Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, October 31, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texti 4,400 SUBSCRIBERS todats BEAOEBS) DAILY Only Circsaatioo in Salem Guar anteed by Uia Audit Bureau of Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SERVICE Oregon: Tonight and Thursday fair; fresh easter ly winds. - ( fEA TALK J ftl liking m m II If! I J FORTIETH YEAR NO. FIFTEEN ARE DEA IT IS BELIEVED IN FIRE Bodies of Three British Vic tims Have Already Been . Identified CERMAN PLOTTERS WERE NO DOUBT RESPONSIBLE One Arrest Made and Others Are Expected to Follow Quickly Baltimore Mr., Oct. 31. Slain in , p ot mmei that destroyed munitions bound for General Pershings . inree rsritons were mni nn' todaaf victims of tho $5, 000,000 fire on Baltimore s water front the dead men are: Chief Gunner Brownlcy of the Brit ish steamer Kerry ltange, and two sailors. The death list is not expected to go lugher than fifteen, although more than a score of dockworkmen have been reported as missing. One man is already under arrest as the result of combined efforts of se re service men and police. He is John .v. hitterman, alleged to have been soen running away from the piers when the blaze was discovered. Other ar rests are expected shortly. Five of the men believed dead were workmen on the -iers. Two are unac counted for among fiicecn of the crew of the British steamshin Kerry Rang3. Thoy leaped overboard when the blames swept from the piers to tho vessel. Explosions punctured etiorts of Bal timore's entire fire fighting forco J'iled high on the piers waiting steam- oinpo vere many cases of ammunition, which detonated as the flames reach ed them. Foodatufrs went TiD in ami-ika ;food that was to have "one to the ar mies or America in France. Secret service agentB and the police ro combing the city and its environs today in a hunt for men seen running frcm the piers shortly aiter a police man turned in a general fire alarm. They are believed to have started the .fire. Only by heroic work did the firemen nave huge elevators of the Baltimore and Ohio railway, which are laden to their capacity with erain. All doubt as to the or I hv etflnt.L J! ' sire was removed bv stnfenipnta nt h I jimimore ana unio s guards and fire men sationed at the pier. A few sec onds before the flames broke out in iivo sections of the pier these men saw what appeared to be rockets boing up from half a dozen places. These were followed by muffled explosions and the flames came . immediately. Less than five minutes beforo the entire struc ture" was in flames, the chief watch man had made a comtlctc round of tho pier. Officials of the' Baltimore and Ohio this morning fixed the loss at $5,000, (100. This is covered partlv by the rail road 's replacement fund and" insurance Later today the steamship Kerry Jfange, which was badly damaged, souk and is now resting on the bottom of the harbor. - , The Kerry Range, which arrived in tliis port yesterday, was a steel steam er, British registry, of 5380 tons, com- controlled on riage six.) GREAT DORK With A me ricah Troops Behind the Firing Line By J. W. Pegler (United Press staff correspondent) Wifcn ;tho American 'Expeditionary Army in France, Oct. 15 (By mail) Our chauffeurs were having a songfest tonight in their mess room, just aft the kitchen of the village hotel- Little Angel, the busy waitress, was bustling around the. table clearing away tne aisnes. "That dinner was trcs bon," Ryan told her Byan, the bos chauffeur, ex driver of a New York express truck. Angel smiled appreciation and asked how to say "tres boa" in English. '."."It's 'swell dish," Byan explain ' ed. And Angel went away repeating "swell dish."jSlie is fast picking vp English. Fowler, the son of a wealthy Phil adelpbian, thumbed over a - Salvation Annv song book. "Here's a good one," he said "page six." . . - - .. ..--- s Rvn; Mason and. Darnell turned to page six. Then they harmonized.. . . . " O could I aee yon now, my boy "As fair as in olden time; ' ' When prattle and smile ; make life worth , while, " Yonr . voice waa a golden ehime. " - Ther most, have une prettr lond sVeanse raia soaked, military police- j tuan banged en the door with his club. I 259 American Steamer Sunk After Sinking U-Boat: Crew Arrives In Porl 'antie Port, Oct, 31. Twenty . of the torpedoed Ameri- 'j.. T ! V 1 i , can i -.cr Actinia uucfteuuaca. arriv ing heie today on ,. French liner, brought a trilling story of the sinking of a German U-boat and told how their boat was torpedoed three hours after the successful encounter. Describing the events, Third Mate Richard Dunphie of Brockton, Mass, said: "We first sighted the U-boat a mile off our port bow, but she submerged before we could gov our guns in ac tion. She reappeared only half a mile dead ahead and this time eur gunners were ready for her. The first, sell from our five-inch bow gun struck the sub marine squarely between the two per ioscopes. A column of water shot up from the submarine and she disappear ed. A few minutes later we passed the spot and the water was still boiling and a heavy rum of oil was plainly vis ible. "We were proceeding with a small French trawlor as a convoy some three hours later and making for a French port when, without the slightest warn. ing or without seeing the submarine which attacked us, we were torpedoed. ' TONS OF SHIPPING FOR 1918ASSURED Chairman Hurley of Board Holds Conference with Steel Shipbuilders Washington, uct. 81. in answering the allies' call for 6,000,000 tons of new American shipping in 1918, Chair man Hurley of the United States ship ping board, today said the country's yards will doliver 7,500,000 tons. The "punch" was put into the srov eminent 's anti-submarine campaign at a meeting of representatives of all steel shipbuilding plants on the Atlantic sea hoard,. Hurley called upon employers and employes to place the yards on a three oun t, uigub uiiu uay oasis. "We iiave just, begun to fight," iie said. Ad..ital Capps, general mannger of uio i lie cim rgtncy tleet c-.-poratio.i as sured tnc fhipbuilders that "red tap-j" would be cut out in the future. Ha echoed Hurley's words that "whatever help labor needs we '11 give to labor. w uatever neip tne smpyards need, we 'll give to the shipyards.". Pi-noilaiH OTAnnal 4-l.n HT-.t-l ?des divi8iu. American Federation of luor, told the meeting that he is ready to mobilize 100,000 more shipyard work er at once to rush the greater building jmram. liie meeting was one of the most im ftrtant and enthusiastic war conferen ces held hero. "It is my hope that today will es tablish a milestone in America's war progress," said Hurley. "Between now and March 1, this country will turn out 1,000,000 tons of ships. In the whole of 1916 we turned out little over 750, 000. The new goal of our expectations is ten-times the production of 1916. "Every ounce of our energy and in itiative must be directed toward the achievement of the greatest task ever imposed upon a nation in war. We arc going to build 6,000,000 dead weight tons of ships in 1918." Hurley con tinued, referring to Lord Northcliffe'.i outline of the allies' needs to the Un (Continued on Page Two.) "Whatcha wantf" Ryan demanded. "Cut out that, noise and g'wan to your billets," he "roared. "Aw, pull in your neck contract your ee-sortygus," was Byan's come- dbck. we re in quarters now " And the music went on. I went out to follow the policeman. He swung his club like a regular cop per, flashing a pocket lamp into cor ners. Wandering boy. No. 1, was found sitting on a doorstep, meditating aloud. The cop led him to the klink. Through the open door I saw three other wan derers. Then the cop resumed his wan derings. We saw tentfuls of sleeping soldiers and went on down a' street. The gutters roared a torrent of water. Three Sammies came rollicking to ward up9, chanting a new song: "I tossed a bomb into the air " It came to earth right over there. "And when that little bomblet fell "A dozen Fritzies went to H ." The eop baited them, heard them foul-flush, about having lost their wav.l put them on the right street and senti them home with a warning that they'd be pinched if .they didn't go straight. l saiu - good nignt to the cod and he went splashing along his beat. lours Deund to have: strays and stragglers in the best of armies wan- dering boys to be gathered in by the! cops. "So! You're going "Yes, But first I'm AMERICANS RUSHED INTO ACTIVE WAR TO PREVENT ITALY'S RUIN 'irst Battle May Be Fought by This Country To Save Its Ally By J. W. T. Mason, (United Press Staff Correspondent) New York, Oct. 31. The American attmv in Pvonna mow hoira t s ttiimn Sfa full participation in war sooner than.' has generally been anticipated if there proves to be no other way of creating sufficient diversion to prevent the Germans from overrunning tho north ern Italian plains. Indications now point to a slowing down of the Teutonic advance in Italy; but if later developments threaten to cause a major disaster to tho allied cause along the Tagliamento river, the United States probably will not be eon tent with trying to save taly for tho allies by money contributions alone. Germany has consistently cone to the relief of her own allies with military help wl.enover they were threatened with defeat. - The