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1 4400 DAHA J jgjfEAR NO. 119 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS gJinSm HiiP I I iiSAYS CONSPIRACY i ARMY BILL ON WAY tGH TO CITY OF LENS J Explosions Visible From Bridsh Lines Through "(fa-It Is Believed From This Hiiidcnburg Is Pre sto Abandon, It Fearing To Be TrappedRussian Jes Settled and Fighting On Eastern Front Resumed an Drive Winning By William Philip Sims, v (United Pre'ss Staff Correspondent) fthe British Armies in the Field, May 18. Lens set aflame. Fires and explosions in France's v" were plainly visible . from ; the British lines out last night. The Germans plainly know the they are running now of a British sweep that will a circle about the city and trap them there. :e-It is possible the destruction of buildings in ay indicate a withdrawal from that city. The ogram of burning and blowing up of buildings has llowed by the Germans in every city and town ;e evacuated.) , for the past few days has turned the battle field 1 ml 1 into one ot mud. mere were only minor oper- j progress early today. Around Bullecourt, just t whole by the British, it was quiet. h of the Scrape the mud was so thick that there ; infantry operations reported today. Vis dispatch is filed a small action is in progress ;vrelle, which is apparently going well for the , No details are available yet. af the first aeroplanes of the day was bagged low ivrelle just before this action began. Machine gun qj the trenches brought thf Boche down. Washington, May 18. The iNational Guard will be railed into federal ncrvice in three groups on July 15, July 25 and August 5. Iu notifying Mate adjutant, general of thin fact today, the war department authorized the recruiting of the guard organ Uations to war atrength. The war atrength of the National Guard in about 440,000. It not tified them, however, that re gardless of whether they reach tho war strength, the organiza tions must report on the date aligned, to be sent immediately to training camps ior intensive instruction in modern warfare. In cane existing organizations have insufficient equipment, full equipment will be assured when the troops arrive at the training camps. TO BOOST PRICES WAS NATION WIDE ! J! Nationally Known Food Pro- fllltAV 111 I AO, lllOKfa iratk uubti i utd vuaigc nltll Department THE KAISER'S PICTURE ! ; : PUTS WRITTEI EVIDENCE IN HANDS OF OFFICIALS ;epariiig to Retreat. J May 18 Learning at terrible -j-thst the British and French Himlt'iiburg outer linn at aud Orsonne cannot be shak J seems to be niu';iiig rondy t "strategic retreat." trench front today came the enemy was adopting pre same tactics in "covering," ing towns niiil villages and in g forces as those which pre other faiuotn retreat to the t line. of the latest British success at Bullecourt, .strengthening igiipon the Uiinlenburg line, .OTts hero predicted a Oer Mient would probably be two pivots of the Hind en -at Lens and l.aon, possibly i r.ninpJete movement between tities to the Donni-Camhrai ' section of the long prepared 1 front. At has been rainv. hamoor- wrations during the Inst two 'filing to British front dis Field Marshal Hnig's rt today bore out this in ! inactivity. ITe said: st of Armentiores two hos 'i farties were beaten off if night." An was made of further 4 Bullecourt or elsewhere on nkrj, line. "e greatest interest out ' nn fighttnfj front was ecn--oij the great success which is : M Italian drive toward fcncfficml disuntches rnnde Washington, May IS. A knotty problem before the navy department bus been the ques tion of what to do with a pic ture of the kaiser aboard a navy vessel. The captain wrote in under the title "disposition of pic ture of V. Hohenzollcrn" in forming the department he had stowed the picture in the hold and asking permission to burn it- After due deliberation, the, department today replied that the stowing process ought to suffice. Commission Men Fed :Vege- 1 1 ' t r .i taoies to nogs Katner Than to. Cut Prices San Francisco, May 18 Lieu tenant Frank Wolf, alleged Ger man spy, is suffering from a nervous collapse and