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4,400 SUBSCRIBERS (SS.000 EEADEB3) DAILY. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES Only Clrculatlom in Balera fnr ntMd by tea Audi BreM f Circulation. SPECIAL WniAMEOTI TAX LEI VEWS B&AVIHM ."' ., .V, Ai n- trV; ! i FORTIETH YEAR, NO. 220 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1917 PPTPP TWO PTTMTQ 0N TRAINS AND NEWS .rIU.li.Ej 1WU lyiliJM 1 b STANTIR nVB CENTS mm mmrn & W "W. JF" I 5 J X XL I X-A v...- 1 l . V DROVES OF TANKS WILL BE FIGHTING Colonel Swinton Commander of Tank Squadron Makes Prediction .GERMANS ARE BUILDING THESE LAND CRUISERS Harem of Lady Tanks to Ac cmpwv Male Monsters to "Protect Them" Washington, Sept. 15. Herculean but tles betwon droves of allied and Teuton "tanks" will be "as common as air fighting" on the western front soon, Colonel E. I). Swinton, commander of , the first British tank squadron in Prance, predicted to the United Press today. Colonel Swinton, who is here with Lord Heading's commission, originated the now famous British fighting mons ters. He believes tho Germans are build ing these laud cruisers and the dav is not distant, he thinks, when it will be u question of survival of the fittest be tween "Fritz" and "Teddy" tanks. .He then drew a word picture of these future struggles between the steel mou ld ers. "There will be both male and fe male tanks so-called," he said. "We will have 'Mary' and 'Molly' tanks along with their lords and masters, the big Teddy ' tanks. The males will lum ber into battle surrounded by their har ems. ' 1 With the destruction of maehiii guns as his chief objective, the male tuiik starts across no man's land; Shelf . craters, 'embankments, barbed wire en tanglements, trendies and even small forests are no barrier. With his fn'o'six jiciunders. 'ho blnsts his way forward. Uoing bullet proof, it is seldom that he is checked until he has accomplished js mission destroying machine gun em placements. "Girls" Will Save Them. "However, he is more or less useless at close fighting ana often gets into place where he cannot extricate himself. It is here that his "better halves' get into the game. "The female tanks dubbed thus be cause of their maukilling propensities tag along behind, in .advance and on all sides, fighting liko mad. They beat off the enemy trying to storm the big 'Teddy'," Thus far ''-tanks" are the only means that have been devised in breaking the deadlock along strongly entrenched in fantry fronts, Colonel Swinton stated. (rent improvements are being made in their construction and defecse reme died. The tank of tho future will be a "perfect" fighting machine, capable of feats more startling than heretofore dreamed of, he said. Of the development of the crawling fortresses, whoch have changed modern warfare, Colonel Swinton said: Tells cf Discovery. "During that awful first year every soldier realized that something had to be devised to stop the carnage. The fu tility of a 'linked man' attempting to crop's No Mar. 's land was apparent to tvllios and boches alike. It was an im possibility to sweep that pockmarked patch cf hell with men alone. "I had feen one of your Yankee in vor.tions Holt's tractor. I remembered its feats in navigating rough country and simply applied the idea. At about the same time some one else pot a si milar idea and wrote Winston Churchill BE MARTIN t A feller with any individuality is 3u-ver neutral about anything. Airs. TU- : I-')ts' nejihew lost a vaJuabie wife lamt week. EACH OTHER SOOH Flood in South Carolina Does Much Damage Goldsboro, S. C, Sept. 15. A des tructive flood swept over eastern Caro lina last night. Cotton ere---' i several counties were reported de? d.- Brid es were washed away. Ha o traffic at a number of points watCr irted at a standstill. 9 ? t Tire business section o; Idsboro early today was under six fl -aS? water. It is estimated a $100,000 5 3 Iready has been caused. Fragmi-M '3 letails from surrounding towns in 1 heavy property losses. ' . No loss of life has yet beei " irted. CONGRESS ASKEETiuR STILL MORE MONEY Will On Top of Present Bills Require $3,500,000,000 j More In December 4f r X -lr r T T f r j . BOND BILL PASSED : Washington, Sept. 15. With- out a dissenting vote the sen- ate late today passed the $11,- 538,000,000 bond bill. It has al- ready passed the house and now goes to conference because sH ot a tew minor amendments by the senate. . ' ' ) Washington, Sept. 15. Pressed on all sides for more nnd more revenue, both, houses of congress today were struggling with bills Involving