entente powers have been unable, for various reasons, to do this. The United States, however, may bo destined to fight its first battle in Europe primarily to assist a faltering ally rather than in strict accord with pre-arranged strategic objectives. To do this it would be neither necessary or advi-sable ror American troops to join with the Italians in driving the Ten tons back across the Isonzo. American pressure at certain places along the ench front, if sufficiently powerful, would demand an immediate cessation of German efforts in Italy and a quick call upon all available German reserves. It sometimes becomes necessary in war time to strike quickly before plans aro fully matured. Tho enemy f requent- ly forces an issue. It is seldom in fact that a commander can fight tinder all conditions as chosen by himself. The British offensives in Flanders have not prevented the Germans moving forward in Italy, nor have tho French offensives along the Aisne. The success or failure of German designs in Italy perhaps will rest on decisions that may shortly have to be taken in Washington. By J. W. Pegler (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the American Armies in Fraa.ce Oct. 30. (Delayed) Fair weather to day brought out the joys of trench life to American Sammies on the firing line. They had started their experience in the trenches under the most unfavor able conditions rain and sleet and cold so that today's sunshine and warmth waa all the more welcome. . In the sector where American troops are standing watch in the front line (Continued on page three.. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1917 to make the world safe for DEMOCRACY, eh?" going to make.it UNSAFE for Autocracy!" BRITISH LOSSES iESS D01G OCTOBER in SPITE OF ACTIVITY Fewer Vessels Sunk by Sub marines News From Western Front London, Oct. 31. Field Marshal Haig's great gains in Flanders during the last month were attained at less cost in men than during the fighting TV - ? ' ?a Jk casualties for the month was 83,558. In Septoraber it was 105,430, n August 60,373; in July 71,899. The detailed October figures were: Killed Wounded Mis'ng Total Officers 1,498 3,864 388 5,700 Men 15,618 57,578 4,662 77,858 Totals 17,116 61,442 5,000 83,558 The figures show, however, that the number of officers killed and wounded and missing is higher than for the past three months. Rush to Aid Italy. Paris, Oct. 31. French and British armies aro rushing to the aid of the Italians. Paris expects one of the greatest bat tles of the war to be fought on tho Italian plains. i5tj;jai M. Jules Cam Don or the foreign vt (Continued on page three) t ABE MARTIN t . Th' trouble withr-th new war tax is that th' feller that buys a half -pint is liable t' think he's patriotic. Lafe Bad has asked fer a divorce on th' grounds ' camouflage. mm QUESTION . OF. LOYALT Y MADE WARM ISSUE Charges of Disloyalty Fly Thick and Fast As Fight Grows More Bitter New York, Oct. 31. For the first time since America joined the world war, it appeared today that an election might hinge on the issue of American ism and loyalty and the election itself is to the office of mayor of the nation's biggest city. Hpeaking before a srreat audience in Brooklyn last niirht. Mavor Mitchel. a democrat, running on a fusion platform, flung the accusation at John F. Hylan, uemucraiic ana xammany condidate, that Hylan aided and abetted the pro German propaganda in America; asso ciated with paid German agents: ioin- ed William Randolph Hearst in the cult of disloyalty. Mitchel produced a letter he received from the Friends of Peace society, in which he said Hylan 's name was print ed as an honorary vice president. The mayor explained that the society was the notorious organization fathered bv Jeremiah O'Leary, Henry Weisman, Al- oen oanuer yaow imprisoned as a Ger man spy) and other German sympathiz ers. Mitchell declared "first, Judge Hy lan is the candidate of William Ran dolph Hearst, the spokesman of tho kai ser in this country, and secondly, he is not personally fitted for the office of mayor, but was selected solely because of his willingness to obey orders of those behind him." In a lessor degree the Americanism issue was injected into tho campaign by Morris Hillquist. socialist candidate himself under bitter fire from Mitchel. for alleged pro-German anti-war sym- puinies. nmquii's speecnes today assail- ea colonel Koosevelt, who is campaign ing for Mitchel, as "representing the very essence of the spirit of militarism and Prussianized autocracy in this coun try." Dudley Field Malone, formerly close adviser to President Wilson, and ex collector of