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4,400 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 READERS) DAILY. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES Only Circulation in Salem guar anteed by th Andlt Baron of Circulation. ! SPECIAL WTLLAMETTB VAJ LET SEWS Bi-EVICB mm FORTIETH YEAR NO. 182 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND HT5W9 STANDH FTVB CENT V -fSw T V H tbm .snWk. i ' ' r j J. r- 3 F J a III- . 30 SQUARE MILES TAKEN BY ALLIES IN LAST 24 HOURS German L& , Penetrated In Places To TItfc Depth of Miles - GERMAN TimCHES ARE LEVELED E ( ARTILLERY Germaiiys Grip On North Sea Bases Endangered by This Attack By William Philip Simms, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) With I lie British Armies in the Field, . Aug. 1. The great Flanders battle had to come to a slight pause today he ' ause fighting men cannot swim in charging the foe. A drenching night-long rain tiansv formed all of Flanders into a muddy . marsh. The country is barely above . aea level. Shell holes were filled with water and advancing became as much a niat ' ter of swimming as walking. More than five tons of gas were (loosed by the British against the in ventors of tnis weapon in last night's fighting in the great drive. It was probably the greatest quan tity -of gas ever used in a single battle. . A west wind made its use particularly . favorable for the British. Artillery continued its execution to day. The guns roared an uuseasing chorus of death along the line. British gunners "got on" that the Germans were massing for a counter .attack in ' the Ypres region. A roar of shells aped forth and the gray musses of men were literally scattered to the four '.vinds. ,. Hot fighting developed about the wind mill on-, the Warneton-Oapoard road. The mill itself was one of the ancient structures of this section, built of great masonry many feet tbiekf It . stood so solid that British heavy shells i bounded off its rocky sides like tennis balls during all the heavy bombard ment directed against it. " British in fantry finally impetuously charged the structure and took it. At 9 o'clock at night the enemy counter attacked and Tecapluied the hill. But at midnight the British charged and grabbed it again. The co-operation and spirit of fellow ship between British and French troops who shire the honors of the advance . is perfect. - . The French maintained their posi tions nearly three mileR in advance of where their front lines were on Mon day. V, Ther.; were bitter encounters last night along nearly the whole British front. Artillery was active everywhere. From a hill top several miles behind the liniis I watched the world's long est fireworks display, last night. The pyrotechnics extended from Lens clear to the sea. It was forty miles of blaz ing light of brilliant tinted flashes of .terrible bursts of sound. The actual .flashes of the cannon were visible. for miles and the exploding shells, dealing death from high in the heavens were to be seen at even-. greater distance.; Added to these were red and green and white signal rockets and the steady, momentary glare of flares searching out the battle wrecked ground below.' Despite last night s violent storm British airplanes did splendid work Several enemy areroplaues, many miles behind the lines were attacked and (Continued on Page Tiro.) ft :- ABE MARTIN Jc4c$:(s4!3cJ3:3c99c3e9c:fC9c Of all th' Saturday bargains a bath is th' best. Tell Binkley found a nickel tinder th' back seat cushion of his car t'day th' only money he's saved since ownin' a ear. Net Satisfied With Location of Highway Considerable disatisfaction is being expressed Dy the residents of the sec tion around Amity and McMinnville by the decision of the state highway coin mission to locate the west side branch of the Pacific Highway between Mc Minnvillo and Dallas by way of Balls ton. The vote of the commission in making the location was two to one, with Chairman Benson casting the neg ative vote. The route as voted on is seven miles longer than the direct route through Amity and will cost the state a $100,000 more to pave than the regu lar route. It is expected a strong protest from people of the affected districts will be made at the meeting of the com mission here August 7. RETAIL JEWELERS 10 MEET IN SALEM IN 1918 Session Just Closed at Dallas 0. A. Hartman First . Vice President Throjgh the efforts of O. A. Hart