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FORTIETH YEAR NO. 241
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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1917
PRICE TWO CENTS SiiS8
Veteran Lefthander Is Invincible In Today's Game and Giants
Win 2 to 0 Cicotte Hurled Good Game But Had Two
Bad Innings, One of Them Netting the New Yorkers Their
Winning ScoresCrowd of Thirty-five Thousand Crazv !
Fans Went Into Hysterics Over First Giant Victory of
Tresent World Series
By H. C. Hamilton,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Polo Grounds, New York, Oct. 10.Rube Benton,
veteran lefthander, put the Giants back in the world's
series here this afternoon when he shut out the Chicago
White Sox. The score was 2 to 0.
Eddie Cicotte, hero pitcher of the first game in Chicago,
tasted defeat. Two bad innings were all he experienced,
the second of them netting three hits for the Giants and
their two tallies.
One of the blows was a triple and it was followed by a
double. The game was a tight battle from the time the
first ball was pitched until Joe Jackson made the final out
witn a toul to left field that Fletcher took on the run.
Eddie Collins attempted to start a White Sox rally in the
ninth inning, but his hard earned infield hit went for
nothing.. i
The Giants' two runs were the result of a triple by
Robertson, followed by Holke's double. At this point Mc
Graw used a play that he rarely attempts. He ordered
Rariden to sacrifice. ' Holke reached third and was en
abled to score when Burns laid down an infield hit. - -
Only thirty-one men faced Benton, who let the Chicago
sluggers down with five hits. Benton struck out five men
and was master of the Sox from start to finish.
Cicotte fanned a Giant batter in every inning. The
crowd of more than 35,000 yelled itself into hysterics as
the Giants pounded over enough runs to win and general
ly split things during the one-hour and fifty-five minutes
of the game.
Errors were numerous, but none of them figured in the
scoring.
Today's Giant victory means that the teams must re
turn to Chicago before winding up the series.
Polo Grounds New Yark, Oct. 10.
UncU'r a sunny sky, despite early
threats of a bad day, the White Sox
und Giants clashed today in their third
game of the Star Bpangled world's
series.
Cold and gray, they appeared, regard
less of the sun and cold and gray
they sat in the stands those faithful
New Yiirk fans who have refused to
give up hope.
This third game broke on the shiv
ering multitude that cheered in the
stands just as the first two games
were bound round with bunting in
I uicago. A host of flagstaff a reared 1 Hums, If 0
their slim heads from the huge stands I Hcrzog, 2b 0
and flung Old Glory to the breeze. I Knuff, of 0
From the peaks of the staffs at each ! Zimmerman, 3b 0
OFFICIAL BOX SCOEE
WHITE SOX BHFOAE
J. Collins, If 0 0 10
Melhillin, 3b 0 0 0 1
Kl Colins, 2b 0 2 3 2 0
Jackson, rf. 0 0 0 0 0
Felsch, cf 0 15 0 0
Gandil, lb 0 0 6 0 0
Weaver, ss 0 2 0 2 0
Schalk, c 0 0 9 0 0
Cicotte, p 0 0 0 1
1 , .AMrAyrOCMtT. M'ste
...it : r nr : -7 , e i gy
LAY BARE MORE
GERMAN PLOTS,
ROIL U. S.
TO EM
Foreign Office Sought to Or
ganize Reign of Terror
in America
UNITED STATES BASE
OF PLOT AGAINST CANADA
Totals 0 5 24 6 3
GIANTS
B H PO A
end of the horseshoe stands, France and ' Fletcher, ss 0 0
Great Britain were eivou a ulaee in ! Robertson, rf. 1 3
America's greatest sporting event. The ' IJolk e, lb 1
u
tri-color of the fighting republic swung
from one pole and the union jack
graced the other.
Fewer Seat Seekers.
Only about a third of the number of
eat seekers who were present yester
day were on hand today to await the
opening of the gates. The waiters were
.divided into- three lines two for those
ABE MARTIN ;
l.anden, c.
Benton, p. .
