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LET JTEWS BEBVMOI
FORTIETH YEAR NO. 228
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1917
PRICE TWO CENTSrKS
SOCIETY WOMEN
OF WASHINGTON
BERNSTORFF AIDS
Embassy Employes Were En
gaged As Scents at
Fashionable fh lirs
BERNSTORFF . PffilAR
IN SWELL rCIETY
M
Newspaper Reporters' Un
guarded Moments Were
Source of Information
(By Carl D. Groat)
(t'nitcd Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Sept. 25. Beautiful so
ciety women were Ambassador Bern
Htorff's unconscious aids in gathering
"inside information about Americau af
fairs." This fact will be developed if any
congressional, inquiry of his propaganda
operations and his congressional slush
fund nra undertaken. Moreover, it
would be revealed that employes of the
Herman embassy in the day .time were
waiter spies at night for the count.
Bernstoff, tall, handsome and grn;
clous was a social lion here and in New
York in the days before the war and
before his nefarious operations had
come to light.
It was no uncommon occurrence for
social leaders to call hiin on the tele
phone afternoons and chat with him.
Ambassador Bernstorff never nindo -any
secret of these calls.
Aside from his opportunities of gath
ering "diplomatic gossip" hero lie was
. most consistent visitor to New York.
During his visits to New York he held
many mysterious conferences and it is
assumed he frequently met men who
were aiding in his anti-American prop
aganda. Incidentally, . his New York
trips recalled today the fact that reports
the time of the so-called "leak "
at
investigation linked Bernstorff's name
with the stock deals.- It is believed
ouite generally here that the informa
tion he,could gather as to the moves
of his own nnd the American govern
ment, Bernstorff was able to make
large profits in the American market.
Bernstorff had n retinue of servants
at the embassy who were really spies.
At night they had employment at big
social affairs where the count himself
was frequently a guest. When the war
made him persona non grata, Bernstorff
could still get a considerable stock of
information from these waiters. The
United States secret service was aware
of this phase of Bernstorff's work and
heid close tab on it.
The state department was worried for
some time over one form of Bernstorff's
propaganda his talks to newspaper
men. In as broad a wav as possible of
ficials warned newspapermen who j killed. The tremendous artillery prep
" covered" the embassy that they were aration permitted it.
being duped oftentimes bv the smooth- t' America supports her infantry
tongued Teuton. The officials also did
all they could directly to prevent Bern
storff froin talking and at one time a
his persistence in talking "German
mess agent matter." There were rumors
for a time that his recall would be ask
ed as a result.
Secretary of State Lansing indicat
ed today that perhaps he would have n
new series of disclosures of Germany's
shameless "work soon.
House Members Touchy. '
Washington, Sept. 23. The house is
divided over the punishment to be me
ted to Representatives Heflin, Alabama
and Howard, Georgia, for insinuations
that some congressmen were interested
in Bernstorff's $50,0u0 "slush fund."
(Continued on Page Two.)
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le we couia oniy near ourselves eat
as others hear us. "It wnz almost tool
cool fer furs yisterday," said Miss Taw-1
"T. Arr!eF t 'day.
ARTILLERY CHIEF
FACTOR IN WAR
ON WEST FRONT
Recent British and French
- Offensives Employ Few
Infantrymen
OPPOSING WORKS TAKEN
WITH ONLY SLIGHT LOSS
Fifteen Killed In German Air
Raid Over England
Last Night
By Henry Wood
, (United Press staff correspondent)
With the French Armies at the Front
Sept. 25 For the first time in worlds
history, battles are being fouqht today
on the French front whero the number
of artillerymen, "preparing" the at
tack, equals and often exceeds the
sumber of infantrymen in the assault.
"Artillery preparation "today means
pcrliaps a million shells a day a rec
ord frequently reached in French of-
lensive attacks.
Such concentration of artillcrvmen
and shells- is the greatest demand yet
readied in the "war of material." It
is the basis on which American troops
will participate. When Americns in
fantrymen eventually are called upon
to "go over" it should be after artil
lery preparation possibly not of a mil
Hon, but of two million shells a dav.
