Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, May 03, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextI FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES 4 FIXATION IS 54400 DAILY -r,vt-AR-NO.10G kip 1 MAKING ill ATT A C K 1 Hi FRONT doing Satisfacloniy- Guns and Prisoners Taken tn OF GERMAN 1S10NS EXHAUSTED Viirs Forced To Throw Reserves In iignt to Save Line WO Send Ambulances and Doctors to France Washington, May 3. The United .tt will eii. I :iuoO ambulances sod 7700 dwtors and driver to Krauee, the Council of National i'efenpe annouueed today. - The first of the unit of 22 anibulatte on and medical men will leave within three weeks. This in in addition to the six medical unit totalling about one thousand med ical men which will be .nt at once to Groat Britain. The Trench commission here has re quested that "00 American medical men be sunt over each month for an indefi nite period. The French and British medical and hospital organization, it was said, ro gieatly depleted, owing to the tact that thin service suffer the heaviest mortality of any branch. William Philips Simnis. Tress stuff correspondent.) it British Annies in the Field, In the doiUnoss just preceding jay, the British again ''call a tit' Genuau.i over a wide front, fill ami wutli of the Krurpo j.omrut of raiding, the impros K that the battle is "'ni? sat Jy for the British. Prisoners are to arrive and more German been taken, fitting continues. h filting begun mi the ninth, it 13 enemy divisions have been I on this front nlnne und yet w? is desperately throwing in its Vrilli pitiless orders to hold north of Greenland hill to rfHiov, Clierisy anil U'.dlcourt, to headquarters indicate the Kve gained ground, wiolle and I.oos, the Prussians w attacking fiercely. The on i a particular f rcn.y over Bri iou of these points because Mi humier the, wo ;H . of dv of V.ena, That destruction is ag by day and by nilit lios also fenr fur Douai and lining portions of the Siegfried mUtg line, which has already rtly turned at Arras. Hack this morning began under -9 sky. The moon had sot, but i kief period between the hur BrageSire and the attack itself, Ulit up the battlefield with a iiglit. Driye Is Renewed, , May 3. After two days of a, the British drive w as renewed f ul force again today and in wection, Field Marshal Ifaig re- itilay. ias heavy fight in . all along 4. From the Hinde'nhurg line 'the Sendee river to the Ache V road," lie said. "We arc S ad have already captured f of strong hostile positions." msa commander-in-chief's re States an offensive extending W ot at least 12 miles. It is Wo irom the road between Acneville on the north, to kc "iver on the south. I has been almost continuous around Viniv. l.ni tl... ,r,-w, Artist by the British offensive wore been exerted easterly. naig-s report tofay in- 'widen switch to a northern of V illerval, Oppv and Arleux. s he approximately seven If miles north of Monchy I.e e the strength of the' Bri ? was formerly most powerfully r was against further ad lso that Himlcnburg threw America Made Kaiser Leave from ll.rone and Promise Ills People Liberty Washington, May 3. France and Aw erica have sworn on the grave of (leore Washington, on the deathbeds of sol diers killed in the present war and on" 'ill tlio grave ot all European battle fields to do. a republic's duty of bring ing other countries to independence Vice Premier Viviuni told the house to day from the xpeaker'a rostrum. A free translation ot bis speech by Kepresentu live Medill MeCorniieli follows: "Never until my dying day shall forgot the net Imuntion of tlie Amer lean people. If I don't thank you ade quately it i3 not because our gratitude is lacking but. because the words with winch to express it are insufficient. "We feel that your sympathy and your enthusiastic assistance comes not only from your heart, but from the jeal ousy which you have tor your honor. We have seen that you fulfilled not only the obligations of national honor but nil at once we have seen unfolded in its eharmiug intimncv the complexity of the American kouL iX-'tN -ii!otj . Mi'. American -he meets a practical man, living for the af- lairs or his time, but at the same tune one discovers in the American soul the freshness and the vivacity of a new life, the strength which, comes from the devotion to an ideal. And so, in that American soul we have before us the paradox