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.I"", ft ; ft FULL LEASED ft WIRE DISPATCHES i ft ft ft 1 ft ft ft ft M ft ft ft CIRCULATION IS OVER 4400 DAILY . - ft hvMU If I 11 I 1 FORTIETH YEAR NO. 05 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND XFFWU STANDS FIVE) CENTS Am r ... Vl ft y 5 (irr ', iffflim W FRENCH DRIVE SWEEPS ALL BEFORE IT Seventy-Seven Square Fsli!es . ed In Five Days Great Masses of German Reserves Cshcd to Front Fail To Check Steady Advance Defenses Considered Impreg nable Fall Before Terrific Charges Russian Brigade Distinguishes Itself By Henry Wood, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) With the French Armies in the Field, April 20. Seventy-seven square miles of France had been reclaimed up to today from the invader by five days continuous smash ing by the French. General Nivelle's men have now progressed over a front of nearly forty miles to a depth of from three quar ters of a mile to four full miles. A score of villages and towns have been taken since Monday when the great offensive started. The German losses have been staggering. Two complete divisions (40,000 men) which made a j J counter attack on Juvincourt were literally wiped out by , tne r rencn aruiiery aione. among the Germans even among their officers. Great masses of reinforcements hurriedly rushed to th" line are unavailing in stopping the advance. 'The batlle is progressing favorably," is the calm way in which the French military chiefs regard the offensive. "The results exceed the expectations." French officers regard the advance between the Ostel and Courtecamp as having reached the proportions of a . great, success. The utmost strategic importance is at tached to the formidable positions captured there. Fighting in the Snow. j Advance on Whole Line. It is the battle of the snow s that is j It is typical of all operations along raging over 40 twisting miles today on the great French front that General Ni- the great French offensive trout, j vclle is not seeking to pierce the Ger Fienck artillery fire turns tho carpet of nan iine ar a given poiut. Instead he JFtESJT&P TlZrt atlvanco of the previous ;.iu ,., woro n.ivnni.hicr nlwnvs aA-! vaneing, today. I succeeded in following the French ndvnnce in this battle of tho snows on one nameless inn souuiwesi 01 luorou- sjllce the battle of the Marne. villiers. Trenches, dugouts, shelters! j?rom another nameless hill today I everywhere were 'filled with German savv acv0PSi th0 Champagne plains an dead. Dazed Germans were being haul- endless masw of German trenches. It ed from dugouts where they had hidden represented three years' work of mil burrowed deep in the piles of their own-j0g 0 ,on. Countless tons of barbed dead. Farther back where xrencu troops were cleaning-the horrors ot tne ground taken by the first forward movement, 1 had seen dazed, starving Germans attiseerins out of dugouts clicked with their dead comrades 3d hours alter those dugouts had been taken by tlie 1 rench. , iCnee. Beyond the nameless hill the new I These the French captured intact. French ami German lines were visible. The ardor of the advance, the irresist ed ween them was an abandoned Ger-. ij,i0 8Weep following the battering down man battery, stark and bare on the of the preliminary works by the terrific snow. A-s l watcue.i i saw one or uiose marvelous bits or ireneii strategy exe cuted. French Troops Elated, The French established lines to the rem' trom this auanuoneu oanery. n) were plainly put there to entice the en- ciiiy to seek a recapture of the abund- ms. Tiie ruse was successful. oned suns. As I watched, out the Germans dashed", THcir horses were hurriedly hitched to the abandoned guns. Then the French machine guns suddenly spat, death. lMrses men an except o' uennan were wiped out m a twinkling. Tho morale of the French troops stsltmnding. at 4 o eioeic weunesuay evening I found the .-a intf troops which 1 had seen capture the positions they j w ere then in on Tuesday morning, pre- j i.Mriiur I'or 'fresh advance. The dushi was to start at 5 o'clock and the French! positions 'were so dotted with machine j Washington. April 20. Espionage troops were jokingly dubbing that their gnns that there was brisk 'fighting. The !li'Sislation the most drastic ever pro five o'clock tea." i French settled down during the night . posed for this country held the spot- . . At dawn, just as a brilliant sun crept Might in congress again today. Itjif'fTVl m w - - St ' A R 17 F'l h DTIW jU AtiC Milnllll Th' ouly thing a woman '11 admit she Can't do is wear pink. Lots o' fellers git credit fer bein' close mouthed when II it's jest becauseher haint a cuspidor handy. ' jucjii't'ranzau.oii is spreaumyi Somme campaign. How well it is work ing out is evidenced by the fact that the 1 rench have advanced moro now, in this new stylo of attack, than at anv time wire; numberless carloads of steel plates; miles of concrete fortifications marked it- There were thousands of bombproofs. Many were fitted with electrical