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SALEM, ORE.GON, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1917
PRICE TWO CENTS
:1K II RUSSIA
HE SERIOUS CLAS
3 and Soldiers' Committee Have Open Rupture With
isional Government-Claim Thev Are Not Kept
Id As To Affairs of Government-Promise to
j fat Agreements of Czar Without Making Their
t Public One Cause of Trouble
,v
By WiUlaui O. Shepherd.
(United Piess staff correspondent.)
' , yv 4A dramatic speech, nppctiliiifr to the pntriotinni
,inU ainl ful.lii'is, cliilivcrt-.i by Premier Miliukoff from the
, at the government building, had today apparently staved off
ithat arrears imminent iu now Russia.
a a hootins jeering niob that demanded his resignation tho pre
led the throngs of soldier and workmen which liud paraded
t tLroiisliont "yesterday, into a crowd which cheered bin utter
ikine unrelenting war 00 Germany,
situation was not entirely cleared up todiv, however.
M meeting of the representatives of the provisional govern
the workmen's and soldiers' eommittocd scheduled for to-
bwn iHiiceileil. It is assumed this notion was taken to per
Ihrt conferences with leaders of the workmen and soldiers do
' neater participation iu fie al fairs of the government. This
permit of on explanation of the government 'h statement op
t pledges entered into by the car. ,
Vthunsandg of demonstrators had paraded the streets and ns
i in front of the duina building, to get her with several thou
Jliers, demanding Miliukoff 'a resignation, the minister of for
te appeared in person on l ho baloony.
N I see :--ir bunner.s reading 'down with Miliukoff I fear
,m)!fl hut for Russia," the foreign minister began.
r for what the outside worlds interpretation of your demon-
l will be"
liftoff was given flose attention when he signified bis desiri' to
I (he throng. There was some jeering and interruption at 'first,
ke proeeoded the crowd quieted.
provisional government cannot strike the name of Russia from
t of the allied rations," he declared with the greatest emphasis,
-to provisional government will never consent to a separate pence,
(took to you to trust us and to give us your support."
bnged cheering greeted Miliukoff 'a statement that the govern-,
would never consent to a separate peace.
I
OV TRAINS AND NEWS
8'MNnM FIVE f NTH
MONEY POTJRINa IN
Washington, May 4 Over
subscription f,or the first issue
of the "liberty loan" i, prac
tically assured. Over 1,0H) sp
plirations for subscription to the
$L',00),000.000 loan were re
ceived overnight in answer to
Hecrotary McAdoo'g telegram to
banks, clearing houses and
trust companies, it was an
nounced today. Not even a
rough estimate of the amount
subscribed was immediately
available.
ONLY TWO MISSING
London, May 4. Loss of life
in the torpedoing of the Amer
ican steamer Koekingham was
redtieed to the two members of
her crow killed outright In the
attack when the third boatload
survivors was picked- up, to
day by a Uritish ship. The third
boat carried the 14 men hereto
fore listed as missing. The res
cue was annouueed by the ad
miralty. !.-;.:
ONLY ONE SUNK
Paris, May 4. Only one
French ship of more than 1,000
tons was sunk by German sub
marines during the week ended
April 29, according to an of
ficial statement today. Five of
less than l.liUl) tons ami three
fishing boats were lost. Eight
merchantmen were unsuccess
fully attacked.
MAY MINE NORTH SEA
By William G. Shepherd,
ograd, May 4. Open rupture between provisional
inent heads and the workmen's and soldiers' com
came today. The workmen and soldiers demand
e government take them into their confidence,
isity of the situation is crowing hourly.
f seriously the situation threatens Russia's future
Jfar is shown by the fact that after listing a long
if the provisional government's acts to which the
i and workmen object, the council representing
!etnents formally declared they would not approve
loans to Russia until fully informed of the corn
er aims of the entente and of all details of the
is entered into by the czar and his ministers.
tos disapproval was also exDressed bv the coun-
atatement extensively credited to Foreign Minister
f i that Russia's aims was to crush Germany and
4. .... .....
first clash between the two elements in the gov
't came yesterday. The greatest feeling of indig-
aroused amonp- t.hp wnrlcmpn flTirl soldiers
s by announcement of the provisional govern
w it intended to stand by the czar's contracts with
jsterday's meeting of the council of ministers 2000
I with loaded rifles were drawn from the Petro
rnson to guard the building where the govern
or ?et Throngs of citizens gathered there in
yie demonstration against Foreign Minister
Washington, May 4. Heavy
mining of practically the entire
North seas has been under con-
sideration between the allies and
the United States as an efficient
means of thwarting Germany's
submarine campaign, it became
officially known today.
