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FORTIETH YEAR NO. 2:0
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1917
PRICE TWO CENTS SHcSS?
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WAR APPROPRIATION
IREATEST
$20,000,000,000 Is Sura America Raises First Year In War
to Make the Whole World FreeThis Means 35,000 Tons
. of Gold Of This $7,000 000,000 Will Be Loaned Allies
-This Great Sum Leav deficit About $3,000,000,000
SOME FIGURED S TO MONEY
. . .
How Money Is Rai for War Chest.
Bond bill of April 24 . . . h $ 7,000,000,000
B ond bill of September 24 '-.T. 8,538,000,000
War revenue bill 2,500,000,000
Regular revenue 1,333,000,000
Total $19,371,000,000
How Money Is Spent for War.
Loans to allies $ 7,000,000,000
Armv 6,890,019,661
Navy 1,605,098,458
Aviation and aircraft 694,000,000
Shipping 1,040,000,000
Selective draft 8,658,413
Food control and survey - 173,846,400
Soldiers and sailors insurance .... 176,250,000
Emergency fund to president 100,000,000
Total $17,687,872,932
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Washington, Sept. 27. Congress to
day is Hearing the greatest money rais
ing feat in the history of the world's
parliaments N6harToii, with an equal
time, ever appropriated sueh sums $20,
000,000,000 for any purpose.
Means tor raising nineteen and a
half bilious of dollars have been pro
vided under revenue and bond bills.
Onlv the conference report on the $2,
fiOOjOOO.OOO revenue bill awaits fina
disposition today.
Out of the giant appropriations may
be traced the new courses modern war
fare has taken. Nearly $7,000,000,000
has been set aside for the army, of
which about a third i3 devoted to artl
lery and ammunton alone. Ship building
lias demanded more than a billion. Air
craft production is given a start with
iB4,000,000 and more to come. An even
S:7,000,000,000 is provided for a loan to
the allies. The navy has needed to date
Wly $1,606,000,000.
There is pending a soldiers and sail
ors insurance bill which appropriates
$176,250,000 to take care of the wound
ed and dependents.
More than eight and a half millions
have been set aside for the selective
draft. Herbert Hoover is given $162,
500,000 to control the food situation,
while Secretary of Agriculture Houston
lias $11,346,400 to hold a nation wide
survey and learn what the food supply
really is.
But even with the great sums raised,
nil expenditures of the government up
to June 30, 191 8, will leave more than a
bllion dollar deficit if more funds are
not raised. Senator lortge figures the
deficit will reach $3,000,000,000. To
meet this will be left to the December
session.
Revenues $3,833,000,000.
The deficit is based on the fact that
in addition to war expenditures of
$17,687,872,932, there wll be other regu
lar expenditures to bring the total to
ABE MARTIN
Th' trouble with a golden bantam
roastin' ear is that you no sooner git
a good start on one till you have t'
ti:rn back. What's beoome o th' ole
..i raven musiaehe with th' curled
ends! -
1 HISTORY
$20,651,700,734. Only $19,371,000,000 is
j netted from the two bond bills, war rev
enue bill and the; regular revenues of
the government. The first bond will be
signed by the president April 24 provid
ed for $.1,000,000,000 in bonds and $2,-
i 000,000,000 in-certificates of indebted
ness. The second bill provded $11,538,
000,000, but of ths $3,000,000,000 goes te
convert bonds authorized but not issued
under the first bill, leaving a total of
"new funds" of $8,538,000,000.
The war revenue bill will produce ap
proximately $2,500,000,000, while regu
lar revenues will add $1,333,000,000
more.
SHOWS NO SIGNS OF
III
That at San Francisco Ends
Switchmen's Strike Hits
Steel Plants
Portland, Or., Sept. 27. Today
; brought new complications in the ship
j yard strike complications which
threaten added difficulties in Bottling
' the labor disputes.
' The effort of some ship yards and
I steel plants to resume work this morn
1 iug with non-union crews was a com
: plete failure.
However, the retaliatory step of the
union the celling out of men in four
plants supplying ship yards with ma
terials was largely a success. Three
iron and steel works were closed today
and the big plant of the Willamette
Iron and Steel company crippled.
A mass meeting of members of nil
unions here nffiliated with the Ameri
can Federation of Labor was called to
day for tomorrow night at the municipal
auditorium. It is generally understood
they will discuss a general strike in
other lines than shipouilding and iron
working to make Portland a closed shop
town.
