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FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 59
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1918
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HEAVY 8Ht IE
OVER AMERICANS
Bombardment of Sector Taken
Over From French Un
usually Severe
LACK OF AIRPLANES IS
A SERIOUS HANDICAP
Eussian Transports Reported
Sunk at Entrance of Gulf
of Bothnia
By Fred S. Ferguson .
(United Press Stfiff Correspondent)
With The American Army in France,
Mar. 8. The Germans are strafing Am
erican troops who have been switched
from the American front to a sector
near the Swis3 border.
A heavy artillery demonstration by
Uio bodies has been going on for three
days, reaching the crest of its violence
today and tonight. The American
troops morale is the best, despite the
bombardment.
Upwards of thirty men this afternoon
were sheltered in a dugout upon which
a big shell made a square hit. They
lurried from this dugout to anothor but
tie latter was also demolished.
The shelling of the Americans' po
sitions continued throughout the day.
Relief troops were unable to reach the
front line trenches.
Two men of tire signal corps distin
guished thomselves by maintaining com
munication despite the heavy shell fire.
Telephone wires were repeatedly brok
en but they continued to-work. Pieces
of a shell cut the wire from the hands
of one of the men. When the shelling
finally ceased they had their repairs
completed.
Tie urtilleryiug oa this front was
three or four times as heavy as that
on the American sector during the hot
lost periods there.
Troopf training here, relieved a crack
Trench corps. The bodies began straf
ing tha Americans as soon as they wero
certain the Sammies were in this sec
tor. The violence of their artillery at
tack is increasing constantly.
The Americans in this sector are han
dicapped in the air, the same as on the
American sector. There lire no Ameri
can airplanes here. In some places the
American trenches have been levelled
by the boche fire.
The French report on activities in this
region includes the statement that, the
action of the Americans leave nothing to
doubt their yalor and steadfastness. I
Announcement that American troops
are occupying trenches on the allied line
"near the Swiss border" very probab-
ly means that Americans may be tor opened unchanged at t)L d-4, but subsc
the first time are fighting on German quently gained 14. May oats opcne'l
soil. The front is inside the German I at 89 3-8, down 1-8, but later gained
border for several miles north of the 68
Swiss frontier, at some points reaching
a depth of more than ten miles.
Aitack Eepulsed. ,
London. Mar. 9. British troops re
pulsed a German attack easl of Ypres
on a front of nearly n mile Friday even
ing, Field Marshal Haig reported today.
At only one point 'were the Germans
nble to penetrate the British lines. A
counter atack drove them out again
last night.
"East 'of Ypres, yesterday evening,
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been raised. Plain room, 75 cents, room two in Stayton, and the First 1. S
with gas mask 85 cents. What's be- National bank of Salem are backing
come o' th feller that used t' eat all lub members. This will probably be
tf-' trend an' assorted cakes on th' increased in the Bear future, the su
tbl wMle waitrm' fer a 23 cent dinner? perviscrs believe.
ZURICH SWITZERLAND IS
SPY CENTER OF THE WORLD
MOVES FROM STOCKHOLM
Cun. r!nAramA 1TU
uvvioo uurciiuiicui uuauic iu
Control or Prevent Work
of Spy Annies
By William Philip Simms
(United Press staff correspondent)
Zurich, !Feb. 14. (By mail) This is
the spy center of the world the hub
from which radiates the German net
work of espionage. Nothing the. Swiss
taay do can prevent it remaining one.
Whan I was in Stockholm 18 months
(ago, that place was buzzing with in
ternational intrigue.' There was a spy
ibehind every column in every hotel,
'the first fiddler in the Tsigane orches
tra probably was in the pay of the
iliormans. There one saw strange sights
I myself in the smoking room of the
iClraud hotel, accidentally ran into a
Russian who a few days before had
iboen pointed out bo me as one of the
ibig guns in Petrograd, in full confab
with a man in civilian clothes whom 1
'recognized as a military attache of the
Uerman embassy in Sweden.