plants equipped with the most costly and and most modern conven- haii ot- j.'ren(,n artillery, drove the Ger taken Tuesday. Snow Aided French. Then the fitrlitinu centered in the lilicims-St. Souplet sector. The French advance was executed over snow clad ground, whk!i curiously aided them. The Germans occupied a crest of hills so strongly fortified that in the plain be- low the French had heretofore not been nl)lc to advance since the battle of the Marne. But the French shell bombard- ment was so destructive that in 15 nun - . lutes after leaping ont of their trenches. h tho French infantry had occupied the ment was so destructive that in 15 nun (German positions on a trout of more ilfln two-thirds of a mile, advancing forward more than a mile and a third ;,, au hour. Tt,;f tlii fApfifl nrtninri. fl,.n fl.i over the horizon, glistening on the snow, j the French dashed forward- The Ger- minis, blinded by the glare of the sun, 1 dazed with the cold, were unable to use ineir mticmne guns ueiore itie frenen ; w,;,( "P. tll,,m A T?im-:i!iii ltii Russian brigade, which took the oath of allegiance to the new provision al government shortly before going into action, distinguished itself in one at tack of the offensive today. Germans Cannot Take Out Papers During War Portland, Or.. April 20. Germans will nrrt be admitted to citizenship in the United States- until after the war and subjects of the kaiser who have !i)'nliations pending must wait. This ruling was made in the federal court in connection with the applica tion of Solomon tlanedhng. G. v. Ty ler, naturalization examiner, from the Seattle district, called the court's at - tention to a x'atute of 1313 which pre vents a citizen from a country at warj"")' with the Iniiod State3 from receiving citizenship papers during the period of the struggle. And here is another text: A righteous! man reoardeth the life nf his bpawt : nit. tender mercies of the wicked a,.e CTae4 I ' Koine, April 20. Pope Bene dict has (een "horrified" and has expressed deep indignation over the reports or Germany's plan to render fats and fertili zers from the bodies of soldier dead, according to an article printed today by the newspaper lufomianizone. Reports have persisted that German efficiency has been util izing the dead to supply oils, fats and fertilizer so desperate ly needed in the central empire now. Th'J most circumstantial of these stories, printed recent ly iu Belgian newsjiapers, de clared that, the refining factory waj located 'near Gerolstein, close to the Belgian-German frontier, It gave ghastly details of how the bodies were utilized. NEWS SENT TO SEA Washington, April 20. Amer ican seamen hereafter will get their news "by United Press." Each night at 10 o'clock the big Arlington radio flashes out to sea the news of the day war. stories, domestic news, baseball scores "boiled down" by tho navy censor from the United Press leased wire report- Every ship has orders to "listen" at 30 o'clock and copy the "report" as sent out by the censor. BERNHARDT BETTER New York, April 20 The con dition of Mine. Bernhardt was greatly improved today, a bulle tin from physicians at Mount Sinai hospital announced. Her recovery is now expeeted'and an official bulletin to that effect may be issued before the end of the day. sfe Turks Are Retreating British Troops Fifty Miles From Jerusalem London, April 20. General Murray has resumed his march to Jerusalem and achieved another victory over the Tm.lis M official statement from the EsVptian fr0Ilt announced todnv. "On Tuesday we advanced north ot Wadi Ghuzzeh and captured a Turk ish position on a front of six and a half miles," the statement said. AVndi Ghnzzch is a river running in to the Mediterranean and only a short distance from Gaza. British troops are now within 50 miles of Jerusalem. Turks are Routed London, April 20. Complete rout of the Turkish Eighteenth army corps and another advance in Mesopotamia north of Bagdad was reported in an official statement today. "On Tuesday night," General Maude reported, "wo forced passage, of Shatt-Kl-Adham, and on Wednesday at tacked the main Turkish position cov ering Islabulat railway station. We completely routed the 18th army corps CONGRESS WRESTLES WITH ESPIONAGE BILL ' , iMnva Tlion I Oil Al!l!1'lf'lk j UUl lVU 1 - S Uiierea to ivioaify lis "Effects J he senate entered on its third day of bitter debate on the administration spy bill, with senators attacking the section that they claim, though aimed ostensibly at hyphens and dangerous agitators will completely muzzle every newspaper of the country. Fear that under the bill newspapers will be unable to criticise any govern- ment move in war time even such an incident as the costly Dardanelles ex pedition of England caused much of tho senate dissemiion- Another clause that brought criticism was that which permits the president to declare food embargoes from any port to any port. .The house judiciary committee bite yesterday finished its draft of the ad ministration spy bill. Chairman Webb