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STROP IN
F1NTHESKY
On Fire'While Far
1 a Flash of Blaz
I Meteors
PERATE ATTACK
I Making Hercu
.is to Cement His
Line
CROP CONDITIONS
IN MIDDLE WEST
BELOWAVERAGE
Winter Wheat Badly Hart In
Most Sections and Yield
Will Be Light
ILLINOIS MAKES BEST
SHOWING GENERALLY
jam Pdillip Simms
fs (taW correspondent)
ilijh Armies in the Field
3 l!rili."h ncropliiiH'o to-
inn Herman bn Moons
ten of a vigorous aei'ml
British flyers. The weath-
nd especially favorable
tlie cUmils.
w ballooim were set afire
shells while far aloft
iug to the ground. Two
ruck down bv iintisu
hoverhiK close over the
In the cose of tlie other
4 airmen careless of nnti-
,jS, slipped U to liungnrs
'wplosives on the "sau-
,tt loosed for flight.
a still Koing on violently
Inmocoiirt. At the time
sent, the (ioniums were
tuliir.it thut portion of
m line held by British
southwest border of the
;,r Big bodies of German
massed in the southwest
i'laae for this attack, but
tar proven fruitless. .
; night a violent Ue.rma.-t
at a British sector north :
!) succeeded in gaining
iittle ground, but despite
f of the attackers in num
i not attain their evident
ting of the liritish f rom
tporary Deadlock
7 8. Another deadlock
kave been temporarily
in the fighting along the
iitie positions held bv the
i Marshal Haig's report
!n of any major fight
aing the night 'anil early
anting a great number of
t sides, scattered along a
artillery was active at
g the night at a uum
. particularly between Fre
the statement said.
In the neighborhood of
and Knu (Juissart we
-Ol raids.
f Arinentiercs a small
anted our linos yesterday
-',' a hand to hand
'vcn out, leaving a few
' ' our men are niissin"
another enemy
'T"'K ""''ulean efforts
;.' the crumbling pice
t;'kK! lino by reckless
ner troops' blood. Bat-
oetailcii almost eon
-itai'Ks against both
" ' pencil fronts at the
' niiidenburg defenses
Haigand Ni-
8 German Version
4 r ' erman
..-" reeaptured prenov
,,' Whmg more ths
uiaeiiiiie aims
Nebraska Hard Hit by Ex
treme Coid Some Increase
In Acreage
rhieago, Xfr.y 8. While congress has
been talking about the war the western
farmer hn been doing his bit, ome
timeH helped ami Homo times hindered
by the lpfe tipriug and "May unow
atorniH." A canvass of the, agricultural center
of the middle west showed these condi
tions:' Minnesota, North and South Dakota
Continued cold, rains and seed short
age threaten to cut down acreage. Seed
ing in the Ked Kier valley is a week
or 10 days late. "Acreage will be about
10 per cent less than tifft planned.
Minnesota nereago increased, how
ever, 10 to HO per ceut. In the cen
tral Missouri valloy only 10 per cent
of the usual small grain planting is
in.
Iowa-uonsiderauie increase in acre
age reported from 10 to 15 per cent in
grains and from 15 to 20 per cent in
potatoes, beans, jwwt corn and other
canning vegetables. Farm labor short
age felt but not acute.
Nebraska About (SO per cent of the
winter wheat and 50 per cent, of the
winter alfalfa has been ruined by cold,
wet weaOiMv,, Many farmers plowing
wheat and alfalfa, under and putting in
potatoes. Indications point toward a
fine spring crop, especially oats. Wet
weather had delayed corn plowing, but
if weather continues warm soil will be
in best condition in vears.
Texas Wheat in 70 per cent normal
and oats GO per cent, t orn not an plant
ed but outlook eood. Cotton shows an
increased acventre with Biospeets tor
'four million balPs.
Missouri and Kansas Crop outlook
much more 'favorable since recent rains,
Corn crop especially good and
HERE'S HOW TO
FLY OLD GLORY
. (By United 1'reoN.)
