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OVEB 4,100 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 READERS) DAILY. full leased wraa DISPATCHES Only Circoiatlon in Salem guar anteed by tfc Audit Bureau of CUculatloni. SPECIAL WILLAMETTE T AL LEY NEWS SEBVIOB FORTIETH YEAR NO. 174 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TBAINS AND NTCW8 STANDS FTVB CKNTH. doksEm BUNDLE OF SHAfIS IS LLOYD GEORGrS SHARP CRITICISM ; Of Michaelis Speech He Says it 1$ Sham Independence for Belgium SHAM DEMOCRACY AND , SHAM PLEA FOR PEACE" Says England: Is Increasag Its Protection and Decreas ing Its Losses London, July 81. !' Sham independ ence for Belgium; sliam democracy for Oennauy; sham peace for Europe,' was the bitter epitome of German Chancel lor Michaelia' speech to the reichstag spoken by Britain's premier, David i.ioya-ueorg, this atternoon. Iu a ringing speech the Belgian in . dependence celebration at Oueen's hali . the prime minister declared in new rig orous phrasea that unless Germany's military aptocracy "ig wiped out, they ' -will again plunge Europe into a welter of blood. The premier 's opinion as to the shams of the German chancellor's speech was founded on three readings of that ad-'Hrt-ss, Lloyd-George asserted. "The chancellor's statement contain ed phrases which the German military nutocracy understood," he added. "Those in charge of German affairs have elected for war. The junkers have thrown the old chancellor into the waste liasket with his scrap of paper and it will not be long before junkcrdoiu fol lows. Food Supply Safe. "I am.sorry to disagree with the Ger , man chancellor regarding German sub marines," he continued, "but gradual ly, thongh surely, We are increasing our' protection and diminishing our losses. ' ('.:.'. '' "This year we are building fourj times as many ships as the preceding year. Next year we shall build six times as many. "The food supply this year and next is already secured. Our program of cultivation makes the supply of 1919 se cure, even if our losses are increased. , : "There is no hope for Belgium in the chancellor ' statement. She is not mentioned. It is the determination of the nllies that Belgium be restored, free and independent; that her people lie not under a protctorate. "Significant is the announcement of the accusation of the brilliant states man. Kerensky to the leadership of the Russian democracy." Market Stronger and Prices Show Good Gains New York, July' 21. The New York ftvening . Sun financial review today said: Stocks recovered further today from their depressed levels. Gains were most conspicuous in those issues which have rocently been the object of jpacentra ed bear attacks. . Bails were quiet and unchanged. Business was in fair volume for a Saturday session. - , Demand for stocks increased in the last half hour and many of the highest pno ire recorded then. The mar ket! "' ;en over sold in the past week. e0 siness throughout the country S-Jr less unsettled pending the a p in or war policies by the gov it, nevertheless, remains ac Wh; is for crm tive ts 1 ft 4 AY HAVE TO FIGHT 5 ;land, dal., July 21. E g the prominent boxers VJ draft numbers wore drawn yesterday are Frankie Burns, Buttling Ortega, Frankie Malone, Pickles Martin, 8ammy Pelzinger and Harry Kelsey. Tommy Fitzsimmons, shortstop, who supposed to join the Oaks yesterday, was also drafted. FOOD WOL BILL PASSED BY SENATE Gives President Control of Food, Feed and Fuel Fixes Wheat Price Washington, July 21. America 's first food control bill passed the sen ate at 4 p. in. today. It passed the senate by a vote of 81 to 0 ' The senate rejected Herbert Hoover as America's sole food commissioner by voting down sixty to twenty three. senator bharroth'a amendment pro viding one man for fovd beard. ..The new anti-hoarding - amendment by Senator Kenyon was adopted. It punishes fby imprisonment for from six months to three years a person !n trade, who hoards food to limit produc tion or boost prices. Farmers and gardeners ar not included. An amendment for Senator Hollis of New Hampshire providing that -the food bill shall not repeal the anti trust laws was agreed to without op position. " - The wheat amendment ' was passed principally as a, concessiono to farm ers since control over cotton, steel and in many other interests has been eliminated. $2.00 Wheat Minimum. , " Chamberlain's amendment gives the president power to fix prices but at . ACl - 1. .. ..I 1. j I predict It will not be long tintil w RUSSIA'S SECOND REVOLUTION HAS BEEfl SHRED One Hundred Killed, 700 Wounded of Those En gaged In It GERMAN