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4,400 SUBSCRIBERS Mil 5fW (( 'MUt A ' ; d:' ' FULL LEASED WIRE 22,000 HEADERS) DAILY. DISPATCHES Only OlrcuUtlo In Balem ruar antoed by -the Audit tiitu af Circulation SPEOTAIi WTLLAMETT TAfc. , LEY KSW8 BESTiaS : FORTIETH YEAR NC J?4 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS STANDS FTVTC CKNTS 4 A . "i i i i a 1 SWEDEN mmm LUTES State Department In Possession of Telegrams of German Officials at Buenos Aires Sent By Swedish Legation As Their Own Treachery to Argentine Shown In Notes ( This Government May Break Relations with Sweden 1 Argentine May Enter War Washington, Sept. 8.The subtle workings of a plot in which Sweden violated neutrality and carried sinister messages between Count Luxburg, Argentine German charge d' aftaires, and Berlin was revealed by the state department today. Luxburg insolently advised his home office that it need not heed Argentine's demands in the U-boat situation. He counselled that Germany refuse Argentine's pleas and if necessary call in Spanish mediation. Most daring of all his recommendations was that Ger many compel Argentine ships to turn back or to sink them without leaving any traces. Sweden aided his machinations. The Swedish legation at Buenos Aires forwarded his messages to the Stockholm foreign office as their own official messages. ... This was a distinct violation of neutrality, which is likely to result in a delicate situation between the allies and Sweden while Argentine is expected to plunge into the war, now that she sees Germany's scheme is against her bared. Luxburg sarcastically referred to the acting Argentine minister of foreign affairs as a "notorious ass and Anglophyle." The communications bore on Argentine's protest in the Monte Protegedo case and subsequent developments. The First Message ; . Luxburg ' first message dated May ' KHh noted "a great change in public foeiing, '.' in Argentine, as the result of the settlement of the Monte case. in this note Luxburg counselled that 1wo small Argentine steamers nearing Bordeaux then shouuld be spared if possible or else be "spurlos vorsenkt" sunk without a trace. Luxburg had access to news of tho secret sessions of the Argentine senate for on July third he cabled in his code that the acting minister had declared Argentine would demand that Berlin promise to sink no more Argentine ships. The penalty was to be a breach, but Luxburg suggested refusal and, if nec essary, Spanish mediation. On July 9th, following up his sinis ter moves, Luxburg advised that there be no show of concessions on Germanys part and that she postpone her reply until she had heard further from him. At that time he saw a change of min isters coming and counselled his gov ernment either to turn back the Ar gentine ships or ink them without leaving any trace, or letting them through. ' Luxburg significantly suggested that "they are all quite small." The state department refused fur tlief comment on the. subject than to itimouuee it nail turned me messages ; ci mucin, nun nui i-n-nm-n ui.uii.ui to the Swedish and Argentine envoys ' and Austrian ships in which hitherto jK.rp I a guard had been placed. In coiiso- Taken in connection with the Zim-iqucnce of the settlement of the Monte niermann note, plotting embroilment of! (Protegido) ense there has been a great Mnviro. Jafian and the United States ' change in -public feeling. Government this latest revelation furnished clear proof of administration statements that Germany had plotted'seriously in the Americas- The state department revelations re called the fact that a mysterious trunk S 'BE MARTIN t Th more beautiful homes folks have tit' less they stay in 'em. Th' first ca,ie ' painter's colic amongst th' girls wuz reported t'day when Miss Tawney A;! pie wuz fjuad unconscious before her uiirrjr. KaJTRALITY of- supposedly official documents was taken at Halifax from the ship which took Former German Ambassador Von Bernstorff to Europe. This box. carried by a Swedish merchant and sealed by the official legation stamp, was taken by the British at London and the na ture of its contents has never been re vealed, though the legation here held that its action was legitimate and that the British had no right to seize the trunk. Was Go-between Washington, Sept. 8. Sweden has been acting as medium for transfer ring German messages from