies." What's become o' th' de time mother that used t ' say. " Well, I expect we'd better be'puttin' long drosses on F.mmy" , WHATCHAHA COLUMN Br "O. M." Thoughts on Taking a Bath. One doesn't realize, until one gets in a bath tub, bow incon veniently the middle of one'i back is arranged. You can't climb up over your ahoulderi with wash rag and get at it. You can't dart under your arm pita and tiike it by surprise. You cannot in nny satisfactory man ner reach it. It is inaccessible. Homebody inveuted a brush once that you could attach to a handle ami send out after the middle of your back with a load of .surplus soapsuds. But either the brush Klips off, or the handle is there and the brush is gone. Unquestionably, someone blun- S? , dcTed in locating the middle of , man 'aback- hy couldn 't it be abolished .We don't tise it for anything but to lean against, anyhow. ft FORMAL NOTICE OF Only Ground Given Is That United States Is At War With Her Ally Washington, April 10 Austria broke , . relation with the United States be cause of this country's announcement of war state with Germany, Charge Grew of the American embassy at Vi enna, cabled the state department to day. Grew's message was the first word of the break to come to this govern ment direct from Vienna. The message said: "Minister of' foreign affairs has .just inlorined me that, the diplomatic Prions between the United States and Austria-Hungary are broken and has handed me passports for myself ami the members of the embassy. He states ov-'that we ui'av leave the monarchy at our 'convenience and that every possible courtesy will be extended, Am tele graphing consuls to arrange their af fairs and proceed to icnna with a view to leaving for Switzerland if pos sible at end of week. "Following is translation of text of note handed me by minister: "'Imperial and Royal Ministry of the Imperial and Royal house of for eign nf fairs. Vicuna, April 8: " 'Since the United States of Amer ica have declared a state of war ex ists between it and the. Imperial Ger-! man government, Austria-Hungary, as ally of the (Ierninn empire, has decided to break off the diplomatic relations with the United States and the Imper ial and Royal embassy in Washington hn been instructed to inform the de partment of state to that effect -" 'While regretting under these cir cumstances to state a termination of the personal relations which he has hail the honor to hold with Cargo D'! Af faires of the United tSates.of America. tlnr undcrsigncsUrfnes. 'nof'fait- to-' place. at v trivfonmM' V diHposnl 'lirc'itl1''; r":Z-..T .. . 'W-.til ' ' ' Af the saiu.e tin,ie:;tlji,VU)dersignerin ljivfor'rf;.'!jd.,'other., nearb7 ...ejries,"' af ails liinisdC of itliy'i'pftor.UiwtKjJ toi rWiftriflluib'v".thei. (Ternian'-AtHc'ri- renew to .tlie charCj'.jl 'af fti iros ,1 lie. ;.exjX;jr'ir w;aiv't"ijriiOii;.at once to the- aid'.of pression of his"inosf "peffctjciinsidera: city', all nurses and physi- tion. ' " ''. -'" ' 'jT-r' ' J-"-"' '. i e inns.' answering at once. Cz'erriiii. NHNE Wf YIELD TO PRESSURE Will Use War Vessels In Transporting Coal She Says As a Bluff By Charles P- Stewart. (United Press staff correspondent.)" ' Buenos Aires, April 10. Argentine is 'determined not to yield to British and j American pressure for lilting or her i embargo on wheat, unless it is abso-1 Mutely necessary. Today feeling against j i Great Britain reached an acute stage when knowledge of an acrimiuous cou- feronce between President lrigoyen and " the British minister, Sir Reginald Tow-1 er, reached the public. " j President lrigoyen today despatched an Argentine transport vessel to 1 hue to purchase coal. He was also negotiat ing for a 'supply of this fuel from Co lombia nnd there was official intima tion that the entire Argentine navy might be assigned to cany coal in this way. It was admitted that unless Argen tine is thus able to obtain coal with holding of such fuel by England and the United States would practically paralyze all industry. While the United States apparently is supporting