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o ft .... ; m FULL LEASED J WIRE DISPATCHES . ft ft i ft a a a CIRCUIATION IS OVER 4400 DAILY !k J.tf MfeiU r&yv FORTIETH YEAR NO. 127 SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TBAIN3 Am fftn J-" .EilNXD STANDS FTTH CENTO ft ,mfr. d frfiwh pushim WEDGE DEEPER IN CRAONNE SECTION Adopt Plan of Taking Small ' Sections at a Time, Which .Is Successful MAY FORCE RETIREMENT 1 TO NEW LINE ON MEUSl England Looks to America to Aid In Retaining Supremacy flf fTn Air By Henry Wood. ( CTnited Press staff correspondent.) With the French Armies Near Craon ne, -May 28. Steadily through one en tire week . a battle has been raging uround Craonne which may ultimately force Germany's retirement to the Meuse. The French communiques have not mentioned the fighting, except inci dentally but it has continued inccs tmutly, bitterly and victoriously fo! the French. . Already the French troops . have., de scended from Paon plateau into the val ley of the Miette. Today they; were Hteadily driving a two-edged and fatal wedge into the German Hoes. Once this wedge is sufficiently plunged into the enemy's front the French can turn cither north or south or in both directions simultaneously. A successful movement in either direc tion will be sufficient to force a Ger man retirement to the Meuse lino, to save the Hindenburg front northward through Laon, St. Quentin, Cambrai and Douni. ' - - - . ' : Already the battle has advanced suf ficiently to insure this result if it'eon finnes' favorable to tho Froncli. But Beveral weeks' continuous operations are likely before the .decisive moment in this stroke is reached. Germana RaaIiza ITatiaca That the Germans appreciate the ex act degree of the menace was indicated today- in the number and fierceness of the enemy counter attacks - launched against the French. . n i i i. . . , i i i i . i lie v ruuunc UHTtie nus flau no spw. tnp.ntar mnrinn in thA lilv nff if in statements, because the French, instead of launching immense assaults on an ex tended front, have temporarily adopted the strategy of capturing -small bits of the line at a time, by small and almost daily attacks around each position. The past week has witnessed steady advance of the wedge toward Corbeny. Meanwhile, the French have completely captured all observatories dominating tho Ailette valley, by a battle fought with tactics similar to those being pur sued on the Craonne sector. Further successes reported today north of the MoronvilUcrs crest is one other menace to the German line which may force their retirement. Another wedge is being driven here into the big bend in the German front. This is far behind the present German line against which the British are battering to the north. America Must Aid. By Lowell Mellett. ' (United Press staff correspondent.) London, May 28- It may depend on America whether there will be numerous repetition of Friday's aerial assassina tions or women, emmren anu iiuh-cuiii-batants in English villages by German irnien. The frank hope that the Unit ed States will soon send large numbers of aeroplanes to England to fight Ger- (Coritinued ox cage two.) He ABE MARTIN TV less mail a feller gets th' more he bother U postaf ice. - Miss Tawney Afiftig has a new pair o' stotkin's that are so thin you kin read th' serial num bers or kit paper money- . Germans in America Would Dethrone Kaiser Now Tork, May 28. Amer- ica'g liberty loving Germans or- ganized a national propaganda here today to dethrone the kaiser. Under the title "Friends of, the German Republic," a pro- visional revolutionary commit- tee established headquarters at 140 East Nineteenth street. Everything possible will be done, it is announced, to insure William Hohenzollern of Berlin ' the same fate that befell his cousin, Nicholas Eomanoff of fc ' Pctrograd. - Mr. Romanoff is t: hoeing potatoes. ( Circulars in German and Eng- , lish, written by J. Kocttgen, are . '. being mailed to the Germans of . the United States today, urging J ! them to co-operate with the S movement. - V T,lis organization, its leaders believe, will do more to solidify the German population of Amer- g icu behind the United States , 1 ovornment in this war, in spirit ' ;,is well as in word, than any- thing else. ' )C 3C 9C 3e 3fC jQc 3c 3C 3e 3C 3e 3fc 3fC 5C 9C 3E National