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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1917
ASSAULTS
BACK
sendons Counter
Against French
Lose Heavily
ST TUESDAY
MLY REGAINED
Front Tide of Bat
.inging In Allies
Favor
iiam PklUp Siaims.
$s stufr correspondent.)
Jtish Armies in tho Field,
inilous srrafks of mussed
4 artillery fire on linlli
y stubborn resistance and
mei nttuck marked the
tint uitllit nrnl early to
alleeourt ami (invrelle. No
'.-.n inflicted by British
I to stop the Gorman at -sir
massed lines literally
itafk vrns thus repelled by
jrees around the Guvrelle
sifht. It was preceded by
man bomhardmeiit of the
a eame the assaulting
hem the British 'field guns
v guns poured a typhoon of
'Jermans wavered uud ro-
ile same instant, the en
fold! attack near Fresnoy,
, the north of the wind
rf ihey were dispersed by
.pry fire.
inter attacks, following
direeted west of village,
a. the British line. Th
a ton-runs just adjacent to
iit of Fresnoy.
vi last night the German.1
r aost intense nervousness
Mound Bulleenurt. There
guns sprayed a constant
in front, of the British
T; enemy evidently feared
A
defense artifice was iitil
? places on the front.
rtillei'v was exceedingly ae.'
she night between Oojoul
'"achy as well as at intervals
rue river froitf.
Mhis is written the British
wdeil in taking- a trench
: ':off farm.
"ither dawned today, male
1 wvation easy.
8tag!S to British.
V .-Tlie tide of battle
; ,M swinging in favor of
a way. Ejected 'from f1
wpcrior weight of. Gorman
"f m!We with fresh di
ray. Marshal Kn lir ill in ii
anew early today and
anct tu l ional v per
:i tnere. At the time of
':noon wport, he detailed
" I"1"' of the K,.0Uii
y:""'ans ana an improve
ftish position to the west
;loss, however, is ot yet
e temporary German
JH will admittedly ham-
JMWhons i the tun.inK
; around Fresnoy now
JU struggle of 'miKhty
: s, o The 0er19re
V' ; tli" Position, know.
. ; objective, and the Brl-
'"ued to carry through
TODOMEN'SWORK
IN ALL BRANCHES
An Industrial Army of Mil
lions to Release Men for
Actual Service
RAILROADS TO EMPLOY
MANY IN ROUTINE WORK
Northwest Women Will Tackle
arm Work One Saw Mill
Employs Them
New York, May 9.-Thousands of wo-
men in all parts of the L'uitod .States
are preparing to replace men called to
the colors. Statistics gathered by the
l n i tea J'ress touay showed a rush o'i
preparation for this big move iu practi
cully every city. When the men march
tu war, women will start work u3 ele
valor operators, elevated, subway and
.it rent car conductors, machine shop ex
ports, ticket agents, motion picture me
chanics and distributors, telegraphers,
railway car cleaners, oifice clerks, bell
lit -..! . ... '
-iMjys, cnaurreurs, automobile me
chanics, shoo makers, bank clerks, farm
hands, railway checkers and cullers,
waiters inexclusive cafes, train dis
patchers, gate men and theatre musi
i inns.
The Iuterborouali Rapid Transit com
puny, embracing New York's subways
i'.nd elevated will replace its conductors
and ticket agents with-womeu if nec.es
sary, giving preference to members of
soldiers families.
The New York public employment bu
reau has received applications for' wo
men to run elevators, as bell "boys,"
and to work iu railroad machine shops.
The Universal Film corporation opened
a school to teach women the mechanical
and distributing ends of the business.
In the National league for Women 's
Service schools, 4503 women are learn
in! to be chauffeurs, motorcyclists,
wireless operators and telegraphers
t leveland street ear companies are
planning to employ women.
Packers Must Keep Men.
A. W. Armour, speaking for the big
Chicago packers, said:
"If conscription removes any con
siderable number of men from the pack
ing industry, it will present a serious
problem. Armour & Co. employ 50,000
PRICE TWO CENTS SfiSI
TO REPATRIATE THEM
Amsterdam, May O.Speedy
nieasurej to repatriate deported
Helgian workmen a well us oth
er workers iu tho tienuan oc
cupied sections of Poland and
l.ithuuuia were receded upon by
the main committee of the reich
tag today. Advices from Berlin
said the committee had deter
mined that such repatriates
should enjoy equal rights with
Germans.
ft
USE GERMAN STEAMER
New York, May 9 Flying the
Stars and Stripes, the first
seized German steamer to be put
in United States service sailed
from an American port today, ea
route to Kurope with supplies
for our allies. It was seized with
other interned German steamers
w hen war was declared. The ship
was reconized m it steamed out
and was greeted with scores of
sirens.
