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Newspaper Page TextTBOAY'S WEATHER 4,500 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 EEADEH3) DALLY Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureui oi Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SEHVICE fv cut our COCKTAIIS-' theses ft frftSol Oregon: Tonight ami Tuesday rain; fresh east erly wind. WE SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEW STANDS FIVB CENT '.B A 1 ' r7lK ' i ruiv n ni t in c MB HOLDING HIGHER GROUNDS ORRIES TEUTONS Hmdenburg Demands Troops Take Territory for Ground Observation ALLIED PLANES MAKE SKY-SPYING DANGEROUS fierce Artillery Duel Raging m British Front Turks Retreat 22 Miles Ey William Philip simms (United Press staff correspondent) With the British Auroras Afield. 'Mar. 11 Superb weather continuod along the British front today, with air fighting the most important activity. The Passchoudaele sector was the eene of considerable artillery .fighting fallowing the sharp engagement here tost week. The Germans appear sur prised at the completeness of their de feat thereabouts. Despite attempts at points along a wide front and rapid attacks against two points at the extreme limits of the 8ombardmont area, they failed to gain singlo advantage. With the exception of intense activity, gun duels, patrol encounters and trench raids,-the situ ation is unchanged, but all are expect ant. , From one end of the front to tho other, the allied hold high ground, with excellent points of vantage for observation of the German positions. This probably explains the enemy's de termined local attack of which those in the Plasschendacla sector were among the meat stubborn. Field Marshal Hindenburg demands that his troops seize territory for ground absorvation, as the allied planes are making sky spying-precarious. Like wise, from tho British lines, but little . miiovementi behind the Gojrman posi it ions escaped being spotted. The Brit ishers are prepared for all eventuali ties. British Mate Raid London, Mar. 11. British troops conducted a successful raid last night south of St. Qucntin, Field Marshal Haig reported today. They killed sev eral of tho onprny, took prisoners and some machine gnus. Northwest of Labas9ee, an approach ing party of tho enemy was driven off 3,v artillery and machine gun fire. There was considerable mutual artil lerying southeast of Armentierea ear ly this morning. China to Send Troops Tokio, Mar. 11 The cabinet at Pe lting has doeided to dispatch 40,000 rflhinese troops to Siberia. Expenses ot the expedition to the amount of 10, 000,000 yen were authorized through the floating of a roreign loan. Rumania uTakes Peace London, Mar. 11. A provisioual ierman-Rumanian peace has been com pleted, Secretary of State for Foreign tlialfour announced in the house of com Mods today. Balfour said he had no information regarding any Japanese troops landing in Siberia. Aviator Killed With the American Army in France Mar. 11. W. J. Winter cf Chicago; borving in the French aviation corps, was killed in an air fight Friday night (Continued on page two) , ' ' Abe Martin ' Next t' predictin' Toiut th' easiest thing is eritisn'. Th' feller that's sat isfied is gittin' ole. I " Inverness) nffl' In" WHERE OUR BOYS FIRST WENT OVER AT THE BOCHES PRESENT BATTLE LINE. CMius)ff j ST. ; P AMEWCAK SECTOfJ pomt Sua. TWO POINTS WHERE AMERICANS ARE BATTLING- HAND TO HAND The upper map shows the "elbow" in the west front just east of which American troops are mixied with the French for training purposes. The lower map showg the all-Amerdcan front northwest of Toul, in French Lorrain. R HAVE A CLEAN SLATE' AT CLOSEJVARVtfEAR WI Try to'Have All Import ant Bills Out of the Way by April 6 By L. C. Martin (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, March 11. Congress wants the close of the war year April 6 to find all major war bills off the slate. So, from today on, dallying will be tho exception rather than the rule, leader's said, and diligence will be ap plied. With less than a month to April 6, the leaders hope to clear aside all but appropriation measures and second ary bills. . . The house was expected to spend little time over the conference report on the railroad control bill. Leaders realized today that inspite of President Wilson's statement that he considers the war finance corporation bill a necessary war measure, some time will be required to' get it through the house. The real dif ficutly in the way of realizing the "clean slate" program is the opposition to the administration's price fixing and compulsory food saving bills. The Overman empowering measure is another likely to blast hopes of leaders. The senate judiciary committee met to day in another effort to satisfy oppon ents of the measure and get it reported oi, but Senator Reed has paraphrased the slogan of the French at Verdun, and applied it to the Overman bill "it shall not pass." Geo. Von L. Meyer Succumbs to Illness Boston, March 10. George Von L. Meyer, former, ambassador to Italy and Russia, and later secretary of the navy, died in his home here shortly before midnight. Death was caused by tumor of the , liver. 