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TODAY'S WEATHER 4,500 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 READERS) DAILY Only Circulation In Salem Ga&r anteed br the Audit Boreal ol Circolatlonj FULL LEASED WIRE " DISPATCHES ; SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SEEVICB o ft Oregon: Tonight and Tuesday fair, light frost to night south and ' east portions; moderate wester- . y winds i ' FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 95 SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND STANDS FTVTI CNT J i C .w- H r ii sPvfiL DM HAMMER IDG AT Affii Aim Is To Exhaust French Reser s by Attacks On New Sectors and But Two of These emain--Amerieans Put Up Hot Fight and Win, But Germans Claim To Have Captured 183 of Them and 25 Machine GunsBritish i Make Slight Gains During Night i By Henry Wood, (United Pi-ess Staff Correspondent With the French Armies in the Field, April 21. -By con stantly extending their drives into new sectors, the Ger mans unquestionably hope to exhaust the French re serves, which already are sustaining the British armies clear to the North sea. These tactics make it imperative that America rush troops as fast as possible. There nre numerous indica tions that the Germans are preparing for a fresh drive between Amiens and Arras, harmonizing with their sys tem of exploiting drives when successful and abandoning those where the enemy successfully resists. .This, the German strategists believe, permits them to avoid useless sacrifices, but they maintain their temporarily abandoned drives in a condition permitting immedate resumption of the offensive. ' 1 From the Ailette river to the North sea, only two of fensive sectors remain between Amiens and Arras, and between Nieuport and Ypres. - Put Up Great Tight Washington, April 22. German smashes at the American troops in tiio 1V,ul sector have ibeen met with ail Btultorti, jjjalijnt fighting spirit that lias always characterized United State fighters. American military men here oaid tday tha.t accounts of the week struggle pro tried that the Americans can (be, counted on. As for the entire west front situation Ithe war depantiinent weekly summary (published today expressed the view tthat the present lull will be followed fK fresh German . offensive efforts, (perhaps at a new. point- WHth the offensive n-"w in its see pad month, the. German finds himsel'i checked in obtaining major objectives The fact that Berlin alone made r-laim of 1&3 American prisoners in the (fighting Saturday -and that there was mo American communique on the sub ject served to emphasize here, the need an American daily official state (menit. In addition -to the west front situ ation,, the experts are following de ,velcpments In the Finland fight elos? iy. Co-operation between allied forces arid bolshevild. following landing of ndded fore on the MiiTman cast, is to protect vital stores at Kola. T&n German Story London, April 22 The Germans in n official statement issued by the ilierlin war office Sunday claim the s-apture of IS3 Americans, including ifjve officeis, "in the assaults on the (American i cit'tous near Seichcprey. They also declared the American Kws ,cr were " cxnaordiuurily high." (Continued on page three) , t Abe Martin ... Sometimes a woman throkti much f her husband that sh fiossts that e Yin cook- anything. ThT haint aothin' worse'n giltin' mixed up in a dscussion about sometbin' a' which you are jrcfouadly ignorant. (u IrhfBeYSiill " 4 NS HECTflOVE. EN Wm WASHINGTON BOYS GIVEN GROSS OF WAR Both In Ambulance Corps and Honored For Coolness and Daring By Itowel Mellett (United Press Staff Correspondent)' Paris, April 22. On the annivcrsarj of the enlistment of the American am bulance corps in the 'Tench army, Lieu tenant Albert Smith and Private Ed ward Bickel, both graduates of Seattle, Washington, university, were decorated with the croix de guerre today. , Smith and Bickel spent nine days carrying wounded under shelling and machine gun five, beginning March 21. 1'or six days they neither slept nor rested. Smith commanded twenty ambuianc.ee; ali of which were riddled although only ti.t weie lost. These ambulances carried out the last wounded from the trenches to the dressing stations, when an evac uation was ordered. Bickel volunteered and rescued sev eral wounded from a trap. so dangerous that the French command would not or der the ambulances to attempt the feat. Twenty-One Dead and Forty-Nine Wounded Washington, April 22. Seventy two casualties announced by the war depart ment today showed ten killed in action, five dead of wounds, four of disease, one of accident, two from other caus es, 42 wounded slightly, seven seve.