Guardsmen Not Required to Register Portland, Ore.,' May 28. Members of the National Guard will not be required to register on war census day, June 5. The first regulations issued by the war department required that National Guardsmen between the ages of 21 and 30 years, inclusive, who had not actual ly been called into the federal service, must register. Instructions wcro so is sued by the adjutant general of Oregon to all company commanders in the state. But official notification has just been received from Washington that Presi dent Wilson : himself has ruled that members of tho National Guard are al ready subject to military service under federal authority, so will not be subject to selective conscription, nor required to register. As the regulations now stand, the only men between the ages of 21 and 30 years, 'inclusive, who will not have to register on war census day aro soldiers and sailors' of the regular army, navy, and marine corps, soldiers of the Na tional Guard and the reserves thereof. All otter men of the designated ages, without any exception,' and including aliens -as well as citizens, must register. Illness or absence from home precincts on war census day is no excuse, though special methods have been provided for registration of the sick and absentees in advance. The penalty for failing to register is imprisonment, without alternative of a fine. FLOUR AND WHEAT DROP Minneapolis, Minn., May 28.Under pressuro of the most optimistic crop news of the year, coming from practic ally every section of the northwest, wheat and flour prices continued their downward trend today. Flour sold at $14.25 a barrel wholesale. Flour has dropped $2.95 in two weeks. May wheat has gone down 74 cents and July 70 cents. Number of Salem Merchants Pledged to Bargain Day Movement Is Now Forty-One Others Not On List Promise Special Inducements t When over forty of the leading business institutions of any commun ity band themselves together for the attainment of a certain object and work in harmony toward that end you may safciv rtly upon their accomplish ing their purpoee. Over forty of Salem's business men have settled upon next Saturday, .Tune 2, as the dat4' of Salem's first Annual Bargain day. For many days they have oeen busy working tooth and nail to make it on.i' of the most successful bar gain cvrr.ts ever held in Oregon. No effort has been spared that could add to it success. Each merchant has prevailed i:pon all others to make sub stantial redactions in the priee of mer chandise so there would remain no pos sibility that any shopper might be dis appoint d. It is safe to predict that those who buy. in halem next Saturday will ob tain greater .valne for their money than they have ever aecured before, dome merchants -will make substantial reduc tions on everything i'n stock; others will make deep price cuts on certain stated lines; still others will offer "specials" and provide other inducements for buy ing on Bargain day. Through the columns of the Capital Journal and Oregon Statesman the Bar gain day stores will be afforded an op portunity to state over their own sig natures exactly what they will offer in the way of bargains. Watch the papers for these atate- ments. Ton will then know exactly what to buy and where to bay it on Bargain day. The diversity, of bargains will be alirost endles?; in fact, it is difficult lo conceive of anything that rould be EIGHT STATES III PATHOFCLYCLONE PAY HEAVY TOLL 241 Knowfr Dead and Esti mated This List Will Be Increased by Seventy 1445 INJURED AND MANY OF THESE HURT FATALLY 7 Thousands Are Homeless and Property Loss Will Run Into Several Millions jc ))c )c sfc )j( j(c tjc ))c 3c afc )(c sjc sfc sc THE CYCLONE'S TOLL ' Dead. Injured. Mattoon, 111. ... 03 . 500 Charleston, 111. . SO 25 Other Illinois , points . . . 15 100 Kentucky and Tennessee ... 60 100 Kansas . . . . 24 ' - 60 Missouri ....... 1 12 Alabama 12 , 234 Arkansas 9 . 14 Indiana : '. . 