1 CALLS SPJbCIAL bESSION Pierre, S. D., Mar. 11 Gov ernor Nordeck today called a special session of the state leg islature to convene March 18. That the national prohibition amendment will be ratified is conceded. Police laws will also be strengthened to aid police officers in protecting elevators and othor food stores, from pro-German incendiaries. M0NT5& - AAA SEtCMEPREr - ? ' - - r- GERMAN ARROGANCE IS DRIVING NEUTRALS INTO ARM ALLIES All Made to Realize Their Danger Should Germany Get the Power . By J. W. T. Mason (Written for the United Press.) New York, March 11. Reports from Japan that Prince Lvoff is contemplat ing Jhe establishment of a stable gov ernment in Siberia do not suggest that tho German manace against Siberia has reached formidable proportions. Prince Lvoff was the first premier of Russia after the czar had been over thrown and he directed a strong anti German policy at Petrograd during his tenure in office. The Germans would (Continued on page two) COLONEL LEADER AT ARMORY TONIGHT Officer Who Has Seen Active Service On Western Front to Lecture Here Colonel John M. Leader, military in structor at the University of Oregon, will speak this evening at 8 o'clock at the Armory on "The German Menace on the Pacific Coast." The lecture is being given by the Home Guards for the benefit of the Willamette Chapter of tho Med Uross, and an admission of 50 cents will be charged. Colonel Leader is the sceond highest British officer in the United States. He has seen active service in the great war, ami was sent to the United States when this country entered the war because of the fact that he was incapacitated for further active military duty. Colonel Lealer has been speaking in various towns in the valley during the past few weeks, and every leeture has drawn enthusiastic comment. He is said to be an interesting talker, and from the fact that he has much valuable in formation from the British war office, his explanation of Pacific Coast condi tions is straight to the point. The program to be given is as fol lows: Hunts Jazz orchestra; vocal solo, John W. Todd; Gibson's Mandolin club; vocal solo, Miss Ada Miller; Address by Colonel Leader; vocal solo, John Trae ger, America, audience. It costs (23 a minute to phone from Washington, D. C, to Bremerton, Wash. pacific steamship adm1hal evaks goes ashore mm Accident Caused by Shifting Buoy Totally Submerged -at High Tide Seattle, Wash., March 11. The steam ship Admiral Evans of the Pacific Steamship company, which went on a rock at Hawk Inle near Juneau, Alas ka, Saturay evening, was completely submerged at high tide today and re ports received at the Soattle offices of the company indicated that most of the cargo would be a complete loss. The ship hag a hua sole in her hull near the keel. Arrangements to aalvago the vessel are being rushed and several tugs with divers hae left Victoria and Seattle for tho scene of the wreck. It is planned to patch the hole in the ship's hull and attempt to ' float her at low tide. At present there is no danger of her break ing up, but a high wind might jeopar dize her. The Evans' 91 passengers were taken to Juneau by the Canadian Steamship Princess Sophia. The Admiral Evans letf Seattle March 4 for southwestern and south eastern Alaska ports. Her cargo con sisted largely of cannery supplies and her passengers were mostly cannery men. The vessel struck one of the rocks that stud tho entrance to the inlet at six o'clock Saturday evening and Cap tain C. A. Glasscock, her master, drove the vessel onto the beach within three hundred foct of shore. The vessol rests on an even keel. The cause of the .wreck, it is said, was the shifting of a channel bouy dur ing the winter storms that had beat the coast near the inlet mouth. sfc )(( s(s sjc sc . FORD WILL BUILD Detroit, Mkh Mar. 11-Hen-ry Ford will bufldf a submarine killer plant' to cost over-$l,-000,000 on an eighty acre tract cm the -Lincofln highway be tween Newark, N. J., and Now York. The plant will be a du-' plicate of Tord's plant under construction hero and will turn out U-boat killer craft in large numbers. Ford ' authorized the United Press to announce this today. Thjo United States govern ment wiirpay part of the cost of construction. TOLL OF THE TORNADO Toledo, Ohio, Mar. 11. Nine persons dead, twenty ono in jured, four of them probably fatally, and damage estimated at $1,000,000. That was the toll today of the tornado which struck northwestern Ohio Sat urday night. Additional deaths reported this afternoon: Alexander Ccminsky, 4, Mid dle Point. Oscar J. Botts, 22, Convoy. Mrs. Walter Eber, 67, Convoy John Weisman, 55, Vanwert. T PUPILS KEEP STORE Miss ,C!ara Brown Teach Pupils To Put Knowledge to Use A decided invocation in teaching methods l-as been introduced with much success l?y Mis Clara Brown in dis trict No. 126, at North Santiem. Miss Brown conducts a 'general store' dur ing school hours, and by means of this, teaches not only arithmetic spelling, composition, neatness and writing, but the system affords the children much experience in business methods and in economy in buying for the family. Miss Brown has constructed her 'store' in a corner of the school room. She has shelves built on which the different articles to be 'bought' are displayed, empty cans taking the place of cans of tomatoes, etc. She has two clerks :n tho store who win their posi tion by the excellence of their work, and a book-keeper, who keeps the ac count. The position as bookkeeper is the highest honor which can be won in the school, extreme neatness in the work aad business ability being re quired in addition to good writing and arithmetic. A li-t of the things on sale is made out on the blackboard. Each pupil is ! permitted to buy. during the day, five tnings. A list must oe maae oni oy the pupil, properly spelled, and piven to one ef the clerks. When the goods (Continued on page two) SUCCESSFUL DRIVE MADE BY AMERICANS THROUGH THREE LINES OF TRENCHES Artillery Had Pretty Well Demolished All of German Defenses By Prod S. Ferguson (United Press staff correspondent) With the American army in Franco, Mar. 10. American and French- sol diers operating together, condAictedl succosstful raids on widely seperated sectors, demolishing German trenches at three points to the width of 100 me ters and depth of three hundred meters American artillery aided in these raids, completely demolishing one sec tion of enemy trenches. No live Gor mans were encountered thoTO. Else where, boches, who had taken refuge in dugouts and pill boxes wore bomb ed and gronaded. Seven German pris oners were brought back. The four day bombardment of Am erican positions near the Swiss border ended yesterday afternoon when Yan kee gunners neutralized me worn oj. the boc'he batteries. Despite tho unus ual enemy activity on this sector, the American troops stood up under the cannonading in splendid fashion. Thir ty two German airplanes were engaged in observation work over the Ameri can lines. The firslti official statement from general headquarters printed in "Stars and Stripes," an army publication, re counts the activities of American troops under fire since March 1. "The baptism of fire which already has been given to a few Americans will come to all. There is no doubt that the test through which the first troops came with such signal success 'will bo encountered and passed with the same sncicess by their brothers in arms, in divisions still to reach the front." The following New England soldiers have been granted tho French croir do guerre for bravery on the Chemin des Dames front: Lieutenant H. K.. Davison, Chaplain C. Boucher, Sergeant G. Dover, Cor poral !F. Hurley and Privates E. Lark in, 11. EiaredgT. S. TV. Miller and C M. Sykse. ! V , ' r '. Trenches Demolished j ; Tha Wnfeardmen in preparation for tho raids, started at one o'clock Sat urday afternoon. Americait and French guns were massed along this portion of the front. After the tremendous burst of fire in the first salvo, tho guns continued to rain shells upon tho boche first second and third lines of trenches and all rear organizations, including ene my batteries. All speculated on the fate of the F.M. Schmidt Discovers He Is Long Since Dead Auburn, Cal., Mar. ll.