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lUiMl"5 WEATHER 4,500 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 READERS) DAILY Only Circulation In Salem C -anteed by the Aodlt Bur .-. . Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAX LEY NEWS SERVICE nrr-rtr? o n 1 Oregon! Tonight and Wednesday fair; moderate north westerly winds. JLT hi lit ,jf 4 r OUR BQ5 W(U : i rrrr A FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 55 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH'S, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS MkM WILL nrrih; 111.1 UU SANCTION OFJAPApOVE If Intervention Takes Place . This Nation Will Not Be Responsible RED GUARD POLICY CAUSE OF GERMANY'S COURSE INJINLAND Hindenburg Purposes to Make rrovmce Vassal State of Central Empire By J. W. Tl Mason (Written for the United Frees) new xork,- Mar. 5-Ef forts of the liiolshevik red uard to save Finland from, passing under Teutonic influences aro responsible for Germany's decision wo military possession 01 the J)in nish republic. Von Hindenfcure is bent on making .T1!..T a ... iriuwiaa a vassal state of the German .empire, though probably with nominal independence If the German militar ists fail in this purpose it will' be be cause the red guard are determined to Continue by subtle means their strug gle for unlimited democracy. No other (force can save Finland' Washington, Mar. 5. Tf Japan organization as the Russian rod euard. sends an expeditionary force into Bus- i'Tho red guard is not an anarchistic or sia, she will do so without the approval itemization it is the army ef the revo of the United States government- 'J-utLon and much will be heard of it The United Press is able to state o for resiating the extension of German control in the east. A serious disservice is being done GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN WILL DECIDE Senator Lewis Tells Col leagues Today How Ad ministration Fill Stand Highest authority that the delicate question faicing President Wilson and cabinet this afternoon is whether or noC to protest against the Japanese proposal and if so, how strongly. Fightin? in Kieff from February 28 to March 2,. between the Ukrainians and tho Bolsheviki wag reported as perhaps the most terrible any Russian city has ever witnessed. Several thousand persons including non-coroibatants were killed and thou sands of shelll? foil throughout the city, working1 millions of dollars worth of damage. Pillaging and robbery pro ceded while hundreds were forced to ouit their homes under tho intense shell fire. It is likely that Bolsheviki or Ger mans will see to it that bridges on tho Siberian railway are wrecked "to thwart any movement of the Japanese in tihe interior of Siberia. However, as far lis is known Japan doe not nlnn smvi extended " move beyond Vladivostok and a friaee cf eastern Siberia. Any frreatef undortaltinc would involve tre mendous forces and a supplv system mo enormous than now exists. While tho Jananese move aopears tntmiiumfc. the Germans' ill-timed drive "ngainst the helpless and cowerins Rus - sians has aroused unfavorable comment in dinlomatie onarters. Sweden is in censed at the Finland activities. South America is growing more pro-ally. Chile, for instance, registered a sweep ing victory for the pro-ally faction in the congressional elections, though she will probably continue neutral. Brazil lias voted almost unanimously to con tinue the active prosecution of the war ns inaugurated by the retiring admin istration, while Argentine appears to be growing more pro-entente as a re sult of the German maneuvers in Rus sia. As seen here, Germany is seeking in her acts to make certain that tho Ukraine granary is kept open to her, regardless of how she transgresses on the rights of the country involved. Continued on page three) ON TRAINS AND NEW STANDS FIVB CENTS CO-OPERATION PERFECT AMERICANS ARE BETWEEN AMERICAN AND E1LISH NAVIES Lord Geddes Says Submarines Bemg Sunk As Fast As Hhey Are Built London, March 5. "Co-operation be tween the American and British navies is as noar perfect as possible," First Lord of the Admiralty Geddes declared in the fioi-se of commons this after noon "American officers are working in every section of the admiralty person nel. ' ' AH Tanks have earned the gratitude and respect of all." "Gre.it Britain and America are sinking enemy submarines as fast as they are built," Goddcs said, "Germany is greatly exaggerating her successes in one month as much as seventy percent. ' "There is no reason to alter my opin ion that the menace is held, but not mastered. "The chances of a submarine return ing from the north Atlantic, the chan nel or (he North sea are one in four or five." "Naval warfare is increasing in our (Continued on page three) HAMMERING AT GERMAN TRENCHES ArtiSery Roars This Morning During Heavy Snow Storm Along Front Line FORTY-THREE AMERICANS DIE IN BATTLE TO DATE Two Hundred1 and Fifty-Two