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I 4,400 SUBSCRIBERS TODAY'S WEAIO (22,000 ttriA.Or'.ttHJ DA 1 Jilt Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. line xivnt .CO, FULL LEASED WIRE i Till ii i si I ii aii - .'si v j a. n n n w 1 iy winds. FORTIETH YEAR NO. 257 SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEW PTAJfTO VTVS CENTS THREE SHELLS IKE BUMS I TARGET FIFTEEN MILES AWAY Troublesome Blockhouse 14 ed to Pieces and the Few Survivors Are Made DeV d Dumb by Shell Shock Bavarian Division Throw, o Fray Cut to Slivers Germans Abandon Capture tt Vts In Russia Cadorna Forms New Defense Line By Henry Wood (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the French Armies in Flanders, Oct. 29. Three 15-inch shells, fired from a distance of fifteen miles, struck squarely on their target of a German blockhouse at Papegocd wood and. per mitted French 1'oilus, fighting like mad, lor glimpses of their own homos slight ly behind tue German lines to cut tueir way to a victory in the latest Fraueo Lritisli advance m Flanders. It was this marvelously accurate shooting last Friday which opened the way lor tiie French smash. A great, e .gut-chambered concrete blockhouse in tne center of Papegocd wood had long old up further French advance. Finally, French aviators "ranged" it. Huge French guns fired just three of their enormous shells at tnis range. The first missile was close to it; the second shat tered the solid concrete and the third passed inside. Practically all of the gar nson in this formidable defense were killed. Survivors Crazed. The few forlorn and crazed men who did survive of the sixty Gorman soldiers the fact that the enemy is carrying out orders to move before yielding. Germans Fall Back. Petrograd, Oct. 29. Evacuation by the Germans of Werder peninsula was formally announced in today's war pf- fice statement. Werder peninsula is just opposite Moon island, at the entrance to the gulf or Kiga. it was pccupied by the Ger mans ten days after extensive opera tions by probably the largest fleet of warships Germany has yet assembled in tne war. The fact that troops were land ed on the mainland, in addition to for ces on the islands of Moon, Dago and Oesel, gave rise to acute apprehension in liussia that the enemy was preparing a jano drive toward Petrograd. The for ces of Keval, on the gulf of Finland and almost due north of Werder, was Hurriedly evacuated by the Kussians be cause of the menace to its rear in the Werder landing. Fighting At Verdun. Paris, Oct. 29. Violent fighting in nf tlin 181sr infantry drnffirared into the I the Meuso sector of Verdun was report- French lines, deaf and dumb from Shell j ed in today 's official statemont. After shock. Their clothing had been stripped heavy bombardment on the right bank from them; some "were fearfully mang-of tne river, around. La Chume wood and Jed. The stamp of an inexpresible Borror Bezonvaux, the Germans attacked and was on their drawn faces. Seduction succeeded in gaining. a footing on about f the blockhouse enabled the French 500 . yards of advanced trench lines engineers, working neck-deep in St. north of CaurriereS wood. A counter Janasbeek and Coverbeek rivers to attack, the war office asserted, retook throw up bridges and trestles along greater portion or tnis gain Active artillerying was reported from north of Draibank (Belgium) and on the Aisne front around Vaudesson and Uurtebise. which French infantry later charged to a brilliant victory. These charging troops were borne nlong with the irresistible force ofmen fighting like fiends to throw back an enemy and see their own homes just beyond. Most of the French regiments now on this line are from Lille and other cities close to the present fight ing lines. Many left their loved ones lehind to answer mobilization calls and have not heard from them since. Bavarians Cut to Pieces. These men performed superhuman fighting feats. Hand-to-hand in bloody .rhrino- tlipv Vinfit hnplr t.hfl Germana. lialf swam through morasses and held confidence here today, General Cadorna tenaciously to their gains, despite every 'ean stop the sweep of tho Austrian ar efl'ort German counter-attackers made, niies. . On Saturday just an incident of this oc- i Au authoritative source today pointed r,-Uri ti.o VrsiitV hud nut. their wit out that prudenee dictates the evacua- f or a deep eain. The whole Bavarian re-. "ou VI pusiuous wmcn are or great use any strategic retirement by the Ger eerve division was thrown into the fray , V1 an oltensive