CIRCULATION IS OVER 4400 DAILY Hli a FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES , ! P E M M ' B W 9 B w.mwvmi ii-iniKiin SALEM, OREGOtf, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1917 FORTIETH YEAR NO. 140 PRICE TWO CENTS ' o1 m JL M UUt UUUUL r $2,893 ASEC0NDUN1EL FRIDAY NOON REQUIRED Hiis Means $166,666 a MkM $10,000,000 An Hour Seven Hundred Million Needed to Complete Subscription to Liberty Bonds and It Is Believed This Will Be Secured ' -Pella) ? wa, With 3,021 Inhabitants, Leads Country IT IUI WUUh fjrilVU U1WUUU W V V IVI I4HVU A kJUUAIJ i . V- ; Washingto. Tune 12. By Friday noon seven dollars must be subset ?d to the liberty loan for every man, woman and chimin the United States, if the $2,000,000, 000 issue is to 1 Successful, according to figures at the treasury department today. An average of one $100 bond for every one of the nation's twenty million families must be subscribed by Friday noon, if American credit and integrity are to be preserved. This means that the American people must subscribe $230,000,000 a day to the loan for the remaining three days in which the books will be open. Treasury officials do not doubt that the nation will arise to this emergency and that the needed money will flow in. It must come at the rate of $10,000,000 an hour or $166,666 a minute. Every second must see $2,893 flowing into the United States treasury. Besides the thousands of agencies of the federal gov ernment, thirty thousand banks, .unnumbered . business organizations and clubs and 400,000 boy scouts began to day the final drive to make the bond issue a success. Npvpr Vwvfnrp has Mia ronntrv rAen sn thnrnnrrhlv nrcrnn- - . . j " 0 j c, ized for achievement. 'Under the leadership of Mrs. William G. McAdoo, wife of the secretary of the treasury, the women of the nation through their clubs are working these last three days as never before. '- :' . -v ' ; "Every woman buy a bond," is their fighting slogan. ' With only 3,021 inhabitants, the little town of Pella, Iowa, stands out far ahead of any other city in the na tion in proportionate subscriptions to the loan. Pella, which is predominately inhabited by Americans of Hol- lanrlicri rJoofonf Vioc cnVar"irwrl fn fVio lnnn nr rrm rare ff $400.00 per family. . . Description of Bonds Bearing the title "Liberty loan of I!17" "and printed on the best bond aper obtainable, the liberty loan bonds are described as the most nftistie and attractive ever issued by the govern ment. The face will be printed in black with over printing of the denomina tion. The vignette of liberty from the Statue of Liberty occupies a place on the right hand and on the left there will be a portrait of one of the presi dents of the United States, differing with- each denomination. : The denominations, portraits and colors are as follows: , $."i0 Jefferson, blue. $100 Jackson, blue- -$500 Washington, orange. 41000 Lincoln, carmine. "000 Monroe, green. $10,000 Cleveland, blue. "0,000 MeKinlev, carmine. ' 100,000 Grant, orange. The back of the coupon bond bears the title, denomination, the vignette of the Goddess of Freedom from the fig ure on the dome of the United States capital and an ornamental panel with an eagle in the center. These backs will vary in color as follows: $50 Brown. ...... , 100 Orange. ' 500 Light blue. ABE MARTIN ' . Km Moon didn't buy a new hoe, but is waiting fer a week or o when ther'U belots o' second handed ones cheap. 'obaddy ever neglected his-family by atasdin' around a town pump. . $1000 Green. . $5000 Red. . $10,000 Brown. . . , $50,000 Olive. $100,000 Dark blue. ' Tho coupon bonds will bear sixty coupons for interest payments every six months for thirty years. The West Wakes Up : Chicago, June 12. The west was struggling today to throw- off the in cubus of lethargy which has character i.ed its attitude toward the $2,000,000, 000 liberty loan. In some of the western federal re serve districts this struggle was site ceeding, while in others it was frankly admitted that after the first spurt at tho opening of "Liberty loan -week' the people had fallen into apathy. Chicago had mapped out a million dol lars an hour campaign, and was main taining that pace, winch, if continued, will result in this district having sub scribed its minimum allotment of $260, 000,000 when the time limit on the