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TODAY'S WEATHER Oregon: Tonight and Saturday fair heavy frost to night in the east portion; modern. e liurtU wcsttrly wiuds. ; 4?500 SUBSCRIBERS . (22,000 EZADSSS) DAILY Only CircuUioa la Salem Guar anteed by tha Audit Bureau of Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE DESPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS BEE VICE WILL HOtP -7''i (j! t" L- L- l-- FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. lit SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND KIWI 8TANDS F1V CNT A (I w ft BRITISH N AVm FORCES mm in Mrs NAVAL BASE (If dally Announced That Effort in Close Port of Ostend Zeehrugge Were Entirely ;. Filled With Concrete. Sunk ' Operation Was Carried Out London, May 10. British naval forces again raided the German naval base at Ostend, on the Belgian coast, blocking the entrance to the harbor, by sinking, the old cruiser Vindictive, which participated in the. recent raid on Zeebrugge, it was announced today. "The Ostend-Zeebrugge operation, designed to close the ports, was completed last night," the admiralty declared. "The obselete cruiser Vindictive wasunk between the piers across the entrance to Ostend harbor. "Since the attack on Zeebrugge April 23, the Vindictive had been filled with concrete. . . "Our forces returned to their bases with the loss of one motor launch. It was damaged and was then sunk Vo prevent it falling into the enemy's hands.-' Our casualties were light." . TIi" previous raid, which was carried .t early en the morning of April 23 was conducted t mullaneously against ''s'ond and Lccbrt.fc.c. Tha later port in believed to have bev?n completely blocked through the sinking of two con-cvete-filled cruisers in the channels. The mole also was damaged by the blowing up of on old submarine filled with ex plosives, and through the planting of bombs by a boarding pnrty. The raid on Ostend, however, w9 frustrated when a high wind dispelled the smoke screen protecting the British Bliips and permitted the German shore batteries to sink the blockade ships be fore they gained their objective. One British destroyer, two motorboa.:s uud two launches were lost at Zes brugge and the casualties were exceed ingly heavy. In last night 's attack only one motor launch was sunk, the admir Hlty said, and the British casualties were ligh.'-. Trench forces participated in the pre vious raid, Sir Eric Geddes, first lord . of the admiralty announced, and from i-officinl sources it' was leater learn ed that Americans -also had taken part. Jh the first surprise of the previous at tack, the Germans at Zeebrugge believ ed i.Jhe raid was being conducted by Americans, the defenders of the mole uliouting "the Americans! the Ameri cans! " Ostend is located on the North sea, oight miles east of vvestendo, where tho battle line touches the coast. It is six.y one miles from Dover and 115 miles from London. Zeebrugge is 12 miles east of Ostend. Loth Ostend and Zeebrugge are con tacted with Brums, the principal Ger man submarine base in Belgium by canals. Bruges is 13 miles directly east of Ost,?nd. Unlike Zeebrugge, however. Ostend is not pretee .td bv a big arm ed mole such as defends the former city from the west and north. Two short jetties project out on both sides of the entrance to the channel. The channel is obout 100 meters wido aud 500 me'ers long. At he point where H joins the canal there ara several roomr basins on each side. The town. ' t Abe Martin v If onr ountry would jest wake up an' (ak.3 t' the war like it .ook t' belted overcoats an' short skirts we'd git on faster. Next t' th lightuin ' rod agent nothin' has degenerated like th' eoum try town hoM. OSTEND Successful - Obsolete Cruiser, In Entrance to Ostend Harbor Wii little Loss which has a population of about 45,000 lies on the west stele of the canal. The old cruiser Vindicitive, which was sunk lp.st night in the Ostend chan nel was the "flagship" of the previous raid on Zeebrugge and landed the board ing party on the mole. She was buil.. in 1897 and had n displacement of 6,750 tons. She was 320 feet long, had three funnela and carried a complement of 490 mep. Her main battery consisted of tea sit inch. guns. ASIITri PLAYING GAINST PREMIER Ojpsita Newspapers Still OppMf Methods Empoyed by Premier By Ed L. Keen - (United Press "staff correspondent) Iioadfn, May 0. With Premier Lloyd -George 'n victory the General Maurwj affair is seemingly closed, in sofar as it affects the government, adding Another to the string of the premier's political triumphs. The chief feature outstanding is the evident ap pearance for the ifirst time during the war cf orgdAized opposition to the government. Some of . the newspapers suporting Lloyd-Cwrge