the port of New York, who nas anjurea aemoeracy for Hiliquit, de nounced Roosevelt as "a shadow Amer ican." Judge Hylan today insisted he knew nothing about the use of his same on the Friends of Peace letterhead and added some choice epithets to the cam paign by calling Mitchel's assault on him "vile, mendacious, ignoble, vilely slanderous. " TAIL TO ATTACK.. London, Oct. 31. German troops fail ed to make any farther counter-attacks against newly gained British positions on the Passehendaele ridge last night, Field Marshal Haig reported today. There was, however, considerable enemy artillery fire directed against the ad vanced British lines. PHICB !TWO Heavy War Taxes Will Be Effective Tomorrow Washington, Oct. 31. War taxes will begin new drains on the great American pockotbook tomorrow. These changes go into effect after midnight tonight: Five cents on all phone calls, telegrams or radiograms costing more than fifteen cents. . Eight per cent on water or rail passenger fares for trips of more than forty miles. Three per cent on freight charges. Ten per eent on Pullman ear seats or berths. - Eight cents on each $100 life insurance. Ten per eent on elub dues ex- eeeding $12 a year. One cent each twenty-cent ex- press charge or 25 cents parcel post charge. - Tobacco taxes go Into effect but the dealers have been making a little on tho side by imposing them for several weeks. Three cent postage for letters and two cents for postals. HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN IS A WAR MEASURE IN W RESPECTS Institute Will Co-operate with Red Cross and Federal Government The $100,000 Salem General HospHal campaign Is a war measure campaign. The board of the hospital is making ar rangements that "the new hospital will co-operate with the Red Cross and the federal government to give relief to wounded soldiers and their dependent families." The new Salem hospital will probably then be. made the war base hospital for this section. Investigations show that in Canada, all hospitals and sanitoriums have been crowded to their capacities since the outbreak of tho great conflict in ear ing for their returned soldiers needing this kind of service. It is a well known fact that a certain per cent of soldiers will bo returned to Salem needing this attention. Tho present hospital facilities are inadequate. The $100,000 hospital for Salem is indeed a war measure. And thore is another side to the story. When we send our boys to the front, we want them to put up the best fight pos sible. "I could fight better and cheer fully give up my life to our country if I felt absolutely sure that my wife and babies will be taken care of in every way," said one of the soldiers in our Oiegon regiment. Let us assure each Marion county soldier that the citizens cf this county are ready and willing to provide facilities in giving adequate medical and surgical aid to his family while he is away. i The Salem hospital will provide free service and medical aid to such famil ies. This assurance will make our sol-1 diers better fighters. You can help will this war for democracy by helping to make this hospital campaign a success. For1 "he also fights who helps a fight er fight." . The keynote of the hospital campaign will be "Sacrifice." It will mean a sacrifice to you to help care for your neighbor's wife or child. It will mean a sacrifice to you to help make the Ore gon soldiers better fighters. It has meant a sacrifice to you to support tho Red Cross, Liberty bonds, nnd other war measures. Your duty for sacrifice is just as urgent for a new Salem hospital. The people of Marion county" have giv en fl.UO per capita ror Jteu Cross aim 25 cents per capita for army and navy. In Canada, every man, woman, and boy worker is giving 25 cents per week; part of this goes for hospital maintenance. British Columbia has given for war relief $25.00 per capita. Why doesn't the government do it I The government has it's hands full training two millions of men because European allies want assistance. It is our war and we must sacrifice aud give to our own. Our boys are otieriug tueir lives. Surely you can offer your dollars to care for tliem when ther return crippled and sick. More than 1OU0 crippled and broken men are returning each week to Canada blind, insane, limbless brothers, fath ers and husbands, sick body, spirit and soul. Their cry is ' ' We have done it for you. You must keep us from want." Tbey are dependent and helpless and the Canadian people are caring for them in their hospitals, sanitoriums and homes. It is coming to us as sure as day fol lows night. Our boys will be back with the same heart rending