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SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, -MARCH 12, 1918
PRICE TWO CENTS
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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
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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
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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)