-F. M. Schmidt who died four years ago, was in Colfax today to look over his realty interests heri-. Ho arrive! fiom the east Saturday and went to a house he owned. "You're dead," said the tenant. "That so!" said Schmidt. "I'll have to see about that." So he called on tho county recorder and an affidavit by his divorced wife, proving him dead, was shown him. On the strength of the affidavit the prop erty had been distributed to the "wid ow" and since has been sold be her. MANIA SURVIVOR TELLSJPERIEHCE Sergeant Hale Writes From Camp In Ireland to His Sister Here Miss Beatrice Hale, a teacher in the Washington junior hyjli school, has re ceived a letter from her brother, First Sergeant Evert H. Hale, who was a 'sur vivor of the Tuscania. Sergeant Hale was a member of a Wisconsin regiment. The letter was postmarked Carrickfer gus, a town a few miles north of Belfast, Ireland, and dated February 8. Ex tracts from the letter are as folows: Our men acted like veterans stood around smoking and joking for hours while the old boat was sinking. I got on to another boat of His Majesty's fleet and never got a wet foot. We haven't learned our full loss yet as part of the survivors were taken to ano ther camp. It was shortly before six p. m. I was sitting on tho eoge of my berth about to get up and get ready for din ner when, boom it hit us. We had had our boat drills and even tho tho lights went out we all got there. Starting letting the life boats down but experienced considerable difficulty as the ship tilted so much to one side that tho life boats scraped along the ships' side and turned over. Several of our men went then. Of course some of them were picked up by now as they bad life belts on. Our men joked with each other and laughed over their per- (Continued on page two) boches after being subjected to such a shelling. Then came "Fire." The captain stepped up in line with his men. At 5:01 shells were still screaming overhead. All, were tense. 5:02 The men took a last look at their rifles, and stamped thoir feet to get a firm footing on the fire step. 5:03 A corporal said to the captain: "Captain, if you get it, I got your put tees. Don't If" The captain laughed and said: "Sure! My puttees are dilapated, anyway." - 5:04 The captain pulled a whistle from his pocket. Every man's right arm went toward the parapet. 5:05 The "zero hour." The men vaulted the parapet like a trained gymnasium team vaulting the ' ' horse ' ' as one man. The whole thing had been practiced in advance. No ordors wore necessary. When the infantry went over the top in ono sector, thoy walked across No Man's Land without opposition. They penetrated the German first and sacond lines and found toothing but a mass of wire, leveled trenches, smash ed dugouts and debris. As their orders specifiod that they return wiithinl a certain time, they dbeyed and went no farther. The men in another sector penetrat ed 150 meters beyond the German third line. Their total penetration was 240 meters. They encountered some dugouts that had not been smashed by the shell fire and ran into nearly a dozen pill boxes which were intact. Got Short Shift They shouted for tho Germans to come out. The latter replied by firing (C-iined on page two) GERHAN-BOLSIW IIGLIHG IN SIBERIA DEEPBiSTHEfdZZLE Qaim Ex-German War Prison ers Are Being Armed and Drilled at Irkutsk Washington, Mar. 11 Official re ports of Gcrainn cooperation with cer tain Bolshoviki elements in i Siberia gave a new turn today to the problem of Japanese intervention in Asiatic Russia. On the heels if detailed information showing Nikolai Lenino, the Bolshevik prime minister, working with tho G-ormans against the best interests .of the allies the war department made the following statement today: "In Siberia, it is reported that ex Oernian war prisonors are armed and drilling in tho vicinity of Irkutsk and that throughout Siberia, Gorman and Austrian prisoners of war are being assisted by certain Russian elements. This has been the claim of Japan m explaining her alarm at the growing menace in Siberia. While tho increas ing activity of tho Bolshevik leaders (Continued on page seven) LEADING HOTEL USED BY "LlOUi DEALERS" Booze Shipped In Suit Cases by Trainporters Six Operators Arrested Portland, Or., March 11. One of the largest hotels in Portland has been used as a base of operation by a ring of illi cit liquor peddlers,-federal officers an nounced today, following arrest of six men threo of them employes of the hotel and seizure of twelve suitcases of liquor, following arrival of the Oregon Express from San Francisco. William Bradley, porter, William Brice, bus driver "and 11. H. Parker, runner for the hotel, A. A. Sykes, a red cap porters at the Union depot and W. J. Hornville and S. Malcolm, Pull man