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TODAY'S I 4,400 SUBSCRIBERS n 1 (22,000 REAHEBS) DAILY Only Circulation la Salem Guar anteed by tha Audit Bureau of Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEW? SEE VICE in Oregon: Tonight and Tuesday clou dy, with rain nil imuTh northwest portion moderate easterly winds. FORTIETH YEAR 287 SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS ?SSSS? id sen-THs fix I " ' I I o f H v - Will Be Called Upon to Authorize Expenditure of Thirty Seven Million Dallas Daily During First Year of War Adjournment Taken Early to Await Message of President Which Will Be Delivered at Noon Tomorrow Sentiment ; For War With German Allies Is Almost Unanimous Washington, Dee. 3. Both house and senate of America's win the war con gress convened on the stroke of noon today with the first caty upon it for ap propriations totalling 13,504,357,939. This sum an average expenditure of $37,000,000 a day for the next year is Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo's es timate of war and necessary internal ex pense during the next year. . On Tuesday President Wilson will de liver his message, sounding the eall for H'.ieh action as he believes necessary to carry America to victory in the war for democracy. In presenting his message, the president will appear before a joint session for the first time since the dec laration of war against Germany. Since that time, first American blood lias been shed in France and the Unit ed States has assumed a dominant posi tion in the councils of the allies. Adjournment was taken in both houses today immediately after prelim inaries were disposed of, to await the president's message. Galleries were crowded, htfwever, and members brought word to both hous and senate' of in creasing determination, to wage war to victory among the people "back home. " The president is not expected ts ask for a declaration of war against Ger- many's allies tomorrow, but the" centi ment for . announcing open belligerency in Austria is reported to be growing to-j dav. Senator Lodge, ranking republican member of the senate foreign relations committee, declared in favor, of this step, oenator stone, cnairman or tne . committee, has already gone on record as favoring a declaration on Austria. The suggestions of the president how ever, are expected to be followed as to this. Scenes at Opening. Sir George Reid, former premier of Australia-, and former member of the British parliament, occupied a fit on the senate floor as the guest of Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska. . Senator Martin', Virginia, democratic leader, and Senator Gallinger, New Hampshire, minority leader, were named as the senate members of a joint com mittee to notify the president of the convening of congress. Ways and means of raising the tre mendous sums called for by the gov ernment estimates will precipitate the big fights of the session. It is believed American Engineers Get Cut Off From Their Work Take a Hand TprsnPCCPan Crvthl RJfla !nf!.izo.d what was happening. a vuuvuomu uiuvi) a in tv iuiu Enjoyed Himself Immensely" By William Phillip Simms (United Press staff correspondent) With the British Annies, Dee. 3. Americans did their bit to aid Byng's Tommies in pushing back around Cam brai Germany "s most formidable as sault siuce Verdun. , They weren't enlisted to fight. They were engineers and doctors. The engineers got caught in the maol Strom cf struggling lines and some were cut off by the Germans. Then a good many of thm rolled tip their sleeves and went into the fight. They borrowed rifies and fought like bear tats shouler to shoulder with the Brit ish. . The American doctors stuek to their jobs of helpin-r the wounded, under tire. Whether these Americans suffer ed casualties had not been established in headquarters up to- today. The whole British army, however, was ringing with praise of their first class fight ing ability. Ever since the beginning of Byng's thrust, the array engineers of the American forces have been buiid-in-; and operating 'strategic railways close u; to the (Sermau lines- Teanessein had Good Time Mosrt of them got their first baptism cf fire in Crown Prince Rupprecht'sj Tlieir shells Jell on either side of the counter surprise blnw. They liked it locomotive, but luckily missed it. The end went into the fighting with enthus- j