The strike is settling down largely to
a fight between the unions, who demand
closed shop polieies, and the employers,
who declare they will not under any
condition adopt the elosed shop prin
ciple. All other issues are secondary. ,
This Strike Ended.
San Francisco, Sept. 27. Paralysis of
San Francisco bay "shipbuilding which
l as tied up for ten days work on $120,
000,000 worth of government contracts,
will end tomorrow morning, when 25,
000 members of the iron trades council
will resume.work in all yards and shops.
This will bring to an end the strike
declared September 17, following a dis
agreement over wages.
Reports that many members of the
boilermakers' union might refuse to re
sume work could not be confirmed and
'were not generally credited today,
i The decision to end the strike came
I after a five hour session of the Iron
; Trades Council marked by spirited de-
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SECRET SERVICE
ROUNDSUPBUNCH
OF GERMAN SPIES
Ninety-One Caught In Raid In
New York Will Be Put
Behind Bars
INVALUABLE MATERIAL
CAPTURED WITH THEM
Vast Number Tabulated and
Their Every Move Under
Surveillance
New York, Sept. 27. Ninety one
Germans, caught in the government'
drive against enemy aliens, plotting to
hamper war work, were taken to Kllis
island today and interned. Guarded by their victories today after a nght of n
sixty federal officers, the Germans ccssant beatug back of German counter
wore transported to the wharf in patrol attacks.
wagons. Additional armed guards. were The whole of tho Ypres sector was
on the pier. Later federal chrges may ablaze wth artillery, trench mortars and
be filed against individuals suspected grenade explosions,
of having made actual attempts to dam Prisoners pouring back of the lanes
a;e machinery or otherwise interfere were glad to emerge from the fighting
with government work. In the mean- alive.
time, blue prints and maps'eonfiscated Bavarian and. Baden troops who op
when the Germans were seized will be posed part of the British advance on the
carefully examined. Other arrests may. sjx mile front declared they were sick
be made tonight. , of war Tllpy complained that the losses
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"Invaluable material to the navy of the PrusHiaus who. battlel th(,y
department was found in their pes- were forccd to f ht gtil, .
h', k 881(1 Thomas Tuney, chief of crs declared unless peace conies soon
he bomb squad of detectives. ."Blue tuJ Gemau hi h eommand wiu have
prints, charts, maps and other docu- difficulty iu k a it t iu
ments and a collection of revolvers ... , mi:' , .... 'r ,
were confiscated.
i
Large quantities of carborundum was
found in the possession of one man em
ployed in a plant where machinery for
the navy is being manufactured. A
small amount of this when put, in the
finer parts of a machine will complete
ly disable it.
."We believe,'; said Captaia Tunney
"that he received his supply from: a
German agent who was arrested in
Ckristiania, Norway. "
The men taken into custody have
been shadowed by detectives for sev
eral months at the request of the navy
department. It was announced that
many of those arrested were working
together and had effected an organiza
tion. Among those caught was Heinrich
Wetterhahn, former wireless operator
on the German steamor Freidrich der
Grosse.
. Have Tjein Located
Washington, Sept. 27. Alien ene
mies infesting war works of the govern
ment are being swept out. The navy
and justice departments, co-operating
to promptly throttl e any effort to
cripple this nation's war machinery
(Continued on pace tlx.)
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BAVARIANS TIRED
OF WAR SAY THEY
DO i'
Prisoners Say Unless Peace
Comes Soon Officers Can
not Control Men
ALL NIGHT FIGHT LEAVES
BRITISH HOLDING GAINS
Germans Make Four Desper-
ate Counter Attacks, All
N
of Which Fail
(By William Phillip SImms)
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the British Armies in the Field.
Sept. 27. British troops held fast to
iue .iigiuifig. uia iuuur siuccnieui oi
serious discontent in the German ranks
is completely belied, however, by the
stubborn German defense wheh the
fighting has developed.
Further counter-attacks late today
won the German minor local positions in
the regian of Winzig fa:;ju and vale
house,, but British troopa, in desperate
fighting, wrested baek some ' of these
points.
.'The same violent combat brought re
lief today to a detachment of Argyll
and Sutherland highlanders who had
been cut off 4 hours from their lines
and who, despite the fact that they
only one division as reserve in their
Italian campaign; while the British and
French artillery, infantry and aircraft
have done mest "spectacular work the
past week. Such a situation means that
Germany is on the downgrade.
