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4,403 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 EEADEE2). DAILY. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES Only Circulation In Salem guar anteed by tha Audit Brea cf Circulations. BPEOIAIi WHLAMETTS VAX LEX KEW8 tUi&Vlka FORTIETH YEAH NO. 199 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AW WTWH STANDS JTVB fflNT 35,000 M11S ARE KILLED OR WOUNDED Put Up Desperate Resistance But Are Forced Steadily Back Dense Fog Aids Italians Who Bridge Isonzo River and Sweep Enemy From Three Lines pTrenches French Gaining Around Verdun Russiai esistance Strong Enough io Halt German Advance !s ? i : : 'ft London, Aug. 22. The war's gre5 t concerted of fensive movement went on fiercely M hout abatement and with continued gains for the alii s1 day. The French appeared to have nj the most rapid strides forward in the most sanguiwj lighting. The German horde that once clutched Verdun almost to the point of suffocation was driven still further back. The bloody slopes of Cote L'Oie, the" villages of Regneville and Samogneux, with intervening fortifications, Were all swept clean of the enemy. Counter attacks last night, made with a desperation born of German war chiefs knowledge that the French offensive was only beginning, brought the enemy nothing but heavy losses. Next in violence of the fighting was the great battle over practically the entire Italian-Austrian front. Rome reports continued success for General Cadorna's drive. Every sort of war machine has been called into action to pulverize the rocky fortifications of the Austrians monitors shelling from the Gulf of Trieste, huge siege guns, British and French artillery, new and highly devel oped bombing aeroplanes, trench mortars and all arms of man -killing. The greatest gains so far attained were in the line above Gorizia. Field Marshal Haig's Canadian troops once again are striking fiercely around Lens. They gained late yester day and last night beating back powerfully organized German counter, attacks. Lens is nearly three-fourth en Circled by the British today. German Attacks Desperate It was marked today that all Ger man counter attacks have been made with extraordinary violence. The Ger man high command is sparing nothing in men and munitions trying to push back the encroaching allied waves. Dis patches from all the offensive fronts contain high praise for the tenacity of the Germans' resistance and the Htrength of their picked troops' coun ter thrusts. Of great interest here today was the official word from Tctrograd in dicating the Russian troops in the Vol-. hynia and Rumanian theaters of the war were offering roclibound resist ance to further German advances. Sev eral German attacks failed. OK ITALIAN FRONT By John H. Hearley (United Press staff correspondent) With the Italian Army in the Field, Aug. 22. Austria's terrible toll of cas ualties in the continuing Italian ad vance today reached 35,000 in dead and wounded, according to headquar ters estimates. Italian troops have swept the enemy from the villages of Dcscln, Britof, Ca nale, Bomrez and Rosa. All were found smoking heaps of ruins, burned by the Austrians and shattered by artillery fire. The Italian poet and dramatic Ga briel D'Annunzio was among" a hund red or more Italian aviators who co unerated with the land troops in Italys grea'cst offensive. Crossing cf the. Isonzo wr.s simpli fied for. the Italians by a sudden fog. The impenetrable curtain shut down during the night and tbe-rays of Aus- ABE MARTIN Some folks are born in soeiety, others re taken in, but th' great majority o people tunnel in. If we all attended t';blow out of Verdun, petitioned their j As a result of this development, auth our own business as well as a farmer's commanders today for permission not orities here today are redoubling their dog does when he comes t' town thts1 efforts to eomvict their gunmen already would be some world. (Continntd on Page 3.) antler indictment. trian searchlights vainly sought to pierce it. Italian engineers threw bridg es across in many places and over this the attacking forces poured. Other reg iments, anxious to get into tho fight, swam the stream, overwhelming cuomy patrols with their bayonets and, gren ades. . Captured Trenches The main body of the Italian troops massed on the far bank and in a bloody battle drove the Austrians from a triple line of trenches. A steady ar tillery fire shattered the enemy lines