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FORTIETH YEAR NO. 137
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1917
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TRAINS AND WTWi
STANDS FIVB CKNTS
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GEN. PERSHING IS IN LONDO
NOISY WELCOME
English Officers i at At
; tention As Star 'ngled
Banner Was -I'ed
TO CONSULT OFFICIALS
. AND THEN GO TO FRANCE
His Departure Known to
Press Associations But Was
Not Published
By Frank Getty.
(United Press staff correspondent.)
A riritish iort, June 8.
Major General John J.
Pershing, commander of
the first American expc
ditionnry force to France
arrived in England today,
accompanied by his staff
He reported a pleasant trip and ex
"essed the utmost astonishment that
Wie "news of his departure tad been so
Biiccessrully suppressed.
"I thought the whole world knew
about my leaving the United States,"
lie declared.
The American army chief and his
staff were given a tremendous ovation
on their arrival. A special train was in
waiting for the party.. It was due to
arrive in London at 3 o'clock this after
noon. ' We are very glad to be the standard
bearers of our country in this great war
for civilization," General Pershing as
serted. "To land on British soil and
jeeeive such a welcome is very signifi
cant and very deeply appreciated.
"We expect soon to be playing oui
part and I hope it will be a very largo
part, on the western front."
Pershing and his staff worked hard
fell the way across preparing plans foi
their work in France.
Chatted With Soldiers.
Included in Pershing's party was his
staff and detachments of engineers and
nurses. Distinguished British arm' and
navy officers met thein here with the
warmest welcome. The voyage over from
America was an uneventful one- No
submarines were encountered and no
jnines seen. The weather was good and
the sea smooth. American destroyers
convoyed the ship all the way. They
were joined by a flotilla of British de
stroyers at a point a hundred miles off
the Irish coast.
The ship on which the Americans ar
rived at 8:"0 a. m. was given a noisy
welcome in the harbor.
When it docked a guard of honor
lined up on the landing stage, includ
ing high British army and navy offic
ers. They stood rigid at saiuie as tue
Star Spangled Banner was played and
ns Pershing tfescended the gang plank.
He formally inspected a group of Bri
tifh soldiers who were in the receiving j
party stopping to eliat a moment with ,
one guardsman on whose sleeve he had
noticed stripes showing he had been
twice wounded. Pershing wanted toi
know the why and wherefore of the
stripes and of the wounds. .
When the American general and his
staff returned aboard ship, lining up on
the deck in salute, the band played God
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: ABE MARTIN ;
Some folks never begin' t' cough till
they git in a restaurant. What's be
ome a' th ole fashioned feller that
"'y got pickled "on occasion!"
GIVENAfCICANSJ
WHEN SAVmS
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A"CL0SE-UP" OPINION
Washington, June 7. Someone once
said that genius is a matter of detail.
If that someone was right then Maj.
Gen. John J. Pershing, who will com
mand America's first expeditionary
forces in France is a military genius.
He is a regular demon for detail.
" An inspection is a milltavy -fr-mulity
not popular in the army and an inspec
tion by Gen. Pershing is always antici
pated with fear and trembling.
"Thorough" hardly describes it. Last
September Geu. Pershing conducted nnl
inspection of 3,000 troops stationed at
the base of the Mexican punitive expe-
dition in Columbus, N. M. '
It occupied five hours and when com-i
pleted the General knew the fitness fori
immediate field service of every man in .
the command.
"Shave off those decorations" was a
frequent order to those cultivating
beards.
Commercial Club Elects Its
Officers, and Discusses the
Proposed Charter Changes
At the annual meeting of the Salem
Commercial club held last evening in
the club rooms, Fred W. Steusloff was
elected president for the coming year.
Dan J. Fry will serve as vice-president,
Charles H. Fisher as secretary, and
Asahel Bush as treasurer.
Directors of departments were rati
fied as follows: J. J. Roberts, social
department; Dr. B. L. Steeves, civic;
Theodore Both, industrial; P. 'E- Fuller-
ton, mercantile; L. J. Chapin, agricul-j
tural; K. T. Burnes. legislation and taxa
tion; Wm. McGilchrist, Jr., tourist and
publicity.
