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SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1918
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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
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WHERE OUR BOYS FIRST
WENT OVER AT THE BOCHES
PRESENT BATTLE LINE. CMius)ff j
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.