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Newspaper Page TextA H v a w - w s. m K jffl II f 1 i A ri FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES n . a us a a fl : fu 1 rrrrir nn I FORCE GERMANS - SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1917 T FRENCH TERRITORY tain to Happen Soon Unless French Drive Is Checked kalians Today Drove Wedge Mile Deep Into Ger Unes Hindenburg Pours Picked Reserves Into 'e and fighting Is Most Desperate 6,000 Prisoners n Today-Two Strong Positions In Danger By William Philip Simms, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) the British Armies in the Field, May 7. Aus troops forged ahead a mib into the German lines his morning. the moment of cabling this great hole in the Ger ie is being successfully maintained against enemy i-attacks. penetration of the German front thus achieved is i Riencourt. Australians began their drive at dawn. Their salient was pushed forward, yard after yard, to depth, in the face of violent resistance. The carried them to the east of a village lying in a n direction from Riencourt. ieourt itself is thus hemmed in by British troops to A, the east and the south. Riencourt attack was a part of general progress vemcnt achieved on the right flank early today, han a hundred prisoners were taken, .where on the British front there were no major of infantry, but all along the line artillery on both ere violently active. teseives Sacrificed. c By Henry Wood. Press staff correspondent.) I French Annies in the Finld, Itrnmny's retirement from it come unless Hindenburg Sop the French drive. i fighting brought proof of Rulization o'f the necessity of ' treat by the German eommind-i nr.' :hni:,aii efforts which the making to save the Rheims sa- if 's picked troops arc being te the breach made by the The flower of the German iek Hiudenlmrg bad saved for issped would be a final decisive vis now being sacrificed. 5 aside from the Franco-Bri-Mive between the Aisne and Germans are now facing an cc in the Champagne. They ; tbe French offensive between ( and Moronvillers threatens Acir evacuation of the Rheims tee Mounts lirimont and Ber ets Hogcnt L Basse and Vitry PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NBW9 STANDS FIVE CENTO BREAD FRUIT BEE AD (By 1'nited I'rws.) Kio De Janeiro, May 7. A syndicate has been funned here to manufacture breadfruit flour. The promoters Kay the flour will make as good bread as wheat, at much les8 cost. The breadfruit supply throughout Brazil is declared to be par ticularly unlimited. jit THE SMALL GARDEN NOTICE: The department of agriculture at Washington, D. C, has issued a bulletin eu titled "The Small Vegetable Garden.' ' It is aimed at the man who bus land enough for a small garden, but no definite idea of how to proceed- This booklet should be placed in the right hands as quickly as pos sible. A copy can be obtained free by any person writing a re quest for one to the Depart ment of Agriculture, Washing ton, D. C. Market Very Dull Price Trend Is Lower HOOVERCONSULTS FOOD COMMITTEE AS TO CONDITIONS His Statements As To World's Food Supply Vastly Important WILL BE EXPURGATED BEFORE MADE PUBLIC British Food Investigators Aiding In Uncovering , Speculators' Tricks German trenches, each packed tight with Gorman troops and speeding to the channel house of the German front lines. - -Arriving there, these fresh reserves ! were unendingly launched against tne French. And they melted away unend ingly in the French machine gun fire the deadly accurate barrage of the fa mous Soixauto Qninzes, the cold steel of the French bayonets or the explosion of French grenades. The Pick of the Army. Not only has tho number of the en emy troop's in the past few days' fight ing been greater than that employed in any previous engagements since the early days of the war, but the quality of troona is higher. Prisoners showed there were no decrepit reserves. All those captured were of choice regi merits. Saturday around Craonne, for instance, a complete division of the picked Prussian Guard -was called into action by the Herman commanders, xi was practically annihilated in a vain attemnt. to retake Craonne. Tho unrfnet. uviitv underlying me New York, May 7. The New York evening Sun financial review today says; Trading in today's market was lack ing in practically every element of in terest save for those professional oper ators on tho floor of the stock ex change who were engaged in covering short accounts. The shoit interest is in fact so extensive that traders on that side of the market are prone to timidity. The fact that the market advanced one to two points in relatively small volume of trading would indicate that there was less readiness to sell than in tho latter half of last week. The success of tho liberty loan offering to date has been due more to the banks and wealthy investors tlian to the aver age wage- earner, to reach whom the aan.atn.i. rv tlia ti-io a,i tr !u hm.iloiflr every effort to order wgiwflie flofff'j", lion u popular uuainciri. Prices receded somewhat trom