4,400 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 READERS) DAILY. FULL LEASED VIRE DISPATCHES Only Circulation In Salem guar anteed by the Audit Bursas of Circulation. . .. EPECTAL WtLLAMETTB VAL LEY NEWS BEE VICE FORTIETH YEAE NO. 179 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND HEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS- flu U A n ffMJMxy- f S""j 4l j it I RUSSIA DECREES DEATH PENALTY TO ALL COWARDS Will Resort to Wholesale Executions to Clear Army 6 , of Traitors CIRL SOLDIERS SHAMED . MEN INTO FACING ENEMY Rumanians and Russians Standing firm On Car pathian Front Petrograd, July 27. Russia restored 1 lie death penalty today and prepared a policy of wholesale exocutionsto clear the army of cowards. ' "Institution of capital punishment is necessary,", declared Premier Keren sky. "The government faces the alter native of sacrificing the army to cow ards and traitors. The provisional min istry will assume full responsibility for 1 he step." The rout of disloyal troops continued today. Without hardly a blow struck in defense, the Galiciau regiments which fled from Tarnopol and Stanislau have turned their backs on the enemy and are hurrying further from tho front. The way to Ceruovitz seemed open to the fast pursuing Teutonic armies. Much greater penetration of the Rus sian line in this section will gravely en danger the staunchly vigorous Russian laud Rumanian troops south in the wood-' ed Carpathians. There no cowards or traitors have appeared and the troops, are fiercely pressing the Germans. The central executive of workmen s and soldiers' delegates and the execu tive committee of peasants' delegates today issued a formal appeal to tho na tion tor complete unity. It was address ed to the councils of workmen, soldiers and peasants all over Russia and to all committees of the army and navy and , declared tnat the traits of the revolu tion were gravely endangered by the present military downfall. Full support lor the provisional 'government was urged. . : Girls Charged Fiercely ;..'. By William 0. Shepherd (United Press staff correspondent) Petvograd, July 27. Charging fear lessly over a shell torn field when their men comrades had deserted, Russia 'a -womnii fighters , in- their first battle itook 102 prisoners two of them offi cers. Dispatches from the Dvinsls front to-, day added to the glory, of the woman's legion of death. They gave an addi tional casualty list of a dozen wounded including Mine. Bochkariova, comniaud er of the battalion. The second in com-, mand, Mile. Skryblova, was suffering from severe shell shock. All Were sen f to Minsk for temporary' treatment and will later be brought back to Pctro grad. . .-"- The girls " went over the top " in the charge with fierce impetuosity, firing as they hurried fenvard to meet the enemy and utterly without fear. Their example shamed unstable troops near by, who had srarted deserting and it was undoubtedly tne neroism ot tne --women soldiers that turned the tide of battle in favor of the Russians. , The prisoners captured by the girls expressed the utmost astonishment and chagrin when they learned the sex of those who had so fiercely attacked their position. ' " " . " A hundred thousand citizens and sol diers at PoLavn assembled with bands and flags to give frenzied greeting to several of the wounded women who passed through there from the front (Continued on Page 3.) ABE MARTIN ---i:j:$$4 j II ' f v : IS'o matter how hard.. th' son of I great fat her huatle he never gits mneb I England will be able materially to f oree i redir. We've- aHus been anxious t. l-aci the Germans until millions of Am-Jnow- how a good spender' friends feel . ericsa. Sammies arrive. And this, de tfter he- gits eacght. - i - , spite the fat that the British have nev- Governor Will Create Arbitration Board for Labor Disputes Preparedness is a strong point with Governor Withycombe and in line with tfcig policy he has decided to appoint a Board ot arbitration betore which all labor troubles that may arise in the fu ture will be brought. This board of arbitration and conciliation will con sist of seven members. Three of these members will be selected from the ranks of the workers, three from tho employ ers, and the seventh to be the chief justice of tho Orgon suprme court. It is the plan of the governor to have all questions and differences brought before this board so that a fair and satisfactory settlement can be made. It