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M I M I t fl M a a FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES " & 19. -UUTION IS 5 4100 DAILY mwssm mi to , , . , m YEAR-NO- 120 -vAt uinunu.il. itmi ih. ij n fSlONOF lH TROOPS PRICE TWO CENTS A !en of Regular Army j First to Carry Hag a French Soil ELT DIVISION L NOT BE SENT NOW Experts On Both Atlantic Opposed to Han As Impractical jjr Robert J, Bender Pn-ss staff correspondent) ton, May 19. Pershing's A tho call of the president I the nation to nrniH, gave n a roal war thrill toduy. 5 all men of the country be trnl 30 will answer thi call :te service. The first mobili-' the oiaa-power of t hi nation on that date. i ten announced that the, first 500,000 that will be choson millions who will answer the ot he summoned before Sep al the official announcement cnlion to despatch a division ih)' General Pershing to the front at the earliest possible makes it certain the Anteri rill be seen on the firing line, long before the selective ser is ready for action. Roosevelt's division is now Mined by the government, roterans of the regular army flth Pershing when the A in ? is carried into the trenches, war department all hands jay to rounding up the sup tie expedition, oarilng on "High" i and all departments re t the announcement made at j house last night. It seemed w life into the war, mnchin the hill,'1 where weeks have long in preparing emergency for the government to carry its struggle against Prus Md autocracy. "be array bill out of the way. Me hill, boosting the number 4 men from 87,000 to 1 50,000 Mrine corps from 17,000 to B ready for the president's late today. tails" should be cleaned up it week. The war budget bill msposcd of today in the sen lermore, tongress promiHes to to hard work on the revenue oillj before next week is over indent, last night made a por to Senators Knox, Lodge "ger, all republicans, to get J war program and push it to "n ait speed possible!. The - il'parently is counting on re- ttamilcll as llminamfa If nl onsten through tho program. Ktivity at the war de.pnrt "Mbled. The work of assemb les 0f thfi wai. m(.hine con- finally giVPn thc nationj Prpmment officials down at ot early hours for Washing- Ras unbounded, "lip-to-tip" regarding the Pershi llg OK- , Announcement Terse ' Jhe, text of the terse f 'c war department MalPerslnng's expedition: Indent has directed an ex rm , of api'roximatolv ' , ,?f reRu'ar troops, under , General John .1. Pershing, jW-e at as early a date k- -' "''"1 fev J Washington. Mav 19. Tn the records of the war department it is told that John .1. 1'orsuinir was born m kynn county, Missouri, in 18UO that he en tered West rome at the age ot zu; jumped into the thick of the Indian wars in Arizona anu incw mexico, fought in Cuba, served on the general stall', served as military attache to Jana u. made a remnrkatiie record in the Philippines and then President Koosevelt Hurdled mm over su- omcers from captan to brigadier general. ON TR.MK3 AND NTTW8 BTAND8 nVB CKVTW ITALIANS CAPTURE PIVOTAL POINT OF FRONT AUSTRIA! M MARTIN ; .6 s MM 11 MVifn!1' ?,ows'd -all. don't u aa Lionel. Rooae V.Srtf'do with M t' it , . remembers as practicable. General Pershing and staff will precede the troops abroad. Pershing is in Washington ?'lt Is requested that no details or speculations, with regard to the moWH- nation of this eonimand, dates of de parture or other items be earned y the press, other than the official bulled tins given out by the war department relative thereto.' General Pershing has been m WasU-ino-tmi some dnvs. He was personally summoned by Secretary Baker from the Southern department, which was un der his command until last night's or der was issued. The Roosevelt Incident There was, particularly at the cap itol. some commendation and some crit icism of the president's attitude re garding tho "Roosevelt volunteers issue- Army men, generally, nowever, i" Wilson had done the right thing. But there were some senators and repre sentatives who declared they would take the first opportunity publicly to condemn W,i!son "for not mobilizing Roosevelt." The issue, they declared, is still far from dead. The President's Reasons The president issued the following statement at the white house: "I shall not avail myself, at any rate at tho present stage of tho war, of the authorization conferred by the act to organize volunteer division. "To do so would senousiy liuuiime with tho carrying out of the chief and most immedately important purpose contemplated by this legislation. presriaent wm xtuue ium Tha nrnmut creation and early us of a volunteer army wouid contribute practically nothing to the effective strength of the armies now engaged i against Germany. . 