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i 9 FULL LEASED WIRE S2,000 EEADERS) DAILY. DISPATCBXB Only Olr eolation in Balsa ffuar anted by tht Audit Bareaa of Circulation!, , SPECIAL WTLLAMETTal TAIi UBT KEW8 BJZ&Viaa FORTIETH TEAR NO. 213 TERRIFIC BATTLE i$ BEING FOUGHT ft Fighting Rages Around Monte St. Gabriel Which Neither Side Can Hold DEFENSES ON MOUNTAIN LITERALLY BLOWN AWAY Petrograd's Patriotism Awak ened by Fall of Riga Prepares for Defense London, Sept. 7. Arrival of fresh re inforcements, some of them believed to bo German divisions, increased the fero city of the buttle on the Austrian-Italian fronts today. What is described as the most bitterly contested battle ever fought in this meatre ot the war is now raging over and around Monte St. Gabriel. Capture of the dominating height was announc ed by the Italians several days ago. They held it, however, not more than 24 hours before Austrian counter at tacks of terrific forco dislodged them. Since that time the summit has changed hands again and again, neither side be ing able to maintain its ruined and rocky slopes against tho other. Inces sant artillery fire has worn down prac tically all the carefully blasted out trenches and defensive works and no cover is available. PETROGKAD WAKES UP. (By William G. Shepherd) (United Prats Staff Correspondent) Petrograd, Sept. 7. Petrograd is pre paring for a possible German attack. ON ITALIAN FRONT Bed placards scattered everywhere onper ooffin in whicn it ha(1 bcen 8hip , alls and buildings today called on all to Chicago and was examined by Dr. Prussians to do their duty. Troops are passing through the streets en route to the front to repel tho in vader. But tin populnce remains quiet i' nd apparently un worried. No panic is visible. Jfiga's fall electrified the city. It was not the shock of fear, however, but rather a powerful impetus to patriotic sentiment inspiring determination to light. ' Regiments which yesterday passed in review before Premier Kerensky as they entrained for thefront, where the Ger mans are now battering forward, drew a tremendous ovation from the Petro grad populace. Kerensky himself was cheered to the echo by the troops and the crowds. Public attention today is centered more on the wholesale arrests of the provisional government in the counter revolutionary plot than on the prospect of the Germans reaching Petrograd. The popular belief that the conspiracy was of the monarchists was supported in the arrests of two grand dukes already an nounced. One other report circulated today was that the wife of the Grand Dnke Jean Cnnstantinovitch, son of the former! c..ar's uncle, the Grand Duke Constan ts had been implicated in the plot and taken into custody. She was formerly the Princess Hclene of Serbia. Took Steamships Out. i-etrogrnu, rxTi. 8" boats and torpedo ..onts convoyed steamships and floating defenses out of the Port Riga before the Germans occupied the Baltic city, an official statemei declared to.iny. ine jtussiau 1 111V ,,.,,. before beginning ncgotia war craft remained in the mouth of t!ic!tiomj w ith lIS ,le,nan,is 0f Germany that Dviiia "until the last moment , the hiih the German people themselves (Continued on Pago Two.) ABE MARTIN It occurs t' os that a good many'tl;n avs: young men arc too busy brushin their j The' efforts of the socialists to or hair back t' think about enlistin '. ! cani German democracy in the midst Blessin's often eome disguised, an not.of the war tends to weake'n the resist infrequentiy hard luck shows up look- ance of the empire. Those making this in like a million dollars. Escaped Prisoners 0 Could Not Behave Parolo Of: Keller received notice yesterday t. T' Jeorge Kemp, who es caped from j o regon penitentiary, has been arrested Seattle for passing bad checks. As 1g ? s the third offense of Kemp it is i lit he will come under tho provisio ns ', the Washington law that provide q 5 t sentence for offend ers who are; -J 5 icted for the third time. After 1 't Salem Kemp enlist- cd in the na the next day married. I W. T. Pat j t Bremerton. He left j1 Seattle whero he was - forger, who escaped iary last September from the pes and who took m the state fair unmo lested before he 'left the country, was brought back to the penitentiary yester day from Vancouver, B. C, by Officer Keller. Terrell Pope, a parole violator, was returned to the penitentiary yes terday. He is in for obtaining money under false pretenses. SAYS THE CORONER Mystery Surrounds Death of Rich Woman Death First Laid to Suicide