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Newspaper Page TextTODAY'S WEATHER 4,500 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 READERS) DACLY Only Circulation In Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAX LEY NEWS SEHVICB Oregon: Tonight and Thursday fair not so cold; light frost tonight; wm V winds. 0J" s ' C m isw i - . - - r . ....,! " f I El -.'III! i ilrttf Tl ' 5 "f'I i II J I ft FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 79. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS 1 LEADERS ROW STAKE EVERY! VEST FRONT 0 IIC Of! FFEU8II x Hindenburg and Ludendorff Continue to Hesitate and Con- tinualiy Shift OperationsPlans of Allies Seem To Re Puzzling German Commanders Yesterday Was Quietest Day On Western Front In Past Two Weeks and Actual Operations Have Been Small and Unimportant By William Philip Simms, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) With the British Armies in France, April 2. Hinden burg and Ludendorff continjue to hesitate. - They have been shifting about for five days. This has been perhaps the qui-jtest day since the .of fensive began. The Germans must have been hit hard, not to be able to patch up their machine before now. - The British blew up theh bridges over which they re treated, but Hindenburg has had ample time to repair them. Prohably the Germans are ready for the second phase of their offensive. But two things are worrying them. The first is the stunning blow given them at Arras. The second is the doubled battle front, combined with the les sened number of troops. They dislike pushing on toward Amiens with Arras and Vimy threatening their north flank and the French menacing their southern flank. Likewise, whereas they had ninety divisions (1,080,000 men) in the line and in reserve for a hfey-nv.e mile front on March 21, they now have only the remnants of this force, plus the sparse fresh troops, with which to carry on their offensive over a 100 mile, front X Indications in'the past f ew days are that Hindenburg is y. trying to shorten the active battle front by digging in at pertain places, permitting him to concentrateprobably south of the Somme. He will be compelled again to draw from garrisons in the quiet sectors. He has already drawn twenty eight divisions (336,000 men) from the North Sea end and thirty divisions (360,000 men) from the Swiss end of the west front. About 700,000 men Almost half the total on the west frontare concentrated on the new battle front. The problem now is how long he can keep up the drain. Obviously Hindenburg is staking everything on this last throw of the dice. - TERMS OF THIRD LiBERlYLOl ISSUE How Payments May Be Made by Buying of Coming Issue of Bonds ON TRAINS AND !HTW STANDS FTyw CNT HINDENBURG CENTERS HIS EFFORTS ON DRIVE UPON IMPORTANT RAILROAD CITY ' The terms of the third lib- erby loan, are announced in a telogram received by the Capi-' tal Journal last night from the state liberty loan committee in, . sjc roM-iano. Tne telegram follows: I "State liberty Loan Man- .Smith today (aiinounced sje the terma of the third loan. . They -will have the date of May 9 bmA will 'bear interest from that date. The donomina- sje tions will be of $50, $100, $500, $1000, $5000 and $10,000. lni- tial payments of five per cent with the subscription, 20 par cent due May 28, 35 per cent July IS, 40 per cent August 15. iFirst coupons payable Sep- itember 15, li8; cuupons thare- alter sumi -annually, March 15 and September 15. Maturity of bouda not yet announced. " Aftlre t -WnrJi and SnirfJ ticos; then force an evacuation by miavika iu iiviui tuiu uvuui Give Evidence of Effort to Encircle Amicus By Henry Wood (United Press staff corresppdent) Paris, April 3. "On the Somme Oise front there was increased mutual artillcrying, " the French war office "reported today. "South oif MOTeu.il, between Mereui! and Mailly-Raineval (two miles and a 'half southwest of Moreuil), a German attack only gained a footing at one point, an our advanced, line. "North of Rollct an enofy attempt fell down. "On the northern slopes of Plemont the French succeeded in a detail oper ation, considerably enlarging