of tho combination of the prac tical and the ideal. "There is a parallel between your case and ours, l'ou, like ourselves, car ry the mandate of a free people, to maintain certain ideals, to exchange SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1917 FREHGH VISITORS PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAIKS AND NWS PTANDS FIVE CENTS m Oil TRIP T FOOD SUPPLY CITY Make Visit to Lower House This Morning and Are Given Ovation STORM OF APPLAUSE GREETS "PAPA" JQFFRE I TO CONGRESS TODAY E1 tefhfe lllUAJ illbiiiJCU VII Guarded Tram TO TAKE fENSOS TREE I'ortland, re, May 3. The conscription ceusu of Oregon will cost the "government noth ing. Uovernor Withyeonihe and Attorney Ocnifal George White arranged for the census at a conference yesterday. The tlirls' Humr duards of fer to do much of the work of taking the census will probably be accepted, White said today. A TRIFLE FOR ITALY Washington,, May 3 Secre tary McAdoo today turned over a treasury warrant for $100,000, 000 to Italian Ambassador Di Cellere, Italy 'a .share in the w ar loan. By George Martin (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, May 3. Having com pleted the major share of its work in the allied world war parley which was to get assurance that American troops will be sent to France very soon the French high commission, under " Vice Premier Yiviani and Marshal doff re, ! packed its grips he,re today to -carry the war spirit into the west.- . Not only is it expected thot the com iiiissioiiers will be assured upon their return here that American troops will be on French soil within a reasonably short time, but it is understood their training in modern warfare will be un der the supervision of 'Marshal .loffrc. All foreign military exports have point ed out that the Americans sent to the front can be taught the tricks of the new game, within sound of the guns much sr.ouer than in this country. .1 of -t're is n master organizer and is pre pared to yivc his attention to prepar ing the American fighters for the first service in the trenches. (Somewhere in Washington a luxur ious appointed special train, guarded by United States secret service' -men and stocked, with comforts and luxur ies thesu nieu of France had almost for gotten in their war ridden home land waited to whisk the French visitors over guarded tracks straight to Chica go tonight. ' i Hero of the Maine "Papa'' Joft're, stocky, snowy hair ed, snowy mustached hero of the Manic who stood hko a rock in tnose days oi civilization's gloom late in 1914,. evinc ed an almost childish deligh.t in getting ready for his trip around the country todav. There was nothing in Ins happy lace GERMANY APPOINTS S0G!Al!ST AS HEAD DEATHS III BELGIUM IREBLEO OliG TO IB SNIPS Five Relief Ships Torpedoed Since March 1 and Sup plies Lost CHICKENS WILL DO IT BABIES ARE CARED FOR BUT MOTHERS SUFFER German Ruthlessness Is De liberate Marder of Non- CoAtanis PhiKp Scheidemann President of lonstrachon Comaoittee Amsterdam, May 3 The German gov ernment has taken the revolutionary and unprecedented step' of appointing a socialist as president of the consti tution committee of . the reichstag, ac cording to Berlin . dispatches today. Philip Scheidemann; whoso recent ef forts, backed by government aid, to achieve a separate peace between Rus sia and Germany through conference of socialists, wag the libcrtal selected for this important post Observers of Oerman affairs here re garded it as particularly significant that, a nil certain opinions regarding the tremeud- and brisk manner as he. bustled about (Continued on page two.) (Continued on page three.) News Sent Out By England Tells Whole Truth Without Coloring or Exaggeration UE MARTIN (Note Sepsing a nation wide doubt as to whether Hritain has been telling the full truth regarding the German .submarine successes and the campaign on the west front, the United Press today put tho question squarely up to the best posted man in the British em pire, Lord Xorthclit'fc, and inquired whether America is getting all the facts. Jn addition, the difficulty of Ameri cans accepting . unreservedly Britain's claims of great interest in small na tions and democracies, while the Irish question is unsettled, was pointed out and a request for an authoritative state inent of England's altitude. As an indication of the importance attached to the inquiries by the British foreittu office, the resulting interview was cabled to the United Press today over the Itritish government's own line, evidently at the suggestion of the foreign oil ice.) By Ed L. Keen (United Press staff correspondent) (Copyrighted, 1017, by United Press) London, May 8.