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I 4,400 SUBSCRIBERS (Vou CAM Ntl'E (22,000 KEAJSmaj DAILY Only Circulation Is Salem Guar anteed by tli Aot Bureau of Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS BEBYIOE WEffllZR Oregon: Tonight land iWedneedaJy cloudy, proUibiy rain north por tion;. . modern? VA A.. yi ..- -x i-4 , soma, westerly IT winds. NT FORTIETH YEAR-NO. 288 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS SSISJSSKS? n r? J item I ----- ,Mi)-BSSSSS, rvnnn PLAIN STiTTEMENT hFTv Peace Will Be Made Only Prussian Oppression No ternal Affairs of Any Country Until Objects Should Be Treated As Ordinary Criminals and Put To Work As ConvictsSuggestions For Food Control, Stop page of Waste In Expenditure and Practical Matters Washington, Dec. ..President Wilson today called upon congress to declare a state of war against Austria Hungary. ' m Pledging America to war to victory and declaring noth ing shall turn us aside, he asked that Austria-Hungary be lormally listed among America's' enemies to remove this embarrassing obstacle that stands in our way.?, Any peace that America makes must include delivery of the peoples of Austria-Hungary, Turkey and the. Bal kans as well as northern -France and Belgium from Prus sian domination, he .said. The president suggested remedial legislation to meet the railroad jmrTfnnH nri situation. The latter, he said, was based on "selfishness" at present rather than on the law of supply and demand. He urged legislation for full use of natural resources and . water power ol the country, more drastic laws to punish alien enemies and an amendment to include women as vell as men under the alien enemy act. V The president, suggested that instead of confining enemy aliens in comfortable internment camps they be put in penitentiaries, where they can be made to work "as ctner criminals do. Washington, Dec. 4. Following is the president 's message in full: ' Gentlemen of the Congress:,,. Eight months have elapsed since I liad the honor of addressing you. They liave been months crowded with events of immense and grave significance for us. 1 snail not undertake to detail or even to summarize tnese eveuls. l'ue practical particulars of the part we have jnayeu in them will be lam before you m tne reports of the executive depart ments. I snail aiscuss only our sent! ouuoos. upon tnese vast aiiai., our present duties and the immediate means or accomplishing the objects we shall hold always in view. Wot Review Causes. I shall not go back to debate the causes of the war. The intolerable wrongs done and planned against us ' by tne sinister masters of Germany have long since become too grossly oovious auu odious to every true American to need to be rehearsed. But 1 shall ask you to consider again and with a very grave scrut.ny our objectives and the measures by which we mean to attain thein; for the purpose of discussion here in this place is action, and our ac tion must move straight toward definite ends. Our object is, of course, to win the war; and we shall not slacken or suffer ourselves to be diverted until it is won. But it is worth while asking and answering the question: Wheu shall we consider the war won f Nation Is Loyal. -From one point of view it is not necessary to broach this fundamental matter. I do not doubt that the Amer ican people know what the war is about and what sort of an outcome they will regard as a realization of their purpose on it. As a nation we are united in spirit and intention. I pay little heed to those who tell me otherwise. I hear the voices of dissent who does notf I hear the critieism and the clamor of the noisy thoughtless and troublesome. I arso see men here and there fliiig themselves in impotent disloyalty against the calm, in domitable power of the nation. I hear men debate peace who understand neith er its nature nor the way in which we may attain it with uplifted ryes and un broken spirits. But I know that Bone of these speaks for the nation. They do not touch the heart of anything. They may safely be left to stmt their uneasy hour and be forgotten. Tne American Ideal. But from another point of view, I believe that it is necessary to say plain- (CoEtiucid oa page "ix.) When World Is Delivered From Desire to Interfere with In Nation-War Only Issue Before Are Achieved Alien Enemies CONGRESS WILL PASS WAR DECLARATION AGAINSTGERMAN ALLY Ccmmitiees Wifl Meet In Joint Session Tomorrow to Frame Resolution Washington, Dee. 4 Congress will immediately respond to President Wil son's call for a decision of war on Austria. The house foreign affairs committee and the senate foreign relations com mittee both will meet Wednesday, pre pared to report a joint resolution