their po sition and taking sixty prisoners. "French, .aviators on SJunday and "Monday throw 24,000 pounds of pro jectiles on railways and camps in the vicinity of Haim, Channy, Noyon and Roye. A big fire was started in the t'haulnes station. Eight German ma 'ahiues Were brought down." AMERICAN ARMY WILL BE HURRIED ACROSSTHE OCEAN Movement to Front Will Be Pushed As Rapidly As Ships Can Be Procured Eais's Official Report London, April 3. '"is-Aha neighbor rood of Fampoux a strong eneflry- pair ty determinedly attacked yesterday atj dawn, but was repulsed after sharp! fighting'," Field Marshal Haig report-! ed today. "A numler of German dead troops. were left on the field. A few prison- Icentage cf those era were taicen. " By Carl D. Groat (United Press staff correspndent) Washington, April 3. A large part of the American army will be sent to England just as soon as the ships to ifahsrr?t.ihe men can be assembled. This was leanirt- from an authorita tive source in the arnrf - fdny. The comprising a-substantial r- n camps in tne unit- Long Range German Gun dtrengmens 'French Washington, April 3. The blood Ger man long range guns spilled bombard ing a cnurch on Uood J-iiuuy has served to strengthen the resolve oi the French to resist to the last man, if necessary, tne invasion of sueli a toe as the Ger man. Ambassador Sharpe, cabling the state aepiii tiuoni; today, pointed this out with a pen picture oi tna tragedy. .Nearly a hundred mangled corpses iu the mor gue and almost aa many seriously wounded, ho said, attested, tut measure of the German foe. - . Sharpe visited the ruins and saw the gap in the wall caused by the shell. Tons of solid masonry crashed down upou tne heads of worshippers, killing and injuring them. The blood of the victims was still fresh upon Hit edifice when Sharpe saw it. ' He reported that Paris is thoroughly indignant, toward the Germans for at- tacking civilians thus. 9 , , ' 3. Pro-Germans Accused oi Attempted Piracy A Pacific Port, April 3. Heavily manacled by handcufrs and leg irons, tho five alleged. pro-Germans aecuseu ot conspiring to commit piracy against the commerce of the United Ktates were brought here aboard a United (Status warsnip today and taken to tne county jail. The men wore arraigned late today before 1). M. Hammock, United States commissioner. According to J. R. O 'Connor, United States district attorney, their examina tion may reveal facis' upon which to base the more serious charge of treason. The encirclement has been temporari ly checked but areoplanes report con' stant arrivals of heavy artillery and new divisions for the supreme effort. The artillery concentration is. especial ly heavy in the region of Montdidier, 'esrmdent) wnuie a great number or six men With the French Armies in the Field pieces are constantly in action every' April 2. Failure to ' reach Paris and i where. Amiens through wing attacks apparent- The German destruction in the old ly has caused tho German command to Somme region is a boomerang. It is cemlor its eflorts on. tne latter citv, necessary ior tne ucrmans to Dring up hoping to encircle, it by attacking in naturally .jlofineid sectors along the riv ers. The first of 'these is north . of the nsre; another' Is between the Ancro and th Somme; the next is 'between the Summe and the ljuce-;! the fourth Is between the Luce . and the Avre, and the fifth . between th Avre and the Noye. i , - ' Tho latest attacks betray the ene my's intentions. While aiming directly at Amiens in the cemter, the attacks on tho north and south aim to encircle the city from the north via Hebuterno and Doullens and from the south via Montdidier and ' Conty. , First they would isolate Amiens from northwaru and southward ' railway communica- their entire food supply, which cannot be augmented from the countryside, as formerly. The difficulties ofthe terrain are delaying thevenemy ' and causing him hardships. The allies' communications quickly convey troops, guns and sup plies. One Gorman division marched eight mights. Another detrained in the ev' ening and marched twenty miles, enter irug the firing line intho morning ex hausted. There are thirty two divisions (384,000 men) so far opposed to the French. The aerial warfare ls-'extonsive. Yes terday an allied squadron of eighty machines pursued a German squadron of forty IRAIi SUPPLIES STORES OE, BREAD BIRECrTO BERLIN Fighting Is Reported Between Soviet Forces and Germans at Many Points By Joseph Bhaplea (United Press staff correspndent) ' Petrograd, April i.