In addition to this scheme,
there has been official ennsider-
ntion of means of wrecking the
1 '-boats at their bases. '
' -
SENATE Bill TAKE
DRASTIC ACTION
IN FOiOIAitllG
Members in Mood For Violent
Attack On Food
Speculators
ROBBING CONSUMERS
WILL HAVE TO BE ENDED
Encouraging Farmers to Pro
duce Must Not Aid Gam
blers Alone
Baseball Manager
Shoots and Kills Negro
Indianapolis, Ind., May 4. Danny
Shay, mana.eer of the .Milwaukee base
ball team, was held on the charge of
murder today following the 'hooting of
Clarence Fuel1, a negro waiter in a cafe.
The shooting followed au argument
over a piece of sugar.
Police today were searching for a
woman who was with Shay at the time
of the shooting, but who disappeared
immediately afterward. Shay, at the
police station, refused to admit there
was a woman with him or to discuss the
shooting in any way. During the argu
ment, witnesses stated, hhay drew a
revolver and shot buell. The negro,
wounded, grabbed Shay and knocked
hiin to the floor. Others interfered
and rushed the negro to a hospital and
held Hhay for the police. Euell died
an hour later.
'af t0 Ee Informed.
Jfthosoufo.s am, Sllil0,.s
with the people ,,
:mii tl,at the povern
allll'le into their" conn-
afi-toHti8i
ft'! "a.M'W council
Part tn i cl,a,'S"'B
mat-
2.i
011 "11 important
ZS th oeH
pro-
aur of tl, , ,. v, uu t!'0
ort Z l1f vered speech-
-"vi I Mln-nnn 11..
! the
citizens
Soldiers and
won voicing their
?Ui0f the meeting,
visional
,t all
Kovernmeut's
crmli
I,,- i "'"""-is ana
'""oent will. ' p tormf'' auto-
,Bt Actions a i au,M
Sthep 1 S wMiem do not
agreements," the official journal as
serted. The government's statement voicing
approval of the contracts and obliga
tions of the former regime was declared
by the meeting to have been secretly
prepared at the home of Minister o'f
War Gutchkoff, without consultation
with the soldiers and workmen repre
sentatives. Not alone did the meeting attack the
provisional lenders for failure to move
in the open on all administration and
governmental matters, but it was
charged that provisional officers wore
seeking to east discredit on the work
men and soldiers by sending false uews
of their activities "out of Russia.
- The committee demanded permission
to disseminate its" own news reflecting
its own views. This permission was
formally granted today.
Foremost in the category of the
"false news" which the committee
charged was given circulation abroad by
the provisional leaders was the "im
pression" which it was asserted had
been spread that the Eussian constitu
tional conventions would not be held
until after the war, and the inference
that the workmen and soldiers had ap
proved such a course.
On the contrary, the committee made
formal demand that the constituent as
sembly bo held at the earliest possible
date.
AS
ORDERED BY KAISER
Submarine Officers Did Every
thing Except Making Crew
Walk thePlauk
(Note -The following story revealing
extremes of the German campaign of
U-boat fritrhti'ulness is official and
was giver, officially and exclusively to
the United Press.)
W. S. Forrest
(United Press staff correspondent)
Paris. Anril If). fliv mail) The
storv of the French schooner "Leon-
tine" is a tale of modern piracy and
murder which rivals any of the unau
thcuticated history of Captain Kidd.
Here is what happened on the high
seas during the morning of March 25,
1917:
The schooner " Leontine, ' ' carrying
2ND tons ol' mine stakes left
France on March 23 at two o'clock.
Two days later the "Leontine" was
stopped 'by a long range shot from a
German submarine. The crew, eight per
sons in all, prepared to leave the ship
as the captain rushed below for the
schooner's papers. The submarine ap
proached and lay 30 metres away, her
commander and crew watching all that
was happening aboard the "Leontine."
Instead of allowing the unarmed men
to save themselves the submarine kept.