as the victorious troops pushed on. Last night the Austrians desperately but vainly counter attacked. The bar rage fire on both sides lighted the night to day time brilliance and threw quivery shadows over tho rocky lines. Holes in the granite literally mined out to afford protection; were black holes in this radiance of shot and shell while around all, wierd shapes and shadows fought hand to hand. It was a nightmare of sound and strange dis torted figures in the uncanny light of the shells. GAIN EDGE OF LENS By William Philip Siinmg (United Press staff correspondent) With the British Armies in tho Field Allff V's lint, ah frnmw nr this, t nmrnillir roaiin.prl their flriva tiAfwaon Langemarck and Freyenoerg. Violent fighting is still in progress. At the time of cabling no details have vet been receiveu i Headquarters Further to the south, around Lens, tho Bavarians and Prussians fought the Canadians desperately all night anil were still violently at it today. The Canadians held tenachiousiv to the edge of the anthracite metropolis be tween tnc city ami lheodorc. Two vio lent counter attacks were repulsed. Then the fightinp swung backward apain and Canadians succeeded in es tablishing advanced posts well ahead. At one time during the night the Ma ple Leaf men were fighting in the city of Lens proper- They penetrated to a .lonesome house. There a big detach ment of Germans suddenly poured from a concrete cellar. More came up like arts from nearby mine shafts. In one dugout the Canadians found one German officer and one private soldier who had been held prisoners there for. several days. Neither bad been able to leave through the tornado like barrage lire which the British guns poured. At times during the fighting the Ger mans had portions of six different di visions fighting the Canadian advance simultaneous! v. After a eounter attack southwest of; the city, a hundred German corpses were counted on one tiny patch of eround- The enemy's casualties have been very heavy. FRENCH BOLDIEX8 IMPATIENT ... By Henry Wood , (United Press staff correspondent) With the French Annies at Verdun, Antr 25 FSrpH with a jsprI that tnaHp their oliarpc. utterly irresistible French soldiers, victors in France's greatest Commission Recommends Taking Over Paper Mills Will Prosecute Makers Washington, Aug. 22. Renewing its recommendation of government control of all print paper mills , the ' federal trade commission, in a report on the book paper industry today also urged the senate to regulate trade associa tions. "Some of them tend to destroy com petition and defeat the Sherman anti trust law," said the report. An association of book paper makers was found to have kept each other in formed of prices and advanced them simultaneously. The commission has instituted pro ceedings against this association, mem bers of which averaged profits nearly 100 per cent higher in 1916 than for 191o. Profits of book paper jobbers were even higher, Boston firms showing an increase of 492 per cent, New York jobbers 200 per cent and 203 per ccst for Chicago jobbers. IS FIRSTJp. CRISIS General Election To Be Called In Few Weeks Voters Will Pass On Policies Ottawa, Canada, Aug. 22. Canada is facing its first crisis since the opening of the European war. general election is to be called by Premier Borden within the next few weeks for early in the fail. The life Oj. the present conservative govern ment expires on October 7th. This will be the first opportunity tho people of Canada have had to pass upon the war policies of the Borden government since the Dominions plunged into the gujat conflict. The government has been split wide open on tho issue of conscription, Bri ish Canada, general!" speaking, sup ports conscription. French Canada is almost solidly, opposed. The bitterest and ' mdst exciting political campaign in Dominion history is in prospect. Up on the result depends the continuance in power of the present conservative government and the enforcement of the compulsory military service act. Leading tho liberal opposition is Sir Wilfrid Laurier, ex-premier and tho idol of tho French-Canadians of the province of Quebec. A brilliant speaker and a masterly politician Laurier is bending every effort to bring to his standard all tho elements in Canada disaffected with the Borden regime. Already however he has had to face the refusal of twenty two non French- Canadian liberals in the house from On tario and the western provinces to fol low him in