man, of the Hartman Brothers Co., jewelers of this city, and of the Com mercial Club, the 1918 State .Retail Jewelers' Convention will be held in Salem, m xt summer. - . The convention which met this year at Dallns July 80-31, eiosed last night with a 'banquet at the Hotel Gail. During the convention officers for the ensuing year were elected, Isaac E Staples of Portland being chosen as president: O; A. Hartman, of Salem, was elected first vice-president; E. M. Sawtelle, of Pendleton, second, and T. Howard, of Marshfield, third: F. M. French, of Albany, was elected secretary-treasurer, and J. P. Jaeger nnd F. Heitkemper, - both of Portland, mem bers of the executive committee. Among the speakers of the conven tion was Col. John L. Shepperd, of New York City, who told of what the National Association of Retail Jewelers is doing. Dr. Star-back, of Dallas, gave an interesting talk on "How can we live longer." Royal M. SawteJle, the seeond- vice president, who was in Salem today, said thot he went to Dallas with the avowed intention of getting the 'con vention lor Pendleton next year, but on receiving such fine treatment at the hands of Mr. Hirrtman and trie Salem Commercial Club, he decided to boost f 3r Salem.' The convention of 1919 will be held in Pendleton, accord ing to an agreement reached during the two days of convention at Dallas. two American Ambulance Workers Killed On Duty Buried With Honors Pnvio Amy 1 Turn AmPrifhn nnibll- " ' "', ' ' " iV - "W .. lance workers wcro lowered to heroes They were Perley Raymond Hamilton or Ulinton, .Mass., ana jaraon usuu fielder nf VnwmnrV. Vn Tllft full honors of the French army funeral service were accorded tuem aim treucn pouus reverently saluted the American flags with- which their coffins were decorat ed. A French general pinned the cross of Cone tn tlin folds of these fill 83 and pronounced a glowing eulogy on the two Americans, lie revcuieu iur mv first time that Gniley, had he lived, n-iMili? liftvn i-epivp, ft decoration for bravery in action two daj's before he was killed. x The two Ambulance workers were Iriiiol Uv n ulipll which struck their loaded ambulance Sunday morning.They had two "lying" cases ana two - an ittre" in nmhulancc. Hamilton was at the wheel and Gailey was closing the rear door when the Bhell burst. The "lying" casea escaped although the ambulance was wrecked, but the two Americans with the sitting men were instantly killed. Says Prohibition Is Making Good Showing Prohibition has been a good thing for the state of Oregon, according to a statement of. Governor Withycombe yesterday. He quotes the number of commitments to the state peniteniafy for the past three years, as follows: The number in 1914 was 2;"7, in 1915 it increased to 201, . but in 1916 it dropped to 148. He also quotes saving banks deposits as follows In 1914, the total was 3..0&.674; in 1913, it in creased to $37,08,092; Trhile in 1916 it jumped to $45,212,123. . This reduction in tne numDer or eom-' mitmcnts to the state penitentiary, and the increose in deposits in the savings banks !s due to the fact that Oregon is a dry state, in the opinion of the governor. IS SLACK for SLACKERS . Chicago, Aug. 1. New York's rush of slaekers to the marriage Kcense counters is not duplicated in Chicago. Applications for marriages in cook eonnty ire running only 125 a day 2o below' normal. Federal agents on duty in the snarriage license bureau were withdrawn two weeks ago for lack of a "slacker" to investigate- SEI1ATE SUBMITS PROHIBITION FOR STATESICiSION Bill Submitting National Pro: hibition to States Passes Senate 65 to 20 CLAIMED IT Will PASS HOUSE WITH BIG VOTE Must Then Be Ratified by Ihirty-bix Mates, and This Within Six Years Washington, Aug. 1. Tho senate today passod the prohibition amendment to the constitution. The action of the upper branch its first vote on such an amendment in its history camo as the climax of a persistent fight waged in the senate for years and which has increased in inten sity throughout the present session: The vote wus 65 to SO. It is now up to the house to deter mine whether or not the amendment shall be submitted to the states, three fourths of which must ratify it before it becomes effective. The vote netted one more than enough to pass the measure, sixty four votes being two thirds of the senate. As passed by the senate, the states must act within six years or the amend ment is null and void. Wets