Tho spy capital of the world has
'changed since then. This is it. No neu
itral country anywhere has more con
sistently tried to keep down spying in
Ijide lior territory than has Switzer
land. She has one of the strongest
Counter espionage organizations of any
leouwtry in Europe. Tirelessly, she 'la
bors night and day to prevent or pun
ish spying. Hut of course it is a hope-
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE IS
HAVING WAR OVER DRY LAW
Several Propositions Up
Among Them Amendment
to Constitution
Albany, nT JY., Mar. 9. The fight.
against John Barleycorn waxed fiercer
in the New York state legislature today.
With Governor Whitman favoring the
drys more strongly than ever by his an
nounced intention of vetoing the bill
now in the legislature, calling for a
referendum on prohibition, the wet for
ces are going through their hardest bat
tle since dry legislation was launch
ed in this state.
Several prohibition propositions are
before the legislature, the biggest being
Oats Trifle Higher
Corn Is Unchanged
Chicago, Mar. 9. Unfavorable wea
ther, cutting down receipts, again held
oats rutures iirm and higher on the
grain exchange here today. March oats
March corn was nominal, closing at
$1.28, 1-8 over yesterday's close. May
corn opened unchanged at $1.27 3-8, and
continued at that figure.
Provisions were slightly higher.
SUPERVISORS WILL
BE KEPT ALL YEAR
Pig Clubs Show Wonderful
Increase and May Have
1,009 PJcmbers
At a meeting of the county board
Kf education yesterday afternoon, it
was decided that the school supervisors
should be retained in office during tho
two summer months. In tho past they
'have been wormng but 10 months, but
jin order that Ihey may keep the work
of the clubs going, it was decided to
I'oxtend their torin to cover the whole
year.
Supervisors J. W. Smith and W. C
Hopper were both in Salem today, and
Teport that the pig club work is hav
ing good effects- There are now 11
banks in tho county which are backing
1 ii it club members, and the total mem-
jbership for the county, they state, will
not be less tban bud ana may go as
hich as 1000. The number of members
in the county last year was less than
la hundred.
The Oregon Agricultural college is
back of the pig club movement, and
jail the instruction is given from Cor
IvalLis. Tile banks of the county, how-
lever, are asked to loan prospective
members the necessary money to start
in business, and this is paid back oui
lof the profits on the pig.
At the present time Panics in ft.
Paul. Dunald. Aurora, Woodburn, Mt.
jb- A M . no good if ho looks
like a 8py. Only the little fellows get
taught. The Swiss courts are full of
'these; also the Swiss prisons and de
tention camps.
Soma Clever Ones
But thore are some very clever spies.
An American official told me he saw
a German naval officer in Paris re
cently and immediately reported his
'presence to the French authorities.
:The American had known the man in
'Germany and there 'could be no mis-'take-
He was ablo to give the secret
Iservice such a detailed description that
'they recognized who the spy was.
Tho call was sent out all over France
'Yet the spy got away.
Shortly afterward in Zurich, the Am
erican met the officor spy in the
(Hahnhofstrasse. The German laughed.
"Thought you ihad me in Paris,
klidn't you?" He asked, not at all in
lihl humor.
"Pretty slick!" the American coin
iplimented, Tho German chuckled."
"I had dinner at Ciro's three tables
ifrom you, that very night.. And yoji
Iwere talking about me. Thore was so
land so, his wife, aud our oldfriond,
Colonel Whatshisname ,with you."
All of which was true.
"Yet you got away, eh?" .
"Sure. And I'm going back to Paris
'next week. You might tin them off.
'It'll furnish them with something: to
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ratification of "the federal prohibition
amendment to the constitution.
The drys claim 24 votes in the senate,
where twenty six are needed to win and
seventy eight or over half the member
ship in the assembly, indicating a- big
drift to that side of tho question in the
last week. Another angle to be consid
ered is tho fact that while many of
the legislators are personally opposed to
prohibition, many of the districts which
they represent have voted dry and it
would bo political suicide for them to
vote against the ratification.