Wanbington, May 8. For the
guidance of punlej patriots, the
war department has prescribed
hi simple formula for hanging
the American flag as it should
be hung:
Wherever possible hang the
flag from a staff, and not
against the wall use buiitiug
for the wall.
If, however, a flag is hung
against a wall, the field of star
nbould be always to the north
on a north and south street,
and to the least on an east and
west street.
, Never hang it horizontally, if
possible to Lang it otherwise,
but if hung horizontally, the end
containing the stars should be at
the north or east.
Army regulations call for the
.flag to fly from sunrise to sun
set, but it is optional with the
individual whether it shall fly
at uight.
GERMAN PEACE OFFER
CANNOT BE RELIED 0
SBIM
TliEilSER
5 , -j,
Attacked Wfcila Motoring to
Berlin Two Strike Ton-Keau-0ne
Gos Wild
Rome, May 8.-Ka.Hssej William had a
narrow escape from a assassin's bullet
while motoring to Berlin, a Zurich dis
patch to the Corriere JJ'ltalia asserted
today. An unidontfAd man fired
three idiots at the kaiser's car, two of
them itriking the tonneau, the third go
ing wild. Ho was arrested. The dis
patch said the noi ice were silcr.t on the
incident. " ' 14
The greatest precautions have always
been taken to guard the kaiser from at-
fimister to Denmark says in a. ,,"ih p? 'ith? -
might learn of hia whereabouts. Cir
cumstantial stories have told of special
precautious taken miring the frequent
automobile trips such as an extra car
made up to resemble 4 -baggage auto
mobile in which' the kaiser actuallv
rides, while preceding t is his gorgeous
decorated automobile With a man re
sembling the kaiser seated inside.
The newspaper Corrierc D'ltalia is
the clerical organ in Rome.
EXPLOSION IN JAPAN
San Francisco, May 8.
Fifty persons were killed and
many injured, 4,000 residenr-es
were destroyed and over 30
factories, warehouses and pub
lic buildings demolished as a re
sult of a powder explosion at
Osaka, Japan, on Sunday, ac
cording to a private cable today
to the Japanese-merkan News of
San Francisco.
- MONEY FOR FRANCE
Washington, May 8. A loan
of $100,000,000 was. made today
to France.
This is France's first share in
the $5,000,000,000 war chest.
.Secretary McAdoo turned
over a treasury warrant 'for the
sum to French Ambassador Jus
setrand and received in return
tlie obligation of the French
government for the sum.
!
WILL ASK BILLION
TO BUILD WOODEN
ID STEEL SHIPS
Entire Power of Government
To Be Concentrated On
Ship Building
MAY BE FINAL MEANS OF
BEATING SUBMARINES
Any Offer Is Made Only to
Secure More Time
By Arthur a, Ziiann.
(United Press staff correspondent.)
Copenhagen, May 8. "Any German
peace proposal at this time simply indi
cates the determination of a tremend
ously organized and still powerful na
tion to gain its own ends," declared
American Minister Maurice Kgan today,
in a warning to the people of America,
voiced through the United Fress. He
appealed to his fellow countrymen not
to be deceived by German peace du
plicity and not to slacken their war pre
parations under the mistaken impres
sion that the Germans are really ready
to quit. . -
; No 'Amcrfeau official is more convers
ant with German conditions than Min
ister Egan, a veteran diplomat, long and
brilliantly serving the United States at
Conenhacren. has made an especial study
of Germany and the Germans, no less
than the ramifications or teutonic pro
How strongly he feels the insincerity
of Germany's "peace feelers" which
have been flooding Kurope recently- is
indicated in the 'fact that he decided to
violate diplomatic precedent which for
liidu nn nnvov expressing personal views
much or granting interviews. But l.gan de
(Continued from page three.)
(Continued on page two.)
Salem Banks' Fine Showing
Deposits Total $6,073,051.98
an3 Resources $7.261,618. 75
LI
ACTUAL SOLUTION OF
SUBMARIKEHENACE
IS CLOSIpMD
Competent Navy Authority
Spoke Confidently and
Without Reservation
1,. 1917, statement of th
banks showed the follow-
The May
four Salem
ing: wjr'.