Fight Hard Closing hours of the debate were fea tured by dramatic efforts of the "wets' to save part or all of King Alcohol's forces from disaster. Vicious attacks wero made on the const it utionality of the time limit see tion of the resolution. The cry' of states' rights was heard in volume. : Senator l'hclan, with an eye to the California wine industry, proposed that each state have the right to say wheth er all malt, vincous and distilled liq uors should go or whether it should be whiskey alone. LaFollctte said he opposed prohibi tion but voted for the bill because it would be put up to the people- Sooner or later he predicted congress must give the people the right of initiative and referendum on constitutional aineud ments and on all legislation. The first call of the roll on the amendment showed exactly sixty four votes favoring the measure with eigh teen against. This was all that was necessary to adopt the amendment. A call of absentees netted one more for and two against. How Senators voted Tho vote was: Yeas Ashurst, Bank, head, Beckman, Borah, Grady, Chain berlain. Colt,' Cummins, Curtis, Fern- aid, Fletcher, Frelinghuysen, Gore, Cronna, Hale, Harding, Hollis, Johnson (California), Jones (New York), Jones (Washington), Kellogg, Kendrick, Ken von. King, Kirby, Knox, LnFollette, MeCumber, McKellnr, Mellenry, Mar tin, Myers, Nelson, New, Newlnnds, Xorris.'Overmau, Owens, Page, Pittman Poindexter, Eandsell, Robinson, Sauls burv. Shafroth, Sheppard, Sherman Shields, Simmons, Smich (Arizona),! St;th I C.nf-rtrr Smith (" M i I ll i o-ii n . Smith (South Carolina), Smoot, Ster ling, Stone, S utherland, Swanson, Thompson, Trammell, Vardaman, Walsh Watson, Williams and Walcott. Noes Brandegee, Bronssard, Cald er, Culberson, France, Gerry, Hard wick, Hitchcock, Husting, James, Lew is, Lodge, TenroseT Phelan, Pomerene, Reed, Undorwood, Wadsworth, Warren and Weeks. .Eleven senators were absent. Wets Must Hold Thirteen Twenty five states are now dry, but he anti-saloon forees need only to se cure fldontion nf the amendment, hold- eleven new states to the dry column to iiiaJie the three fourths majority re quired to place the amendment in the federal constitution. The wets can pre vent final adoption of the amendment by holding thirteen states solidly for liquor. Debate on Amendment. Washington, Aug. 1. John Barley corn was rhetorically lauded, lambast ed, praised and peppered in rapid fire senate debate this afternoon that pre ceded the upper house's vote on the constitutional amendment making the United States dry. j ' 'Thirty six states with a popula tion of forty six million people ean pass the amendment over the will of fifty-six million people in twelve states," Senator Penrosa declared. "States' rights over which the civil war was fought are more important to day than at any' time in the history of the country." I Senator Kcnyon said the issue was whether beer or bread was more essen tial to winning the war. - j I Both Sides Fight Hard. ' 1 lVmAin.,tnn AttfT 1 With mtft on the Shepard nation-wide prohibition . amendment set for four o'clock today,' (Contiaued oa Pafe 5.) BLAME GERMANS FOE STRIKE Berkeley, Cal., Ai'g. 1 The plant, of the Hall-Scott MBtor company, which hns been mak ing aeroplane engines for the government was clssed today as a result of sv strike. -. The strikers offered to re turn to work todaJ but tho com pany . refused and announced that when tho plant re-opens in a month it will be under prac tical government fOHtrol and with increased output. . Company officers' charge the strike to German agents. . ' ( CAPPS WANTS. SHIPS BOTH WOODTAND STEEL New Head of Board Will Rush Construction to Utmost Limit Washington, Aug., 1. Both steel and wooden ships must be built and built quickly. Rear Admiral Capps, chair man of the Emergency Fleet Corpora tion, told shipbuilders here today. "Matters brought to my attention only indicate the vital' importance of pressing this construction program. We are in this war far more seriously than a vast majority of people real ize," Capps declared. It was his first public utterance since taking charge of shipbuilding work for the government. The meet ing of shipbuilders was called by Chairman Hurley of the shipping board, . following' reports that yards were delaying work to gain more profitable schedules. "Every ounce of our strengfn must go into the prosecution gram," Capps said. '' t ... wooden and