Mayor Walter E. Keyes, who was
due at the Elks' lodge for an initiation,
spoke briefly before the general work
of the annual meeting began. He claim
ed that the finances of the city were in '
a chaotic condition and that if the coun
cil was not given authority to re-assess
property where assessments were not
paid on account of some legal technical
itv. the general conditions would soon
become worse. As some people had tak-
nn an rivflntnPA nf . weak rtoint in the
law, and not paid their street assess-
nients, he thought it was time something
should be done. Hence he favored the(
three proposed amendments to the char-,
ter to be submitted to the people July 9.
I don't believe the people of riouth
Twelfth and South High streets can get
out of paying their Btrcet assessmfents,
he said. ,'
Resume of Year's Work. .
In summing up the work of the Com
mercial club for the past year Joseph
H. Albert, the retiring president, called
attention to the activities of the club
for the past year as follows:
Bringing to the city the Wittenberg
King company evaporating plant; the
building of he Cherry City bakery; the
planting of 250 acres in flax and the
amount of money to get the seed guar
anteed by members of the club; urging
on Congressman Hawley the appropria
tion for repairing the locks at Oregon
City; urging an appropriation for the
Salem Indian school; keeping trading
stamps out of the city; establishing Riv
erside Dip; planning for the planking
of the bridge and finally the fact that
while one year ago there was
in the club treasury, sow there is i-V
N TOWN"
IWP4UM1! WHAM .!ilWWPW)CTlpWffSWWIS lj
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OF GENERAL PERSHING
Dirty rifles aroused the general's ire.
"That's a fine looking instrument.
Been using it for a hoc, have you? " he
would ask.
Down the line he went, his eyes tak
ing in every detail., "Take off your
uniform when you sleep," ho. would
snap. . "Don't you ever wash those
pants " - . . - -
W'ithout stopping to eat or for a mo
ment 's rest he kept at his task through
the infantry, the signal corps, the ambu
lance and hospital units and along the
long line of motors and drivers in the
truck compaies and the aviation corps.
I'ershing knew what he had in men
and equipment every minute he was in
Mexico. And he says that his men lack
ed nothing. And so in France he will
know every minute what he has in men
and equipment and he will see that they
lack nothing to make them efficient
soldiers. For Pershing, in the phrase
ology, is "a hound for detail."
083.76, and while one year ago the re
sources of the club were $3,830, now
they were $3,205. Mr. Albert also call
ed attention to the fact that the Sa
lem Commercial club had invested
$3,000 in Liberty bonds, the first Com
mercial club in tho United States to
show its patriotism. He urged that peo
ple here should get acquainted with
each other, as it would be a good thing
for the town. '
David W. Eyre, chairman of the Lib
erty Loan committee, said that several
sub-committees would be appointed and
that almost all members of the. Com
mercial club would be asked to serve
He noted the fact that while the amount
of $300,000 should be subscribed in Sa
lem, so far the total amount was only
about $50,000. A house to house canvas
will be made for the Liberty bonds
within a short time. T. B. Kay said
that the bonds were the best on earth,
and that it was not a begging proposi
tion to ask any one to subscribe.. He
thought it was patriotic duty and that
no trouble should be experienced in se
curing subscriptions for the remaining
$250,000.
A Feast of Oratory.
The remainder of the evening was
given to a discussion of the rulings of
the supreme court and the legal phases
of the South Twelfth and High street
cases, wherein certain partips had evad
ed, their street assessments through
technical errors in advertising, and in
which the supreme eourt sustained them
in not paying their assessments. This
discussion was between Grant Corby
and City Attorney Macy. The various
phases of the proposed three amend
ments will be discussed at a mass meet
ing to be held in the near future in
which the principal speakers will be T.
B. Kay, Grant Corby, City Attorney
Macy and others who have made a study
of street assessments- Mr. Kay, P. H.
D'Arcy, City Attorney Macy. Mayor
Keyes and others will favor the re-assessment
plan whereby the city will
have a right- to re-assess the paved
blocks on High and South Twelfth
streets, known as the D. J- fry and
John H. Albert cases and whereby the
city will also have the authority to col
lect after property has been assessed.
RUSSIA OUT OF IT
ONLY A riAPOLEON
CAN BRING ORDER
Went From Czarism to Mob-
ism and May Be Forced
to Back Track
ONLY A DICTATOR CAN
RESTORE GOVERNMENT
Brieve Germany Would Drop
Imperialism of Allies
Would Quit
AUSTRIA OFFERS PEACE
'By William G. Shepherd
(United Press staff corres-
i poudent)
' Pe.trograd, June 8. Formal
proposals for a separate peaco
were offered to Bussia today by
Austrian General Bohr. He an-
thorized a delegation from each
, Austrian division on tho front
to enter the Bussian lines and
propose such a compact, it was
reported here today.