Chicago, Sept. 7. An examination of the body of Mrs. Maude A. King, widow of James C. King, Chicago millionaire, performed in Gracelaud cemetery early today, resulted in Coroner Peter M. Hoffman declaring that Mrs. King was murdered, i "It is my opinion that the wound in Mrs. King's head was not self in flicted that a crime had been commit ted," said Hoffman, in contradiction of the verdict of the coroner's jury at Concord, N. C, which found that she had died from a bullet wound inflict ed by herself near that city August 29. Hoffman was called from his bed about midnight to perforin the autopsy on the order of Circuit Judge. Kersten. mo oooy was removed Irom the cop William Biumeister, pathologist ot Northwestern University, in the pres ence of Hoffman anil a "city detective. They discovered the wound showed no powder marks. They also found that Mrs. King's left ankle had been brok en "some timo prior to her death." Mrs. King's death occurred about two miles from Concord, where sho had gone with Gaston B. Means, her busi ness adviser; A. 8. Bingham and Afton Means, a brother of Gaston. Disposition of her estate, estimated at $2,000,000, has not bcen determined. Means today was believed to be in Minneapolis. Vorwaerts Says Wilson "Demands Only of Germany What German People Want Perne, Sept. 7 Declaring that Pres ident Wilson in his reply to the pope has demanded nothing more than has been demanded by the people of Ger many themselves, the Vorwaerts in its I September 3 issue, replies to the pan- ; Germanic press, which has been railing at fhe ori i!in, m,el,til)n givou the wilb f(m bv (hc Yorwiert9. " The s'ii nation at the moment is :,llis saU1 t,lc Vorwaerts. "Any ene- of German liberties should trv to com plicate matters. It is also natural that peaceful men carefuTly study the Amer- icr.n note and protest against efforts ;to twist lis meaning. Note is Acceptable "In reality, the Wilson note con Itrins nothing that is unacceptable to i us. Jt imposes but one condition, and that an extremely acceptable one. The people ot Germany are witling to furn Uh the guarantees that President Wil snn asks for. If we are obliged to fight against four fifths of the Universe, it is not the fault of the German people As America cannot conquer us and as wij. have but little chance to enter Washington, this carnage is senseless and absurd. When it is proposed to end it by reforms which the German people have demanded for years, the proposi ranting of the conservative press will change nothing." The Wilson note, according to the Frankfurter Volketimme (socialist) leaves in doubt the question of whether America will snpport or oppose the en tente annexation plans. Meantime, the pa;er holds it is incumbent upon the rekhstag to take a stand for democrat ic reforms that will force President Wiison to speak out clearly and unre-j serveldy on the question of annexations Junker Press has Fit The original article in the Vorwaerts commenting favorably upon the note has thrown the junker press into par- Aircni. nf in.ltcrnatinn Th Krfnr 7.fi- move are walking band in hand with AMERICAN CROPS SHOWGOODGAINS EXCEPTING WHEAT Wheat 138,000,000 Bushels Below AveragePotatoes 100,000,000 Above CORN IS HALF BILLION BUSHELS TO THE GOOD Oats 250,000,000 Above Average-Cotton and Flax , Are Short Washington, Sept. 7. The great war crops of the United States continue to boom. September estimates announced by the government today bIiow hi gains over the forecasts of August 1 in all grains. The entire wheat crop promises to prnig uos,ooo,0OO bushels, as compared with 640,000,000 bushels last year. The promised corn yield of tlireo and a quarter billion bushels is dependent upon escapo from an early frost, but in all events the yield will be large. The increase in-, spring wheat esti mates ot 1,400,000 bushels over tho August 1 forecase is based upon great er yields resulting from threshing in Minnesota, South Dakota and Iowa than had bcen expected. Fruits, peaches and apples show a falling off from the average. Nearly All Above Average Washington, Sept. 7 -The condition of tho spring wheat crop September 1, was 71.2 as compared with 48 6 a year previous, 74 the ten year average and 08.7 on August 1, tho agricultural de partment crop reporting board estimat ed today. The total production of 'spring wheat was forecast as 250,000,000 bushels against 236,000,000 the August estimate 158,000,000 the production in 1916 and 264,00,000 the 1911-1915 average. Estimating the winter wheat produc tion this year at 