-iy wounded and one previously reported missing now reported killed. The list follows: Killed in action: Privates Herbert F. Akroyd, Elmer G. Dawley, Bay D. Kraeger, John J. Larkin Manuel Martin, George H. Norsigian, Herman Seiner, John F. Slaton, Charles Waldron.JJugler Grover K. Tanner. Died of wounds: Corporal Frank B. Amaral, Privates Henry . J. Bergeron, Walter Hammctt, Charles A. Henry, LeBoy S. Wells. Died of accident: Lieutenant Stanley Hugueuen. Died of disease: Sergeant Frank C. Cataldo, Corporal Theo. Peck, Privates Joseph L. Matting ly, James T. Walsh. . Died of other causes: Privates Frank J. Watson, Arthur Williams. Previously reported missing, now re ported killed: Major B. C. Boiling. Severly wonnded: Sergeant Edward G. Smith, Corporal Joseph Thifault, Privates John L. Brock, William J. Dillon, Abraham A. Fleseher, Charles H. Harrington, George , Kertcher. 1 . i m ' i We are somewhat inclined to the be ! lief that ba?ball training at the Konnd- Up city will be conducive to wild RAS CLAIM EARTHQUAKE TO SPOUT FLAMES Four Reported Dead Paved Roads Cracked and Two Towns Wrecked Los Angeles, Cal., April 22. Four aio known to be dead, tiie towns ot ban Jacinto aud Hemet, 80 miles southeast, of Los Angeles, are practically in -ruins, j and a score of people slightly injured today as the result of the earthquake which rocked southern California Sun day afternoon. The dead are: Frank E. Darnell, Bos ton, trampled to death oil a Santa Mou-1 ica pier when a panic stricken crowd rushed toward the shore. Adgust Carlson, Astoria, Ore., died of heart failure when he rushed to the street in Los Angeles. Two unidentified men buried in a magnesite mine two miles south of Hem et. Their bodies were removed today. Property damage was estimuted al lia.f i) million dollars. rtai. Jacinto and Hemet, towns of about 1500 population, were policed to day by home guard companies. The towns are without city water, gas or electric lights and telephone communica tion was not re-established until to day. . Miles of paved Toads in California w:re ciseied and Imckled. Wake of Volcano. t-'aa jaeuio people asserted, that as tlic etith rolled and buildings pitched ii. lo Ihe street a geyser like sheet of flame shot up from Mount San Jacinto a 11,000 foot extinct volcano. Then huge clouds of dust rolled over the mountain, obscuring it. Had the earthquake occurred on a week day scores of casualties muitt have resulted ia Hemet and San Jacinto. Boofs and walls of business buildings, locked for the day, caved in and de stroyed stocks of merchandise. At Sail Jae-into the roof of the tele phone exchange caved in, burying the lone operator, Miss Anna Williamson, under a mass of debris. She struggled out, suffering only ; cuts on the head from a falling beam. Mrs. Nellie J. Kochler was buried in the ruins of her stoiE, but was only slightly injured. Fifty business buildings in San Jacin to and Hemet were destroyed. The shock was felt throughout south ern California, but was most severe in the inland towns near Biverside. vViiulows were broken In Los Angeles a id the beach cities. The only death thus iar reported was that of a man who f:!i ofl a pier at Santa Monica when tr.e eat lii began rocking. Several were i:;;ii.cd at Hemet and San Jacinto by (Continued on page three) ; . U v i - t , ' " V - jsmm fit $F A--' COUNTRY FOLK FROM THEIR Figure of Dazed Peasants Caught Within the War Zone -T By William Philip Simms (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the British Armies in Flanders, April 22. French and British are fight ing shoulder to blioulclcr on the Lys battlefield. Von Armiu and Von Quast have sac rificed further fresh divisions at the foot of Mont Kemmel, while on the plains south of Mont Rouge, Mont Noir and Mont De Cats, Von Ebcrhardt and Von Stettin apparently have struck a stone wall. Nearly fifty five divisions (600,-000 men) have been used in Flanders by the enemy since April 9, and apparently many more will be needed if the Fourth and Sixth German armies are to battle on much further. Some of these divisions are too badly battered to go on. Others are physically exhausted. The remaind er are tired, but are being pushed on in desperate attempts to enlarge the Ar mentieres bulge. Hindenburg must strike elsewhere, us ing many of his remaining precious re serves, if he is to be able to advance further in Flanders. German high velocity guns are ex tremely busy in the villages aud roads ringing the battle field and the bom bardment is being increased as heavier artillery is dragged up. A Pitiful Picture. In the Arcadian hill country north of Hailleul, windmills and thatched cot tages arc shaking under the concus- Believes End Is At Hand But StiHGrabs Money Seattle, Wash., April 22. Herman G. Babcock, a member of tho shipbuilding firm of Meacham and Babcock which has an $8,000;000 goTermneat war con tract, is nt liberty today on $500 bail after being arrested Sunday for alleged distribution of "Kiugdom News" cir culars, at the request of federal auth orities. - "V ; .1e was taken into custody with eight oil erg kjnnday when it was found that hundreds of Coj ies ot circulars published by the Internaticnal Bible Students' nwciution I ad b cn slipped inside Sun day papers ad handed from door to door. The "Kingdom News" circulars arc a defense