GERMAN PLOTTERS BUSY
Wasliinton, May 9.; Tho state
department lias evidence gather
ed recently that Germany is con
tinuing her plots in Central Am
erica. What countries these plots
affect or how extensive the in
trigue is, the department would
not say.
$1,800,000,000
TO BE RAISED BY
BILL INTRODUCED
Tax Takes Third of $500,000
Incomes, Half of All Over
Two Millions
EXEMPTIONS ONE AND
TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
Taxes On Whiskey, Cigarettes
and Tobacco Doubled
heritance Tax Jumps
(Continued on page two.)
HALF SUBSCRIBED
Washington, May 9 Nearly
one-half of the $2,000,000,000
liberty loun has been subscrib
ed, it was learned today.
Among the larger individual
subscribers is a' former United
States senator, who has tele
graphed a personal subscription
for $.1,000,000 worth of bonds.
TOWING BURNING STEAMER
Boston, Mass., May 9 The
British motorship Sebastian,
which took fire off Nantucket
early today, is being towed by a
Norwegian steamer to Newport,
K. I., closely followed by several
patrol boats, ready to take off
the Sebastian's crew should the
'fire get beyond control.
IT
TAX ON LUXURIES
BEHIND IN NEWS
Cottage Orove, Or., May i.
President Wilson was re-elected
and the United States declared
war on Germany since O. W.
Davis and William Butler last
heard news of the outside world
They are mountaineers and for
ix months were snowbound.
Today they came to Cottage
Grove and to their astonish
ment were told of Wilson's re
election and of the entry of
the United States into the war.
CAB SHORTAGE BILL
Washington, May 9. The
house this afternoon unanimous
ly passed the Esch car shortage
bill, giving the interstate com
merce commission power to regu
late car service in times of em
ergency, so that there can be no
shortage of freight cars to car
ry food, munitions or other necessities.
Washington, May; 9. In
creased tax schedules as agreed
on by the house ways and means
committee hit every single man
whose income is $1,000 a year,
every married man who gets
$2,000 or more, every movie fan,
traveler, theatre goer, smoker,
drinker and everybody who tele
phones. ?
It comes heaviest on the rich,
a 33 per cent tax being levied on
incomes of $500,000 and up and
on big corporations, whose rate
is increased from two to four
per cent. Taxes on whiskey,
wine, cigarettes and tobacco are
doubled. Inheritance taxes are
jumped one-third.
Washington, May 9. Twenty
Americans are being hold by the
Turkisch authorities in Constan
tinople. A dispatch from the
American ambassador reached
the state department today stat
ing that Americans of military
age had not been permitted to
depart. The emoassy is exert
ing efforts to secure permission
for their departure.
BILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF SHIPS
WAHTED.ATOHCE
Will Attach Provision For
$500,000,000 On Urgency
Deficiency Bill
LAlilCSPlAHTO
GIG THE PRESS IS
HOTLY ATTACKED
Attempts to Make Himself
the News Dictator As To
Government Policies
OTHER HALF BILLION TO
BE PROVIDED AS NEEDED
'Will Purchase or Comman
deer All Vessels for Im
mediate Use
Salem Boy To Have Charge
of Feeding World "Bert"
Hoover, Full Man's Size Now
on r,aM tix )
I MARTIN
Away back iu 1895 he was known
as Bert Hoover working in Salem as
an office boy for the Oregon Land com
pany with offices in the Tioga build
ing, lie was known as a pretty bright
lad and for his services he was paid
$;!5 a month by his uncle Dr. Minthorn.
He really f elt" he was worth more and
at one time suggested a slight advance
in tho way of salary, which he did not
get. His uncle seemed to think it pre
sumptions for a boy to ask more than
$?') a month, even if he was a good
hustler. Later he managed to go to
Stanford University where he worked
his way through, taking the engineer
ing course. After graduation he went
into engineering work.
One time when some Arizona mine
owners had failed to carry water into
their dry placer mine, they wrote Stan
ford University of their troubles, ask
ing for the services of a first class
engineer. Young Hover was recommend
ed with the suggestion that if he could
not solve their troubles, no one could.
But it mst happened that Hoover was
the right man for the job. He brought
the water to the drv placer mine, there
by making a name tor himself besides
a pretty fair compensation. Then some
thing of the kind happened in Australia
and it was to Hoover they .told their
troubles. He was offered a big amount
in cash and an interest, in the mine if
he could solve their engineering difficulties-
He did it all right, and got the
money besides a large addition to his
reputation.