billions. Representative Fitzgerald's announce ment that an additional $2,000,000,000 would have to be added to the urgent deficiency bill was followed today by demands by Secretary MeAdoo for $84,000,000 in the revenue bill now in conference. I'nder-the rules this added sum can not bo raised by increasing levies upon proms or incomes, out must come Dy restoration of some house provision tricken out in the senate. It probably, will be derived by f ax 112 the followimr: ' club dues $1,500,- 000; amusements ' $('0,000,000, - instead of $10,000,000 now carried in tne lull: chewing gum $1,000,000; jewelry $7, 500.000; automobiles and motorcycles $08,000,000. instead of the $40,000,000 now carried in tho measure. These changes would net $i 9,000,000 of the amount asked. The steady demand for additional funds has stimulated the fight of wealth conseriiitionists and they are now paving the way for a strenuous assault on incomes and war profits when the December session begins work on money bills. Conscription advocates already have started their appeal for nation wide support of their campaign. Senator Bo rah will deliver the first of .a series of speeches on the subject at .St. Paul, Minn., Monday. His tour will take him through several western states. Other friends of tho Johnson-Borah plan will go out on speaking tours soon. Secretary McAdoo's statement that ihevonci all the (unions congress is rais ing there is still needed $:i,uoH,000,000 I more to be left to the December ses sion will be the theme for tho con- Isoriptionistg in urging voters to steer 'congress away from tho policy of giant bond issues "and light draft upon .wealth. PUTS PRICE ON FIRSI AMERICAN SOLDIER This Dead or AliveRussian Soldiers Fighting Again Other War News By William Philip Simms. (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the British Armies in the Field, Sept. 15. The Prussians have al ready put a price on the head of the first American soldier to be taken, dead or alive, on the western front. Prisoners captured today gave the first information. The German staff apparently has given up attempts to convince German soldiers that America has no fighting forces in France. Ap parently it is now- exceedingly anxious to find out where the Americans are. Bnsstans on Offensive. Petrograd, Sept. 15. Russian troops continued on the offensive on the northern front todayi The war office announced occupancy of Kronberg with the taking of a num ber of prisoners and also stated that Russian advanced posts were thrown forward for two-thirds of a mille against the enemy. "South of the Pskov road," the statement continued," we moved for- (Continued on page eight.) first lord of the admiralty. Independ ently of each other, the war and navy branches began perfecting the game idea. Navy officials unknown to me worked on a 'land cruiser' while we struggled with the 'tank'. Then we got together with the result yon have read about." PORTLAi FACES SHIPYARD STRIKE 1,500 WALK OUT Men Refused to Postpone Mnke When Astona Yards Declared Lockout BUILDERS SAY PLENTY OF MEN TO FILL PLACES Work On 100 Wooden Ships Mops-b.WU Idle In Seat tle Shipyards Portland. Or.. Sent. 15. Wm-lr on inn wooden ships in eleven Willamette and Columbia river -yards- stopped at ten o'clock this morning when 2750 men VWUILCU out. The shipbuilding companies announc ed today that they had applications for work from hundreds of men and" would put them to work as uoou as possible. Most of the ships, on which construc tion is stopped were being built under government contract. The shipping board may take a hand iu the situa tion. The strike is said to have been called despite the protests of the international unions. The men refused to postpone the strike when they heard that two Astoriia shipyards yesterday declared a lockout against union men. The carpenters union is affiliated with tli,. Tra.l... (',,.,.,; I .l also includes in its membership 'the steel suipuuiidcrs. i-ear was expressed that the strike mipht Rnread to the ntpp) snip yurus were. Seattle Plants Tied Up. Seattle, Wash. Sept. 15. With prac tically every wooden shipbuilding plant on the waterfront tied up and three of the largest steel shipbuilding plants op erating in a crippled condition, the sec ond day of the sympathetic strike of carpenters and joiners here opened with no sign of weakening on either side. Three thousand ship carpenters and 2000 house carpenters are on strike here. The men arc refusing to use the lum ber cut in 10 hour mills in an effort to force the mill owners to grant the eight hour demands