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SALEM, OREGOtf, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1917
FORTIETH YEAR NO. 140
PRICE TWO CENTS ' o1
m JL M UUt UUUUL
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$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
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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.
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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
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tonight, aeavy
front east- por
tion; Wwtaasday
fir. with rising
temper I t re;
lictit Tariabla
idt. y.isn