Total deposits $0,073,051.93
Total resources 7,2(51,618.75
Total loans and discounts.. 3,178,809.95
in 200
today's
OH nnoa 1 i
s MARTIN
;
U MP I
1
(8 ton 1
ws iLV,,hToe ns. -A
There must be some prosperity stand
ing around somewhere as the total de
po.sits in the four Salem banks amount
to more than six million dollars, the
largest amount ever held-
The chances are the farmers are re
sponsible for this increase djiring the
year There is a general impression
with a lot of truth to back it ttiat u
is the farmer wno is Buying me oeuer
class ol automobiles and that it i-a the
farmer who will have to dodge the rev
enue officers to avoid the. income tax.
Anvhow. there is an abundance oi
money in this part, of the valley regard
less of the question as to who has it.
And while tliere is more man six
lions on deposit, the s.'atements of the
four banks show that only $3,178,809.95
ban been loaned. And against this
amount of money loaned, the resources
of the banks amount to $7,201,018.75.
These figure are according to the
sworn statements made by the banks
May 1, 1917, ns required by law.
Some Comparisons.
Comparing the figures of this mouth
with those of one year ago the state
ments show that the deposits are now
$1,254,361.82 larger. There is ono and
a quarter millions or more money to the
credit of the accounts of citizens of
Salem and vicinity than .one.yeor ago.
The bank -statements on the call made
for the first of May, 1917, show the
following, with a, comparison of one
year ago: .'
The Ladd & Busli bank had on deposit
$3,442,547.99, while oiio year ago it was
$2,670,588.83. Their loans and discounts
for May 1, 1917, were $1,544,388.91,
while for tlie same date one year age
they were $1,430,161.60. The total re
sources of the bank have increased to
$3,996,769-53 for Mar "Of this year, from
$3,220,301.30 of the same date of a year
ago. - . ." " ' ;V " -'
The Capital National bank had on de
posit May 1, 1917, the sum of $854,288.
73, while one year ago it had $702,620.-
11. Its loans and discounts for May 1
of this year were $415,339.37, and for
the same date of 1910, the amount was
$451,791.51. The total resources of the
bank May 1, 1917, were $1,117,098.31.
Ono year ago they were $974,990.11.
The Salem Bank of Commerce had on
deposit May 1, 1917, the sum of $264,
142.85, while one year ago its deposits
wcre $200,090.25. Its loans and dis
counts were, on May 1, 1917, $208,884.
71. On the sumo date one year ago they
were $1,245,390.97. Its loans and dis
of the bank May 1, 1917, were $321,150.
75, showing a material increase for the
year as on May 1, 1910, they were $253,-038.90.
The United States National bank had
nn ilnnosit when the call came for a
ntntement Mav 1. 1917, the sum of $1:
512,072.41. One year ago their deposits
were $1,243,390 97. Its loans and dis
counts on the first of May of this year
were $1,010,256.96, while one j'ear ago
they were $!,34,391.57. The total re
sources of the bank May 1, 1917, were
$1,720,594.16, while one year ago they
were $l,478,8i,4.64.
In other words, every bank in ,Salem
shows a material increase in the amount
of business it is doing, in the deposits
compared to one year ago and in the to
tal resources.
Washington, May 8. That an actual
solution of the submarine menace is
close at hand was the view expressed
officially by a competent navy depart'
ment authority today.
His opinion was given while W. L.
Saunders and other members of the
naval consulting board were at the de
partment to confer with Secretary of
the Navy Daniels on anti-submarine in
ventions recently considered by the
board.
This authority declared that "we are
getting down to brass tacks." The lines
of effort, he felt, are converging to
ward a successful outcome. Inventions
have been tried out and several groups
of men .working on the problem are be
ginning to co-ordinate their work in the
direction of an actual solution.
