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TODAY'S WEATHER 4,500 SUBSCRIBERS (22,000 KEAEESS) DAILY Only CircuUtijn in Salem Gnar !auteed by tha Audit Bureau of Ciro'ilations i. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES ; SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY N3W3 SERVICE Oregon: TonigK and Saturday fair tx.-ept probably raiu north west portion; moderate, t-outtterlv winds. c5 FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 105 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY,.MAY 3, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NSW STANDS FIVB C1NT fflr--:r 4l H : V:irM it Off .. ( i- 01 A VI Mi rLnlllTO innnni inni mm ONLY Blew German Offensive May Break Oift Again Any Hour Great Concentration of Men and Material On Brit ish FrontFrench Make Material Gains In Amiens Sector Taking Important Hill-Haig Reports Every thing Qroet Except Detached Raids-Ma Has Nothing to Report On West Front By WiUiaai Philip Simras ,-fUnited Press Stiiff Correspondent) .With the British Armies in I'landers,; Stay 8. There is still a big concentra tion of men and guns opposite the Franco-British lines and a terrific new out burst is liable at any time. . XUndenburg is playing 'porrunv until Jiis armies are refreshed then he will to ready to strika again with all his power. Under the bluest May time sky, Mars 'has put the lid on Armageddon. Through out. yesterday and las night, while the infantry rested, ttii guns muttered only spasmodically, The British dwtroypd a post in the Lys area and tha Canadians conducted a raid near Lens, capturing seven Ger mans and three machine guns. The pres ent activity reminds one of the mid winter lull during the days of static warfare. It is common talk among the ordinary -German soldiers, however, that condi tions at home necessitate some sort of n decision. French Capture Hill Taria, May 3. The capture of nr- im . portent hill and wood in the Amiens region was reported by the French v.ar office today. "Between Haills and Casjiel we cap lured hill 82," the communique said. (Castle is a mile south of Hailles, yiiere American troops are fighting, on the west bank of the Ae.) "On the edge of th.? Avre we cap tured a (wood, with 100 prisoners, in cluding four officers. "Our patrols brought back prisoners 5n the Woevre and Lorraine regions." "A German surprise attack was re pulsed in fjhe region of Ailette. "South of ViUtt'S-Bretonneux (near Hangard-En-Santerrc, where American troops are in the lino), there was a mutual violent bombardment and in lively combats in the vicinity of the Jnonument we advanced slightly. " "We Conducted a successful local op eration south of the Avre yes:.ordny evening. " Germans Occupy Sebastopol London, May 3. French troops made (Oontiaucd on page two) if ' t Abe Martin $ Who remember when lawyers an' doctors all Wore plug hats? You ean't pit anything far taothin' ia this world, but ther's some things you don't have t s?ttle fer fer a long time. km Jim. MsL GERMAN PROPOGANDA IS REVEALED BY AN ORDER i TAKEN FROM A PRISONER Askrfa Effort Made To Lfesdne Morale of Sol &s sf Allied Armies By Henry Wood (United Press Staff Correspondent) -With the Fr.?nch Army in The Field, April 11, (By Mail). One of the mos. astouudiug German orders concerning fiaternusiug with allied troops to under mine the morale of their armies has just boon found ou a German taken prisoner by French troops on th Italian front. The oidor hi full follows: "8Iat (Uvisious, First seetiou No. ' 'Confidential Not J.o be communi cated to the troops in the first line: , following the telephone ordoi Gc-cth No. 20S9, you arc asked to in tensify vvitU efficacy th.o propaganda! :lu the onmrarmy. lerat Good results can be obtained bv ''inTIrPTWJwr of this propaganda j calling in a friendly tone and indieat 18 ta i"nt.e 'the enemy army and I suiitimonis of eomradship or bv to oWat-:;y.fotUiatlott regarding it. The! reiterated promises not to fjro and bv propaganda muA be carried out in the loiters of tobacco. The .tobacco" for this fnlowmg B.anntr: ' ipmpose will be furnished by the eoni ( By throwing into the enemy VIlUV commanders. '$ touches nowspapers and proclamations j '"Every' evening at 8 o 'clue the destined for the more intelligent ele-. company' commander must transmit di- meats. "(b) By persuading the troops by oral propaganda. For ithat, it will be necessary to utilize ofifcers, under-of-fieers and soldiers who appear to be the most adept. "The post for taking contact with the enemy must be placed under the direction of the company commander, who must bo in the first line positions. Thosi officers must ascertain the points where it will be the easiest to throw iuto the enemy's trenches newspapers, proclamations, etc. At