. Already this new massing of artil
lery has been developed by the French
to a point where the material exceeds
tho wildest imagination of three years
ago.
Jn the April offensive along the
Aisne and Moronvillcrs crest, the
French fired day after day an average
of a million shells a day. Had the
United States beeir in a position- at
that time to furnish France with a
H"""0".?. ilaL '""i"01' th
war might have been over bv now-
Comparative figures show this great
artillery .development. In the German
assault on Verdun last year, the enemy
seldom was able to fire over 200,000
shells a day. In the French attack on
Verdun, August 20. the maximum of
-100.000 a day was reached.
For tho French portion of the Flan
ders attack in July, if all guns used
had been placed side by sido instead
of in successive rows, they would have
been too close together for safety in
firing.
It is General Petaln's philosophy
that no military commander now has
the right to send human breasts against
material.
In gigantic attacks during the sum
mer in Flasders, on the Aisne, against
Mnronvilliers and Verdun regiments of
French troops have captured prefixed
objectives without a single soldier
un hii Miiiiit-iy pri'griim equal ju ev
ery way to that which, the French
have developed and are now develop
ing to a greater degree she can count
lm,t "'.V on vl"orv victory at
ost of human life smaller as her artil
lery preparation is greater.
Air Raid over Britain
London, Sept. 25. Fifteen killed
and 70 injured was the official casu
alty list announced today of last nights
German raid by Zeppelins and air
planes -
Lord French, commander in chief of
home defense forces, announced that
the raiders over London had been driv
en off by anti-aircraft gun fire only
one or a the most two machines hav
ing penetrated the defenses.
"Knemy airships crossed the York
shire and Lincolnshire coasts," he Baid
"There is no evidence that they pene
trated far inland. One coast town was
bombed, three women being slightly
injured. Little material damage was
done."
Loss May oe Greater
London, Sept. 25. Casualties from
last niaht's raid of Zeppelins and air
ships was expected today to exceed the
six dead and a seorj injured reported
in first official statements.
So far no reports of damage have
been received from Yorkshire and Lin
colnshire, where apparently the Zeppe
lins confined their operations, leaving
the fasfer Gotha airplanes for the at
tack on London proper. The city bore
the raid with equanimity, many audi
ences in theaters keeping their seats
and calmly listening to the orchestras
or the plays.
Raids Only Activity.
London, Sept. 25. Raids and active
'artillery fire were all the fighting re
ported from the British front by Field
Marshal Maig todav.
' ' East of Enehy we carried out a sue-
Icessful raid at night," he said. "A
few prisoners were taken. Northeast of
Lens a hostile attempt to rush a for
ward post was repnlsed after a bombing
"Last and north of Ynres the en-
emy s artillery was active at night. " -;
,
German Attacks Repnlsed.
Paris, Sept. 25. Violent German at-
THE
RUSSIA WILL NOT
CONCLUDE SEPARATE
PEACE, SAYS CRAKE
Army May Have Lost Power
of Resistance Owing to
Existing Chaos
. (By William G. Shepherd)
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
. Stockholm, Sept. 25. "Russia will
not make a saparate peace but it is
impossible to say how far the Russian
army will go in resisting the enemy,"
in the opinion of Charles R. Crane, Am
erican business man and one of the
American commissioners to Russia. He
cached here today from Petrograd.
"There is chaos in Russia," he told
the United Press. "It is exceedingly
difficult to draw facts from the con
fused situation or to make prophecies in
view of rapidly changing conditions.
Events move with terrific speed. No one
can tell today what will happen to
morrow.
'However, the outstanding truth is
that the Russian revolution has not
shown the Germans that they may im
prove their own government by a sim
ilar movement. This feeling is reflect
ed by German and Austrian prisoners
who iu mnuy cases are moving free
ly about expressing their pity for Rus
sians' sufferings and discomforts of
anarchy. ' '
' ' The Kornilof f affair forcer Premier
Kerenskv to place himself in the hands I
of the Bolsheviki. He has been trying I
to shake off their clutches ever since, i
Three days ago he appointed a cabinet.