declare it marks the turn ing point in the war relations of the parties They think en open political war h& bean declared and see the whole affair as a political plot to oust the gjvernment. They regard the vote (Continued on page three) Amazon Air Fighting a Western Front ; By William Philip Sunms (United Press Correspondent) Witii the British Armies in France May 10 The most amaz- itig air fighting is going on in the entire battle Mgion. For three days the weather has besa ideal and the pale blue skies are literally alive with fili pnj smiadrons of all na- tiotm. Tlw late Baron Richthofen's famous "circus' with a new commander is busy cast of Amiens, where 25 or 30 enemy machines are trying to block the allied scouts from the back areas along the Somme. Thfl number of German ma- chines is increasing and new battle tactics are being employ- ed. The enemy is putting up an exceedingly s'iff fight. There is little ground fight- iug. The artillery k,?epg pound- inglioavily ia spots. There was a -terrific cannonade between ' 8:30 aid midnight south of Ar- rn oo i single corps front, while the harrassing fire wag un- usually bitter in the region of kens, Bethune and Haze- Iron ck. .. . : A (ywo (northern and southern (Continued on pag: two) ALLIED ARMIES SUCCESSFUL IN ALL OPERATIONS General Hals Reports That All Pcsitons Lost Recently Have Been Retaken GERMAN ARTILLERY' WAS ACTIVE LAST NIGHT French Troops Recaptured All of Grievsnes Park Tak ing Many Prisoners London, Jlay 10. British and French troops have completely reestablished their positions betweeu La Clyttc and oorinezeele, Field Marshal Haig an nounced in his night report. regarding this fighting, the German war of fine said that "souilli of Dickc bush lage, our local attacks were com pletely euccessf ul. ' ' "Ou the east bank of the Yverbeek (which flows northeastward into Dicke bush lake), we stormed enemy positions on a front of two kilometers, (one and a quarter miles)" the Berlin statement said. "An enemy attack on both sides of the Keninghelst-Kemmel road was repulsed and we took 67o prisoners." Haig reported that the Germans launched two local attacks yesterday morning in the neighborhood of Albert and Buuziiicour, (three miles north and west of Albert). The latter completely broke down, he said, while th former resulted in the capture of th?ir forward positions on a 150 yard front. The trench war ottice reported ouly "marked artillery activity on the Hail-les-Montdidier front (which takes in both positions occupied by the Anieri cans ia the Amtens sector)." ., Trench Is Captured London. May 10. British troops 3'cs- tcrday evening recaptured the small portion of a trench (150 yards) which the Germans took north of Albert in tne morning, Field Marshal Haig re ported today. Elsewhere there was only artillery activity. "A small portion of a trench which the enemy gamed northwest pr Alber yesterday morning was recaptured in the evening," the report said. "W.i took a few prisoners. "Hostile artillery was active last night between the Somme and the Ancre (in Picardy) and at different poin'.s ou th.5 Lys battlefront (in Flanders)." French Ee-Take Park. Paris, May 10. French troops com ldetelv recaptured the park at Griev oaflaa vff&fonlnv flftprnnnn tfllrlnrr 99. prisoners and a quantity of war mater ials, the French war office reported tO' day. Gricvesnes is less :.4ian two miles north of Cantigny, where American troops ar.i engaged. ' We completely retook I'arc-de-Gri-vesnes yesterday afternoon and captur ed 225 prisoners and a qunutity of ma terial," the communique said. ' ' We made successful local operations and nepulsed German surprise attacks on the right bank of the Aile.;te, in the region of Massiges (just east of Ta hure, where American artillery is locat ed). North of Ifheims and in Ailly wood (a mile south of St, Mihicl) we took thirty five prisoners. "In two flights yesterday, Lieutenant Fonck broiigh,.' down six German air plants." Eoyal Artillery Praised London, May 10. Field Marshal Haig (Continued on page three) SEVEN SOLDIERS ILEDIH WRECK Tea More Seriously Injured and Seme of Them May Die Columbia, S. C, May 10 A -..roop train carrying the advance guard of the Splat infantry leaving Camp Jackson Co'ujnbia, f.jr Camp Sevv.'r at Greenville v.ts recked about 10 o'clock this morn ing on the high trestle near the camp. Seven soldiers are dead, ten others are seriously injured, some of whom ar,.' ex peeled to die. A wheel under one coach broke just as the' train reached he trestle. This caused the car to drop, finally going ovr the trestle. It pulled over the other coaches, one old wooden coach and one sttcl. The trucks from the latter fell v i lop of the first coach which had fallen over and as it smashed in, he