Wounded and Thirty-Five Probably Captured COURT PREPARING FOR HIGHWAY WO Much Grading In Pacific High way Preparatory to Pav ingme . The county is preparing for a busy season; next summer Jn road work, .Road Master Culver stated today. In addi tion to the grading on tho Pacific highway north to the Clackamas coun ty line, most of which will be done by the county, considerable pavine will probably be completed. The Pacific highway project calls for 21 miles of surfacing to bo done by the state. This leaves a gap of a mile which tho county expects to pave. Jn addution tho road near the OPPOSITION BLOCKS BIG WAR MEASURES IN UPPER HOUSE Chamberlain and Other Re actionary Leaders Hinder , ing War's Progress SENATOR LEWIS OUTLINES ADMINISTRATION POSITION By L. O. Margin, (United Press Staff jCorrespondent) Washington, March , 5.-Two of the administration's biggest war measures were being blocked in congress today by hostile forces. The $500,000,000 war finance corpor ation bill, claimed to be essential to prevent financial disaster, faces in fair definite delay, while the sonato bank- grounds will probably be paved, the , ing and currency committee draws approach to the bridge taken care of, amendments to it. .The Overman bill, and it is possible that about four miles j empowering the president .to reorganize of the Silvcrton road will be paved, war agencies to give tho war machine aunougn wis nas not been aeiiuiteiy creater speed and effectiveness, is he d decided on as yet. ;in the senate judiciary committee by a Wn1. 41.A 1 A ..-..-a ' J-Jl- will probably start soon. The county Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and state are ready to start work, and 'is u appear today befora 1he banking notning remains out tne approval or. and currency committee in mi i-frort the federal authorities, who are assist- to d.ssuade it from fight1 n? on lie ing in the work. The question of secur- sr.iile floor to havo the powers c-.n ing gravel nas ueen seuiea it is oe- rerrca on tne proposed tuiiiico or- lieved, and while cars may not b poration transferred to the federal re available to the state to ship gravel servo board Members of this commit- from the quarry at Saddle Butte, near tee believe the reserve board shcMid Shedd, it is believed that no difficulty look after the finarlcin? of business will be experienced in securing mater- and the stablizing of money. lal. , j While this comiiutt-ie'a at'.irudo is The delay in the construction of the seriously delaying paisng? of the bill cffort3 to Washington, Mar. 5- Japan and wu'.ii." .i.- 1, v... n j :i .:n fi i. t f i i I, flA1,,-0 i nv mwk xui i lie 'i r iin-o a ii a, u it-in a it, iviu mil, Japan will pursue in Siberia and' Rus-,en ,shiI,Ped ,ad mlB r a3 arr'v,c' Pr"S!?.ect8 fo.r Ovec sin Rl,r U-i,. Tllino!, democratic lThls 13 eaou1 to lTmlt th?. w?rk 1 C' man ,)iU are Somy. Supporters of the whip, told the senate today. Lewis de- ;ing started. The contract calls for the dared the united t-tate has no agree 'ment or co4iipact with Japan regarding Russia and indicated this govermncn will keep hands off the Far Eastern situation. "Whatever Japan is doing in Si completion of the structure by August. (Continued on page six.) ' (Continued on page threel Abe Martin sk -PROHIBITION FOR ENTIRE NATION IN NEXT NINETY DAYS 1 - It don't ta!:e very many dunt at three cets a throw f eat cp au aceount thes? dr.ys. "Sometimes w'.ien opportunity knocks we've been eatin' cnious," said liis3 Fawn Lirjiincat t 'eay. Leaders of Dry Cause Meet In National Conversion In Chicago Tomorrow Chicago, Mar. 5. Nation wide pro- nin.tmn within tne in) days as a meas ure, was the goal set by the national prohibition party in a special conven tion here todav. The mornine sefsicn jw-ns spent preparing for congressional lights. Landiddte favorable to the dry cause were to be endorsed. Delegates were about equally split over the proposed merger with the new national party. The question was ex pected to come up for a final airing late tonay or tomorrow. ' ' Xot even an alliance with the dem ocratic party with a prohibition plank in its platform. President Wilson for the candidate and the war still on," would be favorable, Alonzo E. WiUon if Whe.iton. 111., one of the leaders against affiliation, declared toilav. Vsrrft H:n?haw, sevrr-tarv, held out Ti -e of a eornpromise. He believed ;ievea if the two parties did not merge 'they might plan a working agreement .for prohibition. The raticntl party opens it eonven-ti-in here tomorrow. The prohibitioa 5ts will still be in ession. COLONEL DISQOE IN LUMBER INTERESTS AND SPRUCE DRIVF Wage Scale Will Bs Made Satisfactory to Workers In All Coast Camps Portland, Or., Mar. 5. Colonel Brice P. Disque, commanding the spruce pro duction of the signal corps today not only has charge of the government's air plane timber production but also direc tion of affairs of the lumber operators and their employes. Following