of 18,000 striking lumber workers. (Continued on page three) Demand on Korniloff Is Suicide or Surrender and Latter Means His Death , By William G. Shepherd (T'nited Press staff correspondent) Tetrograd, Sept. 15. Korniloff mis judged Russia; therefore Russia is de manding that Korniloff die. The provisional government today faced a spreading anger of the people against the former generalissimo. It was due less perhaps to his actual at tempt at a revolt than to events which preceded it. The formal .government investigation of Korniloff 'b activities, now on, may dissipate accumulating charges and suspic ions against himself make it pos sible to inflict something less thfln the death peutlay. The public is demanfling his death. Isstcsmia, a peoples organ, today ex pressed the popular suspicion that Ri pa was surrendered to the Germans in furtherance of Korniloff 's schemes. "If Korniloff succeeded in outwit ting the soldiers committees," the newspaper asserted, "his treachery has not been punished. Our country was, handed over to the enemy. Only the eoldiera committceg saved Russia- Is it not true that the reported panicky retreats of the Russian army was ex aggerated? With the investigation un der way we can now discover whether or not these panics were organized by Korniloff 's own adjutants." Tho newspaper referred to rjecent "remarliablo communiques" frankly dilating on the panie in the Russian retreat. Korniloff 's fate had not yet been officially decided today. He has not yet formally surrendered. The cabinet was in the throes of a re-organization, due as much to differences on what punish ment shoiill be given the rebel leader as to internal conflict. Korniloff Deceived But Petrograd is demanding one of only to courses for Korniloff suicide or surrender. The one menns death just as certainly as the other in the view of the populace. Korniloff himself de creed punishment for revolters in the army- It was the main issue which he projected into the Moscow convention, lie put it ino effect at once. Probably a number of Russian private soldiers have already paid the penalty for in-f-aotions of discipline. It was at the Jioscow conference that Korniloff Ground Glass Found In Brakfast Food St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 15 Govern' ment pure food agents today were in vestigating the finding of a large quan tity of ground glass in a popular break fast food in an effort to ascertain if German plotters are spreading a new terror in the middle west. A package of the food, gold to J. H, Meyer of St. Louis, contained a tea spoonful of ground glass. It wag dis covered when Alfred Meyer, age 14, complained of particles of the glass cutting his mouth. The boy was served from a freshly opened package. OMAB KHAYYAM WON j New York, Sept. 15. Omar Khay yam today won the Lawrence Realiza tion at Belmont Park track, defeating Hourless. Ihe time was z:66 2-5 over a course of a mile and a half. Buck- board ran third. This wag the first meeting this year of Omar Khayyam and Hourless. BANDITS HOLD UP 1 00 IN SACRAMENTO CAFE Two Stood Guard While Three Passed Among Diners and Gathered the Loot Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 15. The com bined efforts of the sheriff's office were centered, today on tho capture of the five daring bandits who held up 100 men and women revellers at the Breakers cafe, a mile south of the city, last night. They made a haul of $200 and valuable jeweliy from the women. The hold was staged in the real days of '49 style. Two of the five bandits, all of whom were masked, stood guard outside the cafe while the other three entered tho place. As the bandits stepped inside the cloor they began bnnging away at the ceiling with their revolvers to frighten tne crowd into submission. The system worked liko a charm and the robbers calmly onmade .the rounds gathering in money and jewels from their victims end tossing the loot into a sack which one of the three carried. Shots were fired at three entertainers who made their escape through a side door as the bandits entered. Tho shots went wild. Two of the entertainers ran almost to the city before stopping. They thought the third entertainer following them was one of the bandits. Those swollen ones who are now de voting all their time to hollering about the conscription of wealth will later settle down to the framing of exemp tion pleas planned his coup. I believe the idea sprang full grown into big brain at the dramatic moment when the great array commander stood on the platform in the city hall of Moscow, acclaimed