4,400 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 READERS) DAfLT. - FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES Only Circulation In Salem guar anteed by the Audit Bares ox Circulation. SPECIAL WTLLAMETTS VAIr IES NEWS &ERV2GB FORTIETH YEAR NO. 184 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS A KB WRWM STANDS FIVB CENTS. (lu m :s mm 01W10J AVIATOR SAYS IT ; WAS LIKE "BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF HELL" Land Pockmarked with Yawn ing Craters Made by Great Shells ' STORM RACED ON EARTH RIVALING THAT IN SKY ..r $ . Russians Abandon Strong strategic Position and Still Retreat By W. S. Forrest (United Press staff correspondent). tans, Aug. j. "A uird s eve view of hell." This is how the Flanders battlefield looked to an Amcrienn aviator who llew over it at the height of the great . allied offensive. , . "I flew at an altitude of about 200 , feet," he wrote the United Press from . "somewhere at the front" today, v -vine iana was pockmarked by vawn ; ing craters and holes, filled with "water and wounded men struggling through ; 1hc mud. Tanks wallowed through the swamp nice monsters. "The old enemy first and second lines could be Traced with difficulty. : German wire entanglements were bur ied, i'own below L could see tiny tig : urea of men French and British in , fantry frantically 'digging in' every where far in advance of their object ives. - "Stretcher bearers could be picked out, -.crawling, back with . bandaged wounded, A German albatross biplane could be seen half buried in muck. Fur ther back, scurrying from shell hole to . ehell hole, the gray of German infantry , could be discerned. The enemy fought desperately but ineffectually, ' yielding steadily. v ', '"" Hundreds Df spans bridged , the $tng-. mant trickle called tlm lser canal and : over these bridges scurried men and sup i'lies. , "1 could .see artillery hurrying to advanced positions. Pack mules carry ing machine guns, more intantry, vans of munitions struggling forward. "Over all this dark scene of carnage ' towered black skies, pouring an uneeas , ing torrent of. rain. The roar of guns was indescribable. ' ' Titanic explosions punctuated the continuous tury ot sound. The storm in i creased in fury with the intensity of tne combat below. . Abandon Strong Positions ' Petrograd, Aug. .j. ivimpotung, one of the strong strategic points in liuko wina, toward the southermost end of the Russian line, has been evacuated by the Russians, it was announced today. The war office announced the retire ment under pressure of the Austro-Ger-ninn forces. Further retirements of Russian forces across the frontier river Zbruez east ward into Russia from Gnlicia, was like wise made public. Between the Dnies ter and Pruth rivers and the Carpa thians, the official statement admitted enemy occupation of Fnlkei. Kimpolung lies close to the mountain chain which divides Bukowina from Rumania, about five miles south of Czernowitz. On Verge of Agreement Amsterdam, Aug. 3. Russia and Aus tria are "on the verge of an undor- standing" according to the declaration -.attributed to President Huysmans, of ' the international socialist bureau in to day's HamJelsblad. Austria, Huysmans declared, is not claiming anything from Russia . The Polish question is io be considered as (Continued on Page Two.) t ABE MARTIN 0HTH TO Utf I . Bocoe Mopps hag a chance, t' git mar ried, out He's afraid he won't be draft Who remenbers th' bashful young. miss WOULD BB FUST PRIZE Chicago, Aug. 3. Canada would be one of the first prizes demanded by Germany were she victorious in this war, in the opinion of William Howard Taft, who is on his way west' today to speak on ' ' Why we are -at War." The Monroe doctrine would bo worthless and the indemni ties demanded would bankrupt the 'allies for years to come, -he said. CAMERAS FILMED GENUINE TRAGEDY Preacher Killed While Trying to Cross In Front of Movie Train Oakland, Cal, Aug. 3. A movie tragedy came to a realistic end near Pleasanton, at noon today, when a train bearing down on the hero to furnish a new "thriller" struck an auto, killing Rev. L. A. Betz, of Alber ta, Canada, and injuring three othei persona. while the train was rush me down at high speed to the point where the climax of the movie picture was to be staged and the camera men were grind ing away at . their : machines, J. R. Rhodes attempted to drive his machine across tha track ahead of the locomo tive. The pilot struck the car and smashed :t, instantly killing Rev. Betz, Rhodes' fathcr-in law. Movie cameras filmed the unexpect ed real trngedy. TO COMMANDEER ALL DTAKEYARDS r . Tl ' fJ n iiauo, wnere (areata tiOVemittfint IIV llSia rfen liPhtiaave. b80 mad to bum grain fields. Two Million Tons of ..' TT "Vl Vessels On Ways Washington, Aug. 3. Commandeer ing of shipping under construction in this country wilf begin immediately. The shipping board s ready to announce its program for taking over about two million tons now on the wavs and also taking over the ship yards. included among scores of ships to be taken over by the United States gov ernment, are English, Norwegian and vessels of other nations. The question of returning the ships to those govern ments, after they, are completed under Amrica 's supervision is to be left to the state department for adjust, wit later. The -ards will eontinue to be oper ated by their present owners under government direction. Among the shipyards to be taken over and the amount of shipping ton- nige on their wavs aro the folli.wnij Newport News Shipbuilding cot pany, 80,000 tons. hun Shipbuilding company, 84,000 tons. ........ Cramps. 71.040 tons. . ... Union Iron Works, San Francisco, 77.0UU tons. Maryland Shipbuilding Plant, 110,000 tons.. Baltimore Drydoek and Shipbuilding company, uz,wu tons. tore River Shipbuilding company 90,000 tons. Harlin and IIolhiiEsworth, Wilming ton, Del., 55,000 tons. loledo Shipbuilding com pan v. 18,- 000 tons. The Great Lakes Engineering com pany, of Detroit, is anothcrshipyard which the government contemplates taking over. Ready to Turn Over San Francisco, Aug. 3. Officials of San Francisco and Alameda county ship yards prepared this afternoon to turn over their plants to the government. All the officials will retain their pres ent places, but will act directly under ogvernment orders. . . " All ships now under construction, whether for private use or for foreign owners will be rushed to completion and be taken over by Uncle Sam. The Union Iron Works has 12 ships under way here and tour in the Oakland yards Notification from Washington that the plants would be taken over at once came as a complete surprise to the owners, although it had been expected that tne government would step in some time. Officials of smaller plants an nounced that thev axe prepared to tarn over their plants if the government wants them. 262,000 Tons at Seattle Seattle, Wash., Aug. 3. Seattle ship yard managers at noon today had re ceived no word from the government concerning the taking over of local ship, buildings plants. Sixteen per cent of all the merchant tonnage under construction in the Unit ed States is on the ways in Seattle yards. Ship construction now under way here totals 262,000 tons. More steel merchant tonnage is un der eonstruction here than at any other paint in the United States, according to figures given ont by the United LOGGING OUTFITS ANDSAWIILSON III DSHUTDOWN It la Grays Harbor District Only 8 of 25 Mills Are Running TROUBLE BEGINS WHEN LW.W. AGENTS ARRIVE Nearly Every Coanty in Three States anizes to Pre ver Trouble and, oiS v Portlai Me- 3. Logging camn ami luniK. a Ya in tl.o v-;f; t w . 'j ' U II .1 . V, norinwest are ft1-' by the activi- ties of I. w ve -ZzLA . In the Grays H,A district only 8 of 25 mills are ope . The men "are striking for an eifl K-W day. Less man nan tne logging -camps m northern Idaho are working. throughout the logging camps of the norinwest aisatisraction among the log eers has followed the arrival of I. W. W. organizers. The millmen on Grays naroor stoutly maintain that their strike is in no 'was connected with the I. W. W. but the camps which supply these mills have been organized by the agitators. The Portland mills have not been ser iously affected. Several attempts to call stnk.es nave been nipped in the bud, and tho organizers arrested. Prajtically every county in Wasning ton, Oregon and Idaho has sworn in scores of civilian deputies, with arms and ammunition at thier dsposal. Con stant patrols are mantained in some of the wheat districts of eastern Oiciron. Western Washineton lumber mills which are ablo to operate are threaten ed with a log shortage. Some have sent agents