the Ger man charge at Buenos Aires via tho Stockholm foreign office to Berlin, the state department learned today. The state department made the fol lowing announcement: "The department of state has secur ed certain telegrams from Count Lux burg, German charge d 'affaires at Beunos Aires, to the foreign office at Berlin which I regret to say,were dis patched from Beunos Aires by the Swedish legation as their own official messages addressed to the Stockholm foreign office. "The following are English trans lations of the German text 'May lit, 1!U7. Number 32. This will in juuiie limy near rtigcimiie ships as far as Lns Paliuas. I beg that the small steamers Oran and Guazou, thirty first January (meaning which sailed thirty first), 300 tons, which are (now) nearing Bordeaux with a view to changing the flag, may be spared if possible or else sunk without a trace' being left. (Spurlos Veresenkt. ") The Second Message "' Luxburg. " 'July 3, litl", Number 59. I learn from a reliable source tkat the ncting minister for foreign affairs, who i3 a notorious ass and Anglophyle, declar ed in a secret- session of the senate that Argentine would demand - from Berlin, a promise not to sink more Ar gentine ships. If not agreed to, rela tions will be broken oti. I recommend refusal and if necessary, calling in the mediation of Spain. "(Luxburg.") The Third Message " 'July 9, 1917. Number 64. With out showing any tendency to make eon cessions, jiostpone reply to Argentine note until receipt of further reports. A change of ministry is probable- As regards Argentine steamers, I recom mend either compelling to turn back, sinking them without leaving any trac es, or letting them through. They are all otiite small. "' Luxburg.'" The state department has communi cated the messages to the Swedish and Argentine missions here. The effect is likely to be that this government will break relations with Sweden, while Argentine, inflamed at such a plot, is likely to get directly in to the war. Sweden had never before been sus pected of such a flagrant violation of neutrality as permitting code messages ( Continued on page Bias.) GET FEDERAL PLUMS. Washington, Sept. 8. The fol- lowing nominations were sent to the senate today: To be collector of customs, district number 29, Portland, Or. Will Moore of Pendleton, Or. To be United States marshal for the district of Oregon, George F. Alexander, of Port- land, Or. To be registrar of the land of- , fico at North Yakima, Wash., Perry James Lyons, of Walla Walla. sjc 3c ?Jc 5c jJc sf sfc $c fc Ssjc 5c sc sjt POPE DISTRUSTFUL OF Does Not Take Peace Program of Allies As Told Hun by Correspondent New York, Sept. 8, Popo Benedict is so distrustful of Bussia that this1 feel ing amounts to an obsession," accord ing to an interview ,. with the Holy Father, printed today by the New York Times. Thq quotations were printed by tho London Daily News from its 'dip lomatic correspondent and purported to cover a talk with the pope some time in August. Tho dispatch attributed to the pope the remark: "What do the entente really want? Whnt is their program? No one knows and they never show any desire to for mulato it concretely." The correspondent detailed how he ex plained the allies' demands for disarma ment and annihilation of Prussian mil itarism, a new Poland, division of Austria-Hungary by racial units and evac uation and indemnity of Belgium. At this named item, the article des cribed the pope as lifting up his hands in astonishment and declaring: "What a program! " The concluding part of the interview was as follows, according to the correspondent: "The pope 'Russia has never been tender to catholic interests. Look at the way they treated Catholic . priests in the diocese of Lembetg and then the case of Archbishop Sznptycki. It was scandalous..' "The correspondent .'The Germans shot many priests in Belgium.' "The pope 'Certainly, certainly! War produces horrors everywhere!' " Poets and other talented persons have felicitated the man who goes whistling to his work. But that was be f oro he went whistling in a streetcar to his work. , Story of Salem 's Bridges $20,000 Owing on First; $21,000 Due on Second One The cost of building bridges across the Willamette at Salem is going up. The first bridge was built in 1886 and tho cost was $49,901. It was built within the estimated cost. The second bridge, built