..0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1 15
1 7
0 1
Totals...... 2 8 27 13 2
Score By Innings.
hicagn 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 00 5 3
.New orH...O 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 x 2 8 2
Summary.
Two base hits Holke, Weaver;
I Three base hit Robertson; Sacrifice
ihi: Randen; Struck out Cicotte, 7,
jBcnton, 5; Double play Raridan to
Herzog: Stolen bases Robertson.
holding rain checks from yesterday and
the other for prospective ticket pur
chasers. Frank H. Flint, first in line
yesterday, was No. 1 again today. His
suit was out of hock and he iooked
prosperous. He sold his position yes
terday for $S and was ready to repeat
loaay.
Emma Preis and Gertrnae Cohen
made up the feminine element in the
early arrivals.
Ground Is. Fair. j
Still covered by the loni? stretches
of grey tarpaulin, holding a puddle of
water nere and there, but stirt green
in the shadow of its drab concretem
and blazing bunting, the Polo Grounds
was in fair condition for a ball game.
But cold or no cold, damp or no damp,
it was certain the massive stand would
be filled when time came for starting
the first game in New York.
When the rain halted proceedings
yesterday there were at least fifteen
thousand persons in the various stands,
mainly the lower grandstand. Only
j four thousand seat are left here, ae
I cording to word given out at club head
i (Continued on page three)
Jeremiah O'Leary and Wm.
Bayard Hale Paid Agents
of Germany
REVOLT IN NAVY
IS REPORTED IN
REICHSTA G " TODAY
Washington, Oct. 10. Germany's
general staff, in furtherance of its cam
paign of world domination, sought in
1910 to have the Canadian Pacific rail
way wrecked at several points. Again
it Dlotted sabotage in the United States
and Canada, which would burn factories I the Russian revolution
supplying munitions of war. These two Hads of 80me persons in our navy."
new points in Germany 's ruthless svs-1 on t'apclle declared that the plot
tern of intrieue were broueht to liht i haot heen suppressed and claimed that
By John Grandena
(United Press staff correspondent)
Berlin, via London, Oct. 10. Rad
ical reichstag members today furiously
denied complicity in the naval revo
lutionary plot revealed by Admiral von
Capelle in a session of the reichstag.
Dr. David, one of the socialist lead
ers, insisted upon his belief that none
of his fellow party members was guil
ty and demanded they be heard. Mes
srs. Haase, Dittmann and Voghter,
three socialists accused by Von Capelle
followed, denying complicity. The
three admitted conferences with sail
0ft, but said no plans such as those
stated by von Capelle had been sub
mitted to them.
Von Capelle said the revolt "justi
fied the strongest measure, even tho
death penalty."
Officially Announced
Amsterdam, Oct. 10. A revolution
ary plot in the German navy, similar
to that which broke out in the Rus
sian Baltic fleet recently, was disclos
ed by Admiral Von Cappelle, minister
of marine, in a speech before tho reich
stag. The admiral frankly stated that
it was "unfortunately a sad fact that
turned the
Haase was chairman of the socialist
faction in the reichstag prior to hig
Drench with Philip Seheidemann, now
leader of the majority socialists and
a government supporter. Together withJ
Voghter and the Jtollowers tt Can
Licbknecht, jnow supposed ;to be ia
jail, Haase has been working secretly
for a revolution in Germany.
Hugo Haase is also one of the repre
sentatives of the German social democ
racy on the international socialist bu
reau and is one of the foremost lead
ers of internationalism,; in Gurniany,
. Socialists Are Opposed.
Amsterdam, Oct. 10. Both minority
and majority socialist parties voted
today against a vote of confidence in
DESPERATE COUNTER
ATTACKS BY GERMANS
IN FLANDERS TODAY
Most of These Attacks Supported by Ragged Artillery
Fire, Are Driven BackOn One Section British Advanced
Posts Are Forced to RetireFrench Make Brilliant Ad
vance Over Flooded Fields Bridged with Cork They
Are Still Pushing Ahead Today German Snbmarins
Bases Are Now Threatened
(By William Philip Slmms)
(United Press staff correspondent)
With tho British Armies in Flanders,
Qet. 10. Desperate German counter-attacks
were reported today over the mud
covered fields across which the British
have registered another successful ad
vance. The raggedness of the German artil
lery fire in support of these counter-attacks
has told its own story. It was
obvious that the German were mom oc
cupied in hauling their guns back than
in firing.