AGENT LENINE STIRRED UP REBELLION Workmen's and Soldiers' Congress Is Now In Com plete Control the German chancellor delivers a dif ferent speech-ne for which we are waiting," asserted the premir. Girls Employed to Operate Elevators New York, July 21 With girls rapid ly replacing men as apartment house elevator operators in New York, the mayor's committee of women on na tional defense today announced it would discourage further such employment un til the girls ere paid fair wages. Be cause girl operators of elevators are un protected by existing labor laws, some have been worked 90 hours a week and under paid, it was asserted. Women have found a new sphere of men 's work at the great Bush Terminals in Brooklyn. A class of 25, trained to operate efeetrie locomotives, cranes and winches, is ready to replace men call ed to war. - IDE 11 A D T I M nuii ui n it l i ti By William O. Shepherd. (United Press staff correspondent.) Petrograd, July 20. (Delayed.) Via London, July 21. One hundred killed, seven hundred wounded, of civilian and soldier and sailor rioters, and six cos- sacks killed end seventy wounded is the casualty list of Russia's second revolu tion, apparently ended today after five days of rioting,, with the government in control. ' Out of the violence of bloodshed has me a reorganization of free Russia. The government is now iu the hands of the committee of workmen's and sol diers' congress with the provisional (durna) representatives, acinic; as an ad ministrative body responsible to this executive committee. Affairs in Petrograd city are in the immediate charge of General Polovtzof. chief of the army garrison. M. Lebewev minister or war and marine. Kerensky 's naval assistant, and M. Sko- belov, formerly minister of labor, is now acting special labor commissioner, M. iveKruzov u railroad minister. German Agent Exposed. Exposure of Nichlai Leniue, pacifist agitator, as a paid German agent, help: ea ena uie rebellion. Lemne had art fully paraded a pseudo-patriotism and acquired quite a following. ' The gov ernment did not desire to arrest him, knowing he would pose as a martyr, but went diligently to work looking up I.enine's past record as an exile in Switzerland and Germany. Lieutenant Ermoleako,. a Russian officer recently returned from a German prison camp, j gave the government the evidence it desired. Krmolenko swore that when he. was a prisoner, the Germane sent him back to Russia to agitate for a separate peace. He was Ordered, he sworo, to co-operate with Lenine, Ma dame bumenson and others. It is believed some of the German agents actually participated in the fir ing in the streets. Lenine was still a fugitive. The Kronstadt revolters and other malcontents made their last stand at FIRE SITUATION IS BAD " Grants Pass., Or., July 4l.11 The forest 'fire situation in southern Oregon is growing" more threatening hourly:1 Fires are burning in four di rections from this city, and a score of blazes a this country' have been reported. Every wait able man is oeing rushed to the fire lines. Several fires are beyond control. - Only a making rain- will- put out the fires, say many who have come in from the moun tains. " ' j Salem People Do Not - r Applaud Aiijthin; One of the best concerts which has been given this year was that at Ma rion Square last night given by the Sa lem Military band, which , is managec by John Graber,- and directed by Henry Stoudonmeyer.. ' . . - - The statement has been made that the people of Salem da not appreciate their band, because of the dearth of applause after the selections, but th same parties said that they thought merely neglect, and not. indifference. The next program will be given Tucs day evening at wmson park as the Chautauqua will be gone by that time. AUSTR0-GERI1AIIS FORCE RUSSIANS TOYIELKROUfiD Stormed Positions Around Novrica Compelling Their Abandonment t i l . i I It gives him also power to assess duties on wheat in order to keep the price up to the $2 minimum and to purchase any the fortress of St. Peter and Paul where quantity of wheat he deems necessary j the officals of the old regime in Russia tor the public good. are imprisoned. Contrary to early re He may sell it to any citizen of the Inited States or to any government allied in the war and may hold or transport iu his discretion, Debate on the food control bill ended at 2:30. Then the senate Began a ne wildering succession of votes on scores of amendments to the - bill. They promised to keep the senate busy for hours. Senator LaFolette elosed tlie debate with his second speech of the day and incidentally his second