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inn and Ledebour
lancellor of Pos
Me Trouble
BT MAY GET
'RUSSIA RECEIVED
Renounce Annex
ed Germany Does
.volution Certain"
4 May Ifl.- German aff io
:ing no chances of the popu
on to achieve democracy
i speeches of extreme social
a the realising yesterday,
mlvices received liero to-
flfUor 'a curt refusal lo ae
alut demands ill n ill 1 i l'x'ili
j'i war iiims, liis aipur(Mit
1 the jimkerites nil have
greatest auyer among tlie
ftrewnrned of possible pub
rations of disapproval, in
sro today declared the Ger-
si'iit had estul.Iished -strong-
police guard in Berlin
tf( cities to put dow n any
tarbances.
;bj remarks hy the socialist
ii(ifmann and Ledebour, re
ft showed how bluntly these
if lenders of socialist i'ae
i the imperial chancellor of
ifcle if sincere pence steps
jr. view.
f agreement would bo good
Europe," Scheideinniin dc
finety ninc per cent" of all
with hope and limning in
If Franco and -Grut Br,i-
annexations and Oenuauy
s. ire shall have a revolu
Mimtry. It has not gone ho
et, since the enemy has not
Bneiations. "
U Bold Language.
heidemaun must take up
'Mil the government," said
Aour, leader of the anti-war
werimient socialists, as pp
"he Scheideniann piece and
lent faction, "if he docs not
; words, which do not shrink
tbc announcement of revo
lt followed by deeds. We
d that events must happen
? an they have happened in
We must soon intro
jublic. in Germany and we
mim that the constitution
take preparatory steps to
'f reichstag toduv, the
"MM, David, declared:'
MMllor has not replied to
li but his references to pos-
'th Russia are most valu-
fisvi, continuing, declared:
aun a references to a revo--wen
misunderstood. He has
' one, but only pointed to
'No not desire, but towards
vatives are working
, a conservative.
"CQeuicmanu
Beats."
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. MAY 16, 1917
WHEAT GAHBUHG
WILL BE STOPPED
AFTER JULY
Chairman Griffin of Board of
Trade Lays Blame ca Farm
ers Holding WLeat
ANANIAS OUTCLASSED
BY GAMBLING DEN BOSS
Says Tanners Have the
Wheat and Are Loosening
Up Causing Drop"
Chicago, May li-The restriction in
wheat gambling may continue until the
entire July crop U marketed. Thij wis
intimated today bv Joseph P Griffin
Chicugo Board of
of the
president
Trsdo.
The action of representative of the
six largest grain exchanges of tho
country, in conference here late yes
terday, in setting a maximum price' for
July and September wheat ''until
further notice" was accepted bv bitf
ui-aiers una miners as Having killed the
speculator and dealt hysteria a death
blow." Restrictions on May com and
oats also were extended indefinitely.
In a formal statomeut Griffin refer
red to the boards' action as "declaring
martial law" in grain trading.
"The problem 1ms been solved;, the
cure found," he said. "There isn't any
famine, in anything; we have enough
wheat' and can spare some to the
allies. ,
''Our so-called 'experts' have inti
midated governments all over the
world. Mont of tho figures and fig
ure are liars.
"Farmers are loosening up. They've
(St tw" tfti.i.:. if ire eould only ,et wet
ter service from the railroads. "'
'For four months we havo boon
pleading with thei government to order
a preference in tho moving of food
stuffs. So far neither the authorities
nor the railroads have responded. Ooal
and steel are the things that move'
profit, not foodstuffs, hue been given
tho preference.
Takes Slam at Critics.
"What we are doing is revolution
ary, and perhaps in violation of con
tractions! rights, but we have declared
military law.
PRICE TWO CENTS
THE ROOSi EL T CLAUSE
Washington. May 10 Here is
the so-called Koowvelt amend
ment to the selective service
rmy bill:
"The president is further au
thorised to raise and maintain
by voluntary enlistment, to or
ganize and equip, nut t exceed
lour infantry divisions; provid
ed that the organization of said
force shall be the same as that
of the corresponding orgauira
. tion of the regular arniv; and
provided further, that' there
shall be no enlistments in said
lorce of men under twenty five
years of URe at time of enlist
ment; pnd provided, further,
that no such volunteer force
shall be accepted in any unit
smaller than a divisiou."
