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mm 4,500 SSCRIBERS (22,000 HEADERS) DALLY Only Circulation in Salem Guar, aateed by the Audit Bureau ol Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SEBVICB "W iAlLLSflO) WEATHER If r ' i i WHT J Oregon: Tonight and Thursday fair colder east por tion tonight; mod erate south west erly winds. FORTY-FIRST V NO. 62 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS OX TRAINS AND NEWS 8TANDS FITS CENTS i i, "4 Off ' r COAST MILL i J" ' ECIKiC MOTHER READY fO SUPPlYf M GAU FOR TIHBER MJ Intimated It TO Ask Holding Timhermen .Say: "Tell Us of Gains In East and What You Want and Yea Abandoning West Get It At Once" Washington, Mar. 13. A new German peace move, dangerous and, as hitherto, on German military made Verms, is ap parently about to be foisted upon the world, diplomatic authorities believed today, Bumora of it indicate that Germany will suggest retention of the plunder in the Near East while she gives up her ambitions in the west. It probably will get a stonier hearing than any proposal to date, though indications are that' it will be so framed as to stir up the pa cifists, relegated to the background by the aroused allied fis-htinw and abroad. As usual, it will be timed to follow a German victory" and it will put forth victor's terms, according to indications. If authorities here read tha aright it will make an appeal to that group which believes Bussia should be ieri to Her own late, Lloyd-George prac tically washed his hands of any resnon CAN SWAM? RAILROADS WITH COAST TIMBER Congress to Learn Some . thing Material, Labor and Money Abundant KIEL . - By L. C. Martin (United Press Staf Correspondent1) Washington, Mar. 13. Tho latest war power asked by President Wilson auth- , ority to control lumber and logging busi ness is being withheld today while con gress investigates to learn its need, ine president want's authority to commandeer standing timber, to desig nate what timber shall be cut and of what lengths, and then to say how it siiau De saweu. Logs and lumber are among the most badly needed product's for America's war program. Both the shipping and the aviation programs have suffered from Jack ot the right kind of lumber at the right time and in the neht ulaee. But congress, convinced by lumbermen that the pending bill giving the presi dent what he asks may be unnecesasry, will give the lumber and logging inter ests a Hearing, lieginmng today before the senate military affairs committee. The timbermen will tell the committee that it is not necessary for the govern ment to commandeer any timber. "Let us in on the government policy tell us whether the shipping board has a concrete plan for the building of wooden ships and we '11 guarantee to get out' the lumber,'' is to be the kvy mice 01 tne timoermen's plea. They made the same plea before tho senate comuierco committee, investigating the mupjuug suuuuon. According to witnesses, before that committee, there is no lack of tlmoer, no iacK 01 laoor, no lack of money to de velop new tracts, but there is no infor mation available as to how far the ship ping board is going with its wooden flipping program. Hence ' timbermen won't spend money to extend roads and railroad spurs into new tracts. The arguments of the tagging and lumber men were presented to the mili tary affairs committee by 'Representa tive Fordney, Michigan, himself a tim ber man. ' ' This bill is a menace to the lumber and logging industries", declared Ford ney. "It is an organized labor proposi tion, pure and simple. President Wilson lias been working on it with the secre tary of war, the secretary of labor and Samuel Gompers ever since the war broke out. The plan is to force the lumber camps and sawmills to an eight hour day. "If the president is given power as provided in this bill, to prescribe the rules for operation of lodging camps and saw mills, a great mistake will be made. Why put the country's 4H.000 sawmills under one man when there lire 48,000 competent' foremen running them? "There is not a logging or lumber man in the country who has refused to give the government the timber asked for. Let t he government sav what it wants and we 11 give