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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1917
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SHARPSHOOTERS
STOPKORNILOFF'S
Til
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Kronstadt Garrison at MJg
cow Faithful to Provision&l
Government
INITIAL VICTORY MAKES
PETROGRAD HOPEFUL
Food Situation In City Is Bad
Dan Cossacks Aliped
with Kornilof?
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UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
Petrogntd, Sept. 12. The pro
visional government has pro
claimed a general state of mar
tial law,
Vive Pumior Vekrasoff an
nounced that all generals on all
fronts except the southwestern
have pledged full allegiance and
loyalty to the provisional gov
ernment. The exception is Gen
eral Denikine, named 'officially
with Korniloff, as a traitor to
the new democracy.
Announcement was. also made
that provisional government for
ces are sow in possession of
Pskoff, originally General Kor
niloff 's headquarters and from
which city he started on his re
bellious march toward I'etrograd
As the capital was placed un
der martini law early in the
week, it is assumed that the gov
ernment 's latest decree is in
tended to apply chiefly to Mos
cow, Kiev and similar centers.
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By William G. Shepherd
(United Press staff correspondent)
Petrograd, Sept. 12. Tsarkoo-Seto,
where the czar formerly spent most of
bis time in his summer palace, may be
the scene of the first big clash between
General Korniloff 's rebels and the pr
visional government troops.
Word received here today said the
revolting forces were advancing rapid
ly toward that point twenty miles
from tho city and that a clash was mo
inentarily expected there.
Press reports received here today as
serted that General Klcmbovsky, the
newly named commander in chief of
.tius.sia's armies, has joined Korniloff
i:i his revolt. No confirmation was ob
tainable here. It was understood, how-i-ier.
that Klcmbovsky 's formal insti
tution into his new duties had been
held up-
Generals Denigne and Valueff, south
western and western front commanders
were also reported in press dispatches
to have thrown their lot with Korni
loff. His Advance Cheebad
Progress of Korniloff 's advanced
forces was stopped at one point twen
ty six miles from the city by a force
or' a thousand government sharpshoot
ers, according to word here.
In another direction, the encircling
attempt of the Korniloff rebels had
reached Gatsclnnn, n miles irom tne
city.
The'Pon Conks are apparently
aligned with General Korniloff. Gen
eral Knledin, head of this force, re
ported today to Premier Korensky that
the provisional government would do
well to accept Korniloff 's ultimatum
requiring surrender of " governmental
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BE MARTIN :
We wouldn' bt surprised if our big
cabbage crop wuz only jest a part e' th'
rt-rman propngandv. Next i' Harriet
Ifcecher Stowe's great moral drama ther
linint nothin' that draws as well in a
little town as S horse fallin' down.
ADVANCE ON CI
LOTS OF IRON JUNK
London, Aug. 27. (By mail)
Dealers in old iron will have
a harvest in Germany after the
war.
The kaiser has bestowed two
and a quarter million iron cross
es of the Becond class since the
war started-
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OXMAN'S TRIAL BEGINS
San Francisco, Sept. 12. Frank C
uxinan, Oregon cattle man, went on
trial before Superior Judge Dunne to-
iay on charges of having attempted to
S induce F. K. Rigall of Gravville, Hi.,
2 !o testifj' falsely against Thomas
t Mooney in tho preparedness day bom'
nurder trials. Raymond Benjamin of
the office of Attorney General U. 8.
Webb is prosecuting tho case.
s
REACHES SAN DIEGO
Secret Service Men Took
Charge and No One Allowed
to See Prisoners
San Diego, Cal., Sept. 12. The dock
ing of the "slacker ship" Anvil here
today brought two new sensations in
the melodramatic events which followed
her capture off Ensenada by a United
States warship on Sunday,
One was the statement that nnotner
boatload of slackers escaped from Es
enaaa on tsaturuay ana are now being
chased by Luited States vessels.
The other was that United States so
cret service agents hope they have the
men on board the Anvil who are res
ponsible for the Mare Island explosion
when several were killed and great dam
age done.