the best level of the day in the afternoon session as activity died down, although still holding well above the previous closing. Motor and leather stocks were particularly strong, the latter respond ing to increasing war demand leather. constitute the keystone tv " L- 'C iJ": ...1 t; Ian frnS,rr3hUCtllrC thVanic' strategy of the whole forward ...:!!" - push culminated in its greatest expres- r uung reserves. ion of effectiveness Saturday. On that " 'Hesany ot preventing the ',,..: hourn after the English had f i ne sa)ient winch would i 'j ,i, -,., nivntnl salient withdrawal from France is "... V",".. ,T1 ..u. to Germans to WO Prisoners Today. ' prisoners taken up to to- jwt indicate a shattered Gor . On the contrary, the Ger WKistiiig with the degree of hitherto nnknown. But the prisoners does the immense )8 which the Germans are wto the conilif t hung put to tho slaughter i ,,n,"l'ngon a height fl could see tho French stead I wt the Hindenburg salient, 'Wc with gass(,s t0 ,uake out M motor lorries behind the BE MARTIN for An agent of the Oregon Fruit com- oanv has iust been at Sutherlin con tracting for bean acreage. He says that his company .will have 2000 acres of beans this year in the w lllaiuette ana Umpqua valleys. Washington, May 7. Herbert C. Hoover, chairman of the food commit tee of the Council of National Defense1 and the administration's consulting ex pert on world food conditions, appear-" ed unexpectedly before the house agri cultural committee to urge immediate action on the administration's food con trol legislation. So important were Hoover's revela tions as to the present world food sup ply, the conference was behind closed doors and it was said his remarks would be subject to careful expurga tion before being made public. The committee is working overtime to dispose of the food legislation, which confers great powers to regulate 'pro duction and distribution of food and punish manipulation, jhnd "preventable waste." It will be foported to the house, it is expected, farly in the week. British AretHelping Chicago, Mav 7.--Aitish food inves tigators, it became ynowB today, are aiding in the "food speculator " inves tigation lieingScoudwted , in Chicago, Boston, Los Angelo iand other largo cities of the wutry by federal author- ,,u.muminnm,-.m.:-- ... formation gleaned by the British food commissioners, who drove eggs in England from $1.10 down to 25 and 30 cents per dozen, will prove invaluable to American officials in breaking the "price fixing ring," a British official stated. "We are looking to get a big net of fish before this week is done in Ameri ca. The time is opportune, as right now there are men, who, for patriotic rea sons, will give up information that at other times is hard to get," said an allied investigator. likewise, "1 look for the courts to deal with an iron $25,000,000 More Is Loaned Great Britain Washington, May 7. An additional loan of 25,0()0,()0d was made today to Great Britain. The transfer wa not attended by the usual formalities. Secretary McAdoo sent a treasury warrant to British Am bassador Sir Cecil Spring-Rice at the British enibass-y and received in return Great Britain's obligation for the num. The loan is a part of 1 00,000,000 which will be turnedovcr to great Bri tain at intervals during the month of May. The fir6t portion was transferred Saturday. The remaining $50,000,000 will be transferred in either of two in stallments within the next three weeks- AMERICAN BUSINESS WILLNOT SUFFER War Will No Doubt Stimulate Many Lines of Production and Industry By Lowell Mellett (United Press staff correspondent) London, May 7. American business has nothing to fear from the war. The profits in Englaild have been above normal since the war began Lord Khondda, president of the local government board and a member of Lloyd-George s cabinet, in making this statement to the United Press, declar ed the American business man frrm the small tradesman up to the biggest capitalist can look optimistically to the future. Lord Ehondda may be best known to Americans as D. A. Thomas his name before elevation to a title. He iB one of the world's captains of industry with interests not only in England, but in France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Brazil and Argentine. He has made frequent visits- to the United States his latest being one undertaken at the request of Premier Lloyd-George to arrange supplies for England and to obtain in formation, as to American business con ditions. "1 have evcr been inclined to urge twrt-Ameriea 'feme in'," Lord Khon kAIlROA STILL III K ALL WANT GHER RATES (Continued on page three.) Men of All Countries, Now American Citizens, Out to Welcome Great Frenchman V,o WtnitniiVinro- linn 111 tllC TCEIOUS sacrifice the' i-,..u . P.iaiiino i,n 'Fronch 'SAi. . Ill iMttlt'CUlUt uuu iviamto . . .ives in an ettort to ,,, , oiv i-iin, (four miles of tne soiunern pivoiai wurui i" gion of Moulin Lattaux. Whole Line Menaced. The double success of the allied arm ies tn dnv menaces the entire Hinoen- I burg retreat line