SEEKS CAUSE OF FIRES
New York. May Hi. tif forts
are being made today by Hear
Admiral Usher, commandant
of the Itrookiyn navy yard, to
discover the cause of the sec
ond navy yard fire within a
week, which occurred last night
on board the interned (ierniau
ship Princes Irene. City fire
rueu were called to extinguish
the blaze, which was in some
bedding.
A few days ago a fire burn
ed for more than an hour on a
destroyer moored at a navy
yard dock.
ADMITTEDBEING SPY
Says He Was Told In Novem
ber Mexico Would Be -Germany's
Ally
San Francisco, May 10. That ho
spent four months in company with
other German spie . locating a .sub
marine and aeroplane base on Mexican
territory in the.' Gulf of California,
Lieutenant Frank Wolf, . whose real
name is said to be Baron Freidcrich
Von Fels has made a full statement to
United States District Attorney Pres
ton, the latter announced today.
Wolf declared that he hated to be a
spy but cvory time he gave up the
work German agents hounded him. He
revealed important details of the kais
er's espionage in this country, claim
ing to have learned Uiat Germans in
the United Statas are financing the
(Continued on pago two.)
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follow-
s ' un-
Russian Situation Is Again
Open, and New Government
Refuses Offer of Coalition
ON TRAINS AND NIWS
BTANDH rare OfTNTW
AD CLOSE CALL
, May lC.-FloVd Ray
J "Wised to cut himself
ler boy9 gami nn(J bound
built ? tiro at his feet
de ploying here today.
fallowed M tlie by the council's terms.
-- bviih MUOKC."
By William O.i Shepherd
(United Press staff correspondent.)
Petrograd, May 10. The provisional
government decHded today to reject the
tnrma lltwlop whinh ) Ilia Qnliliers' mill
in a new government.
The council's insistence ou certain
matters of foreign policy was the de
mand which the duma refused to ap
prove. The provisional heads held the
government could not make the renun
ciation of principles announced formal
ly on April S), which was practically
made necessary by full acceptance of
MARTIN
?
f Mi, TaT ! Up " 75 the Bussian people, signed by Pnn
iat fi,. :nt J' Ann n wlinn T .mA e emincil. Th
listiii. t i ,s"f mawied , statement declared Russia did not seek
n ooini. " tel"T that to "humiliate or subiuKate" but did
n . out not. specifically renounce claims to
The decision leaves the Russian situn
tion once again wide open. It came
after many elements in Petrograd hud
hailed with relief the action of the
council in voting 41 to 19 for acceptance
of the government 's offer of n coalition
force to restore governmental order.
The terms of the council's acceptance
were not made public, except it was
hinted that they had demanded Paul K.
Miliukoff, minister of foreign affairs,
must not appear in the reorganization
cabinet.
Duma Stands Pat.
From the government's rejection of
the proposal today, it appears the coun
cil went much further than mere de
mand for Miliukoff 's head and possibly
insisted upon formal renunciation by
the new coalition government of certain
agreements with the allies.
The duma government s rejection de
clared it was impossible to expect Rus
sia to renounce the principles enunciat
ed on April 9. The government further
insisted, the council was told, that it
was necessary to con'firm the unity, of
nil forces on all allied fronts and to
wago an energetic struggle against in
ternal anarchy. ' - v
The duma ministry's refusal was con
curred in by the duma committee, it
was later announced. ' ,
The nrinelnles enunciated on April 9
wor in the form of a proclamation to
a oy rrincu
is
"store
Hu8
eomi
deninity. Tho soldiers' and workmen's
council has heretofore strongly demand
ed a policy of "no annexation and no
indemnity," find it is presumably this
rock of indemnities ou which the two
forces in the Russian situation have
now split.