to Portland to buy logs in the open market. " - The construction of several wooden ships at Grays Harbor has been halted by strikes. . ' ;. . It's Backbone Broken. - ' Butte, Mont, Ag. 3 The backbone of the miners' strike, fostered by I. W. W. interests in the Butte district, was broken today. The miners flocked back to work in such numbers that it will be necessary to resume night shifts at the .larger mines either tonight or Saturday. What officers believe ' was another would-be lynching party late last night failed to get Joe Shannon, a strike lead er. A mysterious car with lights ex tinguished and with five men aboard, was observed in Shannon's neighbor hood. Deputy sheriffs rushed to the scene and the automobile dashed away Shannon's Initials were on the warn ing card pinned on the body of Frank H. Little, national executive board mem ber of the I. W. W. who was lynched early vv ednesday. May Reach Agreement. San Francisco, Aug. 3. Settlement (Continued on Page Two.) CABINET TROUBLE IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE Arthur Henderson May Re sip As Result of Bitter Criticism London. Aue. 3. Two allied nations faced cabinet crises today. in London rumors persisted today that Arthur Henderson, laborite mem ber of Lloyd-George's war- cabinet, would resign as the result of bitter criticism of his participation in meet ings at Paris, with radicals and social ists of France and Russia and open ad vocacy of British participation in the Stockholm peace conference of social ists. His retirement was regarded as certain if the government withholds passports to such British delegates. On the other hand, if the Lloyd George ministry decides to grant pass ports, the conservatives will raise a great storm. In paris two resignations from the Ribot ministry were reported up to the premier today those of Minister of Variue Lavaze and Minister of Block ade Cochin. They followed a new vote m tne cnamber of deputies approximat ing a resolution of confidence in Ribot, ra-DfVirminff rcVanrtA'a nAanA alma ULa' vote was 395 to TO. The exact reasons for the Lacaze and Cochin withdrawals were not made clear but are presum ably due to criticisms against the nav al or submarine policies of these minis ters. States shipping board. More than 11,- 000 skilled workmen s'rs employed SOU MOB IN OKLAHOMA RESISTING DRAFT WANT REVOLUTION 300 of Them Heavily Armed Impressing Others Into Service DYNAMITE- BRIDGES; CUT TELEGRAPH WIRES Plan To Seize Railroad Trains and Take Possession of Cities Ada, Okla.,-Aug. 3. More than 200 'armed Cltl-ens of Ada. with antmnn , . , , ' . 7 "o-mig iUU um jto serve against tnesmob, which has young men ot drart age, burning rail road bridges and tutting telephone and telegraph wires," offering the first ac tual resistance against the draft. The members of the mob, reported to num ber 300, are now encamped about twelve nines east of here. Citizens ivere called to, a mass meeting at the court house, shortly after noon by; County Prosecu tor Bullock. Arms were provided for all and enough automobiles were tendered and are now ready fdr service to carry the entire - posse to the vcene of the trouble. 1 I Two youths, impressed, but who es caped, brought reports here today of a dream of revolution that is inspiring the rioters. I "They talk of the. Russian revolu tion and say the time for revolution ha come here," the boysltold County At torney A. L .Bullock. "'T. hey threaten all who refuse to join. "'they are talking of national and world conquest; of the spread of revo lution over the gWUts." They: plan to seize tho railroad- trains find the towns and cities of this region. Then, they say, they will be joined by thousands and take control away from the govern- meut which la trying to make them serve in the war." rorce Others to Join. . Boys not yet past the school age are being forced to join the throng. Every country house is visited by the "com mittee' while the rest of the mob stays in ine roaa. Sheriff Bob, Duncan, of Pontotoc Continued on-Page Two.) How Participants Stand After Three Years of War As Correspondents See It GERMANY. By J. W. T. Mason. (Written for The United Press.) New York, Aug. 3. Germany's mil itary situation at the close of the third year of the war is being shaped to meet the new offensive of American troops on the Westicn Front next