sense, but which are mans in the west woud now be under to check them. It failed. The victorious dangerous practieauy useless defen- conditions less favorable than hercto- Poilus literally cut it into slivers. sivuiy. mis poucy nas mamed ueuerai rore, Carrying Out Orders. Borne, Oct. 29. "Movements which the general staff ordered, are being car ried out," said today's official state ment. "Troops opposing the enemy are ful filling their task of keeping a check on the advance on the plains." Italy Can Btop Xliem. Borne, Oct. 29. Italy has strong de fense lines with which there is every THE DElAjGE YEVENBmUP BY WEST FRONT GAINS L OSSES B Y ITA LIANS ONLY 3,509 LOST OF 1HKISH MILLIONS CROSSING ATLANTIC Washington, Oct. 29. While predict ing ; another strategic retreat by the Germans on the west front, Secretary of War Baker's weekly war review to day admits that "Italy is passing through a difficult moment." No indication is civen as to whit the allied war-chiefs may do to relieve the gigantic pressure of Hun hordes sweeping over the plains of Italy. Ba- -vi.o iwui, n luaivub was uruu&rea before the Austro-German thrust as sume its present critical pronorttbns- outincs as the foremost deveonments of the week the British and French ad vances on the west front. Anticipating "important deveotvl ments, ' ' soon, the report states that A. o roault nf thB nnst week's steadv cadorna 's withdrawals. He is now re- f.dvance along the Dixmude the French treating to positions much more formid todav are encircling both the west and able than the present front, on which south sections of Houthulst forest. That there is complete certainty here that he lilt of what used to be woodland is the mil D to resist all enemy ttorts. of the German resistance still lml.linir to Flanders. On the southeast. Say Michaelis Is Out, th j Germans in the wood face a Brit-1 Zurich, Oct. 29. The Stuttgart news i3h encircling movement. 1 PaPer Neuste Tageblatt declared today The fact that comparatively few pris- that Chancellor Michaelis' resignation onrs are being taken by the French has beon accepted by the kaiser, is due, according to German officers, to j Borne, Oct. 29. Minister of the In terior Orlado was believed to have com- the Chomin-des Dames at dawn of Oc tober 23. "General Petain so well masked his preparations that the enemy was tak en by surprise as to the exact terrain chosen for the attack and was over whelmed before being able to organize a concerted resistance. "The German lines were penetrated to a depth of well over two miles at one point. "This first attack was immediately followed by a second assault in this same sector, crowned with full success-1 in three days ngnting tne French have taken twelve thousand prisoners, 120 guns of large caliber and a great quantity of othor booty not yet onum-1 orated. "The possession of the captured fort of Malmaison. the key to the entire ndge and the villages beyond, now makes it possible for the French $5,000,000,000 SUBSCRIBED SAYS TREASURY REPORT New York Puts1 Up $1,509, 000 Over-Subscribing Quota By $250,000,000 EVERY DISTRICT PUT U? MORE THAN ITS raMUBi Oregon Passed 1st Quota by Nearly Ten Millions Put Up $25,500,000 ' POWERS IS CHAMPION Portland, Or-, Oct. 29. Pow ers, Or., today claims the lib erty loan championship of the United States. Asked to raise $5000, Pow ers bought $37,400 worth of bonds, or 623 per cent of her quota. 4 306 3(c 5c s(f 3(C 3C 3( 5jC 3ft PACIFIST PASTOR IS HOUSE WHIPPED BY MASKED PARTY Herbert S. Eigelow, cf Gzm EatiKidnadAsIIeWas Ectercg UzH HAND CUFFID 13 T " II OVER INTO KUCOY Bed to a Tree, Is Stripped and uven uozen Lashes m Bare Back ABE MARTIN The allied superiority is increasing ly apparent, tho statement adds. There is a steady rise in the enemy casualties. Russia, Baker adds, is apparently consolidating her resistance and he be lieves the Germans will probably not try to do more than strengthen thoir Biga holdings now. The statement follows: "Renewed activity prevails in all theaters of war. Important developments would ap pear to be impending. Along the western, eastern and Italian fronts, in Macedonia. Kmnania. fi..j ti: I-- Mesopotamia and even in East Africa, cntinno.1 af tK mil nf TrioRt' Ami , day. Formal announcement was with- i1gnlfant operations are m progress- of the Italian lines, the cables added. I Iholn- . Allied Drices Stronger Cadorna 's decision to fall back ap- , I It is evident that the allied drives proximately 60 miles to the Taglia- Dropped Many Bombs. along the western