Made His Own Way
English mining companies heard of
the young engineer who had accomp
lished so much and within a short time
he was solving many of their- engineer
ing troubles and adding materially to
his financial aceount.
About this time he paid for the ed
ucation of a sister and brother, giving
i hat Tf P I Sa-V3 sl'e'd git
lo that v fhousht" V-
cc-ad hSd car. Ut evor
leeted to oversee the work of distribut
ing food to the millions starving in
Belgium.
And now that the food problem Oi
America is to be conserved, Herbert
V. Hoover, the Salem boy of years ago,
is the man who will have charge and
whn will consult and advise the food
conservation forces of the nation.
First American Force
Marches Through Paris
By W. S. Forrest
Paris, May 9 America 's first armed
force for the front marched through
the streets of Paris today, acclaimed
amid the wildest: demonstration the
city has witnessed in years.
Sixty men, clad in khaki, armed with
rifles and bearing the American flag,
were iu the contingent. They were the
first detachment of the newly created
munitions transport branch of the Am
erican ambulance corps.
Police were forced to clear a way
through cheering Parisians for the six
ty Americans, f.rwara iiniuiam
Montclair, N. J., and R. T. Scully ot
Pittsburg, Pa., were in command ot tfie
unit.
WOMEN WORK IN FIELDS
Washington, May 9. The house ways
end means committee today reported
out the $1,800,000,000 revenue bill. It
was immediately introduced by Chair
man Kitchin and wilf igo f before the
house probably tomorrow. .
The -committee today added a new
tax on all coffee, two cents a pound on
all tea, which is in the United States
tomorrow, excepting that held by in
dividuals for their own use or to that
held by retailers.
Majority Leader Kitchin, also chair
man of the ways and means committee,
announced on the floor when he sub
mitted a committee report on the bill
that he will call it up for action tomor
row when the house meets at 11 o'clock,
Kitchin said he thought there would
be about two days of general debate.
The rich man must pay-heavily, but
the burden is proportionately distribut
ed all down the line by the mammoth
war revenue bill presented today- The
measure is not sufficient to carry out
the president's idea of a "pay-as-you-go"
war, but it will meet the two bil
lion dollar short term certificates of
indebtedness in less than 18 months.
The new tax will take one-third of in
comes of half a million dollars and runs
up to where it takes practically half of
incomes over two billion dollars..
Incomes, inheritances and excess
profits constitute the framework of the
bill. The rich man is hit hard whether
his wealth be in incomes from invest
ments, estates left by his ancestors or
profits above eight per cent on the cap
ital invested in business.
Some of the Items.
Tariff duties, income and inheritance
taxes increased postage and increased
taxes on many commodities will be the
means whereby the sinews are arised. A
10 per cent raise is tacked on all tariffs;
the normal income tax is doubled, while
the sur taxes are raised and the exemp-
tinna lowered.
For single persons the income, tax
starts at $1,000; 'for married persons
$2,000. The sur tax is graduoted, run
ning up to 33 per cent on incomes above
$500,000. . , .
The normal income tax will be four
per cent on individuals and six per cent
on corporations.
Postage stamps will cost three cents
and postcards two, while magazines and
newspapers will pay heavier rates.
The bill would lay a i" v- 5--i.
WAR EXPENSES
London, May 9. England's
war expenses each day at pres
ent total $34,560,000, Chancel
lor of the Exchequer Bonar Law
announced in the house of com
mons today. He asked the house
of commons to vote a war credit
of 500,000,000 pounds.
WOULD MAKE IT CRIME
TO CRITICISE HIS ACTS
Overwklniffig Storm of Pro
test Breaks In Both Houses
of Congress
THAW WILL STAY
Harrisbur, Pa., May 9. Har
ry K. Thaw can remain in Penn
sylvania. Governor Brumbaugh today
refused the request of New York
authorities for extradition.
Brumbaugh was guided by ad
vice of Attorney General Brown.
Washington, May 9. President Wil
son today summoned democratic and
republican members of the senate ap
propriations committee to urge immedi-!
ate consideration of the billion dollar
appropriation for ship construction.
The president desires to have the
shipping approriation laced in the ur
gent deficiency bill.
Senators Martin, Underwood and
Overman, democrats, and Senators
Snioot, Gallinger and Warren were
those asked to go to the white house.
Call for the non-partisan conference
was interpreted t the capitol as show
ing the president has heeded tho vigor
ous criticism of his policy nof. to con
fer with members of congress on war
measures.