The Anvil remained a "ship of nivs
tery" todav. Onlv two men have been
brought ashore. They are Rov Curtis
said to have admitted he fled from Ok
lahoma to Mexico to escape the draft
and Charles Millerv, nn alleged I. W. W
leader. Both were locked in jail. Other
slackers and alleged German agent are
being held on board, while a complete
investigation is being mads of each
one. - " ' ' ,
Slackers Arrive.
San Diego, Cal., Sept. 12. The Anvil,
Ensenada 's "slacker ship, ' with al
leged slackers and German agents
aboard, slipped into San Diego harbor
early today.
Secret service men, police, customs
and immigration men met the vessel
The closest secrecy was maintained as
to the identity of those on board.
The Anvil was taken bv a United
States naval vtssel off Ensenada as she
was making for tho west coast of Mex
ico. When the Anvil docked at the muni
cipal wharf, police lines were thrown
out and no one was allowed to approach
within 100 feet of the vessel. United
States secret service men at once took
charge of the schooner and would not
even let city detectives aboard.
It was evident the United States
agents feared some attempt to lib
crate the men. Plans were made to re
move them singly under heavy guard
to the county tail.
Newspapermen were told that the
names of those on board would not be
made public until informations had
been riled against them, lliey said tins
might not be done today.
Strike May Tie Up
Every Industry In
Springfield, Illinois
Springfield, 111., Sept. 12. Unless an
agreement is. reached this afternoon be
tween striking car men and the com
pany, sundown will see a tieup of every
industry in the city and probable proc
lamation of martial law by Governor
Lowden.
The state council of defense, in ses
sion here today, placed the matter
snunrely up to the carmen and the com
pany and urged them to reach an .agree
ment before nightfall. The committees
cf both sides were to meet again this
afternoon with the council.
During the day practically every un
ion except the carpenters and the
printers walked out in sympathy with
the carmen. Approximately one thous
and employes cf the Illinois Watch com
pauy and the Sangamon Meter works
which is manufacturing meters for Un
ited States battleships refused to go to
work pending termination of the car
strike.
Three national regiments stationed
here were preparing today to assume
control.
SIX SONS IN SERVICE
Redwood City, Cal.. Sept. 12. Mrs.
Marv J- Wvman of Redwood Citr, her
self an invalid, has given six sons to
the serriee of Uncle Sam and a sev
enth has been kept at home only after
failure to pass the physical examina
tions for the cavalry. Four of her boys
are in the army, one in the navy and
another has been drafted.
TEXAS CITY VOTED DET.
Dallas, Texas, Sept. 12. Dallas coun
ty, including Dallas, Texas' largest city
voted dry in Monday's local option
election bv nearly 'two thousand votes,
according to leturns early today.
Rumors and Letters Tell of
Sea and Land Battles That
WereFought Only In Dreams
Washington, Sept. 12. The war and
navy departments declared officially
today they have no reports confirming
statements contained in letters print
ed in New Yrok papers today as to
an engagement with a German destroy
er; as to a battlo between submarines
and a transport convoy; or as to a di
vision of American troops defeating
German troops near Lens.
In the latter matter, it was explain
ed that General Pershing's expedition
ary forces had not yet gone to the
front and that if any Americans were
fighting around Lens they must have
been of tho foreign legion.
Some of the "Battles' .
New York, Sept. 12. While the navy
department has announced only two sea
fights in which United States vessels
participated and there have as yet been
no land engagements between Ameri
cans and Germans, letters giving ru
mors, reports and alleged details or.
numerous battles are beginning to ap
pear. The New York Times today printed
a letter from a man said to be with
Pershing's force, dated August 23, and
describing destruction of four subma
rines and the finding for forty seven
drowned German sailors. This letter
also says destroyers presumably Am
erican raided a U-boat house, sink
ing five. The writer gives many de
tails, describes the ago and appear
ance ot prisoners and says six destroy
ers and two aeroplanes, in one clash,
defended fivo transports from twelve
submarines.
A Newspaper Story
The New York World today vouched
Exemption Attorney
racing Federal Court
San Francisco, Sept. 12. Daniel O'-
Comiell, author of the "O'Conncll
form" of exemption claim, and six oth
ers went on trial beforo Federal Judge
VnnFleet this morning for violating
the espionage law in attempting to ob
struct the dratt. The trial followed
yesterday's action by Judge Van Fleet
in ordering Q'Connell's demurrer
stricken from tho files.