spring. The kaiser must henceforth fight a defen sive battle because of America's ent rance into the war; and he must hus band his soldiers for use against Ameri ca 's new citizen armies. No seriously designed offensive that would risk bringing large casualty los- ses to the Germans can henceforth be attempted by the kaiser except at great peril to his lines when the main forces of the United states begin to hammer the western fitmt. Germany must save her soldiers to meet the American as sault if there is to be any possible hope of the Germans retaining part of their hold on Belgium and Northern France for trading purpose in the peace con- terence. This is the reason why during the third year of the war, the German gen eral staff has feared to attempt a ser ious offensive against the armies of the new Russian democracy, weakened by dissensions and threatened with mutinies. The Germans might have bro ken through the Riga front and perhaps captured Petrograd last spring, but the attempt would have been a very eostly cue, and Petrograd in the hands of the kaiser would not bring to life the dead German noldiers when the American troops start pressing the Teutons to ward the Rhine, the Rhine. The Rufdan Revolution. -The revolution in Russia occurred be tween the breaking of German-American diplomatic relations and the de claration of war by the United States upon Germany. The risk, therefore, of moving deeper into Russia was too great be undertaken. The offensive which the Germans tees a to develop in cast ern Galiria at close of the third year of the war cannot be pressed far, un less the Russian troops show complete demoralization and practically invite the Germans to move forward. Any ser ious resistance by the Rosians will quickly bring the Germans to a halt; YOUNGSTER GIVES GEIUIANS EXHIBIT OF GENUINE NERVE In His First Flight Tackles Infantry Detachment Sin gle Handed MADE GERMAN OFFICER IN AUTO LEAVE HIGHWAY Another Raced His Machine On the Ground and Fired Into Shed By William PhUp Slmma (United Press staff correspondent) - With the British Armies in the Field, Aug. 3. An eighteen year old "war oauy making his first fiisht alone over enemy territory, was awarded tho "palm" today among England's air men for sheer audacity in the amazing list of aerial exploits heraldinv the opening of the Flanders offensive. The youngster swop far over the en emy territory and th n swooped back, flying within a few feet of tho ground. He spied a detachment of German in fantry crossing a bridge and promptly let loose with his machine gun. Uttorly disregarding the hail of rifle fire they turned upon him, he circled back and forth, barely over their heads, his ma chine gun rattling away. He saw four or five corpses before tho Germans gave way and sought sheltor in nearby ditches- The airman swooped around a little more, found Mb quarry too well covered np and then winged blithely on his way. Next he swooped over an open motor car on a wide road, letting loose his machine gun fire, at an, .officer in the tonneau. The machine turned Into a side road, and' its" driver ""opehe" Wide "tBo throttle The officer turned against bis adversary, a few feet aloft and began iiring wnn nis automatic revolver, i Wa9 a Sportsman The "war baby" felt he would not be so unsportsmanlike as to return the otticcr's feeble pistol fire with his ma- chino gun, so ho stopped the latter and from the air staged a revolver duel with the flying enemy. Suduenly tho automobile was jammed to a stop. The lintisn plane, mty leet above and twenty feet behind, could not stop, but (Continued on Page S.) their troops must bo saved for the west ern front against the time when Ameri ca starts what will be the final offen sive of the war. . The third year of the conflict saw a phenomenal German success in Ruman ia. The first retreat of the Teutons in Transylvania, followed by tho ovar whclming victory against the too-confident Rumanians formed a series of, cam paigns that could have been conducted only by military commanders of large skill and daring. Nevertheless, the German victories in Rumania will ev entually prove to be one of the reasons for the undoing of German militarism. Rumania's complete collapse was the di rcct cause of the Russian revolution. If the Rumanian armies had been vic torious and had retained their first hold on