England in applying pres jsurc it was known today that Ameri ' lean Ambassador Stinison does not agree (entirely with Sir Reginald Tower on the facts in the case. Stinison is in- clined to agree and has to reported to Washington that Argentine may have cause, on account of the shortage of j her wheat crop, for putting an embargo on the grain, to prevent the country . (Continued oa riage six.) MUM1TEQIIS PLANT EXPLOSION KILLS 101 MB 200 Nine Buildings Worth Millions Shattered bv Terrific Shocks BODIES SO MANGLED .BUT ONE IS IDENTIFIED Ground Torn Up As Though On War Front-Supposedly Accident Chester, Pa., April 10. Thousands of pounds of explosives intended to main Europe's soldiers today were touched off in some unknown fashion and reaped a horrible harvest of death among young girls and women. More than one hundred employes of the Baldwin Locomotive Works' muni tions plant, mainly girls employed in tilling shrapnel cases, were missing l In1e tins . atternoon. Bits of charred bodies scattered over an inclosure of great extent and resembling a Euro pean battlefield in the great craters torn out of the earth by the heavy ex plosians made it difficult to ascertain the exact death list. An official (statement late this after noon trom Coroner White ot Chester said- 101 were known to be dead. A!! the bodies had then been taken from the ruins. Although this number- of dead was officially reported, it. was impossible to secure the names because the bodies were all so badly charred it was im possible to ascertain in many cases even .whether they were men or wo men. Coroner White stated that there was only one woman who had been taken from the wreckage that could ever posstbly be identified. - Two hospitals wore filled with in jured. The list will reach nearly two hundred. Many cannot live. Their bod ies were torn and twisted by the heavy explosions or burned by the terrific heat, their features blackened and well night unrecognizable. Anguishing scenes occurred around the site of the explosion. Armed guards inspired by wild rumors ot German, plots and determined to search out the truth of such rumors, coldly flung back weeping relatives of those known to have been employed in the plant where the explosion occurred." ' Shaken As by Earthquake .....The cries of the sorrowing ones rose nil. afternoon above the sound of- in-' termittcnt popping of: shell's?-. .--V": . Oeaiimally---g''ffrdS wbntfU bring jutj 11,11 (V --.lILfl Ul 11V.-U IJI llllU'H'lnL.Ul-U: '. ri 1 f!v' i'nju rei,!, ,..sur v ir irs. : "j i . - Tvavlio5pi'tals lho CTbainr-- and tho with siiifcr- . tJi.i:.V..; ' e xv:, at:rtiKr)'tnliPhiladcli)hia, :cifc"ser,.' .Tlie-w. explosion was the most violent fliid llic most horrible of any of the niuiiMons catastrophes that, have oc curred in America. - Philadelphia was shaken as if by an earthquake. Thre distinct explosions occurred be fore the full mass of the deadly mater ials b onn i.niinino- MY A fire started jnt once, its riames ongumng xue lew ll,;l survived till1 stunillltl PIlOC k ot i )!, exLlrwimw " So manv of the victims who survived are unconsciouu or delirious from their injuries and so many of the dead were literally burned crisp that it mav bo several daw before a complete list is available - ' For a time the authorities forcibly (Continued on page three.) ,'KVv;i' !s"- r -v DWy .muMmftf "T THE NEW SUPERDREADXAUGHT XEW MEXICO TO BE LAUNCHED IV THE P.KOOKLYX NAVY t .NEWEST TYPE BATTLE SHIPS GIVES UP ITS CLAIM I'etrograd, April 10. The pro visional government today an nounced relinquishment of its . claim for Russia on Constanti nople as part of the price of peace, as previously stated by the bureaucratic regime. The -proclamation specif ically explains: "The government deems it duty to declare that free Russia does not aim at domination of other nations, cor the occupation by force of foreign territory. "Russia does not lust for strengthening of her power abroad at the expense of other n at inn i. "The government does not aim to rubjugate or humiliate anyone. "These