from its two most vital points. The, victories consimiu- mic first great objectives toward which every French and English action since the beginning of the great offensive has i strategically contributed. The Frenah advances on the Hinden burg salient is only a small portion of their success in the second great drive since April 16 This fighting has cov ered a front of nearly 22 miles includ ing the entire length of Chemin Des Dames (the ladies highway) with ex tensions to the east and northwest. Now the entire daonnc plateau uas i nintAat ha jmtira summit of the ridge dominating the plateau and descending toward iaon uas uren ,'tured; nearly 13 milesfof Chemin Des I Dames is held, all of the road but a 'small portion in the vicinity of Fort Malmaisou. The new French positions formerly constituted the greatest obsta cle, when they were in German hands, to Nivelle's advance to lmuu. I dominate the valley of the Ailette, down which the French kept up Satur day's and Sunday's operations. But. in addition to this great succcts, another epochal victory has been reg istered by the Frencn on tne nui-nii- frftnt.- There, or Friday, uenerai -tvi-velle iiiitated an offensive north and east of the Eheims which carried the French over several heights. The vie- I tory mav soon liberate Rheims, as tne I German " hate target. , When the French, on Katuruay mov ing, leaped out of their trenebse in the Aisno assault, the German first lines were literally gorged with men under orders to die resisting. Hardly had the, French beat oowu these linos of human flesh and attain' i their first objective, capturing and kill ing thousands, than the Germans initiat ed fresh counter-attacks. They were By George Martin (United Press staff correspondent) St. Louis, Mo., May 7. The middle west's unrivalled reception of the great French warriors and statesmen is at an end and with the Inst long cheers of the flag-strewn crowd which watched tne special out of sight hew today, cheering in tho distance, Premier Vi viani and General Joffre turned their steps toward the grave of Lincoln. Perhaps the most impressive aim sig nificant moment of the French commis sion 's tour of the west will come when, in the presence of a great gathering of those common people for whom all three have given the best efforts of their lives,' Rene Viviani and Joseph Tnffi-p lenders in the war for the email 1 r. ! S - ?j ft I r 3 ut TftlllA .1 ... "ttat ,1,, ', ' fashioned r aapf j' 1 "ft fer a bar in,,..? Lts o' n. ... 1 'UK i . -.".via. n-w. tk'worV k th'W dipped colors of the American garden snot and sped across Indiana into the east for other conquests. But for the moment, the eyes of tho world are turned toward three great figures in history, who meet in spirit todav in the shadowy silence of the rugged and immortal rail splitter's resting place. These three have much in common dda told the United Press, "and this, notwithstanding me fact that I was aboard the Lusitania when the Ger mans torpedoed her. 1 have consistent ly believed that America would do the right thing but that it was America's own problem. "Now that America has taken the step, I feel free to assure American businessmen among whom 1 have a great number of friends that possible fears for business disaster through the war are likely to prove unfounded. "Certainly it has not been that case in England, except in isolated instances m some lines. The government realized $700,000,000 from its excess profits tax last year. That means proms above the normal before the war profits. The prof its last year were $1,160,000,000, since $700,000,000 represents the sixty per cent tax. "Moreover, last year's profits were achieved with but little evidence of so called profiteerings- Labor obtained its due proportion in increased wages as witnessed by ability of tho working men to meet the increased cost of liv ing and at the same time spend more. "The latter fact is one of the rea sons why tradesmen have not suffered as perhaps they anticipated. "Please don't misunderstand me war isn't a business any truly civiliz ed eovernment should enter for the pur pose of making profit, but. it is one of tne strange iacis luciuumni iu wi that such has been the case. "America, like England, need not contemplate the wrecking of the fabric of its business life. "America knows what hard times neriods are though fortunately the wisdom of the new financial system in At Lincoln's Tomb . 1( J W1SUUIII Ul Hit llYT AiHWlifW. J Men of tew words, all of them; and gtitutcd by prcsj,ient Wilson's admin- ui Sia. v.mo. , istration has obviated a recurrence oi Only a moment of the hour s stop at . th which onee period. Springfield will be allotted to the sim- j . ' nffUcted business. A war such emancipator of a nation- jnpn wno arc ,)0r,ig the most to bring That the heart of the west and lt3that praVer to realization on a world sword and storehouses-have been l'leug : wic)e lS(,ale win Btand face to face be ed and are being taken back .1oifore a,j nation3. France by the allies' battle commission i As the ,ast strains 0f tnc star Span ers there is no doubt. Jgled Banner float out "over the land Millions of Americans thousands of thfi f.ee ftnd tlie nome 0f tne brave" German birth among them stood " t)iere wiu ,-isc the thrilling bars of the the line of marcn in tiucagu uuu -stops cheered them to the echo. The 1 n .1 a.. .