The urgent deficiency bill now car-
ries $2,800,000,000, most of which cov
ers army and navy needs.
The billion dollars Uncle Sam will
spend at once for ships to combat the
submarine menace will 0 for purchase
of second hand vessels and construc
tion and new ones.
This was decided on today at a two
hours conference between the president
and thirty members of both houses of
congress and of ticials or tue govern
ment shipboard.
The congress delegation, represented
all actions of both parties. All were
agreed, after what the president told
them, that the United States should
have, ships auickly and . in enormous
tonnage.
Will Force Owners to Sell.
The plan tentatively decided on is
to attach the appropriation or . $300,
000,000 of it, on the urgency deficiency
bill, making that sum available at once.
CENSOR STOPPED HIM
Washington, May 9. Repre
sentative Sherley, Kentucky, '
greeted Senator Williams, Mis
sippi, today in the corridor just
off the senate chamber.
"How are you, congress
man 1" asked Williams.
"Sorry, but I can't tell you .
the censor wont let me," 8her-.
ley replied.
(Continued on page three.)
Lost Legions of Americans
Got Chance at Vimy Ridge
and Swept Into Trenches
By J. W. Pegler,
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
London, May 9 The "lost legion"
of Americans in the Canadian army got
its chance at Vimy Ridge and made
good. A lot of the fellows will never
tell about it because some of the Ger
man machine guns held out to the last
and peppered the advancing troops.
But Lieutenant A. H. Pannill, of Chath
am, Va., descendant of President Zach
ary Taylor and of Confederate Gener
al James E. B. Stewart, told it with
enthusiasm today.
Pannill is convalescing from a shrap
nel wound in his loft arm. Here is his
story told with occasional reference
to a map of Vimy Ridgo that was
smeared with rain and mud the same
map he carried over with him.
' 'Our battalion, the 38th, contained
about ten per cent Americans. The
legion has gone to reinforce other bat
talions so that there is no all-American
Baker, Ore., May 9. Baker county to
day has no fear of a labor shortage
because the men are going to war. A
movement is on foot here to get the
women and girls of tho county to take
an active part, in planting and harvest
ing the crops.
So, enter modern- Maude Mullers, who
,.,;n i- iv mite, the hay, but will
mow, run hay bucks and do other work
force remaining. We were in the re-
on excess profits and a tax up to 15 serve trenches, slightly back from the
per cent on inheritances. j first line, when the time came. 1
include levies on insurance : didn't notice tho time slipping by; I
LANSING'S PLAN
By Robert X Bender,
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, May 9. The autocratic
news gag proposed by Secretary Lans
ing to shut off discussion and eriticlsm
of this country's war policy met with.
violent denunciation in all government
quarters today. ; ;
Congress has about reached the
breaking point on, the censorship ques tion.
The subject is like a firebTand i
both house -and senate chambers. To-'
day while representatives aired their
views privately, senators took the floor
and ripped into so-called "invisible
government" efforts to throttle the
freedom of the press and attempts tw
bottle up news of the government's ac
tivities and keep the people in the
dark as to developments in the war.
After two days legislating behind
closed doors, during which time heater!
demands were made by many senators
to end tho executive session and get
out in the open, the senate today be
ban discussion of the mails and censor
ship sections of the administration,
espionage bill.
Announcement by Secretary Lansing
that he is to be virtually the "news
dictator" of the foreign policy of the
government only fanned the fires at
the capital.
Want Press Left Free.
' 'We should not and will not toler
ate any proposition that restricts com
ment or criticism during this war,'
said Representative Campbell, Kansas.
"I am opposed to any plan by the
government which will not permit the
press to tell all that is going on," Bail
Senator Vardaman, Mississippi.
"We have come to the point wheia
we must distinguish immediately and
carefully a prudent report of affairs
affecting our foreign relations and an
abridgment of our highly treasure
freedom of the press," Senator Hard
ing, Ohio, declared. "Congress will in
sist on safeguarding the press."
Representative Mondell, Wyoming,
commenting on tho new Lansing order,
said:
"It's fine for officials like Secre
tary Lansing to say that the gag sec
tion in the spy bill is not intended to
prevent or punish criticism of the gov
ernment and then turn around and
off, each in its turn, yet so fast that
the flashes seemed like a tooth-edged
ribbon of flame.
"The signal to advance was tho ex
plosion of a mine down on our left.
"I stood up and waved by hand and
said 'come on, fellows.' Over we went.
We just walked ahead. It was no use
hurrying. The guns played on the
German first line for about three min
utes, giving our first wave a chance to
get up there and drop in the minute
the shelling lifted, to prevent the Ger
mans from bringing up their machine
guns from the dugouts.