is sue exnircs Pridnv noon. The district, to date, had taken slightly more than sixty per cent of its allotment. The Kansas City district reported a noticeable apathy on the part of its citizens, with its apportionment more than $50,000,000 short. Various organ izations, 1!owever, were vigorously push ing the campaign. xnese uver auDsenDea St. Paul and Minneapolis were over subscribed, but the St. Paul district was still below its quota. Montana bad raised $10,500,000. Milwaukee lacked $3,990,550 of its allotment of $14,000,000. A factory campaign was under way today- Figure were unavailable for the whole Denver district, but the city itself had raised $9,500,000. Utah had raised $4,300,000 of its $6,500,000. 8a a Francisco residents had sub scribed $30,000,000 of the citv'g quota of $42,000,000. Of this, $4,000,000 was raised yesterday. ' The Dallas district was still short $13,000,000 of its apportionment' of $40,000,000. 1 : Total individual subscriptions In St. Louis were $21,397,250. The clearing house was reported to have underwrit ten $80,000,000 in bonds for the St. Louis, district. Boy scouts were making a house to house canvass- to raise $1, 000,000. - De Moines reported the campaign "slowed up after the initial spurt." The city had, taken $1,750,000 of its $2,000,000. The fanning districts have shown comparatively little interest in the is aoe to da. i . . Morgan Makes Appeal New York, June 12 J. P. Morgan's first . personal public apfeal for the (Continued on Page Two.) OREGON" WILL BUY HERS Portland, Or., June 12. It is evident here today that Oregon will buy its alloted share of lib erty loan bonds, although tho campaign here closes tomorrow night. . Portland's subscriptions to the fund now totals $5,004,350, and those of the state outside $1, 715,750 a grand total for the ' stato at large of $7,318,100. The state's apportionment is $1, 500,000. Portland steel shipbuilding interests bought $1,500,000' worth of bonds. SHORTAGE OF SHIPS FORTRANSPORT WORK IS SER10USPR0BLEM Besides Moving Army Great Fleet Needed to Carry Food Supply By Carl D, Groat. (United Tress staff correspondent.) Washington, June 12.-"-Shortage of iliips for military transport service con stitutes one of the biggest problems be fore America's war chiefs today. That the despatch of the buU ot the new army may have to be delayed by reason of this lack" of transports is ad mitted by men in charge- Ther are Suf ficient ships to carry vast numbers of soldiers, but this is only a small part of the problem, inasmuch as these men must bo constantly supplied with food, clothing, artillery and other equipment; This is itself is a tremendous task. The army will require its own weight in food every 39 days, while all artillery must be replaced about every 30 days. Other supplies must be kept going in a constant si riam. In addition to these needs, there is the question of getting supplies to the allies, - With these v two needsr commercial r.nd military government - aeada are sort! perplexed about . meeting . the proDiem. ; . next year wm see a m;iv flotilla of cargo carriers, but the big needs will come in the next few months. Lord Northeliffe, in America to co ordinate the work of British missions is counted on to make some vital sugges tions in the line obtaining enough ship ping for all needs. As armv plans now stand, they con template despatch for units abroad more or less constauiiy uuu iu cuiiittianwoij small numbers. Soldiers already partly trained will get the finishing touches in Franco. The fact of sending these skilled men ahend will recessarily delay somewhai tho desputch of the new army, for ab sence of training force wjll delay the moulding of the recruits. RUNNING DOWN CLUES ON KIDNAPING CASE Men Higher Up Named In Confessions Being Sought by Officers Springfield, Mo, June 12 The men "higher up" in the Keet kidnaping mystery, mentioned in the confessions of Claude Piersol and Taylor Adams, were still being sought by the author ities today. Several new clues were said to have been developed, but the officers were reticent regarding their nature. Two federal agents also were investi gating the "German plot" angle of the kidnaping, which resulted in the tragic death of 14-iuonths-old,X.loyd Keet, son of J. Holland Keet. It has been sug gested that the ransom demanded was