With the mili try situation thus shap
ing much of Germany's disadvantage,
experts here see clearly that her peace
maneuvers are based on a real internal
desire for peace above which rides tho
spectre of a tcfrible beating if the
struggle goes on.
' Nothing Doing ' ' Say Allies
Germany 's latest peace move, a sug-
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BESX I HAVE. I GIVE.TQ
lOSt FIGHTING
Gil
UN ALLY
President of Big Bank
Works for Uncle Sam
for Munificent Salary
Washington, Sept. 27. Frank A.
Vanderlip, president of the National
City bank, New York, the largest in
stitution of its kind in the' United
States, has severed all hif busiiess con
nections to work for the United States
government at $1 a year.
Vanderlip, directing head of the
American International Corporation
and the International Mercantile
Marine, many times a millionaire, is
to be chairman of tho war savings
certificates committee, organized by
the treasury department to conduct
campaign for extensive saving through
out the war-.
Vanderlip, who before he beeame
leading figure 'in Wall Street, was an
assistant secretary of the treasury, is
working On a ten hour basis. The
severance is only temporary and will
bo in effect as long as Vanderlip is
needed iu Washington.
PORTLAND'S ELKS
IN W
32,300 Passed Through Gates
Yesterday They Swing
Livlier Today
IT'S A ROYAL CROWD AND
SPORTS ROYAL PURPLE
wusMoser Makes Stirring
Address-A Perfect Day"
Ends Tonight
Of courso it was the weather accord
ing to Saclmites at least, that is re
sponsible for an increase of 3000 over
yesterday s attendance at the fMr.
Portland boosters and the Klks give
themselves the credit, but whatever or
whoever did it the actunl returns show
that 32,300 people passed inside the
gates yesterday, Saiem day, and every
indication points to an attendance of
35,000 or more today.
The Elks are out in firll force, the
Salem lodge acting as host at the
luncheon today at noon, The Salem
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YOU"
IAVE BANNER DAY
AY Of CROWD
READY TO DESERT HOI
BULGARIA BRIBED TO AID KAISER
BV PROMISES-READY FOR PEACE
KAISER WILHELM
BEGINS TO ADMIT
HE HAS LOST WAR
He Is Not Beaten But Realizes
There Is No Possible .
Chance to Win
WANTS PEACE BEFORE
AMERICA CAN STRIKE
This Is Reason for Offer to
Restore Belgium None of
His Acts Are Open
' By J. W. T. Mason
(Writton for the United Press)
New York, Sept. 27. Realization of
the inevitable overthrow of tho Hohon
zollern autocracy if the war is prolong
ed until America gets into the thick of
the fighting, has caused the kaiser to
make his offer for the apparent return
of Be In inn independence.
Step by step, the kaiser is beginning
10 aamit ne nas lost tno war; out each
admission shows that the same old
crafty diplomatic methods dominate
the German government. Tho kaiser's
Belgian offer, if accepted, would rep
resent a far reaching victory for kaiser
ism. The kaiser insists that there be
administrative separation of the Flem
ish and Walloon districts of Belgitim.
This is where kaiserisni displays its
sinister purpose.
Wants German Language
Tho kaiser might as well insist that
those parts of America where the Ger
man language is spoken be adminis
tratively separated from tho districts
whero .English ib spoken. Tho official
Belgian language and the language of
Belgian literature is French. Walloon
is a French dialect. The Flemish lan
guage, however, is a Dutch dialect,
strongly allied to the German tongue.
It is spoken most extensively by tho
peasantry and has no literature of its
own. 'Iho kaiser s purpose is to cause
Teutonic language to supercede the
French language in Bilgium, from
which it is but a step to the introduc
tion of German "kultur" among the
Belgians.
Cannot be Honest
Cardinal Gasparri 's recent declara
tion to the United Press that the popes
peace plea should tie interpreted re
quiring special consideration tor Bel
gium, is sufficient indication that the
Vatican has secured from Oermany the
present offer of partial restoration of
Belgium. But, the Flemish-Walloon
tricu in the kaiser's offer shows how
necessary it is to scrutinize every word
of tho kaiser's diplomacy for secret,
underhand meanings. Nothing can be
accepted as open nnd above board.
The Belgium proposal will not bo ac
cepted by the allies. Oihcr offers, re
luctantly won from the mediaeval ab
solutists in Berlin, can safely be pre
dicted. These will show a gradual in
crease of the price the kaiser is willing
to pay for peace. If they are all re
jected, there will then come the imai
step of German democratization as the
result of American's preponderant
strength in the conflict.