,m Ktnndv fire, delueing the little
ship with forty rounds of shrapnel. The
first few shots killed four of the crew
and wounded the four others, three ser
iously. The "Leontine" was a cnarnei
house so far as, the human material
aboard could, make it. tier captain,
Washington, May 4. That President
Wilson should be empowered to serve
an ultimatum on neut uls of the world,
warning them that continued re-exportation
of American foodstuffs intc Ger
many would be met with a complete sev
erance of commercial relations,, was de
manded by Senator Walsh, Montana, on
the floor of the senate today.
The embargo provision of the admin
istration espionage bill would give the
president that power, Walsh said.
While senate debate went on, British
war commissioners and this govern
ment's officials were working out the
problem of rationing not only this na
tion and its fighting allies, but also
those neutrals whose boundaries touch
Germany's or arc contiguous to Teu
tonic lands.
Balfour, Lansing, Eedfield and other
American plana weretaoiseclmipmon z
officials conferred on the subject.
American plans were said to be com
pletely in accord with British and
French ideas.
Trading with the enemy acts were
discussed. More conferences on the
lame subject arc to be ield later.
To Adjqurn bj' June,'
Washington, May 4. With a tremend
ous emergency war program just ahead,
congressional leaders settled down to a
'fight today to adjourn by June 1.
After two days of discussion of the
embargo section in the espionage bill,
Senator Overman in charge of the meas
ure declared if the senate did not "get
down to cases" today would mave
for night sessions from now on.
If adjournment is to be accomplished
by June 1, it is admitted that there will
have to be dr.y and night sessions most
of the time from now on.
A determined fight is inevitable upon
the food bill, introduced in the house by
Chairman Lever of the agriculture com
mittee, giving President Wilson dic
tatoral powers iu directing the produc
tion, distribution and prices of food and
GEIAM1&
DESPERATE FIGHT
TO STOIPBRITISII
German Reserves la Floods
Force British To Yield
Some Groisd
!E1' GQISORSIIIP '
CLAUSE IliSERTEO
ESPIIIE Gill
WEDGE DRIVEN THROUGH
HINDENBURG FRONT
J AMERICA WARNED
Any Attempt to Influence
Russia To Make Peace !
Is Treasonable
Washington, May. 4. German social
ists in this country who attempt to
force or influence a separate peace be
tween Bussia and Germany will be
dealt with to the full extent of Ameri
can law, if their, acts can be proven.
The state department indicated this
unmistakably today following publica
tion of charges by J. G. Phelps Stokes,
wealthy socialist, that some of the
German wings of the American social
ists are trying to force such a peace.
American law provides for dealing
with such cases as an extremely treas
onable act.
It is known that the government has
noted the Stokes charges and that it
will endeavor to ascertain whether any
of the men Stokes named or any oth
ers are trying to manipulate such a
peace through their Russian comrades.
The new censorship will be applied
vigorously to prevent them from com
nninicating with the Slav leaders.
The state department had its first
news of the differences between the
provisional Bussian government and
the workmens' and Boldiers' committee
from the United Press dispatch from
William G. Shepherd today.
Authorities, however, still claimed to
be hopeful that internal troubles ulti
mately will vanish and that the Bus
sian army will stand steadfast against
the Germans.
Lens Three-fourths Surround
ed But Still Held by
Germans
(Continued on page three.)
French Liner Rochambeau
Had Narrow Escape
Paris. Mav 4 The French liner Ro
chambeau, recently arrived at a French
port, narrowly escaped a torpedo tired
bv a German submarine, according to
one of her passengers today. The tor
nedo passed a bare ton yards astern
The Bochambcau immediately fired a
dozen shells at. the submarine. Whether
these found their mark is not known
As soon as the torpedo was sighted
the Bochamboau's onicers sounded the
alarm and all passengers were hurried
to the lifeboats. There was no panic.
Patrol vessels arrived at the scene
within twenty minutes, but did not
sight the submarine.
Only the Kocliamoeau s speed appar
ently saved her trom a "tut" by tne
submarine.
By William Philip gimms
(United Press staff correspondent) .
With the British Armies in the Field
aislv i. Germany is fighting aa she
never fought before to stop the Brit
ish drive.
Fighting for the most part hand to
hand and bayonet to bayonet over
miles of front, the Tommies themselves
were authority for this statement to
day. Not onlv were the German sol
diers fighting more desperately than
ever before, but today the German ar
tillery tire was vastly increased.
1ft the face of such violent combat
all along the line today, the whole
front situation" was apparently un
changed. The war has never seen any
harder fighting than that on both
sides of the Scarpc today.