his anti conscription battle. What strength those conscnptionist liberal party 'belters' can take with them to the polls has become one of the big question marks of the campaign. In its answor may lie the final decis ion. On the part of the conservatives tney have had to race minor but very significant desertions from French-Ca nadian conservatives. Canada has 40(3,000 enlisted men Her over seas force is made up of five divisions. Four of these are in France and one is held in Kngland as a re serve division. Since the desperate, bloody day at Vimy ridge, heavy drafts have been made on this reserve. Canada must provide more men or soon Dominion troops will bo left without reserves. This would mean the elimina tion of Canada as a fighting factor at I the front. Canada must raise 100,000 more men and do it quick Voluntary recruiting is a thing of the llast- Canada has no great wealth of I man- power. Eight million people is her !tol - Already the 400,000 men who so freely gave themselves to service have seriously tightened the labor market in places. Farmers are in straits for help. In many cities clerks and municipal employes are given half holidays from their regular employment in order that they may go into the fields. This short age is emphasized by the anti-conscrip-tionists. Conservatives declare there are hundreds of "slackers" in tho cit ies who could be spared and assert that these are the men they want to get too und the Jaw. Intricate" as is this problem alone, it is intermixed with the racial question, an alien enemy tangle, a tremendoiisly difficult financial situation, involving the nationalization of 7000 miles of railroad and millions of dollars in ad vances to others, and a line of hoary but still virulent political animosities which" stirred together offer the Ca nadian voter a political salad unlike any thing previous in his entire polit ical experience. The next few weeks will see stir ring times across tho border. Chinese Tongs Will Not Agree On Peace Portland, Or. Aug. 22. After weeks cf effort, authorities here today prac tically gave up hope of bringing about a peace pact among the warring Chinese tongs. Each group of tongs charges the other demands too much before a pact is sign ed. An agreement is declared absolute- impossible. 110 PRESENT HOPE OF PEACE; BERLIH'S VIEW 0FPR0P0SAL Same Old Story That Ger many's Destruction Is Ob ject, Is Repeated SOCIALISTS DECLARE POPE S ACTION PLEASES President Wilson Framing Re ply to PopeMay Be Completed Saturday Amsterdam, Aug. 22. Berlin sees no present hope of peace, despite Pope Benedict's pleas. Dispatches from Ber lin today indicated this pessimistic view by the public, following Chancel lor Michaelis speech to the main com mittee of the rcichstag, portions of which appeared in this morning's news papers. 'lhe enemy s war aims prove their desire- to annihilate Germany," Mich aelis was quoted as declaring, "there- loro no present der.re for peace exists. " Up to the present there has been no opportunity to deliberate with our allies regarding the pope's note. There is no doubt of the honesty impelling the note and therefore 1 would regard it sympathetically." Michaelis denied that the none's note had been inspired by the centra! powers. in conclusion the chancellor declar ed that Germany 'si alliance with Aus tria-Hungary was now stronger than ever. - - What Parties Believe . Following Michaelis the loaders of the various German political parties ad-. uresseu tne main committee, ah paitt especial attention to" the pope 's peace plana. Socialist speakers declared their par- iy "welcomed the pope's action.-' The centrist leaders said they re garded his action as making extraordi narily valuable progress toward peace. and as a step which they hoped would meet with full success. The national liberal party represent atives expressed the attitude that so far they had been unable to examine the subject thoroughly, but that they supported the chancellor's position. The conservatives took a similar view. Independent socialist speakers ex pressed resrret that the other party leaders had only announced their gen eral sympathy with the pope's action 'without entering into any detailed discussion of it." The main committee elected the cen trist loader, Fchrenbach, president. President at Work On It Washington, Aug. 22 President Wil son" today turned his attention to fram ing a reply to the nope. He probably will have at least the tentative draft ready