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FORTIETH YEAH NO. 195
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1917
PRICE TWO CENTS
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ILL 70 Ri
WITH GERMAN
Division After Division, First Bavarians TLvu Germans and
the Picked Prussian Guards, Dash Against and Are
' Broken Upon the Rock
Americans Fought In Canadian Ranks Airplanes Did
Splendid Service-It Was "A Night of Death"
By William Philip Simms,
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
.With the British Armies in the Field, Aug. 17. Hill 70
ran red today with the blood of German divisions, sacri
ficed in repeated efforts to recapture this important
dominating height from the sturdy Canadians.
Along the entire new Lens battle front, the most
desperate fighting has been in progress for the past
twelve hours.
The Canadians have repulsed all attacks. At the time
this dispatch is filed they have re-taken positions west of
Cite St. Auguste, from which they were forced by sheer
weight of numbers during the night.
Prisoners. continue to arrive behind the British lines.
The total will probably prove to be greater than first be
lieved. In addition the Germans left a considerable num
ber of guns in the mud. It is as yet impossible to give the
number thus captured.
Over the flaming, bloody field British airplanes have
been accomplishing miracles. They ? re acting as dispatch
riders between the advancing infantry and headquarters.
Battle planes guard them as they fly through a shell
filled sky carrying orders and reports from front lines
to commanding officers to the rear.
Last night was one of death.
Americans In Thick Of It.
The Canadians, in whose ranks are
many Americans who enlisted with the
Maple Leaf forces in the dominion,
fought gallantly, hanging onto every po
sition with bull dog like tenacity.
The Bavarians opened the counter at
tacks on the outskirts of Lens. They
charged and counter charged headlong
ogainst the Canadians in their mad en
deavor to fe-take Hill 70. The attack
opened about dusk. After the Bavarians
came the Prussian guards. They threw
themselves forward iu close formation.
Canadian artillery and machine guns
lila.ed forth. - -
The attack was headed straight for
the Canadian center. It never reached
the line. Shells broke over the advanc
ing Germans. Machine gun fire ripped
through their ranks. The Bavarians wa
vered, then fell back. But that was not
the end.
At 8:30 fresh German troop9 boiled
(iiit from thjir trenches. The Prussian
' p'lard moved up the slope. They went
the way of the Bavarians. Then came
more and still more Germans, always
roiling up the eastern slope of Hill 70
They came in thick waves this time. By
sheer momentum they forced back the
Canadiau posts to -the left of the line
that was held Thursday morning, but
they did not remain the victors long.
The Canadians came back. With var
ious determined thrusts, they pushed
forward toward the positions they had
been forced to relinquish. With baronet
and bomb they charged over the shell
torn ground. There was a sharp fight
pud then the enemv began to give way.
Flowly at fiift. then they went down
the siope which they had just climbed
at heavy cost. Their withdrawal be
came a confused retreat and the Can
adians were soon reestablishing their
positions west of Cite St. Auguste and
rectifying and consolidating their lines
along the remainder of the front.
ABE MARTIN
Who remembers when we used t' git
a pair o1 wide, flashy suspenders free'
with a haad-me-dewn suit ! Elocutionists j
have t' be self-made, for nobuddy ever
buostsd one. I
ilk
RE
Mood
of Canadian Defense Many
Germans-Wreck Everything. '
(By Henry Wood)
(United Press Staff Correspondent) ,
With the French Armies Before" St.
Quentin, Aug. 17. The beautiful St.
Quentin cathedral today is a smoking
mass of ruins, a duplicate of its sister
martyred cathedral at Bheims. It is the
latest victim of German destruction.
' Beyond the cathedral may be seen the
smoke of numerous villages, curling into
the sky. The fury of German destruc
tiveness is again asserting itself. While
the burning end looting resembles that
which preceded the German retreat in
March, there are no indications that the
enemy is preparing to evacuate the ter
ritory in this region immediately.
Fire and terror is being spread in the
French towns held by the enemy and
now coming under the guns of troops
fighting to redeem them. Recently cap
tured German prisoners declare St.
Quentin has been campletely sacked.