to be devoted to furthering German plots in this country. The federal auth orities, however, refuse to say whether anything has been discovered to support this theory. Mrs. Keet, who has been under con stant care of a physician since her col lapse, at the funeral yesterday, was still in a serious condition today. None of tne""aHeged abductors are in the local jail. .Piersol nd Cetua Ad ams are in the Jackson county jail at Kansas City. Taylor Adams, his wife and son( Maxie, and Sm MeOinois have been iidden sway by Sheriff Webb. AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK Washington, June 12. The American steamer Petrolite has been sunk by a German subma rine, the state department was advised today in a consular tele egram. . A boat in charge of the third mate with the chief engineer and eight men, has reached shore. Two boats are missing. State department advices do not say how many men were in the missing boats. TEUTONS LOSING GRAS WESTEiFROIITS British Compelling Germans to loosen Long Grip I On Belgium A iTPfni I tIP irr riniT AUMKIANj ARC rAUftu nrfnrn 1 Tr PrriTI TIAH litortKAlfc MlUAlIUil Italians Fighting On Austrian Soil and Trieste Is In Danger By Ed L. Keen. (p'nited Press staff correspondent.) London, June 12.-On every western I frbnt today allied pressure was squces- j iug mc j-cuiuuiu Smi wm iujiotoiiiB i sirengtn. Field Marshal Haig, profiting by his newly won and dominating positions on tho Wytschaete-Measines ridge, forced relinquishment by the onemy of an ad ditional patch of Belgian territory, just west- of Warneton, and, according to front dispatches today, was gaining elsewhere pn this same general front. To the south, the French pressure on the base of the now badly battered Hindenburg line was steadily increasing in conflict marked by intense artillery ing. ' At this particularly timely moment, Italy is apparently started on anothor offensive. This time the blow is in the Trentino adding another thcatro of active' fighting to the great war's de velopment. , Austria's Hand Forced. ' Italy has just concluded the first atage of one highly successful offensive in the- Carso. Austria must Viseo great force constantly massed there to meet the menace of General uadorna've tightening gip on Trieste, now almost in sight of the Italian fighters. To day she must likewise hurry reserves to tie Trentino, in errorts to iop en croschment on her own territory. . What makes the new Italian drive of particular interest is the fact that the fighting is over Teutonic ground. It is One of the few places in the world war, In Eurone at least, where the Teutons are finding the. battle brought homo to them on tueir own iana. There is still hope here that Kussia may be revived into aotive participation in the fiehtins- Just now military ex perts realize Germany naa tninnen ner lines on the Russian front in order to mas. reserves aeainst ' allied attacks Ospwkere. Dispatches received here indicated full realization in Germany of this sit uation. Particular emphasis was laid on renorts of anxiety felt in Germany ovei effect of President Wilson's message to Russia, backed up by Lngland ano France. Germany Losing Nerve, fey William Philip Simnw. TTnifpfl Press staff correspondent.) With the British Armies in the Field, June 12. In the face of very heavy artillerying, but with comparatively lit tle infantry opposition, the British to day were crossing by patrols well to the east of positions in the recently won battle of Messines ridge. Since that b ttle the Germans nave P 0?l ALL THE attempted only one heavy counter at-. th(j propcrty valuation become gradual tack. Evidences at hand such as obser- ,y the KhoQ board wnanaged to vation OT aeru;mc mm ..n, ..."