front are broaden- mento'river means that he has found it t ;i m i c k t.:"'b " iauVV nu wnuio necessary to. sacrifice a strip or tor- ,,. fljj A o,m u;t ;t. (f.r(1JL fronl the Houthulst wood, thru Iritory 0 miles wide at its widest point stretching 48 miles along tno enfilade the German positions along the Chemin des Dames, as well as to fire directly through the valley toward the fortress of Laon. Will Make New Stand Washington, Oct. 29. General Ca dorna 's army will make its first deter mined stand against the Austro-German invasion of Italy on the Taglii mento river, official Italian cables in dicated today. Cordona is now making a tremendous effort to save the third Italian army. Lloyd George Makes State ment Showing Great Work of British Fleet London, Oct. 29. Thirteen million have crossed and recrossed the seas during the three years of the war and only 3,500 of these have been lost, Pre mier Lloyd George told the house of commons this afternoon in lauding the work of the navy. "The navy has also safeguarded the transportation of twenty-five million tons of explosives and fifty-one million tons of coal," tho premier continued.' "Tho navy is the ancnor of the allied cause; if it loses its grip the hopes of the alliance are shattered." Lloyd George moved the thanks of to parliament to the fighting forces. Cincinnati, O., Oct. 29. Stripped of his clothing and beaten nnmoreif uliv. Horbert S. Bigclow, pacifist leader and pastor of the People's church here, waa fouad at Florence, Ky., today. He had been kidnapped by band of men in 21 automobiles. Who tnrnnil klm after dipping his head io erode petrol- All evidence indicates thnt Ka tne victim or an oath-bound organiza tion, sworn to 'wreak vengeance on pa cifists and others not in accord with tha government's war policies. Bigolow was president of the recent Ohio constitutional convention. Bigolow was kidnaped at 8 p. m., Sunday as he was about to enter hall to address a meeting of socialists. Forced Into Auto. With him were Professor Edward J. Cantrell, Minneapolis, and Vernon Bote Kansas City, Two men approached Bige low, soized him, handcuffed him and thrust him into a waiting automobile. Whnn thn last coin rolls in. it is con- Those with Biirelow sunnnsBfl ha hmt fidently believed more than twice as been taken by federal officers. many people will bo found to have " The kidnapers were traced to Latonia subscribed nearly twice as much mon- j where they- had a rendezvous with, a- ey as in the first loan. Thursday will other posse. . - : jr. tell tne complete story of the loan te- Farmers say a strange procession of suits. " ' . (automobiles winding through the Ken- "Thn' wnrlr n Arlllntion in thft first . tllkv hilla ttn.4 .nnnf.J 01 -..-i- two liberty loans is regarded by off i- The kidnapers returned from tha cials today as auguring certain success scene of the whitecapping singly. Auto- or iumre cuii'ijiin. iu uuv muuiie parties or searcliers were unable Wasjiinlgton, "Oct. 29. Ten miUion poople went "ovor the top" to reach the $5,000,000,000 goal of America 's second liberty loan. All classes and ages are on the subscription honor list today. Farly returns to the treasury depart ment still leave the grand total of Am erica's second response for dollars in doubt, but that tho $5,000,000,000 max imum has been passed by a comrort- ablo margin is assured. The next will be floated in February, it is pre dicted. . Meantime, liberty bond buyers who do not obtain their lull purcnases do cause of a Bcaling down due to over subscription, will be asked to accept war saving certificates. Frank A. Vandernp is preparing iu launch his savings campaign today. The country has been aroused by the liberty loan drives, he believes, and will quickly snap up the certificates. From now on, declared a high treas ury official, work of floating bond is- - ... . ' mt I. - n J.. sues will De easier, ino worn ui uu cation has been done. Kvery man and woman has come to realize how good an investment a four per cent United States bond is. . A hicher interest rate will not be necessary for future loans, officials be lieve. Tho New York district leads the country, with indications that its $1, 500,000,000 maximum was over sub scribed by nearly a quarter of a bil lion dollars. Chicago, Cleveland and San rrancis- A great crowa assembled in me gai- f" Bhowed increasing strength lerics and there was a b.g attendance c ,'teBt returns. Every one of the on the floor for the prime minister's J'llt rt ,v districts passed speech. Lloyd