Begin to Realize Danger.
Before the second split the most vig
orous efforts were made by both sides
to induce M. Gutchkoff, minister of
war, to reconsider his resignation and
participate in the coalition government
as "minister of national defense."
Onnlirion was decided upon by the
workmen's and soldiers' council by a
vote of 41 to lit, thus reversing the
22 to 23 vote by which the executive
committee of that previously rejected
such a proposition from the provisional
leaders.
The meeting at which this action was
taken was a secret one. It, was known,
however, that the council was impelled
to its resolution by the gravest reports
(Continued on pags throe.)
Representative Gardner
Resigns from Congress
to Become a Soldier
Washington, May 10. Rcpresenta-
BRITISH ARE AGAIN
HOLDING GROUND
LOST YESTERDAY
In Addition Have Established
New Posts West of Bulle
court Village
ARTILLERY DUE WAS
REMARKABLY HOT ONE
Italian Offensive long a 30
Mile Front Becomes Hourly
More fierce
By William PhiLi'i Bimms.
(United Prestdstaff -respondent.)
With the British FotiHjj in n, v:i,i
May lrt. Deapjfp deterOned resistance
the British early today "'gained nearly
nil the ground in Bullecourt which they
lost yesterday, and also established new
posts to the west f the village.
Bitter fighting is still in progress a?
this is dispatched.
the tie nn a ng are strivmtr to the ut
most of their power to retain the initia
tive of action on that part of the front
where the British pressurl' is increasing-
ly threatening them. 4
iaiij ' today the eneniv started a
heavy barrage fire alon the British
front positions from tht Scarpe north
to the railway running from Arras to
Douai a distance of nearly a mile. The
hail of Teutonic projectiles rattled
away for an hour and then came the at
East of Bullecourt. nedr th Hinden-
burg line, some Germans! including an
officer, were captured. I
i :
An Artillery Duel.
.London, May 10. Germany's counter
offensive- attack whichrfaricd .yesterday-with
concerted attempts against
French and British -fronts,- had appar
ently worn itself out today in a vain
beating against the allies positions. Tho
British, in turn, took the initiative and
progressed both around Bullecourt and
north of the Scarpe. Heavy fighting
was stilt going on in these sections.
On the French front tho official state
ment indicated the enemy counter of
fensive was confined to a single major
fighting action around Laffaux, deliver
ed in force, but repelled by m voile
troops. The fighting was continuing
there, but the advantage with the
French.
The Berlin statement on the other
hand, claimed capture of a section of
French trenches east of Lanenville.
Both German and French statements
agreed on an intense artillery duel in
progress along the Aisne.
Honors About Easy.
..Paris, May 16. A tremendous Ger
man attack on a front of two and a
half miles between Moulin and Laffaux
early this morning was repulsed by
French troops, the official ' statement
announced today.
"Along the Aisnc there was artillery
battle during the night," the statement
said. "Early this morning the Ger
mans launched a powerful attack on a
front of four kilometers in the region
of Moulin and Laffaux. Despito their
efforts, the French held all their posi
tions. The battle is still continuing.
"At Auberive, Avocourt and Berry-en-kopf,
German attacks also failed.
"In Haut Alsace the French cleared
up German trenches, imprisoning
many."
Admit Zeppelin Missing.
Amsterdam, May 10. Official admis
sion that the Zoppelin L-22 has been
tive Gardner, Massachusetts, prominent j miBSjng gjBCe Monday was made in Ser
prepareduess advocate, is the first mem i jj dispatches today.
! 1 A Kiln.. lliu SflfVWPfl I 1
tier or coimrtwa iu unn u
Germany's Internal
Political Situation
Chancellor Von Bethmann
Hollwez flatly refused the re
quest of socialists for interpre
tation of Germany's war aims.
Radical socialist Leader Lede
bour warned that Germany
might expect a repition of the
Russian revolution and announc
, ed hip pa.Vy.of anti-government
socialists were preparing
to introduce resolutions to the
constitution committee looking
to a republic in Germany.