..j newly taken prisoners, would seem to indicate that the Germans have not vet reorganized after the stageering blow General Plumer's second British army delivered against them last Thursday. The seven field guns reported by Field Marshal Haig as taken yesterday were captured by patrols. The German gunners took fright at the first siens of the British approach and fled precipi tately, evidently fearing another British massed attack. , British positions were undo vigorous German shell fire today, but the pro jectiles were for the most part from long range guns- , Field Marshal Haig issued a special order of the day, congratulating Gen eral Plumer and the army under him for its success .which he said, was "an earnest-of an eventful victory victory for the allied cause." "The foil effeet of the victory can not yet be estimated," the British com mander in chief declared, "but that it will be great is eertain. The British losses from a battle of such magnitude were gratifyingly light. . "Nothing can save the enemy from complete defeat. Brave and tenacious as the German troops arc, it is only a question of how much longer they can: endure repetition of such blows." , Announcement was made today that the total number of prisoners taken in the record day of last week by the Canadians was 169, including four of ficers. - Artillery Fire Only. Paris, June 12. Active artillery fire from German guns at several points and repulse of enemy raids was all the fight ing activity in today's official state ment.. (Contiaued on Page Two.) Polish People Pleased with Allies' Message Washington, June 12 Great Britain 's "message to Russia formally declaring for a reunited and independent Po land," was hriled with rejoicing by the millions of Poles in America as "one of the most momentous happenings of tho day." A statement to the Polish people in America from the Polish central com mittee today said: "To the Polish people the message is ' of great importance because it re moves the Polish question from the twilight zone of diplomacy. While many English statesmen in the past hae shown a sympathy for our cause, the note exnresses the sentiment of the en tire nation ". vne re-estousnment or roiana is tho most effective step which can be tanen to diocx 'imaaie Europe' pians or Germany and the frustration of those plans is an absolute necessity lr democ racy is to be saved for the world." France Takes Control of Greece Food Affairs Paris, June 12 France lias taken over control of food administration throughout Greece, according to formal announcement today. General Jonnart arrived at Athens and ordered the land ing of French troops for duty at the .'ta ,0 k or(.er. The al- ji(,Si it ; announced, arc buying the Thessaloman crops to oistnouto to au nrovinces of Greece. Allied posts have established control of the Corinthian iBthmns. Troops were landed yestciday without incident. SALEM SCHOOL BOARD MAKES FINL SHOWING $62,141 Paid On Debt and Buildings In Four Years On Reduced Leyy School elections . attract lesa atten tion t-han any .other election and yet when, something, goes , wrong with" the schools and everything is not tip to tho highest western standard the average man is inclined to blame his neigh bor. Thi opinion was expressed by one who has. been familiar with school con ditions for several veari, ) As' the last legislature changvj tho school law regarding the election of school - directors, just to help settle a scrap in Portland, two directors will be elected next Monday, June 18, and here after, directors will hold their terms for three years only. ' A. A. Lee, who ig completing his sec ond term of .five years declined to con tinue on the board as he felt he had served bis time. . T. Barnes has serv ed four years and his term is made to expire to comply with the now law. To fill these two vacancies so far but two candidates have been presented, Wal ter Winslow and Mr. Barnes; The school board has the legal right to determine the last date in which a candidate may file.. L . Levy Drops Steadily. According to figures obtained at the court house, in 1912 with a property valuation in this district of $13,099,43-1, the -levy for maintaining the schools was 80 mills. This heavy levy against a big proporty valuation was necessary to maintain the" schools in 1912 and to finis hpayments on the Richmond and Highland schools. During the next four years, although maintain the school's high standard on less money ench year. In 1913 the levy was 7.3 mills; in 1914 it dropped io 7 mills and in 1915 it was 1.7 mills and the money received from this levy was smaller. Some of Ite Good Work. For tho year 1916 the levy was again reduced, this time to 6.4 mills and the propcrty valuation against this levy was only tlZ.4W,2l. JNotwitnstanaing tne fact that the income from the levy was growing smaller each year, the senool board niaintained one of the best school systems in the northwest