is believed that with this" board operation many of the disciples be tween labor and capital can be set tled. - - . ALLIES TO WITHDRAW FORCES FROM GREECE Conference Agrees On This Will Relieve Forces for Other Service . . Paris, July 27. Withdrawal of allied forces "as soon as possible" from Greece, ending military occupation of the Greek provinces of Thessaly and Kpirus,.va8 resolved upon today by the allied war conference. The conferees were expected to un dertake this withdrawal immediately on return homo. French, British and Italian troops are now in this territory. This conference decided" however, to i continue provisional occupation of a triangle between Santa Quaranta road, Epirus and tho frontier. This strip of land is to be under Italy 's maintenance with Greece to arrange a civil admin istration "under a Greek commissioner. It was agreed that France, England and Italy should be iable to retain throughout the war the naval and mili tary base, they v established on the stand of Corfu, in view of the fact that the whole island is under Greek control. - - " ' HAVE MUMPS AMD MEASLES Permanent Camp of the American Expeditionary Army in France, July 27. A flurry of mumps and measles among Pershing's Sammies was an nounced under control by the medical corps today in a report showing the general health of the American fighters excellent. India's peanut crop is 1,147,000 long tons. End of Third Ye a r o f Wa r Finds London Gloomy But As Determined As At Start By Ed L. Keen. (Copyright 1917 by the United Press.) London, July 27 (Passed by censor.) This is not a cheerful message, but cne which it is believed is necessary, that America may know how English men feel during the closing days of the third year of the war. It is a regrettable fact that never since the retreat from Mons has the gloom been thicker than it is today in Loudon 'a streets, clubs, homes and even some governmental offices. The immediate cause, of course is Russia's sudden reversal of form after a .totally unexpected and spectacularly successful offensive. But, secondly, the suspicion is prevalent that there has been no appreciable - reduction of the submarine menace. Thirdly, thero is disappointment over America's slowness in entering whole- j hcartedly into the war, as exemplified by congressional obstruction of Presi- dent Wilson's food program, the ship- plug board muss and so forth. of the war and the prospect of higher. Fifthly, there is a general weariness ,.t . i Country Not Peasimistic. , One must not suppose that the whole country ig irrevocably plunging into pessimism. On the other hand, it would be equally a mistake to conclude that Premier Lloyd-George's cheerfully opti- imiatic public speeches correctly reflect t he general popular attitude. If only the west front were eonaider- I cd, there would be no reason for uneasi ness. Although England has so far not j erected any ''wooden statues" to Field ( Marshal Haig as Germany has done to Hindenbure the British commander in chief holds publie confidence even more I than the Hindenburg of German' most Unecessful davs. England is thoroughly convinced Haig has been the German's 1 measure; that the enemy is unable seri ously to dent the British line, even if On the other hand, there are mighty few En?lishm(-n no In hel'eve TERRIFIC ATTACK BY CROWN PRINCE PROVESJJSELESS Seventh Night Attack In Suc cession Brings Only Heavy Losses FRENCH HAVE RETAKEN ALL POSITIONS LOST Russians, Except at Tarnopol, and Rumanians right Valiantly By Henry Wood. (United Press staff correspondent.) With the French Armies in the Field, July. 27. Two hundred and fifty guns wore mased over the two mile front- on which the German crown prince last night tried for the seventh successive r.ight to wrest grourid from French lines cu the Chemin Des Dames. It was probably tho most concentrat ed, violent assault of all the seven days' fighting the French have withstood. Eleven German sausage balloons were sent aloft for artillery range work and German guns massed only a few hun dred feet apart on tho two mile front poured an inferno of fire on the French troops. The Germans after concentrat ing their effective forces, attacked with bitter desperation. The crown prince's plan of strategy ting time was sudden ly to transfer his attack from the east of Hurtebise to the west of that town. The two kilometer (two mile) con centrated attack, however, won nothing more from the French than the six days ! battle over tne live kilometer front (threo and one-tenth miles). Between Chevroeaux and Hurtebise today ther French had regained all posi tions lost'duriag the "first few days of the fighting. They held completely the plateaus of Caroline and Cahforme and the cascmatos. , Supporting the belief of tremendous losses inflicted on the attacking troops, it became known today that in Tues day's attack alono the Prussian regi ments lost half of their effectiveness in a few hours. " Bushing in New Troops. Washington, July 27.