Every branch of science is being used
in solving tlie submarine problem. The
most, nrominent workers, an scientific
and inventive lines are assisting.
The plan reported by Saunders in an
interview last Saturday in New York
was said not to have crystalized enf
tircly. though the general work of the
ltiiiir board is lamdly coming to
a head.
"W:e must find some means of meet
ing this situation I believe we will very
soon," paid the authority.
"Would you say a solution is just
ahead" he was asked-
"I believe not," he replied.
The speaker is known as an author
ity ou inventions and would scarcely
make so bold a prediction of success
without having his facts well in hand.
fiHpntlv and without res-
that. 'the situation will
be met very soon.
Claims There Is But One Sen
timentThinks United
States "Not Informed"
By Jdjn Orandens
(United Press staff correspondent)
Berlin, via London, May 8 Presi
dent Wilson is at error if he thinks
there is a line of distinction between
the German people and the German
leaders, according to Ernst Stresso
mann, liberal reichstag leader.
"A world war, with, two million Ger
man volunteers, would have been im
possible if there had been any differ
ence between our people and our gov
ernment, ' ' he told the United Press to- j
day.
; 'The breach with. America is the nat
ural result of an English, propaganda
operated for a score or more ' years.
When 1 visited the United States in
1912, I saw what a caricature Germany
had been made in American eyes,- with
out knowledge of which Wilson's ef
fort to separate the German people and
their government is inexplicable.
'The German parliament is based on
the freest electoral system in the world
Th kaiser is more limited in his acts
of imperial power than the president ot
the United States.
Sings the Old Song
"America has ialready fought us like
an enemy. Our children are insufficient-
AD Work Interfering With
This Will Be Suspended
Temporarily
1111 SELECTED TO
LEAD REGIMENTS
GOING TO FRANCE
About 300 Officers cf Engi
neer Corps YflI Accom
pany This Force
3,000 ENGINEERS MAKE
TENDER OF SERVICES
These Had Been Recruited by
Roosevelt As Part of ISs
Two Divisions
Washington, May 8. The administra
tion will ask congress for a billion dol
lar appropriation to build steel and
wooden merchant ships ,H was learned
today.
The entire power of the government
and the resources of the nation are to
be concentrated in a gigantic building
program to thwart the kaiser's U-boats,
Every item of tho program of the
shipping board and the administration
will be pushed to the limit. It is hoped
that the appropriation asked will be
given within a week.
Product of all steel, coal and iron
companies of the country, insofar as
they arc necessary, will be given over
by the government to speed tho great
building program.
Work on private contracts will be
stopped. I
Those holding contracts for private
supply will bo recompensed-
An appraisement board is to be organ
ized to pay a fair amonnt of damages
to individuals and corporations, where
private work is stopped and the product
of plants ta.tcn over. All or ine sieei
plants of the country win do spceaea
ur on the government work.
;, Supplies f or. brtdge building; fat stel
skyscrapers and in tne masing or smaii
steel articles will be halted and all of
the available plants turned to ship
work.
The Council of National Defense haB
an inventory of all ot the steel, coal,
iron and coke plants of the country and
of the coal mines. The council is pre
pared to toll off the quantity of pro
duction in all of these plants needed on
the government work.
It. i not contemplated that these in
dustries will be taken over or operated
iiv the iTovernment. They are to be
"j o-
(Continued on page three.)
(Continued on Page Three.)
Visitors Special Derailed
Accident Not Malice, Cause
Party Shaken But Not Hurt
FIRST CONTINGENT SAILS
New York, May 8. An Amer
ican hospital contingent of 20
surgeons, 65 women nurses and
153 enlisted men sailed for Eu
rope from a United States port
today. It was the first corps to
go abroad with regular United
States army surgeons in its per
sonnel. A' surgeon of the reg
ular army is in command. A
number of the surgeons are from
Lakeside hospital, Cleveland,
Ohio. . '
Wheat Soars Again '
Sells jit$2.96 Bushel
Chicago, May 8 A general belief that
the governmnt crop report to bo re
leased after the close of tho grain pits
today will shew a relatively small yield
of w'inter wheat, caused May wheat to
soar 12 3-4 points above yesterday's
close today. May wheat opened up 2 3-4,
and later advanced 10 cents to $2.96
per bushel. ,
Flour advanced $1 per barrel to
$15.60. , ,
July wheat opened down 1-4 and later
advanced 4 3-4, going to $2.30 3-4- Sep
tember opened unchanged and gained 3
cents on the advance, going to $1.93 1-2.