-Trade. bobweon Ukraine and Germany is in full blast. Great stores of bread are being transported from Kieff to Berlin by railway under supervision of the Ger man commission. The forces of the Ukrainian soviet in the Konotoh region havee retreated afiter inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy, who reached JSarym. Toward Roveusk, the soviet forces which were evacuating -Voroshba at tacked the German fourth army. On the Charkoff front the enemy re treated in the region of Achtirks and Lebodiani. The soviet is' mobilizing forces to defend Charkoff. Citizens are evacuating Ekatcrinos- lav in view of tho enemy advance from Nizhni-Dmoprovsk. A severe battle is raging around Enakievo. CHAMPION CONSERVES ' Los Angeles, Cal., April 3.. Although jailed as a pro-Ger-juan, Kd Bouyea may be deco rated by tho food administra tion. He probaibly is the best little food conservor who ever passed up a feed. Ho is on a hunger strike and has not eaten for four days. It ! led Sfatea. will takft t.hft nlrt nf "Nrii (Faanpoux is four miles east of Arish troops that have been- undergoing fas.) I training in England. This plan is en- m me. ueiKiiuumuuu ul aywi, Treiy ixp&n rrcm the acjeeleratcd iwhich ia now ;oi!T3,s successful local Imovement of American troops to the 'operation last -ourht -resorted in "morfrrfrritMr line in France. Th heat divia- tiSJU hundred prisoners and three ma-io,ns of the American army will go di- chine guns being captured." (Ayctto is ten miles south of Arras) "In the neighborhood of Serre a Cerw prisiais.5veretaken yesterday." (Serre is about cigTfTnfnr-42ithr nresfe of Ayette.) rect to France, while those in a less developed stage will go to England. According to present plans, more than 1.000,000 men will have been shipped to France by the closeUf "tlt year.'-As the draft is continuing oper "Successful raids northeast of Lcos:ftticn. it wilT-Twr-iwRshl rfrnw thpm land northeast of Poelcapelle. resuHedj whenever needed to fill up emptied can in the capture of prisonefes and a ma chine gua. (Loos ia three niiles north and west of Lens. Poclcapcelle is six miles north east of Ypres and Bilgium.) The German Version Amsterdam., April 3. ' ' The boiiments. It may be necessary to call within the sest jear a greater number than originally eonsiacTwl-BOO.OOO. In seme quarters it was held likeiy today that 400,000 more drafted men will be called to camp by July 1. The United Press is able to state on pause i the best authority that tho crovprrrnipnl au tae iigning is a necessity, me ame; regards this s the year of decision, tvs in Italy, when the Ta?liamento was holds that tie Germans must be stop reached rain ha? greatly hampered Jped, and that victory for democracy out transport." a Berlin dispateh pub- must be won, or at least assured, this Sighed in the Cologne Gazette says- (year. - A dispatch to the Volkszeitong from i The Germans realize this condition the front says: land are known to be straining every "The pause is not due to the ene-!nerve to gain a "German peace" if hiy's sueeav but to the orders of . tie . the breaking- point is reached in Eu Germaa command. Roads must be re-irope. Officials feel that if that time (Continued on page three) (Continued OB pagt two) for Big Wager Now Portland, Or., April 3. Another $10,- 000 shipbuilding wager was posted to day with Lloyd J. Wentworth, head of the Oregon district for the Emerbency Fleet Corporation. The G. M. Slandifor Construction Corporation posted that amount as a chaiicfi t-1 aay. other shipyard in the Pro-German Professor Dismissed From California Saa FranleHeo, April 3. Summary dismissal of Professor Ernest Conrad Alfred IForke. head of tho department cf oriental languages, and Ingo Wal demar "Dagclbert Haekh, assistant in the department of