The socialist leader," Philip
Schcideinann, head , of the
pence advocates, warned if the
allies abandoned the idea of an
nexations and Germany did not,
' Germany would face a revolu
tion. The constitution committee,
to which Ledebour referred, is
a committee of 2N, hand picked
by the German government to
devise- governmental- reforms
Hcheidemann is its chairman,
but he is a government support
er. The committee's recommen
dations so far have not indi
cated any great proRressivism
or desire for a change of gov
ernnfnt. Its recommendations
would have to be approved by
the reichstag, where the kaiser
has a goodly majority, and by
the kaiser himself, so that any
suggestions it has to make for
a republic would not be likely
to survive.
UDEtWHAS
Idaho Streams Play Havoc
with Farms; Oregon and
Washington "In Swim"
Couer d ' Alone, Idaho, May 16. The
flood situation throughout the north
ern part of the great Inland BmpireJ
gew worse today.v With heavy rains,
which are washing much snow from
the mountains, practically all streams
in eastern Washington and this part of
Idaho are rising steadily.
The plant of the Milwaukee Lumber
company at St. Maries is under 16 feet
of water, and the plant which sunnlies
that town with electricity is out of
commission. Twelve hundred residents
of Kellogg are homeless today, their
nouses being flooded. Milk creek cut
WORKING ROOKIES
ItIIF
Jlllilj KUUi
OUTIHPROCESSOF
fflllGOFEICERS
First Thing They Are Tanght
That Soldier life Is the
Real Democracy
MILLIONAIRE'S SON AND
PAUPER ON SAME LEYE
Ten Thousand of the 40,009
To Be Educated Getting
Their first Lessen
By George Martin.
(United Press staf fcorrespondent.)
Plattsburg, N. T., May 16. With a
good deal of the starch taken out of
them by their first day of discipline
and by Camp Commander Wolf's
straight trbm the shoulder keynote
speech, the 4,500 future American army
officers in training here started their
second day of right drill today with no
delusions as to their individual inde
pendence. "This is a democratic camp," said
Wolf, in hi9 speech to the assembled
"rookies." "Every man is as good as
every other man, whether he has a mil
lion dollars and a major's commission or
whether ho has pot a penny and no com
mission. You are her to prove yonr
fitness to serve as officers and you
will be judged on that basis. Every
man will have an equal chance and no
favorites will be played. ' '
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and John C.
Calhoun, great-great-grandson of the
famous Carolinan, have both been made
camp eorporals.
Commander Wolf and Adjutant Bar
have started a systematic campaign to
destroy tne idea tnat this camp re a
frolic ground for moneyed men. No man
in uniform may enter afT baf Toom and
no "rookie" may appear without his
uniform, so S. Rum is at a disadvant
age. '
When the 4,500 reermts turned out
for breakfast this morning many had a
decided limp- It was so frosty the men
had to melt their butter in the coffee
steam. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., has as
sumed tho role of army slang interpre
ter. From turn, the green "rookies
quickly ' learned ' that "holy 'Joe" was
HOLLVEG ADrllTS
SEPARATE PEACE
WITH RUSSIA AIM
Outside of This Chancellor's
.. Speech Is But RecapJtuh- :
tion of Known Terms
MAY STIR SOCIALISTS TO
MORE DRASTIC ACTION
Hollweg Apparently Has Sur
rendered to Junkers
Rehuff to Socialists
a new channel through Wardner and the chaplain, '"'K. O.'" the commanding
washed out a quarter of a mile of tho officer and tho soldiers in the rifle "pits,
I
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Our Entering War Insures
An Earlier and Successful
Ending, Says Henry Clews
New York, May 12. Finance, indus-ia need is oober confidence, and ener-
try, trade and transportation are each getic action. Our entry into the war will
under the influence of war more than at
any time since the tragic struggle in
Europe began. Congress is almost over
whelmed with tho crush of new legisla
tion, which threatens much that will
prove, experimental and require revision.
