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4,400 SUBSCRIBERS (82,000 HEADERS) DAILY. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES Onl7 OlrcnUUoM ia Balam guar anteed by 'the Andlt Bare of Circulation. BPEOIAL WTLLAMETT1 TAIr LEY HEWB BE&VHJB FORTIETH YEAR NO. 205 SALEM. DREGOr WEDNESDAY, UGUST 29. 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AN RIVI STANDS FTV rrvT P hp iimnrm- A J I K. I1 ' 1 lift ,iAA ..ti. A. .11 nil -k rnnnnwriTdvr i KAISER MUST QUIT BEFORE AMERICA RELEA8ESHERGRIP Autocracy's Fear of Work1 Opinion Seen In Back- down to Argentine I KAISER'S HOLD ON EMPIRE IS RAPIDLY WEAKENING Germans Mast Have Govern ment With Which World Can Make Peace (By Carl D. Groat) (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Aug. 29. President Wil (son sees the throne of Hohenzollern be ginning to crumble. Evidences of weakening of the kais er's hold on the empire, increasing bold iioss among the leaders of the democrat is faction, and, above all, signs of im perial anxiety at the growing -moral lorees opposing him, reveal the kaiser in a weaker condition today than at any time during the war. The president believes that if tin German people can only learn the truth, the end of the great struggle will be at hand. That is why he emphasizes in his reply to Pope Benedict that only the Kaiser stands between the. German peo ple and freedom from the grip of war. No Postbollum Boycott. That is why he emphatically declared lie sympathized with no allied JSlan to formulate an economic league with the post-bellum boycott of Germany in view.- Officials hero regard the Paris conference at which such a plan was In id, but in which America did not par ticipate, as one of the allied blunders nerving to consolidate the German peo ple behind the kaiser. The president ro pndiatcd this conference, in effect, ani lid so after consulting the allies, leav ing the impression here that they now appreciate their mistake and are no longer determined to put it into effect. The president did not discuss peace terms specifically because he is inter ested primarily in ridding the Teuton people and the world of the kaiser. Also, however this country's peace views, while "in line" with those of the al lies, are not identical. Discussion ol them now, the presdont beleves. would only work to the confuson and disad vantage of all. Kaiser Must Step Down. America's grip will not be relaxed un til the kaiser falls. But officials here Already see the effect of autocracy's fear of world opinion in Germany's backdown to Argentine on the question of submarine warfare. Germany agreed not to sink any Argentine ships. She yielded on principles wheh brought the United States into the war. One cry of protest was heard out of the chorus of official approval here today at the president's reply. Those in terested in the formntion of a Jugo slav state said his position in oppo sition to any dismemberment of em pires means that Austrian states desir ing independence cannot get it. In the senate there was spirited ap proval of the answer, "This response," said Senator Brady ! Idaho, "will take its place beside Lin- l" lne louowing reply: coin's Gettysburg speech. It points the' Lvery heart that has not been blind way to the" world's farewell to autoc-jed au," hardened by this terrible war racy. ' ' "It means the end of Hohenzollern imn," said Senator Saulsbury. Out of the embassies came vociferous appreciation. Hritisl, officios sav "it is now up to the German people 'to say what they j (Continued on page three) 3fi A DU H A DTIM ft u it iii nniin At last somethin 's come along that hf.LW fellers can butt into th' army, Wat's become o' th' girl used t' eom- jiaia o' high street tar steps! 1 SiBw Pete Recanted, Reformed and Started On Long Hike Somewhere in The Northwest, Aug. 29. Pete had, Seattle I. W. W. in tends never to return to Hood River, Oregon. lie just don't like the people who live there. ' Incidentally t the. people don't like him. " - - Pete was taken from the city jail last night where he had been placed for ' I. W. W. activities, bv 33 irim fne.eil lantes. He was taken to the river 2 o k and under a giant cottonwood " ideal for hanging, and with a ? , also ideal for hanging, laid before & he implored the forgiveness of a ;n tather and announced he would it the Inilustrialites. 