principles constitute the basis of its foreign policy." CONGRESSMAN DEAD Washington, April 10. Repre sentative Henry T. Helgeseu. of North Dakota, republican, died of appendicitis this afternoon, it was announced at the capitol He had lieen ill several days. Helgcsen was perated on for appendicitis two weeks ago. Blood poisoning subsequently set in and death came shortly after 2 o'clock. TURKEY IS NEXT Washington, April 10 Tur key is expected to follow the course of Austria and break re lations with the United States All preparations for meeting this new development are being made by this government. It was stated today that in event of- a break, Ambassador Elkus at Constantinople would probably have to returu home on the gun boat Scorpion, now lying out side Constantinople. FROM ENDS OT EARTH San Francisco. April 10. Read Admiral Robert E. Peary, who discovered the North l'ole, will ' appear on the platform with Lieutenant Sir Ernest Shaekletcn, R. N., when the lat ter lectures here today on his experiences in the Antarctic. Shackleton announced that he would di liver a few lectures be fore sailing for En glan.d where, he will return to 'fluty in the : British navy... " '.jje. . ": .' ., - ',-',-,, , j. - . - .?' ecfrt-WoWwaii 1Stt:t ''VT - jj' ,,j T - t " "Madison,' Wis'.",' April IX).'-- With ' l)urC'ne""crissenting. voii'i.',.'.' ,the''Wis'oT(iin as'scinblv toda.y : , ,ai3sedthe"''st;ite council -tor do- f'nVio liill r,t'iivimiirr fnr'n ir-nin- '.' ' ;. .. - . 4 - ot -li' citizens, selected. .'from all' walks 'of life'.".. til mobil ize . Wisconsin . . military - and naval resources'. The bill vfas then rushed to the senate, where it was passed, 1J2 to t). It. now goes to the governor, who will sign it. will sign it. ' ' SENATE FOR SUFFRAGE Madison, Wis.. April 10. Taking 1 he ' n.,nnt. r,; ,.-,,miii Huffman l,v snr- woman ; ; t Wisconsin senate today passed suspension of rules, 20 to 1'J, i under a suspension of rules, M to i - j the Skogino bill, providing for a state - i wide vote on full suffrage for women in November. HIIS. The bill now goes to the assembly. ! " i Klamath Falls will elect five conn - cilmen May .. but so lar no interest is taken in the election "on account: ! of the war." ':;:.J'.:'j till -'.'. :. i ':'?:' ?i' jv I W&i .' ; ii-i J At. 1 '1 , J ' " "" 4 ' ' e ' J " ill II STEADILY ON III ALL DEPARTMENTS Congressional Committee Is Busy On Spy Bills and Bond Issue CABINET MEETING HAS MANY GRAVE PROBLEMS Chairman Kitchin Says H; Will Rush All War. Measures j By Robert J. Bender. (I'uited Press staff correspondent) Washington, April 10 War work ! ground steadily along in all govern ment departments today. Congressional committees were busv on soy bills, the $",000,000,000 bond issue and preparation of the army bill. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt furnish ed the only relief from the drab back ground of war preparation. With a broad smile and his usual alacrity, he bounded up the white house steps to "talk a little business' with President Wilson and incidentally set the news papermen and white house employes "on their ears ' for a time. The colonel laid before the president the details of his plan to send a vol unteer division to the European battle front. The president doubtless "in his own due time'' will render a decision, he said, when he came out. Before meeting with; his cabinet, 'resident Wilson took a little time to exert pressure on Representative An thony, republican opponent to the con scription bill in tho house military af fairs committee. Secretary Baker had already spent the morning with the committee at the capitol arguing in favor of the bill. No Longer Opposes It Representative Kitchin, chairman of the house ways and means committee, returned to town and announced his willingness to handle all war measures in spite of his stand against war. Mis opposition ended, he said, with the passago of the war resolution. ... He called his committee together this afternoon to. take up the bond issue bill and- it was the intention to report i the bill out late today, introduce-' into tho. house tomorrojvaiHWpttss it some time iu"oTiy.