St. Louisan worked his way to the Brit Jasm. Like many of the British guii-jtish lines, found himself a rifle, grab ners, "the American engineers eaw thrijbed some ammunition and went to it, Germans '-c!ose up" before they real- hot and heavy. the president may have specific recom- meudations to make on this subject. Prohibition Fight. Eenewal of the prohibition fight be came certain when Kepresentative Ean dall, California, presented a resolution that would prohibit the use of any food materials in the manufacture of alcohol or alcoholic beverages. While no demon stration was admitted by the suffrag ists, advance notice has been given of attempts that will be made to force through a suffrage amendment this ses sion, despite the rush of war -vork. The house recessed until this after noon when the committees appointed to wait on the president will notify him that congress is ready to receive his message. . The' house notification committee was: Kitehin, Fitzgerald, Chairmr.n of approrpiations- committee and Gillett, Massachusetts, acting republican leader in the absence of Representative Mann, wno is in a Xinitimore hospital. One Indictsd Member. Cooper, Wisconsin, asked "indefen ite" leave of absence for his colleague, Representative Nelson, now under in dictment for conspiracy to assist his son to evad) the draft. A Blight titter went from the house as the leave was grant ed. s . ; :.. . ., Three new members, elected at spec ial eiecuons during tne . recess were sworn in: Schuler Morrit, Com ejtieut, succeeding Representative Hill, who died; Wilfred W, Lufkiu, Massachusetts succeeding Representative Augustus Gardner, now fighting with his national guard regiment, and E. H. Beshlin of tne sistn district of Pennsylvania, Madden, Illinois republican, objected to acceptance f Beshlin tn the ground that ho didn't have his formal certifi cate of election, but liter withdrew it when the Pennsylvania delegation unan imoudy testified to his election."""'-.. Boutine Proceedings. Washington, Dec. 3. The house con vened promptly at noon today for the session of the Sixty Fifth, America's win the war congress. " As Speaker Clark's gavel fell, Vice President Marshall in the senate called the upper house to order. Prayers for victory were offered in opening of both houses. In his prayer opening the senate ses sion. Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman, senate frioTiilnwd ot Ptirp Twn.l in the Fighting une One lanky Tennesseean got a day full of thrills. .. "I was standing beside my engine," he said today, "when shrapnel began raining all around me. I didn't have a tin helmet so I grabbed a petrol tank. I figured that was better than nothing. Well, snh, those Prussians kept a Com ing. I hustled, back and dived into a shell hole. Pretty soon I looked up -and the boches were all around me. They went to work and blew up the railway tracks, but they left the en gine. I sneaked from "shell hole to shell bole until I finally found some Tommies. Then I erabced a rifle." Rescued His Engine The Tennesseean didn "t toll the rest of the story, but some who saw him in aetion throughout the day brought it bacK joyfully to headquarters today. The southerner enjoyed himself im mensely and he must have caused a lot :of pain over among the oociies. lien he and his fighting brothers of the British finally rescued the Ten nesseean' beloved engine, the Tom mies saidthe American was tickled, as if he'd done all the rescuing himself. A St. Louis engineer-soldier looked np from his work suddenly to se the (jermans coming over a hill straieht to ward his engine. He ran 200 yards and flopped into a shell hole. From there he watched the enemy dynamite the track and attempt to uash the engine by ar- ItilleTV lire. q hit, vt auMrfirt sr.if Here is CVIOKM njllMTP iLASbrtil DHHUI Id - KILLED BY TROOPERS III BORDER FRAY Two Hundred Raiders Are Scattered by Squad of Cavalry Presidio, Texas, Dec. 3.