not from poison taken with suicidal in tent, federal officials declared today after physicians investi gated his rase. He is now at a hospital in a serious condition. While Wolf is in the hospital, his story is being checked and the government representatives re not yet ready to give it full credence. Discrepancies inject the possibility that he was act ing in order to save himself from the death penalty. THROUGH OFFICES AHD TO PRESIDENT BEAT Orr U-BOAT St Washington, May 18. Charges of cx- istence of a nation-wine trust of mid- I dlemen, whose operations are said to cx- i tend to almost every state in the union, were laid before the department of agri- j culture here today. The charges, made by a nationally 1 ...... . .nn ji n ..: .. i : i ! supported by "exceptionally positive in- formation," and apparently establish London, May 18 In their first engagement with enemy submarines, American destroy- ers beat off a German U-boat which sought to attack the White Star liner Adriatic, ae- cording to the London Chronicle today. The Adriatic was convoyed over a certain distance by the American was vessels on their sfc way to Quecnstown. Proclamation, Long Prepared, It Is Expected Will Be Is sued Without Delay REGULAR ARMY WILL BE RECRUITED TO LIMIT CAN i ?l once and advancing hour by hour, while iu-1 flirting: heavy losse ofi-the enemy- -1 , Russia Again United. London, May IS. Encouraging news that Russia h'nd settled her domestic troubles and that tho Russian army's power is by no means lost, gave ground for belief hero today that the nllies can soon count on Bussia bearing her part in the general onslaught on Germany. The prediction was voiced in several quarters today thnt Germany might soon find this necessity of hurrying back to the Russian front some, if not all of the reputed 000,000 men she is recently reported to have withdrawn from thoso sectors to bolster up her dwindling lines on the west front. The restoration of complete amity between the duinn government and the soldiers' and workmen's council, fore shadowed in Petrogiad dispatches to day indicating acceptance o'f the coali tion cabinet, will be immediately re flected in the Russian army, it was be lieved here. Fraternizing botweeji. Teutons and Russians on the northern front has teased. There has been a resumption of htnndv fiiihting. although' not of ma jor intensity anywhere. General Brusil- off, held in highest esteem among mc allies for his military ability, has with drawn bis resignation. Brusilotf, Alex ieff and other high army commanders were returning to the front after con ferences with the new governing groups in Russia. Representatives of their sol dierythe plain fighters were likewise getting back to the trenches after con sultations in l etrogran which cuuim.yu HONDURAS WITH U. S. Washington, May 18. Hon duras has broken relations with Germany and "taken her place by the side of the United States," according to official reports to the state department this afternoon. - $200,000,000 MORE 1 Washington, May 18. An ad ditional block of $200,000,000 of short time treasury certifi cates was announced by the treasury today. This issue brings the total up to $700,000,000. Hood River that , last year produced 1,250,000 boxes of apples, is now apple less, some being left. for local use. "beyond doubt" existence of a conspir acy to boost prices. ! The department of justice was at ia nrvfiiA.l an aummnnafl lha in formant for immediate conference. The Council of National Defense was also notified. AVritten evidence, in the form of let- tnrn unit dnpiini"Titfi it in finirl ift now in the hands of the department- At tne same rime, appeals reacnea me ilnnAi-irvVanf fnv tialn f mm lrnrinn. baa. tions where food speculation and price i. . i j uooauug in cruieM. Minneapolis charges told of alleged acreements between commisison men j i .. . j .i A., : unu producers iu uiauijiuui ic awu wp i i: .. .. : t' : : 1 .iAvi pilliS BU BB IV CimiO lUma-iB ouui v apos in certain section "with acetm nonirinn fiaoa in niMAi.4 ...,,., ........ ... , . In central Illinois cities, he charged commission men nre it-ruing wirc uuu Htios nf vegetables to hogs, rather than sell at lower prices. Thousands of bushels of potatoes arc said to be go inrr In ttin finininlfl. TlAUliriAvn fhflrfrpa snv. RneculatorS have cornered 15.000 bags of potatoes. Speculators, it is charged, are preparing to evade food control legislation. Widespread destruction of iruit to maintain prices was also charged. Danforth, Maine, reported general (Continued on nage two.) m bom 130 HEN ARE S'G HELPIufG MOTHERS LOOMED UP LARGE AII!G1M Fundamental Item la War rrograni Is Care of Sol diers Families Work of Erecting j Canton ments to House Recruits Is Already Under Way Washington, May 18 President Wil son was to sign today the selective ser vice bill the measure whereby the United States Will raise a fighting force for European duty. Before ho could do this however, the sneaker and vico president had to at tach their signatures. Then the bill was to go to the white house by messenger and receive the president's name. Little, if any ceremony was antici pated over this momentous event. Tho task completed, the president will issue a proclamation, long prepared calling upon the youth of the nation to gather at appointed registration places on a fixed day and sign tho war de partment cards from wnich the process of selection can be deduced. The bill includes provision for tiring- inir tKn vAniilAa, DTTinr n ui CJ f rtl II rr t Vl drafting of the national guard into fed- i nj - ; .... ; n Fim oil i ill; aiiu imoiiif; ib ,v strength; procuring 500,000 men from 21 to 30, inclusive, for the first great a? , .-i enn nin iiailuiiHl army aim uuutui-r V, ' ,i. ;.r' 1103 .n,?a them their interests would be maintain i.mm nZS:Lr?LX:?cA in the new coalition government. "-ui9 uuvo int icnto. Says the War Will Not End Until America Throws Her Full Weight Into Conflict By Lowell MeUett. "It has been, and still will be a ter- (I'nited Press staff correspondent.) rible fight Lord Kitchener sitting in london, May This war will this very chau, said it would bo a long , the full weight of war. Not until the tnglish people felt America na. be n thrown into the ! themselves exerting their full strength scales- not until Amcrca begins making did they realize how wisely he spoke, war as though she alone faced Germany, Mav America's realization not be so will there be a possibility of predicting j ious delayed! Kitchener's message when the end will come." comes to Americans afresh. I hope they i t Tl... T,iilnml 1a SCC-1 1. l.f mauvii TP " tnrv of state for war Kitchener's it was late in the evening Thursday tliar I nisi uwivv. n,i Ship Standard Wrecks On Alaska Coast-Only Z9 of Passengers Picked Up 8an Francisco, Way 18. More than 130 men are missing and many have perished following the wrecking of the three masted ship Standard of tho Lib- by McNeil and Iibby cannery fleet on the shoals of tape constantine, wnsioi ""'"-' .- - . . y , T,,-. . a :..jiwhen reauired: raisin? four volunteer hur nimnpiiiTiir in nniiiirnirn!! riiir nu 1 - . " ti..e,T!i..j ci5 i a.,.; divisions the Roosevelt plan if the Tociav dy ine uuueu oinirs uaiai om- .. . , . ....r. ... lion ai ouai isiuuu. t -. . .. The missing men were adrift in life boats which were launched when the vessel struck at midnight on tho night of May 14. Only 29 men . had been picked up when the last dispatches were received by the naval radio. The exact number of those missing cannot be definitely stated until the uncer tainty as to the numDer or. cannery employes aboard can be cleared up One report here is that 150 persons in all were on tne vessel, Dur. a omum dispatch asserts there were 150 cannery men on board in addition to me crew of 77. ' , ti, stTiivfl wbs under commamt-ot -; n !irisfinnson. with C. Swan- tlaniu vj. . Knn f rst mate and l-. iranasen mate. She left here April 5 for Bristol bay carrying new employes to the can neries on Britisn Day. ttt:.i. .j:, frnm St. Paul. Prob iloff Islands, in Bering sea, declare the rne KJDOscveir rrooiem What the chief executive will do is general belief here is that JRoosevelt n.;ll Kn Airlnf