33 e than was taken across the river ent on his way. When he passed v'h here today he said he was go : iii far from Hood Kiver as pos a t IialY RENEWS HER GREATJFFENSIVE Halted Drive While Bringing Up Big GunsRussian Soldiers Still Deserting I-iondon, Aug. 29. Even Italy's great offensive paused momentarily today, making the "breathing space" in the series of simultaneous French, British and Italian drives complete. The Italian forces have advanced so rapidly that heavy artillery has been unable to keep pace with the infantry. The Bainsizza plateau now is virtually the center of the Isonzo fighting. Aus trian forces were reported to be pre paring for a" stand there, with heavy reinforcements at hand to repel furth er advance of Cadorna's troops. In this contingency the Italian war command must move up its artillery over the rocky heights of the Monte Santo chain to prepare for further blasting out of the enemy. Fighting still is continuing on a hoavy scale south of Bainsizza, as the Italian troops drive on toward Trieste. On the British front there was fight ing at half a dozen spots but appar ently no concerted resumption of Haig's offensive. Paris dispatches in dicated the same was true on the French front, an artillery duel being the main fighting activity reported. Of the German drive on Risra no fresh word has been receved. Haig's Report From British Front London, Aug. 29. Southeast of Langemarck we cleared a strong point (Continued on Page Two.) Text of America's Reply to Pope's Peace Note Shows Why Treaty Cannot Be Made To nis Holiness, Benedictus XV., 'Pope: In acknowledgement of the communi cation of Your Holiness to the belliger ent peoples, dated August 1, 1917. the president of the United States requests ; must ue toucnea uy tnis moving appeal of His Holiness the Pope, must feel the dignity and force of the humane and generous motives which prompted anu musr rervenny wisn tnat we nngnt take the Path f Ve he so per- suanvely points out. But it would be j-uny iu land xti 11. it UUt IU XUCl lead to the goal he proposes. Must be Settled Now "Our response must be based upon I the stern facts and upon nothing else. It is not a mere cessation of arms he luesires; it is a staple ana enaurmg peace, mis agony must not De gone Holiness the Fope would, so far as we through with again and it must be a lean see, involve a recuperation of its matter of very sober judgment what ' strength and renewal of its policy; will insure us against it. would make it necessary to create a "His Holiness, in substance, proposes hostile combination of nations against that we return to the status quo ante the German people, who are its instru bellum and that then there be a general ments. and would result in nhnnrinninir condonation, disarmament and a concert j or nations, uaseu upon an acceptance of the principle of arbitration; that by a similar concert freedom of the seas be established; and that the territorial claims of Franee and Italy, the perplex ing problems of the Balkan States and the restitution of Poland be left to such couciliatory adjustments as may be pos sible in the new temper of such a peace, due regard being paid to the aspirations I of the peoples whose political fortunes and affiliations will be involved. Menace Must Ba Removed, 'It is manifest that no part of this I programme can be successfully carried unless the restitution of the status quo ante furnishes a firm and satisfactory j hasis for it. The object of this war is-to deliver the free peoples of the world 'from the menace and the actual power or a vast military establishment eon 1 trolled by an irresponsible government which, having secretly planned to dom- inate the worldproceeded to carry the plan out without regard either to the sacred obligations of treaty or the long- FEAR OF OTTER REVOLUTION HAS SOBERING EFFECT Russian Conference Bringing Quarreling Factions Near er Together PROFESSIONS OF FEALTY MADE BY ALL ELEMENTS Premier Kerensky and Gen eral KornilofF Will Adjust Differences By William O. Shepherd (United Press staff correspondent) Moscow, Aug. 29 The spectre of a counter revolution was invoked today to persuade widely split elements to reconcile their differences in Russia 'g national conference. The speaker was M. Orekhoff, chief spokesman for the railroad employes. He took the workmen's and soldiers' delegates sternly to task for their im aginings that every step proposed by the cadets was a reactionary step. He declared, however, that if a counter revolution did come, he and' his fellow railroad employes would "see that it tailed" by tying up every means of communication in the country. "There is no doubt a counter revo lution is growing," he declared. "If the revolution leaders do not take ac tion, we railroad lncn, by strikes, will see that the movement fails. "' Orekhoff 's speoch was a severe ar raignment of the workmen's and sol diers' delegates. Ho expressed the fear that a shadow hung over the whole conference because the workmen and soldiers saw in 'every opposition to their plans "the shadow of returning reaction. ' ' " Ho blamed them for "frowning upon" the