Everything of any value has been car
ried off ,
All that could not be carried away
has been destroyed. The. houses of the
town are filled only with smashed fur
niture. Even crockery was destroyed
smashed upon the floor of the houses
which the Germans looted. The convent
was entered and the furniture there des
troyed. Clothing that was found was
torn to pieces and pianos piled about
haphazardly in heaps.
The St. Quentin cathedral was seen
to burst into flames suddenly on Wed
nesday evening. All night long it burn
ed. The light from the great pile illum
inated the vast German denuded, de
vastated plain before the town for a
distance of fifteen miles.
Early Thursday the roof of the cath
edral collapsed. The great arches went
crashing dowr. into the burning debris.
All combustible material in the cathed
ral was then gradually consumed.
As the fir-j died out only the roof
less gutted walls of the cathedral re
maiued. As a background to this pic
ture of desolation as viewed from the
French lines, the smoke of villages bc
jond them began to rise.
Germans Burn Villages.
(By Ed It. Keen)
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
London, Aug. 17. A violent and con
tinued thrust that is carrying British
and French troops deep into German
lines in Flanders on a nine mile front,
a statement of complete confidence
from Premie.- Lloyd-George and unan
imous rejections by the press of peace
proposals these are the answers turn
ed in by the allies today to Pope Bene
dict. - The St. Quentin cathedral has been
destroyed by the Germans and numer
ous villages beyond St. Quentin are in
flames. -i
The heights about Lens are thick
with German dead, mown down in their
attempt to re-take the dominating po
sitions firmly held by the Canadians.
Pressing on a half mil front beyond
.lie captured town of Langemarck the
Pritisu are blasting away at additional
enemy defenses.
News of the burning of villages be
yond St. Quentin led to belief that the
Germans n-ight be preparing to evac
uate sou e of this region. United Press
('.patches from the French front, how-;
ever, sU-.n-d that thefe were no indica-
(Coatinued on Page Two.)
i
SHOWERS STOP FIRES
-jc - "
Portland, Or., Aug- 17
Showers in various parts of
Washington and Oregon last
night and today did much to-
ward controling the forost fires
of the two states. No serious
. fires are raging now, according
to reports early today.
The Black Eoek forest fire in
Polk county, which several hun
dred men were fighting yester-
day, was reported under con-
trol today.
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Japanese Professor
Discovers Typhus Germ
Tokio, July 10 (Br mail) Japan's
cific cause of typhus fever, a problem
which has baffled the efforts of the
best medical men in the world up to
this time, has boen discovered by a
Japanese scientist, iroressor nciiso Ju
taki. of the Imperial Government Re
search laboratory. The name of the
germ which causes typhus is as won
dorful as the discovery. Prof. Futaki
calls it Spirochoete Exanthematotyphis
Full details are to bo forwarded to the
Rockefeller institute in America.
INTERNATIONAL SPY
WILLBE INTERNED
When Arrested Said He Was
Trying to Prove the Hohen
zollems Illegitimate
Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. 17 Dr. Arm-
Gaard Karl Graves, international spy,
and author of "Revelations of the
Kaiser's Personal Spy" was under ar
rest here today charged with being
within the forbidden zone without a
permit.
Graves says he is in the employ of
the state department and is searching
for a Mrs. Cavenish, descendant of the
British "earl of Cavendish," who he
alleges, is in possession of papers prov
ing the illegitimacy of the Hoheuzol
lerns. '
Graves declares he lias "followed Mrs".
Cavenish from New Orleans to St.
Louis and was one day behind her on
his way to Denver, when arrested here.
Graves has lost ruch of his previous
dapper appearance. His, . clothing is
frayed and his shoes are "run over,"
he is "traveling light," carrying only
two suitcases. In one was a monocle
and some clothing. The other contained
' ' papers. "
Since Graves was arrested in 1914
for alleged blackmail of Countess Von
Bernstorff and Count Von Bernstorff,
then German ambassador to the United
States, he has not been much in the
limelight. At that time he claimed to
have in his possession letters directed
to the countess and he used them in
an effort to secure funds which he
claimed were duo him from properties
in Germany. He was acquitted.