Simultaneously, news was re-
ceived of a delegation of Aus-
trians, includinc two generals,
who were in Kisheneff urging
a conference with the work-
men's and soldiers' council.
They were accompanied by a
delegation of Russian soldiers.
Orders were issued for their ar-
rest.
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Petrograd, June 8. Russia is hang
ing in the balance between czarism and
inobisin. America and -the allies must
face the facts squarely. Under present
conditions Russia will not fight.
Conditions may change. There is a
possibility that order may come out of
the governmental chaos. There is noth
ing today to indicate its approach. No
man strong enough to control has yet
grasped the Russian helm. Minister of
War Kerensky, on whom hope has cen
tered, is, despite ill health, working
day and night- But even his speeches
and interviews have, within the past
week, sounded a note of pessimism.
A meeting of bankers and business
men today crystallized tho first reac
tion against mob rule. Five hundred
conservative men, unallicd with the au
tocratic regime, were there. Admittance
was by card only. The meeting was
held in tho offices of a bank. Several
of those there were titled. The sense
of the meeting was voiced by a speaker
in the declaration "We were formerly
mastered by' czarism, now it is mob
ism that masters us."
Needs a Dictator
None but a dictator can now restore
discipline and stir the Russian troops
into a renewed offensive. No man has
yet dared assume the power. Tho work
men's and soldiers' council absolutely
dominates the situation. President
Tscheidze with his colleagues arc the
collective masters of Rusaia. They open
ly declare the present war is "imper
ialistic." All attempts to convert them
to the idea that Russia must fight Ger
man autocracy to retain the new de
mocracy here have failed.
They" will oppose Russia's fighting
participation until what they term the
"allies' imperialistic aims" are abandoned-
They insist that publication of
allied peace aims free from imperialis
tic demands would bring immediate
peace. They furnish no explanation lor
their belief that Germany will aban
don her own imperialistic aims.
Minister of War KercnBky's health
is very bad. Tho magnitude of his task
is plainly wearing down his fighting
force. A recent speech before the work
men's and soldiers' council on his re
turn from the front betrayed this fact.
Sinister Elementj at Work
"It is very difficult to make the
armv strong," he said, "because it is
tired and sinister elements are work
ing there. Some regiments have actu
ally made peace with Germany. I hope
the soldiers and sailors will prove that
democracy can sacrifice itself to iron
discipline.
1 regret that at some places where
I addressed the soldiers dark forces
began their work immediately after my
departure."
Russian newspapers today printed an
interview with the war minister, grant
ed on a dining car in the northwest,
which also indicated his pessimism. ;
"The people are talkng unpleasantly
about Russia not a little," he said.
"We must remember the weakness of
the army is an inheritance of the old
regime. I now see some ray of hope in
that there is no more fraternization.
Reconstruction is progressing. One of
the best things in this line is the for
mation of volunteer regiments among
the soldiers called ' battalions of death,
who asked to be sent to the front lines
in the event of an advance. But agi
tators are trying to join these onitg to
spread discontent.
"The Russian public has apparently
forgotten the front. It is time bow not
only to show interest, but leva for the
men."
WEDGE IS DRIVEN
THREE MILES DEEP
INTO GERMAN LINE
Six Hundred Tons of Ex
plosives Touched Oif at
Once, Starts Day
GERMANS THOUGHT DAY
OF JUDGEMENT HAD COME
Control of the Air Largely
Responsible for Success
Siill Advancing
By William Philip Simms.
(United Press staff correspondent.)
With the British Armies in the Field,
June '8. Six thousand prisoners so far
counted is the scoro to date in the great
Flanders offensive.
So complete is tho success with which
the drive was still progressing today
that British cavalry are in action.
Nothing could be cited as indicating
in more remarkable degree the complete
breaking of the tremendously strong
German trench lines than this calling
into the offensive of these quick mov
ing forces only available in open fight
ing. Great torn fields, huge furrows,
ploughed as by some Brobdingnagian
farmer, tons ot loam turned and churn
ed into blackened dust this was the
mark across Belgium's field today
where yesterday the British turned loose
cverv man-contrived engine of destruc
tion to sweep forward in victory.
New Hell Pictures.