steel ships have notniti' to do with the case, lloth classes are important in the situation. PRAISES STUDENT OFFICERS -"" SSTr-franciseo, Auer" ?!:wt think they arc splendid. Their marching and military bearing speaks for itself. " - That's what Major General Hunter Liggett, commander of the . Western army department, said today in-commenting on yesterday's review Of student-officers from the Presidio train ing camp. The 2300 men, commanded by majors, captains and lieutenants from their own ranks, passed , in review before General Liggett yesterday . in . a way which stamped them as far out of the novSee class. How Participants Stand After Three As Correspondents See It RUSSIA. (By a United Press Staff Corespondent) Petrograd, Aug. 1. The year jn-st parsed witnessed Russia's rebirth. The year to come will show whether the miracle of that birth can be repeated in another which will bring the infant to a man's power among nation. Her hope rests largely in one man, Alexand er F. Kerensky, youthful premier and war minister. In five days Rusia went through the iiament, sensitive to the fullest degree violent transition from autocracy, to to every shade of public opinion and democrac. It was the least bloody revo-: the most democratic assmblage in the lution m the history of the world. Five wor)a. When the big conference ad months from the date of that revolut-! j0Urncd, it left an executive council to on is now nearly at unim ann in mar period the democracy of Rmsia has sur vived despite Germany's most desper ate efforts at propoganda and by arms. Rusia 's vast territory has been kept in tact. Her armies have launched a great onensive. Her government has put down insurrection of German inspired mat- contents. Her people arc working out their own problems of government, al- ( uvDi a unit iur iimcru i mo "".treme in tneir views than soclalsts. against Germany until democracy snail be made safe for the world. Nicholas, Czar of all the Rusias, last of the world's absolutist monarchs,(ex-' tn Bussia can call constitutional con cept the kaiser) abdicated his prond ( vention and decide on the exact form of place at midnight, March 16. The reins of government were afsumed by the on ly organization of the people then as sembled the duma members. It was a makeshift, palpably. Therefore all Rus sia began devising impromptu methods of expressing the popular will. . The Second Step. Next to develop as a power in the new Russia was a local council odele- gates from the workmen and soldiers, j, arm8 snd equipment and too rot in Petrograd. Because it was on the ten with graft t0 make the9e hordes ground at the seat ot government, tnis ; local council before long assumed su preme importance in the government. But th Petrograd council was only one of thousands of similar units. Work men and soldiers all over Russia began meeting and selecting delegates. Peas ants elected their representatives. Other classes of workers elected tueirs.These delegates met at the larger cities and named delegates to an all Russia " t ference at Petrograd, which would re-1 present the voice of that particular class j 1.1 W. LEADER IS HOT AT BUTTE BY DISGUISED MEN Other Agitators Call On I. W. Ws. To Come and Avenge His Death HE IS GIVEN BIG DOSE OF HIS OWN PRESCRIPTION In Arizona Wired Governor. "We Wil Take Law In Our Own Hands" Butte, Mat., Aug. 1. Frank Little, I. W. W. agitator who was recently de ported from Arizona, and who has beon preaching to the strikers here in a tre asonabie vein, urging defiance to -tho government, was found hanging by the neck from a trestle, dead, early this morning, with the old vigilante warning sign "3-7-77" pinned to his night ch thes. He had been taken out of bed and lynched at four a. m. by unknown men I-.it t lc was an executive1 board mem ber of tho I. W. W. and the right hand man of W. D. Haywood, president of the I. W. W. The warning means "more to come if you don't get out." . Great excitement prevails here. . Little's neck was broken, and pinned to his body, as it dangled from the tres- llvr vigiittiuu warning who ine The merits of wor(i8 "enemies of the government, be ,,,.,. ware" scrawled upon a scrap of paper. Government agents were investigat ing Little's activities, and it is likely that he would have ben arrested today had the mob not taken justice Into its own hands. He had been uuusunlly ac tive among Montana, miners, and farm ers, urging tne miners