417,000,000 bushels, the entire wheat crop was forecast to be 608,000,000 bushels, against last year's 640,000,000 and the 1911,1915 average of 806,000,000 bushels. Corn's condition September 1 was 76.7 compared with 78.8 a month pre vious, 71-3 a year ago and 75.2, the ton (Continued on Page Two.) one of Germany's most relentless enemies- " The Deutsche Tages Zeitung declares (n. .t: ...i ii i . .i. a'i--uh.i iaiiu line vvuuiu uc mo ruiu tjk i " i i t , , - T. . ., , , Robinett had bcen in Portlaud only of Germany. It is the only means byla short timc it ,vfls SJU1 aU(, bocu which our enemies can bring about an working in a sawmill in South Port It demands that the authorities con-1 yesterday morning by Deputy Sheriff VorVneT'-nT'th'' . V ' Y arks ' "preyed "surprise " over his irJl a-d appai-eiitly did not believe my by traitors who arc active in its he "as ' " ... own ranks- a" wocrieu. In the September 2 issue.-Germania, I fe 81a.',J -''"l !" had Purdiasc'(1 an after rejecting the suggestion of con- autombile in Roseburg, on which $80 verting Germany into a democracy, ; was stM dju- aml he saul hp thought suggests that the pope continue his P083'1'1 tllat 1,13 arrest might be be diplomatic work, inasmuch as President ' oause of 1,18 automobile. He asked Slier Wilson has not shut the door on such :lff Hurlburt for permission to drivo his nffnrl. I..... kn 1.. :i machine tn KfiNl'lllirir Hoi.lnritirr tl.nt l.n .ration' until the allies can" have Thadould return at once and give himself ' time fn ttemllt -.ww iii., ,.f. un as he had no fenr nf ,.n.i. .... tensive. Burton Durdall Says He Likes the School County officials yesterday had not Burton Durdall, of this city, who is 'learned whether or not Robinett was now at the Radio Electrical school at : married or whether he had any rela Mare Island, San Francisco. Calif.Jtives living lu or near Roseburir. al- writes to J. E. Adams, navy recruiting officer here that he is now out of the detention camp and at work in the school. He says the time at the deten tion camp, where they spent 21 davs to develop any disease that might be lurk ing in their systems was like a vaca tion. "I like this school," he savs in Iur letter. "They don't work us very bard and it is about as you said. Have had good marks so far. The best you can make out of the school is second, class electrician and I am trying by best to get that. Then you have to have six months at sen to get first class. "They sure give us good things to eat down here and we have a good barrack to sleep in but it is cold here, and until you get used to it you nearly freeze to death." ' The Germans have been able to get across the Ikskull because the Russians j have not been able to get across the I thick skull SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1917 . THE EAINEOW DIVISION Hempstead, N. Y., Sept. 7. California's contribution to the "Rainbow Division" -marched into Camp Mills today, the 117th regiment of engineers. With the arrival of Iowa's and Ohio's contingents, the divis ion will be nearly complete. Preparations have been made at tho camp for handling teu thousand more men, making the capacity of the reservation 35,000 men." MUST STAY FOB LIFE San Francisco, Sept. 7 War ren K. Billings, first of the al leged conspirators convicted of planting a bomb during the pro paredness parade July 22, 1916, must serve the remainder of his life in "prison. This was tho de cision handed down late yester day by the appellate court. Ob jections on which the defenso based its appeal were brushed aside as matters for the jury to decide. :); ITT ARRESTED COMMITS SUICIDE Ex-Attorsey General Craw ford Thrown In River When He Tried to Prevent Ded Portland, Or. Sept. 7. II. J. Robinett 50 years old and an old-timo resident of Roseburg, evidently fearing to return to Roseburg to face a serious charge for which ne was arrested yesterday morn ing, killed himself by slashing his throat with a large butcher kuife on a South Portland scow at about 3 o 'clock in the afternoon after a spectacular battle with Deputy Sheriff Rexford and his attorney, A. M. Crawford, former at-torney-eeneral. - The body, is uosattlie city morgue jcjiumg vvutu iruiu EOianves. " It was shortly after 2 o'clock that Robinett, in company with Mr. Craw ford and Deputy Sheriff Rexford went to his tent home in South Portland to get his personal effects, pending his removal to tfosehurg under a telegraph ic warrant received from Sheriff Ouine yesterday morning. usad His Pocket Knife. As he was putting