George warmly lauded General Haig and General Maud, British eom- e(, ')lieir hi(jh tag l)()re out ytc-mander-in-chicf of the Mesopotamian ' . McAdoo's view of the loan as forces, and paid enthusiastic tribute to o..i,iini, aiinnnaa." the dominion forces of the empire. Oregon Puts up $25,250,000 San Francisco, Oct. 29. Three hun dred and ten million dollars lor tne liberty loan will be the total of the twelith federal rescrvo district, James urupuu m. " the Passchcndacle ridge, southward to back of the enemy lines Saturday and Lens t the Ag . becoming Sunday by British seaplanes, an admir alty statement announced today. "We bombed Engel and St. Denis Wcstrem aerodomes with many tons of bombs, whic fell close to the sheds" the statement said. "The railway line and railway junc tion at Cortemarck and Lickervelde were attacked with two tons of bombs. "One of our machines has not re turned. ' ' Yesterday afternoon Yarssenaire aerodome was bombed with direet hits at the sheds; also Stalhillcbrugge sta tion, near Bruges. During numerous pat- j rols, an enemy machine was shot down, crashing to earth," English Haiders Busy. tivity of British and Belgian troops in iing tie&ij. Flanders was reported ui today s offi cial statement. the scene of increasingly heavy allied pressure, which the enemy, is with standing with difficulty. "Side by side, the French and Brit ish are pushing on through the Flemish lowlands toward Roulers- "The enemy, believing he might find a rift in the otherwise imprez- nable allied line at the paint of junc tion between the Franco-British forc es, directed repeated heavy eounter at tacks there. These were repulsed. "While the British attacks durine the past week have been carried out with imposing effectiveness, it is ap parent that the British command is maneuvering in order to gain import ant tactical advantages at a minimum cost. The casualties to the enemy are Gaining In Flanders Slowly, the allies are enlarging London Rejoicing Over America Taking Hrfivft Par !n War'K. Lynch, governor of the federal re FiCUVe rail ill "ariBcrvbank prcdicted today. Returns Iccntinne to come in and it may be London, Oct. 29. The British press jThursday before the figures are dofi came as near rhapsodizing as the Brit-,njfe. ish could be expected to rhapsodize to- California's subscription will be day over the Americans is French near the $200,000,000 mnric, it was 11) trenches and the American gunners in lieved today, with San Francisco con action, jtributing $75,000,000 to the total. Los All the newspapers agreed the news Angeles was within $500,000 of its was more than a mere picturesque event ! $39,500,000 maximum. u,yu. wo k"- "V """.', J,nt all .Ian hnlrl it wm idle to exnfict Other return, were: State of wasa- cento and particular y ivioaie, wnero -- - - o . . .. ', ., 44 nno.000. Idaho $10,500,000; nil Italian atnraa inn ammunition nave j Gulf of Trieste and extending north ward more than 120 miles. Among the larger cities included in the territory which will be given up are Udme, inr- j- Unnh n thi. rna. meaning. terial already has beon destroyed. ".Because America is now in, uu Italians Will Hold not mean by any means that we should There is no fear among Italian offi- not heed further efforts," said the ;i. I, or. ho h Italian Una will Daily Express in a typical editorial. --it not hold. Grave doubts are voiced, how does mean, however, that the long de-J .1-- 1. la...) vi.f.r. i. am,ro,l ever, u w mo iiiuibv ui w ruj;.D ..... . - . . back of the lines. iionaon newspapers goi tneir jirm. "Italy is not defeated," said one details of the American Sammies in the high Italian official. "She will carry trenches in dispatches from J. W. Peg on her pert of the war, if the civilian ler, United Press staff correspondent, population can be sufficiently quieted sent by the United Press to its Lon by rations that must come from Am- don clients. erica m American snips. Whether the famous Italian general ly trained to military service the full outnumbered nearly four to one, ran force of Mackensen's drive was launch- check the spectacular on rnsh of Von ed. Mackensen and the Teuton hordes de- That Italy was betrayed bv German When we're little we dream o' th things we'll do when we're big, an' Opposite Warneton we raided the lneir. Snns in rianders, driving into pen ds, military authorities hers be- spies is the firm belief of Italian of- ,e,ut it vroM Marshal TTair XM heart of trerman resistance in tne;ieve. entirely npon the number of guns ficials enemy at