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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. ORE. SATURDAY. APRIL 27. 1918. THREE GROVERALEXANDERTO PJTCH p ENEMIES Pitches Two-Hit Victory la Last Game Then Starts for Home STARTING TOMORROW THE PICTURE BEAUTIFUL Siaris Sunday 10 REELS r ? . ss . vc : IMi ii v. if- , nir""r -f iinimir inmrimawiianmirjgi "Tip An artistic triumph, an emotional spectacle that appeals to every man and woman and child. Pathe TOMORROW mmmmmmmmsm IlkltlNEFllEDEBlCrl Paulina Frederick the beautiful, at her very prefttiest in "La Tosca" is the Paramount star ' playing at the Oregon ttfioater next Wednesday and Thursday. Oostumes, enttings, even the story, fallow closely tho operatic produrttion as enacted Ty Cavalieri, Farrar, Hamipsiad and ethers of the great divas. Charlca . Whittnker, a well known scenario writer has arrang ed the screen version of Sardira 's fa mous opera, written originally for Sarah Bernhardt. Don't Neglect your stomach. Keep it strong and well. When food disa rjrees with it, strengthen it with Irft Sale of Any Medicine in the World. 4 pverTwhere. In boxes. 10c 25c. fBFmmfataiBr- 4rv save coal MAETERLINCK'S BF Iff Other Attractions News Alaska The OREGON I Plan Heretofore Used Will Be Continued for Raising All Funds Liberty drives and in fact all patri otic drives will be conducted in Salem as in the past- Yesterday afternoon the war chest committee of the Com-1 mercial clulb, with nine of the four teen members of the committee pres ent, voted that it was not advisable to suibstituto ,tho war chest plan for those that have already been tried. This decision however was not unan imous as several members of the com mittee wero inclined to favor the new ' plan of caring for all patriotic affairs tram a iinanicial sUiuilioint. W. M. Hamilton, w,ho favored the war chest plan explained that it was to assess every person in the city a certain per cent of his monthly income and irakp this sum payable monthly By this means, everyone would know what 'he was expected to give each month. This amount would bo collected and divided into the various different funds. It would bo better, Mr. Hamilton thought, to make one big drive than for the business men to leave their milium seveiua uiucs a ytitir ititu ' . , i j ; vote a week or more to raising funds I afifairs several times a year and do- or selling liberty bonds. Joseph H. Albert was inclined to favor the views taken by Mr. Hamil ton. He thought more could be raised per capita than by the old system of ! drives and had the figures to show that Rome, N. 1., Syracuse, . Y., Columbus Ohio, and othor cities had found the plan quite satisfactory. Thos. B. Kay opposed fhe war chest plan. He said we could not foresee what the calls would bo in the future. As tho Oregon boys come home sick or disabled, ho thought the demands would Ibe even greater than heretofore. Trying to miake a levy on a man 's in come Mr. Kay thought would not work out as it has been tried in the church es. Henry Meyers agreed with the opinions of Mr. Kay. lie thought it. would be. rather difficult to apportion out the general fund to be -collected i .pist what the Red Cross or other or ganizations might need or what would be their needs. Walter Denton was opposed to the war chest plan. The monthly collec tions would have to be made, there would have to be a continual educa tion of the people to the giving and he thought taking it In all, there would be no conservation of energy in the new plan. Dan J. Fry thought the war chest idea a good one as it would eliminate all drives and big money getting cam paigns. However, as the majority present were not in favor of tho plan, the com ing campaign of the Red Cross next month and the next campaign of the Y- M. C. A. will be carried on as in the past. War Savings Stamps advance ore cent in price May 1, Buy them now and then. N C V ;4 r S51KU Within a year, a person who lias not seen the Blue . bird will be as hard to find as one who has not seen "Birth of a Nation." Scenic GO EARLY CENTRAL POWERS (Continued from page one) in the-protection of her Asiatic designs. Turks Fear Kaiser. Turkey, it appears, is increasingly dis satisfied with her German alliance, ac cording to tlw Rome advices, and would be willing to concede much to the Brit-ish-if she was guaranteed against Teu ton agression from the west. It is declar ed that tho Young Turks are beginning to realize that Ottoman sovereignty will be