-The brilliant strategy of a United States lieutenant of cavalry, commanding a little patrol of twenty men, completely outwitted and defeated a force of two hundred Mexican "bandits and cattle thieves and resulted in the killing of at least 35 of the Mexicans, with the loss of two American lives and two wounded. The United States forces pursued the xviexicans across the international bor der. Thirty-Five Bandits Killed. El Paso, Texas, Dee. 3. A United States cavalry border patrol killed thir ty five Mexican bandits and wounded many others in repelling a raid on Am erican ranches by a force of two hund red bandits under Chico Cano early Sat urday near Presidio, Texas, in the Mar ia military district, according to word reacning nere today. One American trooper, Private Riggs was killed and another was wounded. A ranch foreman, acting as a scout for the Americans, was also killed and another wounded. Tho bandits raided the ranch of J. F. Tignor late Friday and the owner ap pealed to Colonel George T, Lanyhorne, commander of the Marfa district, by telephone. Lieutenant L. T. Matlock with twenty men, was sent in pursuit and engaged the bandits, who fired a volley at the Americans and fled across the river. Details of the engagement between Chico Cano'g force and the American patrol under Lieutenant Matlock, Sat urday, near Buena Vista, arriving here today told of an attempt to ambush the little baud of United States troopers in an arroya on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. Lieutenant Matlock dis covered the trick, and succeeded in cut ting off thirty-five of the ; Mexicans, who separated irora the mam body in an effort to encircle his force. The Am ericans killed every one of the bandits. Matlock then ordered a retreat when 100 Mexicans from the main bandit force attacked him. Reaching the river, hei was met by Captain Barnes with two machine gun troops. The Americans then resumed their pursuit, overtaking the bandits again at Buena Vista. The machine guns were turned on the ham let, and dozens of the Mexicans fell, according to witnesses. The Mexicans fled into the mountains. Colonel G. T. Langhorne, commanding the Big Bend district has arrived here and assumed charge of the situation. Allen enemies in our fair city must needs watch their step or their feet may carry them to a nice, cool detention camp for an indefinite stay. THE DEADLY GRIP where he Will be brought to his raiSGOIlPES; AS GERMANS DRIVE ii mm section British Claim Offensive Has Netted Little Berlin Says Gains Considerable London, Dee. 3. Germany's biggest push over the open country since the days of the Marne was still continuing in fighting of unabated ferocity around Cambrai today. The British lines are holding. Field Marshal Haig's report today detailed repulses of hostile attacks yesterday evening in the neighborhood of Meouv Tes in sharp fighting. Cavalry is apparently in action of both sides. The battle has now been waging almost uninterruptedly since Saturday. Tne uerman artillery con centration exceeds anything the enemy lias done in the way of gunfire since Verdun. I Jjonuon was prepared toaay tor a heavy death toll, but with the realiza-1 tion that the German casualties must bo nearly double tho British. The Ger- mans are nariting iacjt to me old aayj of the forward sweep over Belgium and sending their troops, formed in closed ranks, into tho charge, with fearful losses to them. The weight of the Ger man reserves has admittedly forced some readjustment of the British lines. Masniores, a ruin of pulverized stones ana DrieKs, was voluntarily given tne (Oontiaiaed as page two.) Abe Martin Miss Tawney Apple has quit writinrj"Let them only think of America." t ' her mother 'cause it costs so much "Over there" used t' refer t' heaven, but it don 't any more. knees. FBEMCH AMD BRITISH HOLDIGMANYPOINTS ON THE ITALIAN LINES German Drive Has Halted For Reorganization of Crip pled Forces By Henry Wood (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the French Armios in Italy, Dec 3. French and British armies have tak en over valuable points on the entire river front . Permission is granted the United Press correspondent to make this long awaited announcement today. Veteran poilus and Tommies are ach ing for a chance at the enemy. Many of the French and British have never been in action against Austrian troops, who compose many of the armies opposite the Italians, and it is against them in particular that the allies reinforcements would like to test trieir arms, Wherever the enemy tries to strike his next blow, he will find every vulner- able point on the Piave front held down not only by Italian but by the French and British fighters. Just at present there is a lull. Tho enemy, baffled of further gains, his divisions shattered by repeated fruit