these poin,. you INTERNAL piEEICULTIES ARE ALARMING CENTRAL POWERS hd, Mitical and Dynastic Phb!ems( Worry Auto cratic Rulers By J. W. T. Mason ( Written for the United Press) New York, May 3. Serious internal diffiixiHae of the central powers arc following the stoppage of Von Hinden burg's offensive along the west front Pood, political and dynastic prob lems have, been accumulating in Ger many and Austria-Hungary while the world ha had its attention fixed on the military events iu Picardy and Flauder.1. A sudden collapse of Teu tonic reiHtuae.et because of nlew domes: tic crUed is not to .be expected but there can ix no doubt of the effect on the imoralo of the Hohnzollernist ab solutist; re-rnne. In botti Austria-Hungary and Phus- sit domand? in the local parliaments tor politic.il retorms are reaching a disquioting . stage of insistence. The vested interests have united against any extension of democracy and are resolved to continue the struggle for their own .privileges, regardless of eon-3cq11e-DC.es. Compromise solutions, there fore, ara not probable. At the? mine time, disorders as a re sult of food shortage are announced in Germany, while the Austrj-Hungar- NEW ENGLAND LOSS HEAVY IN RECENT WEST FRONT BATTLE Addresses Are 0r.ee More Given laPershings List of Casualties Washington, May 3. Losses in the New England division are -revealed in today's casualty list issued by the war department. The li is the first with the emergency addresses restored. It re ports 18 killed iu action; two missing, ojv dead of wounds, five dead of dis ease, two dead of accident, two wound ed severely and 58 wounded slightly. The hat, with addresses, follows: Killed in action: Corporals Elwood D. Berger, New Ha ven, Conn. Homer A. Porter, W,e8t Haven, Conn. Privates Timothv Driscoll, Bris.ol. Coun. j Arthur W. Burns, South Boston, Mass. Cl.aries W. Harrow, Guilford, Conn. Charles B. Davenport, South Norwalki Conn, Theron Iavis, Wolden, N. Y. Joseph Dunbar, Mcdford, Mas. (Continued on page two) mu4 seek to gain contact with the eu imy by means of our interpreters and if the enemy consents, then fix an hour foi luture conversations. 'Toil must then advise immodia cly by telephone the chief of the informa tion bureau of the dtUion of every con t!il with the eneun. Only the chief of tue information bureau will have the nght to direct luc eohversa.ions ac ce.uin to the instructions be has re (."veil. That is rigoiour.lv prohibited for any soldier to enter into relation with the enemy except those who have re ceived the mission to do so for fear that the enemy may stvk to profit by their iii',emou,sness. ,"AU letters and printed matter which the enemy may have on his person must be taken from him and transmitted to ttio chief of tltf information bureau. "in ,hese enterprises for obtaining ecntict with the enemy, success de neinU nil H, nliilitv with ivhi.h no . rct.uy to the lutormaueicfofiivcr a re ;iut of the propaganda accomplished during the day. This report must con tai the following indications: "(a) lias the enemy picked up our newspapers and proclamations? "(b) Have you endeavored to enter into relations with the enemyf "(c) With whom have you had con tact? Officers? Fader-officers? Sol diers? "(d) Where and when were our (Continued on page two) ian government has been forced to seize the private food stores of the peasants to keep the cities from star vation. Ia Ukraine, wildly heralded as a certain scurce of uulimited food supply for the central powers, the far mers are burning their crops rather than sillbmit to the ruthless seizures ordered by the German military author ities. At Vienna the pro-Germans have been on a boycott of O.'J .Emperor Karl because he is showing a small spirit of independence and does not confess to a belief of the omnipotence of the Hohenzollems. Tho young em- jieror s position would be precarious if Germany were to win the war and could dictate terms of peace. In that event, Karl might be cenirleUcd to ab dicate, so that a puppet more agreeable to Germany could be put on the throne at Vienna. That these accumulations of distress and discord are causing uneasiness to the Teutonic lmders is apparent from the recent utterances of Chanccllof Von Hertting, deploring a too arrogaa! policy of reaction by the Prussia! junkers. These sources of unrest raa; not by themselves cause a revolt, bill they may well contribute to that pur powe once the allies begin winning mil itary victories against Hindenburg. In that possibility centers the chief interest of the present domestic trou bles of the central empires. EXPLOSION MAY COME IN AUSTRIA IS OFFICIAL BELIEF State Department Keeping Close Tab On Internal Af fairs of That Domain By Bobert J. Bender (Uni fd Press Ktaff