7 175 l , , . Total 241 1,445 Estimated dead (additional) 70 sic Chicago, May 28. The middle west and south today took up the task of succoring thj injured and homeless in the districts of eight states which were swept by tornadoes Friday Saturday ami Sunday. - The storm's toll, according to latest figures, was 241 known dead, 70 -additional estimated dead and 1,445 esti mated injured. Many of the injured probably will dio. State, county and municipal officials and organizations were co operating in relie'f work, while the Red Cross was centering its efforts on a more imme diate catastrophe than the great war. Thousands o fmon, women and chil dren are homeless and practically with out food or extra clothing. These are being cared for through official and private efforts as rapidly as possible, wbilo the Red Cross and volunteer phy sicians are ministering to the injured. The property loss is enormous, fa addition to the thousands of residences, stores, factories and public buildiues, destroyed, growing crops have been lev eled and hundreds of head of livestock (Continued oa Pafe 5.) M4tT desired that will not be available at barpaiu prices. i'rpmpt and efficient service will also be a feature of the occasion. Many extra salespeople have been engaged and patrons will be subjected to no de lay in being r aited upon. No doubt remains that thousands of t nt of -town Salem people will be here on this great buying occasion. Word has come from all points of the com doss to the effect that nearly everyone is planning to come. Weather permitting, Saicm will have one of the largest chowds she has ever entertained; and, even should it rain, the shower of bar gains prevailing in Salem will cause the people to brave the elements rather than miss the opportunity to bny. Imperial Furniture Company, Home furnishings, Victrolas and Vic tor records. The Price Shoe company Ladies' and men 'a shoes. Stockton's -- General merchandise. - ' Salem Woolen Mills 8 tore Men's furnishings, home of Hart Schaf- f ner k Marx elotiies. Gale ft Co. General merchandise. -KaXotuy Bros. Ladies' furnishing goods. Barea's Furniture, carpets, etc. Mile. M. Buffs . "The Freneh Sbop," millinery. George 0- WU1 Pianos, musical instruments, etc. , Scotch woolen Mills store Bay L. Farmer Hardware company Hardware, cuttlery, silverware, etc (CoatisasU paf five., MILITIAMAN SHOT Portland, Ore., May 28 Boy F. Cpufins, a militiaman guard- ing the plant of the Standard Oil eompany. at Oilton, was shot and seriously wounded early today by an unidentified prowler whom Couf ins ordered to halt. The police and military author- ities are hunting for the in truder. " SEVEN DEAD 17 HURT IN THE BAY DISTRICT Three Auto Accidents and Ail Caused by Trying to Beat Trains to Crossings - San Francisco, May ES.--Seven peo ple are dead today and seventeen injur ed as a result, of Sunday 's automobile and street car accidents in the bay dis trict. Four women and one man every oc cupant of an automobile met a terri ble death late yesterday under the wheels, oi' a speeding electric train at Moraga crossing. While ten relatives sat helplessly in two other automobiles nearby, the train, going 45 miles an hour, struck the automobile squarely, and strewed wreckage along the track for 300 feet. The five bodies were unrecognizable masses of flesh when removed. The wrecked automobile was hurled against a telegraph pole with such force that the pole was broken. The dead: Miss Gladys Mortimer, 20 years old; Mrs. A. E- Richmond, age 24;. Miss Eva Walker, age 10; Mrs. F. J. Canon, age 65 and A. J. Hawkins, age 30. ' A. E. Richmond, with his little daugh ter, Bat in another automobile and saw his wife killed. Another electric train struck- an au tomobile driven by. Peter Block in Ber keley. Little Viola Block, aged 3, was thrown from the machine and instant ly killed. Seven other occupants were somewhat bruised. In San- Francisco. Mrs. Laura Mul- lins, age 30, was instantly killed when an automobile' collided with McAllis ter street car. Two other people in the automobile were slightly hurt, i Eight1 people were badly shaken up, ana one man may uie, as a- rroiui. oi cable car-accident in San Francisco yes terday. A-Sacramento street car lost its grip and sped down a 'steep niu and crashed into a Hyde street car. Martin Kurtcla's skull was fractured. EARTHQUAKE SHAKES THE IPffilAL VALLEY No Damage Is Done Other Than Bad Fright Colorado Flood Causes Apprehension Brawlcy, Cal., May 28. An earth quake so severe, that the shock of it frightened women and children until they fainted, rocked this city last night in the first big quake since more than a year ago when great property dam age was done. Panic reigned for a mo ment at the