his clothing in a grip, ho suddenly pulled a small pocket knife from his pocket and cut his throat. As he fell to the floor, annar- ently unconscious, Deputy Sheriff Rex ford ran from the tent iii order to tele phone for an ambulance. Mr. Crawford sat near, but paid no heed to the injur ed man, thinking that he would remain unconscious. Suddenly Robinett jumped to his feet and ran toward the river, about 100 feet away. Mr. Crawford hurried after him i and they grappled in about two feet of water for some minutes before Robinet was able to throw Mr. Crawford into the rive?. Slashed His Throat. Robinett then scrambled upon a small , plank winch led to a nearby scow and rushed through an open door. A large butcher knife lav upon the table, and ! grabbing this he slashed his throat from ir to ear, (lying almost instantly. Tliia nf ..nui-K,. h.a a.-,ft ,.i 1 do, and it was only a short time later M'ida's company, a 2O,00C 1,000 cor that another telegram was received ' I'"""1., already has dispatched six trom Sheriff Quiue, of Rosebure. an uuuucuig mat xioumeit wa3 wanted on a more serious charge. though they believe he hag because of his extended iesidenee there. Mr. Crawford suffered no ill effects from his wrestling with Robinet other than a chill from his immersion in the v.'ater while attempting to restrain Rob inett from carrying out his suicidal ef forts. WELL KNOWN IN EOSEBURO. Roseburg, OrSept. 7. H. J. Robinett who committed suicide in Portland to day, following his arrest on a serious charge preferred by his 15-year-old daughter, had resided in Douglas coun ty for many years and had held several positions of public trust. He was at one time Justice of the Peace here and had taught school in various parts of the county. For the past few yea's he lived on a homestead near Peel and owned property in this city. Mr. Robinett afcout 43 years old aud is survived by his widow aud several children. His arrest and sub- j sequent suicide caused a sensation here, GERMANS MAY PUT PETERSBURG ACK OH MAP OF RUSSIA Preparing to Send Battle Fleet to Bombard Russian Capital RUSSIAN FLEET UNABLE TO COPE WITH GERMAN Russians Rely On Rains to Make Swamps Impassable to Germans London, Sept. 7. Germany may be preparing to turn her battle fleet to the job of blasting the Russian floet and bombard Petrograd. Within the last weeK the presence in (lie altic of submarines, destroyers, mine sweepers, cruisers and even heav ier warships, has bcen reported, cul minating today in dispatches indicat ing a German fleet at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland. This would put the enemy vessels about one hundred miles distant from Petrograd. If Germany chooses, sho can concen trate a big squadron for a sea drive on Russia. Tho Kiel canal would permit transfer of any necessary ships now in North sea German ports into the Bal tic. Two great Russian naval depots and fortresses guard the capital. They arc Reval, close to the mouth of tho Gulf and Kronstadt, only a score of miles from Petrograd. The gulf itself has been thickly sowed with mines. Part of the Russian fleet is known to be at Reval. It is so far outranked by the German fleet, however, that it is doubt ful if it could impede any formidable squauron. . ' i v . . Must Negotiate Swamps There was considerable doubt ex pressed here that Germany would dare send any of her high seas fleet out of the Kiel canal to the Baltic because of the constant German fear of an at tack by the great British battle fleet Nevertheless, she has plenty of vessels outranging and outranking tho Kussinn warships which could be spared for such a naval campaign. On land, tho threefold German ad vance out of Riga was apparently still gaining ground today. Petrograd was relying on early coming ot the tail rains to slow up. if not entirely stop this Teutonic campaign before tho force of the blow was felt in the cap ital- The ground over which tho Ger man troops must henceforth travel in their drive toward Petrograd is a vast succession of marshes, lakes ana slug wish rivers. The usual fall deluges ot rain will transform mis terrain into a morass believed to be impassable. The Fortress of Kronstadt,-main de fense of Petrograd, is located 20 miles from the capital, at the eastern cx- treniity of the Gulf of Finland. An ar- tificiul channel gives access from here down the Neva to Petrograd seven months of the year. During the other five ice seals the waters. Kraustadt ranks as a first class fortress, but there have been frequent indications cf an