to "cause so much trouble the soldiers couldn 't go to France," and importuning farmers to let their crops rot in the ground. Little had been directing the mine strike here since his arrival from Ari zona, from where he was deported,' aad he ordered the striking miners to at tack those who worked, and urged Jcinn women, to do picket duty and to at tack miners; it was said here today. It is bclcved that the mob which lyn ched Little was composed of miners who (Continued on Page Two.) Years of War of people First of these all-Russia conferences to meet was "that of the Boldicrs and Workmen. It absorbed at once the small , local Petrograd council. Then came the 'peasants' conference literally of the .agrarian party believers. The work ,mens' party in Russia is literally the party of the peasants, so that before long tne All Russian conference of Workmen nrl Kol, n, l,.,n sent all nf Rllsin An Imnrnmnlii Ttnr- represent it. The Real Government. This executive council today has be come the real Russian government. Its supporters andTepresentatives dominate on tho ministerial board. I he ministers themselves are virtually responsible to jt. It is a radical body. Its members would class as socialists in the United states. Home of them are even more cx- The centralization of power in the peo pie's hands through a people's assembly which will make shift to administer un government, was not achieved without bloodshed. For m, year Germany had been work rough the pro-German Russian court to achieve a separate peace with the Czar. Always to the north Germany saw Russia's vast hordes True the autocracy which had contempt for Russia's plain pcole, was too lazy and too contemptuous to provide pro- formidable fighting men but Germany always feared them. Germany knew the plain Russian citizens had always hated Germany, as much because the Czar and and his ministers were pro-German. Germany Apprehensive. Therefore when the plain citizens of Russia asumed tho power of that nation, Germany grew apprehensive. Never in ,j tne voluminous pages of Germany's (Contimotd on Pag 8.) . ' ' Marriage to Avoid Draft Is Punishable Washington, Aug. 1 Marriages since tho draft law was passed by congress, May 18, may make husband and -wife liable to prosecution if the stop was taken with intent to evade the draft. This announcement was made by the provost marshal general's office late yesterday in asking local boards to pay particular attention to marriageB "hastily consummated" since July 20 when the draft lottery was held here. AEROPLANES FLY 1.1 OVER SOUTHERN UTAH Officials at Fort Douglas Reticent Government Agents Investigating Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 1 United States officials here were today investigating a report that ' aeroplanes have ben seen flying over southern Utah. Army officials at Fort Douglas were icticent today, but it is understood army aeroplanes will be dispatched to the scene to investigate and ascertain if there is any authority for a rumor that the planes are being used to gath er military information useful to Ger many. The investigation is being made at tho request of Leon Bone, special in vestigator for the department of jus tico, to which reports or tae activity of aeroplanes in San Juan and Grand counties were made. rt. I . tiagci or tho United States geological survey de partment, reported that he had traced the mysterious flyers from Mexican Hat to La Sal, a distanco of over 100 miles. Confirmation of the reports was brought here today in a message from Chloride, Ariz., to C. A. Walker, gen eral agent of the Chicago & Northwest- em Railway company, the message stating that the supposed enemy flyers have been seen by persons at luioriae ASK ALLIES TO MAKE CEflSOSSHIP CLOSER State Department Worried Over Stones Being liven Publicity Washtneton. Aug. 1. The United States has asked England to be be more strict with kcr censorship, insofar at least as it concerns American military movements. The request is the result of several stories which slipped through thn British censor, causing concern her. Franco also was asked to make her censorshinp pioro rigid. Two cases of tho British passing such stories were the arrival of Ameri can destroyers abroad, and last Sat urday's announcement of arrival of n new American contingent at a "iiuro- Ttean nort". In the first instnnce the authorities here planned to make their own an nouncement when all