action of the operators in putting the wage ques tion up to Disque ,tlie delegates of the Loyal Legion of Lumbermen and Log gers eoferring here unanimously voted to comply with any decision he makes regarding wages, conditions, etc. His program, announced today, was enhtusiaatiealiy received by the men. A wage scale to meet conditions in the different camps will be arranged a soon as possible. Until then, the log gers and mill men will receive the wa?f paid them prior to March 1, the data the eight hour day was inaugurat ed, with assurance the new scale will be no less. For all overtime the men will be paid time and haif. For the present, the plants -..ill not wor'i crsns more than eight hours a (Continued on page six . AMERICAN LOSSES. Washington, Mar. 5. Tortv three American soldiers had been killed in action in France at tho end -of March 2, while 252 had been wounded and thirty five captured or missing, accord ing to war department informa GERMANS PERFECT DEFENSE WHILE TALKiNG OFFENSIVE SAYS CORRESPONDENT By Fred S. Ferguson (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the American Army in France, Mar. 4. American artillery bombard ed the Gorman trenches during a heavy snowstorm this morning. The artillerying began at 1 o'clock and was intense for half an hour. Tho inky black night ! suddenly burst into flames and dancing lines of fire. The ground trembled and windows were shaken a mile to the rear of the lines. The German artillery's reply , was weak. The entire bombardmentlastd an hour, diminishing toward the last. The Germans used their, heavy guns in the rear of Mont Sec. (Mont Sec is an elevation opposite Aivray, a short distance behind the enemy lines.) A Gorman machine gun, captured during the enemy raid northwest of Toul on Friday, has been brought in and will bo sent to Washington as a trophy after being suitably inscribed. Two lieutenants in the hospital Here killed a couplo of Germans after being wounded. One of them whose family is promin ent in New York, was wounded in ihe shoulder by a piece of shell and bayon ettcd iu the side. He got his boche with a revolver. Tne other was in a dugout when it was grounded. Ordered to come out, he did and shot the German who gave tho order. Australians Bald London, Mar. 5. Australian troops While Allied Leaders Loll In Idleness Enemy Completes Great System By Henry Wood, (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the French Armies in tho Field, Feb. 20. (By Mail) While loudly proclaiming a gigantic offensive on the west front, he German armies have been working night and day for months past building up the greatest system for defensive warfare the world has ever known. Germany realizes that in the end she must sustain on the French front the shock .if the combined French, British and American armies She knows that in spite of whatever initial success she may gain by a big west front of fensive, she will be obliged to defend every step of the territory between the west front and the Rhine. The entire west front, extending for miles to the rcar in fact, practically oacK to tne Khiue nas now been con verted into one vast field of a de fensive system. In the 1918 German offensive ys tem the three lines of trenches of the original system give way to three great fighting lones, the first of which is known as the "zone of habitual com bat;" the second as the 'zone of grand combats" and the "third as the "zone of battle." The "zone of habitual combat" re places tho old first line trenches. This zone is intended to lessen the fright ful losses sustained in defending the first line trenches. . The first line of the "zone of habitual combat" consists most often of a smgla trench. The troops even tal.A up their rtosi tions in the shell holes in front of this trench. These shell holes are stocked not only with munitions, but with food and water. Often this first line is held by only a few soldiers. Instead of sacrificing thousands of men, hold ing a rigid line of trenches, Field Marshall Hindenburg now prefers to save his men by permitting them to ian oacn to tne 'zone of grand' corn eals. The German defensivo organization ana troops, instead of being concen trated now on the front line, are Bpreaa out indefinitely to the rear ward. If the front now gives yay at any time, ever-increasing defensive or ganizations and troops are found to the rear. In these "xoncs of Brand combats." the dofensive organizations for the in fantry consist of trench after trench All of these are supported by numerous deiensive positions, such as concrete forts, fortified hills, blockhouses, ma chine gun nosts, great underground caves ana rorcsts. A at ii .. jiuer mom comes tne great '"zone f battU' where, when the allied enemies cot through the first and sec ond zones, they must give open battle tlere, loo, the Germans have endeav ored to prepare everything in advance so that oven in open combat they will (Continued on page