a hero in five iuinutes tumultuous demon strations... A splendid audience of bankers, mer chants, manufacturers and intellectuals in complacent confidence arose from the boxes nnd galleries. They cheered tho militant figure tumultously. For five minutes the noise continued un abated. Kven Korniloff 's stoicism meit cd under the warmth. He visibly expanded- That was the moment as I see it today, that the idea of power was established in the commander in chief's mind. He believes the cheers were those of all Russia. The Silent S00 But in one corner of the vast hall three hundred men only a tenth of the great assemblage sat grim and silent throughout the cheering. The frenzied ones jeered at them. Yells de manded they arise and join. But they sat silent. Korniloff, the general, the military man par excellence, did not know them. He was ignorant of what was happening away fro,m the battle front Constantly surrounded by military af fairs, constantly studying military strategy, ever thinking in terms of army life, the generailssimo thought all the voice of Russia spoke to him in! this great demonstration. If Korniloff thought at all abouf the silent 300, he thought they, were a minority. He was wrong. They rep resented the armed citizens of Russia the majority. Every man of the 3f& had been elected by the vote, of thou sands of soldiers at the front and by workerg throughout the nation. Troops Fraternized To them, Korniloff represented ev erything in Russia that they had over thrown by the revolution the cold power of military force. Yet Korniloff disdained to look at them. In his ears there resounded the sweet music of 270O wildly acclaiming delegates and he forgot the chorus waa not joined by the grim 300. It must have been at this dramatic cament that the idea of (Continued on page three) FUEL BOARD FINDS GREAT STOCKS OF COAL MIRAGE Some Bituminous Mines Un fairly Treated Will Be Given Increase PRODUCTION TO JUNE 30 GREATEST IN HISTORY Garfield Says Country Pull Through Winter With out Distress Washington, Sept. 15. Prompt action was taken by the fuel administration today to relieve serious coil "shortage and stimulate production. So-called "luxury industries" will be forced to wait for fuel until households and necessary industries are amply sup plied. Coal export to Canada has been put under license restriction. Tentative in creases over the president's prices will be granted next week to certain bitum inous mines with high costs. An emergency bureau in Administra tor Garfield's organization is arrang ing immediate relief for acute cases. Serious though tho situation is, Gar field is certain that country will pull through the winter without any shut down of munition plants or public util ities. Some "luxury industries" may be forced to close temporarily. He also an nounced tiis determination that no home shall treeze. - investigation has rovealcd that some bituminous miners were unfairly sche duled in. .President Wilson's price fix ing. Tuvso will bo given tentative in creases as soon as the president, has ap proved the new schedules drawn by tue rue! administration and the federal trade commission. These increases are designed to show tho government means to be fair to the operators, relieve un easiness iu the industry and stimulate production. Great Stocks In Storage. An eight pel cent decrease of produc tion for tho week ended September 8, accentuated the shortage somewhat but the falling off is believed due to the Labor Day holiday. Production to June ilO Hub yeur was the largest in the na tion's history. . It developed today that tho fuel ad- ministratiou hag discovered enormous storage of coal in many industries and mines. This caused a stampede among other industries having no reserve sup ply. To care for acute cases Garfield's emergency bureau has been formed to work with Judiro Lovett s priority! board nnd the car service committee of the American Railway association. The fuel administration's action coup led with decreased car shortage and f ...l .... IJUE B.IUUUUU MUUU UUl lOUliy UJlCOUIUg-' iug factors in what is regarded us the worst coal situation in the history of tho country. Wheat Shortage Causes Companies to Close Some Mills Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 15. Short age of wheat will cuuse one of the northwestern Consolidated Milling com pany's flour mills to close late today or tomorrow, it was stated at the com pany's offices today. Two of its mills have not be;u started at all this fall. Three other mills owned by the com pany will continue to operate unless