GERMANY AWAKENING
By Carl D. Groat
(United Press staff correspondent)
Washington, Sept. 27. Germany,
weakening, though not beaten, is mak
ing a desperate effort for peace, in the
fear of America's might next year.
International experts today repeated
this declaration even more emphatical
ly than they have voiced it for weeks
past on tbe strength of Secretary .if
War Baker's official war review show
ing that Germany's punch is waning.
The government was informed long
ago thut Germany would start a new
propaganda for peace to avoid a win
ter campaign and the effects of An
erica's participation in the war. Ger
man replies to the Vatican proved the
intention was entirely correct. Ger
many's moves now are looked upon
here as an appeal to pacifists.
Urinal an Rtranper
ltaiar'a Tovinw the!
first of a weekly series show that the
enemy docs not reel nimseir ame w
undertake the much advertised offens
ive action, so often boasted of at home
during the past summer in order to
end the war victoriously by Christmas.
The report shows Russian resistance
stiffening; the Austrians using only
(Continued on page five.).
WANTS TO RETAIN
OLD TERRITORIES
SHE HAS TAKEN
Entered the War Solely to Re
gain Sections Lost In
Balkan War ;
HER SYMPATHIES WERE
ALWAYS WITH ALLIES
Would Have Fought 0a Their
Side On Promise of Ter
ritory Being Restored
By A. S. Johnson
(United Press staff correspondent)
Washington, Sept. 27. Bulgaria is
not interested in Kaiser Wilhelm'a
dream of a Mittel Europa empire. In
an interview with the United Press
today, Stephen l'hanaretof f, Bulgarian
minister to the United States, said his
country had attained tbe sole ends for
which it entered the war and is ready
to quit, providing sho can keep the ter-ritor-
''which by language, national
ity and historic right belongs to her."
Bulgaria, he said, would have prefer
red to have fught on the side of the
ailing, but Germany made a more ac
ceptable business proposition.
"Bulgaria entered the world war
with one object in view regaining
Dobrudja, Macedonia and parts of Ser
bia which were unjustly taken from
her during the Balkan war and in the
treaty of 1878," said PhasaretoK
frankly. "She had no particular love,
for the central powers in fact only a
fow years ago had been at war witk
urKey. As the price of entering tho
war she asked . restoration of former
tcrritorv which, by President Wilson 'a
own statement of 'national boundar
ies rightfully belpngs to her.
Prefers the Allies
"Bulgaria would have preferred to
join the allies, uut tney onerea resuj
ration of her territory providing Ser
bia would consent to take in exchange
other territory presumably wrested
from Austria-Hungary or Turkey. Our
prime minister even stated xo the al
lies that within 21 hours of the ao-
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TOMORROW'S
PROGRAM
OREGON STATE FAIR
GOOD ROADS, PRESS AND
WILLAMETTE DAY.
Special Features.
Addresses, by Justice Walter McCam-
nnt, lion. Stephen A. Lowell, address
by Governor James Withycombo at 1:00
at grand stand.
Stock parade postponed until 1:15 p.
m. At this time the t!o0 prize winning
cattle and horses will pass tho grand
stand iu grand review.
Final award of all school exhibits will
be made.
Entries for Friday's Races.
2:13 pace Purse $1000 Lena Pateh,
Lolo, McAliiiu, King Zoloch, Captain
Mack, Bertha Seattle, Bonnie Antrim,
T. R. McGregor.
2:20 Trot Purse $600 Oregona, Jet
Lock, Cavalier Gale, Guy Light, Flori
mel, Romplete, Byron and Guy Boy.
Special Pace Purse $400 For Nam
ed Pacers. Bubbles, Tillamook Maid,
Hal Norte, Indian Hal, Hnltamont.
Four Furlongs Purse 100. Letitisv
R., Fernridge, Bob Wade, Little Nell,
Rosa Phaon.
Six Furlongs Purse 150 Drummer,
Blackthorn, Solon, Dandy Jim and Han
nah Phaon.
SCHOOL BOOK PRAISES KAISEB
..irtlond. Or.. Rent. 27. The text-
book, VaterlRnd, used in Gorman class-
es in Portland schools, will be closely
examined bv school authorities and per
haps be dropped as a school book, de
spite contracts with its publishers, it
became known today. The book praises
the kaiser and Germany.
Kerensky and Korniloff sre 'caning
it offiky. .;...