--'" " -v bouir uuiHt -developed. . luftHvWh among- republicans. n A'dPmTtfra t sjhh -fc result ,ol.ui bVmg u let in. rfffjRQtTi'ivv- e' - allUinistraUiit - tiiVati neltaf Usim of win nr.ii;Pt kthc trovci'nment.-lts -brrffl TFnMws"wv' rTt'omrltt -tnrciWv to. the , iroirfj inAl . T. news -of the day. --e 1 - A',,,. , i;, Vow Viirl ..Irili in. inc.: --.'' ') -:f j - Baldwin Locomotive . inn nit itiu 'wpri Iblowft .up., by explosion';' ,..' " : '''., -i.v-W .. Clu-rge drew nt Vienna-, otfu inllv rv- norts breaking of relations by AuxU,m.: l , . . ...' ; -j - y i ! Cabinet Met Today Washington; April "10. The 'cabinet i meeting today on the fifth (lav ot the i war. had to consider: . : The Austrian break.' : - " . .' Opposition with..congrcss 'tin ithc'.hil1 i minis-ration war mcusiires, and: ' The announced plans for finuncint! jilie 'struggle. i Perhaps the most serious proposition j before the cabinet today was that of .coiu'ressiounl opposition to the select re ( onsciiption niea. .ongress, insieaf! of liiceiing the emergency quickly and iunfaPe - iiigly, is hesitating. President ; Wilson himself luta attempted prolinb ly successfully to stem the nnti-draf'. 'spirit within the military committer (itself. j However, the general view today , whn that this revolt agninst the ad- ministration plans would cr c (Continued on page six.) .--.WW'.W -. ' YARD 11 VORK IDS Wni Take Stock of WopUn Northwest I'OTtUnd, Or., April 10. A caavsss of all the wool in the northwest ware houses, similar to the canvases now be ing made in eastern wool centers, will be undertaken bv the government. Lo- jcal wool men declare today that gov ernment control of the wool trade, in cluding .me arourary - regulation o: prices is not far distant. Because of the great amount of wool required for sailors' and soldiers uni forms, - blankets and various other items, the government is expected to be in the market for all or nearly all the wool produced in this country this year. It is understood here that the gov eminent proposes to commandeer all the wool it needs. All that remains will jthen be sold for domestic consumption out me government, it is believed, will fix tbw prices. Wool growers in the -northwest de clare their willingness to turn over their crop to the government at a reas onable figure. Confirmation of Story of Sink mg Bravilian Ship Stirs to Frenzy By H. B. Robertson, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Rio de Janeiro, April 10. War loomed as more likely than, more diplomatic rupture between Brazil and Germany today. The city seethed with demand for instant hostilities. Foreign Minister -Midler was reported to have resigned with other members of the cabinet. It was understood passports for the German minister and the German con sul hud already been signed, ready for instant delivery. President Bra.' decision to take this step followed a formal report from the Brazilian minister in Paris corroborat ing in full the story of the captain of the Brazilian steamer Parana as to the circumstances of the sinking of that vessel by a German U-bont. Every de tail of the original story, including the unwarned attack, the firing of shells on tho sinking vessel, the deaths of three Brazilians by the explosion of the torpedo and the twelve hours of suf fering in open boats endured by the survivors many of them wounded was said to have been fully confirnwsdr It is expected that Switt4a'ntl".wouTd assume charge of Hrti;rilfoff Interests in Berlin. A-" MTInst-er of Marine ?, roil a crmmWWwWT n Ilwl1''s'';rrt,:v?ft' prjVffWtJM find rfTirV!N TuJI TV' ' . e - in'-fKloim n.a.iv'.ifttccfs.blKeHUH'h... ','-i- " , (if rniHnv .tves -adililii'ijirLriro vocation.. ' , .j,c--r ... -Tin puUio, on tUi'n tli.i lMiid;todav ' g, fotnts Tak?n J v .4iiiltetly tftga rrlifl. i1.,'?.mW"ma,tic, :;'I0.j .riUrin.&fuhkVrJ,m,lZ'A::.w ;.i ':-- t I - " ' , ''. i 'i - " . i:-'- Says He Wanted To See About - , . - ROOSEVELT . CALtS OH Kaising a umsion ior t . dead..". , : , . .. . 