-Fresh Russian troops are being rushed to the Galician (Continued on Page 3.) or been so tremendously supplied with munitions as now. Russian Situation Worst. The hope of effective Russian mili tary assistance is now practically abandoned. But this is not the most perious feature of the east. There the prospect of a German victory means the opening of vast resources of food and war materials, rendering the North sea blockade useless and giving the enemy tn economic advantage, even if it is granted that tho submarine menace can be gradually subdued. But so far there has been no official denial of the German official and de tailed claim of over a million tons of al lied and neutral tonnage sunk by sub marines in June with ! manders' reports still to be june witn several com- received. Kegarmng American participation, Fuu"u """""" """, 1 Bbly dampened since it has learned that earlier reports as to the size of the! American expedition were wildly ! American people do not yet appreciate the magnitude and seriousness of the task ahead of them. Moreover, British-1 tn Pomt out that America has done lit- t'e r nothing to circumvent German propaganda and spy activities, which those weu iniormea nere assure every tne is more extensive, more dangerous than ever. Corporal Sutton Shot by Prowler While Guarding Bridge Portland, Or., July 27. While Cor poral William Sutton lies in a local hospital with a, bullet through his shoulder, the police today began an in vestigatioa of what they believe , an attampt to dynamite an electric sub station of the Portland Eailway, Light k Power company. Suttoa was standing guard on the river side of the substation last -night and challenged a prowler. The man' drew a revolver ana urea, Bitting ut - - Band Concert Tonight at- Willson Park Wilh ten selections, the band expects to put one over on Salem people tonight at v illson I'arK in tne way of- good music. '1 ne band boys nave been improv ing steadily since the opening concert and larger numbers have turned out each succeeding concert night. The con cert starts at 8 p. m. Mrs. Durdall, the official soloist for the season will sing a patriotic selection, "When the Boys come Home." Here is the evening's program: March K Pluribus lrnum lewell Overture II Guarany , Gomez Waltz Valse Annette Baxter Comic opera selection The Princess- fat Herbert Vocal solo When . the Bovs Come Home u Speaks Mrs. Durdall - - -va) One step- Usten to This ..Kaufman (b) Fox trot There's Egypt in Your. ; Dreamy Kyet ...... Spencer Grand selection from Faust....Gounod Serenade Simplicity Dorothy Lee Selection from Mille Modiste....Herbert March Free Lance Sousa II. N. STOrDENMEYEH, Director. QUAKE SHAKES UP CO ASfOF CHILI Santiago Reports Walls Shak en Down-Inhabitants Flee Cities , A . . Buenos Aires,. July 27. An earth? c,uake of great intensity, believed to have caused great damage in Chile; was reported from Santiago in dispatches received today by La Nacion. Details were meager but it was known the tre mors had been felt in Santiago, Corto ba, San Luis, . Mendoza, Eosario and Tucuman. Many walls were shaken down and the populace of several cities fled from their homes. Considerable property dahiaec was re ported, but no details were given The Santiago dispatch said great alarm was 1 felt there. The shock we-ro dpnnpiViArl , as the strongest in years. Tlicy started niMui iv:-j lust mguw iu..nuenos Aires slight tremors were noticed. News was awaited from Valparaiso, which was reported in early dispatches as being tho heaviest sufferer, v .... Shakes Continual. ' ' ' Washington, July 27, Scientists at Georgetown university today stated their seismograph was registering furth er intense shocks, apparently a con tinuation, of - quakes : registered ' last night. Presumably these aro the same tremors reported in Chile. BAPTIST ASSEMBLY -AT FAIRGROUNDS Tents Put Up Yesterday, and Work of Session Began This Morning