Correspondent) Washington, May 3. The Americas statu department, keeping closest tah on Auitrian internal affairs, believes there is a chance of a serious explosion within Emperor Charles,' domain. That thin will radically affect the war ol that there is a chance now of Austria 's dropping ouj is not considered in tlv? official calculations. Sad experience with Austrian diplo macy and trickery lias made the au thorities here wary of any over-optimism as to where Austria stands. But the stata department reports show- tha- th," ancient ferment of polyglot peoples in the dual monarchy is now reaching t dangerous stage. That the Austrian gov ernment i firmly linked wivh Ger many's military regime by bonds of (Continued ob page six) BUSINESS IL BE ADJUSTED TO MEET DEMANDSOF WAR Federal Reserve Board Will See That No Sudden Changes Occur FINANCIAL OUTLOOK ESPECIALLY PLEASING Increased Participation In War, However, Must Be Provided for In Time -, CUSTAIi NEWSPAPERS . .... .""El '- Washington-, May 3, The gov- , eminent 's first steps toward re- cbjt-ing the size of the American Newspaper wiH be taken soon. Chairman Rfc.eh of the war in- dustries Un annouueed today that Iw will ereate a commodity section on paper, to be headed by a leading publisher, which will handle quorums of print, paper shortage and paper con- servatiou. . Washington, May 3. Warning of im pending radical readjustment iu all business as a result of America's grow ing participation in the . givat war marked the annual report of the feder al reserve board today. ", ' The war'B progritiSt' it says wheth er iu favor of the United States or .he the cnmiy will reflect directly on the country s assets and create feverish con ditions in the commercial world. In its effort to counteract any sudden changes ia business activViv, the Ind eral reserve system has put forward the general policy of maintaining a strong liquid character of assets, tke report points out. "Our belligerency is due vo revolu tionize commercial oonditions iu the fu ture exnetly as it has done in the past, hence any falling off in our exports with the resultant demand for increas ed quantities of gold again will force heavy calls for ready money," said the report. Notwiths ;anding the unprecedented (Continued on pagj twc ITS HUM GOAL Majorily of Federal Reserve Districts Have Already Exceeded Their Quotas Washington, May 3. With two days more to go ia thi third liberty loan campaign the nation early today was $162,000,000 riiort of the minimum quota of tho $3,000,000,000 in sub scriptions. Tho total eub;nbed was $2,838,000,000. Overnight reports brought the total subscriptions to $2,738,000,000 a gain of about $37,000,000. Loan officials are now confident of a substantial over subscription. Reports from Dallas and Han Fran cisco claimed that these districts have obtained their quotas- Tho Chicago district has won the honor of ncing the fourth to reach its quota officially. Subscriptions for that district this morning aggregated $433, 041,000. Its quota was $42."i,0O0,0O0. In the New F.ngland district, New Hampshire. Maine, t onuecticut ' aad Vermont have attained their quotas. Massachusetts and Khode Islaad arc expected to go over tne line today. Ohio is claiming today an over-subscription of five per c.ont. This, how ever, has not been cfficiallv confirm ed. Interest in the last lap is being shown in the Atlantic district, accord ing to telegrams today. The indications are that every state aud county in the dixtri-t will reach its quota before the j campaign closes tomorrow. ANOTHER BODY FOUND Detroit, Mich., May 3. The body f a womaa was-du? up today from its resting place five feet under the fkior of the cellar in Hclmuth Schmidts a ..! ' i,,. v. ... if ia ix-Ueved to be the body of Irma jpallatinas who disappeared in 1915. I This definitely accounts for two of the six women Schmidt is believed to 'have killed. The other was Augusta Steinbach cr .New York.' Austro-Hungarian Situation Is Serious Zurich, May 3. The Anstro- Hungarian situation "is scr- ious," it is stated in dis- patches received here today. M. Karole has gone to Vi- enna to organize the workers and others against Baron Bur- ian and Count Tisza. manding that Premier Von Seyeller resign. Recent dispatches declared that Von.Seydler had resigned for the second time. Ilia first resignation is understood' to have bon refused by hmperor Karl. Beduce Kations Copenhagen, May 3. llerr ' Von Waldo, German food con troller, told tho reiclistng food committee that the rations of meat, potatoes and broad soc-n will be reduced, according to advices received hero today. Brooklyn Man Gets German Airplane With the American Armies in France, May 2. Jimmy Meissn-er of Brooklyn brought lbn a German airplane in the sector