The Gorman effort to regain lost
ground was particularly astride thu
lpres-Koulerg railway.
fire, the men of France reclaimed Bel
gian ground Leld by the Germans since
1914. "
France worked a modern miraclo to
make her soldiers literally walk on the
sea in achieving tho great victory i in
this battle of the inundation.
Feverishly working in s deluge ot
rain, French engineer! carpeted the
great barriers of water which was No
Man's Land In Flanders, with great
islands of cork. They built miles of
trestles and countless bridges. It was
over this "no man's water" that tho
French swept on to victory.
Today tho desperation of the German
counter-attacks told of the enemy's real-
Positions held by the British today , . . . t rreneh d British
are hardly more timn vast bogs uno I v.(.tor.es mean
companied this latest battle in Flan'
dors began Sunday night. It continued
until 10 o'clock Monday night. Tho
Flemish plains and even the low ridges
were a vast scheme of bogs, lue iiritisn
The Teuton command threw fresh di
visions into the Flanders maelstrom
with unparalleled prodigality. That tho
Germans should sacrifice so many thous
ands of her troops, when her high com
mand is now faced with a steadily wan-
command hesitated to carry out pians . f o tho immenOT
SIS' tW..ffi'VV! P hold-
:;:." jL". lit-...i. t the i'mneo-Jsmun successes.
officers and men alike were anxious to
attack. They were willing to take the
handicap-and were absolutely confident
of a victory. Tho whole attack was there
upon carried cut exactly on tne mmme
planned. The men advanced from their
shell hole positions under cover of a
pitch black night and slid and wallowed
thr.iugh the slime ana mua 10 meir ex
pected victory.
Through all the gale, night and day,
the British nirmeu battled in the air
like taunted eagles.
Blotto i Out By Mud.
.'v merciful all -enveloping mud today
blotted out, for the most part, the hor
rors of a hogev battlefield originally
carpeted with German dead.
Iu five battles in the Flemish bogs
since July 31, the Germans have been
driven back an average of a mile for
each battle. From information obtained
prior to the attack, coupled with what
my own eyes saw and my ears heard, I
am in a position to say that the ob-
iectives in every one vl hicw
Chancellor Michaelis,
Berln dispatch.
according to a
today bv the state department in cor
respondence forwarded to the Teuton
envoy, Bernstorff, in January, 1916.
At the same time the department pub
lished a third telegram Bernstorff sent
his foreign office in September, 1916,
declaring that the embargo conference,
planning to tway congress to the side I
The first two messages show that the
Irish traitor, 8ir Roger Casemen, pro
vided the names of men who could give
information on the sabotage subject
including Jeremiah O'Leary, Irish pro
pagandist, whose name has appeared
several times in recent exposes.
The German embassy was ordered to
provide neecssary funds for the Cana
dian Pacifie railway work and presum
ably accomplished its purpose, inasmuch
as tunnels on that line were wrecked
early in 1916,
Berlin warned the ambassador that
the embassy must not be compromised
and Bernstorff informed the foreign
office there was no danger of his be-
ine involved in the intricate machina
tions he had under way.
O'Leary in the Limelight
The disclosures today perhaps explain
the very caustic reply President Wilson
made to O'Leary on September 29,
1916. O'Leary had telegraphed the
president that he would not vote for
him. The president replied:
"I would feel deeply mortified to
have you or anybody like you vote for
me. 8ince you have access to many dis
loyal Americans and I have not, I will
ask yon to convev this- message to
them."
0rmaa Secret Message
The state department's announcement
said:
(Castinoed ea Page Two.)
socialist members of the reichstag
were involved.