The real fight will begin next Monday
afternoon whim the senate committee
on retrenchment and taxation holds a
hearing on two prohibition bills jiow
pending, one calling for war time pro
hibition, beers aud light wines excepted,
called the Emerson bill aud the other
calling for a dry amendment to the
state constitution.
MURDERERS CAPTURED
Douglas, Ariz., Mar. 9. John and
Thomas Powers -and Thomas Sisson,
draft evaders, wanted for the murder
of threa men, aro in custody today. A
United States cavalry patrol caught
the men near Hachita, N. M-, and will
return them to the Arizona authori
ties. The three murdered Sheriff R. F.
McBride, and two deputies when they
attempted to arrest them for evading
the draft, it is charged. For days they
wore pursued through mountain and
desert, always escaping capture.
AIDifW CROSS
Enthusiastic Meeting Last
Night Plans Work for
Raising Funds
One of the most enthusiastic meet
ings of the kind ever held in Salem re
sulted from the emergency call sent out
by Chairman Huckestcin of the com
mittee of 100, who asked for a public
meeting at the Commercial club last
night. A plan for a drive covering the
entire city was proposed by the com
mittee, appointed at the last meeting,
and headed by Walter Denton, and this
plan was adopted after a discussion
had shown that it was the most prac
tical means of providing the Red Cross
more money.
The city is to be divided into dis
tricts, with a captain In each. Each cap
tain will appoint a leader for each
block in the city limits, and they
will secure the contributions, and make
the collections each month.
Many interesting talks were made laBt
night at the meeting. Judge Curtis madj
the principal address, and was follow
ed by Chairman Huckestein, who ex
plained what was required in the city.
Mr. !!uckestein stated that, based "n
government reports the United States
ha? and will spend but a dollar to every
J7 spent by England, and between $3
and spent by France. Germany spent
about four times as much as the Un
ited Statta.
The Red Cross, he stated, would be
one of the largest factors in the elim-
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GERMAN INVASION OF
INDIA ONLY A DREAM
Of VON IIDEUBURG
Cannot Even Send An Army
to Drive British From
Mesopotamia
By X W. T. Mason,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
New York, March 9. Germany's
boast of the establishment of an un
interrupted routo to India through the
Russian Cancasus, Persia and Afganis
tan, is an empty victory that can serrve
no purpose except to tantalize Von
Hindenbnrp by its impossibilities.
India is as safe from a German In
vasion an Great Britain itself. The
difficulties of transportation and the
lack of German troops, even without
the fierco hostility of the Afghan
tribesmen, are enough to make the
German dream wholly impractti cable.
It would be far more important for the
n ;d il 1,1 T1..1J
uerir.;Tis n umy cuuiu recover naguau
for the Turks and drive the British
out of Mesopotamia. Yet in this area
of hostilities, so much easier of access
than India. Von llindenburg is unable
to do .inything. He cannot even carry
out the kaiser's promise to send n
army to-attack Egypt, where tho trans
portation problem is still less difficult.
With these urgent problems so much
nearer hi. me awaiting solution at the
hands of tho perplexed German gen
eral staff, there is no chance that
serious consideration will be given in
Berlin to en attack on India. If Von
Hindenburg wero to attempt so un
profitable an adventure, he would meet
inevitable defeat and would weaken
himself in the principal theaters of the
war.
Reports of German war prisoners in
Siberia organizing to fight the Rus
sians in possession of that country do
not take into consideration the dif
ficulties of securing munitions. There
have been no indications that there are
great stores of war supplies scattered
throughout Siberia- The principal
store center is about Vladivostok. It
has not yet been explained how the
German prisoners can march unarmed
on Vladivostok and seize the supplies
located there, without new of their
purpose preceding them. If the prison
ers attempted a campaign of this na
ture, they would be dealt with as a
mob. No advantage is gained by re
garding German war prisoners as
supermen.