porters, are the men under arrest. Federal officers allege the porters have been buying liquor in California, placing it in suitcases and camouflag ing ownership of these by scattering them through the cars as though owned by passengers. Upon arrival of the train here, it is alleged the porters would turn these suitcases over to Sykes, and he in turn would give them to the hotel employes. At the hotel, it is alleged the suit eases would arrive, marked to go to the check room, and would thus pass into custody of Bradley. "The Fountain of Youth" is tha title selected for the next play in which Henry Miller will present himself. It was written by Louis Evan Shipman. BOLSHEVIKS ARE nrTrnrn nrnmiTA bUlliibHDlUI IU RETOHTIIIG Move Seat of Government to Moscow and Organize for , Resistance I FORM ALLIANCE WITH FINNISH RED GUARDS Oppose Intervention by Japaa Siberian Government " Being Formed By oJseph Shaplon (United Press Staff Correspondent) Petrograd, March 10. The ogvera ment is moving to Moscow as a first step in organization of resistance on all fronts, according to an official pres announcement today. It is belioved it may be necessary for the Bolshevik .government to fight botfc and Germany and Japan. me iiolslievik congress has discardcS the name "social-demonrHtin " .! adopted the title of the "communist pariy, as it does not wish to have any similarity to the German party of whicts Philip Scheidemann is the leader in th reichstag. A treaty of alliance with the Finnish rod guards has been signed by the Bol shevik sovernment. offsetting flin (inf. anm treaty with the white guards in 1 1 : i i X U11UUU. Details of German treatment of tha inhabitants of lands which they have overrun continue to come in. In Fiu land, the German police and military system is invoked against the people. I'ne newspapers have been suppressed. Workinguien 'g organizations have been dispersed and hundreds arrested.' Many are reported executed in Esth ouia, where even the bourgeoisie hav lmbii Mfrruiijrlv rfttirlii.! lr td. 1 ...m n (The bourcgoisie were suspected by tho Bolshevik of "favoring the German invasion.) Most violent persecutions were ro- punuu xrum xiiga. Smolny Institute reported heavy Ger man forces moving from Homel toward NoVOzibkoff. Which cifv thn RilHnisna aro preparing to defend. Germans con- eemruieu on me urena I rout nave ra treated. CALL SIBERIANS TRAITORS Petrograd, March w. (ifivenlng.) Russiun public opinion is most surprised at tho failure of President Wilson and America to halt Japan's hand in Si beria. Those opposed to tho Bolshevik regime point out that this failure gives tha Bolsheviki basis for their argument that imperialists in all countries' are united ugainst tho Russian revolution. Attacking Prince Lvoff and others, reported concerned with organizing m provisional Siberian government, tha newspaper Pravda said today: "Traitors to that fatherland, over whose naino they have mado such a fuss, have now surrendered to the Jap anese and the allied imperialists, hoping to aid foreign troops reconquer the country. lint they arc tf-'eply mistaken. History examples prove that such ef forts have always failed. Vainly do tha landlords and capitalists hope to profit by the Japanese invasion. They aro simply tearing the filial threads connect ing them with Russia." The Rumanians are already beginning to fulfill their separate obligation which is to aid the Austro-Germans to occupy Odessa and other points on tho coast of the Black sea and the Sea of Azoff. Rumanians are interfering with, the efforts oi Russian soviet troops to halt the invaders. A number of prominent Russian con servative leaders and financiers have ar rived at Vladivostok, according to mes sages from Irkutsk. It is alleged that tho Japanese and these Russians havo agreed to a plan whereby the coast will be occupied by military rorces. uuecioi Putilol'f of the Kusuo-Asiatic bank i (Continued on page two) Liberty Loan Temple Built In Zb Hours Portland, Or.. Mar. 11. Head quarters of the third liberty loan comraiotee were moved in-; to LAbMty Tcirtple early today, occupying the structure within 28 hours c-f the time an army of artisans started its construc tion. Thid big struotivra that rose in a day is dedicated as the state headquarters of every ifuture 'patriotic drive, and Sixth street, between Morrison and Yamhill, the site of tho temple, has been closed to traf fic for the period of the war. All the material used in con struction was donated, as was the labor of 300 union artisans, who built the temple.