respected to no greater extent than was that of Belgium in event of a Ger man victory. Bulgaria is dissatisfied with the in tention of the central powers to give Bessarabia to Rumania as well as the blocking of her designs on Salonika. Turkey also opposes tho Bessarabian proposition. Austria is worried by the ever-growing restlessiM'ss of the Jugo-Slavs and the Czechs. Reports to Italy through neutral channels indicate an increased solidarity between the two peoples un der Austrian ruk. A Czech newspaper declares that "politically and nationally the Jugo-Slavs and the Czechs are iden tical. Their economic interests also agree. The Czechs need a route to tho sea as offered by the territory of the Jugo-Slavs and the Jugo-Slavs need Czech's industry and capital." The Czech and Jugo-HIav pwss joins in favorable sentiment toward the unity of the ambitions of the two oppressed races. The food difficulties with which A113 tria is struggling are rapidly assuming .u - t i serious proportions, sav further diplo .. j . . ' - ' matic dispatches hens. The stocks supplied by the Rumania harvest are entirely exhausted and wheat from Ukrainia cannot be count-: ed on for some time. Under theso condi-i tions, despatches add, the government must seize cereals held in reserve for j the personal consumption of the peas- j ants. - GERMAN ARROGANCE ! (Continued from page one) 1 vial. If Germany doesn't relent and if "Holland refuses to recognize the kaiser's right to give orders to the Dutch, war will be inevitable. I Holland has right on her side and the Dutch are very obstinate when their rights are infringed. If Germany is bluf fing, the Dutch may be counted on to find it out and administer a serious dip-. lomatic defeat to the Hohnzollenis. j CONVICTS' AT W 1 (Continued from page one) . ! with his campaign for re-election. j .J. A. Horan, who was put on tho j state payroll a few months ago as as- sistant bookkeeper at the prison, was sent over to Wallowa and Union coun tie, where he is acquarnted, distributer cards and pictures of the governor. H' retnr-id fnrc iher- n few 'h ".. Warden Mnrpl.y 1 !ir n-!-- a trip o two to Portland, sii.! to b.; . politi cal .missions loi cv riior. Have the Journal Job Dept. estimate on your printing needs yon get the benefit of cash buying.. Phono 81. Cliieago, April j!?. Grover Alexander believed he had passed into history aa a (big leaguer today wbn'n he started for I his Nebraska home to join the next ! draft quota to Camp Funston. His last Igame pitched yesterday for the Chiea- I go Cubs, was a two hit victory over the j St. Louis Cardinals. Roger Hornsby got jtho two last hits off the premier .Nation al league pitcher. j "I may never come back to play j baseball," Alex told his friends, "but I I '11 make it necessary for them to dig a lot of holes for the enemy before thev iget nvj." Wrestled a Draw. New York, April 27.-wJoo Steelier and Strangler Lewis, wrestlers, were still wondering today which of then is the better, for the Uest they could do was wrestle to a draw. , The spectators furnished tho onlv fall of tho evening, winning it from Kaiser Bill when they subscribed for $600,000 in liberty bonds. Camp Dodge Winners Des Moines, Iowa, April 27. Camp Dodge boxers won the tourney from Camp Taylor biffers here last night, taking three bouts', losing one and get ting a draw in the other. Tao HcS'srlaHu-Glwoaa-ljotit was a speedy exhibition. Gibbons might have delivered the kayo blow any time he wanted, but he didn't Packey was not in good shape and weighed close to 170 pounds. . ... Meehan Wins Close One. San Francisco, April 27. Willie Mee han, sailor heavyweight, had a close de cision to his credit today over Chicago Knockout Brown, soldier boxer. Several hundred soldiers who attended to see Brown win wolw up tho city with their hewls of dosnpproval when Meehan was given the decision at the end of four rounds. Brown wasn't as fast as ho used to be. Knows He Met Someone. Eacine,- Wis., April 27. Eddie Mc Goorty, still showing today the effects of the rugged battling here last night, was credited with a narrow margin over Phil Harrison, Chicago middleweight. McGoorty was floored in the third round with a stiff right to the jaw and took niiio seconds to get up. After that, ha forced the fighting and emerged with a shade. "Collins Plays Many. St. Louis, Mo., April 27. Eddie Col lins, second sacker of the Chicago White Sox, prepared to enter his 4T4th consecu tive game licce today. By