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TDOAlfS 4,500 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 BEAD EES) DA.ILY Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureiu ol Circulations The ar WEATHERtei FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SEEVICE VS. Oregon: Tonight and Wednesday rain; moderate southerly winds. FORTY-FIRST YEAR no. ei. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, -MARCH 12, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND OTBW STANDS FIVB CZNT E 1 mMJ ffrffi : ?A 9 MM MUD & Mil 5 MTClffTf! fry 800,00OARETOBr resident tells Russia CALI FD TO mi flRSvrME R i c a i s n e r friend morAAimnnicT 111 OLOUHU UIU1M These Will Be Ted Into the Military Mill" In Small Groups As Needed LABOR ON FARMS TO BE i DISTURBED BUT LITTLE War Department Outlines Plans, h Which Selections Will Be Made i Washington, Mar. 1?. Eilit hun dred thousand men, tho so-called "sec loud draft." will bo tho national quo Ita to bo fed into tho military mill in Huiall groups from week to week or imonth to mouth afa needed, according ifco official announcement today. This vast number will be divided in Itd state quotas and with certain ex ceptions it will be drawn from class iie to make, replacements in existing Hiniits and to furnish the needed sup iMrting regiments 1'or the present army fl'en thousand young men skilled ar llisans some of whom may not be in lolasB one, havo been asked of the stntes rxlready by Provost Marshal General jOrowder, and 10,01)0 other young 'men Iwill bo sumoned this summer to go to . (technical t h'oMs ror special fitting. (Agriculturists will be given deferred rating. -No date, is set for the second draft, fl'he system precludes the fixing of a Melinite date, for the plan is to feed liu tho new men asi occasion requires, fl'he situation depends upon a number tof elements. Emptying of a f call will tallow of a call for an incremidnt of tho WOO, 000 to that camp. SpeeialVneed for replacement troops in a centaiu divis ion will demand call for another enn Itonmen't. Tho groups thus fed will bo (comparatively small, covering probab Y '!y the entiro year 1918. The calls will be in part dependent Kn pending legislation in congress. As Inow arranged, the draft is considered l'iy General Crowder as "selective'' lind as working tho least possiblo dis ruption to industry and agriculture. Official Statement The war department statement to day says: "Tho state of the preparedness of (the army to 'assimilate recruits varies ifrom day to day and from week to iweek and the most scientific manner if recruiting the forces will be to with draw thorn from civil life as fast as they can tjo assimilated by the army und no faster. According to this plan, inien will bo inducted into the service liu very ;J:nall. groups Jipportioned lamong tho various states from week ir.o week or from month to month as they are needed. "In order to distribute the burden oqualh- over the various states, how-.iby (over, it wa,s necessary to make arith- (induction into training camps, tinetical computations of the share of I The movement will start March 29 leach stato and it is not practicable to and continue five days, imako theso computations for such This is tho last increment of the (small numbers. For mere bookkeeping first draft. if'acility, therefore, it is necessary to Tho movement will include the mo lassuma a total of considerable size and ibilizatioa of 28.000 southern negroes ito apportion it among the several on northern camps, (dates as their immediate burden. This Because of the peculiar camp situa icotal is called a national quota and tion. some districts that have complet- itho various shares are called stato illed state quo- of the quota tlas. The announcement "'"8. uu au 1 "? un-v B"1" V '.1 rtary service at onco and, indeed, has pio necessary relation to tne date or i ..... n 1 (Continued on page two) 1 4c Abe Martin win life Bud talks some o goin' in tn . auto sales business jest t' git hi. pic- turo in th' pjpers. Who remembers when a woman wouldn' climb in a tiTgv if anybuddy win lookin'f 1 V WILL STAND BY HER 7 tt2PaH K Tn SrtVlPf Wnirh ""-- "w - - "" Today Must Act On Ger man Peace Offer By Carl D. Groat (United Pres Staff Correspondent.) Washington, March 12. in what is regarded an eleventh hour effort to beat the Germans and their aide, Leuine, of their shameless Busso-Germau peace, tho United States today is pledged to. an enormous bargain to do its utmost to restore Bussia's place in the sun. minus German domination. This is the pledge President Wilson Las