1 "I understand that this section ot this act which authorizes the creation of volnnteer divisions lu addition to tho draft was added with a view to providing an independent command for Mr. Koosevelt and giving the mil itary authotities an opportunity to use his fine vigor and enthusiasm in recruiting the forces now at the west- orti frnnt It would be very ngreeaoic u ... to pay Mr. Roosevelt this compnmei i and the allies the compliment of send- to their aid one of our uiosi u.r. tinguished public men, a former presi dent who has rendered many complex public services and proved his galLsmt- iv in many striBing , Not Time for Compliments "Politically, too, it would no doubt have a very fine ettect nu - profound impression, rsut tins is u the time nor the occasion for compli ments or for any action not calculated to contribute to the immediate success of the war. i. "The business now in nana is matic, practical and scientific definite ness and precision. ,': "I shall "act with regard to it as every step and in every particular un der expert and professional advice, from both sides of the water. . That advice is that the men most needed are men of the ages contem plated in tho draft provision of the tin .,, nf the aae and iireseut uin, uu - - . - u sort contemplated in the section which ... c 4k a ni-pliminarv train : Vu ti whn nrfl to .be . drafted we shall need all of our experienced ' "Mr.. Roosevelt told me, when I haa him a tew lilt) UICHPUIC r . , A Nweks ago, that he would wiso io fighting From Rock to Rock Up Hill 652-Was Like Old Time Warfare AUSTRIAN DEFENSE OF MOST DESPERATE KIND Austrian Loss Since Drive commenced 12,000 No Change on Western Front Home. Mav . KiVhHnu i;tnrn from rock to rock and from ravins to ravine, with fierce hnnd tn Uaj clinches alternating with cyclonic bursts of artillery, Italian troops have captured hill 052, pivotal point to the teutons uerenses north of Montesanto. description of the batt e as iriven in todny's official statement showed the picturesque nature of the fighting as "cji us uif iremenaous natural ob-: stacles of ground which General Cador na s troops overcame. 'lesterdnv afternoon we vicnrouslv attacked with the object of capturing hill 052, the Vodice key to the enemy's defenses north of Montesanto," the .statement said. "The stubborn defense, of the enemy made the attack a long and severe one. The fighting progress ed from rock to rock," the statement continued. " Kxpnlling the enemy from trenches and tnking caverns well pro tected by machine guns we reached the long contested heights. Strong counter attacks were successfully repulsed, our troops maintaining the position despite concentrated lire trom the ilccing enemv. 'During the advance we took 3 prisoners. Hast of Gorizia we maintain ed our positions which were repeatedly and. persistently attacked by our ene,-my.'' 2,600 MARINES TO go vrrri pershing TO FROJCH FRONT Regiment Will Be Composed of Organizations Serving In Haiti and Cuba WILLBECOmUNDEDBY FIGHTING COL DOYEN Two Out of. Nine Regiments of Engineers Have Already Been Raised German Attacks Vain Paris, May 19. Renewal of. Ger many's concerted offensive m a for midable drive west of Braye was an nounced by tho i'rench official state ment today. The attack was over a wide front. It was smashed by the French artillery except at one point to the west, where a few German groups succeeded in gaining French ad vanced positions. The Brayo attack was one of two as saults in force which the Germans flung against tie French along the Soissons-Rheims iront. The other was northwest of Rheinis. There thc enemy utilized liquid fire and preceded the at tack by a tremendous storm of artil lery. For three days now the Germans have striven vainly around the Braye and Craonne sectors to fore relinquish ments by the French of some of the ground gained by General Nivclle's offensive. Their losses have been tre mendous in these struggles. "On Friday evening, following a heavy bombardment, the Germans launched an attack northwest of Braye on a wide front, ' ' the statement said. "Their assaulting waves wore smashed by our artillery, without attaining the French lines, except at a point west, where a few groups gained French ad-, vanced positions. "Northwest of Rheims a German at tack with liquid fire and artillery was becked. " Washington, May 19 A regiment of marines, about 2,600 men under com mand of Colonel Ch&r!es A. Doyen of the Washington barracks, will accom pany the first American army expedi tion to France. The regiment will be composed princi pally of organizations which have re cently seen active service in Haiti, San Domingo and Cuba, according to of ficial announcement from the navy de partment touay. ( They will be armed, equipped and or ganized similar to. the army with which they will Bcrve. Colonel Doyen will bo under com mand of Major General Pershing, and the marines with him will serve as sol diers in the trenches of France. After making verbal announcement of the dispatch of the marines, Secre tary of the Navy Daniels made the fol lowing official statement: " A regiment of marines, consisting of 2,600 men will accompany the first expedition to France. The regiment will he commanded by Colonel Charles A, Doyen and will be composed principally of organizations whiehjave been serv ing in Haiti, San Dominga and Cuba. This force will.be armed, equipped and organized in exactly the same manner as the . tegiments of the army with which they will serve." Always First to Fight . Doyon has also seen many years' ser Washington marine barracks and presi dent of. the examining and retiring board of the marine corps. He has seen real fighting service, having been in command of the marines aboard the Hancock, stationed in Dominican waters in 1914. Doyen has else seen manly years' ser vice on the west coast and in the Philip pines. The marines will live np to their tra ditions in accompanying the Pershing force- They have always been known as "the first to tight." Reports to the war department to day showed that two out of the nine regiments of engineers tor rrencn serv ice have been raisd and that in the Pittsburg district more men have ap plied than could be accepted. Marine recruiting elsewhere is going along satisfactorily, it was said. A partial list of acceptances to the engineers' corps, fcllt-rrs: Pittsburg, 1,125. New York. 051. Detroit, 500. St. Louis, 300. Philadelphia, 300. San Francisco, 29. Chicago, 11. Market More Cheerful - Price Changes Sma3 New York, May 19. The New York Evening Sue financial review today said: May's reversion to unity in the mat ter of weather waj, perhaps, as much a factor as anything in today' short ses sion of thc stock market. Much of the normal week end settlement of ac counts was accomplished yesterday and I it is juite generally agreed that the present technical position of securities leave little to be desired for the Sun day recess. Commission houses were largely deserted and attendance on the floor of the stock exchange was re stricted. In consequence trading was quiet and narrow, with price changes among the standard industrial and rail road issues lacking in significance. Firmness underlay that market alike in stocks and bonds. Sentiment continues cheerful. Wall Street feels confident that the revenue bill with its retroactive provisions and other features generally regarded - as defective, will be radically altered be fore it reaches the statute books. The real business of the. liberty loan flota tion is well under way. . The Russian duma pledges its loyalty to the allies and there is promise of an earjy offen sive on tho Russian fronts. ASKS ORT WEST to rarns MONEY INTO KALES Secretary of Treasury Mc Adoo Starts Campaign for Raising Funds BANDITS GET $7,000 ANDTOUR VICTIMS Five In Automobile Attack Men Carrying the Money, in Chicago Streets SAYS LOANING MONEY WILL BOOST BUSINESS Nathan Strauss Blisters Got ham's Swelldom, and Makes It Gasp Chicago, May 19. Three men were shot and one other badly beaten by five automobile bandits today, who held up three men at the Racine street exit of the Metropolitan elevated and escaped with a $7,000 payroll of the Stein Garter company." The victims were: Jack Bycrs, special policeman of the Garter company, shot through back and leg, will probably die. Frank Jones, laborer, a bystander, shot through leg. L J- Mooney, special policeman of tht Merchant's Trust company, shot through body and beaten. Kmil Weisner, age 14, employe of Garter company, badly beaten. Byers, Mooney and Weisner weTe re tnrninir from the bank with the pay roll in a satchel from the elevated en trance into the street, an automobile containing five men dashed up. Four of them attacked the group guarding the payroll, while the other remained in the machine. , innM who was Dossing, joined in the struggle, but in a few seconds all four defending the money had been put out of business. The bandits leaped into the machine and sped away. St. Paul, Minn., May. 19 Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo urged the northwest to throw its nioney as well as its grain into' the scales for democ racy in the world war at a mammoth luncheon attended by 1,000 bankers, public officials and business men of the northwest today. ureeted at the union station by a committee of 500, including Governor Burnquist, representatives of governors of Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Montana and Iowa, Secretary McAdoo plunged into a whirlwind program expected to boom the sale of liberty loan bonds throughout the northwest. "Our allies have been fighting near ly three years for a 'cause that is as much ours as theirs. They have built up the most wonder'ul fighting machine that the world has ever known, but their food productions have suffered at the expense ot greater military ef ficiency," McAdoo aid. "It is nn to us to render the Quick est aid that can bo provided and our firaf rtnnnrin n if V tn nil) ta Blinntv thft w l I - J - -- - ' It.1 wherewithal to buy fod. We must not only finance the needs of our own gov ernment, but we must help the .allied governments." McAdoo explained also that it would be his policy to deposit the money pro cured by the sale of these bonds in the W As Austria Tells It Vienna. Mav IS. via London, May 19. Abandonment of Kuk hill, southeast of Plava, "after two days of the fierc est fighting," was announced in the Austrian official statement toaay. "In the Gorizia region," the state ment continued, "there were dense massed night attacks which were stop ped. Around Montesanto a strong at tack in tliemorning was repelled in hand to hand fighting. 