completing his 473rd vesterdnv, when tho Sox bent the Browns, ho established a new world's record. Sam Crawford held the old one. 120,000 FRESH TROOPS (Continued from page one) ers here totalled more than 000." No Change in Front. Paris, April 27. The French war of fice announced today that there is "no change" on tho Hangard-Vilers front. A bombardment continued on this front throughout the night. A German attack on the railway west of Thennes (two miles west: of Hangard, near Thailles where American troops aro fighting with the French), failed. There was severe artillery fighting on the right bank of the Mcuso (Verdun front). LAST NIGHT'S SITUATION - By William Philip Simms (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the British Armies in Flanders, April 26. (Night). With their eyes fastened on the summits of Monts Herman Army Just received a new shipment, all sizes. Try a pair of these shoes; you will find out what comfort is in footwear. Hauser Bros. 11 It Makes You Laugh 'THE HONOR SYS1ET Jfireded by R. A. Walsh, His Latest Big Production, Breathes the Spirit of Virile Americanism and Establishes the Screen as a Med ium for the Depiction of Human Emotions. Usual Prices Schcrpenberg, Rouge, Noir, Kokerecle and -Des Cats, the German hosts are ceaselessly battering against tle Fran co -British lines drawn across this eroun of heights. Beyond these hills to the sea one sol itary mount sticks up from, tho Flemish lowlands the highest in the lot. Upon its summit is tlve town of Cassel. This is eight miles from the present line. From Cassel, on clear days, the sea is visible. (Cassel, a town of about 2500 popula tion, is built on an isolated hill 550 feet high. It is four miles and a half northwest of the important railway and highway center of Hazcbrouck and is 15 miles west of Ypres). Hiudenburg wants these hills. Eight picked divisions' (96,000 men) wore thrown -against them the first day of the present assault and more are com ing up. The Germans are using tho same tac tics they have employed since Liege, trying to turn the hills instead of tuk inff them bv storm. Hnvincr uu-tmir around Kemniel, across the plains to the norm, they are trying to smash their way onward to LaClytte (011.9 mile 1101th), hoping to turn Schcrpenberg (0 miles northwest of Kemniel and a half milo southwest of LaClytte.) Coincidentally they are attacking northward toward the bluff through which the Ypres .Comities canal passes a coupta miles south of Ypres. (This canal runs southeastward from Ypres and crosses tho present battle line near Hollebeke, about half a mile south of the famous lull sixty). Germans Near Yprts. London, April 27. The Germans claim to bo within two miles of Ypres. "On the whole front north of tho Lys the. fighting yesterday was of tho sev erest character. Repeated enemy at tempts to develop their advantage of the previous day failed. "Following ninny hours of fluctuating battle, the enemy 's advance was block ed, with heavy casualties to them. " Tho Berlin war office in its day offi cial statement yesterday .declared that "the large crater of St. Eloi and the place itself were captured." St. Eloi is jusf two miles directly south of Ypres on the road from Wytschneto. In storming Mont Kemniel and the village of Kcmmel, tho enemy also claimed to have progressed to Kemniel brook, half a miL-j northward. Allied prisoners taken Thursday were said to total 6,300. Field Marshal Haig, in his night re port, said that fighting is continuing on the whole front north of tho Lys river, from the neighborhood of Drnu outre to the Ypres-Comines canal, a distance of about cv,vn miles. He ad mitted the capture of Dranoutre, Kcm mel and Mont Kemiuel. Nino divisions ( lUfl.OUO men) were used by the enemy in Thursday's attack, he said. Germans Forced Back. All GfMBian attacks in the region of LaClytte and Mont Schcrpenberg wero held, but the British line was forced back in the direction of Locm, a mile and a quarter west 01 Kemniel, and on it, v-'M i Q ' n If Other J If Features Three Selected Hippodrome Acts Acrobatic ComedyMusical ;LIGH THEATRE I mmV l" H'lMHLI.I HONOR SYSTE both sides of the Y'prcs-Comiues cannl. In Picardy, French and British forces hurled the Germans back at some points in the neighborhood of Hangaid-En-Santerno and Hangnrd wood, Haig said. The French war office reported the re-eapture of most of tho ground recent ly lost between Villers-Bietonneux and a poiut south of the Lues river, a front of probably five miles. This battle, it was said, "is continu ing with exceptional violence." 