-1....... 4-1. tirtnrrli progress or tne imriy nu-iii-c i.t' pie ceremony at Lincoln s tomb. But I lncrica faCes can't be compared in that nioment tne man wno prayeu;f(n. itg elIeet Qn busineg9 with those on the battieiiem or ueiiysourg iuat, fm.me. hard timc periods. "government ot the people, tor tne .RvntH have made it necessary that her freedom to th the world on cipation ot the world, (to nomage , le and ,, the people shall not per- . firht. tn retain fore the tomb ot Aorunam iiiconi, t , -.. f, cart, " and two of the "r t' T7"j" . if i , .. 4.1... .: i cukojiw i """-" (Continued on page two.) corn and wheat belts to Kansas wry .n.i wk tn St. Louis was a blazed trail of triumph for allied arms. Three Flags Flying "The stars and stripes and the tri color have been inextricably mingled in the middle west in the last five days," said a member of the party as the train left St. Louis today. In all the millions of mixed citizenry alongside the line of march as the Frenchmen passed it has been all "vive la France" and not one whisper of "hoch der kaiser." And if there is any one incident which has touched the hearts of the French more than any other among countless incidents by which the middle west has attested its devotion to the allies' cause, , it was that of a little farmer lad who stood alone in the midst of rolling fields be side the track, far out in tne vw -;i.l. nf Illinois, bravely waving flag three tunes as largo a the train whizzed by. , Today, after leaving Springfield, the French' commission bowed farewell to MnrKoillaise Joffre, red cap of the marshal of i France in hand, betoKening mm as tne black a wane one who more than any other, one, un sheathed "the avenging sword," will step forward and silently place a wreath on Lincoln's tomb. KILLED AT HAKRISBTTRG Harrisburg, Ore., May' 7. W. M. Kcott aee 7J, deaf and almost blind, was bit and instantly killed by Shasta Limited here this morning ao.mp.i on the track when the was only a few feet away. FLOWER $15.00 Minneapolis, Minn., May 7. Best grades of flonr jumped 40 cents a bar rel todav, reaching 015, the highest mark inthe history of the local flour ex change, it is gaid. . the He train ntras even terms but for the reasons I have given, the fight itself won't work dis asler to tho present business struc Wheat Up five Cents Closes at $IM Demand They Be Permitted a 15 Per Cent I ncrease, and Say This Will Not Keep Them Even Claim They Must Have More Rolling Stock and Evidently Want Country to Present It To ThemIncreased Cost of Coal and Lah&r the Main Excuse Given Make figures Fit Arguments Washington, May 7.-Eastern railroads-today pleaded with the interstate commerce commission for a fifteen per cent increase in rates. To support their contention that such a raise is vital, they presented figures running into millions and billions. The cost of operating necessities, including labor, has soared so tremendously, they declared, that practically all their surplus earnings would be absorbed this year. . In their opening statement the railroads cited their 1916 expenses for coal, wages and materials at $1,015,000, 000; their indicated 1917 expenses for the same items at $1,232,000,000, or an increase this year of $217,000,000. Wages alone in 1916 were $701,000,000, while the indicated 1917 wages will be $770,000,000, due to high rates under the Adamson law and to other increases. 1 The high cost of coal absorbs an added $58,000,000 on the eastern lines, the roads' representatives said, while advanced material costs mean about $90,000,000 addition al, provided proper upkeep is maintained. - The $217,000,000 increase was based on items which canndt be stably determined, while the roads argued that they need much new rolling stock, all of which is fifty to one hundred per cent higher than a year ago. Would Still Be Loser. : POPtlMOCHE OF HOME RULE No Statement Made But He Endorses: "The Rights of SmaB Nations" By John H. Hearly, . (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Home, May 7. Pope Benedict may throw the weight of his influence ia tho Irish situation, according to in formation from high Vatican authorities today. , . , . .. ' Official expression was unobtainable, but it was reiterated that the holy father "emphatically endorses, the rights of small nations." This expression was given signifi cance as applying to Ireland by an- tAO mn nnn ' nouncement of the impending selection J''uu,uuu'.of Monsignor Ccrretti, long a student of Irish and American affairs, as papal secretary of state for extraordinary ec clesiastical affairs. The new post does not affect Card inal Gasparri's work as papal secretary, but establishes a new sphere of Vatican, activity. Monsignor Ccrretti was formerly papel representative