Transylvania and had penetrated in to Hungary, the Czar's prestigo would have been ncreased and Czarism would not have been overthrown. Hence, the ultimate cause of democracy was better served when the Rumanian armies were annihilated than if the Rumanians had won victories for the glory of the Czar. The profound influence which the use cess of democracy in Russia is having on the democratic movement in Germ any therefore means that Germany's great military success of the third year of the war will assist the allies in the forthcoming overthrow of Prussian mil itarism and th establishment of a res ponsible imrliamentary government in Germany. Forced to Shorten Front. . ' On the western front, Germany was compelled partly to shorten her de-1 fensive lines during the third year of war, in order to economize ber man power. This retirement wss not wholly successful. Scarcely more than sixty per cent of the German line has been disengaged from its costly zig zag of en entrenchments to the straightened front which retires into the reserve six thousand soldiers for every shortened mile of front entrenchments. The Ger man lines from Arras northward still retain their useless convolutions. The Germans have feared to continue the straightened process there because of the presence of a great reserve of the British troops who might break through .'' CAN RECRUIT ALIENS Seattle, Wash., Aug. 3. Ad jutant General Maurice Thomp son, in charge of registration fot : Washington state .is. today in receipt of authority from the war department to recruit aliens, other than citizens of enemy countries, into the new selective service army. The or der applies to Japanese and Chi-, nese of whom this city has a large number who have ex pressed a desire to fight for Uncle Sam. FEDERAL AGENTS ARE ROUTirGjOUJ TREASON Suspected Persons Arrested German Propaganda Must Stop Dea Moines, Iowa, Aug. 3. The tear ing down of the German propaganda in Iowa continued today. Federal agents were busy in half a dozen towns ques tioning subpectcd persons and making arrests, Here in Des Moines, D.'T. BJodgett, an attorney, is held for the federal grand jury under $5,000 bail charged with violation of the espionage act Federal agents raided a print shop and two residences, one the home of DIM gett. Thousand of pamphlets con taining a speech made by Thomas E. Watson, in Georgia, last June, against the conscription act, were confiscated Further arrests in connection with this case are expected today. At Dawnport, fMeral agents con tinned their investigation into the propaganda which yesterday resulted in the indictment of Daniel H. Wallace of Chicago, and six prominent Daveu porters. The local men all pleaded not guilty and were released on $2,000 bail. Wallace is still in jau unauie to xur nish a 1,000 bail. Further arrests are expected. . Talker Motano Sank . Iii Minute " After . Torpedo Hit Heir ' London, Aug. 3. Eight American naval gur.ners were among those lost in the sinking of the Standard uu tanker Motano. it was announced to day. The total losses were 24. Those saved included 27 of the crew and five of the naval gun crew. The M'liitano sank within a minute after she was struck, by a torpedo from a German submarine." The 32 survivors were landed yes terday at a British port. Eight Gunners Missing. Washington, Aug. ,3. Eight gunners aboard the torpedoed Standard Oil tanker Montano are "still miBsing" and believed lost, it was stated at the navy department this afternoon. Then families have been notified- This is tho heaviest loss in American naval gunners since the outbreak of the war with Germany. One was lost when the Aztec was sunk and four gunners and one officer were iosi wnvu . . , . i the vacuum went down. Thirteen sunners comprised the Motano 's guard. Little's Funeral to Be Held Sunday Night Butte. Mont.. Auer. 3. The funeral of Fran Little, lynched I. V. W executive, will be held Sunday night, it was announced from the I W. W. headquarters here today. The bodv will be shipped to l aie Okla.. tho home of little's brother, following a parade from I- w. w. head quarters to the railway station through the principal streets of the city. Finn women who acted as piekes during the strike will have charire of the funeral Bervice here. Excitement over the lynching had quieted here this afternoon and. miners had