speech on the bill in three weeks it has beea under discussidn. He charged -coal producers with exacting extortionate prices and favored the Pomereuc amendment. Government eontrol of food, feed and fuel was established for the duration of the war. The Vote marked the cul mination of weeks of debate. Senators who voted against the bill: France, Maryland; Hardwick, Georgia; Penrose, Pennsylvania; Reed, Missouri; Sherman. Illinois and Sutherland, West A'irginia. Whiskey Knocked Out. Sutherland and Hardwick are demo crats. As passed by the senate tho bill marks the death of the whiskey busi ness at least during the- war. It per mits manufacture of wine and beer, but directs - the 'president to com mandeer all liquor in boad and pay a " Continued on Page Seven.) "One thin? I've noticed in travels," said Lafe Bud,, t'day, that, vests are lluj cleaner . in town?.''. Ther'e an awful lot o' my "is dry dif Hose .Who Are Caled , :.;' ; la First 3,000 Numbers Washington, July 21. The men who will comprise America 'a first army are presented in the first three thousand numbers drawn in yesterday's lottery. Past the three thousand mark only scattered districts will be affected, of ficials saii today. . Numbers fallowing the three thousandth, therefore, repre sent only the reserve from which sub sequent calls will be. made. The men who will respond to the first call were, therefore, covered in. the figures pub lished yesterday. . - . Official lists will be furnished withinj Dorts. they did not surrender, A Dramatic Ending. Crowds in the streets saw armed men on bicycles and other skirmishers from actual trenches dug in the approaching cross ways, run first across Troitsky bridge. . More invaders sneaked across other bridges, somehow they managed to gain entrance to the fortress. Then tho walls of the old building began to be dotted with figures sorue sailors and soldiers in uniforms; others the black garbed Leninites who had oc cupied the fortress when they were oust ed from the palace of the dancer Kshesl inska. This "last stand" was dramatic. The rat-a-tat-a-tat of the machine guns sounded in the fortress yard, mingling strangely with the mellow chimes that pourod their melody from the glittering spire. The tiny figures to be seen from the river "bank dotting the fortress walls soon began to thin out. Then over the bridges came the government's loyal troops, escorting a filthy, unshaven body of prisoners. Old Time weajuings. Thev were some of the officials of the old regime, their velvet suits of other davs of gorgeousncss contrasting strans-elv with disordered collars, loose neckties and faces trembling witn rear. They, were the typical weaklings of the old governmental aristocracy. None of . KerensT's troops killed townspeople or agitators in the street fighting. ' . . The cabinet, as now constituted, eoa si.ita of six socialists and three mem bers of otter liberal parties, but ever all the workmen' and soldiers' eon gresa is completely dominant. A number of women marched ' with 1 the Kronstad soldiers and sailors in the earlier -classes in the atreets. In com pany with hundreds. of ethers, I was caught- in one of these street battles late in the afternoon, in which a dozen j people-were killed."1 Those who were wise lay prostrate on the ground while, the bullet , hummed and then ran for shelter of nearby house. . From these observatioa-1 spots one eould. see women among the! oaraders. One amazon aat on an automobile with machine gua. -Immediately before this rioting, one of the anti-government GREAT FOREST FIRE IS BEYOND CONTROL - Sweeps Over SiX Miles i Timber in Sonoma Coun ty, Caornia Santa Boso, Cal., July 21. Sweeping over six miles of forest with its eastern edge f ive . miles from Healdsburg and ine western extremity licKing at the outskirts of Guerneville, a forest fire which is baffling all. efforts to extin guish is doing thousand of dollars worth of damage is Sonoma county to day. Deputy Sheriff James Petrav arriv ed in Santa Rosa fro'iaibe scene of the fire early this morning returning, im mediately with more fire fighters. One nunurea nrty men, under forest Super visor George Spaulding, are encased in the battle. Petray declared that unless the names were checked at noon, the Healdsburg home guards would be call ed out. Late yesterday the Sweetwater Springs resort was reported surrounded by fire. No word has been received from there today, but it is Dclieved the owners and guests have escaped al though it is possible the resort has been destroyed. Other well known Sonoma re sorts are threatened and' numerous ranchers have been