it t'o them." Some definite action was expected to PEOPLE OF RUSSIA GET MESSAGE FROM AMERICAN LABOR Samuel Gompers for Amer ican Workmen Asks Kow They Can Help i Washington, Mar. 13. r-t America working men have sent a message to tne people of Kuasia urging once more a strong resistance against domination. President Samuel: Gompers of the American Federation of Labor today announced lie had spoken by cablo to Bussia for labor. . Tho massage urges the Russian so viet to say how America, can help; that the great laibor hosts of this country are willing to extend an assisting hand. uompors' came roaus: "To the all-Kussian soviet, Moscow: "We address you in the name of AMERICANS WILL MAKE AN AGGRESSIVE WAR AND PUT GERMANS ON DEFENSIVE Will Strike Soon and Before Germany Can Derive Bene fits Fran the East By Carl D. Groat Washington, Mar. 13. Strong, verile Teuton a'lid-American notion on the battle lines, was iorecasi today in tne war de partment's present program of heeding the .t rench request ;for taster troop ship ment. - : ; - The thought that the foundation for victory can bo, laid in 1918 lay back of tho plan of hastening national army men over ahead of national guard units and of calling out ' as rapidly as possible units of the 800,000 second draft. That' the allies are now planning ag gressive action instoad of waiting on the MONROE DCCTRiHE AS WORLD PLATFORM Of ALL AMERICANS Chilean Statesman Says It Needs Two More Cardinal Statements this spring. But before long they can be fed into various sectors relieving the seasoned forces now on guard. This process would form a needed man-power reserve. Military authorities . say that tne ba- ?i" 01 t0 S , , A 8 yBa ' !' Angeles, Cel., Mar. 13.-A Monroe if the allies do not delay until Germany doctrino a8 tne world platform of all .. . U1 i " " ; twenty-one republics of the western . uu um...u .aam.-B. "um.y hemisphere instead of the United States within a year and a half apparently will aiono, Was given expression here today be well provided for as respects food for th firs? tim0 b D, Ale1andro Af. Dy every Wow at Kussian freedom, as thoy would be by 'a blow at their own. Tho American people desire to bo. of service to the Russian people in their struggle to safeguard freedom and real izo its opportunities. We desire to be siDiiity tor Bussia when she first be- peak for a groat organized movement gan toying With a German MM' and !y nrni-lrln.n. ,Jr..,l. whn nna Jnunlrifl tn tho Borne newspaper of Baron Sonnino, ithe cause of-freedom and the ideals of Italian foreign minister, saw in Lloyd- "democracy. Wa assure you also that the George s speech the thought that Ger- whole American nation ardently desir maiiy should be given a free hand with 19 to be helpful to Bussia and awaits w ki ix jultoiv. v e u.auio YUU lUtXh tilt" J a ' M l T,Bnl nf h TTi.nrt stxti, r iH German, is the indication from present maneuvers. America will have a greater part in this probable action than it was pos sible a year ago. " AH" the drafted men sent across can not be so rapidly seasoned as t'o make them ready for a groat military action and badly needed supplies which she can draw from the Near East. A blow now would find her far more vulnerable than one delayed a few months or a year. Major General March, chief of staff, said today all tho speed humanly possi ble will be injected into the troop ship ments. The first of tho national army divis ions will be on its way to France soon. Upon arrival it will be sent' to a train ing center back of the front where it will receive advance instruction in the latest methods of warfare. It will go through practically the same course that' has been given the regulars and national guards abroad, un der the eyes of French and British instructors. Bussia if only she would mak certnin concessions in the west. - with eagerness an indication from Bus- aia as to how help may most oft'octive- We stand united against autocracy! awaiit your suggestions. "American alliance for labor democracy. "SAMUEL GOMPEES, "President." and The idea, however, will have snnnt ly be extendod. To all those who strive support especially in the liirht nf Pm- (for freedom we sav courage and ius- ident