Dante would have found new hell pic
tures in tho cataclysm which rent the
earth along this 12 mile frout from
Yprcs to Arincntiores yesterday morn
ing. A vaBt, upheaval of 600 tons of
explosive was the beginning- Scattered
over miles of front and touched off
simultaneously, this vast force tore up
the earth like a volcano. The country
trembled a9 though as in an earthquake
shock.
I was standing on the massive top of
a dugout when this shock came. . For
several seconds it felt as though the
whole earth had caved in. A minute
before the explosions the air was stag
nant. The concussion produced a breeze
that twisted the branches of trees for
miles away. Great jagged forks of
flames shot toward the sky like tongues
of lightning. Then began the artillery
roar, a roar such as never before heard
on this or any other front. Tho bar
rage pattered ahead of the British
troops like a hail of great Bteel stones.
A storm of red rockets aroso from the
darkness ahead as the Germans madly
signaled for help. A moment later white
rockets told that the British had swept
over the trench and were going on.
Fighting Still Fierce.
A the time this is cabled the British
are attacking locally "Oxygen trench,"
where pockets ot Bavarian iroops are
holding out in strength.
No details of the fighting at this
point have yet been received at head
quarters. Successes of yesterday and today
make the Germans ' position to the cast
of the Messines-Wytschaete ridgo criti
cla. The river Lys and the Cominines
canal converge there, meeting nt Coin-,
mines. If the Germans succeed in cross
ing these waterways they will have to
undertake the operation under shell fire
and most necessarily lose heavily.
The full advance registered by the
British is over three miles deep, mark
ing the complete breakage of the fa
mous ring around Ypres.
This was the "rpres salient" or.
1914, where thousands of Britain's best
died in the successful stoppage of tho
German, encroaching wave, or else in
unavailing attempts to advance.
German Nerve Shaken. j
It was the recollection of these othor
days when conditions were different '
that inspired the Tommies to their task '
and led them to unbounded rejoicing to-!
day. I saw Ulsterites and Irish na-1
tionalists go into battle side by side,
and storm the ridge positions shoulder
to shoulder, lne animosities or Ireland
were submerged in the animosities
against "Fritz." And today when we
came upon a group of two fighting Irish
units, each was eager to praise the oth
er as deserving of the credit.
The other side of the story came from
the hordes of German prisoners today as
they were being assorted and horded for
transportation to the rear. All were
frank in expressing their amazement
and terror at the tremendous series of
mine explosions following which Haig
sent his men forward- ilany declared
the whole German army in the fighting
sector thought the judgment day had ar
rived, so terrific was the shock and so
strong the shuddering of the ground.
That terror was plainly manifest, Bri
tish Tommies said, when the time for
the German counter attacks arrived.
The Prussians attempts were feeble
more like dying kicks from a prostrate
enemy than blows struck back in earn
est. All were easily repulstd by the
Australians.
60 Tons of Dynamite.
Near Messines village the British
(Continued om p three.)
ALL HOPE OF AN ALUED
EM
British Military Critics Admit Russian Upheaval Has Upset
All Plans of Allies Offensive-France and England, As
Well As Germany and Austria Have Reached Summit of
Efficiency and Will Grow Weaker-The United States
Must.Be the Deciding Factor In the War Problem
By J. P. Yider,
(United Press staff correspondent.)
Washington, June 8.---Hope of an allied victory in
1917 has gone, according to best informed government
officials. The frank admission was made today that
American plans are being predicated upon the probability
of at least three years of war. Conceit has given way to
conception of the size of the job that has been put up ta
the United Statesthe landing of the knockout blow to
German militarism.
The frank admission of the foremost British military
critics, made within the past few days, that the entire
plans of the allies' offensive have been completely upset by.
the Russian upheaval, has given Washington a jolt. In
some quarters it has developed the most intense pessim
ism. In others, especially among some members of the
council of National Defense, there is a feeling of relief
that deception has given way to frankness and that the
American nation has at last been permitted to face the
cold fact that the success or failure of the allied cause is
squarely up to the United States.
Among a number of the strongest men in Washington
some members of the government and other business
men giving their time and service to winning the war
the feeling is strong that public opinion in the United
States has been chloroformed and facts withheld,
knowledge of which must become general before success
ful mobilization of the entire resources can be achieved.
Bussia Out for a Year.