Von Capelle said some of the plot
ters "had suffered a deserved pen
alty." '
"It'is unfortunately a" sad fact,"
the minister of marine asserted, "that
the Russian revolution has turned the
heads of some persons in our navy,
inculcating, revolutionary ideas and in
tho insensate plan to nominate rep
resentatives on all ships who would
cause the crews to disobey orders and
paralyze our fleet thus forcing'peace..
"The principal agitators conferred
with independent reichstag members,
including Members Deltman, Haase
and Voghter, obtaining their approval.
"I cannot reveal subsequent events
in the navy. Some suffered a deserved
penalty. Rumors now in circulation are
immeasurably exaggerated- The com
bative force of the navy was not
threatened for a single moment."
Replying to Dittman's statement
that a fight against Pan-Germans was
not a fight against the government,
Chancellor Michaelis intimated bis be
lief that the independent socialists
were aiming to endanger the empire.
He defended crtain propaganda at the
front, where, he said, "some mental
and moral pabulum was needed."
complete failure in stemming the British
t. Not enlv are the Germans stead
ily retiring from the most important po
sitions in Flanders, but their casualties
on the most conservative estimate ap-p.-oximato
75 per cent greater than those
of the attacking British.
I'.verv shell hole today held shattered
dead. Iusido concrete blockhouses one
invariably found dozens of corpses
many of' them killed by concussions
when the shells themselves failed to
penetrate. The vaunted German ' pill
boxes" were often completely blown
out cf the wet earth, their crews scat
tered and ploughed into the slimy, slip
pery ground.
Littered by Equipment.
The whole battlefield over which the
British achieved their victory j
The report of a revolutionary peace
plot in the German navy is the first
indication of a definite influence of
the agitation induced by Russia at the
front among German troops and sail
ors. Haase and Voghter, mentioned by
von Capelle, are leaders of the pow
erful and growing socialist minority
in the reichstag who have been con
ducting a fearless and consistent, agi
tation against the war, demandinz an
earlv peace on the basis oHhe proaram
proclaimed by revolutionary Rusia.
1ST HAIL PACKAGES
BY NOVEMBER 15
Gifts to Boys In France Must
- Be So Mailed to Reach
ThemChristmas
Packages to be sent to the boy in
France must be mailed by November 15
in order to je&eh them by Christmas.
The postal authorities are sending out
warnings to all postoffices as to thb
date for the sending of Christmas pre
sents. And what is of equal importance,
is the fact that every package must
absolutely be covored witn wrapper of
surricier.l t'rengtn l. not only re list
the preui.ro from other niil in tin ' 0tnibutcd to the German habit
sacks but to withstand the weight of
a pile u'. r.-cks.
Christ - u packages n tt M marked
Christ mis mrfil in th qppsr le.'t hand
-rrner a. ' t.ii name of tin sender. Kara
package ni'4 be wiii -io'I lu admit of
easy inspection by the postal authori
ties before it will be forwarded to
France And in addition to all this care,
the Washington postal authorities an
nounce that no package will be forward
ed to France until it has a postmaster's
certificate that it does not contain any
hihited articles.
It must also be remembered that mail
service to the men in France is subject
to many delays and that it is better to
get the Christmas package in several
weeks ahead of time.
GEN. CHITTENDEN DEAD.
Retreat Is Dangerous.
' The Germans now cannot retroat -without
abandoning the Flanders coast. That
means abandonment of the great "ub
marine bases curtailment of the sub
marine campaign. Every yard thoy aro
compelled to yield iu Flanders makes
relinquishment of these bases that mucH
nearer. Moreover, the British victory
took from the enemy tho dominating
heights and observatories controlling ail
the Flanders plains. The French contri
bution was restoration to the allies of
lnnd heretofore securely held by the
Germans behind the inundated section
flooded by Belgium In 1914. '
Fleeing before the invaders at tho
start of the war, Belgium invoked na
ture's waters to flood the plains and
stop the enemy. But they also havo
since constituted tho greatest obstaclo
to liberation in Flanders.