the shortage becomes more serious. Washburn-Crosby were operating all of their mills at full capacity except mil! C, which is running lit half capaci ty. Pilisbury has wheat enough to run for some time. Receipts were 270 cars today against 416 cars on tho corres ponding day lust year. Shut Down One Mill Toledo, ' Ohio, Sept. 1.1. Because of the lack of wheat and iu order to con serve its pret-ent supply, tho National Milling company shut down one of its two plants tdny. If wheat shortage continues other plants may be forced to cloge, officials said. Warmth and Sunshine Send Corn Prices Down Chicago, Sept. 15. The return of summer to the middle west had its ef fect on corn prices, which were 2 to 2 1-8 down at 1.18'4, closing at l.lfi 3-4. May opened at 1.15i, off 7-8, closing 1 1-8 lower. Oats also was affected by the warm er temperatures. September opened un changed at 60, but closed 1 1-8 lower December was off 1-8 at the opening, closine 5-8 lower at 57 3-4. May open ed down at til 3 8. closing at 60 3-4. t'rovisiong were nigner on a hog market. higher Troop Train Fired On Four Soldiers Wounded Steutjenvillo, Ohio, Sept. 15. Police Chief Carter, of Steubeuvillo, with posse of citizens and detectives, was searching to:lay for unidentified per sons who fired a fusillade of shots at a troop train aft it waa passing through Mingo Junction, three miles west ; of here. Four soldiers wore wounded, one seriously. The shooting occurred in the dark ness of last night and authorities were unable even to guess at the force of the attacking party. The names of the wounded soldiers were withheld and it was not even stated to whnt unit they were attached. The victims were cared for by a detch- ment of medical of fieerg on the train. LUXBURG PREPARES TO LEAVE ARGENTINE May Go To Paraguay Mex ico Will Ignore Acts of Swedish Representative By Charles P. Stewart. (United Press Staff Correspondent) Buenos Aires, Sept. 15. Count Lux- burg was still packiug up today while massed police guards patrolled the Ger man legation to guard linn from possi ble demonstrations. President Irigoyon, it was announced, would grant the de parting envoy "a reasonable time" in which to utilize the passport handed him because of America's revelations of how Luxburg secretly cabled Berlin through the Swedish legation to sink Argentine ships "without leaving a trace." From authoritative sources, it was reported Luxburg hopes to go to Para euay, instead of Germany, being accre dited there as minister and. retaining the Argentino post until some more propititious time for his return. His admission into Paraguay is un certain. Tho press of Asuncion, com menting today, declared Luxburg would be. lieisonallv welcome, but not offi cially so. The government itself has not vet made its position clear. PTCBident Irigoyen was-today under stood to be preparing . plan rir in demnification of German property own ers whose buildings and belongings were, destroyed in Wednesday's rioting. Prominent Germans here . adopted formal resolutions last night blaming Luxburg for all the trouble. A number of representative Swedish citizens like wise met and resolved that Minister Lowen of Sweden was entirely respon sible. Will Take No Action rTtn Citv. Scut. 15 Mexico will take no action in the Eckardt-Cronholin holm affair unless the United mates makes further disclosures directly nf- ' fecting the Mexican government. Such a nolicv was announced today by high officials. The government re gards the revelations as "not of offi cial interest.' , , Former Swedish Clmrgo Croiiholm was still in hiding today and German Minister Von E.khardt who yesterday round tne Amrnrau ii.-vc)iii - uninteresting" barred all interviewers. El Pueblo, however, today printed an interview with tho German envoy in .t,i,.i, 1,0 flnt v denied writ me any let "-" - .' - . Cronholm. He said, according to r.i. Pueblo, that he was merely "aennaint-i ed with Cronholm, having met him at official ceremonies and receptions," . nnd ndded that he "had never uaci further relations with him." Market Just Drifted On Sluggish Current New York, Sept. 15. The New York Evening Sun financial review today said: A moderate amount covering and 'i few buving orders which had accumu lated overnight imparted a firm tone to tho first half hour of trailing in to day's short session of the stock mar l.ct. but after these orders had been executed the general list relapsed into aimless drifting in which prices were heavy. In some cases recessions from the opening levels were substantial, as in United States steel, which