in Mexico anil papal auditor at Washington under Cardinal Palconio. At present ho is papal nuncio at Australia. Creation of tho new Vatican post aroused further interest today in re ports that the Vatican had been ad vised by its South American ministers of the pending entry into the war of "almost all" Latin-American nations. The pope's peace message of Satur day was regarded as signfiicant in this connection. Tho holy father has also oeen in formed, it was said, that other nations in Europe and Asia may be drawn in to the conflict. Chicago, Hay 7. The wheat market congested at the opening showed a de cided upward trend today. Mai wheat opened up l a and later aavancea rive c:i;ts to July opened up 1-2 and subfe(iientiy advanced another half to $2.25 1-2. September opened down 1-4 and lator advanced 3-4. Corn was doll at the opening, later showing slight movement. May opened up 1-4 and later advanced an additional 1-4, going to $1-53 1-2. July opened unchanged and gained 3-8 to $1.43 3-4. September opened unchanged and de clined f-8 to $1.35 3-4 later. . Oats opened slightly higher, but sub- seouentlv declined. Ofefnngs were light. May opened up 1-8, later losing fi7 1-4. .Tulv opened unchanged and later declined 3-4 to 63 1-8. September opened down 1-8, later declining 3-8 to nwii. () May 7. Co-eds 6f Ober- Provisions som u iuw. . OnerJis, u., Mf., . ' , lltot aT1j tv. poVness in the main iXTTO- to the excessi7.y this season! receiPts and lowcr b0 marlie Five of the big eastern systenig esti mated that, even with the desired rate increases, they would still be "behind the board," as a result of the far high er operating costs. The lines argued that, despite the rec ord 1916 earnings, tho return on invest ment in the eastern lines was but C.53 per cent, wherf as ' ' the average ineomo on property investment for the past four years of record gross earnings was only five per cent." For some years, the roads said, the rate of income has been steadily drop ping, due to the fact that rates of serv ice have been practically stationary, while costs of operation have continued their upward trend. Moreover, the qual ity of service has been efficiently heightened, the roads contended. Detailed reports were submitted by day, tending to show differences in tho five largest eastern systems to day, tending to show differences in the estimated increases in expenses for 1917 end the increased revenues from the requested rate advancs, as follows: v Estimated Increases. Pennsylvania Estimated increase in expenses $51,900,000, rate against an in crease asked, it',rf9,l4l,uuu. New York Central r.eninst. $33,247,000. Baltimore & Ohio $16,600,000, against $12,78G;000. New Haven $12,300,000, against $5, 102,000. Erie $10,000,000, against $6,915,000. Urging the 15 per cent freight in crease, Alfred H. Smith, president of the New York Central lines, declared the railroads might break down unless revenues were increascdi After pointing out that prices as a whole were higher, Smith said: "The railroad must pay rising prices 'for what is used and it -can with the greatest difficulty raise its own rates to offset these. But such a process, equity in the property is slowly but surely cxtiugi'ished and if it is con tinued the f hu st transportation machine will eventually be broken down.' ' W natterted the roads would be put to extra expenses by having to build tracks at mobilization camps and erect additional terminal facilities tor hand ling troops. Day ili J.B hwwssmj. Tn increase in freight rates for the railroads is absolutely necessary if con ditions surrounding the railroads are riAt tn heroine a menace to the country, Samuel Eea, president of the Pennsyl vania railroad, told tne commuiee. - The roads, he said, face inadequate facilities and insufficient credit and this menace cannot be overcome with out a substantial increase in receipts. Eca declared that if the entire ad vance the roads ask were granted, the Pennsylvania still would be $12,000,000 worse off in 1917 than in 1916. Although the roads aro mentioned as asking a 15 per cent increase, Eea said the in increase would approximate 13.31 per cent, because less than 15 per cent would be derived on increases on coal, ore and coke. Eea gave increased expenses of the Pennsylvania this year at $51,892,000, due to extraordinary increases in costs of material and labor. Howard Elliott, chairman of the New Haven, declared a 15 per cent increase would not nav tho increase in tne coal bill of his road. He said the most his road would expect from the increase would be $3,500,000 and that indications are that hij coal bill will be increased $6,000,000 over last year. TIRST AMERICAN UNIT t.,,.-,o rv 1. A unit of Americans who DfiH e officially classed as fight- in men will begin wont ai u. Wednesday carrying munitions t French fighters. . A. Piatt Andrews, in cimijjc - American ambulance corps, bm announcement today. THE WEATHER . ME FOR. TrtEA Oregon: Fair, cooler tonight with light frost west and heavy frost east portion; Tuesday f air j northerly winds.