Graves probably will be interned for
the remainder of the war.
SAN FRANCISCO FACES
STREETCAR FAMINE
Walk-Out of Union Railroad
Shopmen Begins and Half
of Them Quit
San Francisco, Aug. 17. While com
plete tieup of the United Railroads
street car system was being threatened
today by a general walkout of the
company's shopmen, labor leaders,
backing the 1500 or more striking plat
form men opened a vigorous fight for
ejection from the city of alleged
armed strikerbeakers.
Demanding the arrest of Union Rail
roads officials on charge of "inciting
violence," the strike leaders asserted
also that "gunmen" are being brought
here. J. A. O'C'onnell, president of the
labor council conferred with Mayor
Rolph. this afternoon and protested
against the arming of strikebreakers.
Simultaneously the attention of
State Labor Commissioner McLaughlin
was directed by the strike leaders to
charges that strikebreakers are being
housed in unsanitary places.
Eleven men, carrying arms, were ar
rested by the police today and are al
leged to be strikebreakers.- The men
were arrested as they weie driving up
to a carbarn. Six other men arrested
last night for carrying eoncealed weap
ons, were held under $1,000 bail in
police cour.
The walkout of Union Railroads
shopmen started this morning and by
noon strike leaders asserted that nearly
half of the men had quit in sympathy
with the striking platform men. The
men include trolley, wire, light and
general repair workers and car fixers.
.Should such a walkout become general,
maintenance of even a limited schedule
of ear orerations will be difficult.
Only ab( nt 20 per eent of the normal
number of cars were being operated "by
the United Railroads today.
If women were nnable to see the fine
clothes other women wear they would
have fewer wrinkles.
ALLIES DISPOSED
TOPASSANSVER
UP TO PRESIDENT
At Any Rate Will Not Reply
to Pope Until After
Consultation
NOT PRO-GERMAN ENOUGH
TO PLEASE PRUSSIANS
Expected President Will Make
America s Objects Plain
and Unmistakable
POPE IS DEPRESSED.
Rome, Aug. 17. Pope Bene-
diet is reported to be greatly do- -
prossed over the general unfa-
vorable reception accorded his
appeal for peace.
. The pontiff is said to be
spending most of his time in his
apartments alone.
London, Aug. 17. The allies will not
reply to the peace appeal of Pope
Benedict until after consultation in
which all -the entente powers will have
a part. .
At the same time there is some dis
position in certain quarters to leave the
answer to President Wilson.
The statement that all of the entente
nations and their allies will be consult
ed before a reply to the Vatican is de
cided on, was made by Lord Robert
Cecil today. -
He was unwilling to comment on toe
proposals of the pope, pending official
decision. . . . , ,
- The suggestion that President Wilson
reply as spokesman of the foes of au
tocracy came from quarters pointing
out the exceptional qualification and
position, Wilson and America hold for
making the answer.
It was pointed out that President Wil
son could reply to the appeal of tie
pope for peace as the first great
speaker for peace, who was forced to
enter the war for international reasons.
Is (Strongest Spokesman.
The American president is regarded
as one of the strongest spokesmen for
the cause of the allies.
His statement that the "world must
be made safe for democracy" summed
up more completely than anything that
has been said to date, the aims of the
allies.
In addition the position of America,
a new comer in the omr, Is clear.
" Filial decision as to the form of reply
of the allies will take, whether from
President Wilson or in a separate state
ments from each government, will prob
ably be determined after the allied
powers are- consulted.
in an interview uecii cxpresscu me
opinion that the appeal of the pope
"might do seme good," if Germany
can be induced to say what she is
"really out for," but the message was
stvled' as premature. Ho is the first
British official to discuss the appeal in
any way.
"I am surprised," he said, "that the
pope's appeal contained no condemna
tion of the outrages against Belgium,
of the submarine campaign with its
killing of inuocents, of the Armenian
massacres and other unexampled atro
cities- ,
"Premature efforts toward mediation
usually fail, but if Germany can be
induced to mane Known concretely mmi
she is really out for, it may do some
good. ' '
Will Answer Soon.