Tlio Canadians, who yesterday ad
vanced south of Lens, inflicting a hard
blow on the Prussians, were still hold
ing their gains and repulsing all at
tempts to retake today.
House Killed Orissal CI
This Morning By Vote of
220 to 167
DEBATE WAS BITTER AND
SOMETIMES PERSONAL
In Senate Attacks On Food
Embargo Section of BI
Attacked
NEW CLAUSE PASSES.
Washington, Mav 4 The
house this afternoon adopted,
1H5 to 183, a new censorship
provision in tho spy bill which
gives the president power to
censor news, but puts up to a
jury the question of wilful vio
lation of the censorship proposi
tion and also the question
whether information published
could bo useful to an enemy.
The reason a woman is
because even when sho is rioting -in the
bread lino she will stop long enougli to
smile into the camera.
, British Forced Back
London, May 4. The tremendous
weight of German reserves flung vio
lently into the line of the British ad
vance has forced a slight falling back
of British troops from advanced posi
tions captured yesterday, Field . Mar
shal Haig reported today.
His statement, however, revealed
progress on an entirely new sector from
that in which the British drive of the
past 48 hours lias heretofore centered
northeast of St. Quontin and north
east of Hargicourt.
At night around C'herisy and also
astride the Arras-Cambrai road we were
compelled to fall back from advanced
positions captured yesterday," the
a woman is British commander, in chief said- "Wc
further progressed x northeast of St
(Continued on page two.)
Is Germany Hard Pressed
Or Playing Shrewd Game
Is Question That Puzzles
The dispatch from Shepherd is the
first word of any serious friction be
tween the duma'and provisional gov-
slightly wounded, as he attempted to
mount the bridge, returned to me oc
i :.t tlio
and courageously runitu mu
victims to shelter forward.
The "Leontine" was now ridiueu
like a seive but did not sink. ' The
Germans then urea incendiary sih-ms
which started a fire in the stern. The
blaze, however, as if fate' had nitei
vened, did not spread. Immediately a
boat left the submarine ami a paiy
came aboard the sink the "Leontine
with bombs. Seeing that an tne cu
was either killed or wounded, the
boardinsr party placed their bombs and
prepared to leave. On the deck, the
first mate and cabin boy, the latter a
child of tender years, fearing the ex
plosions, appealed to the enemy. Re
volver shots answered their appeals.
Aboard the submarine, the crew which
crowded its deck applauded this act
with laughter and shouts,
Shortly before
nloded aboard
submarine
the first bomb ex
the "Leontine" tne
t,.,n,l oiul steamed to a
ABE MARTIN
YTeruj f
What's become o' th' ole time pa-
. . ,. onl f ' aav. "Well. I
safer place The Zl't vo o 0,,,, but he's W Presi
hole in the vessel's side. The first. dicta .sf. tll, same" Actions speak
louder 'n flags.
By Arthur E. Mann
(United Press staff correspondent)
Copenhagen, May 4. Either Ger
many's war managers arc playing their
shrewdest publicity game since th? war
began, for the purpose of causing a
relaxation of America's war prepara
tions or Germany is actually besot
by the worst internal dissensions any
belligerent has been compelled to deal
with in that time.
Private advices today from sources
which appeared to be most authentic;
emphasized the seriousness of this sit-
uation in Germany and Austria and
carried the hint that one solution may
be appointment of Count Johann Von
Bernstorff, former Uerman ambassador
to America, as successor to Foreign
Secretary Alfred Zimmermauii.
The appointment would be with the
specific idea that Bernstorff attempt
a reconciliation with the United States.
The fact that such information
came through - seemingly authentic
channels and was accompanied by a
vast amount of other reports of dis
sensions, permits two conclusions. One
mav bo that Germany is actually sore
ly tried. The other is that she is play
ing a deep Teutonic game the idea
being to lull America into belief that
dissolution of Germany may be near,
that conditions in the empire indicate
no necessity for much war preparation.
Such a move would be in line with oth
er plays for time which Germany has
regularly practiced.
Crisis in Central Empires
The news received here from Ger
many indicates near Approach of a
crisis in the central empires. This news
may be summarized as follows:
Bad feeling is growing between
Prussia and Austria. Emperor Karl is
spurred on to friction with Germany
by Hungary's open discontent. Hun
gary's ruling classes are said to be fear
ful of anarchy unless some hope of
peace is shown to her people.