1 JNorth of Hangar J wood, seven suc cessive German assaults were completely repulsed. The town itself twice changed hands. Regarding this fighting soiith of tho Somuic, Berlin said that enemy attacks south of VillersBretonneux "failed "with heavy losses." The prisoners ta ken around Hangard were said to total 2400. German troops wwre claimed to have, penetrated French positions at Regnii ville, six miles east of Scicheprey.' DUTCH LEGATION (Continued from page one) iety, but the press counsels confidence. SITUATION IS GRAVE By Ed la. Keen (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, April 27. Diplomatic infor mation from Holland emphasizes tho ex treme gravity of tho Germau-Ilolland situation. Germany hns made demands which mean tho abandonment of Holland's neutrality, if she yields. Between the devil and tho deep sen, Holland fears to forsake her neutral ity. ' The questions hero: will she yioldf And what will Germany do if sho does not yield! The aggressive tone of the German press indicates Germany will not recede' from the course by which sho seems to be deliberately picking a quarrel with Holland. Tho nowHpaper Germnnia shows Germany's hand, saying: "This is Holland's chance for redress and to balance her concessions to the entente Sooner or later both Holland and Switzerland must enter one or the other enmp. May they understand the signs of the times and choose that side which will have tli.n deciding voto at tho peace conference by right of suc cess and victory." Diplomatic officials hear that Ger many sent four demands to Holland and that tlie fifth verbal and more drastic has boon delivered. Says Victory Must Come Through the Air Allies Will Achieve It Paris, April 17. "If tho allies can not break tha German lines, they can leap them and victory will come to tho entente through the air," General Ver raux declared today. In reviewing the possibility of two practically evenly balanced armies be- Special Sunday Bill HartlChas. Ray In a Big 2-Reel Special "IN THE DARK" VAUDEVILLE) 3i h-, , It You Cry .1 mH m I - t&M m? I I mm mr -. ' Ait n PRO-GERMANS CAUSE THREATSOF MOB LAW Patriotic Citizens Declare If Government Does Not Act, TheyWill , Lowden, Iowa, April 27. This town is seething with exciteawnt again .today, . as a result of alleged activities of cer tain suspected pro German residents. Patriotic citizens openly declared to day thai unless tlvo government uses it power to stop pro -German talk here, toy ul citizens will talte tho law Into their own 'hands. : , Last night a crowd of y..nnsr men painted the busiuess iouse of Mayor W, L. Hoeltje yellow, This action was tak j en, the young m,"n declin e, because Mayor Hoeltje declined to preside at a patriotic meeting iu honor of men callcS to the colors. . The mayor decliued . to attend the nuv'ting saying he was ill. It was charg ed, however, tliut ho w;as able to be ut his place of bus'neiis;the day of tlnj meeting and on the following day. ' Officers of the German Savings bank jnre also tincl.-r fiwy Nune 0 fthe offi cers attended tlie patriotic meeting, it is charged. I The pastor of a local church Is accused I uf being responsihle for jineh of tlia I feeling here. II; 1 continues to pnach It the German tongue, lit said. Tho min ister is now nnder indictment for pre vious disloyalty, ing able to break the other's lines hf forco of arms, General Verraux declareil that supremacy must como through the air. Modern armies must "place th..'ir hopes in their airmen," he stated. "The victory, which Germany believ ed always lay juat beyond her grasp, has been snatched away by the French, Brit ish, Italian and American airmen. "Witli our air squadrons we havd shattered traditions of former worth we have broken the military formulns of yesterday when strategy won bat tles. "If we cannot break through the en .'.'my lines, we can leap them, ns proved in recent battles." MAY LEASE POTASH LAKE. . Washington, April 27. Tho Searlos Lnk.3 potash deposits in San Bernardino and Inyo eounty, Cul., aro now open for lease, tho interior department an nounced today. The surveys have .al ready been made and there are .-'iglit square miles ready under the regulations prescribed at the land office ut Inde pendence, Oal. Wo feel all loose and undressed lilio this morning on tho occasion of our fii.4 appearance this season in B. V. D. 's. 2P.M. Till 11P.M. , - 1- - j