'This document is scurrilous," de
clared Judge Van Fleet in announcing
his action. It contained an attack on
ongress and the war in general. i
Capital Journal To Act As Treasurer For j
Soldiers Tobacco and Cigarette Fund j
Contributions of 25c and Upwards Will Be Received f
Twenty five cents, the price of a
good cigar, the cost of a small box of
andv, will brine a hundred fold more
leasurc to the bov in the trenches
ttian it will to you if expended in the
sual manner.
Here is the way it may be done-
Through an arrangement with one of
the tobacco companies, The Capital
ournal is able to purchase a package
of cigarettes or tobacco worth 30 cents
for a quarter. For every quarter sent
in to this office, one of these packages
will go across the water to bring a lit
tle happiness to one of the fighting
men.
Of course, the contributions are not
imitcd to 25 cents. The Capital Journal
will be glad to receive tobacco contri-
utiong of $1, $2 or $5 or $20 or even
$100 if anyone can spare that amount.
for tho writer of a letter from "a
port in France" dated August 18,
which described a battle between an
American warship and a German
Austrian destroyer named the Ulan, off
Lands Eid. The enemy Bhip was forc
ed to surrender, the letter declares, and
later sunk. Twenty one officers and
35 men were taken prisoner.
The United States ship was hit three
times.
Wholesale destruction of submarines
was reported in a letter in the Phila
delphia Public Ledger a few days ago.
The writer declared American war
ships and airships repulsed a massed
U-boat attack on United States trans
ports and that after the fight the wa
ter where the submarines had been
was covered with oil and wreckage.
A land engagement near Lens in
which a "division of American troop
ers licked hell out of a bunch or
a bunch of bohes, " was also reported
iu the New York World's letter.
How Wa3 he Bulled
Denver, Colo-, Sept. 12. Mrs. Tins
ley Smith of this city, has been inform
ed that her brother,' David G. Allen, a
surgeon in the United States navy,
has been killed. A brief telegram giv
ing no details brought news of Allen's
death.
I Supreme Court Denied
New Tnal to Mooney
San Francisco, Sept. 12. Attorneys
for Thomas J. Mooney ,convictcd for mur
der for complication ill the preparedness
parade murders, were perfecting appeal
to the supreme court today after losing
their first battle to save Mooney 's life.
The supreme court lato yesterday de
nied the motion of Attorney General
Webb that Money be given a new trial
on account of some alleged irregularity
in the state's evidence. An appeal bas
ed on the trial court record will be
heard in October.
The fact thftt President Wilson per
sonally asked Governor Stephens to stay
Mooney 's execution was announced re
cently. The president emphasized the ef
fect the execution might have on the
Russian situation.
J. Pluvius has put the kibosh on the
forest firo sector of the I. W. W. of
fensive. But, for each contribution of 23 cents,
1 pH' kage of s:nokes will be sent to the
front.
Nor will that be the end. In each
package there is a postal card, stamp
ed and ready to be mailed by the lad
who receives the tobacco. On the pack
age will be printed a request that the
postal be returned to the person whoso
name will be found on the package as
its sender.
What better war souvenir could be
asked than one of these postcards from
a boy on the battlefield, thanking you
for making. his life a little more pleas
ant. The war has developed the fact that
tobacco is the best palliative for the
nerve tension -that is engendered by
the days upon end of nothing to do but
wait while the great shells scream over
HOUSE WILL PASS
INSURANCE BILL
SOMETIME TODAY
To Pay Dependents Up to $50
a Month Whde Bread Win
ner Is Away
LIFELONG PENSION TO
INJURED OR DISEASED
Provides For Widow and Chil
dren, and For Trades
For Injured
Washington, Sept. 12. Tho soldier
insurance bill is scheduled to pass the
house today. Financial help is given
the nation's defenders under three
headings;
Direct payments to dependents up
to $30 a month while the bread win
ner is at the front.
Lifelong pension to every man in
jured or diseased in the service, or to
tho dependents of a man killed.
Life insurance policy, far blow cost
to every man.