made in a message to put the Kus eian Soviets, sitting today to ratify oi reject the Lenine pact'. Last week President VV llson was doubtful about making further over tures with tho Bussians. The split between Trotsky and l.eu iii.e, however, apparently determined him that there was a chance that a friendly word from America would help the Bussians to cast aside tho Gorman teiins and do something toward fight ing the Germans. Trotsky's break man ifestly was tho resurc of disagreement win Lenine s proven treachery to the i evolution and tho single word of en couragement from the leading democ racy, America, may be all that is needed to prevent rafitieation of the treaty. Wilson's pledge is: "I beg to assure the people of Huv sia through the congress that it (tho United States) will avail itself of evory opportunity to secure Rsia oncj more complete sovereignty and independence in her own atlairs and full restoration to her great role in the life )t Europe and the modern world." This means that America intends to right on to such a point that, sitting in tho final peace conference, she can de mand of Germany the relinquishment of territory she has plundered from help less Russia. Wilson adds that the heart of America goes out to Bussia in it's attempt to be forever free from autocratic govern ment and to be its own master. While pointing out that this nation is now in a position to take up the fight to freo her, the pledge to aid in the future is 95,090 ORDERED TO PREPARE TO ENTER THE TRAINING CAMPS This Closes Last Increment of First Draft Begins March 29 Washington, Mar. 12. Ninety five thousand more men were ordered today the war department lo prepare for ed tJieir quotas will be asked to turn- Mh more men and will be given credit l'JD',L'r e uuu "r i ... i J ulered mobilized will be used to fUl upi .. . . . . . n . (tno ranks mauo vacant oy oeaxns aim 1, :,i,.:i n. nf wlii,-h fiftv six 1 V Ciave already been made, Deputy Pro,, 'moonlight' dance' -(vost Marshal General Johnson stated. , It is provided in the proposed ordin- The first contingent of industrial (workers 4raftcd recently went to (France, Johnson said. Today's order will take men from all states except Iowa and Minnesota. Following arc state allotments: Arizona 148; ArKansas 1541; Califor nia 1740; Colorado 323; Connecticut 903; Delaware 308; District of Colum bia 102; Idaho 242; Illinois 19(51 ; In diana 2977; Kansas 587; Maine 340; Maryland 382; Michigan 5558; Msou- n 1170; Montana 521; ebraska 4u9, N'evaua 72; New Hampshire 212; New- Mexico 127; New York 12.28S; North Dakota 2tU7: Ohio 6i55; Oklahoma ;i 5!)8: New Jersey 4275; Oregon 369 Pennsylvania 7S28; Rhode Is'and 301; South Dakota 226; Texas 4043; Vtah j 247; Vermont 156; Washington bi8;j West Virginia D14; Wisconsin nvDnuiig i, v.-w, Alabama 2634; Florida 2506; Georgia 5U25; Kentucky 1651; Louisiana 3o(3; Mississippi 2220; North Carolina 5JU4; Wyoming 134; Massac nusetts -ooj, South Carolina 343; Tennessee -i oi ; Virginia 2178 To suppress the news of actual troop movements as much as possible, the nrovrsL marshal general's office de cided not to make public where those! in the next increment will be sent, " was stated, however, that the large ; ....t-oa r.f fK (uiithrn stntes were largely composed of negroes, most of ! uio - " , . . whom will be moved to northern ; camps. - j The baseball bug will soon be at; ;argc again. Who 's going to be the f irt : man to offer a War Savings Stamp for evry home run I TeBardoa here as by far the strongest . and most and most sympathetic message yet given tho Bussian by any ally. How itw ill affect Britain and Japan is a question. Britain has been inclined to let Russia drift on to her own de struction. As for Japan, the mossage is con sidered in many quarters as taut, t'o a friendly suggestion that any inter vention she attempt's in Russia must be temporary without aims at territorial conquest.. Wilson's message forwarded ovor night to the Moscow American consul general for delivery to tho Soviet's ses sion is believed likely to cause some surprise in tho allied capitals. The soviet congress has a tremendous decision to make whether it shall rat ify tho Busso-German terms. Beports have differed as to what the congress will do, but it is felt here the presidont 's message may be tho inspiration needed, to induce resistance. ,t , Meantime the Japanese-Siberian prob lem is darkened insofar as official ut terances here are concerned, but tho (neral thought still is that' she and China are preparing for intervention despite American opposition thereto. CITYIS