Sacred Heart Catholic school, where closing services were in progress. Women and children fainted; others fled. Order was restored after the temblors ceased. Reports from Calexico today describ ed the earthquake "very slight and ordinary." The rapid rising of the Colorado riv er caused far wore concern than the earthquake. Residents expressed no fear, however, that a combination of earthquake and floods might dam age crops in the valley. Colorado Flooding. Tuma, Ariz., May 28. Reaching a stage of 23.4 feet, the Colorado river, which has been rising at the rate of a foot a day, today ncarcd the danger point. Thirty teet of water will tnrow the river out of banks. A message from United States Observer Brandenburg re ported extraordinary high water is on its way to the lower reaches ot tne stream, in the Imperial valley. A doa ble guard is maintained along the lev ees.- increased water in tne river is ex pected to bring the gauge up to 27 feet tomorrow. Wheat Stffl Drops, Is Down Two Cents More Chicago, May 28. Trading in wheat continued featureless today under the restrictive measures. July opened four under Saturday's close at $2.07 and later was still ouoted at that figure. There were no sales In September during the first quarter hour Then that future opened at tl.81, a loss of 3 cents, but later went to $1.82. Corn fell in sympathy with wheat. July opened down 4 at tlMVt and subsequently lost 3 1-8. September open ed down 1 and later lost an additional 1 to 91 AO 3-4. Oats lost at the start, but later re covered on good buying. July was off 18 at 5SH. but later gaiaed 3-8. Sep tember opened 1-8 off but subsequently tent to 53, a gai nof li. BREAD THE PRICE WE MUST PAY FOR PEACE INI EUROPE Allies WiD Require 500,000,: 000 Busheis of Wheat from Next Harvest WILL NEED 350,000,000 BUSHELS OTHER GRAINS AH Other Sources of Supply dhut utt, bays rood Dicta tor Herbert Hoover By Robert J. Bender. (U'nited Tress staff correspondent ) Washington, May 28. Bread is. the price of international peace in Europe. And "the size of the loaf will now depend absolutely on what can be done from the North American continent,' ' according to Herbert C. Hoover, Amer ica's new food administrator. The allies, in order to provide the tninimum bread ration, which they are now giving their peoplo, will require more than 500,000,000 bushels of wheat at the next harvest, Hoover said to day. With this appeal before them, the house and senate resumed debate on the Gore-Lever food bill, providing1 a gecnral food survey in the country and means of stimulating production. "With the lower classes in Europe, bread is the fetish of food," Hoover warned. "And without the loaf even assuming that you give them a dietetic sufficiency of something withont the loaf you could not preserve public tran quility. Bread is the price of peace.' France Hag Half Crop. In addition to the 500,000,000 bushels of wheat needed, Hoover has informed congress, the -allies will also roquire "somewhere Over 250,000,000 to 350, 000,000 bushels of other cereals." Therefore, we have a problem here of -furnishing anywhere from 800,000,- 000 to' 1,000,000,000 bushels of grain Hoover said. .--" . . The bulk of the bread burden is now on the Ifnited States because -the allies' cropB are short millions of bushels. In France alone, Hoover said, the wheat crop is down 35 per cent, creat ini a deficiency of 150,000,000. bushels. All former sources of corenls for the allies are now cut off. TheBe were originally Russia, Rumania, Bulgaria Australia, India and the Argentine. "The whole supply of Russia, Bul garia and Rumania are absolutely etit off," Hoover continued. "Australia Continued on page two.) Lady From Montana" Urges Food Conservation Work Be Done, If Possible, by Women Washington, May 28 Miss Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, game, but a little nervous mado her maiden speech in the house this afternoon. She introduced spoke and had passed in less than iive minutes, amid vociferous applause, an amendment providing that as much ns possible of the food conservation work under the Lever bill shall be done by women. Miss Rankin, after nearly two months of virtual silence in the house caused a stir on the floor as she rose, gained recognition as "fhe lady from Mon tana," and handed her amendment to a page. The