less assaults, is apparently re-orgauizlng for new blows. Ho is doomed to find the entire Piave front an impassable barrier. The Italians' heroic defense- paralleling in its glory the French de- fense of Verdun permitted French and British armies to arrive in perfect or ganization and to be distributed at the weak points in the front. Here again, Verdun 's brilliant history was repeated. At the French fortress the defenders held off the flood of Germans until tha allied forces could re-organize their forces for best utilization. At Monte Grappa the Italians did the same. Venice Believed Safe. Washington, Dec. 3. Venice is be lieved saved and the Austro-German ad vance at the Adriatic end of the Piave river line has been halted, according to Rome cables today. " Marsh trenches, " constructed by specially trained Italian troops through the marshy terrain, have checked the in vaders. Batteries on monitors and other units of the Italian navy, supported by hydroplanes and motor boats, also f gured in tho rescue of the City of the Doges, GilSMAKT STILL HOPES TO GET INDEMNITY London. Dr. 3 The Saxon finance minister, during tho budget debate ia the Saxon diet, according to a dispatcn to the Times, from Amsterdam, Bid that Germany must demand a large indemnity without bothering which of her adversaries should pay it, adding: Hoor-rgy. Less than a month to the hortMt day . and to Christmas. 1ANY OILLIOriS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR YEAR 0 F WAR Secretary of Treasury Mc . Adoo Submits Us Estimates , to Congress SEVENTY-FIVE MILLIONS FOR TANK CONSTRUCTION Vast Sums for Aviation and Increasing Effectiveness - of Navy Washington, Dec.. 3. War expenses and maintaining and improving milts tary establishments will aggregate $13, 504,357,939 for tho year ending June 30, 1919, acabrding to estimate sub mitted to congress" by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo today. This is at a rato of practically $37,- 000,000 a day. , Jteeognizing the value of tanks as demonstrated by the British, the Unit ed States proposes to spend $75,55tt,-' 000 in constructing these land dread naughts and other armored motor cars and supply trucks. To enablo America to gain suprema cy of tho air $1,126,294,200 is asked to carry out the government s aviation program. Of this $1,032,294,200 is to be spent on the army a viation corps , and $94,000,000 for the navy. That the war department is looking forward to open fighting and tho use of cavalry ia indicated by an appro priation or ?8,uuu,ouo mat is sougnr for cavalry horses. The navy department plans to spend $125,000,000 additional completing tor pedo boat destroyers already autnor ized: $20,000,000 toward .armor and armament for vessels previously author izod, and $32,397,000 for . completion of -submarines previously authorized. Secretary Daniels did not nsk for any warships in addition to those au thorized by the last congress. For tho building of cargo ships the government proposes to spend $899, 517,500. This is $49,000,000 more than was sought for tho present year. Tho total budget submitted by Mc Adoo is $5,284,602,496 less than the ap propriations made for the fiscal year which ends Juno 30 next, which totaled $18,788,960,437. This sum, however, in cluded seven billion dollars in loans to the allies. Tho war department asks for $10, 102,399,149, or $2,586,973,276 more than was appropriated last year, The increase is duo to expansion of the avi ation program, plans for enlarging for tifications and arsenals and a greatly increased payroll. Tho navy asKs m,v-u ,vivzi , against (Continacd on pajje three) ALLIED WAR AIMS WILL NOT IE STATED - AT- PRESENT TIME Easiness of Council at This Tnne WiH Deal With Press ing War Measures By Lowell Mellott. f United Press Staff Correspondent) Paris. Dec. 3. The allies' council has decided to postpone temporarily the re statement of war aims, suggested by America. Influence back of the decision, which hfuma bnnwn tfwlnv. Aftpr the first MrrMv atirAKf ill mntinc rf the SU- " . e ' . . ' premo war council, were not specified. XI was oeueveu, However, iiihl xut iuv immediate present the delegates to both tha inf-Ar.Rllinri and the snnreme war council meetings were decided that a close-knit plan or war Business suoum ho rWiflod in. lenvinir to future meet ings of the war council the details of other co-related