for the war declaration. Senator Pittman's resolution, intro duced today, will be redrafted to elim inate reference to Turkey and Bulgaria, against whom the president does not call for a war declaration at this time. Both committees axe practically un animous for speedy action on the war declaration. The honse committee may report the resolution Wednesday and get action immediately. The senate 19 expected to pass it Friday. A rouni up of Austrians throughout the coun try, who to date have remained at lib erty under the alien enemy act. will be ordered forthwith by the justice de partment. Trying to Discover Parents of the Girl Oakland, Cal., Dee. 4. Authorities in Oregon, Colorado, Alaska and California today turned attention to unearthing the secret of the parentage of Miss Mil dred Gray, 14 year old Oakland girl who told Oakland officers she does not know where she was born, who her mother was and is not certain James Gray, said to be her father, really is her parent. She is at present living with J. B. N'ealher. She said Mrs. II. L. Pitts of Sunnyvale told her she was brought to her home in Colorado by Gray and left there when a babe in arms. But whether she was born in ColoraJo, Alas ka or Oregon, she does not know. BRITISH DEFENSIVE NAVAL POLICY MAY BECBED SOON Americans Are Anxious to Get Into .the War Game With Their BaUle Fleets By Carl D. Groat (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Dec. 4. The British hand is gradually being forced in the matter of a more aggressive offeusive naval policy. Despite the opposition of Admiral Benson, chief of operating subtle pres sure is being exerted which, it is be lieved, will eventually cause Great Brit ain to depart from her defensive pro gram. Prominent .government officials in-j formed the United Press today there is reason to beliove the growing sentiment i in the American army and navy for of- rensive measures to supplement the ter rible land drives is having its effect. While the present plan of scouring the seas with destroyers and keeping the British battle fleet intact cannot be immediately changed, the coming year will probably sew a shift which may have a vital effect on all the allied fortunes of war. While Admiral Benson believes a na val offensive is doomed to failure. younger orticers insist unless naval pow er is tested, the bloody see-saw on land will go on almost indefinitely, where as a. single blow struck by the British, renen ana American navies, bight be the Knockout punch for Germany. nat its aavocates most fear is that the British yielding to American pres sure, will go at the task half heartedly xo nanway measures -:juld be at tempted, they say, for that would be worse than avoiding a test. MESSAGE GOES TO WOULD Washington, Dec. 4. Presi dent Wilson's message was ra bbled today to Europe, South America, japan and China. tim ultaneously with its (deliver before congress this afternoon the war message will be made public in all parts of the world except the Central Powers. The printed text also probably will be droped later by American and allied aviators over the Ger man trenches. Director Marshall Xellan has been spending his and M3ry Pickford ' spare moments teaching that young woman to box. PRO-GERMAN FACTI1 IN RUSSIA SPREADS fffl FALSE REPiTS Tells Certain Delegations That Allies Are Negotiating For Seperaie Russian Peace Petrograd, Dec- 4. The Petrograd soviet of workmen and soldiers inform ed the railway union today that the allies were negotiating to afford sia the right to conc,lude peace. separate Announccment of the establishment of the Tartar republic of Crimea wasLbattle spirit. Tho lieutenant's captain, made hero today. :n pWri of the tank, was killed early It was also renorted that the Cos- sacks had elected war and justice min- isters for a now Caucasus state. AH the Bolsheviki armistice tions with liwimnv . tn hn nuhii.i.n.1 and will be subject to debate by tho'w&gon and had them entrench nearby, various soviet bodies throughout Bus-1 Then, alone, he clambered back into sia, Foreign Minister Trotsky declared the. tank ana personally woriteu uiu today. He made the statement to Lieu- 'Lewis gun that stuck out of its bar tenant Coloucl W. V. Judson, American -bettes in front. Hs worked them so .rapidly that they got red hot and ho (CnnH m w.i .ran out of ammunition. He had to . Abe Martin Th' Lantin' season reminds us that quail is bo; fer more t' a commun ity than th' average sportsman. How would a drunkless Saturday night bit th' men folks? .AM'-) i I AMERICANS ARE ACTION TODAY OH CAMBRAI FRONT -Engineers Working On Rail road Lines Help Stem German Rush FIELD PILED HIGH - WITH GERMAN DEAD Successive .Waves of Crown Priaw's Men Mowed Down by