Bavarians Boiled Out.
"The first, wave took their trench
and we passed through them, following show plainly that certain officials at
the barrage, to take the second line, least don't expect to ue oouhu m.jr
ucauon or a sister aim uroiu r, B"'8 1 ordinarily considered a man's job.
uie. oroiuer a nign suiarieu juu m s-i ojris make mighty good help
too hi;
land a few years latet,
: It seemed that no job was
for tho Salem boy that was refused an
advance over his $35 a month.
Then the English authorities requir
ed the services of a. brainy man to han
dle the food sent to Belgium relief com
mission.. As America was sending con
siderable monev each month for this
commission, Herbert Hoover was se-
on a
nuneciallv those from the count-
try," said Archie Murray, Burnt over
rancher, who suggested the scheme
"They can do some work better than
men or boys. I think if we can get
them in the fields it will be a great
help, at least more so than some . of
the boys who want to hide somewhere
r.r.d smoke a cigarette."
policies, telephones, electric power, oil
and pipe lines-
An amusement tax of one cent per
each 10 cents or fraction of 10-ticket
cost is imposed, thus hitting all movie
shows and theatres. ,
Liquor, tobacco and soft drinks will
bear a far heavier burden than at pres
ent. . .,11.
The committee decided to assess an
additional 33 1-3 per cent on all incomes
taxed during the calendar year 1916. . If
a man paid a $30 tax he must pay $10
more on his last year's income.
DEER HAVE PERISHED
Pendleton, Ore., May 9. Owing to
the unusual weather, hundreds of deer
have perished in eastern Oregon in the
nf Fred Groom, who is a forest
raneer. He st id today tnat between 150
was busy issuing rum to the men and
everyone was taking a last look at his
tools.
Whiz Bangs Plenty.
"There was just one danger about
waiting for the zero hoar of 5:30.
Fritz had been throwing quite a heavy
load of stuff every morning and we
waited in the shallow trenches without
dugouts. We kept as low as we could
while the whiz-bangs came over whiz
bum! whizz-bum! Some plunked into
the mud harmless. Others gave us a
few casualties while we crouched.
"Down to my left wae Frank H.
Hinds, of Minneapolis, a former tele
grapher. - He was hit and died of his
wounds. He used to be in the 19th
company, volunteer signal corps, in the
Philippines. Ahead of us were somo
of the 78th battalion in the first line.
They were to take the first German
range. .
and 200 deer nave oieu uhr i .u.v.. a . . , tn taV. th.
fork of the John Day r.ver alone A long - ug the
He lanes, uv iuuuu ',"."
the limited
carcasses.
il
Klamath Falls will hold its annual
baby show Friday and Saturday.
third.
! "The artillery strafe was the most
dazzling thing I ever witnessed. I
looked baek and saw rows of guns go
We were losing some men through our
own shells, but only a small percentage.
We always figure on a number of de
fective shells in a big strafe. Our
shrapnel was breaking over our heads
continually, but that's all right for
shrapnel, because it throws forward.
"We took the second line without
much of a fight. The boches came run-
ning up out of the dugouts in swarms,
holding his hands shoulder high, shak
ing with nerves and calling 'mercy,
kamerad! mercy kamerad!' . iney
emptied their pockets trying to give up
presents; pipes, knives, buttons, watcn-
es. Une American corporal came run
ning to me in a traverse and asked
'seen any Fritzes yetf He held his
bayonet ready, but hadn't found any
of the enemy where his bunch went in.
" Our prisoners were mostly members
of the Eleventh Bavarian regiment.1
Their officers had ducked back along
the communication trench.
The Major Wounded
"With 30 or 40 men I went on ahead
to establish that strong point, anxious
to get it done in case our third wave
should have trouble in taking the third
line. Just as we got started digging
a runner came up with word that
Major Harrison's thigh had been
smashed by a chunk of his explosive
shell. They had put. him in a shell
such limit.
'Gagging free speech and honest
criticism means growth of grave abuses
which war and enromous expenditures
breed."
Creating An Autocracy.
"It's all right to guard the nation;
against publication of information that
might help the enemy, but we can'6
and won't permit the clamping down
of a censorship on defects, the remedy
ing of which is of vitil importance to
the country," Representative Farr,
(Continued on page two.)
f
THE WEATHER
'waif To DO-
(Continued en page two.)
Oregon: To
night and Thurs
day partly
cloudy west, un
settled, profmbly
showers east por
tion: westerly
winds. . Siu-L .-