statement of Former Foreign Inistcr Milukoff (a ca det leader) that the duina needs democratic-socialist government. Charges Mistrust He held the workmen and soldiers saw the same fear of reaction in ev ery reference to prosecution of the war. He called attention to the fact that their delegates sat in sphynx like si lence amid the pro-war applause of the remainder of the vast concourse. He charged them with "mistrusting every duina and military speaker." Save for Orekhoff 's speech, this ses- (Continued on Page Two.) established practices and long-cherished j principles of international honor,' which chose its own time for the war; deliver ed its blow fiercely and suddenly; stop ped at no barrier either of law or of mercy; swept a whole continent within itlie title of blood not the blood of sol- diers only but the blood of innocent I women and children also, and of the helpless poor, and now stands balked but not defeated, the enemy of four fifths of the world. "This power is not the German peo ple. It is no business of ours how that great people came under its control, or submitted with temporary zest to the domination of its purpose, but it is our business to see to it that the history or the rest of the world is no longer left to its handlinff. Cannot Trust Kaiser. "To deal with such a power by way of peace upon the plan proposed by His the new-born Russia to the intrigue, the manifold subtle interference and the certain counter-revolution which would be attempted by all the malign influen ces to which the German government has of late acenstomed the world. Can peace be based upon a restitution of its power or upon Bny word of honor it could pledge in a treaty of settlement and accommodation T "Responsible statesmen must now everywhere see, if they never saw be fore, that no peace can rest securly upon political or economic restrictions meant to benefit some nations and crip ple or embarrass others; upon vindic tive action of any sort, or any kind of revenge or deliberate injury. We Have Borne Much. "The American people have suffered intolerable wrongs at the hands of the imperial German government, but they desire no reprisal upon the German peo ple, who have themselves suffered all things in this war, which they did not (Continued on page three) Closes Hunting Season Until Further Notice Indefinite extension of the closed hunting season was announced yester day by Governor Withycombe in a pro clamation which continued the closed period from August 21 to September 1 until opened by his order. Increasing loss from forest fires is givon as the reason for this action. The governor's proclamation is as follows: "Whereas,: because of tho extreme ly dry season which has been for some time past and is now existing through out the state of Oregon, loss by forest fires is daily becoming greater and more threatening in Oregon; and " Whereas, it is necessary that every precaution bo taken to curtail further destruction of property from this source; and " Whereas, It is provided by section 2 of chapter 7(1 of the general laws of Oregon for 1917 that the governor of the state of Oregon, upon satisfac tory evidence being produced that ly reason of extreme drought the use of firearms or fire by hunters is liable to cause forest fires, may by proclamation suspend or close open season for the shooting of wild birds and animals for such time as he may designate; "Now, therefore, in view of the foregoing premises and by virtue of the authority in me vested, I, James Withycombe, governor of the state of Oregon, do hereby close the hunting season in the state of Oregon, and I do further proclaim and declare that such hunting season shall from this day remain closed and suspended over the entire state of Oregon until ordered opened by proclamation from this office. "In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the stato of Oregon to be hereunto affixed this 28th day of AugrM, A. D. 1917." ' - AMERICAN DOGS WILL BE TAKENJO FRANCE 1,000 of Them To Be Secured by Voluntary Enlistment, No Slackers By George Martin (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, Aug. 29. If you can't go to war, send Fido. Secretary of War Baker, Surgeon General Gorgas and the war college to day agreed that Fido, Spot and all their kin in American dogdoin should do their bit. They endorsed the bill introduced in the senate by Senator Brady, Idaho, providing that the army get one thou sand patriotic American dogs tor war service in France. Mose of them aro to be recruited by voluntary enlistment. Your dog will be welcomed- After training at selective scrvico cantonments in this country the dogs would be used as camp guards, trench sentries, scouts and aids to Red Cross workers in