Th.! administration is also overtaxed
with extraordinary demands and innum
erable big problems, requiring tho high
est order of statesmanship. Our task
of preparation is a huge one, and oc
casional blunders must be expected but
rapid pi ogress ig being made and pa
tionce as well as self-sacrifice should be
The spirit of pa
beyond question insure two things; an
earlier ending and a successful ending,
although wo must not fail , to. prepare
for a longer and more intense effort
than ccmmonly realized. Nothing will
hasten peace more effectively than dem
onstrating to Germany the utter useless
ncss of continuing this war by showing
the German people that this Country is
inflexibly resolved to use its vast pow
er and resources to the limit in its sup
port of the allies. Primarily, this is a
war of democracy against autocracy,
uur. it is r.iso unmistakably a war
roaring toaay, Willie mianuy is sieau-
ily advancing. Several thousand pns
onered Austrians have already been sent
behind the lines, according to word re
ceived here today.
The fighting was reported very heavy
mi the hills behind Gorizia where it ap
pears that the greatest force of the Ital
ian drive has been launched. There the
Italian heavy cnlibred guns are said to
be particularly effective. Heavy losses
have been inflicted on the enemy bv
this fire.
to the United States as a soldier.
His resignation from congress was
announced touay. waruuci ........ w.
of the officers' reserve corps-
A..in.' rnaiomniion. addressed to
Speaker Clark read from the speaker g
chair roiiows:
"Having been ordered on active duty
as a reserve officer of the United
States army, I have the honor to state
that I have this day transmitted to the
governor of Massachusetts my resig
nation as a representative in cKr,ess.
Gardner was a colonel xn the old or
ficers reserve corps, retained as a part
of the military establishment under
the Hay national defense act, passet.
by the last congress. He retained his
rank and passed a physical examina
tion. -
The L-22 was destroyed in the North'
t,ca by British patrol vessels, accord
ing to a British admiralty statement is
sued Monday.
Gaining, Says Halg.
London, May 10. British forces are
steadily gaining around Bullecourt and
north of tho Hcarpc. The fighting is
continuing with unabated violence,
Field Marshal Haig reported today.
"In the western portion of Bullecourt
the fighting continued yesterday to our
advantage," the British eommander-in-chief
reported- "To the north of the
Scarpe in severe fighting we are pro
gressiag." '
Italian Offensive Grows.
By John II. HeaYley.
(United Press staff correspondent.)
Rome. May 16. Italy's great of fens-; practiced on all sides.
ive is gaining ground- Over a front of j triotism nnd co-operation is growing in 'against war, and its vigorous prosecu
from 25 to 30 miles Italian guns are all directions and aiding the govern- j tion will make for early and permanent
nient in every possible manner. Just peace.
now we are. in the midst of a transition Just now the country is more or less
period when confusion is at itg maxi- disturbed by tho adjustment necessary
mum. Within a few weeks the new to get upon a war basis. Tho financial
mftEods anil organizations will be work- world ig on this account largely occupied
ing more smooiuiy, ana grauuany tne
nation will settle down to a more norm
al state ns it becomes accustomed to the
new conditions. There is no reason to
viaw the future with misgivings. All
(Geat'u&sd on page tare.)
Explosion at Soo Locks
Kills Four and Fatally
Injuring Three
Hault Stc Marie, Mich., May 10. An
explosion today on the government pier
in the St. Mary's river here, which in
stantly killed four men and probably
fatally injured three, was due to ac
cidental causes and was not the work
of dynamite plotters. These facts were
developed during a hasty investigation
of the disaster, conducted by military
and civil officials jointly.