returned to work in such num bers that six of the largest mines an nounced that night shifts will be re sumed tonight, for the first time in seven weeks. FEARED FOR HIS HEARING Greensburg, Pa.. Aug. 3. One of the first men examined here today claimed exemption on the ground that his "sense or hearing was so gooa tuai no feared the noise of heavy cannonading might impair it, if not cause total deaf ness." Portland, Or., Aug. 3. The Pacifie northwest in 1817 will produce 7,165,000 bushels of corn,' as against 3,500,000 last year, according to earefnl esti- mates compiled by market ex- pcrts today. . ... The estimates are divided as follows: Oregon 3,100,000 bushels; Washington, 2,lSO.(W0 Idaho 1, 190,000. THREE FOURTHS OF REGSTRAIITS CLAIM EXEMPTIO: Per Cent of ; Physically MX Much Higher In the Large Cities DEPENDENT RELATIVES BASIS OF MOST CLAEIS Minneapolis Shows 90 Per Cent Physically Fit New ' York 25 New Tork, Aug. 3. More than seven ty-five per cent of the Americans sailed up for national army examinations' so far claim exemption, according to re- ports to the United Press from all parts of the country today. 1 ; ." Disqualifications for physical disabil ity vary considerably running much lifgher in the big cities than in towns which are free from congestion. In New York City 142 ont of 5417 men examined were found possibly eli gible. Aliens and physically unfit to talled 1S27, while 161 claimed exemp tions. ; Most of the exemption claims ara based on the plea of "dependents." Some districts, however, report numer ous treat appeals, 'the government will investigate every claim based on de pendents. in Chicago indications are that forty per cent will fail in the physical test. On the balance, fifty per cent are seek ing exemption. Ten per cent are aliens. In Milwaukee 435 of the first eight hundred passed the physioal examina tion but marriage exemption clams are running high. St. Paul reported' only seventeen out of 147 physically fit and hot asking to be exempted. Seventy-five per cont in Minneapolis claimed exemption. Ninety men out of hundred qualified physically, nowov Atlanta's early returns Indicated six out of seven men asking exemption be cause of dependents and fonr of five) physically fit. Eight of the first twolva called up in Boston sought exemp tion. Want to Begin Next Wee. Twenty men were examined in ons TWrmt Hiatrict. 17 nasscd U claimed exemntion. Of the first four kundredt examined in Pittsburg, 7 were accept ed, eighty were physically unlit and the rest wanted to be exempted. Phialdcrphia reports inuieate two- thirds will object to army seivie. Of 302 called, 214 were accepted as pny- sically o. k. Indianapolis reported S! out of 37 claiming exemption ana nine unfit. Four recruits were obtained from 37 called. Cleveland examined 728. Exemption requests came from 304, while 821 were, disqualified physically. Most of the 364 were married, with children. Bevcnty- five per cent of 250 passed theeurgeon in Richmond. In Washington, D. C, 72 per cent claimed exemption. Only 185 men wero accepted after 1251 examinations. Lin coln, Neb., reported 83 examined, 68 probably passed and 25 exemption claims. The tirstman called in St. Louis asked to be exempted. Exemptoins av eraged 73 per ecnt in Des Moilnes, la., live per cent there were physically on fit. In the far west and on the coast, examinations start next week. It was explained by drafting officials that the local boards had been allowed a great deal of latitude and in some rases, notablv in Minneapolis, men who were known to have uhvsieal imper fections that would make them exempt, such as blindness or tne ausonco i limb, were requested to appear and have their cases disposed of be fore the more serious work startwt. This is also said to have been true u a number of other chics, " oointed out the men who knew them selves to be exempt for physical rea sons would be certain to present them selves early. These facts, drafting of will reduce the propor-. . ,! kumMl m)!WBl as the examinations of the men proceed Didn't Care to Join. War,,. Me Aue. 3. The examining board of this draft district received (Continued on Page Two,) ? THE WEATHER : ; . -. : , r. I - n&lkll Oregon : To night - and Satur- ' day. cloody west portion, probably . showers and cool et portion; mo derate, westerly, winds. ' (Continued oa pi six.)