recovering wounded on tne battle fields. Thousands of Alaskan dogs already are at the French and Italian fronts. England's and Germany's dogs are do ing their bit. "European armies have 12,000 dogs in service, ' ' said Senator Brady today. "Their ability to perform certain ser vices is marvelous. They can pick out a wounded man in the blackest night on a battle field. They quickly dis tinpuish between friends and foes and also are valuable couriers. Their obe dience is unquestioning, their keep lit tle and their value fully proved. "Secretary of War Baker has writ ten me a letter endorsing my bill and saying the Jlilitary Dog club of New York has offered one hundred dogs I believe we'd get all the dogs needed as gifts, buying a tew special breeds fori specific services. Secretary Baker's letter stated that tho war college and burgeon General Gorgas were strongly in favor of using the dogs. Under Brady's plan, military train ers would be provided with the rank of captain in the ermy. Secretary Ba uer would appoint an officer to select the dogs offered- In the army appropriation bill of 1916 money was asked to buy war dogs but the request was stricken out by the house. Trifling Gianges in Chicago dram rnces Chicaeo. Aug. 29. President Wil son's reply to the pope's peace proffer failed to aftect the grain maraei no ticeablv today. Corn was 1-8 to 3-4 higher on reports of frost in the north west, while eats was unchanged to 1-2 higher through renewed buying. December corn opened 1-8 higher at 1.08 1-8, continuing at that figure. May opened 1-8 down, but later recovered 7-8 to (1.06 1-8. Argentine corn declin ed 20 cents a bushel in the last three days, owing to liquidation by German speculators, who feared a break between their country and Argentine, Broomhall reported. September oats opened at 53 1-4, up 1-8, later gaining 3-8. December was nn-j changed at the opening, subsequently, . . n i r- -t 1 I 1 1 J 1 O gaining i-o 10 uo Aiay upneu i-oi higher, later losing the same fraction to yesterday's closing price, 57 1-8, . STRIKES MAY TIEUP SHIPBUILDING IN ALL COAST YARDS 10,000 Shipbuilders In Seat tle and 3,000 in Portland Vote to Strike BOTH SIDES HOPE FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTION 1,200 Shasta County Copper Miners Out Mill Strike About Eried Portland, Or. Aug. 29. Strikes which would tie up completely tho steel ship building industry of tho Pacific coast are threatened in Pacific ports today. Hope of peaceful settlement of tho difficulties, however, is expressed by both union leaders and employers. G. Y. Harry, federal mediator, said today that Washington authorities are at work on the situation and an early set tlement is likely. The. men want wage increases. Officials of the Seattle metal trades council announced today that unions af filiated with the council have voted for a strike by a substantial majority. The actual walkout, however, will be de layed until tho international unions with which the various locals are affil iated and tho American Federation of Labor acts. Ten thousand men working iu shipyards will quit work if the strike is actually called. In Portland the situation is probably not as serious, The men hero last voted to leavo tho strike situation in the hands of the executive committee of tho metal trades council. Three thousand unionists attended the mass meeting last night at which the vote was taken. About four thousand shipbuilders are members of the metal trades unions hore. To Vote September 13. San Francisco, Aug. 29. Local un ions affiliated with the Iron Trades Council today sent to international headquarters at Kansas City for strike ballots and the men will vote on a strike at a meeting of their locals Sep tember 13. Two days later the old wage scale agreement with their employers, tho Union Iron Works and other big (Continued on Page Two.) $ Government's Shocks Wall New York, Aug, 29. The business I world received a considerable shock from the Government's soft coal price fixing proposals, which proved more radical than expected and will probably not be carried out to the extremes feared in some quarters. The cut in soft eoa), though tentative, was partic ularly unsettling and somewhat prema turely accepted as an Indication of the future policy of tho Government. Ac tion on hard coal, sutiar and other arti cles has been less drastic. Tho Admin- istration is undoubtedly justified, as a j war measure, in putting some restraint j upon the upward rush of prices and unscrupulous profiteering. It is also justified in buying munitions upon as j reasonable terms as possible; but, as! experience proves, it is already tread-i ing upon questionable ground, and in-, terfenng with uncontrollable economic for farm