rnnl( ttA fnr thn tirnn Vteinir while the selective draft system is put inio eiieci. - Signing of tho bill will automatical ly put into effect a perfected war ma chine evolved bv master minds in the war department. ' first, tne youtn must rcgisier. Certain exemptions will be made, moinlv hnscd unon elimination of those with dependent families. The new army must comply wun rigid- physical standards. Iia vnniafratinn will uliAW a VAnt- ly greater number of men than arc re quired for the tirst army, tne jury sys tem of selecting the men by lot will be invoked to pick out those who are phys ically acceptable and unexempted. Meantime, tne worn or erecting can Gen- wevn iw1at h. are 12 mrles from Trieste 'M's forces BE MARTIN ',11, . The German Version. Berlin, via London, May 18. "The ruins of the former village of Bullecourt were evacuated according to command, and without disturbance from the en emy, -who established himself there -4 hours later," declared today's official statement. , The war office also reported repulse in hand to hand fighting of nn English attack on the Gavrellc-FresneB road, made after midnight. Around Arras, the statement said, there was artillery iug on" both sides. On the irencn ironr uenci m .Hi: ...A-,, wmnvtnil. with B COlTeS" UUIlullluun iiviu wr .., ponding increase iu artillery tire, l ar- of Cramello and near Craoune were all repulsed. . ,t t. atnin. On the jwaceuoniun iroi : meat said tho enemy was again defeat ed yesterday in the Coma bend, norm of botigneno. Ordered Civilians Out. n nr..,, is Anatrin has ordered all civilians to evacuate the Isonzo sec tion in which. Italian troops are bicuu... . . so 1.1 er si;i. ,i""i"i'c iney : .ptric bin T't en 11 " o' uul an vest yi ,J'n8 "Is in th' world And then he added, retn successor today. emphatically: "The bigger blow America is able to deliver, the sooner she delivers it the quicker will the war end and tho new order of things be nssured.' The United Press correspondent went to Lord Demy ior soum belief on the duration of the vvar and Tho room was slowly darkening. The war secretary, as lie spoKe tnese iai words, paused and smoked furiously. His face and form were half hidden. In the haze of tobacco smoke and dusk of the room, it was easy for the imagina tion to conjure up the piercing grey eyes a tha s lent man wuo kuuwb belief on tne uui.m - - - t the snm nf what part America saoum ivucnciiKi -- -- ?L fiul ti e. He found the war secre- dMlt follght and defeated British apa f irmlv of the belief that the end , thv when that etrort seemeu uoi -. 1SnOWHBirParttoPlay. "America," he said, "has a big part to play in this struggle to abolish the world menace of militarism. America must Btrike hard. We hope she will 1.1.. ft St Here tiie British war head suddenly reused swiiii about in tns cnau, he blank wah of his office and reiter ated, as though seeking to project his thought acros? the ocean: "This war will not be over until the full we'ght of America has been thrown into the scales. Her full we.ght VtltAnevU be misled. Ocr- oops are Btcodi y directed to tn i : 't te forging ahead today. Trieste pamc , Pib , u -a , ' "'"" ., "l" ' ' ...Li i;Va tn s to 00 so. ng Uotr tsianas, in "-Vr; ,t I tonmente to house the army will pro- Vessel began tobreak up May lo, atter hg f.,led DV volunteers ann tne new army inn .. . , . n. i I 1 IC"V1 -I . , . , . : i,aa ! iirpceedinir midnight UllllK iic"". I "ill i:fKr.ota n then launched, only one of which had been picked up at last reports. This is the second disaster to snips of the Libby, McNeill and Libby fleet in a few weeks and tne loumi ii. in the same region this season- The Libby windjammer St. Francis went ashore in IJmman i ass nuu mt. i i, a fothorine and the tender Thistle have also been wrecked near the same spot. ' . . Cape Constantino is the western point of the entrance to the estaury ... Xushagnk rivW. Emercy Dyke Is . Hokhns Uut the Lane Columbia betting stncKen at me Bppiuv -- i.. i 1 waiva here... All according to nuiu --- , ., banks there have been closed and the government officers and the leading business houses have hurriedly shipped all records to Vienna. Most of th! Austrian prisoners taken so far by the Italians were from di visions recently detached from the Ku sian front, it was announced today. - General Von Falkenhayn is still at the Austrian front, attached to the Am ine i i-Ki. he so. Germany would V '""'.:" i.i f- ic,.neh are less stolid ana n " Afinan l-.oii lii-k " i - feet them even grmic.