The great Soo lochs, vital to the trans
portation system of the country, escaped
damage. ,
Investigation of officials revealed
that the explosion resulted from the ig
nition of fireworks and dynamite caps,
being hauled. The explosives were
mixed in with quantities of refuse being
removed from the store. The presence
of the explosives in the rubbish was not
known previous to the explosion.
in preparations for the $7,000,000,000
loan; the most formidable transaction
of its kind ever attempted. Announce
ment of $2,000,000,000 has already been
made. As for its success, that is abso
lutely unquestioned. The nation-wide
campaign for its support must be car
ried on with unremitting energy. Thus
far subscriptions amount to about $700,
000,000, which is an excellent start and
has been mainly due to the contribu
tions of large financial institutions. The
public and the small investor have yet
to be heard from, simply because public
enthusiasm is always difficult to arouse
and subscriptions of this class will na
turally como in slowly at first. An
enegetie campaign ig necessary and if
properly conducted funds from this
source will soon flow' in even more
promptly. In the -stock market some
liquidation occurerd within tho last few
days as a result of preparations far the
new loan. When the terms of the latter
became known there was a sharp recov
ery; also a realization that, while it is
impossible to escape the effects of di
verting such vast sums from ordinary
investment channels, the effects have
already been partially discounted by the
late decline. Many stocks and bonds
are now selling at attractive prices,
London, May 10. Formal admission
that Germany is angling officially for
a separate peace with Bussia wa, the
main point in Chancellor Von Beth-mann-Hollwcg
's reichstag speech that
struek the British press and publie to
day. Otherwise the address ma rt-'
garded as a mere recapitulation ol pre
vious outlines of Germany'g aims but
an outline which possibly may aionse
the German socialists to drastic ac
tion. There wag no disguising the general
recognition of the seriousness of the
Russian situation here today. It was
realized the chancellor baited bis hook
with very cntieing words to the new
Russian government but the belief was
expressed that despite disorganization
in Petrograd at the present moment, the
differences in government theie would
be ironed out. and the trickery ot the
German proposals be apparent to the
new democracy.
England does not expect German so
cialists supinely to take Hollweg'e re
buff of their pleas. Interpreting the
chancellor's speech as a practleaf sur
tinker to junkerdom, British official
unrt public attention was centered en
the socialist hint of a republic in the
ecntral empires.
Socialists Angered.
The immediate effect of .the chancel
lor's sharp words, it was expected here,
will be to add strength to the J.edeuour- .
Haase anti-government , socialist croup
and correspondingly to decrease tie in
fluence of the bcbeidemann pro-peace,'
pro-government socialist - faction. --The
Ledebour-Haasp group ig seaieely at
month old. It was formed when fteheide-.
mann centered all his attention on agi
tating the Stockholm "socialist, peace
conference" and when rumors of tacit.,
government backing to that effort be
gan circulating in Germany. Ledebour
is a socialist of extreme Iiobkuecht type
and it is a coincidunc that lie repre
sents Liebknecbt s old district in the
reichstag.
Berlin dispatches, however, indicat
ed ' that even Bcheidemann, with hia
pre-government sympathies, was greatly
angered by the complete refusal ef fhe
chanccllor to grant any part of the so
cialist request for clear definition of
war alms. He apparently went just as
are as Ledebour in warning the govern
ment of a popular uprising if Germany
did not. more clearly specify her war
ideals.'
Nebraska Doubles
' Acreage Planted to
Corn This Year
Lincoln, Neb-, May 16. Mose than
twice as many acres of corn are being;
planted in Nebraska this year as hav
been planted in this state before, ac
cording to O. G. Smith, president of
the Nebraska Farmers' Congress.
The farmers are getting it planted
without extra help from the eity, Mr.
Smith said.
Mr. Smith has been a Nebraska
farmer thirty seven years. He says
that barring some unforeseen talamity,
Nebraska will produce a yield or com
this season that will astonish the
world.
'The big need fur help on the farm
is coming soon," he said, 'for it will
take from two to threo times tho me
to cultivate and harvest this great
cron than it is taking to ulant it. The
citizens havo promised help and on the
strength of that promise the. farmers,
are launching what is by far the most
ambitions planting that the state haa
ever known."
'
THE WEATIM
(Coatiaaed on jage four.)
. Oregon: Gen
erally fair tonight
and Thursday;
light frost north
west; heavy frost
south and - east
portioirr- tonight;
warmer Thursday;
i o n t h e sterlx
windsi