impairment in morale of the sailors stationed there. Kron stadt a few months ago proclaimed in dependence from Russia ami was the sci ne of bloody rioting against pro visional government. Later, however, order was restored and the malcontents removed. Ik Big Freighters Sent to Coast by Japan San Francisco, Sept. 7. Teiji Ishida, Indent of the new Ocean Transport company, was m San i raucisco today preparing to open ottices. ,BrBe ImSl,Ilr" "')'' icau Pacific coast ports. Six others are under construction, and will be in scr- ! vice within a few months. Manilla will be made a port of call. Organization of the new company is said to have had the complete sanction of the American and British govern ments as an important war measure. Bad Wsa'kr Gives Corn and Oats Boost Chicago, Sept. 7. Continued bad weather in the corn belt caused a rush of buying today, which sent corn up 1 5-8 cents December opened at LIS, up from yesterday's closing and later gain ed 11-S. May opened 5-8 higher at 1.09, later going to 1.10. The rains also will delay threshing of oats and that grain went up 1 1-8 to "i. September oats was 3-8 up at the opening, later gaining l'-i to " 7-8. December opened at 55 3-4, up 3 8, later gainin" 3-4. May opened 59 later going to 59i. a gain of 1 1-8 over yesterday close. Provisions were steady in the face of an active and higher hog market. PRICE TWO PAVING PLAHT IS WILL BUYANOTHER At Special Meeting This Morn ing Steps Taken to Buy Plant In Albany OLD PLANT COST $6,000 rUKilD TO BUY OK RENT Plant In Albany Will Cost $5,000-40,000 Yards To Be Paved Six thousand dollars of tho taipayors money is ready for tho junk pile. That is the price paid last year for the city's paving plant and now it is worn out and useless and the citv Is compelled to get another plaut in order to complete the paving that has been started. Six thousand dollars was tho cost nf the machine, and it was purchased by the street committee of last year's coun cil under protest. This morning the council held a spec ial session at 9:15 o'clock for tho pur post of considering the advisability of uujmg u paving plant. Yesterday evening the street improve ment committee, which has special chargo of the paving work, went to Al bany to look over the paving plant of Mrs, Travis, which was dismounted for the winter, with the purpose of rent ing it to complete the work here, and the meeting this morning was the re sult of a call of Couiicilmen Elliott, McClelland, I'nruh, Johnson. Buckuer. and Ward. Tho meeting this morning resulted in tho street improvement committee be ing authorized to gu to Albany and eitner rent the muchiue or secure a thirty day option on it. The committee left this morning by automobile for Albany. Bought Under Guaranty. Whou tho present machine was pur chased by the street committee, which was composed of Couiicilmen Elliott, Mills, ana uooke, it was guaranteed to lay 800 yards of two-inch top a day uut it is declared tho machine never did couio up to its guarantee. At that time, Councilman Ward brought an injunction suit against the city to enjoin it from paying for tho plant. He stated in the complaint that it was the opinion of engineers that the plant was not worth the money and could not do the work. He went to bat on the case before Judge Galloway but the judgo overruled him and the ma chine was paid for. Now, with scarcely a year's use, it is ready for the scrap heap. A few days ago, the boiler fell out and tho city is paying $3 a day for the use of another one. Forty thousand yards of top pave ment is yet to bo laid by the city be foro the summer's work is complete. With this work abend the council met in special session today to rush things through. Mrs. Travis will rent the machine to the City of Salem at tho into of ten cents a yard superficial area, or the city can purchase it tor y iiiuo. Tho i freight on it to this city will be about tloU. Cheaper To Buy. j If tho machine is rented at the rate of ten cents a yard it will cost the j city the sum of $4000 to finish the 40,- 000 yards. Couuciliuan Elliott moved that the council rent the Travis plant and deter-', mine at the lirst meeting iu October : whether or not to purchase it. I It was pointed out that the plant was three years old and had been used by the county last year and at Albany tlireo months this year ana was in per fect working order. Councilman Johnson suggested that tho council offer Mrs. Travis $4.iOO for the machine nirl so save $500. Council man Kuekner was in favor of offer ing her $3000 with