of the bible students and their publication "The Fiiiuitfca jaysTerT'", which was iccently confiscated through out the country as anti-draft propagan da. Babcock was kept in-jail from morn ing until late afternoon when his part ner appeared and arranged the bail. "MADE IN GERMANY FOR CHILDREN. WOMEN. NONCOMBATANTS AND ARE DRIVEN LITTLE FARMS sion. The country folk aro gradually de serting their little farms, carrying their belongings. Some linger, not fully comprehending their danger, gazing daz edly at the shells bursting in their yards and tho shrapnel blossoming above their hay stocks, while low flying airplanes battle above their vegetable gardens. It makes a lump rise in one's throat to see these poor old people tangled up in the war. 1 saw a bent old ludy trudg ing along a path across tho battlefield toward a villnge where geysers of brick dust and smoke and terrific explosions marked the landings of German shellj. She carried a largo dog in her arms, a gingham bib about its neck like a child. The dog probably was the only living thing she had left to love. Nearby wero five little girls, laugh ingly chasing two stubborn, Bnorting goats, while their parents wero closing the cottage shuttcrB before leaving. Those who stayed the latest wcis forced to leave everything. Soldiers are milking abandoned cons on the battlefield thrice a day, No gun ner's mess is without cream for coffee President Wilson - Makes Appointments Washingtoa, April 22. President Wil son today sent to the senate tho fol lowing nominations: To be United States district judge, cablcin district of Illinois, George W. English, CcHtralia, 111. To be United States marshals, Jo seph McEachin, Rene, district of Neva: da; Stephen Doyle, Fargo, district of North Dakota. - To be register of the land office at Lewiston, Idaho, Henry Heitfold, Idaho. To be receiver of public moneys nt B'ackfoot, Idaho, Charles E. Harris. Idaho. Bad Train Wreck On Southern Pacific BoBcburg, Or., April 22. All traffic on the Southern Pacific railroad bo twecn Oregon and California was at a standstill early today as a result of one of tho most serious 'freight wrecks on this line in many months. lit the Wreck which occurred six miles north of Oak land, Oregon, early yesterday three en gines and four freight cars are piled up at the side of the tracks and one brake man has a crushed leg. The train was proceeding slowly after having climbed a steep hill and what caused the de railment is Hot clear. It is expected that traffic will be moving at a normal rate this afternoon. Bolo Pasha has gone the way that all traitors must expect to go. INVALIDS WILL SHIP WHEAT FROM AUSTRALIA TO UNITED STATES 150,000,000 Bushels Piled On Docks and Awaiting Shipment TEN MILLION BUSHELS TO COME BY SEPTEMBER Swedish and Japanese Ships Will Bring This, and Other Products Washington, April 22. Millions of bushels of Australian wheat will soon be poured into Pacific ports to release more American grain for Europe. Negotiations with Japan and Scan divanian countries for shipping now practically completed, will permit landing of one and one half, millions bushels of Australian wheat a month on the Pacific coast it was learned au thoritatively today. This will enable Food Arministrator Hoover to ship 3,000,000 bushels ot wheat 'inumodiarelyi to Belgium to re lieve starvation conditions there. Hoover's program calls for arrival at Pacific ports of 1,065,000 bushalj of wheat a month, starting May 1. Ten million bushels must come in by September one under the schedulo map ped out. ' Beeause, of, the critical, world food situation, a large slice of Swedish ton nape to be acquired under agreements practically completed, and 70,000 tons of Japanese shipping will be used to i to toe united (states. -. Next to the troop movements foo4 is getting right of way. Wheat must be poured into' America 's bae lr dopr--t keep tho bread line -to Europe dntacf. American wheat shipments to Europe are made entirely from the savings by conservation from normal consumption. Despite the fact that 150,000,000 bushels of wheat is piled 'on docks t Adolaid and) other Australian ports, practically none of it has been moved. Only a tiny fleet of sailing vessels has been available until now. In addition to wheat, war Industries must have tin, rubber, chrome and jute from the Strait settlements. War in dustries board officials and the food administration aro negotiating for al location of tonnage oetween equally necessary commodities. On outward bound-trips petroleum from Calif or-( ma will Do carriea. JAPANESE NOT AVAILABLE FOR USE ON WESTERN FRONT New Ambassador Now In San Francisco Talks of Military Situation San Francisco, April 22. Japanese military authorities do not believe Jap anese troops would make good fighting units on tlfe western front, Viscount Kikujiro Ishii, ambassador to the Un ited States, said here today. "Differences in food, climate aDd language, would hamper thorn," said the ambassador. "Of course," he said, "I am merely