CARRYING MANY flSSESSOTS $22,497 Owing City For Im provements Move Made to Collect It A quiet investigation by the city council into the city 's finance has dis closed load that the taxpayers of Salem have been 'carrying' some thou sand odd unpaid improvement assess ments, winca uuve not uccn oonuca, ana t againstw hicU certificates of delin quency have not' been issued. "A resolu tion will bo introduced at tne next meet ing of the council, and it is probable ! mat proceedings will be started against those who have been delinquent tor a period of more than three years. Tho total airvount duo tne city is $22,44)7, and of this amount all has been due for more than three years except $47. 1 Manyof those who have neglect ed to pay up are said tp , be business men who are well able to pay the assess ments. Certificates of delinquency will be issued at once, bearing 12 per cent interest according to law, against all tne -unpaid assessments. The assessments are for almost every improvement in the oily for the past eight years. They cover every street which has been paved, and range in age from one to eight years, with the big majority well over the three year limit. A considerable portion of the city's unpaid assessments were covered by the recent certificates of delinquency which were sent out by City Attorney B. W. Macy. These which includo the $22,497, were not covered by these, and are not j bonded according to the recently passed bonding law. lh only recourse the city has to collect tho money is by a touch of conscience on the part of the delinquents, or a recourse by the city to the courts. The last plan is thought to bo much the more certain by mem bers of the city council. Another bill will be introduced by Colincilman Unrlll at the IequeaV of Salem . who are intcreste( in .iro. people wiio are interested in pro a clean and moral amusement for aiding a clean and moral amusement for tho young people of the city. This is .1 Mill lu jrt:uiaic uiiiiuc nulla uuu Huuui; i.iii i i. i .i i n .i i ..., tliC elimination of the 'shadow dance' or ance to close all dances at midnight, ex cept where permission is given by the chief of police and in case snch. per mission is given, no tickets may be sold after midnight. No person under 16 years of age can attend a public dance after 9 o'clock unless accom panied by a parent or guardian and a provision for punishing a false state ment in regard to age is included. smoKine win not oen ennittea in tnei" dance hall, or in the hall or entrance Tlie moonlight dance is eliminated, and booze is tabbooed. Conservation Meeting Called for Wednesday ; Miss Lorene Parker, who is home aeraonstrauon agent tor Marion ana Clackamas county, is sending out re- questa tV tio members of the Marion County Home Makers committee to be demonstration agent for Marion and present at the conservation meeting jit ih Mmmpr-i9 i-Lih next w?dnp- day. Miss Parker believes that much can be learned by the women from the talks on conservation. There are about 40 members of ths home makers committee and as each wm brin;, a frippj, this will swell the j n.lnHnA o.v "'..um; in in.-n H w'inev nave cnarge or aro as ionows xt a hundred. It is expected that about 400 will Lear the address to be ' niado by O. M. Churchill in the after noon, n The man who uses his hands to fill his trousers pockets vill seldom have anything else to fill his pockets with. 'l; !; Brvan Forgetting f He Was Once Pacifist Sherman, Texas, Marchll. "We are going to win this war by whipping Ger many; going straight through the Ger man line is tho only way we can do it." This was the declaration of William Jennings Bryan here today upon his ar rival from Mc.Kinney, Texas. "All of us have go to get this idea of "going through" into our systems," Bryan saH. "Tho worst thing that has happened since the war began, was the investigation, or examination of Secre tary of War Baker. Baker has outlived all criticism and has proven the wisdom of President Wilson in appointing him, Baker is big enough for the job." PERMANENT FUi FOR SM CROSS Will Try To Secure Monthly Payments Into Fund Ar range for Campaign A campaign to creAte a permanent 4in; i,o (ra,rv f U'il. ' lamotto chafer of the lfed Cross month; by month will be inaugurated in Sa- future, according to Mutdvcly that the preliminary training! a', a meotintg JastP('nod has bceu kft '"'hind and thejj lorn in tho near plans annoum-cd ar. a meotintg ninhh nf th cmiimtteft recentlv an- pointed to dovise wavs and means of j'"5 trenches. replenishing the Willamette chapter! Von llindenburg no longer has