Under family aid, the following pay
ments are to be made by tho govern
ment: To a wife $15 a month; with one
child $25; with two children $32.50 a
month; each additional child $5.
To a motherless child $5 a month;
two children $12.50; three $20; four
$30; each additional child $5.
One parent. $10; two $20; for each
dependent brother, sister or grand
child $5.
To insure this government aid to
his family, the soldier must pay $15 a
month to their support himself.
Payment for Life
For tho soldier who is killed or in
capacitated for work by injury or dis
ease these payments are guaranteed for
me:
Dead to widow $30 a month;with
one child $40; with two children $50
and $5 for each additional child.
To a motherless child $15, two chil-
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head wait, while the angel of death
hovers near. Its a little sacrifice to
make but it means a Ijig pleasure to
the man behind the gun.
The merchants of Salem will be BBk
ed to assist the paper in making this
fund as large as possible. Boxes similar
to the ones in which the packages of to
bacco will be sent to the front are to
be placed in conspicuous places in bus
iness houses as well as in the Capital
Journal office. As fast as the funds ac
cumulate the packages will be sent to
"the boys," who in turn will send
back the post card in each package in
order that "the Sammy" may thank
the "folks at home," who have not
forgotten.
The money may be gent by mail or
brought into the Capital Journal of
fice at any time from 8:30 a. m. to
1 1 :30 p. m-
TRUE AMERICANS
An Atlnntie Port, Sept. 12.
With a British army record of
having destroyed six enemy
planes, suffered honorable
wounds in action and earned
the British military cross and
the distinguished service med
al, Alfred Gay, age 22, an Am
erican, arrivd today for a vis
it home. Ho, las aboard a Span
ish liner, b ing come from Bar
celona, an' left at once for his
old home San Francisco. He
has a fu Amgh on account of
his wounds.
Gay was in England with his
father, who was a lawyer, and
a brother, when the war broke
out. All three enlisted- The fath
er and brother were killed- Al
fred, being too young for fight-'
ing, went into the ambulance
corps. Subsequently he switched
to the flying corps,
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SERGEANT CALIFE
FALLSFROM TRAIN
Lay for Four Hours With One
Hand and One Foot Cut Off
Before Found
Redding, Cal., Sept. 12. With one
hand and one foot cut off, Sergeant
Califf of troop A, Oregon cavalry, lay
bleeding under an embankment , for
four hours early today before a chance
passer-b"y discovered him.
C'alitf, with ten- troopers, was tak
ing 36 horses southward on a train.
About midnight last night he walked
back over the train to look after the
horses. He fell from the train and a
foot and hand were caught under the
wheels. He was found near Girvin, five
miles south of here at daybreak to
day.
- Tho sergeant was brought to Redding
and his hand amputated at the wrist.
His left foot was also removed.
Calif f 'Is 23 years old and a son of
E. F. Califf of Oregon City, Or.
Sergeant Califf died at 11 o'clock
this morning.
DAMAGE BY FROST
LESS THANREPORTED
Will Amount to Millions,
North and South Dakota
Hardest Hit
Chicago, Sept. 12. Experts checking
up on the damage wrought in the mid
dle west by frosts Sunday and Monday
nights wero becoming convinced today
that the loss, while estimated in mil
lions, was much smaller than anticipat
cd.
Although 20 to 30 per cent of the
com. notato and benn crops in northern
Minnesota and Michigan is reported to
have been destroyed, Wisconsin, north
ern Illinois, northern Indiana and Ohio
were affected only in widely separated
areas. Corn and late garden truck in
Iowa was damaged to some extent, It
was said, and North and South Dakota
were, hit by f-'unday night's frost.
No further damage is in immediate
prospect as the weather bureau fore
casts warmer weather for this region.
LUG IS HANDED
PASSPORTS TODAY
Argentine Accepts Lansing's
StatementIs Askcq to
Leave at Once
(By Charles P. Stewart)
(United f'ress Staff Correspondent)
Buenos Aires, Sept. 12. Handing
passports to ('omit Luxhnrg, German
charge, today, the Argentine govern
ment indicated its reopening of the
whole submarine controversy, with tho
hint of an ultimatum threatening a
break with Germany.