products and merchandise will forces in ways that may easily do more impose larger demands upon the banks harm than good. Price fixing, as in than usual when the usual autumn case of steel, is not infrequently im- movement begins. Values on the stock possible. A price that is fair at one I Exchange have shown marked declines time or in one place, is quite unfair! this week, owing to the price-fixing under other conditions. Fluctuations policy of the Government, to the pro are unavoidable in all markets; eonts ! posal to increase taxes on profits and of production vsry and we cannot con-, trol articles of foreign origin. To put prices down without reason and to un duly curtail profits checks production and throttles enterprise. There is no surer way of increasing supplies than by permitting good profits, or vice versa, of decreasing supplies than by destroying profits. There are some things the Government cannot do, and one of these is it cannot run tho busi ness of the United states, but can and should reasonably control it. If it eon fines itself to cheeking extremes and to setting the example of paying fair prices for what it wants, and if it will foster co-operation between industries and aid in removing impediments to distribution, that is about all it can legitimately accomplish. Price-fixing and industrial control have been at tempted in Great Britain upon a much wider scale than here for a longer period and under more favorable cir cumstances, but the effort has thus far proved a failure and is rousing a great deal of opposition in business circles throughout England. Business Is Quiet. General business is quiet, at usual German Slackers Driven From Cave Upland, Cal., Aug. 28. Long haired, roughly clad, barefoot and their faces effectually masked by heavy growths of beard, two alleged draft dodgers were driven out of their cave man existence in the mountains back of here today and held as draft slackers. Both men are of German extraction and claim exemption on account of con scientious scruples. ' They preferred th: hardships of mountain life to selec tive service, they said. They were Herman Schneider and Henry Fletcher. Each had erected a crude hut in a lone ly eanyon, where they tried to live obscurely. Their food, save a' scant supply taken with them weeks ago, consisted of what they could kill and pull from mountain streams nearby. WILLAMEITE HOLDS ITS ANNUAL PICNIC Alumni, Faculty and Students Gather In Honor of the Good Old University With college songs and expressions of loyalty to "Old Willamette" the alum ni, faculty and students of Willamette University observed the first annual alumni picnie yesterday afternoon at the state fair grounds. The Salem Willamette Alumni asso ciation was organized last April with graduates and students of the college living in Salem for the especial purpose of working fer the general interests of the University and that meetings might be held from time to time. . The first annual picnic last evenng was observed wth an appropriate pro gram including an address by President Carl Gregg Boney, who pleaded for similar organizations in towns where there are Willamette graduates or for mer students. He also asked that the people of Salem and especially the al umni help students who coine here to work their way through college. : Miss Gladys Carson, representing the 1917 graduates referred to the royalty ok Willamette graduates and how they all hoped to meet again, Mrs. Alice Dodd spoke on "Success in Life" de claring that success was due greatly to force and perseverance. It is estimated that at least 100 per sons living in Salem arc eligible to mem bership in the Salem Willamette Alum ni association and efforts will be made that all may become active members. The officers electod last April are: President, Miss Helen Pearce; vice pres ident, Roy Shields; Bocretary and treas urer, Mss Geneviove Avisou; executive committee, Miss Margaret Graham, Miss Leila Rigdon and Perry Riegleman. Price Fixing Street Interests during the mid-summer season. At the moment this tendency is aggravated by the nncertainties injected through ex pertinents in Government oontrol. In duo season these plans will become more definite and business will un doubtedly adjust itself thereto. The crop outlook continues to improve, al though ordinarily August is a month of deterioration. From many quarters the advices arc that the grain yield it large and quality good. Hank clear ings are running from 25 to 30 per cent ahead of last year which, allowing for the advance in prices, shows that the volume of business is if anything aheart of this time last yiar. Our monetary situation will bear watching. Forth- coming huge bond issues will of course be the