noithwest of Toul thin won, while s'outing aud guarding French observers. Meissuer spotted the enemy plane, an Albatross, below him et an altitude of about 8000 fet. He dove, firing 200 luiiiids. The boche started for home ibut his plane was smashed and fell in flames behind the Ger man lines. ' Diving at the fulling plane to ompleto his work, Moiasuor struck -the Albatross, cutting its top wing to shreds. Irish Home Rule Bill i . Win Be lntrouuceulw,,''mi,teti m than 15,000 people. London, May 3. "Tho gov ernment is determined to pro ceed with the Irish homo rule" said tho parliament reporter of the Chronicle today. ' "The bill will be federal istic, providing one parliament for the whole of Ireland- It will be introduced in a couple of weeks." ' Tho Mail says: "The situation is the cause of great' anxiety. Premier Llovd-George is giving the mat ter'his closest attention. Tho eomimittco drafting the bill is unable to agree on the essen tia!." Six Thousand Artisans Have Been Assigned Washington, May 3. Mobil- ization asignmint of six thous- and artisans issued by General Crowder today Bhowing the canins to which they will be seni, Camps Hancock, f.5; Vail.New Jersey, 50. (May 7); McArthur, Texas, 1,06; Humphreys, Va., 180; Sheridan, Alabama, fiO; Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., 2,498; Vancouver Barracks, Wash., 10; Dix, New Jersey, 105; Laurel, Maryland, 285; Fort Myer, Va., 681; Washington Bar- racks, 689 and Forst Wayne, Mich., 252, colored, all May 7. The men will be used in the medical, quartermasters, ord- nance, signal and engineer corps. New Super-Submarine launched by Germans London, April 19 (By mail) A new submarine cruiser has been launched by the Germans .acctrding to reports received here- The new U-boats are driv en on tlio surface by steam engines with telescopic fun- nels, which arc diawn in wheu .submerged. They are armed with 5.9 inch guns which threw a shell weighing more than ninety pounds. ,Jf Several of these super-sub- marines alrendy have been sunk. America's Fighting Men 2,300,00(M)n July 1 Washington, May 3. Amcri- ca's fighting men, on July 1, will total 2,300,000 men 600,000 more than originally planned. In developing Uhis fact before the noun? military committee today; Secretary Baker, General March and others revealed ap- proximately 1,820,000 men aro in the service now, indicating that 478,000 more wilt be called to camp between now and June 30. GIANT CRUSADE AGAINST TRAITORS OPENS ill SEATTLE Police Rouad-Up Over Two Hundred Members of LW.W.Gaw . CHICAGO I. W. W. TRIAL MAY DRAG FOR MONTHS "Knights of Liberty" Busy In lilies oi laiifomia Punishing Disloyalty Seattle, Wash-, May 3. Marking the beginning of a giant crusade that is to wipe out completely every form of organized and unorganized disloyalty to the government that falls within its prqvince,' the Seattle police force rounded up 213 members of the I. V. W. last night. They gro being held in the city jail pending investigation by the federal authorities. Fifty patrolmen armed with 43-70 caliber carbines under the personal lead of Chief Warren last night made tho arrest which is the greatest of its kind that has ever occurrod iu the history of Seattle. They sur rounded the hall which was occupied by over four hundred of a crowd of suspects- All who were unable to dem onstrate that they were not loyal to tho government were held. Immediately following, police locks liwere clamped on the doors of the hall and an order issued by Chief Warreu that it. remain permanently closed. A crowd, pouring toward the scene from a wide radius gathered and ' swelled t swelled to monstrous proportions, was (Whenever a patrol wagon laden with prisoners skirted for the city hall and on its return; the crowd cheered lusti ly. Will Be Long Trial Chicago, May 3. Predictions of the prosecution that, the I. W.-.W. sedition trial hero would continue at least three months were borne out today with the (Continued ou page two) LIEUTENANT GETS VALOR AND JUDGMtNT Meyering Showed Ability and Courage In Repelling At tack of Enemy By Frank J. Taylor (United Press Staff Correspondent) Wt;h the American Army In Lorraine, May 2. LicuUsnaut William D. Meyer ing has been awarded the distinguished service cross by the commander in chief. The citation read: "Lioutenant Meyering commanded a platoon which was attacked the morn ing of April 6. Ike took offensive meas ures before and during the attack, which resulted iu the defea. of tho en emy. Ho handled his men well under fire until seriously wounded. Forced to attend to his wound, ho refused assist ance and walked through the enemy barrage to tho dressing station. He ob jected to going to the rear until 1-. know !.he outcome of the attack. "His brave example inspired