two) (C-"-.uoed on page two) SOLDIER HEROES WILL BEHOIIORED Men Who Repulsed Big Ger man Raid To Be Decorated By Congress Washington, Mar. 5. America will honor the Sammies who distinguished themselves in the March 1 German raid. The war department plans to issue uucorauons tor tnem, including a new badgo of honor for wounds. The deco rations will include campaign badge a distinguished service medal and some insignia for wounds. Hitherto, not mark has designated American wounded, but this new one along with the other insignia, will be granted from time to time hereafter to men whose bravery is outstanding. The formal order covering the medal situation will be issued soon. (Continued on page three) ANTI-CLERICALS WIN CIIILEANELECTIONS Result Indicates Complete reparation of Church and State Affairs Santiago, Chile, Mar. 5 The radical anti-clerical victory in the congress lonal elections In Chiles the first vic tory of that kind in a generation tnakos separation of church and state the paramount issue. Big radical majorities in both houses means that an entirely now cabinet will be chosen, a cabinet of radicals. Every member of it will oppose the president, who opposes separation cf church and state, though he is not a clerical. Tho entire conservative Catholic el ement is pro-German, becauso of its animus toward France's policy of sep aration of church pnd state. Many HOSGOW COUNCIL WILL HOT RATIFY ItSI-JJTOVSK Result of Meeting Called for March 12 May Be "Holy War" More i i REPORT CURRENT LENIM AND TROTSKY ARE OUT German Army Is Still Advanc ing On Petrograd Is Latest Report By Joseph Shaplen (Copyright, 1918, by United Press) Petrograd, Mar. 4. (Niirhti . Tha Moscow council of workmen, peasants. soldiers and Cossacks, called for March Vi, will not ratify the German oeaea treaty ,it is generally believed. Instead, the council is expected to nrnclnim . holy war" against the invaders. A strong movement hu tur,m ite all socialists in defense nf th n..n- try. Nearly all tho members of the I.ft a.i well as many Bolsheviki are opposed My interview with Acrricultural Com missary Kalegayeff yesterday explains tho present situution. (Kalegayeff told Shaulen that " even with peaco signed at Brest-Litovsk, the war will continue." Ho pointed out that "the more starving territories the en emy occupies the worse will be his own economic situation.") Drop Bombs on Capital. London, Mar. 5. A German nimla diepped bombs on Petrograd Monday af ternoon, according to an Exchange Tele graph df2atch from the Russian cap ital dated Monday night. The dispatch said it was believed the Nicholas sta tion was the aircraft's objoctive. The iiutii' er of casualties had not boon ascertained. Monday night, anti aircraft forces re ported driving off Zeppelins from the outskirts. The Petrograd attack occurred after peace was signed at Brest-Litovsk. Both German and Russian official statements said the pact was signed at S p. m. Sun day. (Continued on page six.) fcvllli fcM i iip Mi&'l it ifeJ 4 W t . . '7 f 7 rJSESs- AID TO THE ENEMY. Trotsky and Lenine Quit. Amsterdam, Mar. 5. The German government has been advised that the resignations of Nikolai Lenine and Leon Trotsky, Russian premier and foreign minister respectively, are expected, ac cording to a dispatch from Berlin, to day. Fighting With Cossacks. Shanghai, China, Mar. 5. Sharp fighting at Diourai, on the Trans-Siberian railway, between forces of the Cost sack, Semroff , and many well armed Bolsheviki, was reported in a Harbin dispatch to the North China Daily News today. The Cossacks are said to have withdrawn to Bhorasuh, which they are fortifying. MANAGER PAULUS B1JSY0N PROJECT Confer On Labor Situation with Railroad and Gov ernment Officials R. C. I'aulus, manager of the Salem Fruit Union, left today for Portland where ho will confer with government and railroad officials in an effort to S'rtvio some tho difficulties now confronting the local organiAticn. The question of fruit and berry pick ers is troublesome at present, and a means of providing a cheap fertilizer is also being considered. Mr. I'aulus will meet General Freight Agent Iliushaw, of the Southern Pa cific, and will endeavor' to secure a better rate frcm American Lake to Sa lem. An enormous quantity of fertiliz er is available at the army encamp ment, and this may be had for the asking, Mr. Paulns stated. The present rate from American Lake to Salem is $.'180, whieh brings the expense of shipping it here too high for the local fruit growers. Another conference with J. J. Brew er, of the Federal Farm Labor bureau at Portland, is on the schedule Mr. Brewer is to address a meeting of tho cherry and berry growers of Salfil next Saturday, March 9th. It is stated that the Union ig faring a shortage of several thousand pickers this year, nnd efforts arc being made by Mr. Paubis to bring the strawberry pickers from tho Hood River district to Salem at the close of tho Hood River season.