-Amerien is getting tho full and complete 'facta of every news feature of the Britisti end or me war developments, except the actual figures, of submarine losses and may expect to receive them very soon. The submarine menace is the (strongest card (icrmany has played, but it will never win the war. The forefifoins is on authority ot tlie man whose prophesies and statements on the war have come to carry moie weight than those of any other ligure in tho allied countries Lord North- cliff e. , Answers United Press Northcliffo is probably the squarest facer of facts in England. He never ,lnr1o. Triilnv the 'United BreSS Pllt (ft squarely up to him the proposition ot if tho gathering' doubt" and: distrust in I) America resulting from belief that ' nr!t4ah nff;,,iol,1ni,i tmH tint been frank with America in Its statements of sub marine losses and possibly has not told the lull truth regarding the al lies' successes on the west front, ' ' In regard to the loss of tonnage by cKmn-ir.no T nt-A KnrtWHf f R. "tlifire ""agine they're Us no . doubt that the figures are ser ious. The government does not prevent our newspapers from saying so, nor prevent American correspondents from saving so. Th government will, 1 be lieve, very soon publish the full facts and figures, as soon as they can ar range the matter with our French and Italian allies. "1 do not hesitate to say in my news that the submarine menace is ainicuiiv we hum; socialitt and-(Scheidemann, of goeialistBsho-'H bo named chairman of a committee which very soon will have to deal with extension of franchise reforms promised by the kaiser and by the imperial chancellor, Von Bethmann-Hollweg. Scheidemann heads the group of "regular" socialists in Germany. His sway over all socialists, however, has recently been questioned by formation of an anti-government socialist branch in the reichstag under leadership of Hasse and Lcdebour. This new offshoot of tho general socialist party objected to Scheidemann and his assistants pledging so great a measure of support to the government and demanded noth ing less than sweeping reforms includ ing full franchise rights. Done for Effect in Russia. Scheidemann has been variously re ported as in Scandinavia and Holland attempting to confer with other social ists recently on his plan for .concerted socialist pressure on Russia for a sep arate peace. Siedemann seemed to have complete sympathy and backing ot the government in his scheme. Although the German socialist peace move has apparently come to a stand still it is possible that Schicdemann s appointment to a presidency be in a na ture o'f a reward for his services. Tho constitution specifically to con sider reforms in the German govern mental system. It consists of 28 mem bers and was appointed late in March, about the time of the kaiser's famous rescript declaring his approval of elec toral reforms. "' This committee may go even faither had! than mere consideration of electoral re- If mnv tiro )U UfC ) nil" New York, May 3." Submarine de- strue, ion has been steadily increasing for six weeks. The situation is one of extreme -gravity, make sure of that." With this warning Herbert C Hoov er, who is to bcAnieriea's food dictator, arrived today from England. He left iiu mediately for Washington. Declaring that deathH in the indus trial districts of Belgium had been "multiplied by three" on account of submarine operations during March and April, Hoover said tho U-boats wore the one big menace which must be eliminated in order to win the war. "Hie JMiropenn rood situation, as well a the general war situation there requires every possible effort we, can lake," he said. "What Europe needs most is wneat and it must nave wneat, but it must also have beef and pork products. As for Belgium, the relief system is struggling to its feet after having been practically knocked out by the submarines. Five of our ships have been torpedoed since Marcn 1. rne Adult rensn, "We landed only sixty thousand tons of food in Belgium, during March and astApril. Deaths greatly increased. The babies were cared tor first. Tney did not die. It was tho