chemistry, was an nounced today by tho regents of the University of California. - Further than. thS the mdn (were ."summary disfuced from the faculty on account, of actions inimical to th! United States government" neither the regents nor the office of President Benjamin Ido Wheeler would make comment. Forke, who is a noted oriental stu dent, came to tho University of Cali fornia in 1914 from the University of Berlin. He has anted as adviser to the Chinese legation arrtl is said to have held government ottice in uermany. Haekh came to California in 1913 and was a chair boy at the San Fran cisco exposition, later entering the University of California. He had serv mo , " . . .. , touatrjy offering to wager t it ivDuld a m.tne uernian navy a -----u- itiihin t i neift 12 mnnthn. Tirnrince mum ? " " j i i. cai?o and Asheville. . C cuuiuicvcu wuuucu BtcamrH mail sor i o . oher yard posting a similar Bum. "The spirit of the shipbuilders of the northwest is wonderful," said Went worth. Colonel Killer Says . - Fight YICcine West New York, April 3. Colonel JcSeph C. Miller left New York this after noon for lOicago without announcing tne location of Willard-Fulton fight, which will be held July 4. "It looks very much as if the west' would get the bout," he said. Another offer has been made- from Colorado, this one Colorado Springs. It is better than the Denver offer, but this dees not mean that the bout will not be he!d ia Denver. LARKY LAJOIE CASE Tacrana Will Not Bond To Buy Trolley Lines Tajnoms, IWasl, fAprJ.l " 3. Tacoms will not bond itself to acquire tho city trolley lines of the Tacoma Railway and Power company. This was decided by the voters at a primary election yesterday at which Mayor A. V. Faw cott was renominated for office, with C. M. Riddcll as his-opponent. The vote against municipal ownership was more than four to one. Two commissionerships will also be filled at tho final election two weeks hence. Candidates for these positions selected at the primary were Fred Shoemaker, H. Key Harrison, ,Edwin Mcath. and Oalvin J. Carr. John F. Meads and John M. Roberts were named as nominees for city con troller. Cincinnati, Ohio, April 3. Garry Prohibition Loses. Herrmann, chairman of the National St. Paul, Minn., April 3. Prohibition basiitia.il VoorrrmLSKToa tsaid todajy heM0st in Hastings, Kazeta and Sleepy Eye commission decision in the Larry La- and-won in Hutchinson, Minn., yestcr- joie case probably will not be ready 'day, on the face of election returns ' for a" week. available today. SAVING OF AMIENS IS A MOST IMPORTANT OBJECT ATPRESENT Counter Offensive of Allies ; Not Necessarily Matter To Be Hurriedly Undertaken By J. W. T. Mason (Written for the. United Press) , , New York April 3. If .General Foch succeeds in saving Amiens end in pro venting the Germans from cutting the Amiiens-Paris railway, he will have ac complished ell that can be reasonably asked of him at this time. , Delay in starting a counter offens ive against the German is proper un der the circumstances. It is not prob able that British, French and Ameri can public opinion would consider the recovery of tho recently lost area in western France worth the sort of slaughter that Von Hindenburg has just inflicted on 'his own troops. The German autocracy can ruin Germany's mau power without protests from homo but domocraitia governments do not do tuci things- IThel jiraiKdia!e Retire ment of the Germans to their former posts is strategically necessary from the standpoint of tho allies. The priit ciijiial laason. flor its accomplishment would be the strengthening of the al lies' morale, which ought to be and, in fact, is necessary. 