mn inside were crushed. There were 06 m-:n in this coach. PRESIDENT-ELECT Of BRAZIL FRIENDLY TO UNITED STATES Rodriguez Alves Will Stand Back of the Poucies of President Wilson By Roy H. Howard ( President- t'uitel Press) "Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 10. "I'.iazil will follow the course of the I niteit States to ithe end of the war. The rhange in administration will not al ter cur polit-v of backing up the lead ership of the United States in the most friendly and genuine way. The speaker was President-elect Rod riguez Alves. who will return to the presidential chair of Brazil for the iccoud time on November 15 In a most convincing manner and without equivocation, the next chief executive in au interview Thunsday, the first lie has given since his election, outlined his war policy about which speculation has been rife. Before Making hia statement, the president-elect read very carefully tl'e original opy of President Wilson's letter of January 16 to the United Press in which he outlined the aims of the United States. Speakiuy slowly and seriously, he said: "The sentiment expressed in this letter is worthy of the best traditions of the United States, it tarries the same convictiou which has made the reeoguized spokesman of -the allies a man whose geuiug was not suspected before the war crisis. The attention DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN MIDDLE WEST CYCLONE Many .Have Been Killed and Property Loss Will Be Very Heavy Muscatine, Iowa, May 4(t..--Noen of homes and farm , buildings " were wrecked, more than a 8''orc of persons were injured and thousands of dollars worth of property was damaged in a tornado which swept a freakish path .perhaps 250 yards wide through Mus catine county last evening shortly af ter six o'clock. The (three year old son of Mr. and Mrs.. William Houseman, was torn from tho grasp of the mother and hurled through spaiee until it struck the top of barn. The child may -die. A dozen victim are in local hospitals. Ten Reported Dead Des Moines, Iowa, May 10. Meager reports received over crippled tele phone wires up to noon today showed (ten known dead with a possibility that at least that, many more perished, scores injured and property damage of at least 500.000 in the tornado which am anf 1 1U ! 1f ,qau wr flnrl Wi n n p,sh ! nl conn ties in northeastern Iowa late Thurs day, I Four are known to be dead at New Hampton and itwo at Nashua, Iowa. L OF FUTURE TO WESTERN STATES East Now Over-Crowded and Congested With Indus-, trial War Plants Washington, May 10. Big war indus tries henceforth will go west. To speed war work, th.; government has determin ed to place a virtual embargo on new plant construction in the great war belt oftke east. The action has been, deter mined upon for three reasons: 1. Concentration of war industry's in tho east has produced a state of eougei 'ion seriously interfering with maximum war production. 2. The west offers new reservoirs of labor and much needed power. 3. War industries expansion in the west will restore to an even keel the fin ancial structure now overweighed in eastern territory because of most war contracts going to eastern concerns. Officials are now working ou plans to curtail orders to plants in the Pennsyl vania, New York and Atlantic coast dis tricts where congestion ia now making rapid production and movement of sup plies impossible. New factories will be f oi bidden to locate in this district, nc coiding to present 'plans, and will be u:ged to go to the middle wes,u The first step in this direction is to be the establishment of the great new ordnance factory at "Some interior point" to demonstrate thJ advisability of war factories getting outside the present eastern belt. It is stated that failure of ordnance (Continued oi page four) drawn by his cnmumidiug style and unquestionable sincerity, based on ex treme prudence and patience before action, has enabled him to carry South Auurii'UH thinkers along with him in sentiment if not alwavs in action. The j self-abnegation of the United States jin offering themselves as sacrifices in the war. and in abandoning the pur 'suits of eace without se'fish individ jual ambitions and without a single ob jjective which is not guaranteed to all peoples, has given President Wilson unprecedented moral authority and has raised the Uuited States in universal estimation to a position, frcm which it can accomplish tho absolute solidarity nf ttm iliMnnpr!Kit-i nf the westflril ! l,niM.iarA n-UtiAnf Inoititifr Ilia licrhf. est envy or suspicion. "Tho unanimity of support the Unit ed States Is giving x residcut Wilson, coupled with his own faithfulness to democratic fundamentals has inprece deutly strengthened the possibilities of his