- nined i one which American . soldiers .'Germany has achrf-if not p. ' , '".rthemsclves, but I have the crest of her military JXfbV w r"5bt o'f ?n. effect it 'would have n k ori nniRkor at somt things than the British," Lord Derby resumed, after a moment. "I believe : ,:n not a nuickcr start than Alllliri sl - . we did if the r?oplc appreciate the size of the job." . nn... .. American armv be trained as rapidly as the new units of the Bri tish army that is, in three months?" was asked. . . , "There again American quickness ...mi .!.i.k. aliow itself." the war secretary returned. "The fact that the British 'are now able to train men m three months is partly due to their deal ing with seasoned organizations from "BuTl should say that three months' t1u8 a certain amount of necessary training in France would make the fittest kind of soldiers from entirely raw-material. "The matter of getting a small Am- . i n.rno Unvl AIT ATI - nnntll'ffA T UVC1 UCIU r - v.. Uontinued on p8B t10 ' knows every uay sue . ,nhris ready to quit-on her own ter"he U ready to fight a long long time vet before accepting the teims that the world's democracy demands to safeguard the future. must tlfuiuw - no doubt of the effect it would have on the British . iU "What about Americans on me u. sian front t" Lord Derby was asked. "That is entirely a matter for ol diers to decide. It fertainly could not (Continued on page two.), Coeur d' Alenc, Idaho May IS.-An emergency dyke today is keeping the steadily rising the.f1lakeT,fvrrs .1 . i . ':.,.. ayo nf the city. Kivers running from Coaur d'Alene lake con rinue to rise, and the crest of the flood "jTriSSl&tR and other Idaho towns are still partly under water and without Hght3. Columbia Rising Rapidly- , The Dalles, Ore., May 18 The Columbia river passed the 30 foot mark early this morning ana inj .. - j feet, thedangermark Snow in tne inu.. , 15 feet deep and is beginning to melt. The highest water in many years is pre- Ji 'Sorts received here are that the Snake and Clearwater rivers subsided sx inches within the last 24 hours be cause of a cold wave throughout smitb--.i.i.. ...u:h unntied melting- tnese streams, it is thought, will exceed the high marks early in tne " thaw sets in again. STORY HOUR All children who have attended the story hour at the puDne vear are especially umr,, - urday morning, when Miss Paxson will choose those who are to take part in the little library play the '"o Saturday. The story hour wil 1 be held at the usual time, 0:30 to 10:30. llerl iihntit- Spntemher 1 WlU taix iTaininK Within a mnntll nr two months, the national guardsmen will bo called into federal service. Intensive training of the new men will start immediately after the call and continue a few months, when the troops will be ready for service in the trenches of Europe. . ' The regular army as now constituted will form the basis of the, training 0, .l,ii.niiiT the recruits into shape on new lines, drawn from the lessons tauglit ny our ouservers Buruau. rrhn A,.mir will liiive CTrintpr trv than Aiiu niui; ..... r-., ever before, as the rank and file will receive $15 a month above the present rates. It will be necessary to shift some or tho recruits into the south as the bulk of the training cantonments win ue there. , ... The fact that twelve of them will be in the southern department win. make that division under General Leonard Wood, far more important than the public anticipated when ne was shifted from the Eastern depart ment. Booze Wrecks Two of Would-Be Officers CENTERS FOR MATERNAL AND INFANT WELFARE Will Be Provided- No Sol- (tiers' Family Will Be Al lowed to Suffer Wast By Robert J. Bender. (T'nilcd Tress staff correspondent.) Washington, May 