night," Field Marshal Haig declared. "In the neighborhood of Beu- tel Mackensen the weak hero. Otherwise. west. - ithe allies ara able to mt to Cadorna rnuhl never have known hostile reeonnoitering detachments . bailie along ui lag- point in tne Italian lines. . J ' . V- - -... ... - uriiia. I seems to Territorial at Pnezo and Cartoretto. Those gentlemen who freanent res- uregon $25,250,000. Seattle Oomes Through Seattle. Wash.. Oct. 29. Incomplete roturns today indicated 8eattle had ov oranhRrrihnd her second liberty loaT. allotment of $13,000,000, by more than $5,000,000. This estimate was made to day by Campaign Manager eorge W- Allen. Is Vice Chairman of Shipping Board Washington, Oct. 29. Charles A. Piez of Chicago, was today chosen Vice Chairman of the emergency fleet cor poration of the shipping board. He will assist Admiral Capps, genral manages of the fleet corporation in handling business permitting the latter an op portunity to concentrate on such eon- married an- settled we were repuiseo. nuna oi aerracui - , .linrir.rity h hiuvIaH it dream o' th' fun wel have when th' Belgian patrol captured a German post l7S77 . , ih . j i 3 at , j - tt -j - -cviu wuit nio i-uuicn W75"uu riDTi laurBuii BUU uiuer rvireiueriCH . u Z " 1" fx " , .:7' . uai Hai 'Won by the French during iho past were responsible for general Italian de- now sensible of having overlooked a Pies is president of the Link Belt J tu h TJ ,. ZJCT.X PiTrilVr. and ifeat. the bles said. Against these bully bet when they failed to sick th.lMachine company of Chicago, and has wL ft Z- , th,n w' bo-ght gian raid brought back 23 prisoner, and, ..Tbi, ofiengir( WM Uunehed on a troops-all men of more than 40 years war tax lawmaker, onto the brigand, served the shipping board as a produe jnstead submit tin' quietly f i a maehone gun. ,U front near tho west end of of kgewith faraUie. and only partial who hold their hat. for ransom. tion engineer. . to apprehend them. Bigolow has received vague threats recently, but refused to hed thorn. There were rumors that a secret organization. has been formed in Kentucky to "teach a lesson to pacifists. ' ' Sunuay Bigolow automobile was followed about Cincin nati by another machine. Tells His Experiences. Bigclow was able to tell of his ex periences. Ho had entered a physician's office in Florence at 1:30 a. m., and re mained there until niurniiig. His back and legs were lacerated and a portion of his huir had boen cut off. . After he had been stripped, his hands were tied around a tree. Then tho lead er of the vigilants stud: "In the name of tho women and children of Belgium and France, strike" men tne nrst Plow fell. Seven more lashes fell across his back. Then there was a pause, said Bigelow. "Apparently the man with the whip was waiting for orders," ho uaid."Thej the whip came down on my back again. I believe there were ten or a dozen lashes. "The men were masked and wora wliita anrtina Thpv rnmiiwlatl ma nP tVitK Tho oycrlKu Klux fjgUres t Bltw in The uirtll of a JNition.' . "After I had bceii seized and hand cuffed, I was taken out into the eoun try. "A sack was thrown over my head. My feet were tied. I had no notion of either time or distance. I could tell only that wo wore going over rough roads Bud smuoth ones. Nothing waa said. Stripped and Whipped. "At last wo came to a stop. I waa KfA n4 l.:i. 1 sack was taken off my head. "They led mo up a hill to a school house and took me to a tree to which tey tied mo. "Off with his clothes! " somebody ex claimed. My clothes were taken off if back." Then followed Bigerow's description of the lashing as told above. "They cut off some of my hair," said DiRclow, "and thon poured some thing ot of a bottle over my head. I judged it was crude oil. "The men then left me, except two, who remained to guard me. One had a revolver. "When the others were gone a con siderable time, my guards also left me, after telling me not to go away for tea minutes. "They instructed uie to go to a cer tain house, where I would get directions. "It occurred to me that the oil had been poured On my head so that I might be identified at the house to which I had been directed. "I feared something more was in store for me there, so I walked awsy in the opposite direction and finally reach ed Florence." Bigclow said that in parting, his kid napers told him he must leave Cincin nati within 36 hours and stay away . from there during the rest of the war. He said today he would stay ia Cin cinnati if given proper protection by (Con Untied on pags two.)