benign, activities. It has eliminat ed in Biazil, as in the rest of the world, the latent prejudice that the United States is open to nuspirion of selfishness. "Tho course of the United States during the war crisis stirs uiy personal pride that, during my previous admin istration from litt)3 to ISKXi, with Se nor Rio Branca as foreign secretary, we gave much attention to promoting the closest relationship with the Unit ed States; By raising cur Washington (Continued on page two) First dispatches received from Cal mer, received at noon by the United Press, showed four dead at that place, including Air. and Mrs. Peter Ander son and their granddaughter, Alice Burgeson, and Mrs- Frank Saudner. The Audorsous live in Caiman Their house was demolished by the wind, Mrs. Sandager, who lived on a farm near Calmar was killed when her home was destroyed. Her, husband wag kill ed by lijjhtuing less than two weeks ago. The railroad' roundhouso at Calmar was destroyed and practically every house ia the" town was damaged. . Severe atmospheric disturbances, of which the tornadoes in Chickasaw and Winneshiek counties were a part, were reported all over Iowa Friday. Here in Dea Moines the wind attain ed a velocity of H nnilcs an hour, the highest recorded in several years. The Iowa Telcphojie company was unable to get into eominunieation with northeastern Iowa today. Their -wire wore all right as far north as Waterloo but wires into the towns of New Hamp ton and'Decorah, the seats of Chicka saw and Winneshiek counties wero out of oommiswon. At Pluinfield the itornado cut a path through the country a milo wide and three miles long. Scores of houses were (Continued on pagj two 'CHAMBERLAIN AIMS TO CONDUCT WAR Oregon Senator Frames Res olution to Help Him Keep Everybody Stirred Up By L. O. Martin (Unite-d rrcss 'Staff correspondent) Washington, May 10. The senate military committee is about to become the "committee on the conduct of the war." Senate leaders, long believing that congress should have a war body to keep in direct touch with the work ot oxecutive (lepaitmenU in carrying out programs authorized by the legislative branch of the government, have taken the first step to this end by enlarging the military .committee. Senator Hoke Smith cf Georgia, is tho new democratic member and Sena tor Knox of Pennsylvania, probably will be the republican addition. The neond step is pending in the form of a resolution now before tho senate empowering the military com mittee "or any sub-committee there of" to investigate every phase of war department activity to sit while con gress is not in session, to spend .mon ey, bring in witness and employ in vestigators Adoption of the resolution, introduc ed by Senator Chamberlain, will be fol lowed by appointment of sub-committees on aircraft, quartermasters de partment and other divisions. The ord nance sub-commitee already has begun its work. These sub-committees will not ad journ until the war ends. They will kpp in constant tonch with everything th department does. 1 CREDIT GIVEN FOR VOLUNTEERS IN DRAFT CALLS Congress Decided This Point Yesterday and Provost Marshal General Acts OREGOiYS SECOND DRAFT QUOTA WILL BE 6,245 Forty Per Cent Listed In Class One Will Be Called Into Service This Year Washington, Mav 10. Aonroximate- ly 40 per cent of the men in the Unit ed States now listed in class one will 'be called to the colors this year. The total numuer available 2,Ul3,495-was made public today by Provost Marshal Goneral Crowder, following the decis ion or tne nouse late yesterday, deter mining that draft quotas shall be bas ed on tho number iu this flass, no cred it being given for the volunteers. Physical rejections of class one men numbered 365,838, or ouly about 13 per cent, under tho first draft physical rejections averaged 9 per cent but tho lowering of physical qualifications for service brought in thousands who have been exempt under the original rules. Tha draft columns have yielded 42, 147 to tho emergency fleet work. Maine in this respect has the largest number 6240. Pennsylvania follows with l(J0i New orl(, 5652; New Jor sey, 4612; Massachusetts, 4054; Ohio, al.sa; Illinois, Hi"; District of Colum bia, 100.0; Connecticut, 2201; Washing ton, 1026. Following are the net nuimbe.r ot men now In class one less all deduc tions, and tho quotas under the second draft: - " - State Net No. Second Draft Class One Quotas Arizona 5,675 2,255 Arkansas .. 8,074 15,127 California 29.949 19,810 Colorado .'. 15,766 . 6.264 Idaho 8,952 " 3,557 Illinois .130,966 52,035 Indiana ...... 52,379 20,812 Iowa 49,690 19,743 Kansas ... 32,440 42,027 12,892 Kentucky , Louisiana .... ... Michigan ., Minnesota Mississippi .... . Missouri . Montana Nobraska Nevada New Mexico ... N. Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania '.. S. Dakota Tennessee . Texas Utah Washington .... W. Virijinitt .... Wisconsin Wyoming 16,937 19,108 34,513 . . 21,713 13,137 26.661 8,314 9,684 923 2,928 6,307 41,619 16,213 6,245 56,703 6.977 17,154 34,204 2.976 2,906 12,416 S.3.340 2,874 ,. 48,087 ,. 86,865 .. 35,648 .. 35,083 ., 67,101 .. 20,925 .. 24,372 .. , 2,234 .. 7,305 .. 15,873 ..104,57 1 .. 40,807 .. 15,717 ..142,471 17 560 ..43,175 .. 86,088 ... 7,491 .. 19,899 .. 31,219 .. 58,745 .. 7.233 Still Holding German Reserves On West Front London, May 10. "The bulk of the German reserves are still ie holding on tho Amiens front, $ indicating a probable renewal of the attack there," a r,?por.,of General Hadcliffe, director of military operations, announced sjc this afternoon. )jf Regarding German charges i( that the French saved the Bnt- ish army at the cost of the h.av iii iest casual es between March 21 and April 25, Iindcliff.s stated the French losses were from "a quarter to a fifth of the British losses." Butte Experiencing Normal Strike Condition Butte, Mont., May 10. Several strikes combined today to ie up a great portion of business here. The plasterers union went out, de manding a seven hour day and an in crease in wages of $1. ' Tho inside electrical workers are still striking. Hutchers and retail clerks have ask ed for a conference to rearrange work ing hours. The bakers union is holding a conferefiee, thrcutiing to top work. Work on the Y. M. C. A. and Knights of Columbus buildiugs lias been stop ped because of the electrical worker1 strike. Fnry I of Detroit bought 6,flf0,000 worth of Liberty bonds to t loundrt his peace thlp. EHEMYIS QUIET FACING TRENCHES HELD BYYAHKEES No Infantry Acton at All On Part of Germans In Lorraine Sector as SHOW MANY SIGNS CF UNEASINESS HOWEVER lieutenant Cassily, of Kansas, Decorated ror Heroic Exnloit By Frank J. Taylir (United Press Staff Correspondent) With .lie American Army in Lorraine. tnv O Tlx, n.,,.,nana Ai.noU. V . cricau lines in Lorraine coutinue to . show evideuco of uneasiness. They are Sliecililicr lln ilioil tnfii.hina cmn anA nh tillery fire and increasing thMr gas bombardments, evidently seeking to forestall tty aggressive action by out men. Despite the fact German officers tell their ir.'U tha ,' tho Americans here are oners, the boches have become absolute ly unaggressive, so far as infantry com bats arc concerned. They retina from their front lines every night, our pat rols have discovered. German deserters ' are continually coming into the Ameri ca:! hoes. , Lieutenant Cassidy, of Wichita, Kan sas, has been decora ed with the croix . de guerre. He took a patrol, uudur cover ot darkness, 400 yards Inside the G.?r- ." men hues. The patrol captured a German i l.MI! .... 1 .1 v: 1 uosiiiuu. siiiiuif neverai auu uriuuiiitc oneK Tour prisoners, xncy crawieu an thtj nay back to their trenches on their sf nnnchs, owing to flares sent Up by tlw Germans. The raid was ma.de wlthou! assistance from American artillery. fjoiupanies I and L of tho Ninth in fantry also received the French war cross. They beat off a German attack April 14, north of. St. Mihiel, whtfn en emy troops entered the , Amoricau (Continued on page two) . TWENTY-ONE TODAY'S niMiiiTir I id t rnun LMIALIUIdl rUUtt 1 1 1 1 rr in inn nil MLLLU 111 HbllUli Lieutenant Kissel Reported Missing-Another Tuscasia Victim Is Buried Washington, May 10. Today' cas ualty list contains the names of 21 men, including four killed in action; one missing; one lost at sea; one dead of wound: three dead from disease; one dead from accident; three wound ed .severely and seven wounded slight- The misijiair soldier in Lieutenant Gustuv H. Kissel, son of Rudolph 11. Kissel, New York. Another victim of the Tuscania dis aster has been identified anil biifiel. Ho is Prlvato Carroll J. ully, Tole do, Ohio. Killed in Action Sergeant Douglas Day, Line Fork, (Continued on paje three) Situation Is Grave In German Empire Copenhagen, May 10. "If Germany does not achieve peace 4 there will be a revolution." This statement was made bore today by a traveler who has jus-.' returned from a tour of the Central Kmpires. "The German rcichstag, how- ever, will make an honest effort to bring about a peace founded on President Wilson 's program ' ' he continued. "Austria-Hungary must lave peace at any pric, ' ' The Czochs, determined upon a southern republic of the Slav races are more :.han ever oppos- .ed to the Hapsburgs. "The one desire of the Poles in the dual monarchy ia that the allies will win. Their cry is: ' Long J.ive Wilsonl ' "Strikes are frequent in Vien- na and Prague. "The huge losaos on the west- em front, stated in parriamen- tary eircles to reach 600,000 are carefully eoncealed."