18. How the gov ernment may help "war mothers" loomed large today out of the great, whirl of preparing the nation 'for 'its struggle against Germany. Both in eongress and in the cabinet tilt, nrnblem t nrntivlinf mnlliAvi K. hind the lines is under discussion. "the public protection of maternity 111 1 T lit Ha 111 O il A a fnnilomnnlnl SIaw ill the war program, for soldiers' families," one government official declared today. T.ecriHtntion is nemlinc in prtMrreitn tAv help to a certain extent "The problem is one of the most se rious in war," Senator Kenyon aaid to day. "It is one oi tie things that makes it seem inevitable that when war comes all progress in civilization stops." The children's bureau of the depart ment of labor, howevv, eas been study ing the matter of maternal and child welfare and has suggested the following program as a siurier. center in. Eaca uouniy. A mill n 11 1.1, 1 n rr unijll findroll Il(T An of each eOunry scat to care for moihera needing attention and assistance. An accessible county center for ma ternal and infant welfare at' which mothers may ontain simpio lnrormaimn as to the proper care of themselves and their babies! A county maternity hospital aeces sible to all parts o'f the county bed 1. . 1 . l IL in a general nospitai ior care oi mom- ers. Provision for skilled attendanee, ob tainable by each woman in the county. Proper care of "war mothers " is a i.Ua! mattar -fn crnvernment eonflidcra- tion Miss Julia Lathrop, chief of the children's nureau or mo department, ui labor, said today. ' , n. in n J t uannot oe nnsiuiuj. "It is for the public good and its Mil must he metbv public appropria tions, not by private philanthropy. If this war is waged to mane uuniii.j prevail, the families of soldiers must be safeguarded as never before. In old wars it was taken tor granted that fam ilies of soldiers must suffer from pesti lence and famine. This war must pre-, serve the health and education of chil dren and tho government compensation for soldiers must take these great items into account. "As soon an the armies are mobiiiaea, many young fathers are going to be drawn from their homes. No govern ment can feel its duty to the soldier i complete unless it protects the family from which the father was taken. Bo in the beginning of this war, it wouU be a sin to put an army in the iiel without protecting, aa never before, tn nation's life at home ,.j, "America can ill nltorn n niggar attitude toward the mothers and chil dren." . San Francisco, May IS. Orders call ng for a second physical examination i. oi.wiAn AffiAi.m nt the I'resiaio 1UI BlUIIVHl v. - training camp have been issued and al ready have resulted in tne mmi"' aa f a,, nlivuienl defects, it was announced today. Five of these were in the engineer corps. At the same time two men were dis honorably discharged for drunkenness. Rigid enforcement or oruem s""" having liquor on the grounds was an nounced today. . . The new examinations nesigneu i reveal anything overlook in the first tests are in progress, together with plans for the ro-oTgnnization of e.om- : ..- ;n n.,., ,.t-1 villi ilia i-ii nip orders. jiainvn, in oviiim nn. 1- ----- - . v.iutnriiow tliA men were mven their first taste of "kitchen police" and- many for the first time mane vnv m. ouaintunce of mops and dish rags. Ralston T. Wilbur, of Spokane, famous ... .,. . . . a AqA Ann athlete, wun an income ui ,Puu,v.. mnnililv iii.lnutrinnslv scrubbed the floor of the engineers' quarters while his three automoDiies siouu ".' CABINET COMPLETED Petrograd, May IS. us sia's new coalition cabinet was completed today and accepted by both the duma and tho sol dier's and workmen's council. Six of the fourteen cabinet places are to be f illed by social ists under the new cooperative plan of government The execu tive committee of the soldiers and workmen's council has ap proved the personnel as an nounced yesterday an.l. this choice will. undoubtedly be -ratified by the congress of that organization. THE WEATHER OrecoR: To night and Satur day . u n 8 e ttled, probably - show ers; motherly winds-