adults, tho old peo ple, the mothers who suffered. The re lief commission has only thirty vessels It should have scventv to feed Belgium alone. " With regard to his trip to this conn-try-j Hoover said "like every good Am erican, I am coming over to do my bit." He would not talk about the Am erican food situation, but said it was a grave problem, requiring much study. Baron D'Carticr, Belgian minister to Washington, was among those who greeted Hoover at the dock. He will accompany him to Washington- The American vessel upon which Hoover ar rived lay at her pier an hour before any passengers were permitted to land and all were given a war time examination. Eugene, Ore., May 3. Declar ing that "American poultry will help win the war," E. J. McClanahan, president of the Oregon State Poultry associa tion, today outlined a plan to increase the state's meat sup ply by 700,000 pounds, as a part of the movement to increase the meat mipply of the nation 100, 000,000 pounds. Members of the association will be asked to hatch as many chickens as pos sible. Through late hatching and the more extensive raising of poultry, he says, hundreds of thousands of chickens can be added to the stock on Oregon farnig in a few months. SUNK 0FMR1SH COAST Willard Abrahams Torpedoed, But Her Crew of Six Saved Washington, May 3. The torpedoing of the American sailing vessel Willard Abrahams off the Irish coast and res cue of her crew of six, was officially reported to the state department today. The Ainerican consul at Liverpool named the following members of the American gun crew on the torpedoed Vacuum as lost or missing: Lieutenant C. '. Thomas. A. Donald, B. J. Fisher, C F. Lickan, P. H. Lorec (died May 2). The saved of tho gun crew were: John Nichola, T. Wilson, P. Lasher, .1. E. Williams, J. Williams, G. W. Par ker, O. H. Luke, L. R. Musshorn. Survivors of the unwarned attack upon tho Vacuum were in boats twenty nine hours and suriereti irom wet hiiu cnlrU Other state department messages said the American sailins ship Margaret had been set on fire by a submarine April 27, but made no mention of lives lot . . . -. , , i.V while a tmrd cauiegram iqrarrea me landing of thirty three, survivors the torpedoed American ship Rociiag ham, formerly the Ncbraskan. the submarine is pre- STRIKE IS ENDED Emoloyers and Men Reach Agreement Through Work of Federal Officials Chicago, May 3. The bakers' strike apparently was settled today. t - An agreement was reached last night between the union committee and rep resentatives of the employers, after 24 hours' strenuous work by federal of ficials, which was expected to be rati fied by members of the union at a niiu-tina' this mommy. By the agreement, the bakers will get the increase of $2 a week they de man ded, which will aggregate about $1,000 a week. Every striker will go back to his old jon witnoiu prejuuice. The employers are granted the right of omnlnvinw non-union superintendents, but agreed to a rule against undue "speeding up" ot workmen. Tho threatened strike of the bakery wagon drivers still remains. In an effort to prevent xnig mrem ened strike, United States District At torney Clyne has called a meeting of the employers' committee this morning- goveruiin-iua. "J"' . ,.ano's preat white way last night when Later in the day 'be will asK a commit- !..;i ,i. recommendations lor dusk T p.,ct;iir SnnmnVi musician. t f tho tnnmsters to meet with mm. 11JIU tlltt.w I M.ilUl U llllll t,u....v, j,... LV. VJ. .".V the Greatest difficulty we so far, put To preiem m '"." ''' " - ,,nnt,l .svstem 1H0HIS1E THEN KILLED HIMSELF Romance That Began at Los Angeles Comes To End in Chicago Chicago, May 3 A romance, one that found its inception at the San Gabriel Mission near Los Angeles, terminated in tragedy amid the gay scenes of Chi- MUST SPEED UP III SHIP OOILDIfiG TO MAKE GOOD LOSSES 200,000 Tons of Wooden Ships a Month Will Nat. Be Enough SUBMARINE HARVEST REACHING BIG TOTAL Many American Yards Filling Foreign Orders Despite Dire Need can be won by posterous. No Lack of Fairness " Certain v there can be no i . jJ 1 t. C tLwnVnodU it n nV'PI'- ,1,.nni'tltl7.1HO' ntment may also be evi-" ,' , , wnnfla the beautiful in uu: ii-i"" I maim rr-'- , .,.,.,., rf nn- Lit,.v v'"'" " ' . " , , changes. ., .. ' shot and killed his beautiful girl wiro Tt was hoped an agreement sausuicioiy com-! Because of the socialist agitation tor ; comlllittcd alljei,e. to both sides would be reached before niocratiaina ot uermany oc-w c Castillo, a member of the Misison night. i ri sm i I X.r't.eit. her feet rs "nly imagine tliev'r censorship's severest critics. But 1 am convinced that the present daily re ports or rne uriiian auy "ti ,oi,,;,i i,', on,! in the United State are the frankest statements made by anr of belligerents. "The very fact that the Germans are corifealing their huge losses in men and our methodical capture of their under- o-round .forts in the battles arounu ai ras, should convince Americans that oer successes have been so great ag to cause them to hide their 'colossal losses in dead, wounded, prisoner, guns and other booty. , . ' "When they are winning, tho Ger mans are frankness itself. Today they ire hiding even such facts as the cap-- w,il. which thev have not even allowed to bo published by the Turks. Their reports of our series ot Bn"dad and Mesopotamian v.. which have put the proposed Bagdad proposition our. oi ai merely satires on the truth. Gorman Allies Weary "The whole situation or me that in 19H and 1915 the Prussians, owing to their many years of prepara tion, were successful in certain areas, though they lost all their colonies and ad their ships driven from the seas. Last year was the year of final prepa ration by the allies, but during 1916 the fight resembled that point in a of war when neither side seems able to pull the other over the line- Be Lowered Three Feet Press and the Associated Press eorres-1 donce of a desjro Iort, 3"V ", ' , , "I'senorita Silva while she p ayed a lead- I I t DJ M-y pendents at the British front. In the roc,vatic control by the German lead- ing roe ia McGroarty 's epic. They were LCVei 01 DnUgt Ih&y earlv part of the war, 1 was one or i"oer or at least a ium. ? - mBrried in San Jtsernaruino ana lomeu i. . . ii,,f i om i -r in ninke it appear as. ., i.,.,,t, i,;,i,iin Uerman amunw wiin tnu company iisu m ......w.- such. , west, leaving only when the players dis banded at tho close ot tneir unicago cu rt? 'gagement. Uaiiuaiiiud " o" Castillo secured employment One of the results of the mass meet ing held yesterday morning at tho Com- almereial club, called by ' the war tie- Affainvt'flHTV CniintV musical instructor and his wife became partment to discuss water front rights iigalilbl UaSIJf VUU1UJ ft caljarot si,lger 8t (he Subway Inn. of the city of Salem, will be that the 'he metamorphosis of tfte striking I neignt oi uie uik ;i'''V's" ' Mandamus proceedings against county officials of Curry .county .Jy was too sudden compel them to cal a special e ection The metamorphosis Spanish beauty into a brilliant butter- lien ior ner leuijjcm- The attentions lavisli- for June 4 as provided by the Twenty-j n her 'by cafo habitues kindled :.!.., .o.ion of the Oregon legislature,; i . iplmlsv. (Continued on page two.) was begun yesterday when Governor WUhvclnbe 'instructed Attorney Gen- eral Brown to go aucuu. , The matter will be taken up in the .nnreme coun so as to have it adpudi Z soon as possible. In order not to invalidate the election by having e runty refuse to vote, the governor determined to compel the otnc.a 1, jo . . n. -leetinn. The sheriff and obey the law, replied they would .abide $ tho instructions of the county judge The county iudge refused to call the election and the mandamus proceedings have resulted. WANTS RAILROAD MEN Washington, May 3. France has .pre sen ted an urgent appeal to American r lwavs for ten thousand skilled rail omen ami materials for at least L SOO miles of road, it was learned today. Into mi insane iealousy. Yesterday he called at the Subway Inn, as was his daily custom, to have her sing to him alone. It mattered not if the tables were crowded. "Sing me La Paloma," he whispered to her. She sang the dove Bong, and to shower of coins from the men caused shower o fcoins from tlie men caused something to break. The coroner's jury guaros vne CHINESE TONGS SUED Portland, Or., May 3. Tho Suey Sing and Hoj. Sing tongs,' with their presi dents and members, were made defend ants here today in a damage suit i n reduced about three feet. There is noth ino' h vet official in this but tnc chances are that the recommendation v.,, Mninr .Tewptt. to the war depart ment will be to that effect. This would bring tho gTade on the west side to two and one half per cent and on the Salem side of