Corn influenced by the bullishness
in wheat, showed good gains 'after a
firm opening. May corn opened up 5-8,
JAvr,onn 3 1-2 to $1.56 1-2. July
opened up 1-4 and later advanced 1 to
$1 45. September opened unchanged
id imhseouently advanced 3-4 to $1.-
" ' By George Martin
, (United Press staff correspondent)
With the French War Commission,
Effingham, 111., May 8. Traveling on
a new special train, the French war
commissioners resumed their tour of
the middle west today, following the
wreck which shook up members of' the j
.party last night. The new special was
to leave Effingham at 9 a. m. It's sched
ule was largely kept a secret.
Assistant Secretary of State Long,
in the chill grav hours of just before
dawn, announced that tho new train
was ready. Marshal .loffre, Former
Premier Viviani and the others trans
(Wrnl ttipir heloneinss and the trip
was resumed. Long also announced the
spec ial would stop ten minutes at Tcrre
Haute, an nour ana u ijuuiici i
dianapoliB and the same length of time
at Columbus, Ohio. Beyond that the
new schedule is unknown. ;
It was learned early today that in
vestigation at the scene of the accident
near Areola, 111., disclosed a broken rail
about 20 feet behind the rear end of
the wrecked train. This might have
been broken by the two heavy engines
niillinnr the train.
The French special was derailed, ex
perts decided, when cars jumped off
the rails and the wheels shattered the
fish plates which join the rails, thus
allowing them to spread. ;-
Government officials practically de
cided today that the derailment was
an accident. The train was composed
of five steel cars drawn by two engines
and wm running eastward at forty
miles an hour over the Pennsylvania
line. Three cars were ditched and all
aboard shaken up but none hurt.
Did Not Excite Joffre
After the jolt M. Hovelacque, French
inspector general of public instruction,
Viviani, Admiral Chopechrap, Detausan
and other members of the party regard
piI their escaoe as miraculous. If the
cars had been French, or wooden con
struction, they agreed that many might
have been killed. Some members of the
oe-
when tho crash came. The luxuriously
appointed car, bedecked with rod and
white roses, became a scene of turbu
lent confusion as it banged along the(
tips, .loffre and the others wero show-1
erod with unsolicited bouquests as the
vases unset. Plates of soup, ice cream,
chicken and asparagus salad flew into
the laps of the distinguished French
men.
Amid the flying food and flowers.
Marshal Joffre grasped the window
ledge and remained unperturbed. When
the jolting, swaying car finally came
to a crashing stop awry on mo true
the marshal of France arose, assured
himself that there had been no casual
ties and quietly picked his way out of
the wreckage. Ho plodded back to his
state room in the observation, sat in
stolid calm, awaiting relief from the
unpleasant1 situation.
Emergency Brake Saved Them
John Redmond, veteran engineer of
the Vandalia, living at Areola, 111., was
the hero and savior of the French par
tv. The front car had blocked the track
and if Redmond had not jammed on his
emergency brakes the moment he felt
the bumping, the balance of the train
would have piled up.
A farmer boy giving tne name oi
Weinburg came running across the
fields in the darkness just after the
wreck and described having seen a
mysterious man leaving the scene fit-
Washington, May 8. About 300 of
ficers of tho engineers' reserve corps
will bo selected to accompany the nine
engineer regiments soon going to
France. -
The only drafts from the rcgnlar
army to aid this expedition the first
to carry the flag abroad will be a
colonel and an adjutant of the engineer
corps to head each regiment.