The Soviet (council of workmen and,
soldiers of Petrograd) refused to en
dorse his selections. Then Kerensky
threw down the gauntlet, insisting that
his choice of the cabinet must prevail.
Things were in this situation when I
left Petrograd.
"It is impossible to predict whether
the premier will be able to withstand
the Bolsheviki strength. The Bolsheviki
are the real counter-revolutionists and '
peacemakers. j
"Conditions this winter in the bigj
cities will be very unhappy. I
"The peasants are refusing to sell
food to the large centers because the
money they receive buys so little. More
over, the peasants, constituting the real
backbone of Russia and staunchly sup
porting Kerensky, know that there are
thousands of soldiers loafing in the cit
ies who ought to be fighting in aid of
the new democracy.
"Parts of Russia outside of Petrograd
are becoming impatient with the capital.
The Caucasians, Siberians and Ukran
ians are showing disinclination to work
with the Petrograd government; be-
(Continued on page three)
tacks made with the prodigal expendi
ture of liquid fire against French po
sitions around Beaumont, were thrown
back with heavy losses to the assaulting
waves, the officiol report asserted today.
m0i(Mh Iff!
m -
LOVE OF A.
HOT GUILTY VERDICT
IN BRADLEY MURDER
CASE LASTEVENING
Four Ballots Taken by Jury,
First Showing Even
Division; 6 to 6
Not guilty was the verdict of the
jury in the case of A. E. Bradley charg
ed with second degree murder for the
killing of Fred Moore on August 22.
The jury required but 50 minuos in
its deliberations. The first ballot stood
six to six for manslaughter. In all four
ballots were taken, with the final ver
dict of not guilty.
The trial occupied tho time of the
court four days. Twenty-two men were
called before the jury was accepted, the
majority of them being farmers.
In all, 40 witnesses were called, 25
for the defense and 15 for the state. The
defendant, A. E. Bradley was defended
by W. H. Trindle, Philip J. Kuntz and
Walter Wiuslmv. District Attorney
Gehlhar was assisted by James C. Helt
zel iu the prosecution.
CUPID HAS BLOW OUT.
Spokane, Wash., Sept. 25. A
blowout punctured a romance
here today.
After a 400-mile chase from
Seattle, David S. Windell, pur
suing parent, captured his elop
ing daughter, Alice when Cu
pid 's car had a blowout. J. Don
lau of Seattle is the principal
victim of the blowout.
A LIVELY UNDERTAKES.
Butte, Mont., Sept. 25. Larry Dug
gan, undertaker, is under arrest here
todav for beating up a miner who call
ed Duggan a scab.
Friends of Duggan deny he was try
ing to stimulate business.
5 THE WEATHER :
!
Oregon: Tonight
and Wednesday
fair except prob
ably rain north
west portion; gen
tle southerly
winds.
-1 i
(THIS jTbUOry
- " v"--
BEAR
ARCEHT1NE. BREAKS
DIPLOMATIC RELATION
WITH GERMAN EMPIRE
Chamber of Deputies Makes
Decisive Move Toward
War Today
By Charles P. Stewart
(United Press staff correspondent)
Buenos Aires, Sept. 25. By a vote
of 53 to 18 the Argentine chamber of
deputies today voted to support a
break in relations with Germany.
The vote was on a motion "to pro
ceed to break relations with Germany.'
The chamber's vote completes Ar
gentine's legislative approval of sev
erance of relations with Berlin. The
senate last week voted 23 to 1 in favor
of such a step.
Under tho Argentine constitutional
law, however, authorities believe Pres
ident Irjgoyen can override this legis
lative approval by a veto if ho so de
sires. Public opinion here today, how
ever, supported the belief that the ad
ministration would follow the course
recommended by the senate and depu
ties. According to the newspaper Razon
today, the government intends to re
affirm its position of neutrality, de
spite tho positive votes in favor of sev
erance of diplomatic relations in the
senate and chamber of deputies.
THE BERLIN VERSION.