(By Carl D. Groat)
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Wn-i,;,,irtnn Aui?. 17. President Wil-
. . .ai.innt will voice its views on
the pope's peace plea at today's eab-
iet session, mat me ic-uu no
jection is undoubted.
There is strong disposition, however,
to have the president mane America
position and aims in the war unmistak
ably clear. His advisers deem it wise
that this government should let the
world know again mat Amen o
not greeay, out msieuu Mnan
deal re for a world, free from kaiserism
and its rightfulness. , -
The president will probably deliber
ate a few more days before making an
announcement of his position.
The worm iooks iu u" '
as
the real decision of the wnoie sii
denendent on
UHllUU. hid r-
the- United tSates for physical and fi-
uat
ncial am, are virtually cmiipcn .
. . . . 1. n
foil
low his course, vonierencm mm .
allied governments have been going on
for several days.
Persons who have talked with Secre
tary Lansing the past few days have
refused a aetinne iiinuuBtniHiui .. r"-
icy, but there nas oen no mm.
his general indisposition to hearken to
the pope now His views, tnougn, uo
not decide thj matter, President Wilson
determines.
The paramount element 01 me snn-
: l.Awn.rA. im ftia fgpt that million'
tlUU, MWWC.O., ...v
of Catholics throughout the world will
PERSHINO CAN'T GET IN
Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug.
17. Arthur E. Pershing, sec
ond cousin of General Pershing
today made his fourth attempt
to get into the military service
of the United Stntes. He ap
plied far application blanks for
medical examination. He has
been refused three times bo
cause of physical disability.
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LUMBERJACK REGIMENT
Washington, Aug. 17. Am
erica's "lumber Jack" regi
ment of the tenth enginoers
forests which will hew the for
est of France for soldiers shan
ties at the front, has been com
pleted and is now in training
at Washington. The regiment is
commanded by General Wood
ruff of the regular army. It
will take its own saw mills to
France.
LAST BAND CONCERT
OF SEASON TONIGHT
Program Made Largely of
Selections Suggested by
Those Who Like Them
The last band concert of 'the season
by the Salem Cherrian Military band
will be given tonight at WillBon 1'arK.
The program is made up entirely of re
quested numbers and this or course
will indicate the favorites. The "Mis
souri Waltz"- seems to be the prime
favorite and then comes "High Jcnks'
The large audiences appreciated the
more classical music, such as selections
from "Robin Hood" but whon it come
to the genuine enthusiastic applause,
the popular grade of music won out.
The band under tho direction of II.
N. Btoudenmeyer has become one of
the Salem institutions. This year the
attenrinncA whi larger than of any for
mer year, indicating pretty well the
music of the Salem organization meets
with the hearty approval of Salem
musical people.
Tho program this evening is bb fol
lows:
March National Emblem Bagley
Overture William Tjell , Rossini
Oboe solo by Boy Russell.
waltz Missouri wait! ....Kppei-ijogan
Comic opera selection Woodland....
Luders
Vocal solo The Sunshine of Your
Smile ..... Ray
Mrs. Hallie Hinges Durdall
March Sir Galihad King
Male quartet America Triumphant
Dcnierset
Messrs. Todd. Aldrich, Jones, arton
Grand selection of . Scotch Airs
Arr. by Lampe
Tone poem Simplicity ....Dorothy Lee
March Washington urays.... urariuia
Van Alvensleben
It Is Believed Is
On Way to Salt Lake
Portland, Or., Aug. 17. Alvo Von
Alvensleben. a German reserve lieu
tenant, arrested here last week by fed
eral aecnts for suspected pro-German
activity, today is believed to be on his
way. to Halt L.ake wnere no will be in
terned in Ft. Douglas for uie period of
tho war. With him arc four soldiers
and two other Germans, believed to be
Hans C'ron and George S. Sohoetelberg,
Seattle Germans.
The three Germans arrived in Port
land with their soldier guard late yes
terdav. spent a few hours at a hotol
and disappeared.