A crew of young nien of the Baptist church last niuht was busy erectinsr the tented city for the coming Baptist assembly which begins today. Already a number of families have moved in, and today registration of the delegates ' will be taken up. As is common with the first day, the program today was' short, and getting acquainted was the riain order. Dr. J. D. Springston, director of the Baptist young peoples work in Oregon was on hand last night, directing the rork of making homes for the delegates Tomorrow's program is concerned mostly with the B. Y. P. C, as the af-i ternoon session is the annual meeting of "the state society. The evening ves-, per services will be conducted with the aid of local talent, and the address of -, ;n h riv.n ,v u.r-ir w,1b Hiw. ,.f vr VnrU k. u tho feeneral secretary of the Missionary education movement. - rt i sir f lOUMy uOtlU II OH. Dining Month of June Eoad worlt aone in Marion county during the month of July, 1917, as gnowu by the records in the county cierk's office, amounted to 34,097.25, .r.rAi th. mnnthlv r f th. connty cierk( whica follows: Macadamizing, aQ,419,2I; graveling, $6,614.79; bridges, 1,204.33; general repairs and miscellaneous, 15,111,81; new tools and machinery, 7J.fi0r super visors' salary, $2,075.51; total, 31,097. 25. Numbes of yards gravel hauled, 0,027 2-3; number of yards ro;k hauled, Li. I i o. I. t J .. 1. -t. .,-'.'- x-, uuiuurr v jams iuc. crusu- j ca, i,ou; volunteer wtirs, men, zu i-zj teams, 120. . ton. Sutton fired three times, but the prowler escaped. ' ! Five feet of f us was left the prow- ler. Police today believe that he threw s quantity of dynamite into the river when he was -challenged. : ' I Bussig celebrates 86 publie holidays m the year. lit, 000,000,000 IS SUM REQUIRED FOR VEEOF WAR Senate Finance Committee Gets Busy Reshaping Revenue Bills $2,000,000,000 MUST BE LOANED TO THE ALLIES War Department Needs Six Billions and Navy Between One and Two Washington, July 27. Ameri ca's war bill for 1918 will amount to $15,000,000,000, it was officially announced at tho treasury department today. The estimates for this stag gering sum, compiled by the dif ferent government departments were sent to congress-today by Secretary McAdoo. .. The great budget will include approximately $12,000,000,000 for the different, departments. Adding to this $"1,000,000,000 authorized for the allies, the total funds involved in 1918 expenditures will reach $15, 000,000,000, it was stated. Washington, July 27. Between $10, 000,000,000 , and $11,000,000,000 is the ppproximate dizzy total the government will need up to June 30, 1918. With the war department leaking a gross amount of $5,817,873,347, the navy department will probably need between 1,000,000,000 and $2,000,000,000, while tne expenses or otaer government branchos mn into stupendous fig ures, t - -, Estimates of these branches are to eo to congress Boon. Roughly, they will approximate: Legislative establishment, $8,000,000. Executive, $40,000,000. ; Judicial, $1,395,790. " Agriculture; $30,000,000. " ! -Foreign intercourse, $6,000,000, Indian affairs, $12,230,356. Pensions, $155,560,000. ' Panama canal, $26,000,000. - Public works, $145,118,394. ' Postal service, $330,000,000. . Miscellaneous, $110,000,000. Permanent annual . appropriations, $144,000,000. Reshaping Revenue Bills. With such tremendous needs ahead, the senate finance committee met today to re-shape its revenue bills. . Heavier burdens than originally planned will be imposed on the tax payers, while our allies probably will need $2,000,000,000 in loans more. Congress is controversial on the ques tion of how much of the added expense should be covered by present taxation and how much by bonds or treasury certificates. This will be debated heav ily in the weeks ahead and prospects are congress will find itself in a jam on financial matters long after August. The war department estimates indi cate that in addition to much prepara tion for foreign service, considerable vail be done by way of additional na tional protection such as construction of more coast defense artillery. The extent of the war lepartmcut's plans may be gleaned from thes sti inates: Armament of fortifications, $2,468, 613,000. Clothing and camp equipment, $357, 606,097. - Pay, $715,628,440. Subsistence, $329,672,218. ' Machine guns, $I70,277,000. Hospitals and supplies, $100,026,000. ' Ammunition, $3,52U,000. Stocks a Shade Higher But