any treasury. ' I serious chance of biiiasmug through the Tho committee, consisting of Walter ' west line. It is even improbable that A. Denton, chairman; Theo. Koth. p. he has been able to transfer from the K. Fullerton and C. O. Rice, have di- Kussian front "to the west an aggre- iiii-U tin; .ii mi" mi. . j ii. no I" a Moriial.. Ao..h iirm-inct. Thn nbiect of the canajailn :n .i,;,.k ,.e id iDto tho chapter treasury- pach month for tho duration of the war. juo iun.i tnus rreatea win oe rermanent and will not be exhausted at intervals, necessitating repeated drives. The amount is to be used for civilian relief work and in purchasing Kcd Cross materials ana supplies. I Tho thirty nine captains appointed have been notified that they "have been drafted for scrvic Pi to reiKirt at hea.iqui ;ther orders A meeting !ad the committee has been drafted for service and command- pjartcrs" lor fur- of all captains hpon ifillii,l nn Thnrsilav -venin? at 7 o'clock at the Commercial club rooms, at which time tho plans oi' worked out ii the campaign will be I detail. Kach captain is I Ito appoint as many assistants to aid ,itt canvasanir his precinct as he wisn- s. Tho captains nnd the precincts which ., . YV. W. Moore, 'enter street to N. Mill creek. Church street to river, G. G. Brown. Cenler rtreet. to N. Mill creek. Church street to railroad. G. II. Burnett, Center street to Court street, Church rtreet to river. (Continued on page two) "I WANT HERE AN EAGLE, YOH HHW HAS DELAYED TOO LONG HIS SMASIHN WEST Has Allowed Americans To Increase Their Strength Beyond His Own By J. W. T. Mason (Written for the United Press.) New York, Marchl2. American sol diers in Franco are now ready to block a German offensive. Von Ilindeuburg has delayed too long his plans for risk ing a western drive early this year. General rershing at last is in position to make America's power play a decis ive part in checking any effort of the Germans to break through in tho west. The American overseas troops havo reached the stage w here they can' bo called upon instantly for service on n major defensive Bcale. The increasing frequency of American raids and the ,.fi i :.. sectors held bv G , Pen,,linir forcrs l,.,mmstate con- Americans aro now tree craftsmen of p,".. ....... m. ...,..,. (l.iu p nnnrniinl.lir v.,,.,1 1 . (la the number of Americnns in Frnncn nnw : i.. j :..i i:.. Under the new powers of tho Ver- Ra;uP militarv rnn.il n inirmted bv the American general staff, it has bo- come possible for the troops of anv na tionality on the west front to lie moved .( nr,i,.r, frnm Var. giUt. If, therefore, V(,n llindenburg t frv th. inillf.;i.i., nnri rA,.T nn ,rfna; u'r,.,.i, ,,r 1riHi, General Pershing may be found leaving his own sector and hastening to the re lief of America's associates in the war. But the possibility of. Von Hinden burg's attempting this task decreases with every day of the approaching Bl'r,''S- r"ri " '"" west front 18 now probably increasing lanvci, pivj.vi iiunu.,1, i n an la many's. The military power of the United 8tatcs henceforth must be taken into serious acount by Germany, which means General Pershing has become the great enigma for the kaiser's general staff. Some of the newer fishirfg tackle is eonipned with a spring that easts a line farther than it ran be cast bylualties hand, but that isn't necessarily going to make it any more fun to catch fish. . FRITZ." AN AMERICAN RAID SHOWED GERMANS HAD FALLEN BACK Trenches Were Found Empty Australian Raiders Take Few Prisoners London, March 12. Australian troops made successful raids east and northeast of Messines last night, kill ing a number of Germans and taking a few prisoners, Field Marshal llaig re ported today. Tho Australians' cas ualties were light. Thero was mutual cannonading south- cast of Armentieres and east and northwest of ypre-s. Fcur Airplanes Downed Paris, March 12. Four German air planes were brought down in last night's riiid over Paris, it was official ly announced today. No report was niado regaiding casualties or damage. Sunk Irish Schooner. Iondon, March 12. The unarmed Irinh Bchooner Nanny Wignall was tor doed end sunk by a submarine, it was announced today. The submarine shelled survivors who were picking up their comrades from the sea. Offered a Dukedom. Copenhagen, March 12. The kaiser has been offered the "dukedom of Courland" by a resolution of the Cour- 11,11,1 di"t, according to a Berlin di.