his men to. drive off the enemy, who failed to reach our trenches, Meyering lost his right hand." Lieutenant Colonel Killed. With tho American Armies in Fiance, May 2. Lieutenunt Colonel Richard H. Griffiths of the Eighteenth infantry was killed bv shell fire on the Picardy front as Ike was emerging from a dug- ou. Griffiths was born in Great Britain but was a naturalized American. While a boy he served in the Philippine cam paign with the Fourth Tennessee infan. try. At the outbreak of the present war lie joined . ihc Royal Scots but later ob tained a transfer to the American for ces. New Chief of Staff. With the American Army in Lorraine May 3. Major General McAdrcw has , bem appointed chief of staff of the. American exncditionarv force, reolacincr'niiil lintinnnl armv cantonments. Brigadier General Harbord, Who is giv !cn a command in the field. i This is the result of a new policy an nounced by General Pershing to replace staff officers with men fresh from th field, who have had personal experience in '(he lino and who are expected to put energy into the general staff. WIS WILL BE SENT OVER FASTERTIIAN EVER Heavy As Was April Move ment May WiH Set Still Higher Mark TWO MILLION WILL GO OYER BY YEAR'S END Added Tonnage and Brigade Plan Speeds Up Troop Movement CALL QUARTER MILLION Washington, May 3. Ameri ca's great, army expansion pio gram was set iu motion today. Tlio largest singlo draft call of tho war for approximately 250,000 Will be sent out by Provost Marshal General Crowd er today. A- special call for 12,000 skill ed mechanics will be issuod to night, Mobilization orders for six thousand more artisans from every b, Site in the union wero, telegraphed today. Meantime Secretary of War"" Bnker, Chief of Staff General March and an array of army of- f intra appeared beforo tho house ' military committee today to ex plain details of the vast army appropriations asked for the next fiscal year. The firsts estimaj (a tip "for consideration was for -the pay. of the men. Under theToriginal estimate slightly mora than $1, .000,000,000 was askod for this purpose, but the new estimate is pearly doublo this amount. Tho original figure was based on two million men, indicating he department is laying the foundation for 4,000,000 under arms by July 1, 1919, the ?nd of the fiscal year. By Carl D. Groat (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, May 3, May movements of American troops to fill the gaps abroad will exceed the record of April, it was stated officially today. While tht voluntary censorship prcvenjs any ex tensive dealing in figures, it may bo said that the April mark exceeded or iginal promiws by a considerable num ber of thousands. These facts, following close upon Secretary of War Bukcr's revelation of official plans lor army expansion, came with other information which means American troops in Europe should bo well along ;.;oward the two million mark before tho year ends, if present schedules aro maintained or extended. Added British tonnage for troop transport is already in tho service. Brigading of Americans with British and French forces makes it possible to carry virtually five times as many sol diers as would be the caso were the American divisional organization kopJ intact and sent across with the neces sary supplies. t .,......tiin with the facts Kiven out officially, some interesting insido data on the rcsorve question as it af fects the wcfflern front was made avail able. Britain has had to use many of her reserves in France merely to check tho boche, it was said. Fori that reason she had to send an S. O. S. for French aid, as the nearest available, while she hur ried across the channel the reserves held In England and asked the United States to hali our forces. Britain has suffered considerable losses, but she has don," her share with the forces at her command and her call for French aid win nntliing to her discredit. The official source for tho foregoing facts added that the lull in the western strife means merely a breathing spell and ?,ht Ormauy all summer will keep up her strokes. Of the gigantic $15,000,000,OOQ appro priation estimato compiled $11,000,000, OU0 is set aside for tho quartermaster'! corps and ordnance. More than a bil lion will go for building railroads and for training camp facilities iu France. Proposed aircraft production will call for approximately $1,500,000,009. The war department also disclosed that It is tilanncd to increase tha pres ent camp capacity fully 40 per ceat by extension at the present national gur - l National guard nt camps will be 1m- mediately rebuilt like the eantonments. - Thre are no plans now for more can .tonments. Members of the committee today in dicated they are uaanimous in giving (Continued on pag three)