Market Is Dead New York, July 27. The New York Evening Sun financial review today said: Overnight news, although of sobering Import ia its bearing on the huge task whieS lies ahead of this country toward terminating the war, played no part ia the day's stock market operations unless it was to hold speculative ac tivities in still further restraint. - During the early hours and until well into the afternoon stock prices worked toward higher levels. But the mprovement was barelv more than fractional end of no significance. Trad ing was again purely professional. Baldwin Locomotive advanced two points or so at times in recognition of the tremendous .volume of business which this and other equipment con cerns are doing. Steel and topper shares moved forward, fractionally but there was no -sustained demand for stocks at higher figures and the morej sive stages of advance and reaction Good Rains Reported In Many Sections -Crops Greatly Helped Portland, Or., July 27. It rained silver dollars in Oregon today silver dollars for timbermen and farmers. After weeks of steady dry. hot weather, which did great damage to most crops and dried the forests until they would burn like tinder, it rained this morning. And the sky still is overcast with clouds. Tho weather man says more showers will fall during the next 24. hours, borne sections re port drenching showers. ' '. ; : The great fire at Crater Lake na tional park and the lesser blazes in Jackson county and other southern Oregon districts were reported under control today. One fire, at last ro ports, . raging uncontrolled in Douglas county, may have been subdued by to day's rain. The rain was too late to benefit crops in some districts, but it will probably increase the harvests in Oregon several million dollars. AMERICA WILL STAY UffflL END IS GAINED Agrees With Allies That There Can Be But One End to the Contest Washington, July 27--On the eve. of the third anniversary of Austra's war declaration against Serbia, . which started the world ' conflagration, the United Statos rushed its war measures today to overcome pessimism in allied capitals. Secretary Daniels announced the navy department is "building more destroyers than we ever dreamed, we could build." ... Many other ships arc being put in to service. - ' Secretary - Rclficld announced the Vaterland, gigantic German vessel seized at the opening of tho war, is now ready..-' ;'- -. ' , ,. , ; ' Twenty -six other German' vessels have been repaired - and pressed into service against the kaiser, it was learned. "- IJ' ' '..,..'. The shipping board, reorganized un der Chairman Hurley, ook usder (ad visement contracts for scores of wood en and steel cargo mips. rood bill conferees hinted that they might bo ready to report to the house and senate Monday. The regulat army was brought to within twenty thousand of full war strength by a rush of men desiring to "beat the drafts." Today's reports showed 2256 recruits. New York completed its quota with 202 new enlistments. : Provision for cargo ships and trans ports was discussed at a meeting of the government shipping board at which Edward N. Hurley was formally elected chairman and R, B. Stevens vice chairman-- ' -The board elected Admiral Capps general manager of tho emergency fleet corporation. Re-orgaiuzatiOn of tho subordinate committee under the National Council of Defense into the war industries board will be announced "very soon," Secretary of War Baker, stated. The council s advisory commission prob ably will not be discussed, but broad powers will be delegates to a body headed by Frank A; Scott, Cleveland, Ohio, present chairman of. the muni tions board.. . , , Allies Agree On Course. London, July 27. The allied powers are firmly knit together in tho con viction that only one end to the war is possible and this is to" crush Ger many's autocracy if world democracy is to be preserved- Assembling all the 24- hour develop ments in the allied capitals today, this fact became firmly apparent as that which animates everyone of Germany's enemies. In London a small pacifist group's efforts to have the house of commons endorse some of the principles of tho German reichstag center-socialist coali tion party's recent peace resolution, was spurned by an overwhelming vote. Paris dispatches reported the con ference of allied statesmen and war chiefs had developed eomplete unity. of understanding that the war must go on to democracy's triumph, despite all sacrifices. - Even Petrograd, where the provision al government faces a herculean task in re-forming Russia's spy-in-fested regiments, reported full and stern de termination to wage the war against German domination. .'