was to have the bill prepared by today. "" "nrrics pernaps juu amenuments, an or neanv an calculated to soiten tne effect of the bill. Both minority and majority members of the military committee were engag- j od t0,lav 0,) their reports on the gen- i'.'"' '. " l" lr uon wnen tne nouse meets again jion HAIG STRIKES AOAIK London, "April 20. Field Marshal "ai wuck again last night at lam- . brai. i "We gained ground in the neighbor- ihood of Villers Gnislain," he reported today. , OUR FLAG IS FLYING OVER PARLIAMEHT J HOUSES IN L01D0I1 Royalty, the Cabinet, Lord Mayor and Diplomats Honor the Day STARS AND STRIFES FLY BY SIDE OF UNION JACK "America Day" Gives London Apperance of American City London, April 20. Nobody could mis take the fact that it was "America day" in London today. Flag makers supplies had been ut terly drained to dress the city in the Stars mid Stripes, The red, while and blue hung from all public buildings, it 'was swung to the breeze from countless thousands of private dwellings and sie business houses. I Americans exiled temporarily from jhonir joined wittl the Britisli through- !out England in popular appreciation of ijt I America 's war step. The formal cere al monies were at St. Paul's, where one sis j of the most notable audiences ever as sjc'sembled here gathered to do honor to gc America and reconsecrate England's jjeideab. Crowds thronged the open spac sje lesadjacent to the great structure early in the uav. The maiesties ami other royalty, alt members ot the Lsritisn cabinet, the lord mayor of London and scores of other distinguished British citizens were present. All the allied diplomats were there, with American Ambassador Page, his entire staff, Ad miral Sims, II. S. -N.", and practically the entire American colony in London. Flag ou Public Buildings The archbishop of Canterbury offi ciated and pronounced the benediction. Bishop Brent of the Philippines, him self an American preached the sermon, taking as his text, Maccabees II, chap ter 13, verses .13, 14 and 15. A special choral service preceded the religious ceremonies. Tho. Welsh guards sang, "God, Our Help in Ages Past," the familiar American "Battlo Hymn or the Republic," God Save the King," and intoned psalms 46 and 144. The scriptural lesson read was the 41st chapter of Isaiah. Special prayers for President Wilson and the American congress were offered. Tonight Americans will celebrate by scores of social events on strict "war rations" in the hotels and restaurants as well as in their own homes. Special performances were given by all Am erican theatrical companies and there were added "American day" features to nearly all the music .hall and revue performances. For the first time in history today a foreign flag foated beside the Union .lack of Eiigland over the houses of parliament. It was tho Stars and Stripes. It flew likewise over the lord mavor's mansion and over all public buildings in England. SPAIN IS DiViOED UT LEANS 10 ALLIES Public Excited Over Torpedo ing of Spanish Merchant Ol snips ' By W. S. Forrest (United Press staff correspondent) Paris, April 20. Spain 's latest tdiake j up cenieieii ' rciu'ii juiciest un iiitK Alfonso's, nation today. Will Jrwin, American magazine writ er anil close student of warring Eu rope, returned to Paris today after three weeks study of tho situation in Spain. The torpedoing of the Spanish steamer San Folgenc. excited the put lie," he said, "but the Spanish gov ernment's chief grievance against Ger many is the German demand of five hundred marks (approximately $100) a ton guarantee that Spanish shijm will not carry supplies to the allies, if they are to be immune from torpedoing. "As near as 1 am able to judge 2- per cent of the Spaniards are pro-German; thirty per cent, pro-ally and the remaining 4" per cent are neutral. "Madrid is radically pro-German. On the other "hand the country districts in Spain are generally pro-ally. The Madrid press is euualJy 'divided. All j Spanish inntellec.tuals, the king and his ministers are pro-ally, tint the tar list party is pro-German and this de spite the fact that their pretender to the throne is now languishing in an Aiiftrian jail because he admitted the canse he admi ted the is honorary colonel of f fact that he was .u o me nunninu aiinj. "Others of the ten political parties in Spain are about equally divided." At present progress, soon there wU! bo in northeastern France nothing worse than its ruins. DEPARTMEHT PUTS FOOD SUGGESTIONS BEFORE HISS Includes Supervision of Plants in Which Food Is Prepared POWER TO FORCE ROADS TO HAUL FOOD FIRST Council of National Defense to Have Power to Take Over Food Staffs Washington, April 20. The depart ment of agriculture's recommendations ! "to stimulate production, improve dis- $ tribution and promote conservation of! the nation's food and foodstuffs," were submitted to congress this afternoon by Secretary Houston. An appropriation of $25,000,000 is asked to put the plan into effect. Hous ton asked that the appropriation and authority