-i- P tCQ received today. May Move Again. Washington, March 12. A delayed state department cablegram from Mos cow today said that the Russian gov ernment was moving to Moscow the ninth and that if the Germans con tinued their advance the government would bo moved farther east. A Volo gda message from Ambassador Francis reported no misfortune of any nature to himself and no intention on his part to move fro:n there. Defeated Deserters Copenhagen, March 12. German troops defeated "strong opposition," composed mostly of Czech deserters from the Austrian army, at Boch matsch, sixty miles northeast of Kteff, according to dispatches received hero today. The dicpatches also aid German troops have arrived within nine miles of Odessa. 20 Were Killed Ixndon, March 12. The total cas- Thursday s enemy air raid f Continued on page three) FRANCE HAS IDE EARNEST APPEAL F0RMTR00PS In Response Men Called Un der Selective Service Will Be Sent Soon MOBILE RESERVE FORCE IS A VITAL NECESSITY Neither England Nor France Can, Supply This Its UpTolk ' Washington, Mjit. 1. France has ''made a new and earnest appeal to tho United .Htates for more speed in ship--ping fighting men across the Atlantic. It was learned on high authority to day that, as a result of tho French ap- 1 peal, uociision has been reached to eia abroad very soon some of tho national army divisions men -called unucr tn , selective service draf, - The war department's initial plan was to move the bulk of the national, gunrd divisions before calling on tbo , 'national army to supply troops for tha -(firing lines. But an inspection of tho . army force, resulting from tho new HKrciich plea, has cainviiawd army au- thoriitie that many nanoui army ai (visiems are in 'better shape than tho 'national guard. Tho first movement of drafted sol- (diors "over there" is the result of 'domand for more reserves in anticipa tion of tho great west front action 'expected this year. J More American soldiers, men able to outer tho trenches with but little more 'tiaining, are urgently sought. " 'Neither France nor Great Britainj it is said, have enough troops to spara to meet a powerful offensive in tho west and ait the samo time guard against all danger of attack from oth- . or quarters. A mobile reserve force is a vital ne cessity, it has been pointed out, and oroly tho Unite,! Btnies (en now iuru iah tho iioeary forces to assure re serves if French and British troops have to bo shifted to tho Italian, Ba lonika or other fronts that may be- threatened. Menace is Great In faco of tho urgent demand, great est confidence is expressed in tho na tional army troops- Their training, of- i'iccrs said today, is a splendid record of efficiency for tho men who have di rected the work. Tho national guard i,im been handicapped by tho fact that a. large percentage of its men had a Binattering of military knowledge that .nvpiml ii irreat deal of ground, but wiost of which had to bo unlearned be fore the training in the newer mens or (warfare could beain. in their own defemsn, national guaru officers havo charged that in filling up depleted quotas' with drafted men. the poorest sort of soldier material was sent from tho national army can tonments. These men, they say, groatly delayed tho national guard training program. It is aniuiitea ncu. wo ""j would prefer o Keep ui uhwuuui n.... divisions in nnn - wUt longer jieiiod of training'. But tho -. .. . . 1L r . ..... a M1TT1 f. (Continued on page two) FLOUR SUBSTITUTES AND CONStRVAIIOH At Meeting at Commercial Club Tomorrow Action Win Be Explained An order was issued today by the food administration putting the flour substi tute on a 50-50 basis. The telegram received by F. W. Rteusloff is being mud as 'propaganda' for the conserva tion meeting tomorrow. Following is i ho telegram: "Ov.iug to the absolute necessity that this country furnish wheat to our army abroad mid to the people rf France, I have positive instructions that no sale of flour can bo mado without an equal amount of substitute, and am putting the order into effect today. This will undoubtedly cause inconven ience to many of our people, but they nust thoroughly understand that it is an absolute necessity, and the time has come when we are all culled upon to come through and do our full part." The meeting tomorrow at the Commer cial club in tho interest of conservation is also to be used to instruct the peo ple of Marion county in what is ex pected of them by the government. Soma changes have been mado in the program for tomorrow 's session, and another pub lic meeting has been added. In the evening Arthur M. Churchill, who is chairman of the executive com mittee in charge of the pledge eard campaign, will address a meeting of " (CftiEnaed on jage to)