1'rescnt develop ments more and more suggest that a waiting policy may suit the allies' needs better than adoption of Von Hindenburg 's strategy of slaughter, A voluntary retirement by itho Ger mans, similar to their return to the Hindenburg lino last year, may well ho hr'iuyht about by the mere arrival aling the Alsace-Lorraine front of in- crcsi-iiig numbers of soldiers from Am erica. Von Hindenbug has bitten off more than he can chew for any length of time Tho presort fiont will certainly iiicrr." iu unvx-Id. isl for the Ger mans if tho war is prolonged. With tho. probabilities favorin-j an eventual curtailment of the German front, Gen' eral Fnch might even be playing Von Hindenburg's own game by developing a major counter offensive at this time. The allies can no ' more afford to wasto their man power than can Gor many. The death payments of the al lies ought to be made for offensive gains and not merely the recovery of technically valueless territory. -wtuat-JBtiy ibe considerations that are withholding Foch for the present from striking against the "Qer" mans. - - Ml Snaps of Slackers Will Be Eliminated Washington, April 3. The process of climiniiting bombproof army jobs for men of draft age is under way. The general plan is to rid Washing ton of draft age officers whose places can bo filled by older men or civilian and to .give the youthful desk men field service. Some of the highest army officials point out that it is essential to have a vast army behind the lines and that only a comparatively small part of this sta v at home force consists of slack ers." Six to twelve men are required to supply each soldier on the line. And there are many men here, it is pointed out, who are tied to desk jobs who would psefer outifide service. The present move is intended to rid the army of men with secure commission who have sought the desk jobs as safety first posts. WISCONSIN CLOSE LENROOT LEADS ON PARTIAL COUNT Republican Candidate For Senator Now Four Thous and To the Good SOCIALIST BERGER ' IS DECISIVELY BEATEN CONGRESS GIVES RIGHT OF 1M TO LEGISUITI01 WAR Chicago and Kansas City Re port Landslides for Demo cratic Party By la. C. Samlst (United Press Staff Correspondent) Milwaukee, Wis., April 3. With ap proximately 80 per cent of the vote ut jesterday's election tabulated. Irvino L. Lenroot, republican, was leading Jo seph Davics for United States senator by about six thousand votes this af ter- uuuio. victor u. uerger, socialist, -mas 4 1,000 behind the leader. The count stood: Lenroot, 118,4,'. : Kavies. . 112 f.O:: Lorger, 77.3SH. Davics made slight cams as the count progressed aui his backers had not abandoned hope that he will be elected. This count included complete returns from nineteen out of 71 counties, and al most completo returns from many others. A majority of the missing districts are regarded as Lenroot territory and the Lenroot leaders are confident of victory. An analysis of the partial ' returns indicates that in several counties at the German- belt much of the vote-given James Thompson, La Follette republican candidate who was defeated at the pri maries, was caU yesterday for Bsrger. Mheboygan and Manitowoc counties, heavily German, rolled up big maiorities for Berger. Beturns today, however. mads it apparent that Burger has not polled a total equal to the Berger and Thompson vote at the primaries. he iinoi count, it was estimated. will show that Berger on his stop-the- war platform failed to poll more than 35 per cent of the combined win-the-war vote of Lenroot and Davies. Drys Claim Victory. Wisconsin drvs claimed today in the first skirmish of the fight to cloct a dry legislature next fall and ratify the federal prohibition amendment. Voters yesterday ousted saloons at Superior, Ashland and Beloit. Tho official count will bo needed to determine' the result at Madison, where both wets and drys claim victory by narrow margins. .'V . "Victory Bills" Will Be Con sidered Ahead of All Oiher Pending Measaxs DRAFT AMEDMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED Senate Is Working Steady imencag uverman Em powering By lb O. Martin V u nitea r ress Staff Correspondent) Washington, April 3. Congress todav D"Jlvt f i r)i f n ttir: m ... "v iv victory dijjs". i.'.uwi viiai war legislation ia to be driven through to the exclusion of everything else, so that America's WAKrlit m,..l. V a. . tllAM HU'l scales as quickly as possible. lo break a serious jam in which much win-the-war legislation hn h caught in the house, Kepresentative Jn-, bus Kahn, ranking republican in tho aouso military committee, has introduc ed a resolution giving naval and mil itary affairs precedence on the calendar for the rest of the session. Chairman Chamberlain also has oh- ti'ined senate'luaders' consent to expe dite in evory way possiblo action oa war and navy department bills. Tho Sviiato within ten davs has i.ajua- ed mo"1 than fifteen war most of M.em appearing unimportant but wUitl He vaal t;i tl.u gearing up .