in 18P0 cost 84,401. The estimated cost was $59,- The third bridge tobe erected before August 1, 1918, will cust according to contract, $237,901. Away back in 1870 there was consid erable talk in Salem of buildincr a bridge across the river at the foot of State street. A company was formed to build a toll bridge, but no action was taken. Salem then was a city or about 7,011(1. On March 6, 1886, according to the minutes of the city council "a large and enthusiastic mass meeting of the citi zens of Salem assembled for the purpose of devising means to build a bridge across the Willamette." A government engineer recommended C'hemeketa street. Other interests want ed the bridge further north and Center sticet was chosen. Under the act of the legislature of October 21, 1876, the city council decided to submit the prop osition of expending $30,000. A bridge committee was appointed of John H. Albert, ehairman A. F. Wheeler and John Hughes. Bonds Sold at Premium. The committee working fast had se cured bids from a San Francisco firm, v ith an estimate of $48,887. Salem was to pav $30,000. Marion eounty $15,000 and Polk county $3,000. The city council submitted to the vo ters the proposition nf rpting to sell bonds for $30,000. The election held June 23, 1886 resulted as follows: First ward, 100 for and 3 against; second ward, 316 for and 7 against; third ward 142 for and 9 against: fourth ward. 103 for and one against. Favoring the bond ' issue, o'js, and those opposed, 20. Three blanks were cast. John H. Albert as chairman of the council committee reported July 20, 1886, that a contract had been closed. On September 12, 1886, the records of the city council show that the $30,000 bonds bad been sold at a premium of $4S7. About this time Senator Mitchell had AUSTRIA'S LOSSES SINGE BEGINNING 0 DI 12. Rattle Rages Around Monte M. tabnel, Neither Side Can Hold It ROME SAYS SITUATION TODAY IS SATISFACTORY Germans May Not March On Petroad-i-Kaiser Pays -Visit to Riga Loudon, Sept. 8. Austria has lost 120,000 killed, wounded and taken pris cuer by Italian forces since August it, when General Cadorua assumed his great offensive. Prisoners alone total more than 30,000. Tho figures were contained lu semi official dispatches received today. They indicated the tremendous drain on the dual monarchy 's man power which has forced Vienna to demand demand rein forcements of Berlin. Fighting was continuing violently at two points on the buttle front around Monte 6t. Gabriel and south of Her niada. St. Gabriel was still a stumbling block in the Italian advance, it has been in the hands of General Cadorna's troops at least five times now, but on each occasion Austrian counter attacks, niade regardless of staggering casual ties, have wrested it from them. The fighting on the Hermada sector was in a series of desperate counter attacks by the Austrians. New and pick ed troops were engaged. It is here that Austria evidently feels the menace to Trieste is strongest and has massed hor greatest forces to repel the advance. Rome described the situation as cn- tireljrsatisfacturyi'.iroday for the Italian troops. - . ' Talking of Reprisals. London, Sept. 8. England talked re prisals again today. Indignation over the certainty that German airmen were deliberately nttacking hospitals was brought to a focus by the news or the bombing of the American units on the French coast. In official circles it was pointed out that British fliers were nightly bomb ing German ammunition dumps, railway (Continued on page eight.) congress pass a bill, "An Act of Con gress Approved July 29, 1886, eneitled, An act authorizing the city of Salem to construct a bridge across the Wil lamette river." Plans were submitted to the council that the bridge had been accepted at a total cost of $49,901. The city recorder was authorized to col lect $3,000 from Polk county. Polk County Against It. Polk county had held out on the bridge aud would not come in with Salem and Marion county. But the citi zens just across the river wanted a bridge and in order to hurry matters, a citizens meeting was held at Brush col lege and 22 citizens went on a note agreeing to pay Polk county's $5,000, provided their county court refused to pay the county's share. However, this was not necessary, as the city recorder reported December 7, 1886, Polk county had sent over a warrant for $5,000, but without endorsement. It was paid by A. Bush who sent it to the treasurer of Polk county for proper endorsement. The city of Salem still owes $20,000 on that first bridge and is paying inter est at 5 per cent. The bonds were re funded October 8, 1910 and will be due on October 8. 