United States Attorney i larence
Reames said today he was not in close
touih with the case but ho believed the
party was on the way to Salt Lake
Neither the soldiers nor the Germans
would make any statement. The troops
came from Fort Lawton, Seattle.
Von Alvensleben was reported in
Fort Douglas early this week.
JOHN R LAKE DEAD
'After an illness lasting several weeks
John R. Lake, an aged veteran of the
Civil war. and a well known resident
passed away at the home of his daugh
ter, M's. W. f . Jiewctt, tnis morning
at fo-.ir o'clock. The funeral service
will bo held Friday afternoon at the
M. E. church. Stayton Mail.
listen earnestly to the pope's plea and
that doubtlessly this will prove the
leaven working for an earlier peace I
than might have come had the pontiff,
not spoken.
Does no Blub uennany.
Amsterdam, Ang. 17. Despite the
view of the allied press that the peace
proposal of Pope Benedict is tiermaa
inspired, it Is not quite pro-Gorman
enough to suit a portion of mo German j
press. j
The Lokal Anzeiger lonay warns
Germany to remain composed. The pope ,
onlr mentioned one of Germany's es
sential terms, the paper stated that
concerning her colonies and this is un
satisfactory.
Catholic papers congratulate the pope
on his initiative. Others are divided,
either making no eomment. taking a po-
sition similar to that of the Lokal An
zeiger, or advising that the pontiff's
appeal be given careful consideration,
EXEMPTION BOARD
HAS MIXED
OB
"THE MELTING POT"
Former Justice Hughes Chair
man of Board Passing
On These
THE TOWER OF BABE HAD
NOTHING ON NEW YORK
One American Voice Heard
Above the Din, Asked to
Be Sent to Navy
New York, Aug. 17. New York's
famous melting pot of the nations is on
exhibition today at headquarters of the
district exemption board, presided over
by Former Justice t'has. E. Hughes,
whore men of nearly every race under
the sun come to appeal their claims for
immunity from army service.
Youths from Russia, Colombia, Swed,
en, Guatemala, Italy and numerous other
lauds, filed past the clerk in an unend
ing stream, some hopelessly bewildored,
some escorted by lawyers, pressing
their claims vociferously. Many spoke
English with difficulty. Nearly all had
their first naturalization papers, how
ever. Pleas for exemption covered an
astonishing range.
"I am a subject of the czar of Rus
sia," one man confidently declared. He
appeared staggered to learn the czar
has been discharged.
From the welter of unknown tongues
and broken English came one genuine
American voice. It's possessor declar
ed: "I'm 'not keeking exemption .. from
anything. I want to fight in the navy.
I just, passed the examination when or
ders came no; to take any man liable
to be drafted.'? .
, When the exemption huntors discus
sed matters in the corridor outside it
sounded like an echo from the Tower
of Babel. (
"Who Takes This Tallow."
An organ grinder advanced the claim
that military music emanating from his
street piano strengthened the pntriotic
spirit in his neighborhood. This plea
never reached the clerk, however. The
musician took several by-standers into
his confidence and was advised not to
approach tho harrassed clerk.
"Friends told me what to say." the
organist remarked plnintively.
A young Columbian, faultlessly
groomed, described himself as a stu
dent of politics. Another man bore a
letter from a school of agriculture and
wanted to stay home and lenrn to be
a farmer. ,
Frequently tho lino ofmen black,
white and tau, some collarless, some
sporting ear rings, some in overalls,
some wearing diamonds, stood aside
while a worried looking woman plead
ed for some relative. ,
A little Hebrew, a sickly bay in his
arms, huntel the board's hedquartcrs.
"My wife dead," he explaiued.
"Who takes this feller if I got"
The claims and supporting affidavits
are passed along to Justice Hughes and
his assistants and exemptions granted
overage about one in every fifty.
ENGLISH SPEAKING
RACES ARE UNITED
Lord Northcliffe Suggests This
Union May Be Maintained
After the War
New York, Aug. 17. Federation of
tho English ipeaking races for mutual
protection is regarded as a probability
by Lord Northcliffe.