iej;c;aing what our military men have old mc. I am not a military man my self. But I am told that it is technic ally impossible from a military stand point, to send Japanese' troops to France. The Japanese soldier would need Japanese food, and the three weeks required to send it would ruin our sup plies. Our troops would be further ham pered which would, prevent the fullest co operation with their allies." . Viscount Ishii warned against at tempts of enemies to incite bad feel ing between his country, and the Unit ed States. . Must Watch Enemy. "True friendship,", -he -said, "isj nrnvod onlv in time of trial, and tho time has now come when this friend-j ship is to be abundantly proved. "The. mist of enemy intrigue hang ing over the relations between the two countries has been clearly swept away by the war, and there is today no dis turbing cloud on the horizon of the Pa cific. In fact, relations between Japan and America have never been so cor dial and friendly as they are today. "We must not, however, relax our vigilant watch lest' our ever-active en emy should again slip in and renw his attempts to sow the seeds of discord 'between us as he has done with no small success in the past." Viscount Ishii 's interview, given to newsnanermen here, was a prepared one, and for the most part was identical ; with the address he delivered at a ban-j BRAND IIITLOCK TELLS HORRIBLE i stowcriis; Organized Barbarities Follow In Wake of German , Invasion MOTHERS WITH BABES IN ARMS ARE ORDERED 600 Men Lined Up and Shot -Their Famines Forced To Be Present Now York, April 22 Describing here tofore mirevealed German atrocities. Brand AVhitlock, United States minister to Belgium, indicates the Prussian hor rors were conducted with Prussian ef ficiency as part of the plan of cam paign. Whitlock was in Belgium when kultur overwhelmed the land. Writing in Everybody's Magazine for May, which appears tomorrow, he tells how carefully organized barbarities followed in the wake of the uermau -drive, being especially cruel after each German defeat. Picturing what occurred when the. Freiich resisted a German attempt to bridge the Meusc August , 23, 1914, Whitlock says: "People were held tlK.e, evidently as a S'jrt of screen, while the Germans be (,:'i a temporary bridge over the river. : The. Germans sent a citizen to Diuant, ouo of the prisoners, in a boat across the river to inform tho French that an- -j less they ceased firing the civilians would bo shot. But a few stray bullet j still sped across the river Th prisoners : cie massed togetner nearly nmciy or ; them, old men and young, girls and boys, little children and babies in. their , tnJlhers' arms.A platoon -was called op, . the rolonVtl in command gave the wortt ! to fire, and the gray soldiers in eohl i Mood shot down those ninety persons . as they stood huddled there together. ; Among them were twolvfl children under i the age Of six years, six of them little ' bames whose mothers, as thoy stood up to face their pitiless murdorors, held , them in their arms." This Just An Example The fate of the town of Andenno be fore tho war of 7800 people is cited by Whitlock as an example of what hap pened when the Germans were thrown, back in au attempt to cross the Meuse on a temporary bridge. "All night the killing and pillaging: went on, he gays. The crowa was or- (Continued on page three) qui't pf the American Jui ar'eso society on the eve of his departure from Tokio. Will Guard Munitions. Asked if Japan would take military measures to prevent the bolsheviki from removing stores and munitions from Vladivostok, the ambassador said: "All the allied powers must take steps to prevent those supplies from fall ing into the hands of the Germans. I am not in position to judge whether it would be considered a menace for these supplies to bo removed by the ltussiane themselves. That would depend entirely upon immediate circumstances. But Jup b ii is ready to act as soon as a common danger exists and as soon as there is a common desire on tho part of the al lies to protect allied interests in Si beria. It would ouly be a matter of di feuse. " : - Viscount Ishii, is accompanied only by the viscountess, his secretary, and au interpreter. At his own request, ho was not met by military or naval delegations at the dock but several prominent Jap anese boarded the vessel ' before . she reached quarantine. The new ambassador will leave San Francisco today for Washington. ie JAPAN FURNISHES SHIPS. ' . - ' - ' ik Tokio, April lo. (Delayed) Under an agreement just con- eluded between the Japanese $ government and shipbuilders, Japan will immediately place at . $ the disposal of the United States 280,000 tons of ships. . These ships will leave Japan' for America not later than May 10. .-', The agreement also includes a contract for the construction in Japanese yards of 234,00 tons of shipping. These vessels will 4c be turned over to the United States in exchange for steel on . the basis of one tou of steel for two tons of shipping.