1920. Bridge number two has been a hoo doo almost from the day of its com pletion. The City of Salem still owes $21,000 on bridge number 2. The bom's were refunded April 1, 1914, for $30,000 and within the past three years $9,000 has been paid. Hence on the two first bridges, Salem still owes $41,000 draw ing interest at five per cent. Went Out in 1890. The big flood was in early February 1890 when the first bridge went out. Water covered part of Salem known as Peppermint flats and came up on High street from Ferry as far as the court house. The eitixrns at once urged a new bridge. The Marion eounty court agreed to pay $10,000 on condition that Polk pay the same and that Salem pay the balance provided the re building did not cost more than $40,000. If a greater sum was expended, each was to pay one third. - At the April term of the eounty court the bid of Hoffman & Bates of about (Continued from page six.) STEPS IN GERMAN KTJLTXTE Murder of Belgian women and children. White slavery forced on French women prisoners. Bombardment of open towns V on uritish coast. Aerial attacks on nou-mili- tary districts in England. Sinking of the Lusitania. Deportation of Belgian work- ingmen. Murder of Edith Cavell. Murder of Captain Fryatt. Ruthless submarine attacks on neutral shipping. Torpedoing qf British hospital ships. Well poisoning during west re- treat. ... Compelling French prisoners to work in firing line. Acriul attacks on British and French advance base hospitals. Aerial attacks on American . rear base hospitals. F !E TO BE Richest Race of Season Fill Try Mettle of 2-Year-01ds On Saratoga Track New York, Sept. 8. Pnpp, the fa- vorito, won tho Futurity stakes at Bol moitt Park track this afternoon. Escoba was second and Rosie O 'Grady third. Papp's time was 1:12. He carried 127 pounds through the mud over the six furlongs straight away course to victory. Winner's Share $15,450. New York, Sent. 8 Tho richest race of the season with the single exception oi tno Hopetul staKcs at Saratoga track, will be run off at Belmont track this afternoon in the futuritv for two year olds, over a course of six furlongs. luo day opened with a driving ram that made a heavy track a certainty. f atrp, however, elected as the tavor- ite, remains there. He likes a muddy track and, if anything, is conceded an even better chance of winning than if the track was fast. The winner's share of today's race will be $15,450. The gross value is $20, 900. The futurity is one of the oldest and richest fixtures of the American turf. Its first running was in 1888. It was not raced in 1911-12 and 1909 and 1913 it was run on the Saratoga track. The race, unhko most of the richest stakes, docs not get its entries from nominations, reedcrs share in it by nam ing brood mares, the progeny of which is eligible to start. Today 's .race iB over a straight away course. HOW BATTERS STAND By H. C. Hamilton (United Press staff correspondent) New York, Sept. 8. Just as the time approaches when hitting will count most for the White Sox, Joe Jackson and Eddie Collins, tho principal ash lemons of the Chicago club, are begin ning to come through. Averages iiuiilisnen touny snoy jacK- son rapidly nenring the .300 class, with Collins pounding along nehinu. Jack son is hitting -292 and Collins is bang ing away at .281. There is still a chance that both will finish among the elect. Ty Cobb 's average slumped a couple of points during the last week; Figures today credit him with .380. Georgo Sis-1 ler is second with .352 and Speaker is hitting .348. Other .300 hitters are Ba den Boston; Kuth, Boston; Kelsch, Chi cago; Russell, New York; Russell, Chi cago; Lewis, Boston; Chapman, Cleve land; Roth, Cleveland; Veach, Detroit; liodie, Philadelphia; Rice, 'Washington, and Mclnnis, Philadelphia. Eddie Rousch is hitting .345 in lat est averages maintaining his leadership in the National league. Hornsby, St. Louis, is second, with .326 and Gron, Cincinnati, is third with .314. Others in the heavy bludgeon class. arc Kauff, New York;' Wheat, Brooklyn; Wilhoit, New York; Fischer, Pittsburg; Burns, New York;' Carey, Pittsburg; Cruise, St. Louis. Klepl'er. Cleveland, still has the best average among American league pitch ers, having won 12 and lost three. Russell. Chicago, is second, wnn in and four; Mays, Boston, third, with 18 and 7. Salloc New York, leads the National league flingcrs with 15 victories and five defeats; Benton, New York, is sec ond, with 12 and four, and Bender, Philadelphia, third, with six and two. San Francisco. Kept. 8 Norman Ross . i .1 I i.i'. k.if is Tne new nomer oi inv wwim a .,. ports of the Honolulu sjMjrt carnival received nere toubv. noso nnttu oun ii .