. -"' What gave greatest satisfaction here, however, was news from Washington indicatiag legislators there were slowly awakening to the supreme importance of putting forth every effort of the nation to stamp out the world menace to human freedom. within very narrow limits. Stocks maintained a firm undertone up to the close of trading but net re sults were negligible. It is noticeable that those papers which allege that "the French insist on callin? the American soldiers 'Ted dies' " were ardent supporters of th Bull Moose, in the days when there was a, Bull Moose. - - - mmm CONSISTS OF 535 FIRST SHOT FIRED jTrakload of Sirikkcadcrs " af -mi fT' 1 M cago, at Seattle f CHICAGO SWITaEEr i DEMAND CLOSED Ml? Two San Francisco Casseries Close San Jose Strike - Ended-,.'---' Seattle, Wash., July 27. Denial that the Seattle' and Tacoma street car strikes have been settled through a se cret conferenc with a committo of em ployes in Tacoma was announced by James Duncan,, head t of the strikers conference committee,-- shortly . after noon today. ," -, r. This followed the announcement by Manager Louis Bean of the Tacoma company here today that "a committee representing" a "majority of the Strikers l.avo substituted a. settlement which has , been accepted by-the committee." ',Jf committe tnSt might have met with Bean. in Tacoma last night," said Duncan, "posses any authority to ne gotiate for the strikers. The only au thoritative " committee ' representing. strikers - Is scheduled to meet Witn President Leonard of the traction com pany here at 2 o'clock this afternoon.' Another train carrying ltifr strike breakers from New York and Chicago) arrived here eany today, swelling tba total now in the company, baiisa hera to 535;-: . Fust shots were exchanged in the striae last night when guards fired ta disperse a crowd of strike sympathisers who set fire to a car of mattresses and threw ; stones over .,,the ' feacs at the : guards. - -- . k-, " " '' The city council will meet thl aft ernoon in special session to pass an emergency ordinance prohibiting men to . run cars and providing for examinations - to bo conducted by the city utilities de partment. Two More Plants Closed. . San Francisco, July : 27. Two San Francisco plants of the California Fruit Canners' .. association were - forced ia hhut down, today as the result of f ho " canners' striko, it was announced this afternoon by C. H. Bentley, manager. Unless some agreement is reached by tomorrow four local plants will ha-vo to closo, ho said. It was estimated that 1,500 are now on strike here. Harris Weinstoek, Btats market di lcctor, and Ralph P. Merritt,- of the council of defense,, left today" for San Jose to see if some settlement could not be reached in the strike situation, which is growing mor serious hourly. It is predicted by cannery workers that every cannery in the bay cities will bo affected by tomorrow. Fifteen hundred persons are said to have struelt. here ill sympathy with the San Josw workers. The workers will hold a big mass meeting this afternoon. Police early today searched strikers gathered near the canneries and arrest ed one man for carrying a revolver. ' ! San Jose Strike Ends. Hnn Jose, Cal., July 27. The striko of caniiery workers, which has tied up practically every fruit cannery in Santa Clara- county, was called off at noon to day. All differences between the work ers and their employes will be submit ted to arbitration by the board, con sisting , of Colonel Harris Weinstoek, state market director; itaipn r. jnernu, representative in California of Food Administrator Hoover - and Attorney Aaron Shapiro of San Jose. All strike picket were withdrawn thortly; after noon and all striking workers will roturn to woijfe tomorrow morning. Chicago Taeaj Railroad Strike. Chicago, July 27. Chicago railroads face a tie-up at 6 o'clock tomorrow mnrnin? as the result of a threatened strike of switchmen. ; Twenty-five hundred awiteamen members of the Brotherhood of Railroad T;nn,an-Ml! nrnlbnilt St fJlftt tilUO unless they are granted a closed shop in . (Continued on Page Two.) ' t THE WEATHER . - jvxe NEED - - Oregoa: To- night and Satur- day fair, cooler tonight except near the eoast; . moderate wester ly wiadu. i