for his cabinet Friday. The re sponse may go forward before Sunday. The statement of Chancellor Mich aelis before the reichstag that Germany had no part in the framing of the pope 's peace proposals had no effect here today on action the .United States motf tara. TIlO ftllPPllnr ' riPHHtllligm also caused little surprise, xiau uer- manv regarded tne time propitious ior peace, she would have made renewed proposals herself, it is believed. Kegardless of whether the pope's doc ument was inspired by Austria, or was advanced as a purely neutral proposal. it ,i,im nnt tnui'h the fundamental prin ciples for which America is fighting. Three Killed In Air Raid Two Raiding Airships Brought Down London, Aug. 22. Ten enemy aero planes raided England today dropping bombs over Dover and Margate. Lord French, commander in chief of the home defense forces announced that two of the German flyers had been brought down. The raid occurred at 10:15 this morn ing. "The damage done was slight," the statement said. Margate and Dover are in Kent, near the mouth of the Thames. Possibly the German raiders were bent on following the Thames up to London. The Humber river and Yorkshire where Lord French reported German airships, is at least 165 miles north of the Thames. Hull, one of.the great ship building centers in England, is located a short distance up the Humber. Lord French said three persons had teen killed and two injured in the aero plane raid. The damage was slight. The German flyers were unable to penetrate far inland. -EIGHT FOEEST FIEES. Bend, Or. Aug. 22. Eight fires in the Deschutes national forest today threaten to (.weep through the entire government tract. A big force of fire fighters was rushed from Bend to the fire lines today. Lightning started the fires. Department Consents To Tax Collections On Forfeited Lands A ruling of the department of the interior was received by Attorney Gen eral Brown yesterday concerning the collection of taxes by the counties in which tho O. and C. grant lands are located authorizing them to accept pay ment of taxes duo up to the timo of the passage of tho Chamberlain-Perns bill without prejudicing their rights for the further collection of taxes, penalties, and interest. Tho ruling was first sent to Oswald West in reply to a query made by him after he had classified the land. "This department sees no objection," says the letter, "to the courso sug gested, provided, however, that it be made plain that by entering into such a stipulation the government in no way recognizes that the counties have any further rights in tho premises. In other words, while it is entirely satisfactory that the counties may expressly reserve such rights as they have, by agreeing to that, the government does not con cede) that any such right exists." KILLEDjN FRANCE These Are 0. H. Chadwick and C. J. Bidd'e One Other Is a Prisoner Paris, Aug. 22. Death of O. II. Chad wick 6f Lowell, Mass., and Aviator Biddle, also an American, in recent fighting on the west front, was con firmed in front dispatches today. Cor poral Harold Willis of Boston, a mem ber of the LaFayette escadrille was an nounced as a prisoner of war of the Germans. lteeent lists of Americans with the French aviation service received from the Paris bureau of the United Press showed a Charles Julian Biddle, of Philadelphia, and Andlusia, Pa., as hav ing recently been in training at Cmn 'D'Avord. The table above did not give initials or tnc iJiuulo reported lost. Corporal Willis has made a distin guished record with the LaFayette es cadrille. He is 27 and early in the war served with the American ambulance field service. His father is J. B. Willis, on the staff of the Christian Science Publishing company, Boston. On July 14, Willis was reported of ficially as surviving five battles with German airmen in the woek just closed. Three of these combats occurred in one day. Chadwick was a graduate of Harvard, where ho achieved distinction in athlet- Fire Marshal Suggests Many Changes For Betterment of the Salem Fire Conditions Nothing ever happens until the first imp. nml nppnrdincr in tlin rnnArt 4naf . . f, .V.J....V J-"- iuanpH r.f ths Utata Vira Wnrul.nl rl... partment made after a thorough inves tigation of conditions in the city, the averago business man seems to be well satisfied notwithstanding the fact that the water supply this summer would not have lasted six hours had there been a serious fir.'