amendment, offered to a section of the Lever bill, that gives .2,500,000 for the conservation of food, for elimi Mition of waste and for increasing pro duction follows: "Provided that the secretary of ag riculture shall, so far as is practicable, engage the services of women for the work herein provided for." The first of several ovations greeted the amendment. - Miss Rankin still Itjnrtng was again recognized by HeprescniaJ'ive Hamlin, in the chair, as "the lady from Mon tana." Standing at the center of the rear of the chamber, she braced herself upon the back of the preceding row of ehairs, and began - her first speech- - "This amendment will place women where they can be effective," she said. "By having in these offices women officials who understand the home, women can be encouraged to conserve food. , By using women we can concentrate the attention of women in large questions of the nation. Women must learn to think of food in carload lots, in transit, in storage, in the board of trado and in the national market as well, as in small portions of the family table. "Our higher educational - institutions have been turning out a large body of women who are trained to deal with fundamentals from a scientific stand point. , . 3C)jC3C9)C3C9C3C3C)C!C3C3)C 9C iC jC 3fC UP TO CHARLIE CHAPLIN ; San Francisco, May 28. San Francisco's liberty bond com- mittee is watching the wires to- $ day for a subscription from Charlie Chaplin. Tho committee solicited a subscription from Mary Pick- ford- Mary responded $100,000 strong. 4c Then the committeo wired Charlie Chaplin. "For the hon- $ or of our sex raise the ante," $ the committee said. And as Charlie subscribed $150,000 to the British loan ev- if eryone is confident that the $ "honor of tho sex" will be vin- dicatcd. SIMS VICE-ADMIRAL Wathington, May 28. Rear- Admiral Sims, commanding the American fleet of destroyers co- operating with the allied fleet, was today formally named vice- admiral by President Wilson. PORTRAIT OF GENERAL SUMMERS UNVEILED AT CAPITOLBUILDIHG Veterans Generally Attended Governor and Others Make Patriotic Speeches To the stirring notes of bugles and the throb of the drums of the drum corps of the Sons of Spanish-American War Veterans, veterans of the Civil war and the Spanish-American War gather ed Sunday afternoon in the hall of rep resentatives for the unveiling of the portrait of " Brevet-Brigadior General Summers, commander of the famous Sec ond Oregon regiment, which won renown in the Spanish-Ameriean war in us service in the Philippines. It appeared peculiarly fitting that the unveiling of this portrait should bo done at this time, when the nation again has been called to arms, and it was so expressed by the men and wo men who were present at the unveiling yesterday. It was an impressive scene, and it brought home to the hearts of each and every one there the fact that Oregon's men are to be found at the forefront wbort the nation calls to her sons to fight. ' Although it has been 19 years since the Spanish-American war, and in that time the majority of citizens had tor gotten General Summers, the men who served under him had not and were working to have the Btate pay tribute (Continued on page five.) vve nave in these women a new source of service which wo should not v.asto at this time. I feel sure that these women will be capable and faithful doing this constructive work. It would be to the advantage of the government to utilize the services of trained women in tho place where they would count the most tor the country during this present crisis and also in the future. It will bring the home women into closer co operation with the government. Given an Ovation. "Food conservation on a national scale is but a natural outgrowth of wo man's traditional work. Women in the past have been concerned with the im mediate preparation of food from one meal to another. Thev must now cob aider the food supply for the year. They must be individually concerned with the food supply for the wholo country. And now as we face the international prob lem of feeding the people, the responsi bility is placed on all ef us. "We know that with our unparalleled resources and improved methods of pro duction there is no need for anyone to go hungry. "Women must take an intelligent and responsible share is the world's work if we sre