Persistent reports reach here that
there is a growing feeling in Germany j
that the submarine wanare uas not
been productive of the results antici
pated. The city of Hamburg, with its
vast shipping industries, is said to be
approving the course of the foreign
office in opposing the submarine war
at the time that ruthlessness was first
agitated- Its approval was based on the
belief that such a course had only suc
ceeded in increasing the indemnities
which Germany must later pay and in
drawing America into the conflict.
Germany's commercial prospects, it
was held, have been injured for years
to come.
Retention of the Belgian city of Ant
werp by Germany is another thing
feared by Hamburg, resulting in the
well defined demandby shipping in
dustries that there be no annexation
of territory by Germany and more
over, that Germany so announce right
now.
Since revelation of the Zimmermann
scheme to align Mexico and Japan
with Germany against the United i leader.
. Washington,- May 4. The house this
afternoon struck out the censorship
clause of the spy bill by a vote of' 22
to 167.
The clause was killed through adop
tion of an amendment by Representa
tive Graham, Pennsylvania, provising
elimination of the" cenaprsbip feature.
Spoaker Clark, Representative Sherley,
Kentucky, and other democratic wad
ers and Miss Kankin of Montana, voted
for the amendment , striking out tho.
censorship provision.
Postmaster General ; Burleson pres
idential . "feeler" on congressional
matters was earlier told by a house
leader that the censorship provision of
the general spy bill could never pass
tho house. It might be jammed through
as a separate bill.
During debate on section four the
newspaper censorship section Burleson
arrived at the capitol to try to in
fluence members, for the bill. Ho met
with no encouragement.
"This section cannot pass," ho wa
told by one democratic leader. "I shall
not vote for it myself. The best thing
to do in to strike out altogether and
then bring the censorship matter into
the house in the form of a new bill
and in far less drastic form."
President Wanted It.
Representative Webb, closing debata
for the bill as it then stood, said he had
received a message frpm the president
'not 1 wo hours ago saying to congress
that tho principles of this section tho
censorship section are absolutely
necessary for the success in tho war
with Germany."
"Was that message brought by Mr.
Burleson, who is always snooping
around?" demanded Representative
Norton, North Dakota.
Webb refused to reply. He attacked
newspapers instead for "branding me
traitors for not standing by the pres
ident in all other matters," and tbeii
for trying to defeat th censorship
provision. He said the press was quick
to favor giving the president power
to select a million "boys" for Euro
pean service.
'Was not that power given because
the public would have opportunity t
discuss and criticise the administration
of the powers?" asked Beprcsentativo
Sherley of Kentucky, a damocratie
States, opposition to the foreign minis-1
ter has increased. Liberals are still os
tensibly supporting him, however, prob-'
ably because he is the only non-junker j
in office in Germany.
On tho other hand, proponents of
Bernstorff point out his complete fa
miliarity with America and Americans
is some thing for which there is des
perate need in the foreign office.
Moreover, it is held Bernstorff might
very effectively work for adjustment
of America's quarrel with Germany.
Mistaken About America
German officials are now said to re
alize how completely they were wrong
in estimating America. The hardest
blow of all comes in their realization
that America intends to fight a real
war and not a paper war. No official
thought she would actuallv fight. Zim
mermann is blamed for not having
known that America would go the limit
Bernstorff is figured as likely to
correct this mistake by restoring German-American-
relations.
But not alone in actual war strength
is America now being feared in Ger
many. Tho war chiefs are apprehensive
that tho great weight of American
democracy thrown into the balance
against Germany may result in vast
strengthening of the democratic peace
party. It is reported that this effort
to strengthen tho democratic peaee
move is already beina exerted from
America on Hungary.
There are other reports which some
Webb anain refused to reply.
Representative Kahn, California, in
troduced an amendment to enumerate
things the president may censor, sim
ilar to other pending amendments.
Kvcn iu the senate members coul
not forgo coupling attacks on the pres
ent censorship with their attacks or
the food embargo section of the-espionage
measure.
Senate Against It.
In a scnato speech by Townsend,
Michigan, there appeared the first
rumblings of storm that will break i.
that body when the censorship clause
(Continued on page three.)
THE WEATHER i
Oregon: Fair to
night and Satur
day; light frost
northwest, heavy
front southwest
and cast portions
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I'D LlKEl5"Sfi
tonight;
winds.
westerly.
I of nUof these I
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