the river, to four per cent. The old wagon bridge had a d. per cent grade on the west side and that lowering the height of tho new bridge would give it the two and one half per cent- The steepest grude on the Columbia Highway is five per cent. Tho side walks in Portland are all built with a two per cent slope for drainage. Engineers regard a four per cent grade as not much of a pull for the Salem side of the bridge. CONVICTED OF MURDER By carl D. Groat. (United Press staff correspondent.) Washington. May 3. Means of pet ting vast numbers of ships swept asid practically all other governmental war topics today- ... Face to face with the grim realiza tion that German submarines are eating into the woild's tonnage alarmingly fast, the government prepared to push through congress at once its bill giving President Wilson a dictatorial power over 'ships and shipyards. Food questions, serious as they still are; discussion of despatch of troops to France all these matter went by the board in the overyhelming problon of more hipping in order that Ger many may not triumpn in her plan t bring England to her knees. The government bill, practically ready for definite action, proposes that tha president, if necessary, can commandeer all ship yards, all ships and control the iiso of steel mills. To Use Interned Ships. Government statistics showed that even its present program of turning out 200.000 tons of wooden ships a month is inadequate to keep, paee -with -Germany 's now. admittedly devastating U-boat toll. . ;"' . ; Seventy-one German and Austria ' ships of 551.000 tons now interned, wjll be ready to augment tne American merchant fleet within five months it wa8 officially announced today, and it is assumed these will be put into service., at once. Repairs are "going forwarA rapidly on all vessels damaged by tha . Teutons before seizure. As the government plan now stands, shipyards will be forced to grind out small wooden and steel vessels on a standardized plan at a rate far greater than ever before estimated. The government has learned with a shock that many yards are accepting slow time contracts for vessels of alic ownership, sweeping aside patriotic re quests for perhaps more lucrative birei ness. Output But Ons-f if th Losses. Aside from official warnings of the seriousness of fho submarine situatioa, voiced by cabinet men for, the fiTst time yesterday, the shipping boaTd dis closes that the whole world's ship out put the next four mouths cannot ex ceed one-fifth of the monthly losses by torpedoing if the present aver age of Prussian destruction con tinues. The concern evidenced by authorities followed conferences with allied eom missioners and receipt of figures show ing that Germany's U-boat harvest 1a ronnViinn. far creatcr totals than per- I haps even tin Teutons themselves hai anticipated. . The practical upshot of the official warnings, it is thought by many, will be to shunt aside the clamor tor send ing troops -to France immediately an to forc upon tho nation the rcalizatioa that, as Secretary Lane said, the war "will be fought on this side-of the At lantic, if we do not beat the Germans to.it-"' CANADA'S WHEAT SUPPLY Winnipeg, May 3. Official estimates today placed the available supply of wheat in Canada at 11(5,548,000 bush els. Thev stated that, 30,000,000 bush els aro in country elevators, 29,000,00 are in interior or terminal elevators, 45,000,000 are still in the hands of the farmers, 8,000,000 arc at the null an. 3,500,00t bushels are in transit. A. S. Mowbray, a farmer residing; four miles north of Eugene on the, Co burg road, Tuesday sold to the Wing; market six head of "baby beef," 1 months old, for which he received a check 'for $325.95. ' ' THE WEAintK )C (S C 5! Seattle. Wash., May 3. S. A. Hewitt. railroad brakeman of Auburn, was con UlllB -"-rf . ,. ,, it.. $10,49340, fi ed L ;ut victed of first degree murder by a su :,.nt victim of a toneman S ounti. . . .. penor court jury nere louay. at La Grande, March Id. . , Hflwitt was ncCused of beating his Mrs. George was Mt in ine .eg ehh-,rf.n in (1path Januarv 28 and then scttine fire to his home to conceal the crime. The jury was out two hours. !.. nn attack on William Ene. a Chi- neso marked by the tongs for death. I -MAT a BoyA i. i i i i ii . Oregon: Tonight and Friday fair; light frost south west, 1 leavy frost east portion to night; westerly winds. , .