Deadly Fire By William Phillip Stams (United Press staff correspondent) With the British Armies in the Field Dec. 4 Americans were again fin ac ,tion around Cambrai with the British ,today. They were members of the Bame American amy engineering units who on Saturday and Sunday, were caught. .between the lines, and who threw down their tools to grab British rifles. The Americans have suftcred Bonn Josses but their detachment is proud of the opportunity to do its bit and to ibe the first American unit to suffer an a, great battle. . -- The battle- out of Cambrai continues ,with unabated ferocity today. Fight ing like wild ats, the British liavo been stomining the enemy and. where .they have been forced to give ' way, .they have only done so in their own good time, after repulsing all attacKS. .This plan held at wasuiores. ibeen followed elsewhere. The fields near Queant, " around Byng's now salient, down to Vemlhuilo are piled .with dead Germans today. Fifteen waves deep the enemy came to rthe attack. In these solid phalanx line .columns British artillery, machine guns and rifles did feaTful execution. West or tsourion. one nmisu ma .chine irunner fired soventy thousand rounds on one gun in a single day and all at a range of not more than .1200 yards. It was usually less than that. This was only ono rapid fire gun out of many directed at the solid masses of the enemy. But they never seemed .to make an impression on the fifteen Eus-j,waved lines. The dead dropped in ' P"es uu oioor e t"n'cl' j.""" .filled the gaps. TV. n ovnlnit rf n PPrtnitl tftnk 1 !TCi1- l- .11 ... .1 f ..Vfn.. U. i,Ia nt the British !.vestcrday morning. The subaltern took ccommand. A few hours later at 10:- i lin the morning his tank was hit neeotia-'squarely by a German shell. The'lieu (tenant cot his men out of their steel leave the tank. But the lieutenant was still anxious to fight. He and his men found a Ger .man machine nearby and with it at tacked 200 Germans. They held the en emy until British infantry panted up and crabbed tho enemy uosition. British officers who have no nave oeeD 'livnuirli Ha vor mill deilArrt tndflV '.there never has been any heavier figlSS ins? than that which the Cambrai scc- itor has seen for the last few days. Af- .tacks and counter attacks succeed each other endlessly bringing the action into one vast battle. Today the most violent spot in the ifighting was apparently around Lavae- .quene. Field Marshal Hindenburg is giving Crown Prince Hupprecht fresh divis-.. .ions. They have been pouring m from all directions. Probably some of theft are from Kussia. The Bavatian prince is flinging thera .into the struggle in the old German fi?hting style masttes upon masses. Irorn prisoners it seemea ajparem that Germany is exerting her utmost, desperately anxious to force a decision before the Americans arrive. Germans, Bavarians, Prussians and Grenadier guards the very pick of me icuiomc iwtra mo m mc uci- man assault. Halg'i Official Report London, Dec. 4. Field Marshal Ilaig's report today indicated cessa- jo; second $6; third $4. 4ion of the almost continuous German j Lot 3 100 ears any other coloned counter attacks of the past few daysijieirt, or mixed. First $5; second $4; in the Cambrai sector. :.third 3. ' ) He reported enemy artillery active jda the neighborhood of Bonrlon allfl I ! . (Continued on pj three in I 3 EATl-NO HORSE MEAT Now York, ' Dec. 4. Horse meat is now on - gale in New York in-a new plan to smash the high cost of living. Tho marketi dealing exclus ively in plow and buggy sir loins waa'opculy in the Vil-' liamsburg section of Brooklyn. Business wasn't so awful good, but it is expected to show a two minute pace before many weeks. . t CLOSE TO JERUSALEM Washington, Dec. 4. British troops under General Allenby are within throe miles of Jeru salem, according to official' re- ports received in Washington. More than threo fifths of the Turkish army in Mesopotamia has been exterminated, while the morale of the other two fifths) is wildly shattered. Turkish material resources are virtually nil, while their man power has almost been exhaust ed, the cable statos. CAPITOL IS CROWDED TO HEAR PRESIDENT DELIVER HIS MESSAGE Members , of Congress Wait On President's Views Be , fore Expressing Attitude ' Washington, Dec. 4. Great crowds thronged toward tho eapitol, Senators and Representatives were in their of fices long before the hour set for Pres ident Wilson to appear before, congress and neutral and allied diplomats alike were eagerly awaiting the president s second war message today. Never before has congress been in such a state of "suspended animation" whilo waiting word from the executive. His message, to be delivered In person before