'So far we have taken .suuu pns- British Deadlocked Mv 19. The British offen sive was apparently deadlocked again today with Hindeuburg's massed re serve forces. Field Marshal Haig re- nmted merely a number or rawing en counters and no actions of major im portance. 1 .... .... 0 n .nn,.ni.l OTA iini. "JNOrtneaSl OI irouarniuuun. ricd out a successful raid last mgm. and brought back prisoners and am ehine gun," the statement said, "fcast of Loos, northwest of Armenticrcs and east of Ypres hostile raids were re pulsed." ' Austrian Ikss 12,000 ' Rome, May 19. Austrian casualties to Tuesday in General Cadorna's great offensive drive were rruuu.j todav at 12,000 dcau, wounuuu ..... missing. Since that date sleeping fur ther successes have probably inflicted almost as great casualties on tho enemy Rome is afire with enthusiasm oyer :-..:na nrnrress of the Italian roops Front dutches today related "n Almost unceasing battle along the entire front, attacKs " ...I.. . i.a onemv melting into a gantic conflict. Much of the fighting i hand to hand. Gorizia is suffering severely from Austrian bombardment. PRESIDENT SETS JUNE FIFTIIAS DAY FOR REGISTERING "Duty of All to See Nine of ' Every Male, of Age, Is Written On Honor list NOT HOLIDAY BUT ONE OF PATRIOTIC DEVOTION Face of War Changed and In stead of Armies, Whole -Nations Are Armed PORTENTOUS PARA GRAPHS IN PRESI DENT'S PROCLAMATION SATURDAY, JUNE 2 IS BARGAIN DAY Not a legal holiday, but an event that will live in , local history, is the promise made for Salem's first Bargain Day, Saturday June 2. The Capital Journal and Statesman have promised to co-operate with the local merchants iu giving the proper publicity. . Several stores have promised to of fer bargains heretofore unheard of for this one day onlv. In brief anything tnat can De done in tne matter of prices prompt ser vice and courteous treatment is being done. .. . .. From day to day list or tne mer chants who are co-operating in this plan together with full details will be given watch thc papers each dayl MAY BUY SHIPS Washington, May 19. r Tne senate today approved the dras tic shipping section of the war budget bill authorizing Presi dent Wilson to spend $500,000, 000 immediately in buying and building vessels for use in the ' war. , The bill empowers the presi dent to make contracts, fir prices and if necessary com mandeer plants engaged m the production of vessels or parts thereof. TO END WITH THE WAR Washington, May 19. Start ing today enlistment for the regular army or national guard will contain the specific stipulation that thqy cover only the period of the war. This is based on orders issued today, although all recent enlistments have been with the tacit under standing that the service would be concluded at the end of tho war. . . ...... a. .1. t 4e ale T f 1- -- . Gamblers Again Force Price, of Wheat Up r.:n Mav' 19. Continued cover ing by shorts and a better tone to the -...u L.ot tnlnv forced wheat up 1 is Jnlv.nrMi.ed five under yesterday's close, at $223, but worked j? i .i.,i t Sentem- . . Anrnrnnn nnn j. n.l rinsed at 42.40. Septem ber was uncunngeu w r e closed higher at $2.17. . Corn followed the aavance in w... July was down 1-4 at the opening, but closed 3 3-4 up at $1.53 3-4. Septem ber opened 1 1-8 off and closed at $1.- JO 1 A n nan ni A 1-4. Oats showed ft slight 8i through out the trading. July ws P ' at 66 3-8 at tho opening and closed at 67 5-8. September also opened 1-4 up and elosed at 57 5-S, a gain of 1 1-8. Provisions were nifjier on a strong hog market - -s " Washington, May 19. Belva Lockwood, noted woman public ist, and one of the first wo men to urge woman suffrage, died here today after a long ill ness. Mrs. Lockwood was the first woman admitted to practice be-, fore the United States supreme court and the only woman candi date for president.' . community in which it originates. The $41,000,000 to be subscribed in Minneso ta will be redeposited in Minnesota banks and will be used to extend credit to the allies, who will thus be able to come into Minnesota markets and buy Minnesota productions. "I believe that business will be stim ulated rather than retarded by this loan," McAdoo said. Talked to "Sassiety." New York, May 19. Nathan Strauss' blistering arraignment of