"The English speaking races in the
new world and tho old are united for
the first time in history," Northcliffe
declared today. "They are joined to
gether by the cement of necessity. It
is not surprising that many people
should be asking whether the union of
the English speaking races ought not
to be continued after this war has come
to an end.
"For a-hundred years England was
regarded by the United States as their
hereditary foe. That period has passed
nwav.
"Whether there would be further ad
vantages in federation of the English
speaking peoples I shall not attempt to
decide here," he concluded. "All I see
clearly at present is, tnat u rrussian
absolutism remains intact after the war,
the two people! will be forced to come
together ror muiuai protection nguiuoi
it."
These statements were made in an ar
ticle written for McLeans Magazine, iu
Toronto.
When a man becomes thoroughly
contented-he has outlived his useful-
GOVERNOR LISTER
WORKS HARD FOR
EIGHT ITOUR DAY
Tells Lumber Men They Owe
a Duty to the State As Well
As to the Nation
TRAITOROUS WOMAN IS
SAVED BY SEATTLE MOB
Miss Rankin Stands In Wili
Miners' Union and I. W.
W. Traitors
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 17 Govornor
Ernest Lister struck straight from the
shoulder at tho lumber employers in
his campaign for the eight hour day in
the lumber industry in the northwest
today, following the publishing of s
statement from the operators declin
ing to accept his proposal to settlo the
strike by granting an eight hour day,
on nine hour pay.
Governor Lister expressed his sur
prise that the employers should persist
in the attitude that the strike is an I
W. W. affair strictly, when no one else
who is informed on the matter had
reached that conclusion.
"I know, and I believe the lumber
operators know, that there are hund
reds and thousands of their striking
employes who never were ,are not now,
and never will be connected with the
I. W. W., " the governor declared.
"The lumbermen state that only five
per cent of the industry is needed to
fill government oraers. Granting that,
it is the other 03 per cent of the in
dustry that we are interested in. Tb
whole of every industry must be oper
ating normally in order that this stata
i may saoperly bear its part of the war
Cross and similar funds. Therefore the
question is not fully answered by the
lumbermen when they' pledge prompt
supply of government needs."
Miss Rankin In Bad
Butte, Mont., Aug.17. Montana pol
itics sizzled today as the result of a
row among women voters. Women who
supported Miss Jcanette Rankin for
congress, were outspoKen today in dec
larations that her action in coming
here to investigate labor conditions, is
merely a sensational move to annex
labor votes" in her announced race
against Senator Walsh for the senate.
Miss Rankin was given a figurative
hair pulling on charges that she cams
hero uninvited to investigate labor
troubles.
Sho conferred with Tom Campbell,
president of the local mine worker!
union, and other radical leaders today.
She intends to make a bitter fight on
the "rustling card" system, which she
declares is one of the chief causes for
the continuation of tho strike.
Mino oncrators declare her presence
here is unnecessary and that tho situ
ation will automatically readjust it
self, tho men gradually returning to
work.
- Tooto Woman Prom Police
Seattlo, Wash., Aug. 17. A crowd
of four thousand men and women,
many of whom were I. W. W., took
Kate Sadler, 1. W. W. speaker, away
from two policemen who sought last
niuht to arrest her for publicly de
nouncing President Wilson as a traitor.
The crowd was urged by its leaders
to "shoot the blankety blanks" and
to "close in on them." Only two po
licemen, aided bv a few civilians were
on hand nt the time, .rs- Sadler, whose
husband is now under federal indict
ment for alleged reais'anco to the draft
law, was spirited awav from tho street
meeting in an automobilo after her re
lease. The riot came as the climax of a
street meeting which closed an all day
conference of tho "Peoples' Council
for democracy and Peace terms."
Carry Concealed Weapons
8nn Francisco, Aug. 17. Six men,
who said they were brought to this
city from Los Angeles as "substitute
platform men" for the United Rail
roads in the car men's strike, woro
freed on 75 bail each today, following
their arrest for carrying concealed
ur rn rmnl
Although it is claimed men are still
being imiKirted, there was little change
today in car service wmm
(Continued on page two.)
; THE WEATHER t
Oregon: Tonight
and Saturday fair
moderate wester
ly winds. :
Uav err