and at the same time bought tho sito and built the MeKinlev school at a coBt or til.vtl, and also paid off the school's popular loan notes amounting to tzeuuu. Ano heaiden this, the board bought the Hoi man propcrty just south of the high school property for 2,400. In the four years, while keeping up the standard of the school the board paid ort oz,ii. an average of something more than $15,500 a year. According to the figures given by A A. 10, the retiring chairman of the school board, Salem hag been giving its hiith school pupils an education at a cost that will compare favorably with other nchools. The figures of the county su perintendent's office show that while it conts Salem 62.35 a year for each of its hiffh school students, Woodburn is pay ing $.3.37, and Ktayton 64-19. And the figures from Portland give the average cost of each Portland high school stu dent 72.84. - i ii TO INVEST FOR INDIANS Washingtcj, June 12. The senate has passed a resolution permitting the MHinni of the interior to invest mon ey belonging to Indians in liberty bonds Annroiimatelv - ill.OOO.OOO Of ch money is available. WAR WILL BE VOH Oil LOST NES SAYS WOODIIOUSE Fill Requre 100,000 Planes and 10,000 Air Filters to Win . ONLY VULNERABLE SPOT IN GERMANY'S DEFENSE Control of the Air Will Com pel German Guns to fire Blindly TO MAKE AN AVIATOR A man pteferaHv between the ages of IS and 2.1. A man Intelligent enough to make military observations and calculate situations carefully and quickly. A man of honor and Integri ty above reproach, because of the responsibility reposed in him. A man, preferably not long out of college, who is quick witted, resourceful, daring; yet cautious. . By George Martin (United Press 'staff correspondent) New York, June 12. The great al lied victory at Mcssines ridge, largely made possible by tho blinding of the Germans by allied flyers proves con clusively that America s immediate ana biggest task is to get 100,000 plancslj - and ten thousand fighters to Europe to noip put uermany ' lighting eyos out, in the opinion of Henry Woodhouse of tho Aero club of America, here to day.- . ;' ' . v ' ' ' -. : "By speeding up," said Woodhouse to the United Press today," "we ean do this in twelve months; end the war on a military basis long before it eoulu otherwiso be ended, and save thous ands of lives and billions of dollars." Woodhouso is the man whose predic tion of six months ago that the war would be won or lost in the air, seems to be coming true. "The element of time is the most important," he continued. "We wait on nothing but a half billion dollar ap propriation from congress. ' 'The Council of National Defense is organized to proceed quickly through the aircraft production board. To make fewer than 100,000 planes and train fewer than 10,000 men may lead to fearful consequences on the front. Will Take Half Billion "We must have five hundred thou sand million dollars to start, at once. The actual sum needed is one billion dollars. "Training canip sites have been chosen, tho aeronautical manufacturing facilities are mobilized and we have placed in their hands complete plans for the latest uniform types of allies battlo planes nnd other needed war ma chines. "If wo hurry and congress must give us quick help in this wo can do in twelve months what it took the Brit ish two years to accomplish. "There will bo no trouble . getting the men. They are at hand, waiting only on congress. "We must strike Germany through the air. nuicklv, . "That the Teuton is vulnerable there now is proved by dispatches stating that the German planes have been col lapsing in -mid air whenever any part was hit by the allied guns.' "In the past that happened only when the most vital parts of the aero plane,, such as the bracing wires, were hit. Need 26,000 Battle Planes "What we need most to supply the allies is 2',000 fast battle planes. They will fight the -enemy off the skies That done, the slow bomb dropping machines and artillery planes, which are the eyes of the big guns and th infantry machines, which carry ma chine guns and fly in advance .of the infantry, swooping low and turning their guns on the men in enemy trench es, can do their work unmolested. "After the 2.yK)0 battle planes, ours is a question of number rather than speed. "There will be no trouble in getting 25,000 