The feeling is developing that tho im
portance of the American military par
ticipation alone has bmeen over empha
sized. The big lesson taught by Europe,
it is said, that war is no longer made
by armies, it is made by entire nations;
it is made by the co-ordinated forces of
capital and labor, agriculture and in
dustry, each sacrificing private gain,
individual and personal advantage with
the same willingness that the military
sacrifices its blood and its lives.
It is no longer a secret that as an of-
U. ..., tine nnllni.A.l anA i nut
of the military plans for a' year at least,
more probably for good. Nothing but
the rise of a Russian Napoleon, or tho
establishment of a dictatorship can save
the Slav situation. Neither is a likely
contingency. '
France has passed the high point of
her efficiency and can be counted on to
do nothing more than hold her own.
England, while still on the upgrado
from a military viewpoint, has almost
reached hpr high point, and, economical
ly, is on the downgrade.
Granting, as seems prolmSle,. that
Germany is in equally serious straits,
neither side has the reserve strength to
deliver a knockout. In the opinion of
French and British military experts,
the final victory-achieving punch must
come from America if it comes at all.
America Not Awakened.
America has not awakened yet to tho
gravity of the situation.
Interviews bv the United Press with
representatives and senators on the sub-
ject of their mail from constituents
clearly discloses this.
The price of patriotism is not, accord
ing to these legislators, been visualized
by either big or little capital, or by
organized or unorganized labor. Pa
triotism without profit and patriotism
at the expense of long hours and many
sacrifices, conditions finally accepted
by England, have not yet been sensed
as the contributions to be exacted troni
those who must be tho stay-at-homes
end ultimately be conscripted for work
here in America far from the fighting
lines.
The slogan "business as usual" ham
pered and halted for two years Eng
land's arrival at a real war basis, ac
cording to members of the British com
missioners. Speaking privately, one of,
the most prominent commissioners
voiced the fear while in Washington
that the United States was on the verge
of repeating Britain's biggest blunder.
Jn this connection, particular signifi
cance attaches to the coming to Amer
ica of Northcliffe, one of England's
multi-millionaires, who made relentless
war on the " business as usual" slogan
and repcatcdiy warned England during
1!I15 that she was losing the war be
cause of her prosperity.
Must Check Food Prices.
Administration leaders, members of
the Council of National Defense and
members of eongress, irrespective of
partisanship, recognized the existence
of a dangerous situation here in the
capital. They say that neither capital
nor labor will respond to the radical de
mands that must inevitably be made un
til leirislation has been enacted making
certain the proper distribution of the
burden.
111917
GONE
Industrial leaders and big employers
of labor say that unless the food bijl
or other legislation designed to check
the soaring cost of living is enacted
quickly, serious and widespread labor
troubles are inevitable. '
At the capitol the statement is free
ly made by both representatives and
senators that delay in passing legisla
tion necessary before direct action can
be obtained is attributed to lack of
confidence in either the cabinet or the
Council of National Defense.
In both of these bodies the need for a
small war council is recognized- Such a
council, it is argued, should consist of
about three men, free from executivs
duties or routine, but with authority toi
render final decisions, as is done by th
British war council.
The prediction is freely made that
such a council with real authority must
come within 30 days.
Wheat Drops Again
- Is Down Two Cents
Chicago, June 8. Anticipation that
the government grain report to be is
sued after the close of the market
would be bearish, forced wheat down
from HI. to 2(4 under yesterday's clos
ing prices today.
Julv opened down 'i at $2-22 and
later declined to $2.20. September open
ed unchanged and biter lost ? t
.i n'lw.
Corn opened slightly under the in
fluence of improved weather condition
out liyer guinea on niuiipr buh
ering. .1 uly was clown half at thc open
ing, later gaining 2 1-H to $1.".) 18.
September opened at $1.41 3-4, dowa
IVi, subsequently going to 1.444. Ue
eemlier opened off a-S at later
gaining 1 'Ji.
Oats trading was linht and unsettled.
Julv opened down :i-8. Inter losing an
other I S to 584. September opened off
H at iil, later gaining 1-8. December
opened 5-8 off, later going to 52 7 8,
up V'.
Provisions were steady on a slow an
weak hog market.
Four slackers were arrested at As
toria Wednesday, one of them a native
of Finland, who has taken out his first
papers faces a charge of trying to de
ter otners irom registering.
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Ora: To
night and Satur
day unsettled,
probably showers
northwest, part
ly cloudy souri,
and east por
tions; variable,
winds mostly;
southerly. ,