Germnnv is to be asked to re-define
her U-boat plans aniMhe Argentine gov
ernment hold-) if these are satisfactory
Berlin will lie permitted to send an
other minister to Buenos Aires. Other
wise Argentii-c will withdraw her min
ister from Berlin.
The Argentine government requested
Count Lnxburg to leave the country im
mediately. The Argentine minister at
Berlin was instructed to ask Germany
at once to explain the whole Luxburg
incident.
Military authorities were ordered to
grant all possible protection to Count
Luxburg from Cordoba. He nai oecn
reported as having returned to Buenos
Aires today, but was later understood
still to be at Cordoba.
Authoritative information this after
noon was that the government was
"moderately satisfied" with Stock
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FORCE KING FROM
SWEDOOTRONE
Mplomats Say Her Love for
Germany Caused Breach
of Neutrality
ELECTIONS NOW ON WILL
CAUSE GREAT CHANGES
Sweden Will Be Rationed Out
Her Supplies Will Be Made
Much Lighter
By Lowell Mellett
United Press staff correspondent)
London, Sept-l 12. A woman's hand
today is threatening to push the crown
from another roval husband's head.
Far reaching internal chances in
Sweden, which might mean tho retire
ment of tho present rulors. King Gna
tav and Queen Victoria are extremely
probable as a result of the expose of
Sweden's duplicity in acting as mes
senger for Germany, according to Swcd
ish authorities here.
The change that may come will be
such that it will be possible no longer
to doubt that Sweden is purely pro
Swedish. This might mean the elimina
tion of Sweden's German born queen
and her royal husband.
"Another Sophie," wag the way
prominent Swedes in London referred
to Queen Victoria today.
Busy Saving Her Throne
She is a clever, ambitious, intriguing
woman, weilding great influence over
the king. Queen Sophie of Greeee, the
Ikaiser'i sister, cost Constantino his
throne. And while the Swedish govern
ment is -nominally nut controlled by
the throne, Queen Victoria it credited -with
having exercised great power,
br.h socially -and politically, over pow
erful "inner circles." ,4 ..
Queen Victoria is a princess of Ba
den. Within the realm of her influence
have been members of the nobility and
wealthy senators. From among such
men most of Sweden's diplomats have
been chosen. It is the diplomatic ser
vico which now stands accused in the
revelations from Washington.
"The queen has been less active late
ly than usual," one Swedish finuncior
remarked here today. "She has been
busy saving her throne."
Askeil whether a republic in bweden
was within the range of possibility, he
replied in the negative.
"The crown prince is. highly regard
ed," the United Press Intormant said,
"and, besides, his wife is Englis."
Will Discipline Her
Washington, Sept. 12. Scandinavian
diplomats declared' today Sweden's pro
German conservative government will
fall because of tho Lowen-Luxburg;
"spurlos versenkt" correspondence
sent via Sweden from Argentine. Their
advices indicated that the liberal and
socialist movement is growing so rap
idly that the Swedish elections this
month will result in a great overturn.
The state department is not content
with Sweden's press announcement
that she will not permit the Argentina
incident to occur again and holds that
there should be complete cessation of
the admitted practice of acting as Ger
many's messenger.
If this docs not come about, then tho
allies will consider their course of ac
tion as to planned disciplinary steps.
Already the censorship is stricter with
respect to all neutrals and Sweden's
messages from all parts of the world
are under careful allied scrutiny. Sec
retary Lansing has further documents
showing Sweden's messenger service,
though he indicates that they do not
bear on Germany's conduct as the
"spurlos versenkt" communications
did.
Will Reduce supplies
As to reports that offending Swedish
Minister I.owen at Buenos Aires wilt
not be recalled, the government was in
clined to feel today that was largely
a matter for Argentine to consider, in
asmuch as she was the prospective sur
ferer of his aid to the intriguing Ger
man minister, Luxburg.
Secretary Lansing still empnasizes
that this government has no intention
of punishing the Swedish "nation" or
'neoblc". as distinguished irom mo
ruling goverment but he docs not
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Oregon: TonighttcoOD
and Thursday
rain; moderate
southerly winds,
increasing along
the coast.
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