PACKERS SAVE PAPERS
Chicago, Mar. 9. Big packers today,
won their fight here to prevent the
federal trade commission's seizure of
papers in the vaults of Henry VoederJ
Swift attorney. The United States
ourt of ap-neals reversed the decision
of Federal Judge Landis and ordered
the search and seizure warrant under
which the papers were taken, quashed.
PEACE IN RUSSIA
NEW PRESIDENT OF
STATE AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE OF KANSAS
Salary of Dr. Jardine Remains
at Same Figure Paid His
Predecessor, Dr. Waters
Topeka, Kau., Mar. 9. The salary
of Dr. William M. Jardine, newly ap
pointed president of the Kansas Stnte
Agricultural college, will be tho same
as that of tho retiring president, Dr.
II. J. Waters $G500 a year according
to announcement just inado by Wilbur
N. Mason, a member anil acting secre
tary of tho board of administration,
which has ehargo of all educational
institutions in Kansas.
Tho salary of the president of tho
college, says Mr. Mason, is reckoned
at $0000 a year, with $500 additional
granted for house rent. Tho salary of
Chancellor Frank Strong, formerly of
the University of Oregon, now of the
rniveirsitv nf Knnsan. is MOttO ft voar.
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w,t.h a residence provided on the cam
pus. Dr. Jardine''s salary is put at the
same iiguro, and on the samo basis, as
was that or n. waters, mere nas
been no intention of mining the salary
of president to $9000, as reported in
dispatdies from Oregon seme time ago.
Dr. Jardiuo has been connected with
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FRENCH AND ENGLISH WOMEN
AT MEN'S WORK IN TROUSERS
SERVICE OF WIVES AND SISTERS OF SOLDIERS DESCRIBED BY
COLONEL LEADER; SIMILAR CHANCE FOR THOSE OF AMERICA
COLONEL LEADER IN SALEM MONDAY NIGHT
"Women of France and England are
wearing trousers now," said Lieuten
ant Colotel John Leader, British army
officer, and wounded survivor of the
great battle of the Somme, who has
been released by the British war de
partment to give military instruction
at the University of Oregon and who
will speak in the armory at Salem
Monday. Admission proceeds are to
swell the Red Cross funds.
"Most of them wear loose trousers
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witn snort aprons over mem, giving,
them much more freedom for their
now responsibilities.
"More than 120,000 now at the front
fill all the mm'hanical positions at the
base," said Colonel Leader.
"Women act as orderlies, cooks, bi
cycle dispatch riders and volunteerriotic campaigns.
wood cutters, besides doing ell kinda
of hospital work.
Women Conduct Canteen
"Women work the 'canteens,' which
SIMPLE OPERATION
CHANGES METHOD OF
BLOOD TRANSFUSION
Is Taken From Subject With-
out Pain and Bottled for
Future Use
By W. 8. Forest,
(United Pre Staff Correspondent)
Paris, Feb. 14. (By mail.) A new
surgical discovery which changes tho
whole method of blood transfusion was
calmly announced today at a regulnr
session of ' the Frjench Acftdemy of
Medicine.
Under a remarkably simple opera
tion, reported by Dr. Ameuille, quan
tities of blood from a half pint to a
pint may bo drawn from a healthy
subject without pain. Tho liquid is
then chemically treated to prevent
coagulation, bottled under proper tem
porature and saved until it is needed
for injection into tho veins of a sick or
wounded patient
Tho new process is simplicity itself.
A small hypodermic needle is inserted
into a -surface vein. The blood is slow
ly drawn into a solution of citrate of
soda. When the surgeons are ready to
inject it into tho veins of another
patient, the operation is reversed.
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are really bases for supplying food and
hot drinks to the soldiers. These can
teens maintain a 24 hour service.
"In the Y. M. C. A. huts women ren
der extraordinarily valuablo service,"
declared the colonel.
"In addition to this service at the
front, the women of France and Eng
land are doing all tho work behind the
linen. Virtually all the agriculture i
iarned don by tbem; tuey run tne ran-
I Toa.ls and carry on almost all the m-
.1 . ..Mnlw nmlilnvinf, HI en ' '
umura nuu.,ijr ...