men from which io select ten thousand first, class fighting fliers. Thousands of young men are beginning to get into it. "Men between 18-and 23 make the best air fighters. Many, however, have made good beginning at the age of 25. And others at the age of 50. "There are few fliers over 30, bnt that doesn 't mean that older men don 't make good fliers. The twenty percent of applicants needed to do air fighting usually is selected rrom ine youngest, though there is nothing the matter with the older ones. "Plying men must be intelligent, quick witted, honorable above reproaeh not too heavy, not otct 170 at most, resourceful and cautious enough to take the greatest advantage possible of ev ery situation with safety to their lives and equipment." AMERICA'S FIRST GiiTIIlMllll rniniiriincnimf UitUHMjLUi! federative Heed of SiIys Allies WJi Feed Is Pointed Out GERMANS INTEND TO MAKE US PAY FOR WAR If Ales FaO Germany Will Be h Possession of Eng land's War Ships V'ashington, June 12. Failure of th liberty loan means possibility that the war in all its bloody horrors might bu brought to America, Herbert (uiek, of the federal farm loan board, declared todav, in a statement to tho nation, urging subscriptions to the loan. juicka statement follows: , By Herbert Quick'" - (Written for ,thesUnited Press) The trouble with me American peo- nle is that they think of this- wns as being far off. It is not far off. If we fail in raising the two, billion dollars called for m the liberty loan, the peo ple of the United States are a defeat ed people in the first battle. Failure in this loan flight easily mean the victory of Germany and what does victory for Germany mean to usf It means, perhaps, the transfer of the lighting front from Europe to the United States before we can troia an army. How can this take placet It can talto place easily. England begins to starve in ninety days, after the tl-boata have carried on. thewr sinkings a wnua r" Fointa Out Danger We speak of the heroism oi" the Brit- not be a heroic people. " Starvation might give tho British navy to Ger many. With the British navy, the Ger mans would command the nean.- They could invade the United Stater, they, coidd bring trained soldiers hore fater than we. could train them for ourselvea They could win over Hii9sia; they conll beat f ranco to ner Knees. Why should Germany wish to- invada the United States and to finish her conquest of the world on Amerwan bat tle lieldsf Tne answer is so piain as i be obvious. The Germans have declared lor t years that they mean to roaue mo United States pay tor tne war. Thn failure of the liberty loan is de feat in the first battle fought by tho United States in this war. The failure of the liberty loan ma.y mean the collapse of all Germany ring of enemies. - AllJJepends on America. The failure of our people to. sub scribe for two billions of dollnrs at a good rate of interest today, may mean that we shall be forced to fight like demons on our own soil for years at an expense of a hundred billions of dollars, or become slaves" to.. Germany tor generation for the purpose of payinst her loesses in this war, -and to increase her lower beyond tho wildest dreania of the kaiser or his advisers. We read eagerly or tne aavanragn gained by the British, the Kreneh and Italians in the battles in Europe from day to day, but the mil war is on hero now and must be fought to a decision either glorious or disastrous in the next seventy two hours. " ' This is what the American people need to think of at this time. The war is not there today it la here. ' ... Our brothers in arms are dying m tb trenches for us.' . Shall it ever be said of Amenca that she refused to put up her money against their blood! ; WENT THBOUQH CAB WINDOW Oregon City, Ore., June 12. Author ities of two counties today are hunting; W. I Doyle, alias W. D. Kennedy, wb escaped from Deputy Sheriff Fel I Ulen, of Weiser, Idaho, leaping from the window of a Honthern Paciiw train near here last night. , . ' The train was traveling over ! nulejj an hour and Doyle was hanrfcuffe.l when he "made his sensational jump. Ulen was taking Doyle from Reno, Nov.. to Weiser to face a forgery ehange. 3 "TIE WEATIIIIl ' 41 .. . Oregost Fat tonight, aeavy front east- por tion; Wwtaasday fir. with rising temper I t re; lictit Tariabla idt. y.isn