Wilson's pledge of United States , e must triumph if all free people aiu to neip tree Busisa nf the Tnnt yoke. The especially dangerous element' in any peace drive at this time, however, lies in the fact that the next two ii- three months will find the allies in com mon with the central powers on short ened rations and because of this a pa cifist appeal may have a greater r- sponse than otherwise. However, entente diplomats say allied determination in stifter than ever before and that the war spirit is growing fast unon ti; country. The picture of rtlundereH "Rus sia, of game but helpless Bumania, of Armenia bloodsoaked and pledged by Germany to the Turk, of devastated giuin and France are now defeating peace proposals. AEGENTINA NEXT. Los Angeies, Cal., Mar. 13. Argentina is on the brink of war with Germany, in the opinion of Julio H. Brandan, Chilean consul at Buenos Aires, who is here today. "If Germany sinks another Argentine ship thenc is no doubt that the republic will declare war against the central powers. Ninety nine percent of the peo plo are strongly pro-ally, Pres ident Irigoyen is cordially hated because of his vacillating and seeming pro-German attitude." Consul Brandan concluded witli the statement that Amer ican capital is desired in South America and that German com merce there is forever dead. OREGON'S QUOTA FOR MILITARY SERVICE Marion County Is Called Upon to Furnish Eighteen Men at This Time KILLED THE BEES ,Los Angeles, Cal., Mar. 13. Caught without their gas masks if the poor things have any thousands of lioney bees on tho Mercier apiary near here were gassed and exterminated. Carbon bisulphido was used, presumably by some one bear ing a personal grudge against tho apiary owner. County offi cers are investigating. Not a beo lived out of 250 stands. dc 5C s)c )c sjc 3jC fc 5$C 5C 5C Portland, Or., Mar. 13. Oregon must furnish 369 men for military service and entrain for Camp Lewis, Wash., between March 29 and April 2, as its share of 1 90,000 men to be called up throughout the United States on those dates, No county in the state is to be ex cmpted from this draft call, according to orders just received froh the War De partment by the Adjutant General of Oregon. The 3(59 men to be taken from tho state on this call will be credited later on the quota Oregon is called to furnish in tho new draft, the date of which is yet to be announced. To fill tho present call, tho 369 n.cn required will be inducted out of Claas !l in the sequence of their order num bers.. Here is the number of men each 'county will be required to furnish: (Continued on page three) USE OF ZEPPELINS BY GERMANS INDICATES (Continued on page six.) Abe Martin 1 ! M dip ' FOOD CONSERVATION MUST BE PRACTICED OR WAR WILL BE LOST Tha West Has Not Dane Its Share, and Must Begin To Do So at Once A warning was sounded at the con servation meeting at the commercial tub this afternoon by Arthur M- Churchill, chairman of the state con servation committee. Mr. Churchill earned the people of Salom and Ma rion eountv that unless the food sun- ply of tho nation ;s conserved, and luxuries and extravagances given up, calamity is apt to befall us, and mil lions of people in the European coun tries who are fighting, not only for their own existence, but for cs, and for the peace tind democracy of the world, wili starve, or will have to bow to the will of the Huu. Mr- Churchill addressed a meeting of the delegates selected by the county conservation committee in the morn ing, about a hundred being present at this meeting. This afternoon at 1:30, Miss Ava B. Milan, of the state agri cultural college; addressed a meeting of housewives, and another general meeting of tho delegates was held at - - Til f; Xfllm .r.,U tn tV, Mh compelled, therefore, to go back to thc!flhool students this morning at 10 antiquated Zeppelins for the renewal of i nVlnck. nfl nnlr Mi nis attacks upon non-comhatants in tho j Churchill's talk ai tha public meeting : for efficiency in all mattors of slaught- Attend llUs evening er wouM not permit him to use t!ie less Tno Tnw-tin? was called by &I BPS ARE SCARE !s Acknowledgment That Ilin dsnkrg Is Hard Pressed For Airplanes By J. W. T. Mason (Written for the United Press) New York, Mar. 13. Germany's re sumption of the use of Zeppelins for raids on Great Britain is the first ac knowledgement Von Hindenburg has permitted of the constantly increasing superiority of the allies in airplanes. ine usefulness of Zeppelins as raid ers has long been an exploded myth. Their comparatively low speed and vul nerability have made them more cost ly to send on baby killing expeditions than the value of the material damage They have inflicted. Nevertheless, the kaiser's maglamoniac belief that the allies morale can be lowered bv air raids has caused imperative orders that the hombing of Great Britain continue whatever the risk. Von Hindenbnrg has not enough airpanes at his- disposal to keep up the necessary aeronautical du ties along the west r.ont and at the same time, conduct air offensives against Paris and London. He has been Deeded His Property to His Victim's Widow ' Kalama, Wash,, " Mar. . 13. William Voight', junior, today awaits removal to tho state penitentiary to begin a life sentence following his plea of guilty to the charge of murdering Earl Potruff last November. Frankly stating that he killed Potruff owing t'o infatuation for his victim's wife, Voight recounted de tails of tho killing as the.two men were hunting, Voight using Potruff 's rifle to make the death appear to bo accidental. Somo time after the shooting and before Voight 's arrest, he circulated a petition collecting funds so Mrs. Potruff could hold her homestead. Since he con fessed to tho murder of her husband, Voight has deeded all of his property to Mrs. Potruff. Billy Sunday Opens , His Sawdust Trail vares, member of The Hague tribunal and Chilean statesman and jurist. As Secretary General of the American Institute of International Law, Dr. AI vares expects to enunciate the new Mon roe doctrine at the termination of the war. "Tho old Monroe doctrine, which has come to be known as a thing belonging to the United States, embodies three great principles," Dr. Alvares said. ' ' The first is ' acquire right of inde pendence'. Tho second is 'non-occupation.' The third is 'non-colonization, of the western hemisphere' After the war we shall need to hold a great world con ference and add two more cardinal points to the Monroe doctrine. They will be 'American republics cannot give any territorial rights to European pow ers' and 'no European power can per manently occupy any portion of tha western hemisphere'." THIS DISTRICT MUST SEND TWELVE MEN Chicago, Mar. 13. Billy Sunday's sawdust trail is open today. The first man to pass down the aisle and grasp , the evangelist 's hand was a gray-haired : man in the uniform of a brigadier gon-! eral; tne second one was a husky pri- vate in the United States army. It was- haUsnakin rlcju8t a taa This Must Be Done In the Fm Billy had just finished another fiory denunciation of the kaiserists, "born of a cannon ball and nursed from a brewery," when the uniformed meii walked down to shake his hand. ' The devil is a has-been and a piker compared with that gink," Billy ex claimed, commenting on Emperor Wil hulin. t - fi THREE MMUTES YANKEE GUiERS HADE THEM QUIT Three German Batteries Are Silenced at Rate of One . a Minute ; AMERICAN ARTILLERY IS DOING GREAT WORK Four German Airships Are Brought DownZeppelins Used In Air Raid 1 i WOEK OR GET OUT Chicago, Mar. 13. Chicago may soon have a "work or quit the city" ord inance if a sub-committee's recommen dation to be presented to the city coun cil tonight is adopted Days Beginning With March 29 By Fred S. Ferguson (United Press staff correspondent) With the Amorienn Army in Frane Mar. 13. The American artillery ia making good in its daily ' exchanges with the Gennans. The Yankee gunners have been fast picking up tho details of the present war game and their work in connec tion with recent raids proves they have reacnea tna top notch emoiency. Many thousand shells wore employ ed in bonilbordment and barrage firea on the Toul front this morning. It wa twenty nunuitea before a single Germa igun was able to get into action. At 6:27 a. m., it was reported from headquartors that throe enemy battor iea had opened fire. Three minutes lat er they