. The department inspected 490 busi ness houses and found 95 of them with rubbish and trash that made an addi tional fire hazard. In 138 business houses defective wiring was found. In 37 places defective flues were discovered with many flue holes stopped with paper or gunny sacks. Defective stoves and fur naces were found in 84 places in the business district and 26 places used wooden boxes and barrels to store ashes. Gasolino was carelessly stored in 18 places and 12 buildings in the business district had their roofs covered with moss. Mossy conditions on the roof add greatly to the fire hazard and has prov en disastrous in many cities. To care for the water absolutely necessary in the dry season the state fire marshal department recommends the location of a reservoir to contain not less than one million gallons con nected with the main water system by at least a fourteen inch delivery main. School Fire Drills Neglected. The inspection showed that while the fire department has competent men, yet the longest ladder in the fire service of Salem is only 25 feet, and that the fire department would be unable to rescue a person from the third story or to carry hose to the third floor. 1 To improve the general conditions the suggestion is made that a certain fire district be auigned to a fireman and that it shall be his duty to keep on file a written report of conditions as he finds them. As to tho schools, the report notes: "We were Informed that there was only two fire drills held in the Balem High schools last year, and we do not i understand why this school did not 'have its monthly fire drills." Recommendations of the state fire marshal department, made in its report of July 26, 1917, are as follows: That in the summer time or until FIERY DEBATE 111 SENATE STARTED BY REVENUE BILL Lewis Says Tax Dodgers Swindled Government Out of $320,000,000 MUST PROTECTXREDIT AS WELL AS BUSINESS Townsend Would Raise Three Billions Mostly From Tax on War Profits Washington, Aug. 22. Dramatic at tack by Senator Lewis, Illinois, on tax dodgers, featured fiery debate in the senate today as those ranged for and against conscription of riches to pay the war, voiced their views. "In tho treasury department," ho said, "there are proofs of a $320,000, 000 swindle perpetrated on this gov ernment through perjury, fraud and de ception and different forms of individ ual and commercial ' trickory' by tax dodgers. "If the government does not con script wealth to pay for the war, the people will rise and with raised nanus seize the great corporations together with the great oil and coal resourcos of tho country," he said. Lodge Defends Bill. Washington, Aug. 22. Before the war ends it will be necessary for the government to take sixty and perhaps eighty per cent of war profits, Senator Lodge predicted in a speech in the sen ate today. He defended the revenuo bill as it now stands beforo congress. iiodge also sounded from the senate a note now constantly increasing in vol nme, that pence at the -present time is impossible ..- " ., "No peace without complete victory for America and her allies is possible" he said. In view of necessity of taxing war profits in the future, Lodge argued that to make the rate too high immedi ately, following the government regu lation of prices of many commodities, would disturb business, cut off profits and ruin sources of revenue. Lodire. a member of the senate fi nance committee, which framed tho rev enue bill, predicted war taxes would (Continued on page six.) Salem has a more adequate supply of water, sprinkling should bo governed by certain rules. That when the fire siren is blowing, people should at ouco discontinue the using of water. Special Reservoir Needed. Thnt steps be taken towards improv ing Ibe water supply iu the way of building a reservoir for fire purposes only. That the city should immediately pro vide longer ladders for the firo depart ment. That some arrangement should bo made thereby the down town district bo n.,t left withcut adequate fire pro tection wh'.Mi tljii fipparatus is answer ing a cai'. into the itsideiice district. I hat firemen be taught fire preven tion as well as fire lighting. That at least one lineman be assign ed 2ach day to firo inspection. That a leust one fireman be detailed to in.-;. cot t'lico a uoiuli all hotels, lodg ing lio!ics and tl I'nttco and to see that th 3 fir.) esciipes oiu' tiu lights are in pruper flacc. That thu firo f.ei-tion committer s.?o th.