to see that all the people are fed all the time. ' A tremendous ovation was given Miss Rankin at the conclusion of the speech. Representative Lever arose as the ap plause subsided. "I should rtpresent neither the chiv alry nor the good judgment of the agri cuUural committee if I offered an on position to this amendment," he said. This brought another demonstration. The amendment was aarried nnanim ously amid a final outburst of applause. WOMEN'S WORK PLEASED Portland, Ore., May 88. Fifty-five women employed by the Northern I'a cific Terminal company's yards have convinced L. Lyons, manager, that wo men are better -workers than men. "They are more earrful and better AUSTRIANS LOSE SIXTY THOUSAND 111 ITALIA!! DRIVE Trieste Ordered Evacuated by civil ropulahonacppBes Being Removed NO HELP CAN BE DRAWN FROM RUSSIAN FRONT Teutons Fear Kerensky's hery Appeals Wu Stir Russia to Action By John' H. Header (United Press staff correspondent) Rome, May 28 Austria is m&iisinr every man of her reserves for a last desperate defense of Trieste. Mean- . while her troops on the left wing are gradually giving way before the irre- sistiuin Italian. Estimates from tho front today put the total Austrian losses in dead, woimi ed and missing since may 14, when the Italian offensive started, at sixty thou sand men. The enemy is fighting brave ly under decimating "ire and terrins smashes from General Candorna's in fantrymen. According to word from tie Carso line today all Austrian reserves are be ing concentrated close to Trieste ana! the civil evacuation of the city haa been ordered! All supplies are being hurriedly transported to- inland eitics. Prisoners were quoted today as de claring that the Austrian defense should be greatly handicapped because of lack of adequate reserves. The Rus sian front has already been drained oC every possiblo man consistent with. safety, both to reinforce tne awinming man supply on the western and the Italian fronts. Moreover, it was declar ed that Teuton army commanders are now apprehensive over what Russia troops may attempt against then. AUV JHH Jt". Q"n j -- ..- .iw.. - The new Russian minister oi' war. Kercnsky, is being watched closely. Jlis" fiery anneals to Russia's soldiers mar result, the Ansfrians believe, in some sudden offensive. For this reason the Germans and Austrians believe, in some sudden offensive. For this reason the Germans and Austrians have been eem felled to keep the northern snd east- cm fronts fairly well defended. All prisoners doclaro their orders were to resist tho Italian advance at ull costs. All wero unanimous .in declaring the hurricane of artillery fire to which thev were subiccted. was anrallinz in its infliction of losses. Then came the overwhelming dashing advance of the Italian intantryincn. Desperate and repeated counter at tacks reported today indicated, in tho belief of war office attaches, that tho Austrians have not yet given p hope of capturing the Vodice sccter. As Austria Bees it it: I J Mv Qfi ' (r- defenders' lines remain unbroken," de clared an Official niait-IIIWHI iwkj the Italian front fighting, claiming capture of 13,000 prisoners from th enemy since beginning of the tenth. Isonzo battle. Furious fighting was re ported. "On Saturday," the statement said, "our counter thrust on the height near Vodice drove off an attack. Near Kostanjevica the enemy advance was l.rntn.lit tn n standstill in front of our foremost trenches. "Between Jamiano and tne sea sev eral heights changed hands rcpcaieuiy but our defenders' lines remain un broken and firm. Ti.. .... nffina ftlnwinflv nraiqeri thft bravery and tenacity of the Austre Hungnrian troops, mentioning several contingents as performing especially noteworthy feats of valor. thousand men have been prisonetett since Wednesday, and 13,000 since Urn beginning of tne wnm isono (rat tle," the statement concluded. than men in their work," Lyons said lOU&v. - iuoj mi" " vm ------ are not afflicted with some of the bad habits that men have." -The terminal company employs 120 persons in the local yards. Lyons added that the number of women employes would be increased to 100 and that me would be employed only to do some of tho heavier work. THE WEATHER ...... r Oregon: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; n o r t hwesterljr winis. GET YOU JlWrl) (wrs OUTB&YS I