It is assumed that the reserve of-ficem-will
give the men basic military
instructions and that it will not be
necessary to call upon the regular estab
lishment for training purposes.
The war department anticipates that
the railway brotherhoods will aid in the
work of , getting trained railway men
who shall rebuild worn out railway
lines and create new means of commun
ication behind the battle lines.
It is understood tnat America , will
soon Turnisn equipment ror ine rail
ways of France. Much rolling stocU.
and trackage is in bad condition from
the strain ot constant hard usage etunng
the war, while it has been nearly impos
sible to give the equipment tne proper
care to maintain it in anything like
normal condition, - , , s
. The war department announced today
the following commanders of each regi
ment with their adjutants:
First New York, Lieutenant Colonel
C. H. McKinstry; Adjutant O. X H.
Price.
Second St. Louis, Colonel Curtis
McD. Townsend; Captain C. L. Hall.
Third Chicago, Colonel W. C. I.ang
fitt; Captain R. D. Black.
, Fourth Boston, Major W. P. Wool
ten; Lieutenant L. E. Atkins.
Fifth Pittsburg, Lieutenant Colonel
Edgar Jadwin; Lieutenant B. B. Somer-
vcl1- ' , ,
Sixth Detroit, Lieutenant Colonel
Harry Burgess; Captain R. F. Nowler.
Seventh Atlanta, Major John S- Se
well; Lieutenant P. C. Ballard. .
Eighth San Francisco, Lieutenant
Colonel J. P. Cavahaugh; Lieutenant J.
B. Crest. ,
TCintii Phi adelnhia. Lieutenant i-oi-
onel Herbert DeKyne; Lieutenant W. F.
Tompkins.
3,000 Are Ready.
New York, May 8 Three thousand
engineers who enlisted with Colonel
Roosevelt's division today offered their
services to the government as part of
the first unit of Americans to go to the
front in France- .
T C. Desmond, who organized the
engineers, for Colonel Roosevelt, offered
the services of men to Secretary Baker
after a conference witn tne coioni, uur
ine which the latter urged him to take
. " . . a.. lit,. mil rl t(k
the Bhortest way io gt-i
France, even though it takes men from
the volunteer division. '
"Our men can go into camp on a
moment's notice," Desmond said. "A
recruiting office for one regiment of
engineers will bo opened tomorrow in
New York. Lieutenant- Colonel C. H.
McKinsley will command the first le
serve remment, which will be recruited.
It will consist of 1,061 enlisted men and
37 officers." '
GOLF AND POTATOES
: - l Provisions,
"t sl'gntlT
and subsequently a
36 3-4.
Oats opened
:it. ta mo inr p-rainS
r '"' . "V iS ft A In A3 7.S Son. tlio roiln
5-8 to 08 J. W""" - r -";;m.,br of the French com-
tember l- to - .im -nlleeted through
dfipr a strung uueinni;, uiioaiu" n ,. . .. ,,
out. They were sitting
t..nA4 . lint erainotl IWnli AnmmtHflinn inclined tO the
May advanceo lief that uerman pium-i Bl.. ......
in the diner
(Continued on page two.)
DOES IT MEAN BTJSSIA? '
Moscow, Idaho, May 8. Potatoes
rival golf balls on the links of the lo
cal golf club. The club hasn't plowe
up the links to convert . the ground int
a big potato patch, but it has rented a
tft-nPT.. tract, of which at least 10 acres
be devoted to tne cumvamm
Should the venture Do a oiff
financially, the clnb will u
to start construction oi a
will
spuds,
success
the money
clubhouse.
The women of Middletown (N. Y.),
have formed a rifle club.
Amsterdam, May 8. German
Imperial Chancellor Von Beth
mann-Hollweg has postponed his
advertised peace address "in
anticipation of events soon
which will facilitate his task,"
according to an explanation
printed today in the Berlin Lok-,k
al Anzeiger. The newspaper in
this connection reports 4 ' rumors
of an .agreeable, political event
as being imimnent which it is
hoped will not miscarry."..
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