1 . Hepulsc of all German counter at- ; ' '" . SftrVlCe ' ' - ! Itllks in severe fighting on the' Viruy , .-',;',., 4 'lulge was also reported by Haig. ' ' . ,' ', .. .v. - . 1,.,.. 1 " I here was severe fighting during . Wushmgt,,. ..I 10 - hx n g nnrlhcru end of Vi.ny i, ::'",',', w ;;'; .TOaa , joiifereiice'.'- with-J'real.te.it. Vilso. to-.he eaHtcrn elope wps cleared and f1.jy ... ..' ; counter att icks repulsed. . - - , "iewuntcd,1o outline. in detail Ilia! " neighborhood of St. . Quen- -' plain, for sending a division .of 't enty ;ni, ' ' the repert continued ' the ene.nr thousand 11101, to .t'rance and upon lenv-: was driven from tho -high .ground b- . ing iho white-. Iimtw expressed the opiu , een LeVurguier, and Hargicourt. , , . -ion" that Presidi'iit '. Wilson'.. wotibl fen-1 . " , . (Continued ; on page two.) 4 .4-"." - ' '.Vy'i:-.;,--'!' Copyright (Antral News Service; OX AI'EIL 23. SHE IS OXE OF OUR GREAT SMASH IS MADE BY BRITISH 0H151EFIIT Haig Drives Wedge TErcuiS Four Systems of Strong Trenches 9,000 PRISONERS TAKEN AND DRIVE UNCHECKED A Small Advance Will Place German Flank In Grave Danger By William Philip Simms. (United Press staff correspondent.) With the British Armies Afield, April 10 There is every reaon to believe, that by tonight the Great liriiain smash will have wielded Field Marshal Haig 15,000 prisoners and between 50 and I0O guns. The driving force of the great of fensive was undiminished today, . even with bitter opposition from the enemy. Whilo these figures are unofficial they are based on careful estimates and calculations. Tho British have advanced to a point four miles to the cast o Arras and have stormed four systems of trenches along the north bank of the rcarpo to Briond. hirh wero famous for their boasted ntrength. , - To the south of the ocarpe today tho British were facing the last system of the Herman line, which is nearly op posite the famous "Hindenburg line." From this point the fighting front runs uy reuchy Chnpello to the cast to Neu villo Yitusse and southward. All along in this section the troops arc now fac ing the Hindenbnig defenses. Tho fighting had not slackened In th slightest degree today. ' The troops aro j immensely pleased to .be snjQving agaiu ; 'after the inaction of trench warfare. ., . The ."spring, offensive" comes, odd- ., ... ly enough, in the coldest April mt$hqf t&ag"" ' in 50 years; to the acconip.aju)rMSttS'i!f'iv . i gale of blowiugsaowvhrid "nloet which . - - ; .,,. bites , .Slingirtfely. into the faces.(if item u.- ' b!t-.faila to duinpeiiU'SintiU' ". - ? .0-; Wlientte,!fp,ii-sffVcih'Onf twuiiW n1 Julrids'' lnniwbruft1' 'vril'b'kHUeiwi-lkiKlHeffig aii-t!j.i rtn.l,ii r-1 ..i ll..' Tfl C-lHith"::iXti "Jul HtnVVi i,ivni I A JhM tuat t - ipV 11-i.Vii JriV ITM,' Wntik ipf.WW''-"f'W 'i oiicis.'arul.,.tlA'ulliis'"as.MS.t.My','lsr tntli 'lirn 0 ,:t iliy1 i X -til mu i J i;rvig - 4iujv'tf 'i$i$y'A?t"?-'$7?i K1.: n V,',n'11, ; KlllBgv -,iir . TUJupoo ' v (iu)l t- tb.iv u ifth1 orV nd lUfim'. l tne 'iiartj'h'iiii't 04itlr of 'XW-;urd,'.'jtKv " ". ikrrport .'.continued.1 '.' Attea an untciiM i.lioiiibarddlout; the ..enemy: at. ' night -.at- fucked on a narrow trout southeast of . piTK and I'uccceded, in , reaobuig. our - ..i rn, .: i:..t..l . ,suppoi l ' lirie. j ii c v . wwie UMint-iriti;ij .1 . I J-anipoiix 10 uuouc nirce anu a uuu. 1. miles northeast of Arras.Jn the, dirca. j lion of Vitry-Kn-Artois and Ilouiii, . t I- llargicourt is on a line with Fresnny-iLe-l'etit. Pontru and Maissemy, aH . 'fibout two and a half miles distant from the main lino of Herman communica tions between Camlirai and St. Quentia. ' riank is iii Danfer. ' . " London,' April 11. Kngland was pre pared today for vast casnalty lists but steeled to sacrifices by knowledge that Field Marshal Haig's sledge-hammer (Continued on pae five.) .(!, I THE WEATHER 5 Oregon: Tonight and Wed ncsd-iy rain, warmer to night; southerlf winds, reaching gale force along tho coast. this KHim 'ml I f