( th ur machine Kuhu'g first step in t.'i.' house w !l be "to get tvon gu.d'r.lt law amend ments passed by the senate, but held up in dho -houf by hostility of soiW military cominittoe members. Kahn will ask a special rule today for .their im mediate consideration. The amendments lpciuuo one oasing ino quotas on me number of men in class one; another em powers the president to call men gives deferred classification, a third provides for registration of all who have be- como 21 since the fifth of lost .'line. 1'ns.sages of these 1b expected to be followed by announcement of the sec ond cl, lift. The t-enato continued its work on the Overman empowering bill. Indications now are that when the bill passes it will bear little resemblance to its pre-' sent form. It is almost certain that the president 's rc-organizing power will be specifically limited to certain de partments Consideration of Senator King's reso-' lution for war on Turkey and Bulgaria jprobably will bo delayed until next King may sock action. Socialist Elected Mayor, Mnvnr Dn.niiO Unftn. nnfMnligr. wns rn-f week, thollgi elected over Percy Braman by 2,000 Thursday. The t,bOO,OUO,000 bona Dili today indicated, will bo preseiiicu 10 vue scnuiu rainj. votes, returns early today Braman conceded Bonn's victory. Marvin B. Bosenberry was elected jus tice of the Wisconsin supreme court over Charles Crowhart. Democrats Carry Chicago. Chicago, April 3. Chicago voters boasted a "100 percent loyal" record today, having defeated all socialist an tiwar aldormanic candidates at yester day's city election. The women's voto ousted Alderman Rodriquez, socialist, overturning his. male majority. John W. Kainey, democrat, was nnm ed congressman from the fourth dis trict. The total socialist vote was 4,216, approximately 8,000 less than at the last election. Slightly more than a fifty per cent yote was recorded by all parties (Continued os page two) Turner Man Refuses to Support Government But Wants County Ofe Thero is eonsiderablo criticism of tho course of B. E. Robertson, of Tur ner, by the people of that section of tho county. Ho has announced his can didacy for county commissioner "in tho coming primaries, but has absolute ly refused to take part, in any work activity, or in any way support . the government in the present crisis- Mr. Hobertson owns a good farm and rides in an automobile but ho repeatedly re fused to buy liberty bonds, or contrib ute to the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. or Armenian relief war drives. As far as known he has not even paid $1 to be come e member of tho Red Cross. There may be other men in Marion county who are as unpatriotic and sel fish as Robertson but they have not had the nerve to ask support of the voters for public effice. The Turner man probably holds the roeord in this respect and while he might be tolerat ed in some parts of Wisconsin, the state of Oregon has no use for him. A thrift stamp a day keeps the Gor- K&at wy, or tomorrow and immediate action sought. Cloakroom discussion today cen tered about the Wisconsin senatorial el ection, won, according to latest roturns, by Representative Irvine L. Lenroot, republican. Republicans jubiluntly pre dicted this prctagos a swooping victmy in tho congressional elections next No-, vember. Democrats declaro Berger 's socialist voto caused the defeat of Jo seph Davies, democrat, and personal choice of President Wilson. They point ed out also that Wisconsin is normally, a strong republican state. The ifcsuc of loyalty, all agreed, was, settled in Wisconsin 'a favor by decis ive i ejection of the Berger peaco pio- gram. . . Abe Martin SC .'jt (s jf . Tipton Bud talks some o' movin" t" th' city where he kin keep a son. TV- consumer s expenses nave jumpea c n 100 per cent, but he haint asked th government t' double his wage.