had been silenced. The neutral ization was so complete that the Am eiiican infantry crossed No Man's. Land without a casualty. They pene trated 300 yards into the German line iand returned to theiir own lines, all ia 13 minutes. Similar conditions obtain in other parts of tha Lorraine sector, where iAinerican troops are fighting. It ia now permissible to say this sector ia east of Luneville. Baids wore made in the region of Badonviller after twenty ininutes artillery preparation. The Am-. Sheriff W. I. Needhanv has recoived instructions from Acting Adjutant Gen eral Williams to draft 12 men into the National army from Marion county dur- ing the five day period starting March ericuns there mai another sortie this 29th. The entire state is to furnish over 300 men. Following is the telegram recoived by the sheriff: "During the five-day period begin ning March 2th, local boards will corn- morning to aee if the German trouclieB were still evacuated. No Ucrmana wero found and the Americans return ed without casualties. German prisoners taken Saturday said they did not know the Americana Tho ordinance uinta tho entrninment for Cnmn T.nwia were in the lines there until thly 'par- would be patterned after a Cincinnati of a number of men eoual to 5 per cent ticipated in a raid against our troops law recently held valid by the Ohio su- 0f the first gross quota. Do not' con- I 'March 1, in which they were repulsed. preme court. found the term first gross quota with first net quota. - 1 ho number to be furnished by Their casualties woro l'orty dead anol wounded. Tho weather is now bright, warm Chicago, Mar. 13. Chicago today has'vour board is 12. The exact number of 'aa(1 8I'rin like- Tho. m.u,d V 'Lry"lg ?P total registered voting population of men called for must be delivered, and If t.rool,s10 in tne "-'gnest spi 808,942, Interest in the wet and dry no credits aro to be deducted at' this election scneuuieu tor next month time. Only white men, and men physical brought' 126,628 new registered names; on tho books yesterday. 1 (Continued on page three) Money talks an' often, like lf.ts o people, it talks to blamed much. No natter bow fast a rnovm' picture ma- ,Wrnrtivi. tv-ne of air mai-hine nnlel"liiirv-h;il tn tr-r l. t !:in? revolves it don't seen t' hurry th' ' -- i 1 by e serious- i Wm iteil ' Y its, following their successful raids- Found Trenches Empty With tho American Army in Franca, Mar. 13. American raiders in the sec tor north of Toul again entered tha German trenches last night, at a dif ferent spot than they raided yesterday. (Continued on page two) DEE-LUTED" SMS COLONEL ROOSEVELT News of His Son Being Decor ated for Gallantry Ex dies Theodore New York. Mar. l.'l. "By Goorgot I am immensely excited and delight ed," shouted Colonel Koos.velt over the telephone teday when informed by the United Press of th.j decoration of his son, Captain Archie lioosevelt, for gallantry in action in Fiance. "This is the first news of any kind I have heard of Archie for a lonj? time. We cabled three weeks aa;o of tho arrival of a baby s in, but we have not heard from him. Wo don't know that he received our cable." The, cable received by the United Press was read to ono of tho Rrosovclt household. A few n'iui'.tcs later the cpl H i ..n,..i u t'. l T 1 phone. "What is this I hear about my son, Archie, being decorated with the war cross f" he asked excitedly. When the cable was read to him ha shoirtod: "By Gecrge! that's fine. I am immensely excited and delighted. This is our first news of Archie." The colonel was like an excited boy who his just been given a ticket W tho Circus. "This is absolutely tho first news wo have nan ot Arciue ana i want i thank you. It's great. I thank you,'' ho cried. .Tho colonel declared Archie "went out" as a second lieutenant and in December was promoted to a captain cy by General Pershing for "good con duit in trenches." EXPECT FItOST TONIC-HT kissers. AND REMEMBER BELGIUM San Francisco, Mar. 13. Warning of killing front in interior valleys and southern California tonight was sent out today by tho weather bureau. The rain storm of the past few days is uumplets- ii (Continued on page three) (Cinoed on page two) lv broken.