cry and today Salem has no hospital adequate no fa cilities to serve them. Is it then not a war measure f If so, you know your duty. The executive committee meets to night and reports of special committees will be received. Colonel Ferris, com manding division A has been devoting considerable time to his division. ' He has enlisted and appointed the follow ing captains: F. G. Myers, R. C, Bishop, Theo. Both, Jno. W. Todd, Geo. J. Watson. This lineup of Captains assures a splendid fighting unit for all are veter ans in organization and leadership. Cam paign Manager, Deekebach reports all details of organization np to schedule time and when the machine is complet ed, Salem will see the strongest brigade ever massed ior war service. OK KUCEN8 AND WEW fVAKun otto cents CAR DOHA WILL MAKE HIS STAND OH TIIE RIVER LIIIE tagliamento Is Swollen Flood and Presents Strong Barrier BATTLE AT THIS POINT MAY DECIDE ITALY'S FATE Allies Are Rushing Supplies of Men and Munitions to Italian Front ITALY ASKED NO AID " London, Oct. 31 Not a single whisper reached London that reinforcements were needed by Italy to repel possible invasion the Globe declared today Jn an editorial deprecating accusa tions that England and France did not heed Italian warnings. , "None doubted the solidari ty of the Italian military situa tion or questioned the ability of the Italians to hold their re cent gains," the newspaper de clared. . ... . . , ; . London, Oc'J 31. Dfevelopmerit of. one of the crucial battles of the war when General Cordona makes his stand against tho invading Austro-Germaa armies along the route of the Taglia mento river, was regarded as imminent today." There was renewed confidence here today tnat this waterway, now swol len by unprecedented rains, and backed up by Cauorna's reformed and rehabil itated army, would offer an hmias- sable barrier to the advancing Teuton ic troops, tne only fear entertained was that the Austrian reported on ' the upper reaches of the river would be able to flank tho Italian line. Dispatches from Zurich today report ed tho Austrians found Gorizia a mcro shell. The Italians before their retreit burned vast supplies and many scores of buildings were blown up. i -OME STILL CONFIDENT By John H, Beaxley (United Press staff correspondent) Rome, Oct. 31. Rome expects the great Austro-Gcrman drive to come to a halt on the flood swollen banks of the Tagliamento river. Reports from the front today de clared the river was a roaring torrent which it was confidently believed would offer a formidable barrier of defense fotr the Italians now beinir withdrawn in orderly array to its bank. French and British gunners, co op erating with the Italian troops, have) been of tremendous moral support to General Cadorna's men. The excellence of the military roads constructed in Austrian territory, which Cordona seized last summer, haa been of immense aid to the enemy. Tho net work of these highways has af forded the AustroGormans quick means of concentrating men and up-plie- The strongest proof of how Italy is now rallying to tho cause of repelling tho invader, was furnished in tho quick formation of a coalition cabinet- Prac tically all parties threw aside their po litical differences and joined in this ministry. Particularly emphatic waa tho reponso of the socialists the par ty which forced tho downfall ef the Bosolli cabinet. As formed, the cabinet includes these officers: Premier and minister of the intorior. Vitiorio Orlando. Minister of foreign affairs, Baron Sonnino. Minister of war, General Alfiori. Minister of finance, Signor Meda. Minister of pensions, Signor Bisso- lati. Minister . of the treasury, Signor Nitti. The Italian war office called to tho colorB all classes from 1874 tol89S). Supplies for Italy Rushed Washington, Oct. 31. Gigantic sup pliesmoney, munitions, fuel and fooj are being rushed to Italy today to help Genera Cadorna stem the Teuton ic invasion. The allies America incluil ed thoroughly awake to the critical danger in . von Mackensen's big drive, are pushing aid from all quarters. ' This government has decided to ex tend Italy's credits $230,000,000 im mediately. Grain and coal are already en route to help the civilian population. and assist Italy in maintaining tn morale of the people. France is sending guns to Cadorna. to strengthen tho Tagliamento system of entrenchments. Italian officials iere declare thik the Tagliamento line is well fortified, and in addition is a "natural barrier against invasion from the north." The defense works on this line extend across country for many miles north ward of TagUamento toward Rome CENTS (Continued on page three)