Tuesday morning's attack had been
long planned. The French, however, had
not prepared to fight nature as they
Xorceu to ugui.
,v . . --- - y - . . I urnrn TiirrfMl TO IJ1IIU. J
ties were completely won accoramg i - , ; . .. - , tholl(?h
schedule. . ,i. i,..rself had ioined against tho
The most desperate bat tl tac lie. iof tu ,,, dow .
Crown Prince Rupprecht have been j rene whol
linn - . . , .,, t,ii vnl
Bomi-inunaateu wiiuurneBo
streams, valleys, canals, marshes and
rivers into a veritable sea. Whether the
French soldiers, waiting all night for
the advance, or the Germans awaiting
the attack, suffered the most from tho
torrents, having no shelter, either above,
or below the ground, it is impossible
to imagine. .
It was certain, however, that tno
French artillery's superiority wiped out
and inequality which nature condes
cended to give the Germans.
The Attack Described.
" I saw this battle of the clements-r
fire, earth, water, airMonday night,
before "zero", the moment for tho at
tack. At one spot the most dense ar
tillery concentration of the war caused
Flanders plains as mr
ed with littered heaps of .., " " to Vomit up endlessly
bodieB. lmpeuiiiii-mo - - . leet of lire ami
nnz nv t hrouen me jna uuimn - - ,
o - I
bodieB. imped
teriai all slowly
mud today,
of
i a iian.ua fiinnt cxh osions -
.. ""1 "led with nature'.
Ihe fact that so few German gun. snei, - .Vtorm. The ,riving
galloping to tne rear wnu .....
use only high velocity guns and some of
the bigger howitzers during these Brit
ish attacks and these big guns are kept
well to the rear. They continue hammer
inff incessantly.
The war is not over and the Germans
can take lot of beating yet-but the
five advances scored with complet
carrying out of all plans for each, show
which way the wind is blowing.
British Advance Again
With the British Armies in Flanders,
Oct 10. After a desperate hand to
hand battle, Australians this afternoon
captured Celtic wood, southeast or
Broodscinde, from the Germans.
FIELDS BRIDGED WITH COEK.
(By Henry Wood)
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the French Armies in Flanders,
Oct. 10. Charging over flooded fields
"bridged" by great chunks of cork
fc.M together with barbed wire, fight-
the Lake Washington canal and water ,,;,) rrr of wind, rain and gun-
front facilities hers.
Seattle Wash., Oct. 10. Brigadier
General, Hiram M. Chittenden, I'. 8.
A., retired, died at his home here early
today. He was 59 years of age and had
been in ill health for some time. He
graduated from West Point in 1884 and
directed important engineering work
throughout the United States, playing
an important part in the construction of
wcrc captubyFeMMar - every moment.
uselessly seeKing w..
erv. r or cvcit -
g rain it seemert
kewise increased.
41,.
Toward morning nature gavo "H V
.r.,ffzle. Then the artillery reached its
rA it
i w.nt ll0 thpir iriins TO l"C "
nwuij . n-;;Hh th fnrv of the ftrtili
Tin. started The Gerinans clean creaw in the whippin
r.".rJ field Pieces the the French artillery 1.
a Koitin starts, senuinu ""wo
inatnnt
triumphant crescendo as it f ""
a roll ng barrasre. ncnui.i.
tXtryleaped from its -'
trenches to the marsh covered plain
before it-lenped from island to island
t0Tne' a'S came before th, German,
exacted it. hTe enemy M
while a first line division was b-
chanted. The new M-
division rushed from the
wax caught and decimated by the tre
mendous" barraee fire. The French at
tained their obiectives with minimum,
losvs. The victory was won.
Tuesday's .Treat drive is the third on
since Antut 1. Since the "
.Hied Flanders offensive. whH -the
British were remining the last obser.
y orie. dominate and
Flanders plains to the coast,
have been steadily drivm? back tho
Germans from the protection ot tho
great w.nt barrier. Tn each of the three
great French attacks the Poilna havo
f CoUmo4 PS Two.) , tJ4