be made immediately avail able. The recommendations were submitted in a letter to Vice-President Marshall. They comprise n comprehensive plan decided upon "after careful consideration-" 'They include many suggestions made recently by the department direct to American citizens through the press! of the nation. The plan lays great emphasis on "need of conserving the food supply through better handling, through elim ination of waste and through economy, especially 0n tho part of well to do." , .It is a result ot cabinet conferences and of the recent conference of depart ment officials and representatives of state boards of agriculturo recently-in St. Louis. ' ' To Probe Food Prices. Incidentally with the agricultural de partment's announcement today the fed eral trade commission announced plans shortly to institute its nation-wide food price probe. Bills authorizing this probe have passed the house and senate. The former body, however, appropriated $400,000 for the work and the senate $250,000. The bill is now in conference, with probability of a compromise soon. As to organization, Houston said: "The federal department, state de partments of agriculture and land grant colleges, the nation already pos sesses official organized agencies which, tor many years nave been actively studying all agricultural problems. These agencies are all working in closest co-operation. "Tho nation is also fortunate in hav ing many important farmers organiza tions, such as the Grange, Farmers' Un ion, American Society of Equity, the Gleaners, Farmers' National Congress, American National Livestock associa tion, National Wool Growers' associa- (Continued oi cage two.) PRESIDENT OF MEXICAN CONGRESS-DENIES'II Says Ih German Influence Usid To fofkence Mexican gressmen Mexico City, April 20. General Hay, president of the Mexican congress de clared today he knew of no Geiin.in in fluence that was being brought to bear on members of congress to oppose. General Carranza's policies or plans of neutrality. "it is true," General Hay told the United Press, "that the audience in the galleries gave a demonstration for the German minister Sunday when General Carranza read his message. 1 immediately called them to order, how ever, and warned that xiny manifesta tion in favor, of or against any dip lomat was prohibited, and that a repi tition of the demonstration accorded the German minister would not lie al lowed, "We are duty bound to follow the policy of Carranza for strict neutrali ty, in essence as well as in form. "The congress is merely an electoral college and is not legally capacitated to treat with international questions We have not even appointed commit tees." THE GERMAN VERSION Berlin, via London, April 20. Occu pation of the previously prepared "sieg- ; f rieJ IlosiHon by German troops has 1 J been completed, today's official state-! . . ; 'meat from German headquarters stated.' I The occupation began Monday and was , , . , b , , ' . . completed yesterday by abandonment of I the bank of the Aisne between Conde and Souprie. . Los Angeles, Cal., April 20. Wire tappers are making copies of all telegrams going east from Los Angeles, according to dep uty sheriffs who are today in vestigating the theory that these tappers are German agents, The first report of wire eut ting was made by the Western Cmon Telegraph "company. Dur ing the investigation the appar ent "tapping" ceased. Th Western I'nion is today considering establishing a patrol along it? lines in this vicinity passing through districts afford ing an opportunity for wire tapping. 4c IT IS SOME MONEY "Washington, April 20 Spend ing the money at the rate of one dollar a minute, it would take one person 111,318 years to spend Uncle Sam's $7,000,000,000 war fund. Figuring on the basis of that much money ever being in one man's possesion, mathematical sharks figured today that if this seventh degree billionaire spent a dollar every minute he would go broke iu the year 15,235. BAYS HE WHIPPED VILLA Kl Paso, Texas, April 20. A Villa column under personal command of Villa and Jose Ynez frilnzar was defeated Wed nesday at Babicora ranch, Chi huahua, by General Murguia's Garranzista forces, according to a message from Murguia. His re port, claims that 1")0 Villistas were killed, and the bandits fled in disorder. Capture of 200 horses is also claimed by Murguia- No figures of the Cnrranzista losses are given, except mention that General ISolas and five staff officers were killed. :: EVOLT IN Fighting Between Rebels and Government Troops Is Reported By Charles P. Stewart (United Press staff correspondent) jiuenos Aires, April zu. with an airtight Brazilian censorship clapped on, reports from Uruguay today de clared the German revolt in Brazil's provinces near the Uruguayan boun dary was growing. Refugees were pour between the German rebels and govern- "'"I Anie-neans who have not been hyp ,,, ; i.',v;i ,!?.,.,;, i notized by ' isms want to see some Ant- reports indicated n 'serious condition of affairs in nrobablv three Brazilian