dominating factor. It must also be remembered that present high prices to unfavorable news from Russia. The bears seem to have been considerably elated by recent successes, and there is still a considerable short interest ex tant. Fluctuations will largely depend upon the news from Washington affect ing the control of industry and prices. It is to be hoped the revenue bill will soon be passed and that Congress will adjourn. A War by Machinery. Highly disciplined Soldiers such as Germany commenced the war with, will hereafter have to give way to the superiority of the life-killing war ma chinery now in use, which calls for skilled mechanicians. The war is now a war of herculean machinery, which makes it the more costly and desperate rn its slaughtering powers while it lasts, but will make it shorter in the end; therefore, the side that has the preponderance of facilities and money backing is bound to win. For that reason the present war is not likely to hold out through another sevore winter in my opinion. The trenches will not afford the protection to life on the (Continued on page three) WHAT MAKERS AND EDITORS SAY OFWILSl'SREPLY Leading Statesmen of Both Parties Indorse Note Unequivocally EDITORS UNANIMOUS IN THEIR APPROVAL "The Next Scrap of Paper Must Be Endorsed" Says the New York Sua ,;. Now York, Aug. 29. Editorial writ ers throughout the country, in coni nicuting on President Wilson 'a reply to the pope, today dwelt especially on tha declaration that America and. the al lies cannot accept tho word of an auto cracy whoso record is one of broken treaties and promises. Many deduced the president appearing in a new light a spokesman for the forces of de mocracy. "A new emancipation proclamation emancipation for tho German people thomsclves, if they will accept it, no less than lor the peoples that are al ready crushed or menaced by ruthless military power," declared tho Mow 1 ork World. The Mew York Herald said: "The president has answered from the great heart of the American people. It is au answer to the pope, and, as well, to all advocates of a Prussian peace in this country or any other." JNew York Times: "The president of fers peace to the German people but none to men who would accept the of fer with a lie in thoir mouths-" New York Bun: "The next scrar of paper' must be endorsed." Washington, Post: The United States, through President Wilson, no titled Germany that tho war will go on until evidence is given to the wornl by detent or innor reform, that Ger many is no longer a menace, but a peaceable neighbor." v Only Reply Possible St. Louis Globe-Democrat: "The on ly roply that intelligence, justice and patriotism, as well as mercy, could mako at this time." Memphis Commercial Appeal: "It ia a notice to absolutism and to royal priv ilege that their day in governmental af fairs of tho world is soon to end." Boston Post: "The president shows in his most crystalline and effective fashion how futilo and evanescent any peace would be backed only by the puny faith of the Hohonzollerns." Pittsburg 'Gazette Times: "The an nouncement opens the door to peace surely, but the next move must como from the German people" Providence Journal; "In spirit an3 language, tho moral elevation of tho reply is not to be challenged." Springfield (Mass) Republicans "Perhaps the deepest significance of the note lies in its appeal to the peo ples of the central empires to assert themselves." Minneapolis Tribune: "How can it be otherwise than that this Btraiught- ., forward Mast word,' coming from tho great republic, incontestibly friendly in tone to the German people, but un compromising in its resolve to fight on till the military power responsible lor the war is destroyed 1" As Statesmen See It Senator Stone, democrat, chairmaa senate foreign committee: "The president s reply covers ine ground very completely even more so than the communication it answers " Senator Lodge, ranking republican member of the foreign committee: "It is America's answer to those in flunences that would be susceptible to a peace plea from the Vatican and at tho samo time is a reply to any intrigue that has been or may be attempted to end the war along lines wished by Ger many." Senator Chamberlain, democrat, chairman military committee: It is a calm, friendly, uui entirety firm statement that America stands list where she Btood at the beginning of the war for democracy." Senator Lewis, democratic whip: "Tt proposes restitution, restoration and right of self government, declares that the present Prussian ruler's prom ises are untrustworthy and shows that the United States is not in ino war mr (Continued on Page Two.) THE WEATHER Z Oregon: Tonight and Thursday fair; moderate, westerly winds. , fee-