Colonel Leader thinks that American
womon aro doing all toat they can now
to beilp win the war when they work
for the Bed Cross, aid the Y. M. C. A
war work and get behind all food con
servation, liberty loans ana other pa-
"Next spring, - he said, tney can
help greatly by providing -canwens
;
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GERMANS TRYITIG
TO BUG ABOUT
INDUSTRIA L WAR
Lenbe Working With Thea
to Stir Trouble Ja AH
Allied Countries
WOULD SEND AGENTS TO
SPREAD PROPAGANDA
In United States Japan be J
the British Colonies fa
Eastern Asia
By Robert J. Bender.
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Mar. 9. -Germany,
with the aid of Nikolai Lenine, Bol
sheviki prime minister, is planning to
bring about industrial revolution iu tho
United States. Janan. France. Italv mil
England.
Tho United Tress todav is able to nrft-
sent further information reaching here
from a highly authoritative, but confi
dential sources, showing the machina-
lons or Xieniiie in his campaign agailist
the "militarism of the allies" while
acting as the entspaw of the. Teutons.
Following tho statement of Lord ltob-
ort Cecil, British minister of blockade,
mat certain elements or tne Bolsheviki
acting in collusion with Gorman agents,
nave adopted an openly anti-eutento at
titude, information revealed in Wash
ington today shows tho Gcrman-Lenine
propaganda now under way as tho most
dangerous since the war began.
Already, it has gone to the point
where the Germans have laid before the
Bolsheviki leaders, a proposition where
by German agents, sailing in Eussiaa
snips, are to be landed in Japan, tho
United States and British East Aaia
colonies to do the work of "agitators
Already this government in.M.ormed
of freedom granted German ofi'i to
organize Gcrmnn prisoners of war now
in Siberia. And meantime, through
number of Swedish socialists and Len
ine 's carefully chosen agents, the work
of spreading ultra-socialist propaganda
among the workers in all allied countries
is to go forward, aimed to stir up in
dustrial rebellion.
The immediate nse Germany is mak
ing of Lenine and the Russian Bolshe
viki government now under its domin
ation, is seen in the following cable re
ceived hero today:
"The Petrograd representative of tha
Germany navy has recoivod instructions
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to propose to tho council of the people's
commissaries the following scheme:
" 'That several steamships bo pla-
CHAOTIC CONDITIONS
IN RUSSIA ARE HELD
AS INAO JAPAN
Release of German and Aus
trian Prisoners In Siberia
Causes Uneasiness
By Ralph H. Turner
(United Press stuff correspondent)
Tokio, Feb. 22. (By mail.) No at
tempt was made here today to conceal
tho fear that increasing chtioti! condi
tions in Russia and the extension or
Bolshevik and German influence into
Siberia constitute a genuine tncnac
to Japan aud tho Far East.
For several weeks Japanese war
ships havo been cn guard at Vladivo
stok. Premier Terauchi told the diet
"What causes me tho greatest anxi
ety is tho turn events are taking in
Russia-' '
Regulations governing the entrance
of aliens into Jajmn havo been severe
ly tightened to bar, as far as possible,
the influx of enemy and Bolshevik in
fluence into Japan.
"Theso rules mean that Japan it
cooperating with her allies in eliminat
ing the extension of enemy influence
in the Far East," the secretary of the
police bureau said today.
An official dispaVh yesterday said
Bolshevik influence is gaining in Si
beria; tlat Tchita is now under Bol
shevik control and that Irkutsk and
Khabarovka ihave befcome acencs of
serious tiisorder.
Danger- o-f allied interests in Asia
as a result of the release of German,
and Austrian prisoners of war in Si
beria is considered serious. The Har
bin correspondent of the Asahi assert
ed that prisoners in Irkutsk have been,
given arms and ammunition. Tho Bol
shevik, said the correspondent, plan to
uso these prisoners to suppress anti
Maximalist movements in eastern As a.
Telegraphic communication has beea
opened between Berlin and Irkutsk,
according to Japanese officials here.
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