the machine laid down in Sabui ready for business. Councilman Ward moved that the matter be left at the discretion of the street improvement committee with in structions to get the machine on a thirty day option' aud a price limit of $5000. It was the opinion of Couucilman Roberts that the securing of an option on the plant was the oetter policy as there miirht be undiscoverable faults aeveiop ntiu iuc inoi iiiiiv. renting it with a thirty day option. Hej i l .v. i:.. II f o, 1 said ne was no uauu to oaue nwrn-n without trying them out. He even sug gested a ten day option. Some Advice Offered. Both Councilmen Elliott and Buckner who went to Albany yesterday to si Mrs. Travis, said they did not believ she would tuke any less than $.3000 for the plant. Councilman Buckner stated she appeared to be very deter mined and set on her price and that she wanted $5000. Mayor Keyes stated that the proceed ings brought to mind the time he bought a second hand automobile. He said the experience was good but the JUNKED GOU CI (Continued a Pag Two.) CENTS ON TRAINS AX9 RVI STANDS FIVW 0ENT8. GERiWHIPS MAKE DELIBERATE RAID 0NH0SP1TAL American Officer Attached ta Medical Corps, Harvard Unit, Killed THREE STAFF MEMBERS SEVERELY WOUNDED Of Sixteen Wounded at Har vard Unit, Five Americans, Ten Patients With tho British Armiej in tBa Field, Sept. 7. One American army medical corps officer was killed, threa were severely wounded and two other Red Cross workers were injured when German airmen deliberately bombe hospitals served by Harvard and St. Louis units Tuesday night. In addition to the officers and work ers wouuded by the exploding boYnbSj ten patients in the Harvard hospital were injured. - -. One man in tho hospital served bgr the St. Louis unit was wounded. Th total wounded was sixteen. Tho American officer killed was -in American medical corps man attacked to tho Harvard unit. Three members of this officer's statf were . severely wounded. One man in the hospital served by a St. Louis unit was wounded. Of tho sixteen wounded at tho Har vard unit's hospital five were members of the American staff and ten were pa tients. The hoc ital of the Harvard unit suf fered the greatest damage. Only ona bomb fell on the St. Louis unit's hos pital. ihe Harvard unit, however, was sub ject to a heavier attack. Inaddition to the American hospit- . als, a British military hospital wa bombed. The raids occurred on Tuesday night and, like the bombardment of hospitals nearer tho front during tho past few days, tho attacks were deliberate. Washington Inquires Washington, Sept. 7. Informed btf the United Press of the death of aw American officer in the American ficli hospital, the war department immedi ately sent a request to headquarters in. France for detailed information. No official report report on tho fatality had come from General Pershing. At the Red Cross headquarters jn New York, no information had been received concerning the attack on an American hospital this afternoon, other than that furnished in United Press lisimtches. At last reports, unit num ber 21, from St. Louis was stationed at Houen, France. The location, at pres ent of the Harvard, Cleveland and other units, was not known. May Change Coast to Field Artillery Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 7. Scarcity of both light aud heavy fieW artillery iu the United States army anil the necessity for keeping this arm of the service on a par with the infantry limits being sent to Franco, has led to the decesion by the war department it was learned today, to convert most of tho coast artillery on tho Pacmo cnst into field artillery. Fifteen hundred members of the na- tional army who will report at Camat Lewis will, it is said, be trained at the forts on I'uget Sound, displacing a emtal number of regulars and national guardsmen who will be shifted to thi 'camp for intensive training in handling . field artillery. TO GO IN CONTINGENTS. Wnthington, Sept. 7. The forty per cent of the drafted men who move t their cantonments beginning September lfl, will go in diily continrents of six thousand men, it was officially stated at the provost marshal general's office today. Incompleteness of some of the camps and wont of railway facilities will not permit the full 274.R0O men to cntraim on the 19th. Some change in the sec ond forty per cent originally ordered to mobilize on October 3, also will fc necessary. TUT? WFATTITO Oregon: Tonight and Saturday fair except probably showers north west portion; gen tle southerly winds. rim