subjects. Amba()rtr Maklakoff. whom Kcren- sky appointed envoy to Paris, and who not with thp inrpr-R ipfi council as .Rus sia's unofficial representative, although tiianvroA hv ttio RnlsihpvikL firmed the allied statesmen to make such a re-state ment of war aims. Colonel House, as n.AiriAtiB ITmtpr! PrpHH diHnatches have reported, has impressed on all leaders President Wilson s view mat a joini, frank and full statement of exactly hit thcr nllioa are fiirhtinff for would be a "military measure" of supreme importance. House joineu win wamas r,rt in thin rpmipMt for such a re-state ment. British representatives, it was understood, were passively aequu-scem. But the cMouncil meetings were held to be first of all "war business" gath erings and the urgent necessity of the (Continued on page five) PEACE HtniL'G f S MURIilJOKE Oil RUSSIA'S PIT While Negotiations Proceed Reign of Bslsheviki Tet ters To Fall PEOPLE OF RUSSIA WILL REPUDATE PACT Proceedings of First E!cc&? of Joint Peace Conference Not Known By Joseph Bhaplen (United Press Staff Correspondent) Stockholm, Dec. 3. Russia's Bolshe vik! played their grim joke of a peace with Germany today, while their regime tottered and -swayed to an approaching fall at home. Every indication was that a major ity of the Russian democracy would never recognize any pact which tha Trotsky-Leuine ring would patch up wirn me enemy. Comment by the Rabochnya Gazette today was regarded here as epitomiz ing the opinion of the best elements and the majority elements in Russia. "Bolahovikism is facing destruction" the editorial doelared. "It wil lnot como from Kaledines or from the adherents of the provisional government. Butit will come as a result of internal military disorganization, deliberately promoted; disappointment, disillusionment. We aro facing the division of Russia into spheres of influence, controlled by for eigners. VOnly immediate unity of tha entire democracy and immediate war on tha usurpers can save us. We must destroy our miserable 'Bontpartes.' " Details were still lacking today aa to tho"cx.act circumstances of the first meeting at Brest Litovsk yesterdny be tween Bolshoviki and German peace ne gotiators. A speech made by Foreign Minister Trotsky Friday evening in announcing" Austria's acceptance of tho formula of "no annexations" during tho course of which he insisted the central powers must accept that phrase in its literal meaning, was taken here as indicating little likelihood of anything more than a temporary truce being arranged. Papers Are Suppressed. Potrograd, Dec. 3. Election return for the constituent assombly, as receiv ed from the provinces today, show the Maximalists Bolshoviki) in the minor ity it was announced. The Bolsheviki government today suppressed all newspapers publishing the provisional government s anti-Hoi-1 sheviki manifesto. It was stated they may reappear later. DAIS INDIGNANT OVER FALSE REPOR CIRCULATED HERE Associated Press Was Re sponsible for Sensational European "News" ; T.fn,1nn TW 3 The Danish Cress and public is incensed at false reports ;.i-t,.,l in tha ITnitPil States that i Germany has threatened seizure of naval base on Danish soil, according to an txenango icicgrapn company dispatch today dated Copenhagen, u "Tho fantastic report of German threatr aaainet Denmark has made th Americ.ab cress tho laughing stock of Copenhagen," the dispatch asserted. "While aetuiowledging America's kind ly sentiments, tho Danish newspapers point out it would be better if this sen timent appered in Danish-American commercial rwations. - "The newspaper Boersen hopes that the American legation will report tha matter to Washington authorities here, ascertain who is responsible for tha fake and take necessary action." : rv,a Tn;tn.l P.. rpi-pivpd from tha newspaper Boersen today a request for tne name or ino ijwwb k:;j -paper responsible for publication of tho story of a German threat against Denmark; when and how it was dat ed and all pertinent particulars " Tho Associated. Press was credited with tho storv in morning newspapers of JNovomoer zs. me in several New York newspapers c?e clared that the "Associated freM learns from a responsible source, etc. and then related how Germany hail .v, i pt7.nrA ir & linse in Den mark if Norway was "impelled either by exeitea puouc ipuuuu uj from tho allies" to grant a base to (Continued a Pg Two.)