. Berlin, via London, Sept. 25. ''Our
aviators attacked England and dropped
bombs on military buildings and ware
houses in the heart of London, at Dov
er, Southend, Chatham and Sheerncss,"
sail today's official statement.
"Fires gave evidence of tho effect
of this bombardment.
"All our machines returned undam
aged. Dunkirk was also attacked.
"The enemy lost thirteen aero
planes. "
To the above official statement, the
United Press London bureau appended
this note:
"If the above loss of thirteen aero
planes by ' the enemy ' refers to British
planes lost in the air raid last night,
tho statement is totally devoid of the
truth, according to official statements
today."
MISS KANKIN CALLED DOWN
Butte, Mont., Sept. 25. The asser
tion of Congresswoman Jeanette Ran
kin' that she was unable to-intorview
Secretary of Labor Wilson before her
recent trip to Butte was refuted in a
letter today in a letter received by the
carpenters' union from the department.
Miss Rankin was given all facts regard-,
ing Butte labor troubles rapidly as
the department obtained them and hail
frequent interviews with Secretary
Wilson, the lejtcr declared.
CONFERENCE MAY
SETTLE PORTLAND
SHIPYARDS' STRIKE
Heads of Companies Will Meet
Representatives of the
Strikers
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES
KEEPING CLOSE WATCH
Fourteen Thousand Shipyard
Workers Will Strike Sat
urday in Seattle
Portland, Or., Sept. 25.i A conference
of shipyard heads and representatives
of the striking employes will be held as
noon as possible to present an adjust
ment or tne strike, winch has stopped
construction on 100 vessels on the Wil
lamette and Columbia rivers, Mayor
Baker announced this afternoon follow
ing a meeting of city, county and state
authorities.
Managers of several of the largest
yards are out of the city, and a duto
lor tne conference will be set as soon
as tho autorities acting together can
get in touch with them.
In the meantime, federal authorities
are bending every effort to adjust the
strike here. Senator George E. Chamber
lain today sent a telegram to Mayor
Baker declariug that the department of
labor, the shipping board and other gov
ernment agencies are co-operating to
affect an early settlonieut of the Port
land strike situation. Chamberlain ad
ded he would keep in touch with Wash
ington officials and do whatever he
could to bring about an adjustment.
Mayor Baker is keeping President
Wilson in touch with each day's devel
opments by wire.
This morning's conference was held to
assure united action. of city, ; county and
state to prevent vuileyeo in the strike.
Governor Withycombe came here from
Salem to atti?nd the meeting.
Strike in Seattle Saturday.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 25. Fourteen
thousand Seattle ship yard workers will
strike at 10 o'clock Saturday morning
unless the labor adjustment board of the
United States shipping board, mooting
in Washington city, effects a settlement
on tho increased wago demands of tho
metal trades council before that time.
The strike date was set by the metal
trades council yesterday and unani
mously ratified by the membership of
the Tioilermakers union last night.
The boilermakers' action was formal
ly ratified by the business agents of the
13 unions of the metnl trades council
this morning nnd the strike . notices at
once sent to the ship yards.
(Continued on page three.)
PAID GERMAN AGENTS
BACK A NATION- WIDE
STRIKE IN ARGENTINE
By J. W. T. Mason
(Written for the United Press)
New York, Sept. 2"i Argentine's
general strike at the critical moment of
peremptory demands upon Germany
provides evidence that the kaiser's
mediaeval system has not been chang
ed by the American revelations or its
sinister international menace.
While it is iu the midst of apologiz
ing for Count Luxi.urg'a murderous ad
vice to the kaiser to sink Argentine 'a
shins "without leaving a trace," Ger
many has been caught financing labor
unrest in Argentine-
The situation now existing in the
South American republic is the counter
part of the ideal ior which von Bern
storff end his associates were working
in the United States.
Had von Bernstorff and his various
50,000 sums prevailed, President Wil
son would have faced last spring the
same artificial domestic crises now ex
isting in Argentine. The single differ
ence centers in the fact that between
then and now the remarkable work of
the Ameri'-an secret service has reveal
ed documentary proof of Germany s
diplomatic perfidy.