forced to abandon their homes. It is . believed several dwellings have been destroyed. ,. GENERAL GOETHALS OFFERS TO RESIGN This Passes the Buck Up to President-Latter Will Act Quickly Washington, July 21. General Goe- tnals bas ottered to resign as general manager of the Emergency Fleet Cor poration. As a climax to a long drawn argu ment between himself and Chairman Denman of the shipping board, GoCthalsJ wrote a letter to rresident Wilson, suc gesting if It will help matters he will resign . Thnt the president will take quiek action in the case was indicated today. Those close to the president intimated tnat ne was "out ot patience" with the Goethals-Denman row. What the president will do, however, will not be known jintil Monday. He is on a week end cruise today. lioethais' only comment 1 today was that he had not resigned yet but that he could not tell "what will develop." Goethals' letter, sent yesterday, de tailed his relations with Denman and declared the constant bickering was no longer possible. Up to the present the president has held aloof from the shipping row, tell ing both men to go ahead with-their, plans to build ships. . i He expected them to reach a decis ion on a definite program, his chief concern being in prompt aetion. now, however, the president is faced with, the deilcate position of. deciding Between the claims of tnr two men or insisting that thev adopt some definite program he himself evolTes out of those submitted by both. Goethals hat' clamed that shins can not be built bv long discussions.' Den man holds that he must know definite ly about all contracts before thev are et and congress is in on -tee fracas with a demand te know the same detail ed -information that Denman asks, Congress, however, has baked the president for information and hesee the presdent is forced into it anyhow. Congress i divided on FEROCIOUS ATTACKS . MADE ON FRENCH FRONT Kerensky Made Minister of War by New Russian Government Berlin, via London, July 21. Austro- German troops forced the Russians to day.' '-'-.- ; North of Brzezany the Austro Ger man forces, after hard fightintr. recan- tured the position lost July 1." the wnr oiricc asserted, norxn of tne Dniester. uussian attacks DroKe down. 'Around Novica, the German. Aus trian and Hungarian troops stormed high Russian positions in snito of stubborn resistance." uur attack: in eastern Gaucia is taking the course intended behind hast ily retreating Russians of whom only Parts make a stand," the war office continued. We crossed the Zloczon-Tamopol load on both sides of Jeszierna on a 40 kilometer front (27 miles). j wnerever the enemy mado a stand, he" was defeated. We are pursuing the retreating Russians by tresh aBaulta. The -Russians are burning villages. On the Chemin Des Danes," the statement said, discussing the western front, l there were no French attacks. The Westphalians penetrated in the evening, parts of the enemy's positions, bringing back in. the morning, a hun dred prisoners. yt..i -v . - i . German Attacks Fierce. Paris, July ' 21. All through last night .the Germans continued their- of fensive against French troops in the Chemin - Des , Dames hurling . great masses of men in fruitles sattacks, the French official statement declared to day The assaults were repelled, the war office said. . , "Around Cerny, Hurtebise and Craon- ne," the statement said, "there were bombardments. Attempted attacks wore thrown back. ' North of Braye a Gorman detainment was thrown out of its trenches. "Southeast of Cerny there was a'vio- lent combat. The Germans twice at tacked in waves and were twice hurled back. At Turtebise and the Californie plateau our fire frustrated enemy pre oarations . for an attack, inflicting heavy losses on them." Portland Jitneys Mast Put Up Bonds Portland, Or., July 21. Jitneys in Portland today passed into history with the enforcement of a new ordi nance requiring a bond of 2"00 on alt cars. "The bond is too high," said Presi dent Rossman of the Jitney Drivers' union today. "We can't put up the bond and continue to run our cars prof itably." ine police announced this morning that all drivers operating without bonds would be arrested. Sixty five for-hire cars and taxiuabs fled bonds up to this morning. Mooney Case Goes to the Jury Monday San , Francisco,. July 21 The Rona Mooney bomb plot case will oro to the jury Monday. When it became evident that a night session would be necessary to keep on the set schedule, the jury protested and asked abandonment of the plan to rush the trial through- In compliance the usual custom of holding no court session