slates. The Uruguayan government hurried ly despatched reserve forces of its troops to the frontier today to prevont any violation of neutrality. Dispatches received from Ilio De .Ta neiro quoted the minister of was as de nying that a military mission from Bra zil would shortly leave for the ,United States to cooperate with tho allies against Germany. No Doubt Rumor Is For Effect On Tiuenos Aires, April 20. A cipher message received today by thcSpanish legation at b'io De Janeiro declares Kussiu and Germany have signed an armistice, according to ft dispatch from the Brazilian capital this ntternooii. The round about rumor of an armis tice between Germany and Knssia via Spanish diplomatic channels in South America was not taken very seriously. It was suggested that it, might have originated through certain strong Ger man influences in I io known to be in close touch with the pro-German party in Spain. No Confirmation Washington, April 20. State depart ment officials said this afternoon they had no confirmation or even sugges tion that Knssia end Germany had sign ed an armistice. Jt was suggested that reports of such an agreement might be German propa ganda transmitted out of Germany by wireless via Spain. Embassy Hag Not Heard Washington, April 20, The Russian embassy today declared "unbeliev able" 'the repoit that Germany and Russia had signed an armistice. "I think if su-h a report wero true we would have heard Of it," a KiiBsian embassy official said. "We havo nev er heard a word auout any mien mini ness and we do not believe it true." COUNT TIS2A RESIGNS , ' . '. , . Zurich, April 20. lonna dispatches Ulday mUl Jhflt ,t w confirmed that Count Tisza,. Hungarian premier, had resigned. ROOSEVELT PLAN VORSr OBSTACLE TO CONSCRIPTIO Administration On This Ac count Is Not Friendly To It SAY 100,000 RESERVES ARE -WAITING HIS CALL 25,090 Negroes Want To Ga With Hai-Many for Oicers Jobs Washington, April 20 Despite all ad ministration attmpts to annihilate it, the Koosevelt division idea is holding its trench. It la the most formidable obstacle in tho path of conscription to- lay. Vhile tho word was passed out semi officially last night at the war depart ment that there will be no Eoosevelt division, betting today favors tho idea that "T. It." will get Into tho trenches in France with a volunteer force weuks before the first American conscript di vision gets under shrapnel fire. It is admitted that, the president is strongly opposed to the Roosevelt di vision. Friends of the colonel insist that the Wilson objection is predicated upon the political possibilities likely to- ensue "when Teddy comes marching home." Administration backers ridi cule this idea and say that Koosevelt, who is on record as favoring selective conscription, is doing more to block con scription by his talk of a volunteer di vision than any other singlo factor. They admit that Eoosevelt could prob ably sma-.di all speed records in raising a division. They say that thd fiooaevelt. agitation is playing right into tho hands of congressmen who prefer the volun teer system because of the chance it of fers to play politics by awarding com missions. Some Political Comment. In the house and senate thero is strong support of the Koosevelt id a. Many republicans and democrats feel that the nations needs a thrill and a focusing point for its latent patriotism. . The idea is general that, given half a chance, T. K. will furnish thrilla and enthusiasm sufficient to make possible tho acceptance of the conscription idea without hulf the friction it will olher wise develop. "It begins to look as though the president is running our patriotism into a potato patch and that we are going to hung Old (lory on a hoe handle," declared un old line republican senator today. "It's all well enough to be lininf un golf courses and raising beans, but want f,"''11" b()-vs " ,illak.i tearing .up a few ' 'lrmJn trenches. Give Teddy a chance. -.ms io ikj tunc iu xigure on ino reception he will get when he returns from the war. "The president has suggested that wn put patriotism above partisanship. All right, let's all do it." (Continued on page two.) lip Ikild'iig Plants to Drop Private Orders San Francisco, April 20. Sudden receipt of orders from Washington to all wooden tdiip building plasts on this const to cancel private orders immcdi- atcly and begin construction on vessels fur the federal fleet of "sea jitneys," today set ship bliililin'F circles hiiin'niimr with activity. Simultaneously it wns announced that tho Union Iron Works had practically closed for tho purchiwe of the Dow Pump and Diesel Kngino com- pany and the Union Gas Kn- gine company, thereby obtain- ing patents under which tho new freighters are to be equip- ped with high speed, single screw, internal combustion en- giues. Kvery shipyard on the coast is affected by the order, )(: THE WEATHER J05-T PIN YoUR, FAITrV IN . Oregon: Tonight and Saturday rain and 8 a t u nlay rain; southeaster ly winds, moder ately high along the coast. UNCLE SAnU -v.