(IT 4 S ..i;... .Inn turn ar.Jftnila Jfl 11. ml BUl'J'1" --' off Ludv Longer 's previous record. uuKe rvannnainomi wai um the national 100 yard championship, UH1W IIHI. iff:-, fl ..: - 11 1 .... nt To Vnrk JllBB ' II 1 1 I viaiiiKC.ii - - ' won the quarter mile event with Miss Dorothy Hums 01 1X)S angeics st-run i i -ti I ' II- Uan Pran. anil iss rrani-rs vunrnn ui cisco third- Miss Burns won the fifty i j i yaru uasu. PRESIDENT TAKES BEST. New York, Sept. 8. President and Mrs. Wilson slipped into New York by train today and as quietly slipped out again on board the presidential yacht Mayflower on a brief cruise. EXPLODE SHELL WRECKS ARSENAL AT PHILADELPHIA Five Buildings Burned In Fire Which Quickly Followed Explosion CAP STRUCK FLOOR WHEN BIG SHELL WAS DROPPED Two Dead, Two Missing and oil Injured, Among Latter Several Women Philadelphia, Sept. 8. Fivo build ings at the Frankford government ar senal hero are iu ruius, two workers are dead, and thirty, including several women, are injured, followiue a ser ies of five explosions at 2 o'clock this morning. Iwo employes have not been account ed for. Colonel Montgomery, commandant of the arsenal, would make no statement regarding tho cause of the explosion. Among tne workers the first report was that a six inch shell, into which powder was being pressed in the high explosives buildiug R. A. Houso No. 7 exploded. A later explanation was that a work man dropped a three inch shrapnel shell which exploded when the precussion car struck tho floor, throwing shrapnel in all directions. The two bodies have not been iden tified, one being burned beyond rcog nition. The missing are Edward Batzol and a janitor named Fox. Buildings Destroyed. The buildings destroyed wero two R. A., or artillery assembling houses, numbers 7 and 6 aud three IX of dry houses. The R. A. houses are houses- in which high 'explosives are handled and the loading of big shells is part of the work done. The l.v houses are those m whie powder, gun cotton and fuses are dried. All the buildings were of frame con struction excepting R. A. house number a new brick structure. Oscar Wistner, Jr. who, with his sis- tor, Claro, was at work filling shells in the loading room iu plant R. A., number 2, told this story of the accident: 'here was a uiinaing Hash ana a ter rific explosion which threw us to the ground. When the shock was'over, there was a mad stampede for exits. I was trampled on by Beveral men. 'l got out oi the crush and searciica for my sister. Flames were shooting about in every direction. Girls screamed many fainted, while others were moan ing from injuries. I found my sister covered with wreckage, and dragged her, unconscious, to safety." According to Histuer, shrapnel new in all directions through the crowded workroom. !i00 Were at Work. . Two hundred persons were at work in the various arsenal buildings and in tho yards at tho time of the explosion. The first explosion is understood to have occurred iu powder house number seven, where six inch shells were being filled. uno of the shells exploded, according to early reports, igniting other explo sive in the building and the entire structure was soon in flames. The fire then spread to three other buildings in whih powder, fuses and gimcotton are dried. All of these biiimings were very cnme together, and the explosions as the flames spread to mem came in rupiu succession. Work in the arsenal was ordered sus pended at once by Colonel Montgomery tho commandant, but at 6:45 lie res cinded this order and ordered the work ers admitted as usual. Confusion both in the plant aim in tho surrounding neighborhood iouoneo the series of blasts. As the men and women einploved iu the arsenal rushed from the buildings, their relatives ran to the scene iu thousands, frantic