Sunday was oDserved. Monday morningr Deputy District At torney Perrari will be given two hours to close tne arguments and then Judge oeaweu wiu instruct tne jury. SAIilES ARE BUSY AT TARGET PRACTICE French Government Makes Boys Present of Bottle of Wine Each OFFICIAL LIST IS EXPECTED HERE LATE IIEXT WEEK 200 Per Cent of &s!aWi3 . Be Drawn to Cover Exemptions IF THESE NOT ENOUGH MORE WILL BE CALLED NoMenWillBe&r.tAl:rcad Before Spring Says Secretary Kerensky Minister of War. London. ' July 21. Minister of War nd Marine Kerensky has temporarily been named premier of Russia, succeed ing Prince uvorr, rosigneu, nccuiuing to announcement in the Bourse Gazette Pctroerad today. KerensKy, it was ,tnt1 in the Petroerad advices, i to retain, his place as military and naval chief. Tseretelli, formerly minister of communications, was named minister of the interior in addition to his previous abinet oost. . Minister of railroads iNe- krasoff is temporarily filling the post of minister of justice. Tho new government is arresting on Vip eharoB of treason all of the. organ izations which partook In the armed re bellion and all instigators ef the re- olters. . Permanent Camp of the American Ex peditionary Army in France, July 21. Pershing's Sammies are "keen on bay onet practice. There isn't a more pop ular course In the training curriculum than this. The American soldiers have been impressed with the fact that the enemy fears cold steel more than bul lets and they want to get perfection in the thrust and cut. - The French government presented the army with a bottle of champagne and ( liter of red wine, for every soldier. Wine doesn't figure in the American commisariat, so the officers were unde cided about its distribution, although returning thanks to the French offic ials. One battalion, however, didn't' waste any time but consumed all its quota right away. , The camp has a comfortable feeling every day in the anti-aircraft gun prac tice. The Sammies celebrated clean-up day today. - " The staff of the camp started in on the most thorough and minute inspec tion of every billet at which the eoldiere hundred per cent of the actual quota- of nA ....,,) v', nittA-.. l.a,i 4i,A .:-..!.- ..... ... . aiv ijumkicu. vjimg'., viiivciB wAiiuu 'aiiicuinr Kliy or 1WO, ABU8..1K By Webb Miller. (United Ptoss staff correspondent.) Washington, July 21. With the loca tion today of a missing nuinbcs in the great draft lottery, Provost Marshal l-eueral Crowdcr-notified Seoretary of War Baker that the first etep. toward organizing America's armies is cem pleto, .- The missing number 4 1(14 a. .. . signedto the 10,004th plaee in the draw ing mo point at which a blank had been picked from the urn. Crowder's report a Sm-rti nut. follows! . ' We closed the drawing hot q ond 3 o'clock this morning. We found precisely 10,500 capsules in th nrn and the only mishap was that ii of ! capsules contained no number. When tho" fact was discovered I thw th capsule back into the urn to inlt A.,. velopments. Wo drew it out and assign ed it the last number on the list." As the numbers arc verified they will be listed on an official sheet and duplicates of this shcat will be,' sent broadcast to every local board. u Lifts by Next Friday. The farthest local board should- have its official list by next Thursday or Friday, at the latent "" '"'', - Then, the work of Selecting th fit and the dnexempted, will proceed. Local boards will send Out word to those who must answer the first call, though tho individual himself is renirihla lat really knowing: whether he is in h first call. As the men are notified, tkey must present themselvos for physieal examin- - at ion. They will be noted ae accepted . or rejected. Then, if they have a claim for exemption they must present it to their exemption boards, who will pane on it quickly. luo first call of men consist of two a merry chase into scores of lofts and 1 town must furnish two thousand men, rooms running down dirt and disease. four thousand names will be called at General rilbcrt, in command or tne first. If these do not furnish the first camp, insists that it must be absolutely quota, a fresh levy must respond. disease proof. The fruit of a day's hard work was tons of rubbish, which was collected and hauled off. for burning. Henceforth Those first called are those first on tho list in their respective districts. . ' The Time of CalL It will be September 5, or later, be- . General Sibert will adopt the plan the ' foro the actual physical work of sorting army heads did In Cuba and the Philip pines, of having a big map of the camp location made with red pins for clean spots and black pins for the messy, dirty ones. The red pins will be con centrated for an assault on the black ones. The Sammies have already used an immense quantity of disinfectants. out the new nrmy is accomplished. A soon as this is done the government will summon b7,000 to the colors, to com pose the new national army aad fill gaps in the regular army and national guard. . . These men will, then be sent to eon tonment camps if they are ready and drilled intensively for some months be- An Artillery Battle. Petroirrad. July 21.