-it eu-.h scl.o il hold a weekly fire 'rill. II U prohullc that tho Commercial club will ro cprrute with and ask the assistance )f the city council in secur ing and putting into effect the recom mciiduUoii.i of the state fire marshal's depurtmcnt. l'ho ii)pccti(.n was made during the mouth of July this year and the find Ings and r.-comuicnnutions are signed by Harvey Wells, Huto fire marshal; Jay W. Srjvann, el icf tfeputy; Chas. W. Robiustn, H 11. 1 t-meroy and Gilbert Allen deputy ir.irchais. HELD TJP BIO ONES. Gold Beach, Ore., Aug. 22. Governor James Withycombe, of Oregon; 8. Ben ' son, chairman of the highway commis sion; Amos 8. Benson and John B. Yeon I Portland millionaires, were held up at the California-Oregon state line while a deputy sheriff searched their auto- ' mobile for liquor. Tot s bottle was found. REDFIELD ROASTS PACIFIST VAf J DM FOR MILITARISM Answers This Peace Lover Who Lifts His Voice In Defense of Prussiasisni nMHEriti 0 LET DESPERADO RUN AMUCK ON WORLD Pleading for Peace Pacifist Upholds Hands of the One Militant Nation Washington, Aug. 22. Tho first for mal utterance from any member of th president's cabinet, or other high offi cial of the government, since the popes peace proposal was received, came to day in a scathing denunciation of peace . movements launcnea in tnis country.- oecretary of Commerce Kodfield was the spokesman- no declared there are two great opposing ideals in the world the ideals of autocracy and democ racy. 1 Germany, he styled a desperado among nations and declared it was against her militant autocracy that Am erica was fighting. "In this fearful combat, autocracy trembles on the edge of disaster," th secretary wrote to a member of a pac ifist organization, "and this is the time you cunningly life your voice ia its behalf." The letter was addressed to J. E. VanDyke, KaBt Orange, N, J., who wrote Secretary Redfield asking sup port of the LaFollette peace resolution now in the senate. No American Spirit . In his reply Hedfield declared: hRve -Mived over vaur ivna- wrr'tinftcittTr'oT'tnti-nrif itisr,- wnatr von aro pleased to call an -'important request' for my 'favoraole-consideration on the LaFollette peace resolu tion. , ' "Your communication is extraordi nary by reason of what it omits. There is, for example, no reference to the rnpe of Belgium, nor does it show by direct word or by Internal evidence that you have read the clear and lucid statement by the president on the caus es of the war. "There is no word in your commu nication that speaks an American spir it, iou seem interested to assert evil intention on the part of tho" nations associated with us in the war, and uo equally earnest wish to slur over the spirit and act on the part of Germany which brought this war into being. "Subtly and by indirection, yoa take such" a courso as would stab your country in the back, as would tie tho hands of the president and niako inef fective for righteousness the sacrifices ot our men and our treasure A Chaser of Shadows "You deal with superficialities and neglect the substance.' You chase shad ows and ignore realities. You seem not to know that there aro two great op posing ideals in the world, one of which must go down before the othor. These ideals aro autocracy and democracy. "Autocracy has put its heel on Boi gium, on Serbia and on Montenegro, and on Poland, on Rumania, on a fair part of Frnace. . "It is a skilled and highly trained autocracy. It knows well how to dis guise its purposes and how to conduct through weak and willing hands a se cret campaign in many lands, including nnr own. hidinir itself under the guise of fairnesB, pleading in tho fair name of peace, for tho purpose of doing ita foul deeds. "Against this militant autocracy; whose lust for power led it to begin, this murderous war by deliberate at tack on nations who Bought only quiet, against this desperado among the na tions stand the democracies oi mo world; the free people against the peo ples that are bound. xxcuseo viuy oumiij t th fpurful combat autocracy trembles on the edgo of disaster and this is the time you cunningly life your voice in its behalf. "Your country stands today wu the free peoples of the world in oracr to make it safe for a freo people. Ia this larger cause nrs bound up many lesser, though still greater ones. "The American people not only ah hor autocracy, but that which nutoe- (Continued on Page 8.) THE WEATHER ; Oregon: Tonight a n d Thursday fair and warmerj moderate norther ly winds. . thPTN. : (SUM'S