with fear. , Boldiers Do Fine worn. The dead had not been identified ear ly today. On? body was found in rn wreckage and there ere reports that others had been seen. Eight members of the Fourth battal ion of the Fortv Seventh New York in fantry, on guard duty at the arsenal, ;i..,i tn iiuK-pr an earlv roll call after tiicy had been engaged in rescue worlc for several hours. Colonel Januicky is in command of these) troops. iier...s... u. the New Yorkers iu braving the flamet and the danger of further explosions while helping the Irigiitenea ana ed workers to safety won them great commendation. . Heavy rain which fell during the night is believed to have prevented worse damaga than resulted. ti. i,lior on dutv said without the rain they would have been unable to i fiomiii from the large mairazinc where thousands of pounds I of powder is stored. Well, and how this year! do vou like oysters r ix wm m a wm m mm ptAttiiUdi m WITH THE PEOPLE NOT GOMi'iEIIT Mast Bs On Basis Peoples of the World Would Be Jus tified In Accepting WOULD BE MADNESS TO MAKE PEACE WITH RAISES High Authorities In Washing ton Make More Plain President's Position . (By Robert J. Bender) (United Press Staff Correspondent) (Copyright 1917, by the United Press) Washington, Sept. 8. Full suffrage) for a Germany rid of Hohenzollornism, right of disputed territories to speak for their own futures and restitution and restoration for those countries trodden under foot during the war, means peace. Northing short of this ean terminate the war. To clear up the confusion created by the state department's recent announce ment in apparent conflict with Presi dent Wilson's reply to the popo, tha United Press sought and obtained today a semi-official interpretation of the ad ministration's actual attitude, an inter pretation vouched for by the highest authorities. The allies cannot talk peace with tha Hohenzollerns in the opinion of admin istration officials. The Germnn people should act promptly to eliminate en tirely this dynasty and abandon all mil itaristic rule, if the war is not to g on indefinitely. Mock Reforms Must Go. Bluff reform, bucIi as merely making; the, chancellor subject to the will ot tho rcMistag, is not sufficient. Them must be a clear-knowledge among the allies of full responsibility of the Ger manic powers to their people. Acceptability of Germany's internal reforms will not depend upon the de cision of tho United States, or Eng lnnd, or France, but be such as tha "other peoples of the world would bo justified in accepting." This point, it is stated, is ono of the most important in the president's re ply to the pope. It means, in fact, that (he United States believes all the allies and tho jest of the world shall ait as court of judgment' on Germany's in ternal reforms. The United States will ne guinea in its peace opinions largely oy nai.uu, which have had tho most cxpenenca with Germany France, for example. France believes it would bo madness to enter peace negotiations with the kaiser. So does the United States. People Musi tieciuo. When President Wilson said peace must rest upon the rignis oi ii-.", great mid smull not upon governments he meant it literally, and that point nnplics directly to his utterance against dismemberment of empires. It is declared that a-w''. BtsniaHer.egovina-even Holstein, wrostcu ny Denmark in 18-rto not "li 1 tegrnl parts of the body and sm.l of Germany and Austria. Bosnm and Her- 7eenviua w.'rn assumed ny "-.. fvecutivV orde, in 100,,. Alsace-Lorraine vns rnrt of the Teutonic spoils of the wnr of 1870. ,i,ia The administration iuu"" be given the ngni i 'i'" .ho, selvcs or attach themselves to othe nations. .,jrl. Door upen, jjuv T.;o.iTer7.effovina, for instance Is understood to desire a berth m tne pro posed Jugo-Plav state, the nucleus ot ,,ich is Serbia and Montenegro. At tha same time, Pnlmatia, Fiume, Istria, Trieste and Gorizia, upon which Italy has designs, also desire entrance int hi, state-nnd the official view ' here that these state also should be al lowed to determine their respective fa,T"ere must, of course, be . ' LiHn,l and restoration and resti , ion or ' BilKi-m, neutralization of the Dardanelles, and some rein on Tur- b,,ganJ VuCs cannot 'come in with (Continued on page 4x) ;? HIE WEATHER J Oregon: Tonight and Sunday prob ably fair; gentlo winds, mostly easterly. THIS is Ao