-An intense artil- rV battle is in progress in the Smorg- on-Krevo sector, according to battle front dispatches received today. The rack Siberian corps is bearing tne brant of the fighting and Russians guns lire obtaining mastery of the enemy. This is the first indication of exten sion of the offensive to the front near ilua. Russians Retreat. Petroerad, July 21. Because Bus- Fian troops m tne larnopoi secior were not showing; neeessary stability nd elsewhere were not fulfilling com mands of their officers," they retired under a general offensive attack, the war office announced 'today. The en emy assault was in the direction of Zo- lotchev yesterday. The retirement was past a line from Beuivo, Hladki, Pok ropavna and Vybadoy. - - , . Big Fast Destroyed; By Fire at San Mateo v San Mateo, Cal., July 21. The Pen insula Sapid Transit company 'a plant here was destroyed by, fire early today with a lose of 4150,000. Thirteen auto buses, valued at $(5,000 apieee, 10.000 I worth of tires end a great deal of para- the subject pbernalia, in addition to the building it ference in beia? acquainted with, some-' the next five or six days, when any man-speaJter proved t be a German officer! , buWr an' knawva ; .'em... . . . . . .. eaa find his- exaet plaee on the calls. MJ prisoner of war. , ' ; The republicans wnd. many democrats, self were destroyed. The fire etarted have stood stmitlf by Goethals. - -in the "washing room." The origin Is If he quits there is Doimd to be a not known. The Red Crosa hospital violent outbreak both in house and sen-. and the nurses home adjacent to the . ' . . tdant were both menaced. ........ The inspection was officially said to fore going to France. have shown that the American troops letters of Secretary of War Baker to are in excellent condition physically, senators today intimated the admin is- that their equipment is tine and mat sickness is at a minimum. SOME ODDS AND ENDS ' ABOUTJHE DRAFT Man Named Bottoas Among Those Drawn by Last Num ber Many Freak Things Lynn, Mass. Timothy D, Maguire, one of this city's 5s"s fainted when he learned his number was the first out. Uia mother also collapsed . when she learned it. Minneapolis. Harry Lcgg, seven times Minenapolis golf champion, five times trans-Mississippi champion, drew No. 2808. Ho was playing semi-finals in the state golf tournament when told his number-had been drawn. . Denver, Colo. William Jennings Bry an held one of the first draft- number drawn. He is not related to the ex secretary; he does not believe in grape juice; he ia bot a pacifist, and won't claim exemption. Cincinnati, Ohio. What 's in a name! Dan Bottoms, porter, thinks he is a talisman. It was at .the bottom-of the army draft. Bottoms' number- 3217-- was the last drawn in the lottery at Washington. - . Madison, - Wis. " ProMianiem . has crushed the hearts of millions of wive and mothers. Otto has. been called. The baby and I will have to. shift for our relvee. But Otto will do his duty he (Continued on Psge 3.) tration does not propose to send either national guard or new army . troops abroad before spring, although original plans contemplated guardsmen abroad before snow flies. The provost marshal general notified all governors in slow going states today that they must establish their city anil town quotas at once. Meantime the , surgeon - general- - notified examining physicians to be especially strict in passing on drafted men. No fake dis abilities will be allowed to escape. "It is important," said Surgeon General Gorgas, "that the examiner realize there will be a proportion of men who will seek exemption by dis simulation, varying from exaggeration of a condition of downrigSt malinger ing. We are proposed to protect tho government against such attempts at de ception." HE WAS BORK TO TP ' - Sharon, Pa., July 21. The first Shar-. on man drafted was No. 2o, Joaa Pitta, born on Friday, the thirteeath.' " " :vhtHE:mTBa-'- owe me Lief?; UbR. fitVE tl tfPtm ' : i , Oregon . To night and Sun- . day fair; moder- te , ?thwe8ter :. ly wiidsv , .