Gotham's ul tra wealthy for "their paltry war re lief donations," hurled at a meeting of hich society charity workers in thc home of Miss Anne Morgan, left New York's exclusive set easping today- "Let me Bpeak," demanded Straus, interuptine a report at the meeting of the National League for Women's Serv: ice at the Morgan home. "The rich peo pie have acted shamefully. The few, paltry donations or $j.,uuu eacn nave come from men who have made millions out of this war." Strauss denounced "that man who re centlv cave $200,000 for a picture.' Charles M. Schwab did that not long ag- . Miss Grace Parker, national com mandant of the league, quickly apolo gized to the rich, saying Straus was airing his own views, not those of the league. Several wealthy women haughtily dc parted after Straus' tirade. James W. Gerard and George W. Wickcrsham, also present, sat through the meeting silent Greatest War Budget In History of Country Passed by Congress Washington, May 19. The greatest war budget in the history of the Unit ed States, carrying $3,342,364,131.22, was passed by tne senate today. The bill provides appropriations for the military and naval establishment and authorized unlimited power to the president in purchasing and construc tion of merchant ships. - Responding to appeals for action j both from the country and the presi dent, the senate disposed of the meas ure in jig timo today. Efforts to limit thc president's powers under the ship ping section were defeated after the only-persistent fight made on any fea ture of the bill. Just before passing the bill, upon motion of Senator Weeks the senate struck $48,582,250 from the appropria tion for horses for the army, leaving only $25,000,000 for this purpose. , The bill already has passed the house. It now goes to conference. I All men between ages of 21 and 1)0, inclusive, must regis ter. Any person failing to fegbter - or who registers falsely shall bo guilty of a misdemeanor. In case o'f temporary absence from his legal residence, a man must register by mail. Hours of registration shall be . between 7 a. m. and 7 p. m., June 5, 1917, at the registration place in their home precinets. Those who are too ill to regis ter are required to apply for in structions before June 5 as to . how they may register by agents. Those absent from home on June 5 shall, when in cities of over 30,000 population, apply to the city clerk of thc city where in they may be sojourning. That registration day, while not a holiday, shall bo made " a great day of patriotic devotion and' obligation when the iuty ' shall lie upon every man to see to it that tho name of every male person of the designated ages is written on the list of honor." . . .. . . - honor." . . : Washington, May IS. President Wilson's proclamation putting into ef fect the selective draft provisioa of the war, army bill, signed last nigbt, fol A proclamation by the president of the United States: Whereas, Congress has enacted and the president has, on the 18th day of May, one thousand nine hundred and asvmiisiin nnnroved the Jaw which. contains the following provisions: Men. Between 21 and 30 Called. Section 5. That all male persons be tween the ages of 2x Mid 30, ooth in clusive, shall be subject to registration in accordance with regulations to be prescribed" by tho president; and upon proclamation by tho president or other public notice "given by him or by his diroction stating the time and place of such registration, it shall be the duty of all persons of the designated ages, oxcept officers and enlisted men to the regular army, the navy and the Na tional Guard and Naval Militia while in the service of the United States, to present themselves for and submit to registration under the provisions of this act, and every such person shall be deemed to have notice of the re quirements of this act upon the pub lication of se'd proclamation or other notice as aforesaid given by the presi dent or by his direction; and any per son who sunn wilfully fail or refuse- to present uw. .v . ..---- -- submit thcrotf as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction in the district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, be punished by for not more than one year, and shall thereupon be ty istered; provided that in the call of the docket precedence shall be given in courts trying the same to the trial ot criminal proceedings under this aet; provided further, that persons shall bo subject to registration as herein pro vided who shall have attained their a,.. .ml who shall not have attained their 31st birthday on or, be-. NICARAGUA STANDS IN - Washington, May 19. Nica ragua has broken relations with Germany, the "Btata department announced today.' (Continued on page thre) THE WEATHER THINK-OF I : ; ', Oregon: Tonight and- Sunday un settled, probably showers; winds. westerly a"oot Is . T lnsi(le lf n o Cloth n store f- -T (Continued on page ttrst.)