the destroyer flo .ill,,, hoj arrived. In the second case tho American embassy in London re quested that the troop contingent ar rival he not nrintcd, but despite this the story went ou the cables and was passed. . The rnverniiient's reaucst was ill the form of a message from the state de partment. Seattle Street Cars Will Run Tomorrow Seattle. Wash" Aug. 1. Seattle' will have street car service Thursday morn ing. This was assurtd this morning at seven o'clock, when, after an all night conference with the union conrerencc Mpk. President A. W. Leonard, of the traction company submitted an agreement which will be formally pass ed upon by mass meetings of tho strik ers in Seattle and Tacoma at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The ratification of the agreement br the men is said to be nurelv formal, theagreement having the esndorsement of the strikers' conferen ce e I , .icrs claim practically a Com,.. .. Ctory, me sirinrrn ui..r gained recognition for the union and ar i.itmtion of all other ooints in issue. These were the chief points of contest throughout the striae. DEFENDS OX OXMAN TRIAL. San Francisco, Aug. J. Whether District Attorney C. M. Fickert win consent to a new trial for Thomas Mooney, prepareduess parade oomo case defendant, win oepenti on m um come of the trial of Frank C. Oxman charged with "framing" exidence against Mooney. if Oxman is convicted, Mooney should have a new trial, Fickert saiJ. iftday. EASTERN STATES ID MIDDLE WEST still srain Thousands cf Hew Yorkers Sleep In Parks cr 0a the Beaches ! FORTY DEAD IN NEW YCSX lENTY-MNSINCECASq Washington Has 03 at Od night -Rains In Wisest . and Kansas HOT WAVE'S WORK " Reports to the United Press from throughout the eoantry, showed the following toll from the heat wave at 1:00 ' clock this afternoon; -Deaths, 332. ' . Prostrations, 841. ft New York, Aug. 1. More than 801) persons have perished and more than btiO have been prostrated by the terri ble heat of the last three days through out the country. In the west some relief came through rains, but tho east continad to swet er. v In New York alone the total deaths will reach fifty and prostrations had amounted to 150 by noon today. From midnight to noon eighteen deaths and 101 prostrations were re ported in Manhattan and the Bronx. In addition, 17 deaths and 35 prostra tions were reported from Brooklyn. New York, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Detroit and Boston show tho greatest number of deaths and prostrations, ac cording to statistics from all parts f the country gathered by the United Press today. The past 48 hours have been the hot test New York has ever hnewn in tho history of the weather buerau with twt exceptions. The maximum of yesterday 08 was followed today by a scorch ing sun and intense humidity, the ther mometer registering 91 at noon. Taunton, Mass., reported practically all manufacturing concerns and many stores closed. Shops, factories and mills were alao closed in Syracuse, JJ. Y, Lawrence and Lowell, Mass, Tt was annarcnt at one o'clock that Mhe toll throughout the country would be greatly increased Dctore nigni. i wo deaths and 19 additional prostrations were reported in New York within an hour. Reports of more factories closed wero constantly being received. Holy oke, Mass., reported a trolly liae sus pended because of the heat. In contrast to the terrific heat in the east, frost was reported in Yellowstone National Park and Pacific coast eitica wero entirely comfortable. San Francis co reported a temperature of 57; Sea ttle 58; Portland 69; and Los Ange les 74. - Death and prostrations for the past three days from some of the principal cities were as follows: lieatns i-ro"vn'io . New 'York Cleveland 50 150 48 23 20 " .... 37 HO I... 29 - - , 20 ...... 3 t 9 .8 ' , '-. 1 15 . 2 12 8 ' 30- 4 14 .... 5 S5 .4 29 3 20 I 13 5 .1 . 2 - 25 5 7 H i 7 ..... 17 10 14 4 S Detroit Philadelphia Chicago Pittsburg Omaha Syracuse , Akron, Ohio Cincinnati Indianapolis .......... Baltimore Wilmington, Del. . Camden, N. J Trenton, Nj. J. HarriBliurg Pottsville, Pa Scranton, la. ...... Washington, V. 'j. Elizabeth, N. J- .... St. Louis ..... Milwaukeo Minneapolis Toledo, Ohio Great Rain In Kansas. Kantian I'itv. M.. Aue. 1. Bains ov er Kansas and parts of western Miss- continued on Pag Twa.) THE WEATHEl t " Oregon. Temght '. I and Thursday fair continued warm : moderate north cily wiada. . lyr M 'ryi 4