a joint session of the house and senate, will release its pent-up legisla tive activity. And in addition 'it -is felt that the president may sound an- (Continued on page three) John F. Carroll, Portland Editor, Passes Beyond Portland, Or., Dec. 4. John Carroll, managing editor of the Evening Tele gram, died here early today after a long nness. tio came to Portland trom Den- ver 14 years ago. . - mm rourtn annual marion County Corn Show Will Be Held December 10-15 The Fourth Annual Marion County) orn Show will be held in tho Murphy building, corner State and Commercm! ,trcets, Salera, December 10th to lot'i .inclusive. The corn show will be financed and .managed by the agricultural depart- mient of the Salem commercial club, .special contributions for prizes being made by firms and individuals. Notwithslanding the unfavorable .conditions, a lot of good corn has been .jroduced in this section this year. In hn hpt enrn ever orown in t"ho Willamette valley will bo exhibited at his year's show. j The corn show affords the best pos- iblo moans for the . distribution of Bau& .cd corn and every farmer who :,nail any g00(i geed for sale is urged to xhibit it and help promote the corn industry. priZes will be awarded the best ex- hibits crown anywhere in this section 0f tno Willamette valley without re- Kard to county lines. The prize list for j itne show is as iouows: Division I Class A Lot 1 100 ears Yellow IjJcnt: first 10; second $6: third 4. Lot 2 100 ears White Dent. First I Lot 4 100 ears Flint. First 3; sec - lond t2; third $1. j Class a Lot 110 ears Yellow Deut IFirst 5j socond 4; third 3. J yVUjiniljft il FOR THREE WEEKS ITALIANS STEM INVASION TIDE Fiercest Fighting Centers About Monte Grappa On Piave Front AUSTRO-GERMANS ARE HABLE TO GAIN GROUND Italians Now Believe That Lias of Detee Will Stand Great Onslaught By Henry Wood ' (United Press staff correspondent) With tho French Armies in Italy. J'ec. 4. Italy began the fourth week of her heroic defense of Monte Grap- The height ha been a second Verdun for Germany. Three weeks' constant ly renewed attacks by the Austro-Gor- iiimus nave iaaion, to gain ground. To day the enemy, his vast forces exhaust ed by the desperation of the attack, iat .reorganizing, readjusting, refilling hi .shattered forces, perhaps for another bww. i At Verdun, French soldiers coined tho immortal phrase, ' ' lis no passer on ; e p ' ' they shall not pass-' r .They backed the slogan with their he iroie deeds. The crown prince did not .pass. . 1 ' .. . rl . At Monte Grappa, Italy's sturdy sol diers took up that phrase " they shall mot pass." Today, they,' too, havo en shrined it on Italy's record of heroism. 'the enemy is beaten at Monte Grap- .pa. Ho may attack again after today'. lull. But the temporary suspension of nis plan to crash through has been a .tal to his campaign. From how on, wherever he may seek .to strike, he will find every strategic, .point on the Piave front held down, not only by Italy's heroic fighters, but by veterans of the French and British; armies. The Austro-German assault at Mon to Grappa constituted the Teutons ithird effort to turn the Italian flanks on the l'lav tront. The first endeavor was wbon tho Aus trians launched tho attack on the low- r Piave, against tho Italian right wing. Tho result was the Italians wip ed out an entire Teutonic army which .crossed the river. Immediately General KonradV anl .Krobutin's armies attacked on the left Italian wing the second attempt at flanking, They burst out over the . (Continued n Page Two.) Lot 2 10 ears White Dent. First $3; 'second $4; third $3. ' T ..J. f 1A -il j-iui o iu Kara uuy uuicr cuiur jjcuik or mixed- First $3; second $2; third II. Lot 4 10 ears Flint. First $3j sec ond $2; third $l. Class C Lot 1 1 ear Yellow Dent. First $2; second $1; third 50 cents. Lot 21 ear Whito Dent. First $2; second $1; third 50 cents. Lot 3 1 ear any othor color Dent, or mixed-. First $1; second 75 cents; third 50 cents. Class D Lot 1 12 ears pop eorn- sniull varieties. First $2; second $1; .third 50 cents. Lot 2 12 ears pop corn, large vari eties. First $2; second $1; third 5U cents. Class E Lot 1 12 ears sweet corn, early varieties. First $2; second third 50 cents. lot 2 12 ears sweet corn, lato va rieties. First $2; second $1; third otl 'cents. Sweepstakes. 10 ears Dent $2. Diviaiorrll Class A Lot J Twenty pounds Yel low corn meal, Willamette, valley prod uct. First blue ribbon; second' red rib- .bon: third white ribbon. Lot 2 -Twenty pounds white corn, !ineal, Willamette valley product. First '.blue ribbon; second red ribbon; third '.white ribbon. j ClassB Lot 1 One quart hominy, '.yellow. First $3; second 2; third 41. j -. 1 IConUnned on Page Tw-) f.
