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FORTIETH YEAR NO. 05
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1917
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TRAINS AND XFFWU
STANDS FIVE) CENTS
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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
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