lost more than a point from the ton. also Bethle hem Steel "B", Anaconda, Utah, Cru cible Steel and others. Stocks backed and filled with an easing tendency in the late trading. I. W. W. DROWNS SELF IN YAMHILL EIVEB V-Minnville, Or., Sept. 15. Joseph A. Pricker, as I- W. V. committed suicide bv jumping into Yamhill river at Carleton Thursday evening. He leap ed from a bridge, 30 feet into six feet of water. He carried an I. V. W. card No. 218,208 issued at 27 North First street, Portland, showing a transfer record of June 25, 1W7 from local No. 02 to No. 500, signed by Harry Lloyd. The card showed due stamp payment! to January 1. and 50 centg assessment for Everett defense. Fricker also had on his person a good silver watch, 4.60 in cash, and an unopened letter from Harold Hu bert, dated February 10, 1017, in which there was reference to the probability of both having to go and fight Ger many. Fricker was about 40 years old and of good physique- His body is now in cnarge ol coroner iuioury. WOULD CONCEDE ALLIES' DEMANDS TO BOMS JOB This Is View Student of Situa tion Takes As To Kaiser's Latest Offer ANYTHING TO PREVENT WRECK OF MILITARISM Probable Shutting Off of Sup plies From Sweden Also Forcing His Hand .By J. W. T. Mason. ( Written for tho United Press.) New York,. Sept. 15. Germany's rep ly to the pope 's peace proposal is being preceded by a German propaganda ug gesting that the kaiser's militarists are willing to gl re up Belgium if tho allic do not insist upon the democratization of the German government. It is appar ent that this is to be the next import ant step toward peace that the kaiser will take. IFo is preparing to bribe tho allies with territorial restitution if thoy win ouiy permit mm to retain bis ir responsible power over tho German peo ple. The time is approaching when th moral strength of the allies will be put to a serious test. All indications point to the kaiser's determination to uso th pope's intercession for peace, as means to take tho allies upon a higH mountain nnd offer them domination over the plains below if they will trad tho future liberalization of tho German nation for material gain. - Must Retain Control. Tho kaiser, above everything else, wants the war to end with his control of the fferman. government unimpaired. and Northern Franco and even Alsace- Lorraine if tho allies will let him off from making a constitutional monarchy out of Germany. Then he will have B better chance of Bnving the house of Hohenzollern: for as long as the kaiser and not the reichstag controls tho army, a revolution in Germany after the war ends will be highly improbable, no mat ter what the terms of peaee may be. Now is the crucial time for the allio to hold fast. A democracy must be es tablished in Germany before peace ia signed, or it may never be. Tho kaiser may give up whatever the allies demand territorially, yet without a democracy to check him, cither tho kaiser or the) next Hohenzollern will inevitably try a new war of couqueoc under more fav orable conditions. The kaiser in tho rol of peace tempter should fool nobody. Arouses Only Curiosity. Washington, Sept. 15. Tho Centra Powers reported reply to the vaticaa peace proposal aroused only curiosity hero today. Inasmuch as vague forecasts of H gave no hope of fulfillment of Presi dent Wilson's demands for elimination of kuiserism, authorities here showe little interest. The single possibility it offers is that it will create new peace discussion, iu- teiferriiig with America's war work-r-ntid perhaps inspire the pope to further proffers. That the United States win stand pat on its declarations to ths pope is certain and tho allies will bo with her. Tho United States government i positivo that the tido can bo turned ugainst Germany by both military and economic, blows anil hence is not inter ested in any half way peace offors of Germany. Kaiscfism must go that ia the sum and substance of American de mands. Meantime, Germany is being choked by tho embargo. Situation Aggravated. This will Itecome even more aggravat ed by the Rwedish-Gernias-Argcntine-Mexican exposures. One of their pur pose's is to break tip tho alliance between Germany and Sweden. Eetween the em bargo and the liklihood of a govern mental house-cleaning iu Sweden, there is little chance that Germany will get further supplies from her friend, the Swedish government. And, with Argen tine and other Latin-American coun tries now fully aware of German mcth- (Coutiaucd on page three) THE WEATHER Oregon: Tonight and Sunday fair; gentle winds mostly southerly. 1 WNT ToP