The Argentine people in particular,
have first hand knowledge o the mud
dy depths to which German diplomacy
will sink. It cannot be difficult, there
fore, lor them to understand with what
readiness German money is being ex
pended in Argentine to encourage do-
estic disconl, lor ine Deneru oi mo
kaiser's absolutists.
For the rest of the world, tne les
son is fullv as serious as for Argentine.
It demonstrates anew the sham or the
kaiser's pleading for a "moral peace.
To obtain this "moral peace," the
kaiser would attempt to bribe and cor
rupt anybody. No peace in which the
Hohenzollerns participate as principals
can be a "moral peace."
The atory of Argentine shows that
LARGER CROWDS
VISIT STATE FAIR
ON SECOND DAY
Educational Exhibits Attract
Much Attention In Old
Pavilion
STATE GRANGE KEEPING
OPEN HOUSE FOR VISITORS
Salem and Woodman Day Will
Draw Large Crowds
Tomorrow
As all roads once lead to Some, so
all local interest centers around tha
state fair.
The threatened rain failing to mater
ialize, today's crowd wa much larger
than Monday's.
Several hundred patients of the stat
institutions were the guests of the fair
this morning and witnessed the dis
play of their handiwork in the several
exhibits together with the other attrac
tions. The chief interest thus far seems to
center about the educational exhibits
located iu the old pavilion much of tho
credit lor tho uniqueness of the dis
plays and general management of tho
building is due E. F. Carleton, assist
ant state superintendent of schools,
who is in chaage. His untiring effort
and painstaking zeal before and dur
ing the fair have produced gratifying
results.
The University of Oregon in addi
tion to their display of the work of
the various departments, have at hand
an array of the books written by var
ious members of the faculty. This con
tribution to literature embraces a var-,
ied list of subjects. Tho university la
co-operating with the Oregon Federa
tion for Industrial Safety and a num
ber of pictures and data call attention
to hazardous pursuits and incidents.
A display of slides, pictures and oth
er things educational, loaned by tho
extension department to schools and
communities, is shown as a part of tho
school's activities.
The rest room and library where the
daily papers from all parts oi tho state
may be read is conveniently located
at the entrance of the old pavilion.
Tho headquarters of the state Grange
is charge of Mrs. Zella 8- Flotcher, dep
uty master for Marion county, is mak
ing a special effort to keep "open
house" for tho benefit of the out of
town members and visitors especially
thoso from outside tho state.
Interesting programs arc promised
in the various booths each day.
An attractive program was presented
this morning by tho scholars of the
Oregon School for the Deaf. Another
(Continued on page three)
peace now would leave the same gang
sters in control of Germany's destinies
as before tho war. The unfortunate
position of Argentine, though pcrhap
momentarily advantageous to the kais
er, must, however, result disastrously
for him in the end, for it is conclusive
evidence of the refusal of the Hohen
zollerns to reform themselves voluntar-
iiy.
GERMANS PAT EXPENSES
By Charles P. Stewart
(United Press staff correspondent)
jjuenos Aires, Sept. 25. (via Lon
don) Argentina was paralyzed today
in a general strike, which tied up alV
railroads, cut off communication and
threatens famine in scores of cities.
It was learned on high authority
that Germans are paying many strik
ers' expenses to prevent them return
ing to work. One hundred and twenty
thousand men arc already ont.
The government was strenuously at
tempting to settle the strikes today
while agitators, equally earnest, en
deavored to prolong the Buenos Aires
local street railway strike.
Buenos Aires is already without milk
Klectric light plants are operated only
by sailors and soldiers. Food price
soared to unheard of heights today.
The government advised all hotels to
barricade their windows with, shutter
and to secure provisions enough for A
fortnight, officially admitting that
continuation of the strike for even a
tew days will mean a food shortage.
During the night strikers cut tha
American cable and land wires, be
eauso they were within the railroaj
right of wav. All National telegraph
wires to Chile were cut. destroying
South American communication, ex
cept bv cable to London, New York
and down the Pacific. The Pacific, ea,-
(Continued OS Page Two.).